rocky1011

@rocky1011 (61)

Australia • Age 68

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Live life 1 day at a time and squeeze every inch of enjoyment you can into it

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The anti viruses.

George C @geojb90 (470) • Galati, Romania 12 Nov 08

Where I live there is a problem with anti viruses. Everyone is looking for something better then another. They all ask each other what anti virus they use, what can it do etc. etc. I think that anti viruses are stupid. From my...

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rocky1011 I'm sorry mate if i offend, but your statement is the most idiotic 1 i have read in years, i am a certified computer tech, and i have had thousands of dollars worth of computers come into my shop all riddled with virus's because the morons that owned them...

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What operating system do you run?

dazzled @dazzled (66) • United States 31 Oct 08

What kind of operating system do you run on your computer? I run windows XP, even though I got my computer only a couple months ago. I have played around with Vista and dislike it and everyone I know that has Vista hates it. What...

vista

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rocky1011 i am running vista home premium on a core 2 duo computer, and i have never had any problems with it, and as far as 1 of your comments has said he wont use vista because some applications are not vista ready yet, well that's utter BS, if an application works on...

2 Nov 08

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I need voice activated typing software

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 27 Oct 08

My daughter vaguely remembers having software on an older laptop that was voice activated (no hands) typing. Does anyone know if you can get this for desktop computers? And what do I look for? I went to PC world and found "Dragon...

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rocky1011 i have vista home premium on my desktop computer, it comes with voice recognition programing, but not everyone likes vista,but there are other voice activated programs, google search for voice activation pc programs for the blind, there are a lot of them for...

28 Oct 08

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Can we install two different anti virus softwares on same computer?

sunilkonda @sunilkonda (1215) • India 23 Sep 08

I have Norton anti virus 2007 already installed as an offer on my laptop when I bought it. Now the subscription has expired and I dont want to have a paid renewal for that, instead thinking to go for free 90 trials of McAfee or...

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rocky1011 yes you can run 2 antivirus programs together, the same as you can run multiple popup swyware and malware tools, and as far as norton goes i would remove it completely from the computer and place a smaller more efficient 1 or 2 in, i use avg and avast in my 5...

26 Sep 08

Is it safe to just install free antivirus programs on your computer?

dana234 @dana234 (2114) • Spain 22 May 08

I´ve recently had my computer fixed and the technician said that free antivirus programs can damage the system in the long run. I had the free version of "avast" installed and it worked fine. When I still had "Norton", which I...

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rocky1011 I have been using,fixing,rebuilding and installing software in computers for nearly 10 years now, and in all that time i have never had a computer come into my workshop, that was damaged by a free antivirus program, i have however had several computers come...

23 May 08

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My old laptop keeps shutting down, WHY?

steffyhoney @steffyhoney (706) • United States 1 Mar 08

My old laptop that my sister now has always shuts down, freezes, wont turn back on etc. Why would it do this? Could it be it needs better memory or something? Or is it something with a bigger problem? When your on it it will...

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rocky1011 as for your laptop shutting down and not starting again, this could mean that its rechargable battery is not holding charge anymore and needs replacing, but as for the freeze ups, there is a number of things that can cause this, windows clutter,cpu...

2 Mar 08

Will you sell your old PC or will you give it to someone ?

kashifmahmood @kashifmahmood (617) • Pakistan 1 Feb 08

I will probably give it to someone as mine is very old one and I am not going to get much for it and considering the fact that it can be used by others so I will just give it to one of my family members .

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rocky1011 why sell your old computer when for a couple hundred dollars you can refurbish it to be like new with more modern hardware, i refurbish old computers all the time for people, its my job, some people cant afford to buy a new computer for 1600 but can afford 1...

2 Feb 08

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Encryption for USB Flash Drives

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 23 Oct 07

I have a Flash Drive I use for backing items up. I would like a way of encrypting the data on it so that if it gets lost or stolen people cannot read the files on it. At the moment, some of the zipped files have a password...

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rocky1011 I dont know if your flashdrive is the same as mine, but with mine your can password the flashdrive so that a password is needed before you can access the files stored on the flashdrive, also a flashdrive can be used like an electronic key for your computer, a...

23 Oct 07

what is a good virus scanner?

mistissa @mistissa (1349) • Netherlands 30 Sep 07

Hi people, ever since I started visiting a certain website I am getting these strange popups the whole time. For example I will be looking on myLot and all of a sudden this pop-up comes, everytime it says Looksearch, so the pop-up...

virusscanner

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rocky1011 i use avast for viruses, it is a free download and updates itself automatically, for spyware i use adaware se and for popups i use 2 popup blockers, 1 is googles, that is supplied with their toolbar, and i got another 1 when i downloaded yahoo messenger,...

3 Oct 07

Spybot free version

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 11 Sep 07

Can someone give me a link to find the free version of this? When I tried to do it before, it told me it was free, but then it said that I needed to pay for it. Thanks.

free version

spybot

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rocky1011 Spybot?????????????????? now why would you want that when there are far better spyware scanners out there free. I use adaware se personal and googles spyware doctor. adaware se is a scanner, but spyware doctor is a background working all the time spyware...

16 Sep 07

Damn ants nests!

rhinoboy @rhinoboy (2129) 2 Aug 07

Has anybody got a sure-fire way to get rid of ants? They're going crazy in my area lately. I think it's because we ahve a lot of paved areas and steps etc where they love to nest underneath. They had a fair size colony right...

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rocky1011 i dont think my solution will work for you, but i thought i'd tell you anyway. i mixed up a solution of kerosine and petrol, then i found the main holes of the nest and poured the entire bottle down the holes. that killed all the adults. but i went 1...

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What exactly is BERMUDA TRIANGLE? What do u Know?What have u Heard?

rajhacks @rajhacks (8) • India 9 Apr 07

Countless theories attempting to explain the many disappearances have been offered throughout the history of the ara.The most practical seem to be environmental and those citing human error.The majority of dissappearance can be...

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rocky1011 i personally think that the bermuda triangle is a story made up to explain away human stupidity. i believe that magnetic storms cause navigation equipment to act up to a point where technology oriented people are unable to work out what to do, so they end up...

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can anybody tell me what this flower/ plant is please?

rhinoboy @rhinoboy (2129) 10 Apr 07

A few of these things sprouted up among the daffodils and crocuses (croci?). As a novice, I presumed them to be bluebells, but a search has shown me that bluebells look completely different.

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rocky1011 being a holder of certificate 2 in horticulture i might be able to help if i could see a picture of the plant but seeing as how you dont appear to have a picture showing, my knowledge of plants and flowers is not very helpful

10 Apr 07

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should clone of a human be made

sandeep_2991984 @sandeep_2991984 (675) • India 7 Mar 07

i think this is not right. this is against the nature. this should be avoided. strict laws should be implemented against this.

clone

human

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rocky1011 ok i agree cloning a human would be a bit silly, but i think the cloning of body parts would be good, things like hands fingers arms, there are a lot of people out there that if givin a chance to be whole again, would jump at the chance, i am 1 of those...

27 Mar 07

Wher is the human race headed?

rhinoboy @rhinoboy (2129) 26 Mar 07

One of the bigger questions bouncing around in my mind is; Where are we headed and what are we going to do? It doesn't take a genius to work out that Earth is over-populated already and we're still growing. Do you think that...

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rocky1011 at the rate we are going we are gunna blow this planet up before we have a chance to die out, if only we could learn to trust and share instead of being greedy and warlike. with 1 country trying to steal another countries oil or minerals, wont be long...

27 Mar 07

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What type of car is best for a family?

rhinoboy @rhinoboy (2129) 12 Dec 06

i will be needing a new car to ferry my young family around in. My sporty hatchback doesn't cope too well with the baby-seat and the buggy as well as me 7 the wife!!! What type of car would you recommend for the 'family bus'. I...

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rocky1011 i have a 1985 nissan bluebird four door and it seats five adults 2 in the front and 3 in back. it has a four cylinder 2litre engine and i run my family around in that car on 20 to 30 australian dollars a fortnight but for a growing family i would...

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Is there a best genre of music.

rhinoboy @rhinoboy (2129) 7 Dec 06

i have gone through phases in my tastes in music, but overall I think a good song can be any type of music and individual songs matter much more than overall back-catalogues and albums. Are you a rocker who can't stand rap? Are...

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rocky1011 NO I DONT THINK THERE IS A BEST GENRE IN MUSIC I THINK ALL STYLES OF MUSIC HAVE GOOD AND BAD, I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS ON EACH INDIVIDUALS TASTE. I PERSONALLY LIKE OLD ROCK,NEW ROCK, AND HEAVY METAL. BUT I ALSO ENJOY LISTENING TO SOME OF THE RAP MUSIC BUT ONLY...

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How do I include photographs in my posts?

rhinoboy @rhinoboy (2129) 7 Dec 06

I would love to include photographs in some of my dicussion posts but I can't work out how to do it. Could you please advise me on how I get these pictures to show up? Do I need to have the pictures hosted on another site like...

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rocky1011 at the bottom of your discussion should be a link titled add image, you click that link then click brouse and locate the folder in your computer with you pics in it then select open on your chosen pic and its done then you click post and the pic loads beneath...

8 Dec 06

Buy a house on what?

rirbry @rirbry (353) • Malaysia 23 Mar 09

When you thinking about buying a house what will you consider? Affordable or Comfortable? Im really confuse right now because i only afford to buy an apartment but can i make it till 30 years to stay at the house?

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rocky1011 When you thinking about buying a house what will you consider? Affordable or Comfortable? Im really confuse right now because i only afford to buy an apartment but can i make it till 30 years to stay at the house?

23 Mar 09

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