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To: mr.mark who wrote (17234)	3/5/2001 10:39:25 AM
From: Scarecrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Hi, Mark and thread -- I have a great joystick that I just love (please, no punchlines here!) but it requires a classic 15-pin (I think it's 15...) connection from a dedicated add-on card. Unfortunately, I've migrated to a Dell Inspiron 7500 which (of course) has no add-on capabilities to accommodate a dedicated card. So I switched to a USB joystick. Hate it. I was wondering: does anyone know of an adapter that converts a 15-pin plug to USB? Or is that in the realm of science fiction? If you know of one, a "deep-link" to a buy site would be great. As always, TIA for everyone's help. This thread has been the most useful to me on all of SI, which is probably more of a comment on the state of the tech stock market! Thanks, Scarecrow

To: mr.mark who wrote (17234)	3/5/2001 11:47:04 AM
From: RMP	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110631

I am no longer able to open pictures (.jpg files) by clicking on them. When I click on them nothing happens. Using applications such as MS Photo Draw or Image Expert can open these files. This occurred just after using Norton WinDoctor. I chose to ignore the warning to back up a file before making fixes because in the past I never had any problems and thought that Norton was being overly cautious. Well, that won't happen again. I vaguely remember seeing that the errors were related to active x. I have also been deleting unused applications as well as files in my My Download Files directory. I am not sure what has caused the problem. SYS Hardware info: Dell laptop MS win 98 SE 128 MB RAM PS. I try to scan and read as much as possible from this thread to learn as much as possible about pcs and appreciate the effort that everyone puts in to help others. As a former Mac user I find the pc much more difficult to troubleshoot. I am hoping MS's new OS will be better since it will eliminate DOS from being under the hood..