Glad to help. I'm fortunate in having an IT person who is morbidly
fascinated by the access technology and is painfully impressed by my
ability
to so easily completely screw up my computer with it *grin*.
He lives in fear for my Monday-morning phone calls with the latest result
of
my "tinkering".
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 16:12
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Thanks Dave. I was having that problem on my work machine and I.T. people
don't wanta know about my adaptive technology problems with exception of
maybe one guy... (grin)
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:49 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
MessageSteve,
I think I know what's going on. There is a feature in Windows XP that
allows
you to control whether inactive icons show in your system tray, and you
can
even customize which ones show at all.
Minimize all programs to get to the desktop and tab twice until you land
on
the task bar.
Then Press Alt+Enter and you'll have a two page dialog to allow you to
customize your task bar and start menu.
In the task bar page, tab until you hear:
Notification area Hide inactive icons checked
If this is checked, then that explains why you don't see some of your
icons
with any consistency. The tip that shows when you land in this area is:
You can keep the notification area uncluttered by hiding icons that you
have not clicked recently.
So if that checkbox is checked, you can also further customize. Tab one
again and you'll find
Notification area Customize... button
This will open a dialog with a list of a whole heck of a lot of icons that
have at one time or another potentially appeared in your system tray. Most
of the ones I find are already removed from my computer, but this list
doesn't seem to forget them. In any case you can arrow down the list to
the
ones you know, and expect to see, and my arrowing right on each, you can
affect how they behave.
Have fun. I've kept my system tray clear of clutter this way, and only
show
what I want.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Wicketts
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 08:53
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Hi Kevin,
Using F11 to get to system tray only showed my Virus protection, arrows
up, down, left and right did nothing.
Maybe it's just my system.
The Window key and B, worked.
Don't know enough about computers to understand why, just glad it worked.
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Gibbs
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:09 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
In the system tray, up and down arrows shold hve worked.
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Wicketts
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 4:51 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Hi Stacy,
Thanks so much for replying.
My F11 was taking me to the system tray, however, arrowing left or
right didn't work.
Jim Jackson from the list advised, pressing Windows key and the B
key,
this did work.
Try Windows and B on your Home XP, as it seems to work on both
computers here.
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacy Blackwell
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Steve, I've got so many messages in my inbox that I'm just reading
posts at random. Someone else may have responded to this already, but I'm
going to add something. I learned this the hard way on my Zen Stone MP3
player. It also works as a thumb or flash drive. Close out Wondows
Explorer and other programs. Go to Desktop and tab to System Tray. Arrow
over to something that says Remove Storage device" and press Enter. It's
kinda misleading but tab to "stop" and Enter. Then tab to Okay, provided
the settings are as you like them. A dialog will appear that says you can
safely now remove mass storage device. I do this now with my MP3 player
and
my little thumb or flash drives. At least I know that things are okay
once
I read that dialog. Locking up the Zen Stone twice has caused me to do
this
sequence.
My XP Home PC at my house does not have this option, or at least I
haven't seen it. But I do see it on XP Pro.
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From: neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:26:27 -0400
Yeah I do it all the time to and I've never had a problem.
May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your
heart
and mind in Christ Jesus.
God bless you!
Website http://www.nevillepeter.com
email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
phone 407-222-4488
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:26 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
I do it all the time. As long as you wait a reasonable while after
you've closed all files, you should be fine. You don't have to turn your
computers completely off every time you want to remove a memory stick or
flash drive. Some drives have eject buttons available in the software.
These may not be accessible. What does your sighted friend do? I
promise you he doesn't shut down his computers every time he wants to
remove
a drive.
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Wicketts
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:21 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Hi Kevin,
a sighted friend told me not to just pull it out of the USB.
Thanks Kevin
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Gibbs
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:12 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: kind of related to music
Just close all files running on the stick and close out to the
desktop and that should probbly do it, I guess.
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Wicketts
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:57 PM
To: ddtots
Subject: [ddots-l] kind of related to music
Hi all,
This may be the dumbest question I've asked and I'm fully
aware I've asked a few Dum questions in the passed.
I've been told that before removing a memory stick from the
USB, you must close it down or something like that to protect it.
I'm moving MP3 files from one computer to another and
switching off each computer every time before removing the memory stick.
How do I remove the memory stick without damaging it whilst
still leaving the computers on?
Steve W
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