Subj : Win XP :-( To : Jay Emrie From : George Vandervort Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 08:20 am Hello Jay! Monday September 26 2005 13:52, JAY EMRIE wrote to TOM WALKER: TW>JP>> Hello Tom, we were saying ! JE> TW>JP> TW>> I tried the listing in the Start/Programs and NOTHING. TW>JP> TW>> I searched out the .EXE and tried it and Nothing. JE> TW>JP>> It is there as it is loaded by default. Look in : JE> TW>JP>> Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Bingo ! You have a TW>JP>> choice of Notepad or Wordpad. JE> TW>JP>> Believe me, it is there. Or go to : Start -> Run and TW>JP>> type Notepad in the dialogue that comes up. JE> JE> TW>> YES it is there, but it DOES nothing when I click on it. Now Note TW>> pad works but it is not suitable as the Fonts and other featureds TW>> are limited or Non existant. On my Win98 machihne I used wrodpat TW>> almost al the time even thouhg I have both OpenOffice 1.1 and TW>> Wordperfect 8.0 as I don't need all the Fluff they have. And I can TW>> almost Open Wordpar, Write my Short Notre and close Wiordpad before TW>> Open Office is finished opening .Wordperfect is a but faster TW>> but still slow because it is so bloated. JE> JE> Tom, I strongly suggest you have a faulty installation of XP OR a JE> system that is not capable of allowing a correct installation of XP. JE> Clean the HD and try reinstalling XP. JE> JE> Jay JE> -+- JE> þ OLXWin 1.00a þ I didnt climb to the top o the food chain by being JE> vegitarian! JE> + Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) === Cut === . . . . Oh Mah Gawd! I can't believe ___ . . . . ___ You suggested "Re-instakking" `-_--__ . . ___ - __--_-' WinXP to Tom Walker.. `-_ ---_ ./ \_-- _-' `--_ /.\| " | __-'. . Aaaagh! falling out of my __-\_/\--__/_- chair and Runing down the . . / \/ \ . . . hallway pulling my Hair out . | .'. | .`..|. . .\_____/\______/ . Oh Mah Gawd, Not that again! . |##|.^. . |##|| . |##|| . ACK ACK Thwpftt! / / ||:.. GAG! Puke! | | / | Good Luck Tom.. | ' | | / \_/ | === Cut === Regards, George Vandervort InterNet EMail: georgev@austin.rr.com Tech Support: http://home.austin.rr.com/llr/tech.html 'Using yesterday's software to create tomorrow's problems today' ....Recursion, noun: See recursion. .... the Beatles said it best, Obla-Dee, Obla-Daa, Life Goes On... --- FMail/Win32 1.60 * Origin: Bill Gates does my Windows (FidoNet 1:382/8) .