Computer Info – February 6, 2002

 

This Week’s Program

            LaVon Collis will demonstrate and discuss how she built her website using FrontPage by Microsoft.  She will be glad to answer any questions you may have.  The rest of the time will be our usual question and answer time.

 

What is Shockwave

            Shockwave by Macromedia is an accessory (or plug-in) for your Web browser that lets Web sites display fancy animation on your computer.

            Is it safe?  Because millions of people use Shockwave, you could surmise that it is pretty safe.  On the other hand, the sad truth is that anything you install on your computer can turn out to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

 

Flash Path and Windows XP

            FlashPath adaptor owners who currently have the drivers for Windows 98 need to upgrade them.  Go to http://www.smartdisk.com/downloads.asp to find the latest driver for Windows XP.

 

SanDisk Card Reader and Windows XP

            We used our installation disk to attempt to load the drivers for our SanDisk card reader and was immediately told that it was not compatible with Windows XP.  So we canceled the installation and went to the internet to look for Windows XP drivers.  (  http://www.sandisk.com  ).

            We noticed a driver for a SmartMedia USB card reader and downloaded that driver and installed it.  Still the card reader would not work.  So, it was back to the internet.  Upon browsing the page at SanDisk again, we scrolled down and noticed another SmartMedia USB card reader driver.  That is when we noticed the SDDR-09 in front of it.  Then we examined our card reader – turned it over and noticed that is the part number of our reader. 

This is the information that they gave us for installing our card reader.  “ SanDisk does not support this reader on XP.  For information on a possible fix, please go to the SDDR-09 driver download page.   Please Note: The 2000 driver may work, but is not supported by SanDisk or Microsoft.”  Gives you a great feeling.

            Anyway, to install ours, we had to place the installation disk for the card reader into our CD drive.  This starts an auto installation.  We were told to exit out of this.  Go to the CONTROL PANEL – choose ADD NEW HARDWARE – locate the right category and then tell it to look for the driver on the installation CD.  This worked and the card reader is working fine.


 

KEEP A SENSE OF HUMOR

 

THREE PROOFS THAT JESUS WAS MEXICAN

            1 . His first name was Jesus

            2 . He was bilingual

            3 . He was always being harassed by the authorities

 

But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS BLACK

            1. He called everybody "brother"

            2. He liked Gospel

            3. He couldn't get a fair trial

 

But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS JEWISH

            1. He went into His Father's business

            2. He lived at home until he was 33

            3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin, and his Mother was sure he was God

 

But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS ITALIAN

            1. He talked with his hands

            2. He had wine with every meal

            3. He used olive oil

 

But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS A CALIFORNIAN

            1. He never cut his hair

            2. He walked around barefoot

            3. He started a new religion

 

But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS IRISH

            1. He never got married

            2. He was always telling stories

            3. He loved green pastures

 

But perhaps the most compelling evidence ... THREE PROOFS THAT JESUS WAS A WOMAN

            1. He had to feed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food

            2. He kept trying to get the message across to a bunch of men who JUST DIDN'T GET IT

            3. Even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was more work for him to do

 

SO... Pass this along to all the wonderful, hard working, never resting women you know and encourage them that they are more like Jesus than they know.

 

Keep a sense of humor, it can release the gladness in your soul!