Old School Pics
Sunday, October 10th, 2004Dear [Ann],
I found the school pics [from before they tore most of the buildings down in the late 80s]. There are 22 of them. I’ll have to get my scanner from storage and see if it will work.
Tom
Archive for October 10th, 2004
More Hard Drive Info
Sunday, October 10th, 2004Dear [C],
For the hard drive information. In the Properties window , on the General tab. On my machine, there is an edit box at the top of the window called “Label” This is the volume name of the drive.
Beneath that, there is the word “Type” and to the right of that is the file system type (probably FAT32 in Mike’s case).
Then, under that, there are “Used Space” and “Free Space” labels and to the right of each of those, there is a number. At least, that’s how it is on mine.
Then, about the computer information. In the System Information window, just underneath the place where it says Windows 98, there is additional information that describes the type of CPU and amount of memory. It is possible that Mike’s doesn’t display this, especially if his BIOS is very old. Windows 98 gets this information from the BIOS, but if the BIOS does not advertise the information the way Windows 98 expects, it may not display.
You may want to get someone sighted to look at the screen. It is also possible that JAWS isn’t reading the data in the window for some reason.
Tom
Cementing Post Holes
Sunday, October 10th, 2004Dear [Ann[,
[My nap] was good.
I got the other beams cut and installed. However, I came up two washers short to complete the project. So tomorrow morning, I’m going to Surplus City to buy them. Then, once they’re installed, the project of sealing those old post holes will be done. Yippie!
Tom Hesley
Ann’s Scanner
Sunday, October 10th, 2004Dear [Ann],
Aaaah, you got your scanner to work. Did you fix the button on it, or did you figure out how to start the scanner software from the task bar on the computer?
Yes, I’d say, left to right, that the people in the picture you sent are Sherry [...], You, and [C].
Am I right?
Tom
Getting Hard Drive Size
Sunday, October 10th, 2004Dear [C],
To find the size of the hard drive, go to Windows Explorer. Go to the Folders pane. Right-click the drive you’re interested in knowing about, and choose Properties from the shortcut menu that comes up. The resulting window tells you the drive statistics, including how big it is, how much free space it has, how much used space it has, and so on.
To find out the computer statistics, including how much main memory it has, go to
Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Information
The Microsoft System Information window appears. The right-hand half of this window tells you about the computer – the memory, type and speed of the CPU, and so on.
Tom Hesley