There are two sizes of the FS canning jar attachments. One is meant for regular mouth canning jars, and the other is for the larger mouth canning jars. Yes, they use the exact same lids used in home canning. The lids are placed on top of the jar, and the attachment is pushed down over it to make a seal between a rubber ring and the glass bead just below the threads of the jars. Once air is pulled out, and you pull off the vacuum hose from the attachment, a tiny 'slug' of air, blasts into the small vacuum hole and the lid is forced down onto the jar and seals it. You remove the attachement then and rinse off the jar if its wet. The seal is very strong and is usually far better than a regular canning process would do. As mentoned, The FS vacuum pump is NOT powerful enough to be safely used as an alternative to regular canning processing. Besides that, if the very small vacuum pump inside the FS gets any trace of moisture in it, it can cause damage to the FS machine. I use a much higher powered piston type vacuum pump and also have a water/moisture trap on the vacuum line. The pump I have quickly goes down to 30 inches, which is sufficient for a decent vacuum. I also vacuum seal dried herbs like dill weed. It remains very fragrent and bright green color, even after 2 years of storage.

D A, I will rid myself of the screen saver and change all to NEVER. As for the RAM, I don't really understand why it is an issue...... AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BEFORE THAT IT IS...... What must I do to get more RAM? I am a person who does absolutely NOTHING important with my computer. My computer is for fun. I have lots of saved crafty stuff in my documents.... Many envelopes in there....Lots of Bookmarks and of course some pictures. I disk scan often and also defrag. You mention configuring the startup and services to disable all unnecessary application entries from running. Does that mean to do more than just eliminate what shows on the START menu? I do not have much on the START menu. So what should I get rid of to get more RAM? --------------------------- Zep, not too long ago my computer was doing non-stop buzzing noices. Sounded like when a fly buzzes around your head. Everybody tells me that I need a hearing aid, well, I could hear this buzzing in my next room. I took off the side from the tower and it was soooo dirty. I used that spray stuff and also had to carefully sweep off with a small paint brush. THAT took care of the buzzing, so now I know it is not too dirty in there. The sound is different now. It is not as loud as the buzzing and it is more like a whirring sound........My blue light does not blink when the computer is working. There is a tiny red light that DOES blink once in a while. Yes, I do believe that I need to do something. I need to get me one of those external hard drives and get my pictures out from this computer, that is the only important thing in there . I sure do wish I knew more about computers. Zep, you wrote.........(The light blinks when the hard drive is running or doing something. That to me sounds like a failing Hard drive. So you're in risk of loosing any saved files, pictures, documents. etc.)......... Please clarify to me...Are you telling me that it sounds like a failing Hard drive BECAUSE the light blinks when the hard drive is running or doing something OR are you telling me that it is supposed to blink when the H drive is running or doing something............It blinks ONLY when I mentioned that the monitor goes black and STAYS black on me. ----------------------- Thank you both. I am doing what I was advised and will see what happens. I might come back for more advise. thanks and VAL, glad you were able to solve your problem. Wish me luck, HHH

Betty, open Control Panel, click on Appearance and Themes. Then click Folder Options. A box will open with tabs across the top. Click on File Types. An alphabetical list of all the file types on your computer will open. Scroll down to .pps and make sure that the association is with Microsoft Power Point Viewer. If it isn't, there is a button marked Change and you can make this change there. Hope this is what you are wanting.

Helpful posts. I didn't have a backup when DH brought in some venison. I have an older model that was updated from my first one I got eons ago. I liked the second one because it has an override button (very important in my opinion) so when you have a bag that isn't sealing perfectly or you have delicate items you want sealed but not crushed you can override and still seal. I went and bought the new vertical model (don't remember the #) at Wally World (one of the few stores here unfortunately) I didn't think to try it out ahead of time and when DH got a 200# plus bear .... you guessed it. The new unit didn't work. I got it all unpacked, meat in the bag and NOTHING. Sales pitch was "Just insert the bag and the machine does the rest perfectly!" Problem was the part that pulls the bag in to start the operation didn't work. So out came the limping old one to put the meat up. I wouldn't be without one but I'm a little gun shy now about the newest models. Did you say you have a vertical one Mustang? Maybe I should try one again. It was $150 at Wally World too. Other than the override I prefer less bells and whistles. Less things to go wrong. But I wouldn't be without one. I just wish I could find my jar attachments that disappeared when I moved. I may have to buy another set of those too.