HELP! Problem w/browsing Club Polk

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audiobliss wrote: »

Can you install the LiveUpdate 3.1 (symantec Corporation) and Symantec AntiVirus? You'll probably have to do it in a certain order, so if one way doesn't work, I'd try the other one.

I'm sure they're not causing any problems at all, but if you want to, I can't see any bad effects from uninstalling:
HP Help and Support
HP Software Update (might wanna keep that one though, so it'll keep your HP drivers and software up to date)
HP User Guides 0001

Yes, that's the HP bloatware I was talking about.

Nope, LiveUpdate and Symantec AntiVirus both cannot be uninstalled.

audiobliss

Dangit. I know it's not the way to do it, but if it were my laptop I'd just go to Program Files, find the Symantec/Norton/AntiVirus folder and delete them.

Actually, I'd pop in my Windows XP Pro CD I bought from school and reformat the dern thing.

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audiobliss wrote: »

Actually, I'd pop in my Windows XP Pro CD I bought from school and reformat the dern thing.

Do you really think this calls for a reformat? I mean my system isn't loaded with THAT much stuff, except for the HP bloatware/junk.

audiobliss

I personally would, 'cause I'd much rather run AdAware, Spybot, and AVG instead of that Symantec stuff.

Do you have to? No. Uninstalling and reinstalling IE6 from that link I gave you may very well solve your problem. Then again, just switching to Mozilla Firefox (it's great!) probably will, too.

Really depends on what you want at this point.


Oh, and, again...about those screenshots...

Serendipity

Oops, about the screenshots I am using Print Scr for the desktop shots and Alt+Print Scr for the window shots (just so that the window fills the entire shot), paste it into Paint, but I don't compress it in paint.

Then I use Microsoft Office Picture manager to compress the shots (much better than Paint) into smaller JPEGs.

audiobliss

Hmmm. I don't think I have MS Office Picture Manager. But I bet I have it on a CD. I have Office 2003 Pro.

Thanks.

audiobliss

I can't even get my list of programs on one screen. So how would you handle that? Is there a way to get it all in one screenshot?

Serendipity

If you have Office 2003 Pro (I think) it's on the second CD. In the Student and Teacher edition, it's on the first and only CD.

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audiobliss wrote: »

I can't even get my list of programs on one screen. So how would you handle that? Is there a way to get it all in one screenshot?

In Add/Remove Programs or Start --> Programs?

audiobliss

In Add/Remove Programs.

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audiobliss wrote: »

In Add/Remove Programs.

Try changing your screen resolution. The higher the resolution, the more you can fit on one page.

For my PC 1280*1024 is more than enough to fit all the programs in Add/Remove Programs.

Can you post a screen shot to explain?

audiobliss

My screen resolution is 1680x1050 on a 21.6" LCD. I don't think that's the problem. :D

I'm just saying that I have so many programs installed that they're longer than one window. I was just wondering if there's a way to take a screenshot to include them all so I wouldn't have to take a screenshot, scroll down, and then take another one.

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audiobliss wrote: »

My screen resolution is 1680x1050 on a 21.6" LCD. I don't think that's the problem. :D

I'm just saying that I have so many programs installed that they're longer than one window. I was just wondering if there's a way to take a screenshot to include them all so I wouldn't have to take a screenshot, scroll down, and then take another one.

Does the Alt+Print Scrn work better? I find on my computer maximizing the window also helps.

Again, do you have a screen shot to explain?

audiobliss

Yeah, here it is. Screen is maximized and I used alt + Prt Scr.

Serendipity

Wow, how many programs do you have installed?!!

And a 1680x1050 screen doesn't fit it!

I don't know what to tell ya

audiobliss

I have 50 programs listed in Add/Remove Programs.

This is on the computer I just built last weekend. I'm only using 24GB on the main HD, so far. My Documents is on another HD.

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audiobliss wrote: »

I have 50 programs listed in Add/Remove Programs.

This is on the computer I just built last weekend. I'm only using 24GB on the main HD, so far. My Documents is on another HD.

I have 27 programs listed, and this is on the laptop I've had for 3.5 years.:D

Methinks you've got a lot of software around the house

audiobliss

Actually, not so much so. A lot of them are games, Office and Visual C++ are for school, and the rest are pretty much either for the web (AIM, Firefox, MSN Messenger, AVG, etc) or drivers and such.

Serendipity

I must wonder what your start menu looks like then

audiobliss

Wonder no more!

Serendipity

I like the way you have your desktop icons organized. Looks cool.

Only have 3 desktop icons though...

audiobliss

Most definitely.

Security is in the lower left hand corner right above the Start menu.

My web stuff is in the upper left corner.

Then my computer utilities along the top.

And my music apps below them.

And all my gaming stuff over towards the right side.

And nothing on the far right to leave room for my buddy list when I dock it.

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This has turned from a "computer problem" thread to "let's post screenshots thread"

audiobliss

Booya!

Polk addict

I'm sad... You don't play wow...

audiobliss

Nope. I might would enjoy it, though. I'm just not into paying money for games. AA is free, and the others my friend gave to me or gifted to me through Steam. So they're all legit, but I haven't paid for any yet.

I'm DEFINITELY buying Test Drive Unlimited, though, no question about it. And GT Legends would be pretty nice.

How much is WoW? I've seen a few people play...could be fun. But I'm not sure how much I'd like it.

Polk addict

It's a month per month payment because it's on external servers...

audiobliss

Really? Wow, I didn't know that. Yeah, forget that.

VR3

Hmmm

I have no desktop icons -

Havnt used desktop icons in... years

audiobliss

You always just use the start menu?