Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
I have some stuff that is years old and have watched dozens of times with my daughter. No DRM restrictions there; although, I have lost a TiVO full of stuff in a hard drive crash There is a DRM option in the TiVO software for forced deletion after a fixed time determined by a flag set by the

Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Tom I have to correct myself All but the last is FALSE. Stewart At 06:00 PM 12/5/2007, you wrote: I read that they enforce a very broad interpretation of DRM. That Tivo enforces automatic deletion after you play a program. That the program owner can set it to automatically delete shows after

Re: [CGUYS] Diskworld Audio books

2007-12-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
The early ones are mostly Nigel Planer with a couple by Celia Imrie (Wyrd Sisters and Equal Rites). IMS the later ones are all Stephen Briggs. I like Planer and Imrie but I haven't listened to a Briggs yet but he gets good reviews from the folks from either us.lspace.org or alt.fan.pratchett.

Re: [CGUYS] USB Turntable?

2007-12-06 Thread Site Guy
- Original Message - From: Myers, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] USB Turntable? I am using a little device that connects a regular turntable to a computer. I have the turntable (a pretty good

Re: [CGUYS] USB Turntable?

2007-12-06 Thread Judy Cosler
yes, would like details...what is the small box? Site Guy wrote: - Original Message - From: Myers, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] USB Turntable? I am using a little device that connects a

Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
The upside on the reports back to the mothership is that they are to be used to generate the data for suggestions and Neilsen was using it for ratings. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/26/technology/26adco.html I think the Series 3 might need to maintain a phone line to get guide data. Tom I

Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
Tom I have to correct myself All but the last is FALSE. Thank you. You had me scratching my head. This is good news. Most of the reasons I have been avoiding Tivo are not problems and I get some very useful new features.

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 1 Dec 2007 - Special issue (#2007-851)

2007-12-06 Thread Josie Leyman Elias
The solution ended up that there were remnants of three .NET programs still resident on the computer. By using a registry cleaner (registry mechanic) I was able to fix the tech support changes to the registry, then use a uninstall program (not the Microsoft ones which didn't work, but Smarty

Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
There is a DRM option in the TiVO software for forced deletion after a fixed time determined by a flag set by the network programmers. It hasn't been used much There was a hullabaloo about it a few years ago when a few local programmers set it on a few programs. No one has said much about it

Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Neither one of mine have a phone line attached it is all done via the net. (Series 2) Stewart At 07:57 AM 12/6/2007, you wrote: The upside on the reports back to the mothership is that they are to be used to generate the data for suggestions and Neilsen was using it for ratings.

Re: [CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]

2007-12-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
There are all sorts of ways to set up record flags for things. It is called Wish list on TiVO. You can track almost anything and anyone you want. There are some set categories and words you enter. I have friend from High School who is an actor and I follow her career this way. Between Wish

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 1 Dec 2007 - Special issue

2007-12-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
Conclusions - bet wary of tech support J If I had thought to use non Microsoft registry fix and uninstaller before hand, I probably could have avoid days of frustration and hours of work, yet on all the message boards I read of people with the same .NET errors, this never came up. Is there any

[CGUYS] AIFF to ALE

2007-12-06 Thread Site Guy
Can you convert AIFF music files to Apple Lossless music files? If yes, is there any loss of audio quality? I'm asking because the Griffin iMic comes with software that only records in AIFF lossless and not Apple Lossless and I want to use iTunes to manage my music files. Thanks Bart

Re: [CGUYS] Outlook Express Problem

2007-12-06 Thread Daniel Else
As alluded to in the IE 7 discussion of the past several days, MS is offering free actual telephonic customer support for the IE7 installation. I don't have the number in hand, but it is toll-free. You might give it a shot. Dan Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/6/2007 12:30:37 PM Outlook

Re: [CGUYS] removing Norton

2007-12-06 Thread rlsimon
I used the Norton Removal tool yesterday ...first it asked me to use WindowsXP uninstaller to remove Ghost...then it proceeded and with that rebooted. Boot was ok but XP hung on shutdown ...only solution was to reinstall Norton 2003 (without Ghost and without NAV) and run Norton WinDoctor which

Re: [CGUYS] CGUYS] Tivo vs. Verizon

2007-12-06 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I understand series one used Harddrives that did not last. I have two series 2 receivers and am happy with them. Their equipment is fine, but my cable provider could be better, The only time I have problems is last minute changes on schedule. (I love my Nascar, rain outs become a problem)

Re: [CGUYS] Outlook Express Problem

2007-12-06 Thread Andy Gallant
What do you see on the Programs tab of Internet Options? -Andy Daniel Else wrote: As alluded to in the IE 7 discussion of the past several days, MS is offering free actual telephonic customer support for the IE7 installation. I don't have the number in hand, but it is toll-free. You might

Re: [CGUYS] CGUYS] Tivo vs. Verizon

2007-12-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
I haven't had a hardware problem with a TiVO other than one dead hard drive but my TiVOs are two Hughes DVR40s with hard drive upgrades to about 170 Hrs and 260 Hrs and a DirecTV R10 with about 140 Hrs of upgraded hard drive. All my TiVOs are direcTV units and they limit the software upgrades.

[CGUYS] thunderbird Q

2007-12-06 Thread Judy Cosler
Used to be that when somebody sent a link in an email, I could click on the link the site would open in Firefox. that no longer works. Nothing happens when I click on the link. do I need to reconfigure something? what?

Re: [CGUYS] Outlook Express Problem

2007-12-06 Thread Richard P.
Outlook Express is set to be the default mail handler in Outlook Express/Options/Connections/Internet Properties/Programs. Let me know if you need more info. FYI, WinXP, SP2. Thanks Richard P. Andy Gallant wrote: What do you see on the Programs tab of Internet Options? -Andy Daniel Else

Re: [CGUYS] thunderbird Q

2007-12-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
Used to be that when somebody sent a link in an email, I could click on the link the site would open in Firefox. that no longer works. Nothing happens when I click on the link. do I need to reconfigure something? what? Today I had to fix that same thing with the Notes Email client. It was one

[CGUYS] more on petitioning Maryland to belay the computer tax...

2007-12-06 Thread Gayley Knight
Again, just the messenger. /gayley knight mother geek productions begin forward The Charles County Technology Council (CCTC) has been following the Maryland computer services tax that the governor recently signed into law. Several groups, including the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Greater

Re: [CGUYS] Outlook Express Problem

2007-12-06 Thread Richard P.
While I only use Thunderbird for email, in order to email photos, Fuji Pix will only accept Outlook Express as a mail handler therefore OE is set as the default. I'll check into Secunia Software Inspector but all of MS Updates are current (but I will double check). Richard P. Andy Gallant