[CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please
Anyone have a favorite brand or model of this kind of drive ? A good magazine article review ? Besides terabyte, I am looking for FireWire 400 USB 2 at a minimum, external reliable. Thanks in advance for your advice. Phil * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
Does XP or Vista provide for right-clicking on a URL and selecting the browser with which to open the link? I.e., the right-click menu would contain a list of all of the browsers installed on the computer. Thus it would be convenient to use a non-default browser, and one wouldn't have to either open the non-default browser manually and copy/paste the URL, or temporarily change the desired browser to the default browser and then change back afterwards. Is there a third party applet that will do this? Sort of like the Send To Any Folder feature, etc. Any solution that makes it easier, more convenient to open a URL with a browser other than the default browser? Thanks, Fred Holmes * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please
I've been using a Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo 1.5TB via USB for a while. Under XP the system took a while until the drive was ready. Under Vista it mounts faster. I haven't tried it with a Mac. No complaints (pretty quiet), nothing special except that it's big - I just use it to archive backups. Oh, one thing - I don't think some XP disk utilities worked with a drive that size (diskcheck IIRC), but Vista seems to be OK. -Andy Phil Marchetti wrote: Anyone have a favorite brand or model of this kind of drive ? A good magazine article review ? Besides terabyte, I am looking for FireWire 400 USB 2 at a minimum, external reliable. Thanks in advance for your advice. Phil * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please
I build my own external drive solutions. But just a note, especially applicable if you've got terabyte sizes to worry about: eSata (and 1394b) are MUCH faster than USB2 or 1394a. As things stand today, I'm implementing eSata for all newer drives, and you should too. Of course, if portability between many systems, such as for service work, is important, then you're stuck with USB2. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Phil Marchetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have a favorite brand or model of this kind of drive ? A good magazine article review ? Besides terabyte, I am looking for FireWire 400 USB 2 at a minimum, external reliable. Thanks in advance for your advice. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
Couldn't you just drop a shortcut to each browser in your Sendto folder? (C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\SendTo) On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does XP or Vista provide for right-clicking on a URL and selecting the browser with which to open the link? I.e., the right-click menu would contain a list of all of the browsers installed on the computer. Thus it would be convenient to use a non-default browser, and one wouldn't have to either open the non-default browser manually and copy/paste the URL, or temporarily change the desired browser to the default browser and then change back afterwards. Is there a third party applet that will do this? Sort of like the Send To Any Folder feature, etc. Any solution that makes it easier, more convenient to open a URL with a browser other than the default browser? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
Yes, except that my SendTo folder has a very long list of shortcuts in it already. I'd have to manage the list to put all of the browser shortcuts into a cluster together, etc. Yes, I'm looking for the elegant solution. Yes, the better is the enemy of the good enough. Also, when a URL appears in a Eudora e-mail message, I can left-click on it and it opens in the default browser. If I right-click on it, SendTo is not one of the options on this right-click menu. Just looking for a good solution to an annoyance. Thanks, Fred Holmes At 09:31 AM 6/20/2008, Tony B wrote: Couldn't you just drop a shortcut to each browser in your Sendto folder? (C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\SendTo) On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does XP or Vista provide for right-clicking on a URL and selecting the browser with which to open the link? I.e., the right-click menu would contain a list of all of the browsers installed on the computer. Thus it would be convenient to use a non-default browser, and one wouldn't have to either open the non-default browser manually and copy/paste the URL, or temporarily change the desired browser to the default browser and then change back afterwards. Is there a third party applet that will do this? Sort of like the Send To Any Folder feature, etc. Any solution that makes it easier, more convenient to open a URL with a browser other than the default browser? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
Ah. Well, you didn't say anything about Eudora. Wasn't that discontinued years ago? I sort of assumed you needed this for web development, because I couldn't think of another reason you'd need to open a URL in different browsers. In the end, it may be easiest to figure out why your favorite browser can't display ALL your URLs correctly? Firefox 3 seems to do it all for me; if you have a specific URL giving you trouble in FF post it here and we'll take a look. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, except that my SendTo folder has a very long list of shortcuts in it already. I'd have to manage the list to put all of the browser shortcuts into a cluster together, etc. Yes, I'm looking for the elegant solution. Yes, the better is the enemy of the good enough. Also, when a URL appears in a Eudora e-mail message, I can left-click on it and it opens in the default browser. If I right-click on it, SendTo is not one of the options on this right-click menu. Just looking for a good solution to an annoyance. Thanks, Fred Holmes At 09:31 AM 6/20/2008, Tony B wrote: Couldn't you just drop a shortcut to each browser in your Sendto folder? (C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\SendTo) On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does XP or Vista provide for right-clicking on a URL and selecting the browser with which to open the link? I.e., the right-click menu would contain a list of all of the browsers installed on the computer. Thus it would be convenient to use a non-default browser, and one wouldn't have to either open the non-default browser manually and copy/paste the URL, or temporarily change the desired browser to the default browser and then change back afterwards. Is there a third party applet that will do this? Sort of like the Send To Any Folder feature, etc. Any solution that makes it easier, more convenient to open a URL with a browser other than the default browser? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
No the issue is just trying different browsers and discovering what I like and don't like about them. No browser I've ever tried displays all web pages correctly, correctly being the way I like to see it displayed. The differences in the way web pages are displayed make one display more convenient to read (for me, personal taste). Eudora may be old, but it has the features I like. I especially like its filtering. I have messages filtered into well over 200 mailboxes. I'd first have to figure out how to tweak the new mail client's filters, and then maybe discover that there is some limit on the number of mailboxes, etc. that most folks would never see. And I have been able to keep archived (in my current instance) many years worth of messages, such that my total accumulation (including attachments) is about 6GB of disk space now. What features does some other client have that Eudora doesn't? (Is there a mail client that allows me to set the SMTP port individually for each personality? For Eudora, one changes the SMTP port in a dialog that changes all of them, so I am changing the port back and forth, 25 vs 587, frequently.) Cox cable blocks port 25 for all but its own SMTP server, so that it can filter all of its customers outgoing mail. Fred Holmes At 10:43 AM 6/20/2008, Tony B wrote: Ah. Well, you didn't say anything about Eudora. Wasn't that discontinued years ago? I sort of assumed you needed this for web development, because I couldn't think of another reason you'd need to open a URL in different browsers. In the end, it may be easiest to figure out why your favorite browser can't display ALL your URLs correctly? Firefox 3 seems to do it all for me; if you have a specific URL giving you trouble in FF post it here and we'll take a look. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, except that my SendTo folder has a very long list of shortcuts in it already. I'd have to manage the list to put all of the browser shortcuts into a cluster together, etc. Yes, I'm looking for the elegant solution. Yes, the better is the enemy of the good enough. Also, when a URL appears in a Eudora e-mail message, I can left-click on it and it opens in the default browser. If I right-click on it, SendTo is not one of the options on this right-click menu. Just looking for a good solution to an annoyance. Thanks, Fred Holmes At 09:31 AM 6/20/2008, Tony B wrote: Couldn't you just drop a shortcut to each browser in your Sendto folder? (C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\SendTo) On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does XP or Vista provide for right-clicking on a URL and selecting the browser with which to open the link? I.e., the right-click menu would contain a list of all of the browsers installed on the computer. Thus it would be convenient to use a non-default browser, and one wouldn't have to either open the non-default browser manually and copy/paste the URL, or temporarily change the desired browser to the default browser and then change back afterwards. Is there a third party applet that will do this? Sort of like the Send To Any Folder feature, etc. Any solution that makes it easier, more convenient to open a URL with a browser other than the default browser? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does XP or Vista provide for right-clicking on a URL and selecting the browser with which to open the link? I.e., the right-click menu would contain a list of all of the browsers installed on the computer. Thus it would be convenient to use a non-default browser, and one wouldn't have to either open the non-default browser manually and copy/paste the URL, or temporarily change the desired browser to the default browser and then change back afterwards. Fred, I think in XP and VIsta (and, to tell the truth, other OSes), it depends on the application you are in when you see the URL. One approach that works for some people is to have an icon for each browser on your desktop. Then drag the URL over to that icon. I do that for testing different browsers in Linux, but I think it works in Windows, too. John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Office 2007 Customization Tool
I'm trying to use the customization tool for a rollout of new computers. We're using Dell's Image Direct so the Office 2007 installation will happen after the image is placed onto the system. So I need all installs to be run silently. Except, I can't get the installation to run silently. I've tried setting the Display Level set to None and Basic, turning Completion Notice and Suppress modal on and off but each time I try the install with: Setup /admin \\server\share\office2007\foobar.msp file:///\\%3cserver%3e\share\office2007\foobar.msp The first thing I see is the screen where I can select which product to install. Which isn't quite what I'd call a silent installation. Any suggestions? Thanks, Larry * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
At 10:43 AM 06/20/2008 -0400, Tony B wrote Ah. Well, you didn't say anything about Eudora. Wasn't that discontinued years ago? Nono! Eudora is alive and well. :) Some of us like the controls in Eudora so we don't have viruses and html loading in our emails. I sort of assumed you needed this for web development, because I couldn't think of another reason you'd need to open a URL in different browsers. I would also love the ability to right click and choose the browser I wanted to open things with. I use Mozilla 1.7.3 as my default browser, as it is so much faster than Firefox. It is also far less a resource hog than Firefox. However, some links and apps won't work with it. So I do use Firefox when necessary. Sue * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser
Do you mean Mozilla 1.7.13? That's the last one they published, I believe, and is the one I'm using. I especially like its download manager. Makes it very easy to put the file you want where you want it, and to find where you put it if you forget. Fred Holmes At 05:07 PM 6/20/2008, Sue Cubic wrote: I would also love the ability to right click and choose the browser I wanted to open things with. I use Mozilla 1.7.3 as my default browser, as it is so much faster than Firefox. It is also far less a resource hog than Firefox. However, some links and apps won't work with it. So I do use Firefox when necessary. Sue * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] apple's double header
Two blogs about important technologies that Apple should be shipping with snow leopard. One is a new file system borrowed from Sun that should bring all kinds of reliability to os x...or perhaps even more. The other is Apples claim that they will implement even more support for multi core CPU's that should, unless MS has something up it's sleeve, put even more speed into the OS and it's applications. Cool stuff if. http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=334 http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=335 Mike * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please
I just bought a 500 gb MyBook. Taking it to the counter, the clerk said he had owned a MyBook for years and was pleased. That's half way there. It was 150 Cheneys, give or take. Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org --- On Fri, 6/20/08, Phil Marchetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Phil Marchetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 8:11 AM Anyone have a favorite brand or model of this kind of drive ? A good magazine article review ? Besides terabyte, I am looking for FireWire 400 USB 2 at a minimum, external reliable. Thanks in advance for your advice. Phil * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please
Yes, if you are using a Mac, FireWire USB is a good idea (IMO) as I don't think that USB will boot a Mac, but you may at some time want to connect it to a machine which has USB but not FireWire. FireWire will boot a Mac, but it's my understanding that some FireWire drives will not boot a Mac. Check before buying, or ask if it's returnable if it doesn't boot. Perhaps Tom or others know details about this. Personally, I like a drive with all of these options and capabilities, as although I've purchased it for one use, I may want to change its use in the future. I'm been using a LaCie d2Quadra 750 GB drive for about 6 months and I'm happy with it. It has a metal case, variable speed fan, FW 400, FW 800, and USB 2. I've partitioned it into 2 volumes. The first is for Time Machine, and the second is for Mac OS Tiger. The main drive of my Mac runs Mac OS Leopard, which does not support Classic. Occasionally I boot the machine with Tiger, so that I can run a Classic app. Yes, you did ask about TB drives, but this one is almost, and I think that LaCie now makes a TB drive similar to mine. I wanted to purchase a TB drive, but at the time, this 750 GB from LaCie was the only one that I could find which met all of my other specs. I hope that this helps you. Alvin On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Phil Marchetti wrote: Anyone have a favorite brand or model of this kind of drive ? A good magazine article review ? Besides terabyte, I am looking for FireWire 400 USB 2 at a minimum, external reliable. Thanks in advance for your advice. Phil * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
