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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Apple Mighty Mouse - Wireless (Bluetooth) Model No.A1197 - Mini-Review

« Last post by techidave on August 28, 2013, 05:47 PM »

plus the Logitech wireless mice have excellent battery life... like a year in my case.

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 11, 2013, 11:09 AM »

Renegade is a smart ass and Stoic Joker is a smart asp!

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 08, 2013, 08:28 PM »

the problem that i was describing was more the the chip in the cartridge and the proverbial planned obsolescence. 

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 07, 2013, 09:36 PM »

One of my secretaries has a HP 1100 laser jet with over 100,000 pages on and is still going strong. Had the feed rollers replace one and another HP paid for fix, can't remember what it was.

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 07, 2013, 08:04 PM »

we used to have a HP Photosmart all in one, dont remember the model been about 5 to 6 years ago.  didn't get used a whole lot but we always had to replace the cartridges (genuine) when we had to use it after sitting idle for 9 to 12 months.  i got tired of spending $100 some dollars everytime they wanted to use to print 3 or 4 pages   but the excuse was we spent $400 on it.  some people will never understand1 

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 07, 2013, 06:51 PM »

I think Brothers are cheap and noisy, but most are noisy anymore.  I have had some Samsung Lasers that are preforming very well for us.  Cost per page isn't that much more than any other one especially if you get the long life cartridges.  And I haven't had to replace feed rollers in them yet.  But time will tell on that part.

A friend of mine has a P3005 in another school district and every 20,000 pages he is replacing feed rollers and seperation pads or else it jams.  not sure if they are genuine HP parts or not.

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 07, 2013, 10:19 AM »

Sorry about that Renegade.  I was on my phone when I posted the reply so I didn't bother checking the link out.

some of the repairs on different machines are like a growling noise when it prints, paper jam in tray 2 even though I replaced the sep pad and feed roller with genuine HP parts.

I have used the 4100 and 4200 with pretty good luck.  we are an extremely small school, so most of our printers get 2,000 or less pages printed per year.  our staff is has been taught not to print unless its absolutely necessary.

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Living Room / Re: P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 07, 2013, 09:22 AM »

Thanks Renny.  Mine is a laser and not an inkjet.

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Living Room / P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions

« Last post by techidave on August 07, 2013, 08:29 AM »

I have several of the P3005dn laserjets at my school that are in need of some repairs.  Is it worth it to repair these printers?  Does anyone know what the P stands for... maybe personal?  They print extremely fast and have a quick first page out time.  I just need to see if anyone else has any experiences with this particular printer.  Manufacturing date is Feb 2006 if that makes a difference.

thanks,
Dave

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Living Room / Re: Kudos/Respect for Mouser

« Last post by techidave on May 19, 2013, 05:37 AM »

So take a moment to consider how DC has been a good thing in your life.  You might want to say thanks..

-Rover (May 17, 2013, 10:33 PM)

I'd definitely like to add my thanks to Mouser-- for this site, for the great example he has set as the person in charge, for the terrific software programs he has created, and for his unflagging help and patience.   But, as Mouser has often pointed out, for a site to be successful, it takes more than just a great administrator, it also takes a terrific group of people who form the community.   I'd like to thank the many people who make this site so interesting, so useful, and so welcoming.  I'm not a programmer, just a software enthusiast, but I've always felt comfortable here.   

-cyberdiva (May 18, 2013, 12:36 PM)

DITTO!!   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Goodbye OpenOffice, Hello LibreOffice

« Last post by techidave on April 28, 2013, 03:47 AM »

I replaced the default icon on the desktop with the individual icons for Writer, etc. and noticed some speedup.

Then I found this tip for speeding up LibreOffice and noticed a 10 second faster opening of the program.  Tip

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General Software Discussion / Re: Goodbye OpenOffice, Hello LibreOffice

« Last post by techidave on April 26, 2013, 09:15 AM »

i normally use AbiWord as it is light and fast.  not to mention, its free!  But this time around, I am wanting a spreadsheet and presentation program.  This computer was donated to these people and they dont have alot of money to purchase software with.  So I am trying the free stuff.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Goodbye OpenOffice, Hello LibreOffice

« Last post by techidave on April 26, 2013, 06:08 AM »

cpu was Celeron 2.4

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General Software Discussion / Re: Goodbye OpenOffice, Hello LibreOffice

« Last post by techidave on April 26, 2013, 05:31 AM »

My problem with LibreOffice is how resource intensive it is (and OpenOffice before it). A computer tech installled it on an old notebook my employer has provided for employee use - it's running an anaemic Intel duo-core chip, Vista 32-bit, and "rocking" 2GB RAM. LibreOffice was a pig to open and significantly slowed the machine when running.

-Darwin (April 25, 2013, 09:04 AM)

Darwin, I am with you.  I just installed LibreOffice 4 on a fresh install of Win XP.  Its an older machine with 1 gig of RAM and a older Celeron processor like 1.8.   Before Libreoffice, it was zipping along pretty good with not too many lags.  Now its pretty much crawling.   

I may have to try the portable version or a different alternative.

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Living Room / Re: Do not read this.

« Last post by techidave on April 18, 2013, 05:17 AM »

your welcome

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General Software Discussion / anyone else using Vipre2013 antivirus?

« Last post by techidave on April 06, 2013, 08:06 AM »

i bought in to a 10 pack license of Viper 2013 Antivirus for $50.  no problem with the price.  the real problem comes from all the popups that are being allowed in. I have went onsite at a business to repair 2 computers so far.

my preliminary research showed Vipre to be a pretty darn good piece of software... but now I am not so sure.

Anyone else have any thing to say on this?

Dave

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General Software Discussion / Re: thunderbird alternative

« Last post by techidave on April 02, 2013, 11:46 AM »

eM Client has a very simple interface which I like.  We shall see how well it works as I use it more.  I have been a long time user of Thunderbird but its search has frustrated me in finding things.

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Living Room / remove vocals from mp3

« Last post by techidave on March 29, 2013, 04:39 PM »

I am trying to remove the vocals from a mp3 to make a karoke version - that is instrumental only.

I have tried using the instructions for Audacity like these

it removed most of the vocals but not all.  They were quieter but may still be too loud. i do not know if my vocals were center panned or not as that seems to make a difference.

is there another program that works better than Audacity 2.0.3?

thanks for the help,
Dave

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Living Room / Re: unmountable_boot_volume error = is there a fix?

« Last post by techidave on March 21, 2013, 02:21 PM »

i tried it today with systemrescue cd and trk.  but they couldn't connect to the hard drive.  the laptop even gives a S.M.A.R.T. error now telling me the hard drive is in danger of failing.

oh well.....

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Living Room / unmountable_boot_volume error = is there a fix?

« Last post by techidave on March 20, 2013, 06:45 AM »

XP Pro SP3 BSOD with a unmountable_boot_volume error.  In googling the problem, it says to boot into the recovery console and run chkdsk /p and when that is done, run fixboot.

So I run chkdsk /p and at 50% it says The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems.  it sounds like the drive is now toast.

But is there any tools that might allow me to save some files (documents, photos, music, etc)?  Like a linux distro and which one would be the best?

I personally wouldn't worry about it too much but the laptop belongs to my daughter and she really wants some of those files.

any help would be appreciated!

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General Software Discussion / Re: mouse shortcut (Firefox) to jump to top of page

« Last post by techidave on March 17, 2013, 06:50 AM »

haven't been a fan of mouse gestures.  I am trying Scroll to top/bottom.  seems to work ok.

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General Software Discussion / Re: mouse shortcut (Firefox) to jump to top of page

« Last post by techidave on March 16, 2013, 07:02 AM »

Used to have one of those type of mice, but not anymore.

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General Software Discussion / mouse shortcut (Firefox) to jump to top of page

« Last post by techidave on March 16, 2013, 06:36 AM »

Sometimes I get lazy and don't want to reach for the home key on the keyboard.  I would rather use my mouse to go to top page of a site without scrolling with the mouse.  In IE, you can right click the scroll bar and choose top and it will go there.  I do not have that option in Firefox 19.0.

Does this option even exist?

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Living Room / Re: In Car Gadgets & Doodads

« Last post by techidave on March 02, 2013, 04:22 PM »

When I worked in the tractor dealership, we sold these

you will notice it doesn't say anything about using them on automobiles.

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Living Room / Re: In Car Gadgets & Doodads

« Last post by techidave on March 02, 2013, 04:19 PM »

I realize that Edvard.  I know my dad had one on his 55 Chevy and had to take it off.  It's quite possible that it was a local law.  Too bad he isn't around to ask.