As a newbie just receiving seeds back from my first ever swap...I am completely overwhelmed and so filled with gratitude at the generosity of you all. Nearly every seed that I had ever dreamed of acquiring arrived in my package, and then some! Tomatoes, beans, cardinal flower, monarda, herbs,cream of sask watermelon, I could go on and on. (because that was one big package of JOY) Going to be a tough act for the man in the red and white suit to follow on the 25th, my morning on the 7th is off the charts!!!! Thank you all so much! Nicky wasn't kidding when she told me to start planning a new garden bed, now I will have to!

Ciao Nicky- I received my parcel on American Thanksgiving, so that was extra super because Duane was home and got to share in the surprises! You really outdid yourself this year with the care and consideration you gave to the inventory list and the quality of the seeds. This is a smaller swap than some of the others that I participate in, but you managed to fill 11 wishes off of my edibles list! That's VERY impressive! The quality of the flowers was also better than ever before, so thank you very much and consider yourself hugged by me!

Posted by poisondartfrog 7a (My Page) on Thu, Oct 17, 13 at 7:37 I agree, Meta Givens is the absolute best! Totally,...and another thing, we have the movie "Superman Returns" starring Brandon Routh, with Eva Marie Saint as Martha Kent. At the start of the flick, when Supes "returns" from space after having been gone for 5 years, searching hopefully for possible survivors of his home planet's untimely demise, his crystalline spacecraft comes streaking in over the Kent farm, causing quake-like tremors before it crashes in a field. --"Yo, Cryptid, get to the freakin' point already!"-- Anyway, as the camera pans around Martha Kent's dining and kitchen area, clearly visible, next to her radio, are Meta Givens' volumes of her "Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking." - Signifying what? Nothing, really, just something I picked-up on is all. :) - One of Roy's super fave movies that he likes to watch over, and over, and over, and over, and over,...--sigh-- This post was edited by cryptid on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 0:04

So you have 512 megs of RAM, 448 for regular use and 64 dedicated to your video. No problem. You say the C:\ drive has 66% but is that 66% used or free space? Either way it is good but hopefully you mean there is 66% free space on this drive meaning you can still add more stuff. You should never fill a hard drive more than 75% - or keep a minimum of 25% free space for the swap file to work efficiently. You never mentioned what size the hard drives were. Any time your question seems not to be understood try asking again but phrase it differently, someone will catch on and ask questions giving you the chance to answer those question and then understand you computer problem. Don't let that stop you from asking. Same with online technicians, some are great and others not so great. Sometimes it is luck if we catch the right person who has encountered the same problem before or knows exactly where to look in his or her manual. All professional tech support staff keep manuals handy for reference. Now the pictures. Most internet providers only allow a certain amount of data in each email. I keep all my emails under 6 megabytes and that works for me, none get returned for being too large. What size were the 4 photos the tech support placed in a folder for you? If they total under 6 megs you are good. You can always send one photo per email too, yes it is a bit of work but if that is what you need to do then it will be worth it. Hover your mouse over each photo and it should show the file size for you. When you are sending photos do you 'attach' or 'insert' your pictures? Either way works but it is easier to attach so you can write your text without the pictures being in the way. However if you need to explain each photo then insert one and add the text underneath. Repeat for each photo as needed. The 'insert' applies to Internet Explorer, I see no way to insert a photo in Yahoo mail. The tech helped you remove programs from your 'Startup', that is good because those programs are no longer running in the background using up your valuable resources. You have rebooted with no problems since then haven't you? Please do not mess with Windows Messenger, just leave it there. This is a part of your Windows and you really do not want to mess with that. I too would like to remove it but life is simpler by leaving it alone.