Computer question

[tommymac]

Ok I will prepare for the ridicule here but hopefully someone can answer this for me. Since w emoved in we changed internet connections DSL to fios and havent been able to connect my old desktop to the modem/router. Now theres a word document I need to update and send to someone. M yplan was to load it on to a thumb drive so I can work on it while I am at work. I tried to save it and it wouldnt saying it was read only. Is there a way to change this so that it can be saved on the thumb drive.

The computer is about 9 yrs old and is running windows ME, I just plan to get all ym pics and documents off of it and put out to pasture and get a new desktop.

Thanx in advance

Tom

[Papa_Complex]

Navigate to the thumb drive. Right-click the file. Select "properties." Uncheck the box next to "read only."

[Trip]

throw the computer out the window. Go buy a new computer

[Amber Lamps]

Send it to me, I need a strange IP address to download child porn... Hahahahaha!

[tommymac]

throw the computer out the window. Go buy a new computer

Very soon, the desktop is frekin ancient, I will get all my pics and vid sof fof it and prolly throw it in the pool.

Tom

[Amber Lamps]

Very soon, the desktop is frekin ancient, I will get all my pics and vid sof fof it and prolly throw it in the pool.

Tom

Do a video like AMJ where you shoot it with a 12 gauge or something!:lol:

[tommymac]

Do a video like AMJ where you shoot it with a 12 gauge or something!:lol:

Thinking about it, I def need to do something creative.

Tom

[LeeNetworX]

The computer is about 9 yrs old and is running windows ME....

:lol

[karl_1052]

:lol


:lol
I was thinking the same thing, someone is stillusing ME 8 years after even MS gave up on it.

[Papa_Complex]

:lol
I was thinking the same thing, someone is stillusing ME 8 years after even MS gave up on it.

Nevermind that. Someone using ME 6 months after it hit the market.

[pauldun170]

doc...

It's comendable that you have milked that old computer for so long...however. the time has come to toss it.

[Homeslice]

Nevermind that. Someone using ME 6 months after it hit the market.

One could say that about XP as well.

Teh junk.

[Avatard]

Just wanna get your files off it? Ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Download the ISO, and burn a CD on another machine. You can then boot right off the CD, without ever touching your lovely ME install.

Just use Ubuntu to get your files...BUT, when and if you get all your chit, consider then INSTALLING Ubuntu, and maybe even (gasp) getting another couple years out of that antique, as Linux is pretty light on hardware.

[Particle Man]

will ME support plug and play for a thumb drive? My mother's desktop PC had ME until I loaded XP onto it and in order to get a USB thumb drive to work while she still had ME she had to install software for the drive itself.

Eff MS for ever thinking ME was a good idea.

[Mr Lefty]

one simple way... take the hard drive out... go buy another computer... buy a USB external hard drive case(click here (http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclosures))... put the old hard drive in.

hook them up. transfer the files you want... off the old hard drive and on to the new.


THEN FORMAT the old drive... probably no bigger than 100gig (if your running ME)... but hell it's a place to keep pics... and shit...

that's what I do...

[Papa_Complex]

One could say that about XP as well.

Teh junk.

I said that in the beginning about XP also because it was buggy out of the gate, and because of the hardware requirements. Overall though XP has been less of a support headache for me than Win2K was. The problems got fixed, the hardware came up to a reasonable performance level, and it was stable for several years.

[Rider]

Not to hijack his thread but I have a question that is related. I have AT&T DSL and I am paying for 6MB dl speed. I'm getting well below 3MB with most of the time only getting 1.5MB according to speedtest.net and speakeasy.com. The tech has been out to my house and he replaced the modem and left. It didn't help at all. Why else would my speed be so slow? I ran the speed test with my router out of the loop and the DSL modem wired directly to my PC.

[Papa_Complex]

That would be your speed in ideal conditions. Either end could cause the delay and your system's configuration could slow things down too. If this is WinXP try booting up in "Safe Mode with Networking" and see if the performance is noticeably better. If it is, then you have one or more processes running on your system that are messing with your network speed.

[zer0t]

Just wanna get your files off it? Ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Download the ISO, and burn a CD on another machine. You can then boot right off the CD, without ever touching your lovely ME install.

Just use Ubuntu to get your files...BUT, when and if you get all your chit, consider then INSTALLING Ubuntu, and maybe even (gasp) getting another couple years out of that antique, as Linux is pretty light on hardware.

This is solid advice.

[Tsunami]

:lol

:lol:

Tommy, my almost non english speaking 65 year old mom just bought herself a brand new mac notebook! Be ashamed!