Hello: I don't use outlook. I'm sure there's a way to open attachments. I wished I can help! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hart" <pat.hart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:29 PM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage Hi Arlene, This is a different question... My Microsoft Outlook, not outlook express but Outlook won't open attachments, I wonder how I can get it to do this? I run XP and have Windows Live 1 Care virus program with firewall and virus program.. I can send them but can't get them to open, I am not real familiar with the keystroke commands for Microsoft outlook, so maybe you can help me to learn how to work this.. I was more familiar with express but had to stop using it a good while back.. Norton ruined it and we had to go to Microsoft Outlook as I used Yahoo mail for a while but got tired of all the links I had to skip over or arrow through, so went tousing Microsoft Outlook and still have not had any luck with opening attachments with this.. Someone told me to use alt down arrow when the attachment part if ready to open but that doesn't work, maybe someone can enlighten me with how jto do this.. Thanks, Pat -----Original Message----- From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of arlene Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:13 PM To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage I have a stereo that will play MP3's and regular audio cds.----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:05 AM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
I should clarify that what I meant in my last message is that data cds containing mp3 files will play in many, perhaps most newer models of cd players. I believe some cd players now play ogg and wma files but I don't know how many do. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:58 PM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storageThere are different kinds of formats used when burning cds. Audio cds, a different format, will play in any cd player. Data cds will play in some, perhaps most newer models. The audio format is the one used when manufactured cds containing music are created. it's the format of a typical cd album you purchase. Literally any file on your computer can be burned to a data cd. You can burn documents, text files, mp3 files, image files, etc. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "arlene" <nedster6@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:45 PM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storagedoes this also apply to music if you want to put music on cd?----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:50 PM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storageHere are instructions I wrote for someone awhile ago. I couldn't find my copy and she sent me hers. I've made slight modifications to make the instructions general and not specific to her machine configuration. They now apply to all computers running Windows XP. Gene First, place the cd in the drive and close it. After closing it, hold the left shift key down for about twenty seconds to keep a dialog from appearing asking what you want to do. Then, select the file or files you want to burn to cd. Now copy them to the clipboard. then backspace until you are at the place in My Computer where you select the drive you want to work with. Once there, down arrow to the cd drive. Press enter to open the drive. Paste the files to the drive. they now appear on the drive. Nothing has been copied to the cd yet. the files are in a temporary folder and the contents of that folder appears on the drive. Now, backspace once. You are again in the part of My Computer where you select the drive. Down arrow to the cd drive. Don't open the drive.Press the context menu key and when the menu opens, type the letter t.that's the shortcut for transfer. A dialog opens for naming the file if you wish. If you don't want to do this tab to the next button and press the space bar. a new dialog may appear asking what kind of cd you want to make. There are two radio buttons in this part of the dialog. down arrow to data cd. Once you hear that this option is checked, tab to the next button and press the space bar. Files will then start to be copied after a pause. If you don't get the dialog asking what kind of cd you want to make, files will be copied after a pause. In other words, after the dialog asking you if you want to name the cd, pressing the next button will either cause the files to start to be copied or bring up the dialog asking what kind of cd you want to make. After the files have finished copying, the cd drive door will open automatically. Also, a dialog will appear asking if you want to copy the files to another cd. If you don't want to, just tab to the finish button and press the space bar. this closes the transfer wizard. the files have been copied, the cd door is opened and the cd wizard is now closed. I should add that when you are pasting the files into the cd drive, if you get a dialog telling you that some content can't be transfered or will be lost, answer yes to this dialog which is asking if you want to copy the files anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Williams" <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storageI'll start by agreeing that an external drive is a better method for extra storage. But since I don't own an external drive, and I have a half-dozen blank discs, I decided to get some use out of them. I don't need to store files on them indefinitely; they need only be used for a few months. I can't think of anything else to add. Marcus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:52 AM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storageFirst, how long do you intend to keep what you store and how much material do you have which you intend to store? If it's more than a small or rather small amount, cds are not a good way to store it. The following does not apply to commercially produced cds such as albums you buy in stores. Those cds use a completely different process for encoding data and will last much longer. CDs you burn at home are expected to be reliable for five years after purchase. Beyond that time, you need to reburn everything to new cds. However, cds fail far too often even before five years. Some people make two separate copies of everything they back up on cd on two separate cds. That's so that if one cd fails, the other may well still be good. In short, if you have enough material to fill ten or fifteen cds, you will actually be using twenty or thirty cds if you want to be reasonably confident your material is safe and then in five years, you'll need to burn all the material again. Using an external hard drive for storage is a much more reliable and efficient choice. Or, you may want to use a service like Carbonite.com for storage. Your material may not be important enough or critical enough so you consider off site storage to be justified but it is an option you should at least be aware of. It protects you against loss due to fire, flood, robbery, etc. You may want to learn how to burn a data cd and use them, taking the precautions I discussed above. If you do, if you are using Windows XP, it has a burning utility built into the operating system. Vista does as well but I haven't worked with Vista and can't discuss the Vista version of the utility. I'll wait to see if others provide instructions before proceeding. I may have saved messages I wrote in the past explaining how to burn data cds. I'll look for them if others don't furnish a description. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Williams" <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:16 AM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storageI haven't installed any CD burning software. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jewelsong21@xxxxxxx> To: <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <the-blind-geek-squad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:21 AM Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage Marcus, What kind of CD burning software do you have? That will dictate wat steps you take to put the books on CD. D -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Williams <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:28 AM To: the-blind-geek-squad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accesscomp] using CD's for data storage Hi all, I have some blank compact discs, but no music to put on them. So, I thought I could use them to store part of my ebook collection. Since I've never tried this, any helpful hints would be nice. Thanks, Marcus-------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.3/1788 - Release Date: 11/14/2008 1:36 PM
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