Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade Plan was Mac OS upgrade

2009-12-24 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting John H. Davis glenwoodcompu...@verizon.net: I heard 10.5 no longer supports iphoto, anyone see other problem spots? I have X.5.8 on my Mini and it came with iPhoto. I think it was X.5.4 out of the box. Only used it once, but it seems like it worked okay.

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net: For BIOS virus download from Dell their updated BIOS and load it. Have fun. I'm guessing if you've got a BIOS virus, you can still get enough control to boot off a CD, but if the virus is *already* in control, couldn't it just take

Re: [CGUYS] AAAHH, the old days

2009-12-24 Thread Rosenberg, Alan [USA]
The old days?? The old days were when an IBM 7094 (the powerhouse of its day) filled a room with a raised floor, dedicated air conditioning, and a crew of operators, cost megabucks to buy (or lease) and maintain, had a cycle time measured in microseconds, and a maximum memory capacity

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
If you have a BIOS infection you have really messed up. However these Partition malware's are quite easy. You download it, usually it is an EXE file, you run it. Nothing happens computer will probably lock up, you reboot to start a fresh and viola, the system starts to make its own partition

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net: You must boot to a outside source to gain control of the HD back as it will never show itself unless you do this. What some people do for fun huh? Absolutely. What I don't understand is, if you're trying to infect as many computers as

[CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread tjpa
Here is a tale of woe recently posted at Macintouch... After a few months one of our units reset itself wiping the entire RAID5. The file data is still there, you just cannot access it since the index is corrupted. We now have a data recovery service working on this - the cost is well over

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
Good story of people who are clueless...too bad for these idiots. People who don't know what RAID is for, shouldn't be using it, they might hurt themselves. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:09 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Here is a tale of woe recently posted at Macintouch... After a few months

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread tjpa
Precisely right. I would only add that fast user switching can be used to quickly flip between the two accounts. Unfortunately the pissing and moaning you can't do it crowd took over the topic. BTW, I'm surprised that a Mac owner would be interested in such regressive parenting methods.

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-24 Thread tjpa
On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:03 PM, db wrote: Or they might just stick with their home screen like they have stuck with OSX's surprisingly limited functionality finder/dock system for such a long time ... As I said I had to conclude that your goal was something other than solving a problem.

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread tjpa
On Dec 24, 2009, at 1:16 PM, mike wrote: Good story of people who are clueless...too bad for these idiots. People who don't know what RAID is for, shouldn't be using it, they might hurt themselves. If we move around a few of your words it will make more sense: People who know what they

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-24 Thread tjpa
On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Robert Carroll wrote: I remember when memory was $450 per MB. Heck, I remember when memory was $1 per BYTE. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread mike
What are you talking about? I don't know, that's why I asked, if I can do it where is the place I input the time codes for access/no access? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Precisely right. I would only add that fast user switching can be used to quickly flip

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-24 Thread mike
I expected this...you find the dock useful because it contains information at a glance...but expecting that on the iPhone home screen is anti apple...uh right. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:25 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:03 PM, db wrote: Or they might just stick with their

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
It's fine if you are afraid of stuff like this, spreading FUD though is childish. Funny how nowhere in that little story they mentioned the part where they were stupid and weren't backing up. As in, if they knew what they were doing, they wouldn't be in this mess. I've been waiting...months? A

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Reid these are designed to be destructive, not money making. They are made to do as much damage and as much inconvenience as possible. They are done for fun. This is what is so frustrating about them. The ones to make money seem to be much easier to take care of and fix. Such is the humor

Re: [CGUYS] AAAHH, the old days

2009-12-24 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Rosenberg, Alan [USA] The old days?? The old days were when an IBM 7094 (the powerhouse of its day) filled a room with a raised floor, dedicated air conditioning, and a crew of operators, cost megabucks to buy (or lease) and maintain, had a cycle time measured in microseconds, and a maximum

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread Tony B
Or maybe because nobody can understand the question? :) On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:50 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I've been waiting...months?  A year?  for the answer about what does what RAID does to replace it if it's so bad?  Still no answer.  I suspect because there is none.

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
What does the job if RAID is so bad? What was the replacement? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Or maybe because nobody can understand the question? :) On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:50 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I've been waiting...months? A year? for

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net: Reid these are designed to be destructive, not money making. They are made to do as much damage and as much inconvenience as possible. They are done for fun. I know, but you'd think they write the virus to hang out and spread itself for

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 24, 2009, at 5:16 PM, mike wrote: What does the job if RAID is so bad? What was the replacement? I suggest using a hard drive. Plain and simple. 2TB drives cost little more than $100. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 24, 2009, at 4:50 PM, mike wrote: spreading FUD though is childish. Your faith in this old, worn out technology is touching, but handing out bad advice is reprehensible. We used RAID back long ago when we had to. In the old days when drives were slow and small. It was never a

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 24, 2009, at 4:46 PM, mike wrote: I expected this...you find the dock useful because it contains information at a glance...but expecting that on the iPhone home screen is anti apple...uh right. One of the reasons for the failure of WINCE and the triumph of iPhone is that Apple was

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 24, 2009, at 4:45 PM, mike wrote: I don't know, that's why I asked, if I can do it where is the place I input the time codes for access/no access? There's a screen for that. Its one of the tabs under Parental Controls.

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 23, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote: You can't. At least, not as far as I can see. I set up a test account with Parental Controls, and the only time limits were to complete access to the computer. Thanks again to David for his detailed explanation. Do you find it

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
Like I said, you've never had to work in enterprise level areas. You need a LOT of I/O when 300 users are all hitting the same sql database, reading and writing to it all at once. A hard drive? The network would grind to a halt and no work would get done. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:03 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote: The old utility Fdisk would really come in handy here. He has to wipe out all partitions, seen and unseen (that is why Fdisk) to get rid of this monster. Yes it would. Scroll back on this thread to where I posted about the Ultimate

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread mike
Um...it can't be...so... That's ok. Thanks. I'll take care of it via the router. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote: You can't. At least, not as far as I can see. I set up a test account with Parental Controls,

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Tony B
Fdisk was rendered unneeded long ago. Since WinXP (or maybe Win2k?) the Windows install routine allows you to do all the partitioning you want. Without floppies or a floppy drive. A bit cumbersome, but it does the job. Gail, I hope you're ignoring 90% of what you're reading here. They're

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread John DeCarlo
I beg to differ, fdisk /mbr is still used all the time to fix the Master Boot Record. I agree when it comes to doing disk partitioning - few would rely on fdisk for that any more. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Fdisk was rendered unneeded long ago. Since WinXP

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread John DeCarlo
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 8:18 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Like I said, you've never had to work in enterprise level areas. You need a LOT of I/O when 300 users are all hitting the same sql database, reading and writing to it all at once. A hard drive? The network would grind to a

[CGUYS] Verizon SMS

2009-12-24 Thread Tony B
My boss has a Verizon cell phone and I would love to send him an email. He texts within his family all the time, but doesn't understand the concept of email. My few attempts at test emails, using addys I've found on web searches, have been ineffective. So. Can someone with a Verizon plan please

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Tony B
Spoken like someone that has never heard of Windows XP, or all subsequent versions of Windows. Do you still have a floppy drive in your computer? :) http://tinyurl.com/ot3wc On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:01 PM, John DeCarlo johndeca...@gmail.com wrote: I beg to differ, fdisk /mbr is still used

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread t.piwowar
On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:59 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: And please don't use enterprise as if it were an example of good engineering. I work at the enterprise level and have for years and I see more stupid things done by big enterprises with big IT staffs than in most SMBs. So many people there

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
That is the one I was looking for thank you Tom. (I could not remember the name of it.) The ultimate Boot disk is FREE for download. It includes all the wonderful utilities I was talking about. Download it and use it. Stewart At 07:25 PM 12/24/2009, you wrote: Yes it would. Scroll back

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
I'd like to see the benchmarks, anything that works better is better. I just don't see how a single drive can keep up with hundreds and hundreds of users hitting the drive compared to RAID. Also to note is cost, there may be better things than RAID that cost 10x as much...so RAID is the answer

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon SMS

2009-12-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
telephone num...@vtext.com Stewart At 09:21 PM 12/24/2009, you wrote: My boss has a Verizon cell phone and I would love to send him an email. He texts within his family all the time, but doesn't understand the concept of email. My few attempts at test emails, using addys I've found on web

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread mike
I've used these to fix the MBR more than once on vista...the windows rescue disk is useless in most cases. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Spoken like someone that has never heard of Windows XP, or all subsequent versions of Windows. Do you still have a floppy

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon SMS

2009-12-24 Thread Tony B
I've tried that. They claim to have not gotten it. I'm confused. They're Luddites, is it possible they're getting it and just don't know it? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: telephone num...@vtext.com Stewart At 09:21 PM 12/24/2009,

[CGUYS] AAAHH, the old days

2009-12-24 Thread DRG
Our first computer was an Apple II which we upgraded to 64k of ram and added an '80 column patch. Had twin (external) 5 1/4 floppy drives and also could write to cassette tape. This was a few years before the Macintosh and long before Windows. By the way, we Still have the Apple II.

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon SMS

2009-12-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
try telepho...@vzwpix.com The first one is the standard for SMS the one I am giving you now is for MMS messages. the first one I know works. send one to me at sangr...@vtext.com and I will let you know I got it. It is possible he is ignoring it, or does not recognize the tone it sets