After Turkey Day Recipes

Okay, I'm a big lover of re-using all of the Thanksgiving Dinner components as sandwiches and leftovers but also the Turkey Soup and the Turkey Pot Pie are of primary importance to me as well. Here are the recipes I'm using this year...

Alton Brown from Food Network has a video
http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/turkey-soup/27749.html

However I like the written recipes and less of the add-ins and more of the actual dinner ingredients so I'm going with this one...

This looks yummy
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/next-day-turkey-soup-recipe/index.html

Here's the Turkey Pot Pie I'm making this year...
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/turkey-pot-pie-recipe/index.html

Happy Thanksgiving!

CD Question! HELP

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:08 PM, claire wrote:

Hi Ed,

I'm having trouble trying to get software for printing CD labels. Avery won't downloadthe software for labels18160 which I bought. I guess because I don't have Office: microsoft word, excel snd etc.

I would like to be abel to print CD labels ( have the templates). I need step by step instructions and

software. thanks Claire

Answer: I was in a seminar all weekend. I would recommend using avery or memorex labels for CDs. For printing you can download OpenOffice ir StarOffice for free. Once you load them open up their writer program and choose File->New-> Labels from the top menubar. For download locations check out this site http://FreeSoftwareSecrets.com. Their free report gives you information about downloading both office products.

Free Software Is Everywhere

I've been following a blog now for a few weeks. It's FreeSoftwareSecrets.blogspot.com. Whoever this person is has been posting some great software on their blog that has no end-user cost. You should definitely check this out for some great free software ideas.

"Borrowing" Wireless Routers

Laura asked: Can other people tell if you're using their wireless network?

Ed answered: Yes

Laura replied: Well, those bastards! Can they see into my computer when I'm on their network?

Ed Smit wrote: Only if you're shared and have no password.

Laura: Say, I don't understand. If I sneak on someone else's network from my'puter, does that give them access to me? I'm not shared; they're just some dope who didn't password-protect their network. See what I mean?

Ed: Only if you're a big enough dope to not have a password on your computer and you've shared folders on it.

Laura: yes, I have a password but I only have to use it to update software, etc. Not every time I turn it on. Is that safe?

Ed: You just have it automatically logging in when you start up. The password is there you just don't have it set to ask every time. You can see this setting under the apple menu under preferences in the user info.

Uninstalling Office 97

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:55 PM Claire wrote:

Question: I'm trying to uninstall office 97.I downloaded eraser97.exe but it does'nt work. Nobody helps me. How do I do it?

Answer:

To uninstall any software from your PC...

Click on Start
Click on Control Panel (if you have Windows 2000 click on Settings first)
In the Control Panel select Add/Remove Programs
Scroll down the list of programs until you see the software you want to remove
Click on the name of software (in your case it should say Microsoft Office 97)
Click on the button that says remove
Follow the on screen instructions to remove all of the program

Once that step is complete you can then reboot your computer and remove the directory where Office was stored.
Double Click on the My Computer icon
Double Click on the C: drive
Double Click on the Program Files folder
Find the Microsoft Office folder
Right click on it and choose Delete

If you still have residual program info in your system after those two steps you might try a registry cleaning program to get rid of extra entries on your system.

Hope this helps,
Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
For more answers to your computer questions check out my blog at JustAskEd.blogspot.com

Follow up:
Thanks Ed for answering! I've tried your way several times but it does'nt work. When I click on
remove it asks to insert the #1 disc which I don't have and it won't do anything. I've tried google,
yahoo, microsoft etc. of those three I've been told to download eraser97.exe, this i've done but it does'nt do anything to erase the program.

Thanks! Claire ps I'm 85 yrs old with very little memory left.Thanks again

My Reply:
Try this utility http://www.easy-uninstall.com/. You need to download the program to your computer. Open the .exe that you download and install the program. Once it is installed it will automatically run and choose Force Uninstall if the regular Uninstall doesn't work. If that doesn't work try the Special Uninstall. Last thing to try is Clear It.

Let me know if this works for you. It's a $35 dollar shareware that has an expiration date but it should work for 30 days for free.

Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
For more answers to your computer questions check out JustAskEd.blogspot.com

P.S. This one is definitely free http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html I tested it on one of my PCs and it worked great. You should try the Advanced Option for removing the software if you don't have the original CDs.

Claire's Reply:
THANKS ED!!!!This one worked!!!Office 97 is
now off in the sky someplace. Thanks ever so Much...Claire

Email Garbage

On Sun Nov 9 10:45pm, Phil asked:
Question: some of my emails are unreadable garbage letters how do i solve this problem? thanks

Answer: Some emails come thru looking like garbage because they come from China, Russia or some other country that uses a different alphabet. When that happens you can download the language pack for that country and try reading the email then. A lot of SPAM is coming out of these countries so it looks like garbage in the email program and most of the time, it is.

Just a side note, you shouldn't click on these emails unless you know the sender because it could be virus filled email as well. At least make sure you have your virus protection up to date before you open them.

Hope this helps,
Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
For more answers to your computer questions check out my blog at JustAskEd.blogspot.com

Slow Computer Problem

Question submitted by peggy on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 00:09:53
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Question: my computer is slow and shuts down

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Answer: Join the club Peggy ;o)

I have noticed that seems to be the trend in user questions these days. Most users think that they can use their computer indefinitely without doing any maintenance and it will always work the same. Unfortunately, because of updates to software (such as windows, java, flash, adobe) your computer over time will begin to slow down just from the updates. The only cure for this is increasing your RAM by adding a memory chip into your computer

Another thing that slows down a computer is spyware. If you go to my blog and lookup articles on Spybot http://JustAskEd.blogspot.com. One of those articles gives download info Download Spybot-Search and Destroy here. This helps with 80% of the users I've helped complaining of a slow computer.

Viruses can also slow down a computer so you should check that your virus protection is current and working. If you don't have good virus protection you can download AVG Anti-Virus and install that to check for viruses and protect your system.

If you're still having problems it could be a hardware problem. Computers can have malfunctions. You can check your maufacturers site for warranty information and repair services.

Hope this helps,
Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
For more answers to your computer questions check out http://JustAskEd.blogspot.com

Office 2007 File to Convert

Question from Arlette submitted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:04 PM

Subject: The File to Convert

I'm proud of myself for knowing when to contact you, but I still have to work on doing it sooner than taking 1/2 a day trying to get something to work that I know nothing about. ERRR...I'll learn sooner or later. I have a Word 2007 file that I need to convert. How do I do that if I have Word 2000. Thank you!!!

ps. I tried to open it, and it was gobbly-gook. I hope I didn't mess up the file. If so, I have another copy on a zip drive. Let me know.

Arlette

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ANSWER:

Here is a link to the converter for Office 2007 files....

http://www.microsoft..com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Once you download and install the converter you must open word and choose File Open. At the bottom of the file window is a drop-down menu that says "Files of Type". Choose that drop-down arrow on the right side of the box and scroll through the list until you come to the Word 2007 choice (it says "Word 2007 Document (*.docx)"). Switch to the folder where the file is stored and click on the file and click Open. This will convert the file. Make sure you save it as a real Word document after by choosing File, Save As and choosing the Word Document file type from the same drop-down list. You have now avoided paying Microsoft for another useless upgrade to a software that hasn't truly been improved since Word 97.

Happy typing,

Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
For more answers to your computer questions go to JustAskEd.blogspot.com