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
"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 Decodr videos on Youtube covers it:

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 is a

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Fwd: Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-29 Thread danilo
Since you have two partitions, and not two physical drives, (if I have understood it correctly) you can safely ignore that message. It talks about performance because it thinks you have two distinct drives. With two drives you can read/write on both in the same time, so having those large files

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Herb Chong
that means you have your image files on D already. Herb - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:19 AM Subject: RE: OT - A computer Question... *eek* I changed my PS Scratch disks as suggested

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Jostein
or the data partition, but can't see any difference in performance. Jostein - Original Message - From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:11 AM Subject: Re: OT - A computer Question... the more free space on a drive, the less likely a drive

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/28/2004 5:53:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The number one culprit behind file fragmentation is Internet Explorer's Temporary Internet files. Especially if you don't delete them each time you close the browser. My favourite configuration of drives is

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:03 AM Subject: Re: OT - A computer Question... I've never used PS. But from people are saying it must use one LARGE scratch file. What is the purpose of this? Some sort of buffering

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Jostein
Marnie asked: I've never used PS. But from people are saying it must use one LARGE scratch file. What is the purpose of this? Some sort of buffering? For memory control? Making it faster? Or providing a workspace? Like the edit/paste space that the Windows Clipboard provides? Marnie aka

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:19 PM Subject: RE: OT - A computer Question... Jostein, how can you tell when PS is using the scratch file? tan. Um... Distinctive grunts from the box

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography Subject: RE: OT - A computer Question... how can you tell when PS is using the scratch file? The hard drive runs pretty much continuously. William Robb

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 Mar 2004 at 16:13, Herb Chong wrote: it always does, even on tiny files. it backs up what is in memory so that if PS runs out of space in RAM and there is a copy on disk, it doesn't have to write it to disk again. you find out things like this reading the Photoshop Plugin SDK

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Mar 2004 at 9:31, Rob Studdert wrote: The general rule of thumb is don't assign your PS scratch disk to the same drive as your Windows swap file resides on. Further to this if any Windows users wish to assess their actual physical hard drive speeds in order to assess where to assign

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Peter J. Alling
Since they put the paging file on the FAT partition, I remember that there may be a legitimate reason to set up a machine with a NTFS and FAT partition. Supposedly there is a performance gain from using FAT for that purpose. Just how much is a question since I never notice a perceptible

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-28 Thread Peter J. Alling
Large reversable history among other things. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/28/2004 5:53:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The number one culprit behind file fragmentation is Internet Explorer's Temporary Internet files. Especially if you don't delete

RE: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Nick Clark
really work with partitioned drives. As I mention above, I'd use the D: drive for your data. Cheers Nick -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27/03/04 23:50:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT - A computer Question

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Herb Chong
resize the two partitions to be about 80G for your C drive and everything else for your D drive. Herb - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 6:50 PM Subject: OT - A computer Question

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2004-03-27 Thread mapson
resize the two partitions to be about 80G for your C drive and everything else for your D drive. Herb I am not an IT expert, but my understanding is that the drives should not be kept at such big sizes. Especially the OS and ones that have progs on them. They get fragmented easily -

RE: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
... BUT, the C: is formatted as NTFS and the D: is FAT32 - Can anyone explain THIS? The plot thickens... tan. -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 28 March 2004 11:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - A computer Question... i don't know who

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Herb Chong
Message - From: mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:39 PM Subject: Re: OT - A computer Question... I am not an IT expert, but my understanding is that the drives should not be kept at such big sizes. Especially the OS and ones that have progs on them

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Herb Chong
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:48 PM Subject: RE: OT - A computer Question... Oh, AND this probably makes a huge difference in what all of this means and I should have posted it originally... BUT, the C: is formatted as NTFS and the D: is FAT32 - Can anyone explain THIS?

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread mapson
At 10:41 AM 28/03/2004, you wrote: the more free space on a drive, the less likely a drive will have file fragmentation. with NTFS, the cluster size stays at 4K all the way out past 200GB. if Tanya continues to shoot RAW at the rate that she describes, she will shoot about 4-6 GB of images each

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Eactivist
(i.e scratch) Meant i.e. restore. Usually I let my typing mistakes go by, not worth bothering to correct. But that mistake made what I said slightly confusing. Marnie aka Doe :-)

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Herb Chong
-specific things on the C drive all the time. Herb - Original Message - From: mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: Re: OT - A computer Question... BUT why would you want to have so much space on your C. Have 10-20Gb

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Tanya, my humble suggestion to your problem would be like this: 1. Get yourself a small, say 20 GB HD and make it your system disk. Doing so would mean re-installing your OS and s/ware but this can be done, I hope. 2. Take the whole of the 100 GB HD you have and partition it to your liking.

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Peter J. Alling
. -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 28 March 2004 11:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - A computer Question... i don't know who configured your computer, but i can't imagine a restore drive being more than about 5 or 10 GB. 60 GB

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Seems that whoever set up your machine has made it difficult for you. However, it should be fairly simple to change the location of the paging file. I think I did that on my Win XP machine. BTW, if you have enough memory and disk space, having the paging file and the scratch disk on the same

Re: OT - A computer Question...

2004-03-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/27/2004 9:48:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First, the partitioning is done for two reasons, first to hide the recovery information, It used to be that recovery disks were included with the computer. People keep losing them, and when they need them,

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-14 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 10:20 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: If you had my printer you would want to change the halftone screen. Or don't you think inkjets use a halftone screen. If that is so, I have news for you. Okay, I'll bite. What printer do you have, and what is the issue

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-13 Thread dave o'brien
A scroll of mail from Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 12 Nov 2001 19:50:57 + Read it? y These days it's more to do with what you're weened with, computer-wise. If you grow up with PCs, you tend to stay with them. I've found that people who are weaned with only PCs tend to be very wary of

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-13 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
. - Original Message - From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 03:08 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: it's called Postscript

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-13 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 06:43 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: That's funny, when I told my graphics software I wanted to change the printer halftone, it told me that requires a Postscript printer. Once again, I'm talking about photographic printing here. -Aaron - This message is from

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Peter Lacus
Aaron Reynolds wrote: Ha ha! I'd probably be running Linux if I didn't need all the stinking MS Office applications to be compatible with the rest of the world. Photoshop is the other app I use primarily. Of course that's readily available for the Mac. So's MS Office. :) Now

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Ken Archer
That makes two of us. On Monday 12 November 2001 00:52, Doug Franklin wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:15:33 +1300, David A. Mann wrote: I'm configuring a new installation on a 6Gb disk for that machine at the moment because I haven't kept the old installation up to date (and the drive that

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 12:21 AM, David A. Mann wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A $4,000 PC ~does~ exceed a $4,000 MAC. Of course it does. A combination of economies of scale, and healthy competition in the hardware sector. One should not shop on price alone, however.

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Sunday, November 11, 2001, at 03:08 PM, aimcompute wrote: Just curious, how compatible MS office applications are between Mac and PC and what kind of time lag there is between release of the Windows version and when a Mac version is released. There are no compatibility issues between

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/12/01 10:18:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It all depends on what you're doing. For me, the Mac OS is the right choice. Anyone like yourself who deals with a ton of graphics or CAD work might very well be better off with MAC/Apple. But your

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Cotty
It so happens Office and Photoshop, like malevolent viruses, have invaded and conquered PC computerdome-ask Apple/Mac folk if that isn't true? Mafud, This is entirely true. My sister's bloke (shoots wildlife with Canon and Bronica) uses Photoshop an a PC and swears by it. In fact, most of

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Cotty
Just curious, how compatible MS office applications are between Mac and PC and what kind of time lag there is between release of the Windows version and when a Mac version is released. Office 98 was released for the Mac well before the Windows version... Signed, A. Fanatic

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
- From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 12:21 AM, David A. Mann wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A $4,000 PC ~does~ exceed

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Nicolas Colarusso, CGA
was there an office 98? - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Just curious, how compatible MS office applications are between

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Just curious, how compatible MS office

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread aimcompute
- Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) was there an office 98? - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Just curious

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 03:08 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: it's called Postscript. Or the free version Ghostscript. And yes you can use a Postscript printer on a PC. I was talking about ColorSync. Postscript is not particularly important in photographic imaging. -Aaron - This

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 03:19 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: I guess so! Since there never was an Office 98 for Windows. I suspect that Office 98 for Mac was the same as Office 97 for Windows. Which would indicate that the run about a year behind. I don't know if in this situation

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Nov 2001, at 19:50, Cotty wrote: These days it's more to do with what you're weened with, computer-wise. If you grow up with PCs, you tend to stay with them. The 2 graphic designers at our place grew up with PCs, and feel uneasy using the Mac. But that's only because they're used to

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/12/01 2:52:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: People use the Mac because they *want* to. Most people use a PC because they have to... I actually bought a MAC back in 1989. Went back to PCs in a little over a year, selling the MAC for a profit.

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-12 Thread Treena Harp
Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) However for seasoned PC users there are now no real obstacles for using PC in a photo-graphics environment and in fact I would say now maybe PC's actually have the advantage over Macs (this is of course if they have been

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-11 Thread William Robb
From: Mafud We're not disagreeing Bill. I think I've died and gone to heavenVBG Bill - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:15:33 +1300, David A. Mann wrote: I'm configuring a new installation on a 6Gb disk for that machine at the moment because I haven't kept the old installation up to date (and the drive that holds my root partition has given a few errors). I love Mandrake! :-) TTYL,

Re: OT: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-11 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 11:36 10.11.2001 +1100, Kevin wrote: Yes, Linux is good for the servers: 2:55pm up 102 days, 2:27, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 But there is not enough software available for workstations to use Linux only. I use Linux only. What is missing? Most of the softwares I am

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-10 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/10/01 11:37:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj:Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Date:11/10/01 11:37:10 AM Eastern Standard Time From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (aimcompute) Sender:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: A HREF

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-10 Thread SudaMafud
In a message dated 11/10/01 1:25:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . Another words, Windows, over time, degrades. No one knows why, and Microsoft prolly ain't gonna fix it. Couldn't it simply be that operators, new and old, fearing the unknown, refuse to or

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-10 Thread lbparis
. Thanks, Len --- - Original Message - From: Otis Wright, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) I had this same challenge a couple of years ago. I seem to remember finding

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-10 Thread aimcompute
Actually Mafud, I think Microsoft IS partly to blame. The fact is most people that have a computer don't have it because they're computer buffs. They have it because it's a tool that let 's accomplish a task. They have know desire to be computer geeks. Microsoft of course advertises to sell

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-10 Thread Lon Williamson
David A. Mann wrote: I wonder how much the stability problems depend on drivers, hardware etc. The thing is, nobody knows. We've had a pile of anecdotal evidence about Windows the last 24 hours or so. I've been programming PC's since before the original IBM-PC. The only thing my brain

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:30 AM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) On Fri, 9 Nov

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Steve Larson
IMHO, ME`s downfall was not being able to recognize incompatible programs. I was very happy with it till I installed Norton Utilities (worked fine with 98SE), then the OS went downhill fast. Win2000 Advanced Server is now my OS of choice. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California David A. Mann

OT: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 08:20 9.11.2001 -0500, graywolf wrote: This made me switch over to the Linux box and type 'uptime. 30 days, 2 hours, 5minutes. --graywolf Yes, Linux is good for the servers: 2:55pm up 102 days, 2:27, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 But there is not enough software available for

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Bill Owens
I got so frustrated yesterday that I broke down and got Norton Systemworks. After putting it through its paces, so far everything is working normally. Guess I had some conflicts somewhere that Systemworks was able to resolve. I also picked up some cheap memory chips at Best Buy (I know, they may

Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
Todd, If you run Office or any other Microsoft apps, you may be using part of IE already. Microsoft shares many dlls across their software. And many other programs also take advantage of the Microsoft dlls. Bruce Friday, November 09, 2001, 11:05:18 AM, you wrote: TS I recently had 19

Re: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread aimcompute
Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) aimcompute, I've been writing code for 20 years and have never encountered a company requiring the code to be ineffecient

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Ken Archer
Then you need 98lite. It installs my 98SE without IE and all the other junk that makes it slow and unstable. I normally use Linux, but also dual boot to 98lite on the same box and both or rock solid. Find it at: http://www.98lite.net/ On Friday 09 November 2001 13:05, Todd Stanley wrote:

Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) aimcompute, I've been writing code for 20 years and have never encountered a company requiring the code to be ineffecient. On the contrary, programmers are quite capable, without being told, to write ineffecient code. Most commonly are deadlines, which

Re: Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread aimcompute
] To: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:47 AM Subject: Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Tom, I think you give them too much credit. I don't think they really put 2+2 together (except for maybe Bill Gates). Pretty much schedule is king

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 D3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Top Ten Rejected Marketing Slogans for Windows XP: 10 Ooh, Look! It's Shiny! 9 Does a Little More, Sucks a Little Less 8 Now with Tailfins! 7 Anti-Trust-Free Since 2001 6 Screens of Death in All the Colors of the Rainbow! 5 Look, lemmings -- a Cliff! 4 Where Do You Want

Re: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread lbparis
computers using switches on the front panel with only 64-bytes of memory) --- - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: aimcompute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:08 PM Subject: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question

Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] l To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] l Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:04 AM l Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer l question...) I got so frustrated yesterday that I broke down and got Norton l Systemworks. After putting it through its paces, so far everything is l

Re: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread lbparis
- From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lbparis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:53 PM Subject: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) lbparis, I would check into Partition Magic and see if that can straighten things out. Bruce Dayton

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 D3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread aimcompute
LOve it! Tom - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 D3 A OT: A computer question...) Top Ten Rejected Marketing Slogans for Windows XP: 10 Ooh, Look! It's

RE: Re[6]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Mick Maguire
| \/ | \ /---+ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:56 PM To: aimcompute Subject: Re[6]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Tom, The way

Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
To: lbparis [EMAIL PROTECTED] l Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:53 PM l Subject: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer l question...) lbparis, I would check into Partition Magic and see if that can l straighten things out. Bruce Dayton l - l This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Kevin Waterson
Brendan wrote: Oh give up and get Linux, no more worries ever again :) I see Microsoft now wants hacking classes as an act of terrorism seems their security model relies more on legislation than on security audits. /shrug Kevin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
David, Yeah, if only Microsoft would make them fully backward compatible like they tell everyone else to do. In the early Windows days (286 and first 3.0) days, when memory was very expensive, dlls were quite handy and I used and created them quite often. Nowadays, backward compability and

Re: OT: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread lbparis
Is there a Linux version of PhotoShop? Len --- - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 6:36 PM Subject: Re: OT: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) I use Linux only. What is missing

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread lbparis
Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Brendan wrote: Oh give up and get Linux, no more worries ever again :) I see Microsoft now wants hacking classes as an act of terrorism seems their security model relies more on legislation than on security audits

Re: OT: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Ken Archer
Yes, its called Gimp...Graphic Image Manipulation Program. It comes free on just about any Linux CD package. On Friday 09 November 2001 19:48, lbparis wrote: Is there a Linux version of PhotoShop? Len -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Otis Wright, Jr.
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:53 PM Subject: Re[2]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) lbparis, I would check into Partition Magic and see if that can straighten things out. Bruce Dayton - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
- Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Yes, its called Gimp...Graphic Image Manipulation Program. It comes free on just about any Linux CD package. On Friday 09 November 2001 19:48, lbparis wrote: Is there a Linux version of PhotoShop? Len -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas

Re: Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
:47 PM Subject: Re[4]: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Tom, I think you give them too much credit. I don't think they really put 2+2 together (except for maybe Bill Gates). Pretty much schedule is king. All else (quality and features) be compromised. Bruce

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
enjoys his drink. - Original Message - From: Stephen Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 5:17 PM Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) lbparis wrote: Now, cheap hardware allows software companies to kludge

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-09 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. - Original Message - From: Todd Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:09 PM Subject: RE: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...) Really? I used to have some incredibly

RE: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=2 0Re: OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-08 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
P.S. What are the benefits of Win98 SE over the plain vanilla Win98? I have heard it is more stable, faster, and offers the home-networking option, enabling 'internet connection sharing'. Frits Wüthrich - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=2 0Re: OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-08 Thread Alan Chan
It is supposed to be the most stable one of the 98 series. I doubt it. regards, Alan Chan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To

RE: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-08 Thread Alan Chan
I do think that some MS software just does not perform as specified: for example, Outlook continues to want to spell-check the text of the message included in my replies, even though I have set this off. Nor will it automatically check for new mail on the modem connection, although I know it

Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer question...)

2001-11-08 Thread David A. Mann
Bill Owens writes: Don't try it. ME is on this machine and is unstable as hell. Frequently locks up for no apparent reason, won't close properly without turning power off and just generally a real pain in the ass. The only troubles I've had with ME so far is the occasional freeze-up