Re: [CGUYS] New Gear Question Regrading USB 3

2009-04-08 Thread b_s-wilk
>Technically, the FAT32 format of the drive can't handle files larger >than 4GB. Are the videos, etc., larger than that? To use larger files >you need NTFS. Can you reformat that drive? If/when you do, can you >transfer the videos? Yes, I had some external drives that were FAT that I neglected

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrading to Office 2007

2009-04-08 Thread Richard P.
Thanks for the feedback. I've installed it and everybody shows up as planned. Richard P. >>In its setup, Office 2007 appears to offer an option of keeping most >>of Office 2003 (except for Outlook), while installing the 2007 >>products. Does anyone have any experience to offer with having both >

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrading to Office 2007

2009-04-08 Thread Marcio
I have Office 03 and 07 running in the same computer with Vista Home Premium. So far no problem. Marcio -Original Message- >From: Tom Piwowar >Sent: Apr 8, 2009 5:00 PM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Upgrading to Office 2007 > >>In its setup, Office 2007 appe

Re: [CGUYS] Vote for Old Blue Eyes!

2009-04-08 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:56 PM 4/8/2009 -0400, you wrote: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-should-microsoft-call-its-search-engine -bing-kumo-poll-2009-4 They won't let me vote for Zune Search. Drat! This is what I get: The page you are trying to reach does not exist. Besides, "Old Blue Eyes" was Sintra. S

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Chris Dunford
> This means that XP's EOL date must be moved far into the future. D'oh! I can't understand why I didn't get this immediately. Any moron should be able to understand that when someone says "I just read that Win 7 will come with rights to downgrade to XP. Nobody is asking about Vista." thei

Re: [CGUYS] New Gear Question Regrading USB 3

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Technically, the FAT32 format of the drive can't handle files larger >than 4GB. Are the videos, etc., larger than that? To use larger files >you need NTFS. Can you reformat that drive? If/when you do, can you >transfer the videos? Yes, I had some external drives that were FAT that I neglected

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread mike
Since the list started or? On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Careful. When you argue with a box of rocks, you'll never win, and > >you'll just give yourself a headache. > > Only if you try to foist off untruths. When you are right I'm happy to > say so. I'm sure I have done

Re: [CGUYS] New Gear Question Regrading USB 3

2009-04-08 Thread b_s-wilk
I have tried to sue the 16GB drive to move large files (video etc.) from computers but have given up. It will not take sustained writing of large files. It is a Kingston (normally a reliable brand) and it just cannot do it. Technically, the FAT32 format of the drive can't handle files larger

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Careful. When you argue with a box of rocks, you'll never win, and >you'll just give yourself a headache. Only if you try to foist off untruths. When you are right I'm happy to say so. I'm sure I have done that at least once.

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrading to Office 2007

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>In its setup, Office 2007 appears to offer an option of keeping most >of Office 2003 (except for Outlook), while installing the 2007 >products. Does anyone have any experience to offer with having both >Office 2003 and 2007 on the same computer? Or is it a disaster waiting >to happen? I have Offi

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I'm perfectly well aware of what the thread was about. What you said was, "I >just read that Win 7 will come with rights to downgrade to XP." What I'm >telling you is that this is nothing new. You are acting as though it is some >kind of unusual deal or a reaction against Vista or something (I'm n

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Tony B
Careful. When you argue with a box of rocks, you'll never win, and you'll just give yourself a headache. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: > I'm perfectly well aware of what the thread was about. What you said was, *

[CGUYS] Upgrading to Office 2007

2009-04-08 Thread Richard P.
In its setup, Office 2007 appears to offer an option of keeping most of Office 2003 (except for Outlook), while installing the 2007 products. Does anyone have any experience to offer with having both Office 2003 and 2007 on the same computer? Or is it a disaster waiting to happen? Thanks in advanc

Re: [CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread Tony B
Someone asked me about a .csv they'd been sent last week, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I didn't need to recommend she install *anything* in order to deal with it! Everything was possible for free from her browser. What really surprised me was how complex the free Zoho db app is. It

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I finally got to see one of these. He wanted a BIG system (desktop replacement) as he wanted a full size keyboard. Many 17" laptop's use a full size type keyboard, (complete with number key pad) I also noticed that it looks like HP is helping to underwrite these ads. You mentioned that the las

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Sermons about Sex work better. When I lived in Wisconsin there was a car dealer whose name was "Big Boys Toys". Stewart At 10:13 AM 4/8/2009, you wrote: >He who dies with the most toys wins. (I am not sure what.) I bet that sermon packs them into your pews.

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Chris Dunford
> The thread was about netbooks, not corporate IT. I guess MS is being > rejected from so many directions that you have lost your bearings. I'm perfectly well aware of what the thread was about. What you said was, "I just read that Win 7 will come with rights to downgrade to XP." What I'm telling

[CGUYS] Vote for Old Blue Eyes!

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-should-microsoft-call-its-search-engine -bing-kumo-poll-2009-4 They won't let me vote for Zune Search. Drat! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>> BTW, the increases in speed of hardware aren't just on macs...sh..they >> also are on machines that run windows and linux. Duuh! But Jeff still cranks out those 8008 systems. Innnovation? Bah, humbug! We don't need no stinkin' innovation. *

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: > Mike, the reason you don't understand his thinking is because you > aren't thinking lilke a MFB.  He obviously gets brand new Macs, > complete with the latest hardware, for free. > > Either that, or elves magically upgrade his old computers to

Re: [CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
> Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office > with registry entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it > from a portable hard drive (without using some specialty utility > such as U3), or can it simply be installed on a portable hard drive > and run from an

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread Jeff Wright
>> 30 percent faster for $0 more is certainly going to disturb WFBs. >> > So the original article says 21%...you quoted it at 23% and now it's 30% by > your estimates.  If you wait a couple more days to email this thread again, > you might get an increase of 85 to 92%. > > BTW, the increases in spe

Re: [CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread John Settle
Fred Holmes wrote: Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office with registry entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it from a portable hard drive (without using some specialty utility such as U3), or can it simply be installed on a portable hard drive and run f

Re: [CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread Jim
Sounds like a good candidate to test on a virtual machine rather than put your setup at risk. Jim On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office with registry entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it from a port

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread mike
So the original article says 21%...you quoted it at 23% and now it's 30% by your estimates. If you wait a couple more days to email this thread again, you might get an increase of 85 to 92%. BTW, the increases in speed of hardware aren't just on macs...sh..they also are on machines that run w

Re: [CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread mike
Google open office portable and you'll get various hits. You also get hits on portable MS office although I don't know if it is done by MS or some hack. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:01 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: > Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office with > registry entries

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Never going to win an argument about not saving money with a mac user, >that's for sure. 30 percent faster for $0 more is certainly going to disturb WFBs. I bet you could save even more money by sticking to the good old 8008 processor. You could dig them up out of landfills. Dirt cheap computin

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>As for the bit about "Nobody is asking about Vista": as far as I can tell, >you're just making that up. What is your source for this? The thread was about netbooks, not corporate IT. I guess MS is being rejected from so many directions that you have lost your bearings.

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

2009-04-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
>He who dies with the most toys wins. (I am not sure what.) I bet that sermon packs them into your pews. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and mo

[CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread Fred Holmes
Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office with registry entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it from a portable hard drive (without using some specialty utility such as U3), or can it simply be installed on a portable hard drive and run from any machine it is

Re: [CGUYS] More Competition

2009-04-08 Thread Chris Dunford
> I just read that Win 7 will come with rights to downgrade to XP. > Nobody is asking about Vista. I just noticed this one. It looks like you are getting your MS news from AppleInsider, which is not necessarily a good thing. The policy AI is talking about is not new, has nothing to do with XP or