Re: [CGUYS] Where to buy XP computer?

2010-04-16 Thread John Mealey III
Dell Outlet can sell machines that would fit this requirement. John Mealey -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of rocky lee Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 7:29 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS]

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-09 Thread John Mealey III
So we have: GIMP Picasa Corel Paint Shop Pro Adobe Elements Nikon Software with her camera I'm leaning to Picasa as hiding how some things operate might be useful in this particular case. Thanks, John * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-09 Thread John Mealey III
software On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:48 PM, John Mealey III john.meal...@verizon.net wrote: So we have: GIMP Picasa Corel Paint Shop Pro Adobe Elements Nikon Software with her camera We do not know what OS is involved in this query about photo editing software. For the Mac

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon TV Box

2009-05-08 Thread John Mealey III
http://www.lynxbroadband.com/ has a number of products that help in this area to move content without having extra stb's. John -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com]on Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:42 PM

[CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-08 Thread John Mealey III
My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer. I am at a loss at the moment having just tanked on the CCNA exam and could use a good suggestion to get this purchased and off my 'honey do' list for this weekend. It does not have to be free, open source, etc, needs to run on

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-29 Thread John Mealey III
So we become defacto 'ID Checkers' and 'ID Validators'. It was broadly hinted to me I should photo copy and retain the documents presented with the I-9 form, 'Of course, of course, not required, but just a suggestion'. So I wonder what the phrase was in world war 2? Something about 'your

Re: [CGUYS] MS emerg security update - anyone notice monitor problems afterward?

2008-10-30 Thread John Mealey III
Yes, me too. I had to set my bios to the 'emergency default' to get it to work. On a related note, after installing that update, the system did a check disk on the very next boot, but then after a power outage, it gave me the blank screen. John -Original Message- From: Computer Guys

Re: [CGUYS] My Big, Fat FIOS Installation [was: just one..]

2008-10-22 Thread John Mealey III
My recollection was that the drop (line from the street) was supposed to be pulled and laid prior to the truck install roll. The Verizon install folks seem to budget about 4 hours per install and like to get three done per day from what the technicians have told me over time. John Mealey

Re: [CGUYS] DSL Home Wiring

2008-08-27 Thread John Mealey III
I would have to agree with Eric's first approach. That approach served my family well prior to the fios install. Phone line ---filter--house phones | |--DSL Modemethernet Kind Regards, John Mealey -Original Message- From:

Re: [CGUYS] DSL Home Wiring

2008-08-27 Thread John Mealey III
The DSL modem will have an RJ-11 jack for the pots line and a RJ-45 jack for the lan side. Typically tyhe RJ-11 jack will say WAN or DSL and the ethernet jack that you use through the house will say 'LAN' for local area network. Might even have a four port switch or something similar built in.

Re: [CGUYS] Decent SIP phone

2008-04-13 Thread John Mealey III
I would like to understand the 'Asterisk' software in a server to; and to add a Digium TDM410 2FX0 2FXS card. This would be to route incoming POTS calls to various VM buckets based on inbound caller id data and allow outbound, but no international calls. (There should be a way to list authorized

[CGUYS] Decent SIP phone

2008-04-11 Thread John Mealey III
Need a decent VOIP phone. Needs to take power over ethernet. Are there phones out there that people really like? Or, not really like? Thanks, John Mealey * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-28 Thread John Mealey III
What I don't want is the government making the choice about who gets what. Government in the United States does decide who gets what: Government decided when, what, where you buy, how much you pay, content of Alcohol. Government decides what you can and cannot smoke...legal tobacco, illegal,

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread John Mealey III
The question was centered around the AMD 2.n chip and older style memory. I had a system with 512 and upgraded to 1.5GB and was pleased with both the performance increase and the price / speed crucial provided. Not the cheapest by a long shot, but I am confident I will not have to open the crate

Re: [CGUYS] Dell laptops?

2008-02-25 Thread John Mealey III
I need to get a college student a laptop. Not the low end, not the high end, would the XPS be a starting point at the low end of that line? The student is taking nursing classes, nothing extensive in graphics, networking, etc, just the standard bloat of the stuff they have at the schoolany

Re: [CGUYS] Recovering encrypted data?

2008-01-06 Thread John Mealey III
Hey! You would not need the body, just the correct finger Ugh, did I actually say that? John Mealey -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:53 PM To:

[CGUYS] Lniksys NLSU2 SNMP get-requests and get-responses

2007-08-30 Thread John Mealey III
So I built a one way sniffer cable to see what was being sent between my Action-Tec Fios router and 'the internet'. I found an interesting snmp relationship between a computer I call 'Athlon' and the 'HP PSC-2510'printer. Here is the short version: 62 16.419717 192.168.1.4

[CGUYS] Wine Emulation for Windows games

2007-08-08 Thread John Mealey III
One of the stumbling blocks for some folks switching to Linux is the Microsoft Windows OS games don't run. Can they be run in Linux with the Wine emulator? Is it hit or miss? Anyone tried it? Thanks, John * == QUICK

Re: [CGUYS] Phone Internet: Comcast, Verizon or other?

2007-08-08 Thread John Mealey III
I pay $238 for four cells with 2100 prime minutes, 30Down/5up FiOS two land lines with no extras and Primus Long Distance. Happy with this and it meets the needs currently of the family and business. It does average out to be more than the cost of electricity, but less than gas heat in the

Re: [CGUYS] More Dell Quirks

2007-07-24 Thread John Mealey III
You should be able to identify the fan that is causing the issue. You will have to get the CPU and / or the graphics card fan from Dell, the other fans should be either 80mm or 120mm and are common. If the box is under warranty, see if you can nicely ask that they send you one of each. Regards,