[Blind-Computing] Save current settings on Windows XP
I'm having to uninstall Windows XP on my current computer due to operational problems. How can I save the current settings for ALL programs, not just Jaws before I uninstall Windows XP? I have an external drive and several flash drives. I would appreciate specific step by step instructions to save these settings. My goal is to be able to reinstall ALL programs settings after Windows XP is reinstalled. All help would be greatly appreciated, Shannon For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails toexternalhard drive
Rick, Thanks for the imput. Sorry it took so long to repond but I'm taking care of my elderly father who currently has some health issues that I've been attending to. I'll give it a try and let you know. Your time is greatly appreciated, Shannon - Original Message - From: "Rick Justice" To: Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 02:11 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails toexternalhard drive Hi Shannon, Use the Windows search while you are not in Outlook Express. Type the following in the edit fieldfor search for files and folders: .dbx press the search button, and wait for the results. When the search is finished, and you are presented with a list, select all, and then copy to the clipboard. Now you can paste them wherever you like. Keep in mind, that this is only a way to move all of the files at once. If you want the individual .eml files from these, you will need another program to extract them from the .dbx folders. HTH, - Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Burke" To: Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:02 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails to externalhard drive > Hey listers, > > Looking for a quick way to transfer my Outlook Express files (.dbx) to my > external drive as .eml files. I know that I can do them one at a time but > because I have so many I am trying see if anyone knows of a faster and > more efficient way of accomplishing this task. I am using Windows XP and > Jaw 10. My computer is acting strange (when isn't it), so it's critical to > get these files to my external hard drive. > > Any and comments would be greatly appreciated. > > Shannon Burke > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails to externalhard drive
Thanks Wesley, I tried selecting them all but the only functions under applications is within the Outlook Express program itself, ie.. "move to folder". Shannon From: "WESLEY BURDEN" To: Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 09:09 AM Subject: RE: [Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails to externalhard drive Hello shannon: I was wondering if you could select them all then transfer them? Just a thought. Wesley from new jersey -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Shannon Burke Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:03 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails to external hard drive Hey listers, Looking for a quick way to transfer my Outlook Express files (.dbx) to my external drive as .eml files. I know that I can do them one at a time but because I have so many I am trying see if anyone knows of a faster and more efficient way of accomplishing this task. I am using Windows XP and Jaw 10. My computer is acting strange (when isn't it), so it's critical to get these files to my external hard drive. Any and comments would be greatly appreciated. Shannon Burke For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Transfering Outlook Express emails to external hard drive
Hey listers, Looking for a quick way to transfer my Outlook Express files (.dbx) to my external drive as .eml files. I know that I can do them one at a time but because I have so many I am trying see if anyone knows of a faster and more efficient way of accomplishing this task. I am using Windows XP and Jaw 10. My computer is acting strange (when isn't it), so it's critical to get these files to my external hard drive. Any and comments would be greatly appreciated. Shannon Burke For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive
Gerald, I'm sorry that I didn't make it clear in my first message. On the 2 drives I mentioned, both have the software built into the unit itself. It's pretty much "plug and play". After the drive is connected and Windows recognizes it as drive under "My Computer", just follow the instructions that the software provides. It is JAWS accessible and there is no need to make any kind of setting adjustments to the JAWS program. Hope this helps, Shannon - Original Message - From: "Gerald Levy" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive Okay, another dumb question. If the drive works just by plugging it into a USB port, how come they all come with software? Every external drive I checked comes with some kind of software already builtin and/or on a CD. If that's the case, how do you know whether this software will be JAWS accessible before you buy? Or is installing this software optional? It seems to me that even though Windows will recognize the drive when it gets plugged in, you would still need the software for the drive to work properly. Gerald - Original Message - From: "Rogelio Terrazas" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive >I know the one I ordered. I was told that I get plug into my USB and I am >good to go. > - Original Message - > From: "Gerald Levy" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive > > >> >> Excuse my ignorance on this subject, but can these external hard drives >> be installed and used without sighted assistance? Are they good to go >> right out of the box or do they require special software which may not be >> JAWS accessible? Do they just plug into a USB port or must they also be >> plugged into an AC outlet? >> >> Gerald >> - Original Message - >> From: "Shannon Burke" >> To: >> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive >> >> >>> Hi George, >>> >>> The world of hard drives is growing daily and there are many choices to >>> think about. >>> >>> BRANDS >>> >>> I've spoken to many knowledgeable people in this field and the general >>> consensus is that Western Digital and Seagate are the best. Their >>> reasoning >>> was that they were better constructed, ran cooler, and had been in the >>> business many years. >>> >>> WARRANTY >>> >>> Seagate by far has the best warranty in the business with 5yrs. >>> Remember, >>> as in all warranties, it only covers the cost to replace the unit, not >>> the >>> information stored on it. So, if you have lots of important files, >>> music, >>> and photos they are on their way to cyber heaven. >>> >>> >>> USAGE >>> >>> Personally, I have 1 Western Digital Drives and 1 Seagate. I prefer the >>> Seagate. One Western Digital drive (160gb) I use for Norton Ghost >>> exclusively. Norton Ghost is a program that takes a mirror image of >>> your >>> hard drive on a scheduled basis. If your internal hard drive fails, all >>> one >>> would have to do is run Ghost to the new drive. >>> >>> My second drive is a Seagate which is a 1 Terabyte which is also 1000 >>> GB. I >>> use this one for music and books of which I have a sizeable collection >>> >>> What shocked me was how small the Seagate drive is even though it's >>> storage >>> capacity is huge. It's only little over an inch thick and 7 inches by 7 >>> inches. It can be stood on end and comes with a stand or you can lay it >>> flat. If you choose to stand it on end, it takes up very little desk >>> spance. >>> I had a Western Digital 320GB and this Seagate is so much smaller at 3 >>> tiimes the memory. >>> >>> OPERATION >>> >>> The Seagate comes with a great manager that is part of the set up >>> process >>> when you USB plug it in. I don't remember what format it comes in but >>> there >>> are two, NTFS and FAT32. In most cases you'll want to format in NTFS. >>> If >>> you format in FAT 32 it limits your file size to 4GB. This may not make >>> a >>> difference to you but if you are a gamer it may. You can have the >>> Seagate >>> Manager set up to a
Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive
George, 1. I can only speak for the ones I mentioned, but YES, they can be installed and used without the help of sighted assistance. 2. They are good to go right out of the box and there is available after simple plugging in the AC cord and USB. 3. They are Jaws accessible and set up is fairly easy. If I may be of any further assistance you can email me off list : southpaw...@verizon.net or call me at 760-574-7898. Shannon Burke - Original Message - From: "Gerald Levy" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive Excuse my ignorance on this subject, but can these external hard drives be installed and used without sighted assistance? Are they good to go right out of the box or do they require special software which may not be JAWS accessible? Do they just plug into a USB port or must they also be plugged into an AC outlet? Gerald - Original Message - From: "Shannon Burke" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive > Hi George, > > The world of hard drives is growing daily and there are many choices to > think about. > > BRANDS > > I've spoken to many knowledgeable people in this field and the general > consensus is that Western Digital and Seagate are the best. Their > reasoning > was that they were better constructed, ran cooler, and had been in the > business many years. > > WARRANTY > > Seagate by far has the best warranty in the business with 5yrs. Remember, > as in all warranties, it only covers the cost to replace the unit, not > the > information stored on it. So, if you have lots of important files, music, > and photos they are on their way to cyber heaven. > > > USAGE > > Personally, I have 1 Western Digital Drives and 1 Seagate. I prefer the > Seagate. One Western Digital drive (160gb) I use for Norton Ghost > exclusively. Norton Ghost is a program that takes a mirror image of your > hard drive on a scheduled basis. If your internal hard drive fails, all > one > would have to do is run Ghost to the new drive. > > My second drive is a Seagate which is a 1 Terabyte which is also 1000 GB. > I > use this one for music and books of which I have a sizeable collection > > What shocked me was how small the Seagate drive is even though it's > storage > capacity is huge. It's only little over an inch thick and 7 inches by 7 > inches. It can be stood on end and comes with a stand or you can lay it > flat. If you choose to stand it on end, it takes up very little desk > spance. > I had a Western Digital 320GB and this Seagate is so much smaller at 3 > tiimes the memory. > > OPERATION > > The Seagate comes with a great manager that is part of the set up process > when you USB plug it in. I don't remember what format it comes in but > there > are two, NTFS and FAT32. In most cases you'll want to format in NTFS. If > you format in FAT 32 it limits your file size to 4GB. This may not make a > difference to you but if you are a gamer it may. You can have the Seagate > Manager set up to a prescheduled time to copy files and even encrypt them. > One unique feature is that you can schedule a time for your Seagate to > "hibernate" just like your computer. I have mine set for 30 minutes. > Because the discs in the drive aren't spinning, the drive stays cool. > Maybe > that's one of the reasons Seagate has a 5 year warranty. > > PRICES > > In the last year, the prices on external hard drives have really fallen > as > many members here have mentioned. Because of this get as much capacity as > your dollar will allow because you will be surprised how quickly it will > get > filled and you may find that you want to kick yourself for not getting > more > capacity. I recently saw a 1 Terabyte Seagate for $100, now that's > unbelievble > > > BEST PRICE > > Of course, always Goolge to see the huge offerings by so many. There is a > great place that I visit weekly called Sales Cirular.com, which posts > tables > of different items on sale in the newspaper from all kinds of stores. > Just > go to Salescircular.com and click on your state. You can then examine all > the different categories and select the one that interests you. Then, > just > comparison shop. > > > One last thing, when your current hard drive starts to get near full > capacity, go out and buy a larger one and transfer all the current stored > files to this new drive. Then take your now old drive and store it in > your > closet. Remember, there is no warranty on those priceless files that you > have saved over the years and no way to replace them
Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive
Hi George, The world of hard drives is growing daily and there are many choices to think about. BRANDS I've spoken to many knowledgeable people in this field and the general consensus is that Western Digital and Seagate are the best. Their reasoning was that they were better constructed, ran cooler, and had been in the business many years. WARRANTY Seagate by far has the best warranty in the business with 5yrs. Remember, as in all warranties, it only covers the cost to replace the unit, not the information stored on it. So, if you have lots of important files, music, and photos they are on their way to cyber heaven. USAGE Personally, I have 1 Western Digital Drives and 1 Seagate. I prefer the Seagate. One Western Digital drive (160gb) I use for Norton Ghost exclusively. Norton Ghost is a program that takes a mirror image of your hard drive on a scheduled basis. If your internal hard drive fails, all one would have to do is run Ghost to the new drive. My second drive is a Seagate which is a 1 Terabyte which is also 1000 GB. I use this one for music and books of which I have a sizeable collection What shocked me was how small the Seagate drive is even though it's storage capacity is huge. It's only little over an inch thick and 7 inches by 7 inches. It can be stood on end and comes with a stand or you can lay it flat. If you choose to stand it on end, it takes up very little desk spance. I had a Western Digital 320GB and this Seagate is so much smaller at 3 tiimes the memory. OPERATION The Seagate comes with a great manager that is part of the set up process when you USB plug it in. I don't remember what format it comes in but there are two, NTFS and FAT32. In most cases you'll want to format in NTFS. If you format in FAT 32 it limits your file size to 4GB. This may not make a difference to you but if you are a gamer it may. You can have the Seagate Manager set up to a prescheduled time to copy files and even encrypt them. One unique feature is that you can schedule a time for your Seagate to "hibernate" just like your computer. I have mine set for 30 minutes. Because the discs in the drive aren't spinning, the drive stays cool. Maybe that's one of the reasons Seagate has a 5 year warranty. PRICES In the last year, the prices on external hard drives have really fallen as many members here have mentioned. Because of this get as much capacity as your dollar will allow because you will be surprised how quickly it will get filled and you may find that you want to kick yourself for not getting more capacity. I recently saw a 1 Terabyte Seagate for $100, now that's unbelievble BEST PRICE Of course, always Goolge to see the huge offerings by so many. There is a great place that I visit weekly called Sales Cirular.com, which posts tables of different items on sale in the newspaper from all kinds of stores. Just go to Salescircular.com and click on your state. You can then examine all the different categories and select the one that interests you. Then, just comparison shop. One last thing, when your current hard drive starts to get near full capacity, go out and buy a larger one and transfer all the current stored files to this new drive. Then take your now old drive and store it in your closet. Remember, there is no warranty on those priceless files that you have saved over the years and no way to replace them if they are lost. So, put the old drive in you closet and you will always have a back up. I'm not an expert. I just wanted to share what I have learned. Shannon Burle -- Original Message - From: "George Marshall" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 08:02 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive Hi: The HP mybook 500gb I bought is formatted fat32 and I didn't install the software that came with it. It was plug and play and you just copy and paste from your C drive. HTH, George R. Marshall marshall.geo...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:29 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Fw: External Hard Drive > Hi Rogelio, > I just bought a Western Digital Elements external hard drive from the > walmart website for about the same price with about 640 GB. It all > depends how much you are going to put on it. > It has an USB cable and AC adapter. I haven't put it together yet, but I > soon will. > The only two things I wonder about is that there doesn't seem to be an > on/off switch on it, and it came pre formatted but doesn't say what the > format is. > I guess I'll have to connect it to find out the format. > Also, the instructions that came with it in the box aren't in English. :) > Thanks to the list for the discussion about the Windows Backup utility. I > didn't know that it existed until I read about it on here. > I now have it downloaded an installed. > AC > > - Forwarded message -- > From: "Rick Justice" > To: > Date:
Re: [Blind-Computing] Kuzwell 1000
Lino, Thank you so very much. Shannon - Original Message - From: "Lino Morales" To: Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 03:05 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Kuzwell 1000 Shannon. Go to there web site and subscribe that way. The URL is: www.kurzweiledu.com Your brother in Christ, Lino Morales and Louie Lab Email and Windows Live Messenger: lino.mora...@lljfm.net For Blind Christian Men, visit: http://morales-family.lljfm.net/mailman/listinfo/blindmen4christ_morales-family to subscribe to Blind Men For Christ. And check out our site at: www.lljfm.net where you'll find our blog and other links. - Original Message - From: "Shannon Burke" To: Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:32 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Kuzwell 1000 Does anyone know of a list/group that is available for Kurzwell 1000? You can contact me off list if this more appropriate. Sorry ift this is off topic. Best regards, Shannon Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3819 (20090202) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com
[Blind-Computing] Kuzwell 1000
Does anyone know of a list/group that is available for Kurzwell 1000? You can contact me off list if this more appropriate. Sorry ift this is off topic. Best regards, Shannon Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com
[Blind-Computing] Fw: Article on Hackers and what they can do
Sorry for this post as it was done in error. I actually picked up this info from the list and was forwarding it to a blind friend. Shannon - Original Message - From: "Shannon Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Undisclosed Recipients" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:34 AM Subject: Fw: [Blind-Computing] Article on Hackers and what they can do Hi Everyone, I ran across this article that is basically a "primer" from spyware to firewalls. It gives pratical explanations of these terms and in some cases links to free software. Personally, I've saved it as a reference tool. Hope you find it useful. Shannon "What the heck, my computer is on the fritz again." Does that sound familiar? I have heard it oh I want to say over 1000 times. Let's just keep it at 100 for the purpose of this article. Did you know that out of those 1000 people 2 - 5 people are actually being hacked by some sort of mal-intent piece of software or even a hacker? There are three categories of software that can hack your Windows, and yes your Mac as well. Even though Mac boasts a virus free world, it is a lie. There are a few hundred viruses for Mac software, yes that is small in comparison to the 100,000+ viruses written for Windows, but that is only because Microsoft is so widely used, if the roles were reversed, Mac would be the one with the 100,000+ viruses. I am going to try to help you understand an overall perspective with out to much complex details on how hacking is done. The categories of software that is used are Ad-ware, Spy-ware, Mal-ware; Viruses; and hacker software tools such as Brutus. First off everyone has experienced the first set, Ad-ware, Spy-ware, and Mal-ware. These are pieces of software as simple as a cookie, and as complex as a program that gets installed and intertwined in the Windows software. These little annoyances can wreak very little trouble to very serious threats to the security of your identity and finances. The most common purpose is advertisements, and surfing habits for statistical purposes, so "they" say. The worst of them can record every key stroke and take snap shots of your screen and what is displayed there, and then send this information to where ever the maker of the ad-ware, spy-ware, and mal-ware has specified. From there the sky is the limit. Cookies are not all bad; they are files that are meant to store information and settings of a particular website, so when you return at a later date, the preferences are as you left them. But now allot of them have become the spy-ware, collecting surfing habits and other info like passwords and personal data, then sending them off to their makers. Some cookies also have joined forces with software that can be easily and quietly installed on your computer unbeknownst to you, only to become the ad-ware and mal-ware. These little pains in the bottoms have been known to record the types of sites you frequent and then resort to pop up ads. They can even cause damage to your computer files and settings. They are also known to have virus like intent and mischievous qualities. Having some protection can seriously decrease your chances of having your identity cloned. There are lots of ad-ware, spy-ware, and mal-ware detecting software, but beware some are actually spy-ware themselves, so make sure you do your research before you commit to one or two. I do really recommend having at least two. The most popular ones being used are Spybot Search and Destroy version 1.5.1 http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html, and Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007. http://www.lavasoft.com/. They are the most widely known and used, not just because they are good but mostly because they are free. They both scan your computer and detect most of the ad-ware, spy-ware, and mal-ware and remove them. You are probably asking why two? I would prefer at least four. The reason being is; let's use an analogy. Consider your computer to be a city, and divide them into 4 quadrants, each detection software has there own quadrant, or division like the police departments. The police go out and scan not just their division, but all divisions. Each police department has their own mug shots of the criminals, being the ad-ware, spy-ware, and mal-ware. Neither of the police wants to share their mug shots with each other, in fear that they will loose their division. That is why I recommend at least two detection software; preferably a minimum of four is ideal. This brings us to the next one, "viruses" h aaahh, scary. All kidding aside, viruses can be the most dangerous. I have seen viruses go from playing little trick in Windows to completely wiping your drives and information away. They can also open up ports, which in comparison are doors to allow more viruses to come in, (usually known as Trojan Horses) to giving complete control of your computer over to a
[Blind-Computing] Olympus ds series digital recorders
Marilyn, I have been reading all the posts regarding the Olympus DS series digital recorders this AM. Ironically, I have been researching digital recorders for the past two weeks on the net and have found this series to be the best. If and when you decide to invest in one, check out Amazon.com as they have the best prices. The unit also qualifies for their " Super Saver" discount that gets you shipping free. Check it out for yourself just to make sure. Shannon Burke cell 760-574-7898 Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
