I actually just recently purchased my first ever external hard drive and have started backing up some things (starting with my school assignments). It holds quite a bit. I think I need to look at all my old CD-RW's though and start backing those up as well. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:46 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: offtopic/seeking short wmv butterfly movie for powerpoint > Cristy, > Video is on its way. FLV files are actually Flash versions of these > movies. They are converted to FLV to make them smaller for web use and > can > only be played by Flash enabled apps such as your browser. Since they are > Flash files, they run within another process (Flash) which shields them > from > easy downloading by right clicking the screen. Instead, all you get is > the > menu for the flash player. Also, since they're specifically made for > Flash > use, they may not be supported by Pinnacle. It's a good thing you're > downloading the converter. > > Extensions cannot be used in IE and not all extensions will work in > every app that DOES support them. The ability to make them was created by > the Mozilla team so they are designed specifically for any programs that > use > Mozilla's code base. These apps include Firefox, the now defunct > Netscape, > Thunderbird (email client) and some other projects they have going on over > there at Mozilla.com. There's even a calendar program that supports some > of > these extensions. lol > > Finally, please describe (with as much detail as possible) the sounds > you're hearing from your system so we can try to figure out what's causing > it. I don't want you suffering through a hard drive crash before you get > your stuff backed up. > > Peace, > G > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:15 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: offtopic/seeking short wmv butterfly movie for > powerpoint > > >> Wonderful! >> >> Thanks Gman, >> >> I will read and absorb what you wrote below later tonight but does this >> mean >> you wont email me the movie file ;0 hehehee,, what was confusing me was >> when I tried to download the butterfly movie, it would only let me right >> click save as link, I did not want a link, just the movie. FLV files >> are >> rather new to me, just another movie type I guess, although someone at >> work >> had mentioned them once in reference to Utube I think. >> >> ok, have installed the add ons, extending like crazy lol. Am downloading >> he >> media converter and on dial up so is slow...must be fairly large file. I >> have a monsterous movie editing program on my computer Pinnacle that does >> some converting. I have done this with movie files from my digital movie >> camera. I have not tried it out with movie files from online like UTube >> or >> something. It works fine for my home made movies. I will be buying a >> new >> computer soon as my boat comes in (maybe end of summer?) will be on >> cable >> then and have a more powerful, bigger, better puter I hope ;0. I'm on a >> Dell now and I think I almost gave it a heart attack today as it was >> making >> loud mean sounds and the air blowing harder out of the fan. I guess I am >> overworking it!. BTW, these addons are a new thing for me, could I have >> done that in IE? I will try the media converter out later after it is >> downloaded and installed. And try out the download helper and YouPlayer. >> >> thanks, >> >> >> Christine > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------