Sandy, That sounds like a plan. Just let me know when you plan to take a break from all of that housework. ;-D And I'm glad to hear that Mr. Sandy didn't appear to react badly to the chemo, although I agree that he's not showing you everything he's feeling. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 12:43 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandys External Drive > oh sorry Gman............while making some breakfast yesterday hubby > informed me that we were going to Sam's Club. We definitely needed to go > and badly so.............so the day was spent getting that shopping done > and > getting it all put away except for some ground beef we have to divide up > for > meals. > > when i have the scans running, i turn off my cable modem and the only > windows open are the scanning ones, but i don't turn off mcafee and > goodness > knows what else is running in the background on this pc. this mcafee is > so > different. you can't just right click and disable, you have to open the > whole security center window and i haven't quite figured out how to turn > it > off yet?? that's another thing i've been trying to figure out. > > Ok, here's what I did since the last emails,lol. > Since I could not stop the scan by hitting the X, I simply rebooted. > We were going to leave the house for a while so I got my pc in safe mode > (figured that out first time woo hoo) and started a scan in safe mode > around > 12:30p.m, let it run all day and actually I got up at 1:30am for a potty > run and came in here and checked and again........no > progress..............so I tried to close out and when I hit the X to try > to > close it, my pc beeped, so I rebooted.........once back up just opened OE > so > i could download mail and that's all I've done. > > If you think you'd like to connect to me while a scan is running, let me > know, but truthfully i need a few days to take care of things i've > neglected...............a ton of other email being one of them. It does > sound like it might be a good chance for someone that knows how to look > around, to see what's stopping it from completing a scan. > > I thought I was gonna get a day yesterday to get some stuff caught up > with, > but hubby had other plans for us, lol. He came thru this chemo pretty > good > so I'm sure he wanted to get things done when he KNEW he'd be able to do > them. He felt bad Friday night, (had the chemo on Fri) which he usually > does, but he seemed to feel fine all weekend, but I'm sure he's a little > tired and just not showing it. > > Later this week, like maybe Thursday we could get together if you won't be > in the middle of working yourself. > > Sandy --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------