Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:10:44 -0400
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: "Family Pictures" CD (ETKA) on XP laptop
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Hi Roger,
The RUSH song was set in 2112; that's still 103 years away.
</Greg>
Roger Whittaker wrote:
> Dear Damage Control
> The possibilities for damage is incalculable ...
> it may be very likely that all Vanagons currently running in the world will
> shut down at 3 pm after the robin sings ... (According to RUSH we only have
> about 2 more years before 2012 ).. other side effects may include brief
> moments of nostalgia and other difficulties reconciling reality with
> current outlook ...
> Computer will most likely continue to run at levels of efficiency that were
> previously hidden from the rest of us plebeian users who know nothing of
> this disregard for other resolutions of display ... or it will shut down
> according to MicroSoft Warning ...
> how crazy ...
> i should let you know i am an apple user ...
> My bad ...
> really i hope you do not suffer any ill effects from your use of ETKA
> yours
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>> This is vers. 5.3 and I have been running it fine on WIN98 & XP on desktop
>> PC's, and I just installed it
>> on a laptop (Dell Inspiron 1525 with 15.4" screen) also with WINXP. The
>> problem is that the max resolution is
>> 1280x800 not the required 1280x1024. But I discovered in Display
>> Properties>Settings>Advanced>
>> Monitor, there is a box checked "Hide modes this monitor cannot display",
>> along with a warning about
>> possible damage to software or even hardware if I use other resolutions. I
>> unchecked the box, set the
>> res. to 1280x1024, and now I can view the pages although I have to move the
>> cursor near the edge to bring some
>> parts into view. ETKA ran fine and aftewards, I restored the display back
>> to normal with no apparent ill effects,
>> at least, not yet.
>> My question is, am I running a risk of possible damage?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jerry
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
>>From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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Greg Potts
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