Re: [CGUYS] Fw: Help with installing new Extermal HDD

2009-01-25 Thread gerald
very strange combo, SATA drive and cd for only 98 ME. i'd go the the wd site and download the mounting(?) software for today, then run it. the software back when 98 was king was not too very good. At 10:04 PM 1/24/2009, you wrote: Hi... A friend gave me a new Western Digital 200 GB HDD that

Re: [CGUYS] Will Obama delay switch to HD?

2009-01-25 Thread gerald
I think TV is a wretched source for both entertainment and for news. the main purpose of TV in the USA is to establish brand name recognition. about 5-10 years ago, my wife and i bought a tv. we got it along with an Erol's(now blockbuster) membership. about 3 years ago, i bought the biggest

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread gerald
if that what you got, in addition to the MB, you might want to get some memory. if you can return the processor, you may want to consider an S3700F from office depot. 825 845. they delivery free(to me at least) At 11:12 PM 1/24/2009, you wrote: I bought an AMD Athlon X2 5200 processor to

Re: [CGUYS] Fw: Help with installing new Extermal HDD

2009-01-25 Thread Gatewayone
- Original Message - From: John DeCarlo johndeca...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Fw: Help with installing new Extermal HDD On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Gatewayone gmil...@gatewayone.com wrote: The

Re: [CGUYS] copying a DVD movie disc

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
This would have be covered by the fair use provision. Now who knows. Alas, fair use is trumped by DMCA. Consider yourself lucky to not be vacationing at Hotel Guantánamo, chained to the floor and being repeatedly questioned about Britney Spears.

Re: [CGUYS] Will Obama delay switch to HD?

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
did we miss anything? You should get a brand-awareness reduction machine (Tivo). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread Richard P.
I don't even get a screen to prompt anything. I wondered if the BIOS would be affected but don't know how to change it if I can't access it after installing the processor. FYI, I am going from a single core to a dual core processor. Richard P. I always replace motherboards and ram along with

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote: I don't even get a screen to prompt anything. I wondered if the BIOS would be affected but don't know how to change it if I can't access it after installing the processor. FYI, I am going from a single core to a dual core

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread gerald
screen prompt?? you lucky you don't get smoke and fire from cross threading a wrong processor in there. i doubt the processors are wired the same. At 11:39 AM 1/25/2009, you wrote: I don't even get a screen to prompt anything. I wondered if the BIOS would be affected but don't know how to

Re: [CGUYS] copying a DVD movie disc

2009-01-25 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: This would have be covered by the fair use provision. Now who knows. Alas, fair use is trumped by DMCA. Consider yourself lucky to not be vacationing at Hotel Guantánamo, chained to the floor and being repeatedly questioned

Re: [CGUYS] Will Obama delay switch to HD?

2009-01-25 Thread Ranbo
NOVA, The News Hour, Charlie Rose, some specials, some of the news shows (sometimes Meet The Press), some Tavis Smiley interviews, basketball finals, Olympics, some football, cooking shows (if you are into learning about new cooking ideas), some Oprah shows (the more informative ones), re-runs

Re: [CGUYS] Will Obama delay switch to HD?

2009-01-25 Thread Ranbo
Should add that while tv may not be important to you or anyone here personally, this policy affects ALL Americans, including those without computers, who are invalids and can't get out or do much else, children, those who need to keep up on some local news issues, those whose lives are so

Re: [CGUYS] GPS

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
There is an edit choice when I search for it. It is the last peice of blue text in that cartoon bubble they use to identify the pointer pin when you search for an address. The pointer was dead center in the intersection of Wilson and North Highland St. That is close enough. The M marker is at

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread Richard P.
The MicroCenter geeks claim it is compatible. How would I confirm this independently? Motherboard manufacturer's name: ASUS A8M2N-LA Richard P. I don't even get a screen to prompt anything. I wondered if the BIOS would be affected but don't know how to change it if I can't access it after

Re: [CGUYS] copying a DVD movie disc

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
Then let Leo fight the good fight. I assume he has the big bucks. Have you written your Congress person or donated to the ACLU or EFF? Besides if they are going to go after anyone for talking about the programs used for this someone like Leo Laporte would be high on that list. He has

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread Richard P.
Both are AM2 sockets. Here's the MB link: http://tinyurl.com/abeoja Richard P. The new CPU uses the AM2 slot, the old is 939...square peg, round hole. Not going to work, almost always best to replace mobo/cpu's together. I bought an AMD Athlon X2 5200 processor to upgrade my computer

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
CEO of Cononical in an interview with The Register said windows 7 'looked great' after spending several hours with it. That's plenty of time, Now rush off to 'Vegas to get married by Elvis. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] GPS

2009-01-25 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: There is an edit choice when I search for it. It is the last peice of blue text in that cartoon bubble they use to identify the pointer pin when you search for an address. The pointer was dead center in the intersection of

Re: [CGUYS] fat32-ntfs

2009-01-25 Thread Fred Holmes
The volume label is the name that the user gives to the drive. It appears along with the drive letter in the listing of drives in My Computer. They ask for it as a double-check that the correct drive will be processed. If you haven't provided a volume label, it may be blank. When a brand

Re: [CGUYS] copying a DVD movie disc

2009-01-25 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Then let Leo fight the good fight. I assume he has the big bucks. Have you written your Congress person or donated to the ACLU or EFF? Too poor at the moment for donations. I guess I should write. I wasn't too hopeful with

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-

2009-01-25 Thread mike
Well Appleinsider couldn't have spent any more time considering they got some of the easy facts about win 7 incorrect...how much time have you spent on it? On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: CEO of Cononical in an interview with The Register said windows 7

Re: [CGUYS] GPS

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
It looks like Google needs Metro to provide the data for Google Transit. That is more of an opt in. I guess people need to ask Metro for this one as well. The service looks fantastic. I wish I had known for when I was up in NYC last week. It is especially nice in NYC as it works across

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

2009-01-25 Thread Jeff Wright
CEO of Cononical in an interview with The Register said windows 7 'looked great' after spending several hours with it. It gets even better. Mac friendly, WSJ tech columnist Walt Mossberg fawns over Windows 7 as well. The title says it all: Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread Jeff Wright
You most likely need a BIOS update. If you haven't already, pull out the new CPU and install the original CPU. According to this page, this CPU might work, but maybe not. That depends on the model of the CPU: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASUS/A8M2N-LA.html. HP/Compaq says it will support an

Re: [CGUYS] Vista networking query

2009-01-25 Thread Jeff Wright
Vista has a network wizard for such a situation, but I've never used it. Try the connect to a network in the Network Sharing center. You should be able to set up multiple network connections there. -Original Message- The wife takes her laptop to work where she must enable DHCP to

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust Then I'm fawning too. I already said it was better than getting a root canal. See it all depends on what you compare it to. Also recall what we were told when Vista was in beta.

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

2009-01-25 Thread mike
OH NO! Even Mossberg can be bought by the evil empire! What are we gonna do now, Jim? Put'er into warp drive, the whole place has been assimilated! On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote: CEO of Cononical in an interview with The Register said windows 7

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-

2009-01-25 Thread mike
Has it occurred that possibly..maybe..since you've never even seen windows 7 that you could be...wrr...wrrr...mistaken? On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust Then I'm fawning too. I already said it was better

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-

2009-01-25 Thread katan
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:36:21 -0700, mike wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: CEO of Cononical in an interview with The Register said windows 7 'looked great' after spending several hours with it. That's plenty of time, Now rush off to 'Vegas to get

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-

2009-01-25 Thread Jeff Wright
CEO of Cononical in an interview with The Register said windows 7 'looked great' after spending several hours with it. That's plenty of time, Now rush off to 'Vegas to get married by Elvis. Just to put this in perspective, the CEO of Cononical is Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, a

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread Richard P.
Took your advice and spent an hour with Compaq support. Compaq says that the motherboard is locked and only supports the original AMD Athlon 3500+ processor. They were unable to provide any documentation for this, so I guess I have my answer unless someone knows something different. Can a MB be

Re: [CGUYS] AMD Processor upgrade problem

2009-01-25 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
It is very possible they have locked the BIOS which on many modern Motherboards does the support work for CPU's. It is not worth the trouble, aggravation or possibly disabling the motherboard by fiddling with it to go any farther with it. The original advice you were offered by many still