Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread John H. Davis
Constance Warner wrote: Well, if this is a nonstory, I'll be happy. Killing landlines would be a nuisance for most of us, a real hardship for some of us, and a bonanza for the phone companies. But while we're at it, we might ask why the cellphone service in this country mostly sucks, why

[CGUYS] Upgrade Plan was Mac OS upgrade

2009-12-23 Thread John H. Davis
Took a hosing on the two copies of 10.4 full I bought off ebay. (As predicted by Roger) Got my money back though, only cost was the aggravation + $2.07 return shipping. Bought a legal copy of 10.56 from Apple Phone Sales (Thanks for the tip, Betty) and will do a Clean install on a new

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? [unhelpful]

2009-12-22 Thread John H. Davis
Reid Katan whined: Quoting John H. Davis glenwoodcompu...@verizon.net: . . .Exactly how does that help Gail with her problem? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-21 Thread John H. Davis
Sue Cubic wrote: snip If this list is meant only for Mac users, I wish someone would state that so the rest of us can find a different list that may be more helpful. Sue What you need to ask, Sue, is that both Mac and PC users who want help should state their problem, system hdw. OS, and

[CGUYS] Mac OS upgrade

2009-12-04 Thread John H. Davis
My G5 1.8 dual is getting a bit long in the tooth.At !0.39 it did everything I wanted it to but now several apps I want to update require 10.4 or later. 10.4 is no longer available (except at outrageous prices) and a 10.5 upgrade requires 10.4 My processor is a ppc so 10.6 is out for

Re: [CGUYS] Mac OS upgrade

2009-12-04 Thread John H. Davis
Lots of sw on ebay! Will a Full version upgrade a 10.39 or do I have to do a clean install? TIA, John * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and

[CGUYS] Windows family tree program needed was Mac X

2008-02-14 Thread John H. Davis
.It's just sitting here gathering dust.Any recommendations for a tree program that runs on Windows? Thanks, John John H. Davis wrote: Can anyone recommend a program that will read and generate GEDCOM files. Mac OS 10.39 Free a Plus Not looking for bells and whistles

Re: [CGUYS] Windows family tree program needed was Mac X

2008-02-14 Thread John H. Davis
Brian Jones wrote: Snip This is the fastest way to propagate bad or erroneous information around the world. - Brian Well maybe the easiest, the fastest is to believe anything you get from ancestry.com or their source, The swell LDS folks. (Which is free by the way) In the 1880

[CGUYS] Mac X family tree program needed

2008-02-13 Thread John H. Davis
Can anyone recommend a program that will read and generate GEDCOM files. Mac OS 10.39 Free a Plus Not looking for bells and whistles. TIA , John * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == *

Re: [CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus?

2008-02-13 Thread John H. Davis
gerald wrote: i have a process named isass.exe at 1252kb running. is it a virus. google replies seem to think maybe. avg does not see it. when i download the download this program soultions to remove isass, they go through my registry and state 500 bad entries and want to delete all 500

Re: [CGUYS] Problem with File Manager on PC

2008-01-11 Thread John H. Davis
How is the M drive formated? .and the computer where it does work? John Christian Feuillet wrote: Sorry, 1) Windows XP 2) Yes, the problem occurs only since Monday, only on that computer, only for M: hard disk, only on the root, any directory of M: behave normally when opened 3)

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2007-12-26 Thread John H. Davis
Fred Holmes wrote: Get a 4GB flash drive, install it permanently, and put the swap file on it. Use it all for the swap file. For that portion of the swap file, set the min and max sizes of the swap file to be the size of the whole drive (as much as Windows will allow, which is a few

Re: [CGUYS] Mac OS question

2007-12-13 Thread John H. Davis
Steve Rigby wrote: I want to upgrade the OS 10.3.9 on my eMac 1.25 gigahertz machine. This computer can run 10.5 Leopard, but it is marginal in terms of horsepower compared to newer machines that run faster. Would Leopard cause this particular computer to bog down and perform sluggishly as

Re: [CGUYS] thunderbird Q

2007-12-07 Thread John H. Davis
Judy Cosler wrote: Used to be that when somebody sent a link in an email, I could click on the link the site would open in Firefox. that no longer works. Nothing happens when I click on the link. do I need to reconfigure something? what? Assuming that you are using a Mac, go to Safari -

[CGUYS] Tbird glitch

2007-12-04 Thread John H. Davis
I am using Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 on my Mac G5 at 10.39 Somewhere during one of the point upgrades I lost the ability to see any header info. Normal or all. No help at the Knowledge base. Any ideas, am I missing a setting somewhere? TIA, John

[CGUYS] FREE PDF editor needed for OSX

2007-05-02 Thread John H. Davis
Every couple years I have ocasion to need to fill out a PDF. Anyone know of a free one for OS X I'm at 10.39 TIA, John * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email

Re: [CGUYS] The disappearance of bees...

2007-04-19 Thread John H. Davis
FWIW, my next farm neighbor in WV has been keeping bees his whole long life.For over 17 years that I know of, his bee husbandry has been beset (NPI) with a variety of problems. Loss of habitat, changes in agriculture, climate changes that affect the blooming of trees, Africanized honey