I'm in quite a few Yahoo! groups, and today I received two posts titled "New Graphic Site". This is the first WORM that spreads by only opening an e-mail!
I didn't know, so I opened them and sent a reply that wasn't very nice...(apologies to her).
Here are some articles about it:
Google News UK
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Malicious Worm doing the rounds in Yahoo!!!
Windows fixing & troubleshooting
I have always loved a challenging computer mystery....
Sure, I feel like getting physical when things go wrong and keep bugging. Just like anyone else.
But the feeling of satisfaction when finally fixing it! And the things you learn on the way.
I had a small problem a few days ago. Small in the sense that it's not the result of anything complicated or the handi-work of malware or similar. But the problems it could have caused if it had happened some other time, in the middle of a big project... Thankfully, it was weekend and I had nothing else to do (kidding!)...
Anyway, it's a big problem for a translator! My language bar button had disappeared, it had become invisible!
For those who don't know, the language bar is a small button to the right in the task-bar (at the bottom of your screen). It allows you to change between languages (of course very "useful" when translating!), and get a different set of letter characters.
When I noticed it missing (wanting to type in Swedish), I did the usual thing. I right-clicked in the task-bar, went up to Toolbars, but the language bar is already ticked! So, I untick and re-tick and try in different applications... nothing!
I remembered cleaning up a little in HijackThis a while back, and since I've accidently removed the language bar button there before, I thought maybe I had done the same again. But nothing I could find in the back log files helped either.
As I got a bit lazy (well, why search for a file with a name that doesn't show it's the button I need?), I hooked up to the 'net forums for a solution. I found a translator with the same problem as me. Now, why on earth would we have the same problem at the same time? I don't know, I had some technical issues a week earlier and had done a system restore. I don't know if he might have done the same, but I know he had some problems with a new software and had done some tweaking on his computer recently. My first thought when I realised HijackThis had no part in it was the latest Windows update (we are both on automatic updates)... but I still don't have the answers.
I posted to all places I could think of (techsupportforum and many of my e-groups). I had already tried to search for clues in Google, without success, then I thought of rewording my search to "missing language bar" and Voilà! (I wouldn't have been able to write that without searching the character map, before now!):
I found three possible solutions and posted them to the translators forum (TranslatorsCafe). This is what did the trick:
Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages page - click Details
Advanced page> untick 'Turn off Advanced Text Facilities' > Apply
>on main page, click 'Language Bar'
Without unticking the 'Turn off Advanced Text Facilities', the 'Language Bar' button on the main page is disabled (greyed out and unclickable). That is why the language bar was enabled but invisible in the task bar. The solution was on Aussie Phorums (funny thing: both me and the other translator posted that we had solved it, the same minute!).
During this little "adventure", I found some really useful sites I will revisit again:
Kelly's Korner - Troubleshooting Windows XP
TechSupportForum - Free computer support for everyone, this forum is really great!
Aussie Phorums' computer forums
MozillaZine - I intend to check this site out more
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Microsoft Windows language
Creativity
It's been a long time since my last post.
Well, longer than I initially intended. The reason is my lack of creativity, or rather my perception of the lack thereof, the creativity is just not in its right place.
But I've decided to get out of this writers rut. And the way to do that, I've heard, is to just write it down, anything that comes to mind. Hey, it can't get any worse than what one regularly reads everywhere, right?
I'm a perfectionist, and as such, nothing is good enough to be published or shown in public (in my own opinion). Or, it's old, everybody knows it already, someone else beat me to it...
Yesterday I finally wrote down the five skills and talents I'm best at (aha, procrastination is another of my bad habits), so here we go:
*Problem solver
*Artistic
*Eye for detail
*Innovative
*Quick learner
I was sitting here, a bit frustrated over the fact
that the baby won't fall asleep so I can upload my digital photographs and work on them.
So, I opened a graphics program and
played around a little, this is what I managed.