Date:Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:44:43 -0400
From:Alvin Auerbach alvin.auerb...@verizon.net
Which is best for Windows 7: Run McAfee, run MS Security essentials,
or run both?
Thanks
After the bad press McAfee received last week when they put a critical
windows file in their jail, I would not
Date:Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:06:55 -0400
From:tjpa t...@tjpa.com
http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-brief/49505-the-end-of-an-era-sony-officially-kills-floppy-disks
I recently tossed several 1,000s of them.
I still have a dual 5.25 and a 3.5 drive that supports 360/1.2/1.4 meg
Time for you to reline your tinfoil hat. :)
Date:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:53:25 -0500
From:phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Twist in school spying scandal
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote:
People can give up an awful lot of
FWIW:
I still can't figure out why the local leaders are missing the best
place to dispose of all of the snow removed from streets.
There appears to be some sort of River running between VA/DC/MD that carries
a lot of liguid to the sea that might possibly accept all the snow that
is being
All of this mac vs pc reminds me of what henry ford evidently said
at some time.
You can have any car I make, any color you wish, as long as it is black
Someone else also said.
Mine is biggern yours
YMMV
Rich
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Jeff, when I was growing up in Washington State, Indians could only buy
3.2 beer, no hard liquor and all liquor was available in a state liquor
store and you had to have a liquor card to buy. Also, it was against the
law to pick up a beer/drink from the bar and walk to your table with
it. A
At 01:41 PM 1/6/2010, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:44:53 -0500
From:Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: new bank and a mint
There was a significant problem not long ago,
especially in major cities, with wait staff who
had handheld card readers. They'd quietly swipe
At 11:58 PM 12/6/2009, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:20:41 -0500
From:Reid Katan ka...@his.com
My Toshiba is claimed to have a 60G SATA drive in it. Assuming so,
circa 2005 or so, can I put something like a 250G or more in there?
I'm guessing that the SATA spec allows for such
At 08:37 PM 11/17/2009, you wrote:
Date:Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:01:00 -0500
From:tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: How do I renew my domain?
On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Rich Schinnell wrote:
Whois is a great place to start.
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp
But not a great
Date:Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:24:45 -0200
From:Marcio m...@ix.netcom.com
Subject: How do I renew my domain?
Hi my friends
I hav a blogg:
http://www.drmarciovasconcellospinheiro.com (in
Brazilian Portuguese). I have bought this domain
through Goggle, for the period of one year ending in Feb
At 03:06 PM 11/7/2009, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Date:Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:05:15 -0500
From:tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: online storage --HIJACKED!!
For example I would not trust Apple.
Repeat after me:
For example I would not trust Apple. For example I would not trust
Apple.For
Maybe I missed something but I have had flash drives with U3
installed and there was a file on the drive that says REMOVE U3 (or
uninstall).
I did it on most of them and it worked fine after answering that I
was sure that I wanted to remove the applications that they had
installed on the
I have installed Eudora 7 (paid) on Windows 7 without any problems.
Installing on my D drive in the D:\eudora directory and the attachments
in the D:\eudora\attach sub directory. It is very configurable and
just works.
The main reason I installed it on my D drive is that has a lot more space
At 12:00 AM 10/29/2009, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:14:01 -0500
From:Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net
Subject:
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Score another one for Eudora.
Stewart
I have been using Eudora since
Eudora works fine on all versions of windows up thru Windows 7 ultimate.
I just re-install Eudora on the new machine in the same directory where
it was installed on the old one. I use C:\eudora or D:\eudora and then
don't start it. I then overwrite all the files in my eudora directory with
the
Marcio, don't waste your time or money on MailForge which is
replacement for Eudora Not..
I have been using eudora since ver 2.3 and now at 7.1, all paid for.
MailForge is really really really rough around the edges.
It won't import your personalities or address book. Importing your existing
FYI:
Quoted from:
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/08/yes_snow_leopard_includes_anti.php
Yes, Snow Leopard Includes Antivirus
Even a year or two ago, the inevitable responses on Mac lists to any
mention of Mac malware were along the lines of:
Mac viruses can't happen and
An interesting article in Info World.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/snow-leopard-just-cheap-windows-7-knockoff-798
Quoted from the first para..
Where's the beef? That's the idiom that jumps to mind as I work my
way through Galen Gruman's
Another view on HP scanners:
I have a dr's office that has scanned over 56,000 patient
records/files into .PDF's and their HP scanners, while not the cheap
ones, have worked very well and produced quality scans. It has saved
them considerable floor space for file cabinets.
Another law
Rev..
I have 6 clients who use Mozy for backup, from 15gigs to 60gigs and
each evening they are backed up. It does take a bit of time
initially but it has been very reasonable for their business. They
have an option to restore by providing you DVD's of your data
that you pay something
A word of caution:
In my column for December 2008, I wrote about the problems of
electronic payments via computer.
Remember: If you are the computer person in your household and your
significant other is not a computer person, please write down all
your userids and passwords so that they can
I can't believe my eyes, After all this time I actually agree
with 100% of what TP wrote. :) Most of the time my BS filter
intercepts TP's rants but this time He is correct. What the hell
is this world coming to.?
Rich
At 12:03 PM 7/14/2009, you wrote:
Date:Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:52:24
I am not paranoid, are you?
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At 08:07 PM 6/10/2009, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:40:38 -0400
From:Gail.Miller gail.mil...@comcast.net
Thanks so much for all your good advice on what to do about my dead
mouse. Having tried all the fixes, including Tom's suggestion for
Ultimate Boot Disk to no avail, I
of being a fool?
At my age (73) I guess I am too old to change. but what the hell.
:)
Guess so, I do appreciate you letting me know how wrong I was/am.
Rich Schinnell
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At 10:13 AM 5/11/2009, you wrote:
Date:Mon, 11 May 2009 09:39:45 -0400
From:phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
I have an image processing app that was a trial demo, and when it
opens it tells me that images saved will be watermarked. However, I
have discovered that only the JPG
FWIW,
I installed Win 7 RC on a Intel dual core w 2 gigs ram and a nvidia
512 graphics card. 160gb new SATA drive in less than 20 minutes to
the final desktop.
YMMV
Rich
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Marcio, If it is a dos program maybe the file is in some kind of
format that can be exported or brought into some other newer
program. I see your using windows XP home edition. You might want
to try changing some of the options for the program to see if that
helps. I am assuming that it is
check out:
http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/default.htm
they have a free trial for 15 days, support paypal and
it costs $29.95 for a single copy with quantity discounts.
Rich
I Know, I know, why spend more money to modify office 2007 but
either you get into the 21st century or you
Me thinks that some here are peeing in the wind..
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From:Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com
Subject: Re: Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux
In fact, yes. I have two apps that I use every day that have not been
updated in many years but still do exactly what I want with no fuss.
At 01:42 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:19:32 -0500
From:Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linu
Rich said:
Of course it has not had any updates for over 5 years but I still use
it daily and back it up religiously.
At 07:13 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:59:18 -0500
From:Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com
They will not access a files called data12~1.xxx as the ~ mark won't
seem to work in some of the programs, Basic can read a 8.3 file with the ~
But you don't have to use a tilda. You
Sorry to disagree but MS does provide .iso's of their software to
MVP's and those who subscribe to their Technet and technet plus services.
(I download .ISO's of most all of their products legitimately, evem
Windows 3.11 and DOS versions)
Mark Minasi is all of the above and if anyone has
/techalerts/TA09-020A.html
Cert's is a security organization that keeps on top of
critical intrusions and virus/trojans.
YMMV
Rich Schinnell
Commercial
PS: Capital PC User Group is holding a Maryland meeting at the
Rockville Library on Saturday the 31st of January at 1pm. QA along
with a speaker
Why do I feel that I am watching an episode of Don Quixote **
There are some posters here who appear to be gluttons for punishment,
by all this incessant Dueling with Windmills.
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http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/
Cervantes uses the theme of the idealistic, insane
At 06:28 PM 12/10/2008, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote:
Date:Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:51:08 -0500
From:Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Computer backup software
Any recommendations for scheduled data backup software for Windows XP?
Free would be good too.
Thanks in
, I see, I should advise the BOD that they
don't need to worry about the federal or state funding as the
computers come with Open Source Free software.. Sure as they run me
out of the meeting..
I suggest that you get real world..
rich Schinnell
to get it.
PS:
I printed Tom's comments about the mental instability of their
decisions for them to review and they all said to tell him to piss up a rope
sorry but I guess I am among the unwashed.. G
Rich Schinnell
PPS: Chris, you seem to be peeing into the wind
At 08:05 PM 9/16/2008, you wrote:
Date:Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:48:30 -0400
From:John Duncan Yoyo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Comcast puts on the brakes
I wonder what would happen if a significant percentage of the subscribers
went over one month? I'm guessing that they couldn't afford
At 03:10 PM 7/29/2008, you wrote:
Date:Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:37:46 -0500
From:Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Unusual sound on speakers
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Out in the country I got it when passing electrified
At 02:47 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote:
Date:Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:17:07 -0400
From:Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
and
everything sent to you will be gibberish.
Ah Ha!, Now I know why a lot of what I read on CG is gibberish.
Because it was
At 06:45 PM 7/16/2008, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:59:07 -0400
From:rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ntldr disappeared ...after reinstall all's well but windows
update gives error
winxpsp2 live update leads to error page ...what to do? this is an original
winxp completely
At 12:00 AM 6/24/2008, you wrote:
Date:Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:13:22 -0700
From:db [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Free antivirus to replace AVG?
I believe the case is that when you download free AVG, registration
is required to keep it running. They send you an email with a
registration
At 12:00 AM 6/23/2008, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:31:58 -0400
From:Randall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Free antivirus to replace AVG?
In a few days AVG's free antivirus software will be defunct,
requiring an upgrade to a paid version. Are there any other free or
low cost
At 04:28 PM 6/17/2008, you wrote:
Date:Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:27:32 -0400
From:Sue Cubic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Forced to Vista?
The problem is that some of my software won't work on Vista. I've
tried it on other machines. My biggest complaint is all the
problems that
At 12:38 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote:
ate:Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:38:01 -0700
From:db [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Forced to Vista?
What's wrong with Vista? Having to struggle to access many things
that should be transparently available and having it decide other
things for me incorrectly
Tony, are you trying to install windowsXP from an original xp disk
pre service pack's? I have installed windows xp on at least a dozen
SATA only motherboards without any drivers. Also, I can't understand
why your motherboard did not come with a cdrom. I don't think I have
ever bought a new
Date:Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:09:08 -0400
From:Eric S. Sande [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Verizon DSL Service Dry Loop
One hundred percent
money back guarantee. That goes for just about everything we
sell.
If we can't do it we won't and we'll tell you why. If we can do it
we guarantee
At 12:00 AM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 2 Mar 2008 15:58:43 -0500
From:Brian Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: USB cables
Well, it does make a difference. With Ethernet, the faster the
transfer rate, the more twists you must have in the cable (per foot)
to minimize crosstalk.
At 01:02 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
From:Brian Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: USB cables
MIME-Version: 1.0
I have been unable to find supporting links to show that the higher
voltage digital '1' travels faster than the lower voltage digital
'0' through copper wire.
Kinda confirming
At 12:00 AM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:49:27 -0500
From:Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WiFi stumbler for Macs
I USED to think the range of a wireless Access Point
was limited to 100 or 150 feet. And that someone had to
be within that range to snoop. Now I
At 01:26 PM 1/9/2008, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote:
Date:Wed, 9 Jan 2008 00:22:42 -0500
From:b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Filemaker personal for $49.00
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At 12:00 AM 11/29/2007, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:35:53 -0500
From:Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Case feet
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A couple of people answered you the
At 12:00 AM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:27:29 -0500
From:Jeff Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks
I just think it's amusing for you to drag out the consultant's hammer and
nail problem resolution flowchart, telling the
http://myspeed.visualware.com/
Via my FIOS
http://msiad.visualware.com/myspeed/db/report?id=7569896
Speed test statistics
-
Download speed: 15460200 bps
Upload speed: 1896720 bps
Quality of service: 98 %
Download test type: socket
Upload test type: socket
Maximum download
Microsoft vs Apple.
In order to asertain whether a participant in this forums opinion is tainted
by the money motive. I would like to see a disclaimer from
anyone commenting on how good or bad apple or Microsoft are
or are not,
Let us know whether you own Apple or Microsoft
stock or a fund
At 04:12 PM 9/23/2007, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:41:51 -0400
From:Wayne Dernoncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: first iMac question ug Vista
gerald
does she want to load Vista, or would she be better off
with XP? again, will a new UG work?
From everything I've read,
At 12:00 AM 9/13/2007, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:14:00 -0500
From:Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Walgreen's offers free ink refills]
Beginning to get jealous of people who live within close proximity
to Walgreens or Walmart! Didn't see my Dell 4 in 1 printer
At 05:36 PM 9/13/2007, you wrote:
Date:Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:36:44 -0500
From:Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Walgreen's offers free ink refills]
Okay, but Staples and these other online sellers DO say their
cartridges work with Dell! So someone is guilty of either lying or
At 12:00 AM 8/7/2007, you wrote:
Date:Mon, 6 Aug 2007 23:35:42 -0400
From:Michael A. Wosnick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Vista or XP
Have been off the list for an extended period and have just returned and
would like some insider advice. I know that reams have been written about
Vista
At 10:29 PM 8/5/2007, you wrote:
Date:Sun, 5 Aug 2007 11:42:56 -0500
From:Jeff Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Background programs running
One thing I've noticed on my computer is that a lot of programs are
running in the background, some of which do not need to be running.
At 02:23 PM 6/13/2007, you wrote:
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:28:54 -0400
From:Kee, Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known
After looking at a couple of sources,
http://proav.pubdyn.com/Tech_Apps/August85200535903PM.htm
I was just looking at the old compusa store in Rockville and they
were handing out a flyer with all their sales. I asked when they
would be opening and they said during the month of August.
Rich
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I am kinda getting tired of this who invented the internet crap.
How's about talking about computers and much more related subjects
rather than peeing in the wind about political differences?
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