Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:23:58 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: "Family Pictures" CD (ETKA) on XP laptop
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I wasn't sure if he meant that Limbaugh had joined a different tin-hat crowd
and was expecting the end of the world, or if it had something to do with
Limbaugh and the upcoming election. Or maybe those are the same thing.
It didn't occur to me that he might be referring to the band, but I reckon
y'all _are_ Canadians, after all. : )
Cya,
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Greg Potts
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:11 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: "Family Pictures" CD (ETKA) on XP laptop
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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