Re: [CGUYS] problem with Thunderbird Starpower

2007-11-28 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
You need to get a special tool from Norton's website to really get it off the machine. For antivirus you can go with one of the free ones- Avast or AVG. I've heard really good things about NOD32 but you need to buy that. For a firewall you are pretty safe if you have a router with a NAT

Re: [CGUYS] Black Monday - to shop online or not?

2007-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
Attention K-MartI mean online shoppers! I hear that tomorrow is Black Monday, the Internet equivalent of brick and mortar's black Friday. An invention of the media. Internet shopping does not really get into full swing until the latter half of Dec. I usually start shopping at comparison

Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth for cell phone - what to look for?

2007-11-28 Thread gerald
for my devices, yes it is. I have a nokia 6126 and a plantronics 655. the plantronics has some noise reduction. the mike is planted against my cheek, and the speaker is crammed in my ear. when it is on, neither the nokia speaker or mike are on. when using the nokia straight, I have

Re: [CGUYS] Black Monday - to shop online or not?

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Miles
Don't know about the below, but I just bought a Panasonic DMC-FZ18 (18 power optical zoom) for $350 at Buy.com. It was the best price I could find on the web for the black version of the camera. The silver version was a little cheaper, but I like the black color better. Jeff M On Nov

[CGUYS] removing Norton

2007-11-28 Thread Judy Cosler
One subscriber mentioned that I would need a special tool from Norton's website to really get their AV off of my computer. can anybody help me locate this? Norton is not exactly forthcoming with the info! * == QUICK

[CGUYS] IRDA

2007-11-28 Thread rlsimon
I have an ActiSys ACT-IR4000US USB IR port that doesn't work anymore. I have WinXPsp2 up to date and the latest drivers for the device (not the native WinXP ones the manufacturer says will NOT work). WinXP device manager showed a bang under hidden devices titled IRDA Protocol which I

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 27 Nov 2007 (#2007-842)

2007-11-28 Thread MrMike6by9
I prefer ZA (free) and my router. ZA can let you know if an App is trying to access the 'net YMMV Subject: Re: problem with Thunderbird Starpower will Add or Remove Programs do the trick? then, what do u recommend for AV? ZA for Firewall? or Windoze? -- I am open to the guidance of

Re: [CGUYS] removing Norton

2007-11-28 Thread John DeCarlo
On Nov 28, 2007 9:57 AM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One subscriber mentioned that I would need a special tool from Norton's website to really get their AV off of my computer. can anybody help me locate this? Norton is not exactly forthcoming with the info! Judy, Try this page:

Re: [CGUYS] Mac 10.4.11

2007-11-28 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 6:00 PM -0500 11/28/07, Stephen Brownfield wrote: It has been a couple weeks and I really haven't heard anything good or bad about X.4.11. Any thoughts on it? Works for me. G4 14 iBook -- Roger Lovettsville, VA *

Re: [CGUYS] removing Norton

2007-11-28 Thread Tony B
Note that, like many things you read on the internet, the suggestion that removing Norton Antivirus will help whatever problem you're having is probably inaccurate. Every time you hear 1 (or 10 or 20) members bash [fill in the blank software/hardware/OS], you have to ask yourself: If it's so bad,

Re: [CGUYS] [CGUYS} TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppose the computer service tax

2007-11-28 Thread Tony B
I was all ready to point you to Snopes.com, but if this is actually true it's one of the wackiest laws I've ever heard of. It would certainly mean I'd have to charge tax if I looked at a computer, but not a washing machine.? I've been in the service industry all my life and we've never charged tax

[CGUYS] Case feet

2007-11-28 Thread Christopher Range
Does anyone in the DC-Metro area know where, I can get case feet? I need to replace the set on my full-tower case. I appreciate your help. Christopher * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in

Re: [CGUYS] Case feet

2007-11-28 Thread Tony B
A couple of people answered you the last time you asked. At the time I resisted, but since you asked again, I'll ask: Why do you NEED feet on your case anyway?. I can't remember the last time I put them on a system I've built. Although, it's been a while since a case I've bought included

Re: [CGUYS] Case feet

2007-11-28 Thread Christopher Range
Tony B wrote: A couple of people answered you the last time you asked. At the time I resisted, but since you asked again, I'll ask: Why do you NEED feet on your case anyway?. I can't remember the last time I put them on a system I've built. Although, it's been a while since a case I've