tjesterb

tjesterb

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I recently set up a user account to give Litestep another try. (Last attempt was a bad install that left me shell-less for a few days, I only recently decided to have another stab at it.) Windowblinds and Cursor XP work fine, but I can't even get IconPackager of IconExplorer to even open. I keep th edesktop pretty much icon-free, but those default windows folders just don't go with any theme. Does anyone know how to det it to work, or is Iconpac

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Got rid of my land line and replaced it with a couple cell phones. By US law telemarketers are not allowed to call cell numbers. Voila! No more annoying sales calls! (Internet connection is cable modem, I ended up saving about $20 a month over paying for a land line, one cell, and cable ISP.)

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Lots of great tweaks and tips here: http://pcstats.com/ ....and I third Jafo, I learned the hard way the importance of backing up your registry before you go "a-tweakin' " Erunt is a good registry backup tool, but I still make a manual backup before I start changing too many things, also save a known good hardware profile.

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wmsco, the fact is we do NOT have a draft, so I gave my opinion, as you asked. During the "first" Gulf War, I did some work for the parents and widow of the Marine pilot who was the first U.S. casualty of that war. They were very hurt, of course, but they proudly flew the U.S. and Marine Corps flags at their homes in his memory. They honored the choice, and sacrifice of their son/husband. Is that wrong? Would they only be right if they were

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There will always be war, or the stirrings of war somewhere in the world. That is not ideal, but it is reality. And that reality dictates that a nation be prepared to defend itself and wage war if necessary. Men and women choose to enlist in military service of their own free will, and for the most part it is an honorable choice. An essential part of being a soldier is the discipline to follow orders, and a soldier takes pride in carrying out hi

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I just read this: http://forum.tweakxp.com/forum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=7&MessageID=146150 I remembered this thread. Maybe this will help with what you wnated to do.

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I get sent to Boston right after the worst blizzard in ten years (spent 12 hours in airports btw) there's 3 feet of snow on the ground with another 6 inches coming, and the warmest it's been here is 22 degrees. It was 3 below zero (not counting wind chill) when we landed. And Brad gets to go to California and show off Windowblinds? There's just no justice! <img

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I started sneaking my Dad's Camels when I was ten years old. By 14 I was smoking a pack a day, by 22 years it was 2 packs a day, and I loved every one of them. At the age of 31, when my (then) 5 year old son asked me how old he had to be before he could smoke, well, I knew it was time to face up to my own hypocrisy. That was 7 years ago, and I haven't had a puff of smoke since. One of the few good decisions I've made in my life. After three maj

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If you go to https://addons.update.mozilla.org/themes/?application={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} and look through the top 5 popular themes, only one of the authors (see below) has a published email. Kind of hard to spread the word to someone you can't get hold of. The section is pretty new. It may take some time for word to get around to those who may not frequent this site. BTW, I did send an email to Arvid Axelsson, the author of the Qut

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Frogboy, Im sure you have the stats, so just out of curiosity, how much does the placement of the different section icons affect their traffic? At my present rate my FF skin will probably never see the light of day, but it sounds like the addition of the section has generated a lot of interest among the established skinners here. With that kind of talent, I would hope we would see some premier work posted here. Enough to draw the attention of

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The nick I originally wanted to use was "Jester" which is an anagram of the first three leters of my two sons' names. (No, it had nothing to do with TopGun, either ) Of course that name was already taken, along with just about any variant made by sticking numbers on the end. Anyway, I stuck my initials on the front and back, and got Tjesterb. The wolf avatar w

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I am somewhere close to 40, a single dad raising two wonderful boys, which seems to involve lots of driving, grocery shopping, laundry and dishes. And laundry. And dishes. And more grocery shopping, which leads to more dishes......well, you see the pattern. I do love to cook, though. I used to paint and draw, do a little photography (used to develop my own film and process my own prints back before film was an antique) In the summer I coach m

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Since WebSense is a filtering software primarily marketed to businesses, I doubt that it was installed by a student. And if you are really the Teachers' helper, why haven't you gone through them or the school system administrator? Sounds more like the school put it on there to keep students (helpers and otherwise) from browsing sites they don't want visited. If it really was put on there by a student , then follow Jafo's advice, and leave it to th

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I have put together a "rescue CD" that I use to bail out friends & family who've become clogged with spyware (first 5 are for cleaning up, the rest for immunizing): 1.AdAware SE 2. Spybot S&D 3. HiJackThis 4.CWS Shredder 5. NAV 2004 Installer (The NAV installer is what I DLed when I bought my last suscription. It gives them a 15 day trial, assuming they don't already have an AV program.) * I also have SP2 on CD in case

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