Re: March Meeting - AGM
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Denise Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've yet to experience a WAMUG meeting (will be interesting to put some faces to email signatures!) but access to www.wamug.org.au is unavailable. Is it out of action at the moment? Regards Denise Williams-Photographer Hi Denise, http://www.wamug.org.au should always be available, so you may need to clear your browser cache and then try it again. If you still have no luck, please contact me directly so I can help you resolve the issue. Regards Trevor Lee Highway 1 Internet Solutions
Networking Emac, Mac550 and PC
Hi, Here we are with a new eMac, metres of cable, an ethernet hub, and a brand new network. Networking works just fine from the eMac to the Mac5500 (running OS8.6) and the PC - the eMac can mount all the disks made available to it, run software from the 5500, and shunt files around the system with ease. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get the Mac5500 or the PC to mount the eMac's disks - this seems to be a one-way network! On the Mac5500 I have created an alternative TCP/IP configuration (using Appletalk, which is configured to be on Ethernet). On the Chooser, when I select Appleshare I can see the eMac - so far so good. Double-click on the eMac, and I get a login screen. If I try to log in using our (only) username/password I get the message: The connection to this server has been unexpectedly broken Same message if I try to connect as guest. On the PC it is a similar story - we can see the eMac, but when we try to open a connection it fails with a password error. So...is there something that we should have done on the eMac end to allow access from the other systems? Should there be a user login just for network access, for example? On the same topic, if we drag-and-drop folders from the eMac onto the PC we are getting intermittent failures, where the system reports that it can't find the files that it is meant to be copying. Repeat the copy, or copy one-by-one and the files that previously failed to copy now work. This only happens between the Mac and the PC - Mac-to-Mac copies are perfect. Since we want to back up the Mac to the PC this could be a real hassle. Any ideas? As always - any help will be greatly appreciated. Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott Geoff Prince Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.omninet.net.au/~kg/
Re: Error installing Omnipage OCR software
We've thought of creating a root account and doing the installation as root, but while that might solve the problem in the short term it wouldn't tell us what was going wrong and it might leave us with software that we could only access when logged in as root. Any help would be greatly appreciated If you trust the installer to behave itself properly as root you can drop it onto the window of an application called 'Pseudo' which should grant it enough privileges to do its stuff. Pseudo is available from http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/pseudo.html Good luck, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies! Opinions for hire [POQ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord
Westpac cookies?
Hi... This morning Westpac's on-line banking site claims that my browser (IE 5.2.2) doesn't accept cookies. Anyone else had this happen to them? It worked fine last week, and my browser is definitely accepting cookies. I suspect they may have 'upgraded' their site. Works under Safari though... Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies! Opinions for hire [POQ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord
Re: Networking Emac, Mac550 and PC
At 10:12 +0800 4/3/03, Kaye and Geoff wrote: Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get the Mac5500 or the PC to mount the eMac's disks - this seems to be a one-way network! On the Mac5500 I have created an alternative TCP/IP configuration (using Appletalk, which is configured to be on Ethernet). On the Chooser, when I select Appleshare I can see the eMac - so far so good. Double-click on the eMac, and I get a login screen. If I try to log in using our (only) username/password I get the message: The connection to this server has been unexpectedly broken All of your computers need valid IP address and subnet mask information configured. The AppleTalk protocol is used by Mac OS 9 and earlier (and optionally by Mac OS X) to discover AFP servers on a network. When a client tries to make a connection to the server it will ask the server whether it is capable of using TCP/IP as a connection protocol instead and, if so, will switch to trying to use that for the connection. If the client and server don't have valid IP configurations then that will fail and you'll see the error message you described. Note that AppleTalk is now considered a legacy protocol. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re2: Networking Emac, Mac550 and PC
And now for part 2 :-) At 10:12 +0800 4/3/03, Kaye and Geoff wrote: On the PC it is a similar story - we can see the eMac, but when we try to open a connection it fails with a password error. In the Accounts pane of System Preferences on Mac OS X, select the user who you want to grant access from a Windows PC then click Edit. In the window which comes up for you to edit the user's details you'll see a check box labelled Allow user to log in from Windows. Check that and you're done. On the same topic, if we drag-and-drop folders from the eMac onto the PC we are getting intermittent failures, where the system reports that it can't find the files that it is meant to be copying. Repeat the copy, or copy one-by-one and the files that previously failed to copy now work. This only happens between the Mac and the PC - Mac-to-Mac copies are perfect. Since we want to back up the Mac to the PC this could be a real hassle. Any ideas? Which version of Mac OS X and which version of Windows are you referring to? The current version of Mac OS X is 10.2.4. The current version of Windows, er, rather depends on which flavour of Windows you're running. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Explorer problem
I have Explorer 5.2.2 installed on my G3 PowerBook, running OS 10.2.4 Yesterday while printing from Adobe Reader 5.1, I got a message to the effect that the computer had run out of memory. I forced quit by holding down the power button, then restarted and ran Disc First Aid and repaired privileges. Ever since then IE goes to msn as a home page, despite the fact that I have deselected it in preferences. Any suggestions? Thanks, Michael Hawkins.
File Copying Differences
Machine A : OS 9.1 (no firewire) Machine B : OS X 10.2.4 + External FireWire Drive Machine A was up the creek and needed some data copied off before it was wiped an reinstalled. I copied about 6Gb of data in less than an hour via the 100 base ethernet network to the FireWire drive. Machine A has be reformatted and reinstalled so its time for the data to go back. Connecting either way (A to B or B to A) indicates a copy time of around 8-9 hours (even after waiting a while) - the transfer rate is a fraction of the original. What is the cause of this? (Connect via TCP/IP is enabaled as I believe it was on the old install.) Cheers, Antony. -- == = = = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = = = = ==
Re: Error installing Omnipage OCR software
On 04/3/03 at 9:55 AM, Kaye and Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
We've recently bought a Canon 8000F scanner and are trying to install
the supplied software under OSX (10.2). No problem with the graphics
support, but they provide Omnipage SE for OCR and it fails to
install. Neither Canon's tech support pages nor Omnipage's web site
offer any help, and the Canon hotline support staff said sorry - no
idea..so maybe someone in WAMUG can help.
The installation gets to within the last few files, then fails with:
sorry, the operation could not be completed due to a System error
{Access Denied)
You get an opportunity to re-install, but if you try it just gets the
same problem.
snippies
If the SE version is like the full version, I believe it has to be installed
while booted into OS 9.2.2. It should then run in OS X.
Larry
Re: Error installing Omnipage OCR software
On 04/3/03 at 9:55 AM, Kaye and Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
We've recently bought a Canon 8000F scanner and are trying to install
the supplied software under OSX (10.2). No problem with the graphics
support, but they provide Omnipage SE for OCR and it fails to
install. Neither Canon's tech support pages nor Omnipage's web site
offer any help, and the Canon hotline support staff said sorry - no
idea..so maybe someone in WAMUG can help.
The installation gets to within the last few files, then fails with:
sorry, the operation could not be completed due to a System error
{Access Denied)
You get an opportunity to re-install, but if you try it just gets the
same problem.
Larry Pohl wrote:
If the SE version is like the full version, I believe it has to be installed
while booted into OS 9.2.2. It should then run in OS X.
Larry
Am I missing something here ! ?
I have OmnipagePro, which has a version X
for use with OSX ( older version was 8 )
Nobody has mentioned, but the Omnipage SE that you are trying to instal
would need to be an X version I suspect.
Bob
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VPC 6 not communicating with modem
Hiya Running 10.2.4 and VPC 6. Need to run proprietary software from HSBC, but the modem is not responding to query from VPC - any suggestions please. When request for more info in the diagnostics window of modem properties I get the following message modem failed to respond Modem chosen is standard 56k V90, and the v90 is chosen in osx - I get the same problem even if I choose v92. COM2 port is chosen - in fact everything is identical to the set up as on my old G3 running vpc3 but it doesn't work. Have trashed preferences, reconfigured everything in sight - no change. Desperately need to sort this out. Many thanks Angus -- AquaTerra Ventures Pty Ltd ABN 97 096 528 344 Tel(Aus): +61-8-94941616 Mobile(Aus): 0412-678907 Australian Travel Agents Licence 9TA1208 http://www.AquaTerra-Ventures.com http://www.surfing-aquaterra.com http://www.scuba-diving-aquaterra.com http://www.cycling-tours-aquaterra.com http://www.kayaking-canoeing-aquaterra.com
Future Prize Draws
Just a few rules that I think should apply to all prize draws 1. You must be a financial member before the prize draw 2. You must be at a present at the meeting to win 3. If you win a prize that you are not going to use very often or at all then you should decline the prize and allow a redraw for someone who will benefit from it (selling prizes is not classed as benefiting under this rule) If anyone disagrees with any of these suggestions I am more than happy to debate them. Ruben A. Franke
Old style mouse
I gave my faithful old Classic II to a young family for use in writing their school assignments. A visiting friend decided to clean the mouse and in doing so the track ball was lost. Does any one have a spare old style mouse to sell or give? Thanks for any assistance. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see.
iiSP Tech Support
At last night's WAMUG meeting, ii recall something about someone calling a certain iiSP. ii have rung this iiSP myself on numerous occasions. They have regular failures and when ii call them ii net some pretty frustrating answers from them sometimes, and this cartoon does ring a bell or two: http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2003030348402.gif Rgds, Phil . -- -- Sent from the Apple PowerBook G4 of: Phillip McGree Web: http://www.phil.net.au Perth, Western Australiahttp://chat.iinet.net.au Mobile Phone: 0418 922 500 Macs for sale - new and secondhand http://mac.iinet.net.au
Re: Outlook Express - archiving
I archive the content of Outlook Express by backing up the entire folder called Identities at least once a week. This has all the settings and all messages. I suggest that if you need to archive email, doing it once every quarter is risky. Cheers, Paul.
