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[lovegod]

Â* Just realised that Â*e mail Â*will automatically appear in Hotmail



in the past with Â*yahoo, you always had to hit Â*inbox Â*or Â*refresh the page for new e mail to appear.



So now I keep Â*my hotmail page open and the e mail Â*just pop in as if by magic Â*!.... kind of neat is nt it ?

[lovegod]

strange though, I suddenly find I cant get on this forum with Â*firefox,Â*



Im having to use opera !

[Onedin]

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strange though, I suddenly find I cant get on this forum with firefox,



Im having to use opera !

Try Google Chrome, Lovegod............

[lovegod]

i saw Â*google chrome some time ago, but, knowing what a snoop google is



I kept well away from using google as my browser.









Strange though, Ive got Â*hotmail open Â*again.... but today the e mails are nt popping in there automatically !



like they did last night !



But going back to firefox, Â*its very strange why I Â*cant get on this forum with Â*ff,



Im Â*typing this with Â*opera Â*right now .

[jimw1]

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Strange though, Ive got Â*hotmail open Â*again.... but today the e mails are nt popping in there automatically !



like they did last night !



But going back to firefox, Â*its very strange why I Â*cant get on this forum with Â*ff,



Im Â*typing this with Â*opera Â*right now .

have you got the latest Firefox browser lovegod ?.......if not it might be worth Installing the latest one..

[lovegod]

YES, Â*infact I Â*downloaded Â*firefox Â*yesterday.



Ive just been under a massive attack and half my stuff seems to have been knobbled



for Â*eg Â* faststone, Â* bs viewer, Â*hj split... Â*about half of my Â*software Â*programmes have been knobbled and I Â*cant get them



I ll have to go and Â*re download the software for each one.



What Â*caused it ? Â* maybe some Â*kind of Â*trojan Â*? Â*I Â*dont Â*know.



Â*Im a Â* torrent Â*addict , so maybe the infection Â*came in that Â*way Â*?



I use firefox as my main browser so its a bit annoying to get an Â*e mail notif from Â*brit movieÂ*



I click the link and it does nt get on the forum.



Ah well... Â*opera is a great little browser, Ill just have to use that in here.

[lovegod]

Hotmail seems to be doing it now, Â* the e mails are popping in automatically



must admit, I get over 1000 e mails per day in there !









XN Â*View Â*is Â*a cool piece of kit and free on the net



go here



http://download.cnet.com/XnView/3000...-10067391.html



It allows you to view your photos and jpegs Â*and perhaps adjust or resize Â*each one as you go along



very handy



Its another of my programmes that were knobbled the other day Â*( perhaps by a trojan ? )



I ve just re downloaded it from the Â*net and Â*re installed Â*it .

[Onedin]

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XN View is a cool piece of kit and free on the net



go here



http://download.cnet...4-10067391.html



It allows you to view your photos and jpegs and perhaps adjust or resize each one as you go along



very handy



Its another of my programmes that were knobbled the other day ( perhaps by a trojan ? )



I ve just re downloaded it from the net and re installed it .

I think you'd better sort out those Trojans first before you suggest anything to others.

[Onedin]

I just resort to Google Chrome.

[lovegod]

DONT worry oneidin, you wont get infected, Â* that link just takes you to the Â*xn view site, Â*its nothing to do



with me and my trojansÂ*

[Onedin]

name='lovegod' timestamp='1283100516' post='469015']

DONT worry oneidin, you wont get infected, that link just takes you to the xn view site, its nothing to do



with me and my trojans

Still though...........I think you'd better get yourself a better anti-virus programme, and heed the warnings some sites produce through that anti-virus programme.



There's a lot of dodgy stuff out there. So take care what you download or not.

[jimw1]

Personally I use Google Chrome' sounds like you need to run a full system scan lovegod.....

and its worth scanning anything you get from Torrent before opening or installing..........

[Steve Crook]

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XN Â*View Â*is Â*a cool piece of kit and free on the net

go here

http://download.cnet.com/XnView/3000...-10067391.html

I prefer IrfanView



Steve

[didi-5]

IrfanView is great and I only came across it by pure chance.

[Onedin]

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I prefer IrfanView



Steve

Never heard of that before, Steve...........but just took a peek. Might download it at a later stage...............

[lovegod]

i Â*was going to get round to Irfan view in good time....Steve has jumped the gun



Xn view is I think great for going thru your pics and cropping them Â*if you wish ... and for other adjustments









I use Irfan view a lot Â*for Â*getting Â*a pic of my screen and then Â*pasting it into Â*Irfanview.



the Â*key Â* top Â*right of your keyboard ... Â*Prt Scr Sys Rq...... Â*will take a photo of your screen when you press it



Then open up Â* Irfan view Â* Â*... press Â*Ctrl... Â*bottom left.... keep it pressed in and Â*hit Â* Â*v



a pic of your screen should appear on Â*Irfan view... then you can crop as you wish and save the result as a jpeg.



A very useful feature when you think of it.... it means that anything that appears on the internet you can save as a jpeg !









Yes Onedin Â*get the download, these are very tried and tested bits of kit



Ive had irfan and Â*xnview for about 8 years, Â*no probs atall !

[lovegod]

quoteÂ*



and its worth scanning anything you get from Torrent before opening or installing



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Â*a very good tip Jim, Â*thanks









Funny thing is, Â*just before the attack Â*I downloaded Â*a picture grab Â*add on to





fire fox Â*... I downloaded it from Â*Hippo



Â*I wonder if something came in with that download ?



Anyway Ive since deleted the add on Â*from Â*fire fox .

[Steve Crook]

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I use Irfan view a lot Â*for Â*getting Â*a pic of my screen and then Â*pasting it into Â*Irfanview.

the Â*key Â* top Â*right of your keyboard ... Â*Prt Scr Sys Rq...... Â*will take a photo of your screen when you press it

Then open up Â* Irfan view Â* Â*... press Â*Ctrl... Â*bottom left.... keep it pressed in and Â*hit Â* Â*v

a pic of your screen should appear on Â*Irfan view... then you can crop as you wish and save the result as a jpeg.

A very useful feature when you think of it.... it means that anything that appears on the internet you can save as a jpeg !

If you don't want the whole screen, but just part of it, have you tried Screen Grab Pro? Despite the use of "Pro" in their title, they do offer a free version



Steve

[lovegod]

Â*sounds interesting, Â*might Â*try that Â*thanks.



Â*it might result in a higher quality pic Â* ... k Â* wise Â*I mean.

[Steve Crook]

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Â*sounds interesting, Â*might Â*try that Â*thanks.



Â*it might result in a higher quality pic Â* ... k Â* wise Â*I mean.

Another advantage is that Screen Grab will save directly as a JPG (or GIF) whereas the PRT SCR saves it as a BMP (Bitmap) which although accurate is a huge file.



Steve