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Comment on How to change a blower motor resistor, 1999 Dodge Stratus style… by John

John — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:53 +0000

Thanks so much for this posting. The repair went easily just as you had described and saved me what would likely have been a $200 shop bill. Excellent description of the process. No real problem with the plastic plugs. Put a big flat head screwdriver under the edge of the plug and just pulled straight back. Thanks again!

Comment on How to change a blower motor resistor, 1999 Dodge Stratus style… by Dave

Dave — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:21:53 +0000

Instructions worked great! The little plastic fasteners are very popular on Polaris RZR’s, the proper tool for removing them is in the tool pouch.

Comment on Dual partition a USB drive for Time Machine and Windows by JAD

JAD — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:41:23 +0000

Thank you very much for the great instructions. have been searching for this for some time

Comment on How to change a blower motor resistor, 1999 Dodge Stratus style… by Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:33:46 +0000

Thank you so much for the detailed walk. I couldn’t agree more about the “Satan-garbage” fasteners. Broke one and got the other off with the backside of a hammer.

Otherwise, went smoothly just as described. My wife had this same issue years back and spent around $100 at the mechanic for the fix. At 190K miles we want to do anything possible to keep this ride smooth and comfortable.

Cheers and thanks again.

Comment on Excel 2007 chart hatching? by RStelzer

RStelzer — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:02:36 +0000

Just so you guys know, hatching still exists in Excel 2007. Simply click right click on a cell, select “Format Cells” from the menu that appears, then choose the “Fill” tab. The fills available include vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines as well as dots.

Comment on Excel 2007 chart hatching? by Sweetie13

Sweetie13 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:16:00 +0000

Thanks so much for your help! This was really useful!

Comment on Dual partition a USB drive for Time Machine and Windows by Wesly

Wesly — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:31:38 +0000

The Same. Thank for the solution

Comment on GMail, IMAP, and Apple Mail = Slow? by Cecil

Cecil — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:49:15 +0000

This is the only help I have found that finally solved this slowdown issue for me. How frustrating. My answer was that in the /Library/Mail/pop-myemailaddress@whatever there were three such pop addresses that I stopped using ages ago. I guess in using the technique of copying over mail folders on new machines these came along for the ride. Moved them out of the folder and mail is now up to lightning speed. What a relief. Thanks for the hints.

Comment on How to change a blower motor resistor, 1999 Dodge Stratus style… by R. Johnson

R. Johnson — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:30:10 +0000

Thx for your help…alot easier than I thought…took around 10 minutes to dissemble and 5 minutes to reassemble…I fooled around with those damn wires too long…I would recommend taking the two 5/16 screws out first before trying to disconnect the wiring harness, alot easier…then reverse for assemble.
thx again

Comment on Dual partition a USB drive for Time Machine and Windows by Reg

Reg — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:57:51 +0000

I have the MiniMax 2TB drive with 1.7 TB partition for MAC OS (journaled) and 300 GB for Windows with exFAT format (IMac OS X don’t give me other choices than exFAT).
I would prefer FAT32 or anything that Windows XP or Vista can see. Windows XP/Parallels doesn’t recognize the 300GB drive and neither my other PC with Vista. I downloaded Iomega FAT32 Formatter but it doesn’t see the drive therefore no luck with this.

Can you please help?