What's with the PLUMBER?????????Nasty remark <<<<<<< VE3XCT KEN.>>>>>>> MASTER PLUMBER RET. ----- Original Message ----- From: Herman Kuipers To: karc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:04 PM Subject: [karc] Re: completely off topic Rob In your 12 years at University you obviously skipped some classes somewhere. It wasn't the technical stuff you skipped I am sure. Maybe you should go back and see what you missed and maybe you can retake them and learn how to get along with your fellow humans. For humanity's sake please don't become a plumber. I, for one, appreciated Steve's helpful suggestions. I have often been in similar situations with computers and have been rescued by Steve. Thank you Steve ! Herman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valveman" <valveman_6146@xxxxxxxxx> To: <karc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:13 PM Subject: [karc] Re: completely off topic Apparently I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to computers or electronics so I'll keep my solutions to myself from now on! Seems there is always someone who knows better. You go Steve the guru of everything hehe :O) Don't flame me as i'm only joking around. Robert 12years or University wasted :O( I know nothing. I should have been a plumber. ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve Cutway <ve3kc@xxxxxxxxx> To: karc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:27:40 PM Subject: [karc] Re: completely off topic Hi Bill: Before you spend a lot of time running antivirus and antispyware programs, try the suggestion here first and see if it solves your problem. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Talk/thread?tid=35a36f6cc290b875&hl=en As far as free software is concerned, I have found that Avast does a better job of checking for both antivirus and spyware than AVG. Also, to their credit, Microsoft has improved Windows Defender a lot since building it into Vista and Windows 7. If you're running XP, install it. It too is free. I personally don't use free antispyware and antivirus software. I use Eset NOD32, which, as their ad says, "is the best antivirus and antispyware software you've probably never heard of". It just works and it doesn't slow down your machine at all. http://www.eset.com Cheers & 73s, Steve VE3KC __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090929-0, 09/29/2009 Tested on: 10/1/2009 7:54:20 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.