Re: Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-14 Thread Larry Colen
John, At first I thought you were reiterating what I had just explained, then I realized that this was in response to the post *before* my more in depth description. Great minds, and it would seem even ours. As a fr’instance, looking at last months directory, the path is:

Re: Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-14 Thread John Sessoms
Folders arranged in "MMDD_Topic" format? That should arrange the folders in chronological order whatever OS is used. You could have higher level folders for "" and put the "MMDD_Topic" as sub-folders ... maybe even "MM" as an intermediate level if he's likely to have a lot of

Re: Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-13 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Larry, good food for thought, and good information. I already use many of your suggested rating/sorting approaches for my own images, but trying to set up for someone else is new to me. And so I am rethinking how I do my own as well as how to help her out. Stan Sent from my iPad > On

Re: Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-11 Thread Larry Colen
Stan, Your sister in law’s reaction is an important detail. It changes a bit about how I would want to go about it. It is arguably a bit more work for you though. One important thing I have learned is that you never know what “merely decent” photo is going to prove useful later on. On

Re: Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-11 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Larry. Totally agree with both points: (1) file organization should be such that it helps people find images, not just so that LR or other software can find stuff. My brother has his CDs for example, well sorted by image capture date. Which is fine if you have his calendar and list of

Re: Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-11 Thread Larry Colen
> On Nov 11, 2022, at 3:57 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > But, to the Question: Now that I have his scanned slides and digital images > on a hard drive, readable on their HP and on my Mac, I thought I would create > a new Lightroom Catalog on my system as a way to review/preview his images.

Lightroom & computer question

2022-11-11 Thread Stanley Halpin
Background: my brother, who is the one who introduced me to Pentax 40+ years ago, is slowly failing. Later stages of Parkinson’s with all that implies. He was always an incredibly organized person. E.g., he scanned every slide he ever took, has them neatly filed and labeled in order in two

Re: OT: Dumb computer question

2019-12-31 Thread Bill
On 12/31/2019 11:38 AM, Richard Klein wrote: "Wi-Fi 6" is the latest standard, and one of the noted improvements they made with that standard was it's ability to communicate with many devices simultaneously. If you're going to upgrade now, look for Wi-Fi 6. I think David Cogen's series of

Re: OT: Dumb computer question

2019-12-31 Thread Richard Klein
her > because most everybody here knows more than I do anyway. > Now for the dumb computer question: what is a decent router that will be > able to run as many as 24 wireless devices in a smart home environment? > > Thanks > > Bill > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >

OT: Dumb computer question

2019-12-31 Thread William R
Well, not computer really but routor question. My relatively ancient D-Link router circa 2004, is no longer up to the task. So, rather than doing the research myself, I thought I would ask her because most everybody here knows more than I do anyway. Now for the dumb computer question: what

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread eckinator
Desktop Restore looks legit from what I can see and I tend to rule out a virus as well - it is just not viral behavior - nonetheless you can do an online virus scan of the setup program at http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus just to be sure. Also, have you tried uninstalling Desktop Restore?

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread Feroze
When my PC is doing stupid things I generally run crap cleaner, www.ccleaner.com... Try this for the system restore http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449 Joseph Tainter wrote: Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible. I hope someone can help me. I have a

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread Adam Maas
Adding a monitor does not trigger the Authorization phone-home. CPU, motherboard or boot drive changes are the only triggers. -Adam On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:06 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I think that was just coincidence.  What I think triggered it was adding the new

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
Joseph Tainter wrote: Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible. I hope someone can help me. I have a Dell laptop running XP. On Wednesday I installed a new, 19, 1280x1024 external Viewsonic monitor. At the same time I installed a little utility called Desktop

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator Desktop Restore looks legit from what I can see and I tend to rule out a virus as well - it is just not viral behavior - nonetheless you can do an online virus scan of the setup program at http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus just to be sure. Also, have you tried uninstalling

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread eckinator
Yes I think so too but as usual uninstalling won't get the mess out of the system... =( 2009/10/5 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: eckinator Desktop Restore looks legit from what I can see and I tend to rule out a virus as well - it is just not viral behavior - nonetheless you can

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I stopped writing software that cared about that a while ago, and being an Microsoft automatic update refusenik I didn't know that, but it's nice to know. Adam Maas wrote: Adding a monitor does not trigger the Authorization phone-home. CPU, motherboard or boot drive changes are the only

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread Joseph Tainter
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible. I hope someone can help me. Here's my original question: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-October/193785.html Thanks for the advice, everyone. I've now managed to restore my notebook screen so that it boots

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread Doug Franklin
John Sessoms wrote: Desktop Restore may be legit, but I bet it's what caused the problem. You could try dropping back to the last System Restore Point created before you installed Desktop Restore. That might fully excise Desktop Restore from the system, which uninstalling it may not. --

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-05 Thread Doug Franklin
Joseph Tainter wrote: also installs an icon in my system tray (right side), but msconfig doesn't show anything that I can recognize to stop it. That's the sort of thing that Windows' built-in Restore Points might take care of if you can restore back to the last one before you installed the

OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible. I hope someone can help me. I have a Dell laptop running XP. On Wednesday I installed a new, 19, 1280x1024 external Viewsonic monitor. At the same time I installed a little utility called Desktop Restore, which restores

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread P. J. Alling
It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights Management system. Though I thought that it only really was this bad in Vista. Joseph Tainter wrote: Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible. I hope someone can help me. I have a Dell laptop

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 7:34 PM -0600 10/4/09, Joseph Tainter wrote: Sorry for the OT question, but the knowledge on this list is incredible. I hope someone can help me. I have a Dell laptop running XP. On Wednesday I installed a new, 19, 1280x1024 external Viewsonic monitor. At the same time I installed a

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights Management system. Though I thought that it only really was this bad in Vista. If that was the case, would Windows give me some message? Why would searching for a hotel trigger this? Thanks, Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 08:02:33PM -0600, Joseph Tainter scripsit: It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's Digital Rights Management system. Though I thought that it only really was this bad in Vista. If that was the case, would Windows give me some message? Why would searching for

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread Adam Maas
It's definitely not the DRM, which only restricts the ability to play media files in stupid ways. Most likely this is a registry corruption issue. Backup and reinstall. -Adam On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:39 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: It sounds like you've run afoul of

Re: OT: Computer Question

2009-10-04 Thread P. J. Alling
I think that was just coincidence. What I think triggered it was adding the new monitor, then not allowing XP to phone home to verify the change. Of course I don't deal with that kind of behavior myself, I run Win2K. Joseph Tainter wrote: It sounds like you've run afoul of Microsoft's

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-03-02 Thread William Robb
A wee update: I used the rmove Norton tool that is on the Symantec website and now all seems good. I've rebooted the machine a half dozen times since running the tool with no boot up issues. Thanks to all for the help. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Another stupid computer question

2009-03-01 Thread Bob W
A wee update: I used the rmove Norton tool that is on the Symantec website and now all seems good. I've rebooted the machine a half dozen times since running the tool with no boot up issues. Thanks to all for the help. William Robb I think Norton takes its lead from General

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:14:32PM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote: # Subash wrote: # platforms since I've been in the business, including bare silicon. I'm # not an OS bigot. I've been doing this crap for 25 years. Some # platforms work for some applications. They're just tools. Right now, #

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-24 Thread Doug Franklin
Larry Colen wrote: It is nice, however, that security discussions on Linux are of an entirely different flavor than Windows. While I agree with the sentiment, I'm not terribly fussed about the security of the hammer when I need a screwdriver. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML

Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread William Robb
So, I have this really high strung Windows box, and every now and again it does something completely inexplicable. It's latest is on boot-up, it decides it can't start the video card: Code 10, device cannot be started And the card runs in VGA mode. Sometmes rebooting the computer will solve

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread David Savage
Bloody Norton. It killed the audio on my old computer. After several months of trying to fix the problem I just formatted started again. Cheers, Dave (I have no help to offer) 2009/2/23 William Robb war...@gmail.com: So, I have this really high strung Windows box, and every now and again it

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
William Robb wrote: Any ideas on how to solve this? Remove Norton Antivirus. Install one of the free alternatives like: AVG (http://www.grisoft.com), Avast (http://www.avast.com), Avira (http://www.free-av.de/en/index.html), or Clam AV (http://www.clamav.net). Take the time out to

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Dario Bonazza
for. Since then, I keep as farther from Norton stuff as I can. Dario - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:21 PM Subject: Another stupid computer question So, I have this really high strung Windows

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Can't help with the specifics of the problem but you may want to remove Norton and see if anything changes. Norton's uninstall usually leaves some residue on your hard drive so just running uninstall may not remove the offending file. It's enough of a problem that Symantec has created a

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/23/09, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: William Robb wrote: Any ideas on how to solve this? Remove Norton Antivirus. Install one of the free alternatives like: AVG (http://www.grisoft.com), Avast (http://www.avast.com), Avira (http://www.free-av.de/en/index.html), or

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread AlunFoto
I'll third this. Have used Avast for a while, and it has worked quite well on my systems. Another suite of AV to stay away from, btw, is F-Secure. It was good once upon a time, but has grown seriously bloated. Jostein 2009/2/23 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: On 2/23/09, Doug Franklin

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread m.9.wilson
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: So, I have this really high strung Windows box, and every now and again it does something completely inexplicable. It's latest is on boot-up, it decides it can't start the video card: Code 10, device cannot be started And the card runs in VGA

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Adam Maas
Wipe drive, re-install OS and applications without Norton (Which is a system-killer, not an anti-virus). Get a real anti-virus program like AVG or Avira. -Adam On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: So, I have this really high strung Windows box, and every now and

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Adam Maas wrote: Wipe drive, re-install OS and applications without Norton (Which is a system-killer, not an anti-virus). Get a real anti-virus program like AVG or Avira. Just another recommendation for AVG, which I've been using since 1999 or so. Good stuff -- doesn't kill system

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/23/2009 5:21:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, war...@gmail.com writes: Thanks William Robb == Actually, the simplest explanation might be the right one. The card might be loose. In other words, it is not sitting tightly in its slot. So sometimes the

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread John Graves
I will confirm Scott's support for AVG. I have a number of clients that use the paid version and I also have a large number of friends that use free_AVG. It is one of the better ones. and has (except for the whole computer scan) a very light footprint on the computer. I do recommend the

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread jtainter
Paul wrote: Can't help with the specifics of the problem but you may want to remove Norton and see if anything changes. Norton's uninstall usually leaves some residue on your hard drive so just running uninstall may not remove the offending file. It's enough of a problem that Symantec has

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/23/09, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/24 jtainter jtain...@mindspring.com: Paul wrote: Can't help with the specifics of the problem but you may want to remove Norton and see if anything changes. Norton's uninstall usually leaves some residue on your hard drive

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread David Savage
2009/2/24 jtainter jtain...@mindspring.com: Paul wrote: Can't help with the specifics of the problem but you may want to remove Norton and see if anything changes. Norton's uninstall usually leaves some residue on your hard drive so just running uninstall may not remove the offending file.

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread John Graves
Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/23/09, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/24 jtainter jtain...@mindspring.com: Paul wrote: Can't help with the specifics of the problem but you may want to remove Norton and see if anything changes. Norton's uninstall usually leaves

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread William Robb
Hey all Thanks for the help and suggestions, both on and offlist. I had removed Norton from my machine already in the hopes that this would fix things, but I new not about the removal tool, so I ran it this morning. I do hope it doesn't come to a format and reinstall, but we'll just have to

RE: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Bob W
to prevent. Bob -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: 23 February 2009 13:22 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Another stupid computer question So, I have this really high strung Windows box, and every now

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Larry Colen
I'll be the token linux-weenie and suggest ditching windows and running either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. While it is possible to write a virus that targets linux, it's quite a bit more difficult. Another option is to run your browser in a VMWare virtual machine, so you don't care if it gets hacked. If

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas Wipe drive, re-install OS and applications without Norton (Which is a system-killer, not an anti-virus). Get a real anti-virus program like AVG or Avira. -Adam On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: So, I have this really high strung Windows

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 23, 2009, at 16:52, John Sessoms wrote: I see this all the time, and I don't understand it. I believe people when they say Norton messed up this and that on their system, but I used Norton for years and years and never had any problems from it. They have, over the past 3+ years,

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Cory Waters
I don't know if anyone's suggested this but you may want to try downloading the video card drivers from nvidia's site and installing them again. If Norton or Windows screwed the driver up, a fresh (probably updated) copy might be just the ticket. CW William Robb wrote: Hey all Thanks for

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage 2009/2/24 jtainter jtain...@mindspring.com: Paul wrote: Can't help with the specifics of the problem but you may want to remove Norton and see if anything changes. Norton's uninstall usually leaves some residue on your hard drive so just running uninstall may not remove

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Scott Loveless wrote: I'll second Doug's suggestion. I've been using AVG for a couple years on the Windows boxen around here and it seems fine. http://free.avg.com/ Disable the link scanner once it's installed, please. Recent packages have allowed you to skip installing the Link Scanner in

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Larry Colen wrote: I'll be the token linux-weenie and suggest ditching windows and running either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. While it is possible to write a virus that targets linux, it's quite a bit more difficult. Show me a useful replacement for Photoshop that can do 16-bit-per-color processing on

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Another stupid computer question I see this all the time, and I don't understand it. I believe people when they say Norton messed up this and that on their system, but I used Norton for years and years and never had any

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:37:45PM -0500, Doug Franklin scripsit: Larry Colen wrote: I'll be the token linux-weenie and suggest ditching windows and running either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. While it is possible to write a virus that targets linux, it's quite a bit more difficult. Show me a useful

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: Perhaps a bad coincidence, but the machine started up with no problems at all every time until I put NAV onto it, and the first boot after that gave me grief. I've never heard a good word about Norton AV. But I'd try Marnie's suggestion about re-seating the video card

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/23/09, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:37:45PM -0500, Doug Franklin scripsit: Larry Colen wrote: I'll be the token linux-weenie and suggest ditching windows and running either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. While it is possible to write a virus that targets linux,

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Graydon wrote: Cinepaint. http://www.cinepaint.org/ I'll try it, again, but the last time, a year or so ago, it wasn't ready for prime time. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Mark Roberts wrote: I've never heard a good word about Norton AV. But I'd try Marnie's suggestion about re-seating the video card and Cory's about checking for new drivers, too. Regardless of anything else you do, take NAV out of the troubleshooting equation. You can put it back in later

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Scott Loveless wrote: Also take a look at LightZone for Linux. It seemed very capable when I was using their free beta. Or Picasa. Seriously, now that it has a clone stamp I don't even worry about Photoshop anymore. I know most of you put more effort into processing your images than I do,

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:52 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Adam Maas Wipe drive, re-install OS and applications without Norton (Which is a system-killer, not an anti-virus). Get a real anti-virus program like AVG or Avira. -Adam On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM,

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:37:45PM -0500, Doug Franklin scripsit: Larry Colen wrote: I'll be the token linux-weenie and suggest ditching windows and running either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. While it is possible to write a virus that

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/23/2009 4:18:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, msrobert...@ysu.edu writes: It *might* even be a hardware issue with the card itself. I've found the most frustrating, intractable problems tend to be traceable to hardware rather than software. == Yes. Marnie

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:28:29PM -0500, Doug Franklin scripsit: Graydon wrote: Cinepaint. http://www.cinepaint.org/ I'll try it, again, but the last time, a year or so ago, it wasn't ready for prime time. Mind me asking why not? (I have no idea how anybody else's workflow goes; if it's

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread John Graves
Larry, I like linux also. The problem is that we all sit around and say that Chocolate is best and the next guy says yes but raspberry does the hoop dance better. That's all true, but nobody but the geeks really care. The rest of the world sees it as Windoes or Apple. Choose one of

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/23/09, John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: But if do I choose linux I still have twenty decisions to make. And that's before I figure out how to install the bugger. I will admit it's getting better. But you can't take a disk and install it with worrying that something will raise

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 08:49:34PM -0500, John Graves scripsit: [snip] But if do I choose linux I still have twenty decisions to make. And that's before I figure out how to install the bugger. I will admit it's getting better. But you can't take a disk and install it with worrying

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 08:49:34PM -0500, John Graves wrote: # Larry, # # I like linux also. The problem is that we all sit around and say that # Chocolate is best and the next guy says yes but raspberry does the # hoop dance better. That's all true, but nobody but the geeks really #

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread John Graves
Larry et al: Found some lukewarm coffee. I am a linux user, not an expert. I have a linux server, and at one time or another, have had my hands on ubuntu, debian, and fedora. I make no claim for any of them. For somethings, linux is a great toolbox. As has been mentioned, for some

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Subash
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:49:34 -0500 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: Larry, [...] John G \Sorry for the rant...I need some coffee. ;-) on top of all that, i use linux because it gives *me* the control of how i want my computer set up. of course you are right, it is a matter of pure

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Subash
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:49:34 -0500 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: If the process is as interesting as the end result, Linux is the system for you. for me it is, to go a bit OT (sorry Bill, after all, the list guy did give us OS chest-thumping licence in the foreword, didn't he?

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Graydon wrote: Mind me asking why not? (I have no idea how anybody else's workflow goes; if it's something I never do, hey, learning experience.) I don't mind, but it's been a while and I don't remember the details. As I recall, color management may have been the missing factor. --

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16:55PM -0500, John Graves wrote: # Is there something about technical or semi-technical interests that # drive us so hard. As I said earlier, I only meant to throw a small # bone, and it was linux's turn to play the bone. Next week, we discuss # the foibles of

Re: Another stupid computer question

2009-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Subash wrote: for me it is, to go a bit OT (sorry Bill, after all, the list guy did give us OS chest-thumping licence in the foreword, didn't he? wouldn't want to let him down). for me it is precisely ten years since i On a daily basis, I use and develop system-level software for Win32,

OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread David J Brooks
My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes it will show up and some times its not there. It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk that i can find. The name on the cover saysJustlink Any

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread Steve Larson
4:09 AM Subject: OT Computer question CD writer My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes it will show up and some times its not there. It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk that i can

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread mike wilson
Loose cable? From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/07/03 Thu AM 11:09:03 GMT To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Harry Bolton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT Computer question CD writer My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread David J Brooks
is toast. Steve - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Harry Bolton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:09 AM Subject: OT Computer question CD writer My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread mike wilson
. From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/07/03 Thu AM 11:17:29 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer Sorrry. XP home Thats what i though. How hard are these things to replace, by some one with 10 thumbs Dave On Thu, Jul 3

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
OS? David J Brooks wrote: My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes it will show up and some times its not there. It was installed at MDG when i bought it in 2001, so no driver disk that i can find. The name on the

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Ok, so it's XP. Is this an external USB or internal IDE or something else. Have there been any automatic updates, that you know of at least, lately? Say a large one just before the CD stopped working? Come on out with it man. David J Brooks wrote: My PC has started to ignore my CD

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread Doug Franklin
David J Brooks wrote: Sorrry. XP home Thats what i though. How hard are these things to replace, by some one with 10 thumbs Not hard, you'll only need three of your thumbs. :-) Really, once you get the case apart far enough to actually replace it, you need to swap two cables (power and

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread Steve Larson
as others have said, it's a cakewalk to replace. - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:17 AM Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer Sorrry. XP home Thats what i though. How hard

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:30 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so it's XP. Is this an external USB or internal IDE or something else. Have there been any automatic updates, that you know of at least, lately? Say a large one just before the CD stopped working? Come on out with

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread David J Brooks
] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:17 AM Subject: Re: OT Computer question CD writer Sorrry. XP home Thats what i though. How hard are these things to replace, by some one with 10 thumbs Dave On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: OT Computer question CD writer

2008-07-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: OT Computer question CD writer My PC has started to ignore my CD writer/reader and not display it in the menu list, but my DVD is there. Sometimes it will show up and some times its not there. It was installed at MDG when i

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-29 Thread graywolf
Drive Arrays JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Drives). Drives used individually. For example you put OS and Programs on one, you audio on another, and your photos on a third. Some folks use this, mistakenly, for the next. Concatenated Drives. Drives connected end to end. When drive one is full data is

Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread William Robb
Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what this is? The array is 2 500gb drives that show as a single

RE: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread Y. Rowe
Robb Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Dumb Computer Question Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
. http://www.bestpricecomputers.co.uk/glossary/raid-0.htm HTH Yolanda -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Dumb Computer Question Hi, I

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread Bob Blakely
Through the magic of manipulating the addressing of sectors of the drives, RAID can indeed make can make two drives appear as one - all transparent to the operating system. This can be accomplished in multiple ways for multiple purposes. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID What you

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what this is? The array is 2 500gb

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread Scott Loveless
William Robb wrote: Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what this is? The array is 2 500gb

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 28-Oct-07, at 10:00 AM, William Robb wrote: Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Bill, On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:52:46 -0600, William Robb wrote: Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what this is? It means all your data is spread over the two disks, in rather small lumps called 'stripes'. It MAY speed up

RE: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand concepts just exactly what this is? The array is 2 500gb

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-28 Thread David Savage
On 10/29/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: Hi, I just bought a new rig. The guy who did the initial install for me set up a 2 drive RAID array, apparently they are striped. Could some kind soul please explain in really small words and easy to understand

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