Hey there! So, last week I caught a nasty little cold—the kind that actually had me sneezing my head off. To make matters worse, by that same evening, I had this intense pain in my left ear, and it even started leaking a bit... I think it might have been blood. My doctor gave my ear a quick look and diagnosed it as a middle ear infection, then told me to just rest up and prescribed some Augmentin. Well, I’ve pretty much finished the course of meds after almost a week, and thankfully, the pain is gone—well, except for maybe a tiny twinge when I yawn, probably just from the pressure changes? But the thing is, I can still hear this constant ringing in my ear, and it feels totally clogged up. Plus, certain sounds trigger this weird whistling noise in the background of that ear. Is that actually normal after something like this? I have a follow-up appointment scheduled in a few days, so I'll have the doctor check if everything is back to normal.
Thought I’d jump in here and share my own story! I’ve been hitting up the gym for about two and a half years now. Honestly, starting out was pretty intimidating—I’d never lifted a weight in my life, and I was carrying around maybe 30 extra pounds. But you eventually get used to it once you realize that, well, nobody is actually staring at you! Plus, the regulars are usually super helpful and give you tips on how to fix your form. Fast forward to today, and I'm down about 30 pounds, I look way better, I feel amazing, and honestly? Going to the gym has become a bit of an addiction—in a totally good way, of course. Everyone keeps telling me how much of a difference it's making, too. Oh, and I finally got over my fear of running outside, so now it feels totally normal to head out for a quick thirty-minute jog around the neighborhood every morning or evening.
I stumbled upon this explanation online: " The .deskthemepack extension isn't recognized by Windows 7—mostly because it’s a new thing for Windows 8 and currently is not supported by Win7. It turns out all those fancy new "panoramic" desktop themes rely on this specific format.
I think there are a few different articles out there that walk you through how to manually download them, unzip the actual images (you'd probably need something like 7zip or WinZip), and then just build your very own custom theme within Windows 7.
Luckily, the standard .themepack themes are still floating around, and those should keep working perfectly fine on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Honestly, what really trips me up is that Microsoft doesn't seem to filter these out for people still running Windows 7—or even pop up a little warning saying, "Windows 8 before you Can Use this Panoramic desktop theme." It looks like those themes are strictly for Windows 8. Kind of a bummer, I guess!
So, I’ve run into a bit of a snag: I'm always downloading new desktop themes from that Microsoft service you get to through the Personalization settings. Lately, though, I've noticed some really cool new themes popping up, but they have a different file extension than the old ones I used to use. Instead of the usual .themepack, these new ones end in .deskthempack, and for some reason, I can't seem to get them to open like my older ones did. It makes me wonder—are these new themes specifically designed just for Windows 8 since they seemed to drop at the same time, or do you think I might be able to get them working on Windows 7 too?
I’m a little confused here—do they charge per document or is it one flat fee for everything? I’ve got four different certificates, plus my high school diploma and my birth certificate that all need notarized copies sent in for my application... if they're charging somewhere around $40-$17 per item, that puts me somewhere between $240 and $100 total, I guess.
I need to get my high school diplomas and citizenship papers notarized so I can finish my college applications. Does anyone happen to know what the going rate is for a notary these days? Also—and this is a big one—can I just bring in the photocopies for them to stamp, or am I stuck having to lug my actual original documents all the way there?
Oh man, I just remembered—about three months ago, I got hit with a collection notice from AT&T over some old unpaid bill. I actually filed an appeal and sent them a request to see if they’d let me pay it off in installments instead of all at once. I haven't heard anything back yet, other than a note saying they weren't the ones who posted it to my account—which, honestly, would be a huge problem. If that whole amount shows up on my statement, I'm going to be completely broke! If that's how it plays out, I guess I might have to ask them to temporarily suspend my service just so I can manage paying them off monthly without losing everything.
So, I actually just got a brand new card recently—but now I can't even make any online payments! I guess I’ll have to call my bank tomorrow to figure out what's going on. I wonder if they might have flagged my account because a loan payment that was due on the 30th didn't go through... since that was a Saturday, and then we had the long holiday weekend and all that. Who knows, maybe?
So, I think I’ve gone and messed something up in my Windows settings—everything feels a bit wonky lately! I was thinking about trying a system repair, but specifically one where it wipes everything clean from my computer... just so I can hopefully clear out all these annoying errors that popped up. Does anyone know if that's actually doable, and maybe how I'd go about it?
Ugh, another little glitch: you know that pop-up window that appears whenever you pop a DVD into the drive? It usually asks if you want to just browse the files or go ahead and run whatever is on the disc. Lately, though—and I'm not sure why—that option to just launch the content immediately has stopped showing up for me. It doesn't matter if it's a physical disc or a virtual one, I'm just stuck having to manually click the game icon to get things moving. I mean, it isn't exactly a total disaster or anything, but it’s definitely annoying! Does anyone happen to know how I might be able to fix this?
Hey everyone! So, I've run into a bit of a headache lately—every single time I boot up my computer and get into Windows 7, I get this annoying little error message popping up. It says something about a RunDLL error where it can't find a module called Win32.rom, or maybe something close to that? Does anyone have any clue what might be causing this? I'd love some help figuring out how to fix it!
I mean, would it be better to grab the ASUS GeForce GTX 460 or the ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X? Also—just out of curiosity—what’s actually the difference between a standard Radeon HD 5770 and this Vapor-X version?