That means me. Thanks Brian. This is an old system called Optisoft which no-one will have heard of and is no longer supported - hence the move to new software and machines.

SC

Most DOS software will run OK but you may need to do a little tweaking of the settings.

Right click on the shortcut to your DOS program, click properties and then goto the Compatibility Tab.

Sc, agree with Optimist unless it needs to speak directly to a piece of hardware in which case it may well not work.

Yes, that could cause a problem.

Thanks guys. This is ultra basic software we're talking. Doesn't talk to any hardware so will give it a go.

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"avast anti virus stopping straning stock watch any suggestions"

Learn to write in English...?

StLuke,

Although I am not familiar with this product you need to be looking at setting such as enable Java.

Regards

Ian

There may be helpful suggestions in the gospels?

K, there wont be ;-)

I needa Crash Course in how to use Powerpoint, for a Presentation.
Any good sites or Info you can provide will be much appreciated

Iain, cant help with the use of powerpoint but it is a bit different to the rest of the office suite, personally I don't like the look and feel of it but many others do like it.

My advise is to keep the presentation simple, don't fill it up with pretty slides and music, film clips and sounds, just use simple bullet points and diagrams. I have to sit through many presentations where you can tell the presenter must have spend days creating a presentation that contains very little substance but a great deal of waffle and pretty but extraneous crap.

I just use the built in templates and list main points that I want to cover. The odd diagram helps but that's it for me.

Iain, sorry didnt mean to sound like a school teacher, you probably know that stuff I posted above.

Iain

I agree with Spaceman re keeping it simple, but if you want a crash course then the best place to start is with one of Wizards included with PowerPoint.

For the last few days this site and advfn have run like dogs for me on this PC. Suddenly noticed a temporary message flash at the bottom of the screen saying 'spybot blocked Avenue A, Inc' and realised my son had installed Spybot (a spyware blocking programme). Uninstalled and back to normal on both sites thank God. (ADVFN was showing Double Click blocked BTW).

Maybe this may help someone in the future 'cause had I been a newcomer to either site I'd probably have not bothered to go any further with either. Maybe Moneyam tech departmant might find it of interest as well?

Not at all Space.Ive never used Powerpoint before.So thanks for tips.
Cheers Optomist

bb, spybot does have a blocking function but that is not its main use, if that part of the program is causing problems it can be switched off but i would not uninstall the whole program as it is very useful. I use spybot with the real time scan enabled and my machine runs fine.

I know that I'm probably not giving enough information, but why would my laptop recognise my old phone via infrared, but won't recognise my new phone? I've activated IR on the phone but it won't display an icon on the Taskbar to show that there's a connection.

Hilary

You have not really given enough information;-)

A couple of things to look into, does your new phone require any software to be loaded onto the PC? Are you certain that the infrared on your new phone is working? Try getting the two phones to talk to each other first.

I thought you might say that, Opti.

:o)

Thanks for your help. I've now managed to get the phone and PC talking and have transferred data via the Taskbar icon (drag and drop), but I can't get the Samsung software to communicate. It seems strange that they should call it EasyStudio!!! Perhaps that's their idea of a joke.