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Re: Off Topic - Question for ye olde computer geeks
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The pause and printscreen buttons are right beside the scroll lock button. They aren't the same button.
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OK, I know they were the same key two days ago... they must have been switched around by the poltergeist that lives in my computer. 
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hmm, time to work on the RFC for easybake over IP.
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I think they already have that for the 'kitchen of the future'. And suddenly I am reminded of There Will Come Soft Rains.
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Re: Off Topic - Question for ye olde computer geeks
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I'd be happy if someone would just tell me where the "Any" key
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I had a Customer the other day that had an "Any Key" glued to her keyboard. I had to make a comment about that one!
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Re: Off Topic - Question for ye olde computer geeks
The scroll locks works in ms Excel
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July 30th, 2002, 12:11 AM
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Re: Off Topic - Question for ye olde computer geeks
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why I just can't simply Shut my computer off by using the power button whenever I want too.
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Hold the button for about 5 seconds, and it will turn off.
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July 30th, 2002, 08:36 PM
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why I just can't simply Shut my computer off by using the power button whenever I want too.
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Hold the button for about 5 seconds, and it will turn off.
Of course, if you do that, Windows will complain that it wasn't properly shut down and will want to do a disk check the next time you power up. And any program you had open when you powered off is at risk for having some important initialization file get completely trashed in the process. Assuming that simply powering off the computer & powering it back on doesn't destroy the Windows Registry, of course...
In all fairness, Solaris/Unix/Linux don't react well to sudden losses of power (or forced reboots) either. Makes me long for the days of the old TRS-80, where you just had to be careful not to have a floppy disk in the drive at startup or risk losing the floppy; or the Apple II; or any computer running DOS...
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Makes me long for the days of the old TRS-80...; or the Apple II; or any computer running DOS...
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Or an Amiga!  I still occasionally play old games on my not-dead-yet Amiga 500.
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July 31st, 2002, 06:36 AM
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Re: Off Topic - Question for ye olde computer geeks
Some BIOS's allow you to change it so that when you hit the "power button" it does shut down Windows correctly.
Help support a starving Computer Techo and play with the BIOS today. :-)
Amiga 500 - now those were the days. Anyone remember a game called 'Fate Gates of Dawn' or something similar. Always loved that RPG, but never found any mention on the web about it.
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Oops - Just did another search and found a few references to "Fate Gates of Dawn". Now if only I can find it available for the PC.
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