Or use the command prompt, get a listing, build a batch file using
RENAME, and voila. Here's a link with one example:
http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/rename-multiple-files-bulk-excel-googl-docs/2481/
On 5/6/2010 1:46 PM, mike wrote:
Filemenu tools might do it, this app contains
After checking TurboTax Support on the web:
1. A link to Article 7760 (quoted in the original message) is here:
http://turbotax.intuit.com/support/kb/general-program-issues/entering-your-data/7760.html
2. A link on that page (Capture your engine log files) is here:
FYI:
From Lauren Weinstein's Blog
(http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000681.html), there's a long posting
about the Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7 that
begins and ends as follows:
-begin-
February 11, 2010
Who Owns Your PC? New Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update Phones
On 2/11/2010 2:41 PM, John DeCarlo wrote:
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Andy Gallant a...@agallant.com wrote:
Any comments or perspectives?
-
I suspect you already know what at least half a dozen people on this site
will say.
And how likely it is that you will get technical answers
FWIW, the (unscientific) results at this moment are 67 Yes and 377 No
Recommends, or 84.9% against the article.
-Andy
On 1/20/2010 2:32 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Huh? Is this a peecee thing? What's the replacement? Chrome is not
ready for prime time, and IE sucks.
A factoid, FWIW - The Wireline Competition Bureau is part of the current
structure of the FCC.
According to its website (http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/):
The Wireline Competition Bureau develops and recommends policy goals,
objectives, programs and plans for the Commission on matters concerning
Now looking at a Verizon Wireless promotion - buy a Droid and get a free
Eris (naturally, Ts and Cs apply). The primary requirements are for two
phones for voice, text, email, and web in the MD/DC area - at least one
phone with physical QWERTY keyboard - personal and light business use -
Mike, thanks for the comments - much appreciated. In fact, because I
did read a number of the many reviews, I wanted to ask and hear from the
folks on this list, including how it feels to use the Droid keyboard,
which many reviewers did not like. There's a lot of value here! -Andy
On
FWIW, from a Toshiba web site about that model number (A105-S2712):
- Detailed Specs - Hard Disk Drive [footnote on capacity and what's a GB
anyway] - 60GB (5400 RPM); Serial-ATA (SATA) hard disk drive; 9.5mm
height; user removable
- Accessory - Toshiba 320GB 2.5-inch 5400RPM Notebook
You could also go to Toshiba.com's product support pages and plug in the
model number. There are detailed specs (which may help) and an
accessory finder (which may show other internal drives for that model).
-Andy
Tony B wrote:
A 2005 computer should be able to handle a 250G drive. But I
In Outlook 2003 on Vista HP, I'm testing BCCs to multiple addresses.
The usage is a distribution list and I want to preserve privacy of the
list members' email addresses.
I want the received TO field to be empty. But, when I send BCCs only
and leave TO (and CC) empty, somehow the received
Betty,
Did you use BRAdmin Light yet(available for PC or Mac)? It's described
in the Quick Setup Guide - did you get to walk through the steps there?
The Brother web site is a good resource. It has downloadable manuals,
like the Network User's Guide
Chris Dunford wrote:
especially the nitwit liberals who post their drivel.
This is entirely uncalled for and wholly inappropriate.
+1
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My apologies in advance - in my mind's eye, working with a raised
keyboard that's even closer to the display reminds me of Schroeder at
the piano. See, for example,
http://www.dailypress.com/dp-top10-peanuts-0409,0,5107922.photogallery?index=dp-schroeder.
An alternative is to raise the
The freezer technique worked for me. I used a ziplock bag, didn't need
to wait overnight, and used an enclosure. Good luck.
-Andy
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I was told at least over night, then boot the system up right away and
get the stuff off.
By the way PATA are still available and
I strongly object to paragraphs five and seven of your posting, and in
particular, to your use of highly objectionable terms and comparisons.
-Andy Gallant
John covici wrote:
To fix the health care system, you need to do three simple things:
(1) Repeal the 1973 legislation legalizing hmos
How's your physical memory percentage?
Frank Sestir wrote:
No, Task Manager shows that almost no cpu cycles are being used. I am
doing a delete partition and reformatting the HD again. Then I'll try
another reinstall. The HD is a 100GB disk and takes a real long time
to format... I'm
I just had a problem - a program stopped working - and an error message
appeared. It inspired me to propose this challenge, an invitation,
really, to share error messages without necessarily getting into any
possibly related issues, opinions, debates, or even solutions. I'll
start. Here's
Just one anecdote FYI. I have Vista Home Premium, fully updated as of
yesterday (pre SP2) on a year old Toshiba laptop with Norton 360 (not a
factor, as it turned out). This morning, Windows Update said that Vista
SP2 was available. I backed up everything and worked on the Mac during
the
Whether or not that last statement below was written possibly with
tongue in cheek, I'm glad to see Betty's missives appear on this list.
Myself, I wish there was less of the unnecessary ad hominem/ad feminam
stuff (yes, I know Wikipedia says it's a mistaken neologism!) that IMHO
there is too
I've heard it. Compatibility with others, along with fear of the
unknown, are concerns that people have. No flames, please: I've used
and suggested both PCs and Macs. For this first-time buyer, I concur
with John and Mark.
-Andy
Jeff Wright wrote:
/snip/
Not once have I been told, I
There might be non-malware problems. FWIW, I saw that kind of flaky
behavior in an NIS version (not sure which) under Vista but couldn't pin
down the cause. I suspect in many cases that NIS detected a pending
update during startup and something got confused. However, (anecdote
alert) the
Well, I can't help with the html part, but there are ways to get a file
with a listing you can edit, and browsers can open text files. Here are
three approaches you could look into:
1. Use the command line to create a file with the output of a suitable
DIR command. The /S option will list
Would LogMeIn work for what you want? At https://secure.logmein.com/ it
says, Access your PCs or Macs from Anywhere. There is a free version.
db wrote:
Sorry that I am always asking for OS X recommendations but never the
less ... here is another one:
If I wanted to be able to login and
I hope this helps - from http://www.epa.gov/oei/ecycling/ :
EPA's eCycling Day 2009
Join us in celebration of Earth Day as we host our 3rd annual eCycling
event. Bring your unwanted computer and computer-related equipment
(computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, etc.) for free recycling.
FYI, Gmail now includes Autopilot(TM) settings to make email easier.
There are examples and an FAQ. Is it possible that recent postings on
this list were the results of pre-release field testing?
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Thanks. I bookmarked the page.
Steve
Andy Gallant wrote:
Did you try the brother web site? Maybe this link will help:
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html
Stephen Brownfield wrote:
I have a shared printer (Brother HL 2040) on my home network. My
Macs can print
Did you try the brother web site? Maybe this link will help:
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html
Stephen Brownfield wrote:
I have a shared printer (Brother HL 2040) on my home network. My Macs
can print to it with no problem. I have just added a Linux machine
(Fedora 10)
It might be RS and not the USG. Years ago RS demanded my phone number
when I tried to pay cash for some batteries. I said no. I think they
still try to collect Zip codes.
-Andy
Ralph wrote:
I hope I'm not muddying the water but I suspect the government, in
it's infinite wisdom, checks to
I recalled something from TomTom. According to the TomTom web site, new
TomTom products support Map Share (tm). To quote from
http://www.tomtom.com/page/mapshare: TomTom’s unique Map Share
technology enhances your navigation experience, letting you make instant
corrections to your map directly
You can try xcopy. I don't know how to do it with robocopy. Using the
/L option is good for previewing what might happen. Incomplete
information on xcopy follows:
XCOPY
...
Syntax
XCOPY /source/ [/destination/] [/options/]
...
/E Copy folders and subfolders, including Empty folders.
May be
... as requested ...
http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:wVsFlBY8oPQJ:support.apple.com/kb/HT2550%3Fviewlocale%3Dit_IT+%22http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2550%22hl=enct=clnkcd=1gl=usclient=firefox-a
or - google http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2550; and select Cached
BEGIN
Mac OS: Antivirus
Some things about Adobe Reader (and Acrobat) have been, well, flaky . I
just ran some tests with the W4 Form pdf at irs.gov, and I also
couldn't save the filled-in form using Adobe Reader 9 with the
downloaded file. However, when I tried opening the downloaded file in
Firefox (with the
I received some pdf files of pages that were scanned at slightly
different angles. I want to print each page so that it looks straight.
Are there any free or cheap tools (for Vista) that will let me adjust
rotations at angles other than 90 degrees? Thanks in advance.
-Andy
Just spotted this via Google News (one of several links):
from http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10101582-12.html
Microsoft on Tuesday said it is changing its strategy for offering PC
antivirus software, with plans to discontinue its subscription-based
consumer security suite and instead
systematically and document what works.
Thanks again for your help - much appreciated.
-Andy
Vicky Staubly wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Andy Gallant wrote:
I want to run X-Windows on my Vista Home Prem laptop. I've been
trying to make Cygwin work, but it was a struggle even to get it
installed. I have
I want to run X-Windows on my Vista Home Prem laptop. I've been trying
to make Cygwin work, but it was a struggle even to get it installed. I
have access to a Unix expert but he has never run Cygwin on Vista.
Google (is my friend (tm)) helped locate hints to help get the Cygwin
package to
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00591688.pdf
Rob wrote:
Here's a really stupid question:
How/where does one put the envelope in a Deskjet 6940 printer to print
an address? When printing the address on regular 8 1/2 by 11 paper
the envelope appears to print on the left side of the
I received a message sent from Apple Mail in its Rich Text Format. The
message included htmls, gifs, and a tiff, all intended to be displayed
inline. Once the message got to Outlook 2003, however, everything
became a separate attachment. I would prefer to see the message
displayed as it was
/snip/
can you tell us if you've ever been to one where the
auctioneer used a timer and whoever placed the last bid before the
bell rang won the item? Even if other people were bidding?
/snip/
Charitable organizations have run silent auctions -- items are
displayed on tables while people
Maybe something is using it, like Windows Explorer, or maybe something
is waiting (or hanging), like Norton Ghost (or an MS Office program that
didn't close all the way). Some thoughts on possible culprits/cures:
-close any windows showing drives/folders,
-blame norton, or indexing, or
from XP to Vista?
Thanks.
-Andy
Andy Gallant wrote:
I'm having trouble using cwRsync (from itefix) on Vista to keep local
copies of some remote directories. The files are out there, but I
can't write them to my local drives. The same commands used to work
on XP. I've Googled, checked
I'm having trouble using cwRsync (from itefix) on Vista to keep local
copies of some remote directories. The files are out there, but I can't
write them to my local drives. The same commands used to work on XP.
I've Googled, checked itefix, and tried a few things, but so far I've
failed.
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
A simple but hard (for me!) to find link to Test Adobe Shockwave
Flash Players is:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/
It runs animations if installations are successful. The shockwave
player version is displayed. To see the flash player version, mouse
over the about tab. If the
Brian Krebs posted a list of patches on his blog
(http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/) yesterday: Security Fix
Pop Quiz, Spring 2008 Edition. He mentions Secunia (I've used it),
which scans a (Windows) system to find software that needs to be
updated, including both Windows and
Fred, thanks for mentioning Belarc. I've heard about it but haven't
looked into it.
Tom and Mike, yes, I was looking for something that does for Macs what
Secunia does for PCs (as well as looking to see if there were other
products/services for PCs to compare to Secunia). Here's the
Thanks for all the replies and the interesting reading - sorry to take
so long to sum up. In brief: I gave a bunch of good books. I wanted
to try a Kindle but they're not in stores, they're back-ordered, and the
same amount of money buys a lot of books. Also, the giftee prefers
books to
I'm thinking of giving an ebook reader to someone who loves reading
books and takes Metro to work. I'm trying to choose between the Sony
Reader, Amazon's Kindle, or waiting. Any experiences, concerns, or
suggestions to share? TIA.
-Andy
Hmm ... seems to have been originally posted almost two years ago. See
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/23/bushs-irs-wants-to-make-your-tax-returns-public/,
which seems to have the same text as the [IP] posting.
`b_s-wilk wrote:
David, do you have a better link for this? This link goes
to subscribe to a digest (that combines messages) and then break
the messages apart later. You are not saving bandwidth or anything,
you're only delaying delivery, making timely participation impossible.
Not to mention adding a whole layer of unnecessary complexity.
On Feb 19, 2008 10:19 AM, Andy
Tom, thanks for the lead. Here's a brute force solution it led to:
1. Copied a file to the Local Folders folder somewhere under
...\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\... .
2. Tried deleting the file extension or changing it to mbox. Each way
worked when I tested it.
3. Started
This is very timely. I'd like to expand (don't want to use that other
ex word) some email archive files that are open and available to the
public. These files are from some public mailing lists, they are text
files (generally one file per month's worth of traffic), and they often
are named
I think you're seeing WinXP being helpful. In particular, the Start
menu contains shortcuts to the programs you use most often. To change
the number of shortcuts displayed, try this:
1. Right-click on the start button and select Properties.
2. Select the Start Menu tab.
3. Assuming the (not
I've had some PDF files that couldn't be printed directly to the Adobe
PDF printer (WinXP Pro) - couldn't copy/paste, couldn't save as another
file type, couldn't do anything except look at it or print hard copy.
Security won.
So, a work-around that worked was to print hard copy and then
Hi. I can't comment on what's faster, but here's a partial answer on
instructions for starters.
1. One way to get to the command line is Run cmd.
2. Type: help xcopy.
See also http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491035.aspx or
search for xcopy in your favorite search engine.
Interesting ... I did a little digging, and xcopy32 isn't part of (at
least my) XP Pro-based DOS. It seems that xcopy32 was in Win95, Win98
SE, and some later versions. Here's a problem and warning (for 95 and
98) excerpted from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/134772.
/begin excerpt/
SYMPTOMS
network latency? for an example, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826807/en-us
Vicky Staubly wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Tony B wrote:
I'm not sure I understand the question. Not the way you put it,
anyway. In the scenario you describe, there should be no CPU
'slowdown' at all, since the
.
Andy Gallant wrote:
Well, I assume that if you want Thunderbird to be your default email
program, try changing that entry and see what happens. Myself, I use
Outlook and Thunderbird, but have never used Outlook Express. The
other thought is to check Microsoft Updates and or Secunia Software
What do you see on the Programs tab of Internet Options?
-Andy
Daniel Else wrote:
As alluded to in the IE 7 discussion of the past several days, MS is
offering free actual telephonic customer support for the IE7
installation. I don't have the number in hand, but it is toll-free.
You might
Well, back to grasping at straws, have you tried a Registry Cleaner?
Just anecdotally, as a certified non-expert, I found Registry First Aid
to be helpful without doing too much, and System Mechanic to be both
helpful and dangerous because it did do too much.
Another thought - have you tried
I am not an expert, and I don't have any experience with ACT!, but .NET
framework pieces have been truly painful to fix when something goes
wrong, such as when some MS security updates for .NET didn't quite
work. If nothing else works, you might want to try removing and
reinstalling all the
Will this do?
http://www.amazon.com/Inch-Fully-Rated-Extension-Cable/dp/B000E5CYW8
Fred Holmes wrote:
Has anyone seen for sale a short (6 or less) USB (A-male to A-female) extension cord,
just long enough to get a bulky USB device/adapter/connector a couple of inches
away from the chassis
View / Message Source
Robert wrote:
I reported a possible fake message from eBay to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In
reply, I received this message from eBay:
To enable a more complete investigation of this situation, please
email me a full copy of the message you received including the full
headers.
FYI on another company's offering and policy, quoted from Ask Yahoo!
Small Business Help - otherwise no comment, advertisement, or
endorsement is intended or implied (good thing IANAL):
(begin quote)
What is Private Domain Registration?
All domain name owners must include contact information
Here are two links from the support area - hope they help. If they
don't work, go to the Symantec web site, navigate through the support
area, select the product, and (at the bottom of the page) Search Our
Solutions Library. The second link is for the Norton Removal Tool,
which you might
Questions on spam (assuming this message gets through): Suppose I
receive a spam message with a forged but legitimate From address, and
then I report that message as spam to the email service provider. Will
that cause legitimate email messages from that legitimate From address
to be
Two sites to do dig online are:
http://www.kloth.net/services/dig.php
http://us.mirror.menandmice.com/knowledgehub/tools/dig
Is that what you were looking for?
-Andy
b_s-wilk wrote:
What's a site to look up an IP address of a web page? I thought I had
it bookmarked, but can't find it
fyi (ymmv) - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136205/article.html
Stephen Meskin wrote:
Does anyone have experience comparing these two?
I have used Spybot for a couple of years I also go thru a router and
use Firefox, Thunderbird and AVG with Windows XP Firewall off and have
had no
I just tried it and after retrying it now works on a Mac with Safari and
Firefox as well as a PC with IE and Firefox. -Andy
b_s-wilk wrote:
Can anyone load this site on a Mac in any browser,
http://ask.metafilter.com/ ? I had to use Windows just to look up
information to repair a Mac!
different but maybe related - i've been getting messages out of order.
many times, i see the reply to a message before i receive the original
message. at least, it looks that way when i compare the timestamps ... ymmv
-andy
/snip/
Upon seeing this message which is a response to something
(KB928365)
Good luck. I hope you find a better way!
-Andy
Site Guy wrote:
It's a .Net update.
What do you suggest?
Thanks
Bart
- Original Message - From: Andy Gallant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS
He has decided to go with the Palm Treo 700p because it's their current
offering.
Thanks, Phil, and thanks to everyone who replied.
-Andy
Phil Marchetti wrote:
I use a Treo 650 and Missing Sync from mark/space
to sync to my MacBook Pro on OS 10.4.9 and it works
well. I sync to iCal and
FWIW, in MS Word 2003, Tools Options... Security includes a password
for open, a password for modify, and some other related functions.
-Andy
Stewart A. Marshall wrote:
I used to be able to password a document. When you save it check the
options there. That way it will only open with
out there have any suggestions, or specific experience with any devices,
that would help satisfy those three basic requirements?
Thanks!
-Andy Gallant
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Hi Paul. I really appreciate your message. We're also going to try to
use the built-in camera so we can videochat. He still lives by himself,
and I think the connectivity will be really good for him (and us).
Thanks again and best regards, -Andy
Schmidt, Paul wrote:
Andy, the use of a
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