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  1. greymist

    Gleemax Login Help

    How about just registering under the same user id? Since you have not migrated it, it is presumably still available.
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    weight loss, diet, and fitness thread

    Holy hard body, Batman! Suzi, you are an inspiration to us all! Last time I did Atkins my good cholesterol shot up, and my bad cholesterol went down, maybe your Mom did not have the full set of tests, I know my doctor mentioned that if he did not have some extra done, he might not have seen...
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    Travel Advice

    Definitely. London is an amazing city, and frankly, 3 days will not let you see even a small amount of what it has to offer, but go! My wife and I spent 3 months in England, about 10 years ago, based in London, and we still missed a LOT of stuff. But with a little planning I'm sure you will be...
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    weight loss, diet, and fitness thread

    Where am I now: Overweight, I am around 5'9' and weigh 232#. But I was 270# on May 22, so there is some good news in my current fatness. There is a LOT of diabetes in my family, but so far I am OK. Last time I checked by BP and cholesterol was good. My back has just about given out on me, I have...
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    Ever hear a song that makes you think of D&D?

    Two Police songs: Wrapped Around Your Finger and Tea in the Sahara.
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    RIP: Good Music Albums

    I think Steel Wind hit the nail on the head in describing how the music industry has changed over the years. There was a time when an album was seen as a single piece of work, not a collection of singles. Some additions to the list of albums that need no skip track button: any of the Police...
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    Vista: Get it now or wait?

    I expect that I will never buy Vista or any future version of Windows. At home I have Win2000 on my ancient desktop, WinXP Pro on my wife's newer but not overly powerful desktop and Win XP Home on my two laptops. I plan on converting all to XP Pro over time, and then stay put. I believe MS has...
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    Malazan series by Steve Erikson... anyone read it?

    I finished Gardens of the Moon just before Xmas, and I am about 100 pages from the end of Deadhouse Gates. I think the books are worth reading. I am not a fanboy, nor a literary critic, I like reading, and I so far Erikson has been able to keep me interested. I always worry about commiting to a...
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    My first LCD

    I agree with John. My undrstanding is that the diagonal measurement for a CRT is the size of the picture tube. Invariably a part of the tube is not visible as it is covered by the case of the TV/monitor. LCD panels also measure the full screen, but a much smaller amount of the perimeter is...
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    Hockey Question

    The latter. And for the record, shootouts suck.
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    4 glasses of wine, 1 Budweiser and 2 glasses of Crown Royal and Sprite...

    You poured Sprite into Crown Royal??? What a waste of good rye!
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    All PC dead, what to do?

    As far as the Listen checks go, I would have had the PCs make one for the door opening (unless the oil on the hinges was magical, I would only allow a bonus, not automatic success in removing the hinge squeaks), and one for the thief sneaking across the floor. I would have also rolled to see...
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    BSODs are back! I moved last weekend, and I am still in the process of getting all of the computers set up. I set up my 2000 machine temporarily so we had net access, and no problems were noted for the 4 or 5 days that it was running. I set up the XP machine 3 days ago, and it is back to...
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    Wireless Router Advice

    I used a D-Link DI-614+ fpr a long time without any issues, I only replaced it when the power transformer burnt out and I couldn't find a replacement. I bought a DI-524 and it has been fine. For security, you should ensure that the router handles WPA2, if it doesn't I wouldn't buy it. No one...
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    This makes total sense for both of my machines. Both have AVG running with automatic updating, so they likely updated to the "bad" version, and it interacted with Wallmaster. Mystery solved!
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    Not on the 2000 machine, but I think on the XP machine it got turned on somehow. BUt I have switched it off again! I got the XP machine running by going to a previous restore point, no such thing on 2000, but as I noted, it is running now.
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    I didn't think it could be a driver, as I have not changed any in recent memory, but given what happened to you, I will keep it it in mind if the BSOD returns. Interesting. I have not started up Wallmaster on either machine since I got them running, and I guess I won't bother. Time to find a new...
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    I did read the link you posted, that page is a copy of the MS KB, and the only software issues they mention are: Stop 0x7F messages can occur after installing incompatible applications, drivers, or system services.Pretty generic info! Nothing was recently installed on the XP box, and only 7Zip...
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    Redrobes, I just checked out the Event Viewer...mostly gibberish to me. Things like this after each reboot: Rl'Halsinor, I did write down the STOP numbers: 0x0000007F. The four numbers in the parentheses that followed were all 0's, and the problem is described as an Unexpected Kernel Mode...
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    Help! Coincidence or Virus or ???

    Silvermane, do you have any ideas on what could be the cause of the BSODs? It is possible that there is a hardware issue, but what are the odds that a hardware issue hit two PCs at the exact same time? Especially given that both were working fine on Wednesday, and the BSOD appeared the first...
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