[coastie65]

I don't know how it plays with Vi$ta as I am running XP MCE. :D To hear some people, Vi$ta doesn't play well with itself let alone anything else, although there are a lot of people that are happy with it and having no problems. I think, as others do, that you had a minor hiccup.

[techie4fun]

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Off Topic. My phone has been ringing off the hook. My Mom says , I hope I'm not disturbing you!

















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hilarious.

[Flashorn]

Hey techie!!



Remember I had to shop for and buy notebooks for my Mom and Sister lastweek?

Well, my sister and brother-in-law left for a two week vacation BUT, my Mom didn't.

Every time there's a new window that comes up, she Phones!



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[coastie65]

I was going to get a Laptop for my Mom, but I can't even get her to pull up her own e-mail on this thing. I sat her down and had her play solitaire to get used to the mouse and the point, click and drag thing. I think she thought the mouse would bite her or something, so I have to pull up her e-mail and print it out for her. Oh well.

[AuroraDizon]

http://www.presto.com/ < email to printer

[Flashorn]

Hey coastie!!



I'm being patient as Mom has only the use of her left hand.

Had to switch the the buttons on the mouse for her, and yes the

mouse is a unusual tool to them. This afternoon , she called saying

that she could not get in to her e-mail. Having only a left hand , trying

to do an Underscore is not easy. Tomorrow I will change her password

to make it easier. We don't think about those things until you have to

interact on that level. But, I must admit , that she is brave. Trying out new

tasks was never her strong suite. I sorta pushed her a little and with time

Mom will be able to do all of it on her own.



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[Flashorn]

Hey Aurora!!



What a wonderful machine . never heard of this before.I guess it's like a

Fax machine but, going through a e-mail server. But, unfortunately ,

you are a week too late. Thank You for a wonderful suggestion .

I did have her buy a notebook to keep her mind active. The older you get

the more sedate you become so, by having a new toy to play with, this should

keep her thinking and reading for some time to come.

Thanks again Aurora.



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[AuroraDizon]

Np I just remember seeing ads for these before and how convenient they were. The one's I saw hooked up to a phone line and it just dialed in occasionally I think to see if there is any mail and would just print it when it received something. I know it comes through the phone line anyway. I thought it was a pretty good idea for people who want to receive emails and such but don't want to deal with computers at all.

[Adama]

Hi Flashorn,

Yeah your answers always help, not only me, but everybody else who reads them.

Your mom is trying your patience, but you know what they say..... patience is life.... LOL

You're such a nice guy and a great son on top of that. I'm sure have many, many gold stars on your crown! :x

[kunzzy]

From what i know.....Vista Service pack 1 has prevent softwares from editing their registry as a protection to prevent from corruptting the OS. thus I would say that these reg cleaners cant do must....they may be able to scan the errors...but we do not know it they cleaned...

[rgreen4]

That information is incorrect. Registry Mechanic works just fine.

[piyushsingh]

I agree with rgreen. There is no such change in vista and vista sp1 that prevents softwares from modifying registry.