Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-13 Thread mike
you don't have to change your setup, you can set the dsl modem up in DMZ mode...essentially making it a straight passthru device like a cable modem. Mike On Dec 12, 2007 6:38 PM, Paula Minor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The box with my DSL ATT stuff arrived today and Im not sure I'm going to even

Re: [CGUYS] USB WiFi adapter for Indigo iMac

2007-12-13 Thread Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA)
Betty, I am looking at the Rokland RoakAir USB model at http://www.rokland.com for my TiBook, which says it does not have an airport card (died?). It says it is backwards compatible to USB 1.1 and 802.11 g or b (OS 10.3 or 10.4) - does that the iMac? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-13 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
That is also what I had to do with my DSL modem (Westel) and it worked like a charm afterwards. You have to find the right tech person to help you, or look up the settings in the book. Stewart At 07:43 AM 12/13/2007, you wrote: I had a similar situation and I was able to put the DSL modem

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

2007-12-13 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Being a belt and suspenders sort of guy- I would suggest both a regular hard drive rotation and on line vaulting. The hard drive rotation backups will get your system up and running faster but it is likely to miss work in progress. An automatic on line vaulting solution is more likely to save

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-13 Thread Jay Montero
I had a similar situation and I was able to put the DSL modem into bridge mode and bypass its router/firewall functions entirely. Of course, I had my own router/firewall I used in its place. Finding out how to get the modem into bridge mode did take some research. on Wed, 12 Dec, Paula

Re: [CGUYS] Mac OS question

2007-12-13 Thread John H. Davis
Steve Rigby wrote: I want to upgrade the OS 10.3.9 on my eMac 1.25 gigahertz machine. This computer can run 10.5 Leopard, but it is marginal in terms of horsepower compared to newer machines that run faster. Would Leopard cause this particular computer to bog down and perform sluggishly as

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

2007-12-13 Thread Richard P.
This sounds good and thanks to all who responded. I have passed this info along to the requester who will be getting the MacBook next week. One day, I'll be lucky enough to make the move to Mac also (read $). Richard P. wrote: I bought a MacBook 2.16MHz Core Duo in September. I upgraded the

Re: [CGUYS] Mac OS question

2007-12-13 Thread David K Watson
Actually, you are more like 1.45 x the minimum, which is .867 Ghz. As someone who is even closer to the minimum, I can tell you that you won't see much if any difference in speed doing the same things you are doing now. It has been documented that Leopard is slightly slower than Tiger, but

[CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Richard P.
I have just found out that my wife would like (read: is expecting), an iPod for Christmas. I know next to nothing about them other than that they store and play music. In looking at the Apple website, I would think that something like the iPod Nano would suffice; something that would handle a

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread David Turk
I'm ashamed to say I can't leave home without my 30GB video iPod. I've got my entire CD collection (about 180 CD's--2185 songs, plus 1 movie 3 video games) on it. I've still got 17GB free. It was about $250 when I bought it 2 years ago. The Nano ($150) does have a video screen, but it's so

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
You can start preparing for the purchase by downloading iTunes- It is freeware. http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ Yo can now start to transfer your CD collection to a hard drive. This will take a long time if you have a large collection so cherry pick her favorites to do first. I have a

[CGUYS] USB Wifi adapter

2007-12-13 Thread b_s-wilk
I'm looking at this USB adapter, http://snipurl.com/1v8ex, and was wondering if the internal WiFi card in a Mac can be disabled with software to be able to use an external USB WiFi adapter instead. [Buffalo Wireless-G High Gain USB 2.0 Adapter]. Also what is this lawsuit from Australia against

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Bill L'Hommedieu
On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Richard P. wrote: I have just found out that my wife would like (read: is expecting), an iPod for Christmas. I know next to nothing about them other than that they store and play music. In looking at the Apple website, I would think that something like the iPod

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Site Guy
David, Are you saving your music as AAC or Apple Lossless? I ask because the Nano or Shuffle can only process AAC. The iPod Classic on the other hand can play Apple Lossless. Bart - Original Message - From: David Turk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent:

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread mike
my apple nano plays lossless...not that i ever do. Mike On Dec 13, 2007 2:35 PM, Site Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, Are you saving your music as AAC or Apple Lossless? I ask because the Nano or Shuffle can only process AAC. The iPod Classic on the other hand can play Apple

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox runaway web page problem ?

2007-12-13 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
You can save all the open tabs. Go to bookmarks and three down the list is Bookmark all tabs. This will let store all the bookmarks in one folder. You can then choose the option to open all the files in that folder. On Dec 13, 2007 4:10 PM, db [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a large number

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread b_s-wilk
I LOVE my iPod nano!! I have a 20GB iPod; my husband offers to lend me his 80GB video iPod, but I really like the Nano. It's small, light, and is the last pink one sold before the new ones were released. If I were buying a new iPod, I'd get the 8GB video Nano or the iPod touch for web, photos,

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Steve at Verizon
Just want to clarify this statement. My first reading was that AAC is the ONLY mode which the Nano or Shuffle can handle. But I think you only meant Lossless is not. Certainly they can handle MP3 formats as well. Also, if you have ripped CDs in the WMA format (i.e. you used Windows Media

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Site Guy
My bad, you are correct! It's the shuffle that Apple Lossless will not play on. Sorry Bart - Original Message - From: mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations? my apple nano

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox runaway web page problem ?

2007-12-13 Thread db
Tried it. I have many windows open with multiple tabs.It looks to be unmanageable. It seems like I would have to do that for each window's tabs and firefox gets to that problem website and bogs down before I can even get started. I wonder if Safe mode would disable the mechanism of

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox runaway web page problem ?

2007-12-13 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
I don't know if this will work for sure but it should. Disconnect the internet from the computer and then open firefox. Restore session. Bookmark all the pages using the bookmark all tabs option. If you get this far then everything should be fine. Quit firefox, reconnect to the net and then

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox runaway web page problem ?

2007-12-13 Thread Howard Wall
Here's an off the top of my head idea. Use your firewall to temporarily block the offending web site then restore your Firefox session. The offending page should come up with an error message instead of the runaway code. Howard db wrote: Tried it. I have many windows open with multiple

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox runaway web page problem ?

2007-12-13 Thread Fred Holmes
Why aren't you using Firefox 2.0.0.11 or whatever the latest is now? Maybe this is a bug that has been fixed? Try increasing the size of the system swap file by a whole lot. Maybe Firefox doesn't know how to handle the situation of running out of swap file? (Maybe all programs don't? After

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-13 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Rev. Stewart Marshall Let me correct myself DSL modems are different than Cable modems. Why doesn't he just remove the antennas? -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly Measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with

[CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

2007-12-13 Thread Harvey Simon
Is this not the proper instruction set for the MacBook in question? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303721 hs -- Forwarded Message From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:04:53 -0500 Subject: Re: Windows to Apple migration? How difficult is it to get to

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Paula Minor
The only color I'd consider is red; the others are too boring. I'll have to borrow my son's iPod touch when he gets his soon [I won't be bored with that, either]. Go to the Apple Store and pl Woman after my own heart. I love color everywhere and having to choose between black or white

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Recommendations?

2007-12-13 Thread Paula Minor
I'm ashamed to say I can't leave home without my 30GB video iPod. I've got my entire CD collect I never leave home without my 60 gb video iPod, either...and I only have 10gb left! If you get your wife a gift cert. for Audible.com she'll get hooked on audio books too. I think now you have

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox runaway web page problem ?

2007-12-13 Thread db
Fred, Thanks for the idea . increasing the swap file from 768 to 2GB did the trick. Page file topped out at 1.5 GB and then I was able to close the offending geeky website and page filing plummeted to 453 MB. I am not updating Firefox etc. while I am procrastinating re: all the work

[CGUYS] CompUSA closing down

2007-12-13 Thread Jeff Wright
http://tinyurl.com/329zg5 An orderly and expedited wind down and asset sale process is the best option for CompUSA and its creditors at this juncture, Mr. Weinstein said. We are focused on assuring that CompUSA's creditors, landlords and other key constituents are treated properly during this

Re: [CGUYS] IT Managers

2007-12-13 Thread Eric S. Sande
Tom has mentioned it before but this article confirms what he is talking about with IT managers. How many managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? If the troops don't know what they are doing the enterprise falls to pieces.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

2007-12-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
Is this not the proper instruction set for the MacBook in question? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303721 Yes. I was wrong. (About a Mac no less.) I missed the news that the new laptops had a major change. This eliminates a major problem that the previous models had. Sorry.

Re: [CGUYS] IT Managers

2007-12-13 Thread mike
Lies, damn lies and...well you know. Mike On Dec 13, 2007 5:33 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom has mentioned it before but this article confirms what he is talking about with IT managers. http://earthlink.com.com/2100-1022_3-6222631.html?part=earthlink Stewart

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-13 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Paula Minor Wayne D: Why doesn't he just remove the antennas? I think you're talking to me, Wayne. There are no antennas to remove on the ATT modem. An ATT guy came today to check my line and turn snip Well that answers that question ... nothing to remove. -- Take care | This clown

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-13 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Rev. Stewart Marshall Because it is still acting as a router and can interfere with another router/wireless access point. What needs to be done is turn the routing function off in the DSL modem and set it as bridge so it gets logged in by the router (ppoe?) and then the router handles all