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TallCool1 
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TallCool1 has contributed 865 posts to our community
Forum Threads Started: 4
News Stories: 0
Code Snippets: 0
Tutorials: 0
Product Reviews: 0
White Papers: 0
Replies and Comments: 861
Does TallCool1 contribute useful, well-written posts?
Overall Post Quality Score: 100%
Total Up-Votes Received: 13
Unique Posts Receiving Up-Votes: 13
Individual Members Who've Up-Voted: 9
Posts Currently Positive: 13
Total Down-Votes Received: 0
Unique Posts Receiving Down-Votes: 0
Individual Members Who've Down-Voted: 0
Posts Currently Negative: 0
What does the community think of TallCool1?
Community Reputation Points Awarded: 298 
Power to Affect Someone Else's Reputation Positively: 7 points
Power to Affect Someone Else's Reputation Negatively: -3 points
How helpful is TallCool1 at answering questions?
Forum threads marked solved after TallCool1 replied to them: 43
Where does TallCool1 like to post?
- Windows NT / 2000 / XP 251 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Web Browsers 128 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Monitors, Displays and Video Cards 89 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 78 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Windows 95 / 98 / Me 68 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Motherboards, CPUs and RAM 49 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Troubleshooting Dead Machines 46 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- Storage 36 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- *nix Software 21 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
- USB Devices and other Peripherals 18 posts Solved threads Upvoted posts
Reputation
| 298 point(s) total Latest Reputation Received | |||
| Thread | Date | Comment | |
 | MSN Messenger 4.7,... | Sep 1st, 2008 8:59 am | |
| Bootable Win98 CD? | Apr 17th, 2007 11:21 pm | |
| Horizontal lines across... | Sep 10th, 2006 7:34 am | Thanx for this advice  |
| Which OS do you suggest? | Aug 16th, 2005 8:44 am | |
| Unwanted file in run menu | Apr 24th, 2005 10:11 am | |
| Restarting a windows... | Apr 24th, 2005 10:06 am | |
| dual boot winxp and... | Apr 21st, 2005 12:37 pm | |
| internet explorer won't... | Apr 18th, 2005 8:44 am | |
| was windows made with... | Apr 2nd, 2005 8:37 am | |
| PC Spontaneously... | Oct 18th, 2004 11:35 pm | Pinpointed the problem and the best way to fix it. |
| Windows 98, Freezes... | Oct 4th, 2004 3:23 am | Thanks! Your Idea Worked Great! |
| HijackThis log | Oct 2nd, 2004 5:23 pm | Your assist is valued and appreciated |
| Need a new powersupply | Sep 28th, 2004 5:42 am | Good info. - dlh |
| Trouble opening certain... | Jul 17th, 2004 2:43 am | Fantastic! Thank you much, TallCool1, Michael Rudas! I was able to find a neighbor w/Win98, copied the "rundll32.exe" and now can access Control Panel. You saved me (at least for now) from having to reload OS. What a service! |
| annoying END NOW boxes... | Apr 30th, 2004 10:24 pm | |
About Me
- About TallCool1
- "Me in a Nutshell" Bio
- My interest in electronics goes back 50 years. I was 3 years old when I figured out that TV and radio weren't "magic." I taught myself electronics and was fixing stuff before I was 12. I then worked as a TV and stereo repairman, as well as audio recording engineering and industrial electronics repair.
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Thirty years ago this spring, my friend Roger Gregory showed me the book "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" by Ted Nelson (the inventor of the term "hypertext"). Roger soon became lead programmer for Ted's Xanadu Hypertext Project (Google on "curse of Xanadu" for more), and I was on the road to learning about personal computers years before they were available.
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I was using QDOS a year before it became PC-DOS, on the Zenith Z-100 a year before IBM partially copied it as the IBM PC. I was a warranty repairman for Zenith PCs in the mid-80s.
Computers I have owned include the Commodore KIM-1, VIC-20, 64, and Amiga. I have belonged to several user groups, and wrote and edited newsletters and acted as disk librarian. I ran a BBS and wrote and edited manuals for a software firm.
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Currently, my system is running mostly Debian Linux installed from Knoppix, with Windows 98 and XP in the mix.
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I will do my best to apply my broad background to the problems presented here. I may not always be right, but we can solve problems and learn together -- and that's what it's all about! - Computer Specs and OS Flavor
- * AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU (slightly O/C'd)
* GigaByte GA7-DXC MB
* 768 MB PC2100 DDR RAM
* Debian from Kanotix + Win XP
* Dell/Philips D1028 monitor - Interests
- Music, art, science, computers, science fiction, pop culture, teaching, Linux
- Location
- Royal Oak, Michigan
- Occupation
- Primary Role
- Electronic/computer tech/writer/teacher
- Signature
-- Michael Rudas
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (article by Eric Raymond).
Dealing with Malware
My Articles page.
My Best-of-Breed Free Software for Windows list
Other Windows- & Microsoft-related links
The Audio Tech's Page
My blog
The Oak Park Computer Club
PenguiCon 4.0 Open Source & Science Fiction convention, April 21-23, 2006.
Knoppix Linux (CD-bootable) download. information, & support.
