I've done it again.

Yesterday, I installed gmail's "gmail notifier" program in my my computer. It apparently tried to take over as my default e-mail client, so I excised it. In doing so, I apparently removed Outlook Express from my startup sequence- it used to open to the inbox whenever I started up, but now the icon just sits there and waits to be prodded.

I remember configuring this a year or two ago, but cannot remember what I did.

A tutorial I found this morning on the Internet says I should Add a shortcut to "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" to the startup folder ("C:\Windows\Startup"). Only problem is, for some reason, I don't have a "Startup" folder in Windows.

Is it broken? Can I make a new one?

I'm using Windows XP Pro and Outlook Express 6.

Any guidance will be appreciated.

Do you have a shortcut to Output Express somewhere or can you make one? If so, right click on it and select Copy from the menu.

Then open the Start menu and select "Programs".

There should be an item called "Start Up" (I think). Right click on that and select "Explore (All Users)" from the menu. This should open up an Explorer window with a tree of folders on the left and whatever shortcuts are in your startup folder on the right. Right click in a blank space in the right part of the window and select "Paste" from the menu. A copy of the shortcut to Outlook Express should appear.

I'm guessing at the name of some menu items based on how they appear (in Japanese) on my own system, so forgive me if they are slightly different. Also, if the system has multiple user accounts you might want to use "Explore" instead of "Explore (All Users)" to add the item to the startup menu for only one account.

I hope that sequence is not totally wrong. Good luck.

That's what I would have recommended as well.

I would have guessed the same names from my Danish XP home version as Colin has from his Japanese version.

Good luck Mom!

(Here's some basic computer assistance that I provided at work today. My colleauge calls me over because the computer is "acting funny". Neither she nor the libary patron is able to type in the pin code via the number pad. I point out that num-lock has been deactivated. Geez. Having her on the same shift is so *tiring*)

Thank you both for not laughing. Worked like a charm.

I have a new portable USB card that won't work. I put it in, and open the directory, and it says 124 MB used, 230 KB free. And there's no files on the card.

It's not a store-bought flash card, it's a given-to-me-by-Sun-Microsystems card.

Try right-clicking on the icon for the USB-card, and choose Format.

See if that helps.

If not, make some Margarita sundaes.

Ooo! All better...

Now I just need to name the little fucker.

I have a blue 64M that's called Bluebird and a grey 256 called Greyhound (after the bus company, because I use it to transport things). This one's black and feels sort of velvety, can't think of any good one-word Alannah Myles references, though.

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Now I just need to name the little fucker.... This one's black and feels sort of velvety...

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May I suggest "Smoove B"?

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Originally posted by anarchocyclist:
May I suggest Smoove B

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Damn! That works for me! He even knows what kinds of sheets to buy!

[!!!]

I'm sold.

"Just say the word, and we will share interplanetary cocoa love until the break of dawn."

-Smoove B

[awe]What makes it interplanetary?[/awe]

...succulent lobster from the finest sea...

...I will sex you wild...

My throat hurts from laughing.

I liked the part about the grapes.

Can't help quoting:

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I will inquire as to how you like the feel of the sheets. If you inform me that you do not like it, I will travel to other cities around the world until I locate a store that sells sheets that are more to your satisfaction. Then, I will purchase those sheets and return home to put them on the bed for you.

It is then that I will hit you doggy-style.

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I've been thinking about Smoove B ever since Anarcho posted that.

Now if he would get me some 1200 TC Egyptian cotton sheets and *iron* them I would definitely be singing:

"Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
When you take me by the hand,
tell me I'm your lovin man
When you give me all your love and do it
Babe, the very best you can
Oh, That's the way I like it
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
When I get to be in your arms,
when we're all all alone
When you whisper sweet in my ear,
when you turn, turn me on.
Oh, that's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
Say O.K. That's the way, that's the way
Say O.K. That's the way, that's the way
That's the way, I like it
That's the way, I like it
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
That's the way I like it
That's the way I like it
That's the way I like it
Say O.K. That's the way, that's the way
Say O.K. That's the way, that's the way"

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I want to delete this... but that would be dishonest...-ish.
--doggo

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Originally posted by anarchocyclist:
[awe]What makes it _interplanetary_?[/awe]

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Nobody can explain it like Frank Sinatra can.

Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On jupiter and mars

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

I like this thread.

Current problem:

I have a UMAX 2100U scanner. I'm running Windows 2000. Windows is spouting some bullshit about the software lacking a digital signature, and the software won't work. If I try to download off the site it says I should use VistaScan 3.55. The CD comes with 3.53. I'd have to pay to get 55. What's a girl to do?

I need the scanner to post some stuff to the WGB of course.

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:
Now if he would get me some 1200 TC Egyptian cotton sheets and *iron* them I would definitely be singing:

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1200TC? My head asplode.

I just bought some black sheets. Gonna lay me some goths. Or not.

HTTF - When the "This software doesn't carry a Microsoft Digital Signature, do you want to proceed?" do you click no?

Screw the DS. Install anyway.

If not, try and find a mirror for the drivers, download them of a P2P client or find some sympathetic geek who'll give them to ya. There might even be third party ones floating around out there.

If not, get Linux or retrogress back to 98SE...

Hmm...there seems to be some sort of black sheet trend going on.

One of my friends just got a set as well.