Re: [CGUYS] AVG free update attack?

2010-03-15 Thread Sue Cubic
At 12:40 PM 3/15/2010, you wrote: Does anybody know if the AVG update prompt was legitimate? It seems to me that if this was an actual attack, work would have spread by now (I haven't heard anything about it). I am suspicious because I haven't experienced AVG presenting this type of prompt in

[CGUYS] Digital camera battery??

2010-02-20 Thread Sue Cubic
I am searching online for an additional rechargeable battery for my Nikon Coolpix 775. The original battery is 7.4V 650 mAh. I am seeing choices of 7.2/7.4 800mAh (and 1000 and 1100). All say they are compatible with my camera. Most are 7.2V. Does the difference in voltage matter? Will

Re: [CGUYS] Ban mobile computing

2010-01-27 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:03 AM 1/27/2010, you wrote: I agree and some of the biggest offenders are law enforcement and government. There is no official word yet on this one, but generally accepted that this is what happened in this accident: http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101210382

Re: [CGUYS] Ban mobile computing

2010-01-27 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:36 PM 1/27/2010, you wrote: Isn't this easy enough to find out? Don't cell phones and/or the provider keep time stamped logs of usage? Of course they do, but I doubt we ever hear the end of the story--if anyone even wants to look. The funeral was huge--big parade of police

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-18 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:45 PM 1/18/2010, you wrote: I'll argue it. I've only owned two cheap (~$100) digital cameras - a Kodak and a Panasonic and neither had any shutter lag at all. The few earlier cameras that had this problem got a lot of press. Shutter lag is a problem with my Nikon Coolpix. But I bought

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:31 AM 1/1/2010, you wrote: Example: we finally got my mother to buy a small cellphone for which you buy service with little phone cards, because we didn't want her to get stranded on the road somewhere, far from help. She keeps it turned off, most of the time. She's not a Luddite; she

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-21 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:08 PM 12/21/2009, you wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 4:19 PM, db wrote: Sorry for the bad news. It's unlikely that there is an easy or quick solution to your problem. Switch to a Mac and don't install Office. That will make him practically invincible. Ya know, I'm just a simple Windows

[CGUYS] Quality control?

2009-11-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:14 PM 11/3/2009 -0500, you wrote: Walmart dress pants $20. Material disintegrates in 2 years so pants are no longer useable. Men's shop dress pants $80. After 10 years of heavy use still look good. It is just like the Mac vs. PC comparison. Let us not get into what brands of clothes

Re: [CGUYS] online storage

2009-11-02 Thread Sue Cubic
At 09:51 AM 11/2/2009 -0500, you wrote: Don't fall for this. The person claimed he needed to read his emails when he wasn't online. I pointed out the fallacy involved. Namely, that if he had a job that *really* required this, he could get cell coverage over most of the country. Of course, it

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8, Beta 7

2009-11-01 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:46 PM 11/1/2009 -0500, you wrote: On Nov 1, 2009, at 1:20 AM, Marcio wrote: I have asked and I repeat... what is a better alternative today? Or at least comparable?... And mind you I do use web mail too... Can't say because our EFBs have not articulated any serious reasons for sticking

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8, Beta 7

2009-10-31 Thread Sue Cubic
At 09:43 AM 10/31/2009 -0500, you wrote: I sometimes end up in places and areas with no Internet connection (HORRORS? Yes Virginia there are still places like that) In that case I do not need the net because I have my email messages and can look one up if I need to. Cloud storage might be

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8, Beta 7

2009-10-31 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:59 AM 10/31/2009 -0700, you wrote: I don't keep anything on flash I don't fully expect to lose. Define lose. You fear the data disappearing, or you physically lose the flash drive? Sue * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8, Beta 7

2009-10-31 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:56 PM 10/31/2009 -0400, you wrote: I was a huge Eudora fan in a different era. It did nothing but email, but it did it very well, very intuitively. Certainly in the PC software all time hall of fame. Remember, often the alternative was Outlook. What else do you want your email to do? I

Re: [CGUYS] Plain English, please...

2009-10-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:14 PM 10/16/2009 -0400, you wrote: I don't recall a Burroughs. My decks fed into an IBM 360/30 at that location c. 1972. You? _THAT'S_ a blast from the past! I remember my husband installing and supporting IBM 360's! In fact, I remember us having to move once to an IBM facility in

[CGUYS] Plain English, please...

2009-10-15 Thread Sue Cubic
I want to know---what is the cloud? Does it refer to storage sites on some server somewhere? Or something more esoteric than that? Am I using it and don't know? The best thing I've found in a long time is X-Marks, considering I'm often using public computers. Is my Earthlink webmail in the

Re: [CGUYS] Why Am I Not Surprised?

2009-10-13 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:40 PM 10/13/2009 -0400, you wrote: New Republican Party 2.0 web site debuts with bugs and blanks http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail??blogid=150entry_id=49465#ixzz0TqWmanSM The first post makes Steele sound like he just discovered the internet yesterday. The

[CGUYS] Windows 7 review

2009-10-12 Thread Sue Cubic
Well, here's a review from a run-of-the-mill user, who decided to have Win7 evaluation installed on the new computer I had built about a month ago. I think I may represent the majority of home users. I find it does appear to be slower to boot, but that may be because it just doesn't even

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-28 Thread Sue Cubic
At 11:03 PM 8/28/2009 -0400, you wrote: Has anyone had trouble with Windows Update, when using any of those versions? The only trouble I'm having is that MS seems to be pushing IE8--even after I've declined to install it 3 times now, and have hidden that update. I don't use IE (except for

Re: [CGUYS] Asking for prepaid cell phone recommendation

2009-08-24 Thread Sue Cubic
David Cowdrill wrote: I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you describe. Advantages: - low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first year, second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month. Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty.

Re: [CGUYS] Asking for prepaid cell phone recommendation

2009-08-23 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:57 PM 8/23/2009 -0400, you wrote: So far I have resisted getting a cell phone for myself. Wife daughters insist on having one, so that I am paying about $150/month for same. Don't want to add on to my plan since it requires another 2-year contract, plus wifey will be constantly

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 11:54 PM 8/8/2009 -0400, you wrote: Huh? This is so far out of left field I just have to ask what you can possibly mean by it??? Why would anyone - admin, moderator, or member, need to be online all the time? And how could anyone without web access still use a mailing list? You can join

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:20 AM 8/9/2009 -0500, you wrote: No that is not it. I do not want to be looking on the web all the time I have work to do. When I am working, all I have to do is pop open my mail browser when I have mail, delete what I do not want, and then go back to what I am doing. I do not wan to

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:34 PM 8/9/2009 -0400, you wrote: I theorize that the more people use such devices instead of their brains, wits and common sense, the more reliant one becomes on those devices and the less useful the brain becomes. Also, would those old ladies, or men, even know how to use an iPhone?

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread Sue Cubic
First, there has not been a recognition in this debate that using the devices, particularly the GPS unit, improves driving safety. I have to agree that searching for addresses as you drive is risky business. I don't have a GPS, but I thought they talked to you? No matter where such a

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-05 Thread Sue Cubic
It seems to me that any gadgets that are not directly involved with _driving_ should not be allowed to be used by drivers. How much simpler can it get? Program your GPS before you leave! Haul anything you want in the back seat. Allow back seat passengers to do whatever they want. But keep

Re: [CGUYS] Google Warning...

2009-07-30 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:33 PM 7/30/2009 -0400, you wrote: You should only be angry at yourself, as nothing was installed without your permission. This is exactly why I have locked down all the computers at the Senior Center. Users have nearly no permissions. I have all browsers opening to Google's home

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-28 Thread Sue Cubic
I just want to say thanks to the powers that be on this list for allowing this discussion. How I ended up with having nearly all conservative friends is beyond me! Admittedly, I have not gone searching the web for health care discussions, but it is very refreshing to know that there are

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-28 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:49 PM 7/28/2009 -0500, you wrote: Sue in a vast majority of cases they do pay taxes. I do not know of any employer here in America (legitimate) who does not withhold taxes out of paychecks, unless they consider the worker a contractor. Many (A good number) of south of the border

Re: [CGUYS] online bill paying when you're dead

2009-07-17 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:48 PM 7/17/2009 -0400, you wrote: I would assume that Death Certificates get registered centrally in a county or state. I have been told that there is a subscription service for such information, that banks check every morning. I do not know if that is true. Sue

Re: [CGUYS] online bill paying when you're dead

2009-07-16 Thread Sue Cubic
NO WAY! I've just been through this. Survivors NEED a password and User ID list. There are even accounts that are not on home computers--phone accounts. If survivors don't know the magic words, they can get nowhere in trying to resolve matters. It's quite a different matter when dealing

Re: [CGUYS] online bill paying when you're dead

2009-07-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:14 PM 7/16/2009 -0700, you wrote: And just where is this info backed up in case your computer gets hit by a blimp? It is also not good enough, as some places make you, as surviving spouse, tell them the passwords on the phone or in person. If passwords are encrypted, as most are,

Re: [CGUYS] online bill paying when you're dead

2009-07-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 09:56 PM 7/16/2009 -0400, you wrote: I'm not sure I understand. They shut down your joint account within 12 hours of *what*? Your husband's death? Or when they were notified of his death? Or when the executor told them to? Banks, Social Security and probably others have some sort of inside

Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Sue Cubic
At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote: The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread Sue Cubic
At 12:02 PM 6/20/2009 -0400, you wrote: On my screen the following goes all the way to the right side without wrapping. What do others see? 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-12 Thread Sue Cubic
Why did we do this anyway? I have cable at home, but have no cable access at my lake property (or I would have it there also). We were able to pick up at least SOME snowy reception from the nearest city (Syracuse, NY) with analog and a roof antenna, for 3 major networks. Now with a DTV

Re: [CGUYS] Have you seen this net?

2009-05-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:41 PM 5/16/2009 -0400, you wrote: When did you last see it? What do you mean by stole it anyway? When did we have our internet that we now do not have and was taken from us by illicit means? I have it. It's in my basement. The League of Extraordinary Robber Barons asked me to hold

Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

2009-05-08 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:51 PM 5/8/2009 -0400, you wrote: Hackers Want Millions For Data on Prescriptions: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050702515.html Has anyone read the new Jeffrey Deaver novel about data mining? It's most interesting. He's one of my favorite

Re: [CGUYS] Prepaid the Majority

2009-04-25 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:10 PM 4/25/2009 -0400, you wrote: The topic of pre-paid cell phone plans has been much discussed on the list, but I thought such plans were just an odd corner of the market for really cheap folks like me. I just read that 60% of T-Mobile's subscribers are on pre-paid plans. Average

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

2009-04-11 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:03 AM 4/11/2009 -0400, you wrote: You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful. Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. Really, the only options you might need to change for tabs is in the ToolsOptionsTabs. Or just use your middle mouse

[CGUYS] Firefox tabs

2009-04-10 Thread Sue Cubic
I have Firefox set to new pages should be opened in a new tab. This works fine if I click on a link in a new email. However, if I attempt to open a new site from my Personal Tool Bar, the new page opens in the tab that is currently open. Am I doing something wrong? The only way I can seem

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

2009-04-10 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:29 PM 4/10/2009 -0400, you wrote: I use my middle mouse button to open links in new tabs. I don't have a middle mouse button. :) So I'm not missing something in the controls setup? Sue * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

2009-04-10 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:08 PM 4/10/2009 -0400, you wrote: A laptop? Strangely, everyone I know - myself included - drags around mice with their laptops, so I *always* have a middle mouse button available. As Tom said, if you don't mind using two hands there are hotkeys. You can also right-click and open link in

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

2009-04-10 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:22 PM 4/10/2009 -0400, you wrote: In Firefox/Seamonkey/Flock/Camino location bar type: about:config In search field type:tab That gives you all the available choices for how you want tabs to work. Double-click on any and you can change the parameters. Confused? This explains

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

2009-04-10 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:22 PM 4/10/2009 -0400, you wrote: Heh. That scroll wheel *is* your middle mouse button. Press it down. I know that it locks the scroll, but didn't know it did anything else. I'll be darned! :) Sue * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Vote for Old Blue Eyes!

2009-04-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:18 AM 4/9/2009 -0400, you wrote: This is what I get: The page you are trying to reach does not exist. http://www.businessinsider.com/what-should-microsoft-call-its-searc h-engine-bin g-kumo-poll-2009-4 Works for me. Do you have your Vista Alternate Reality Firewall on? HUH?? I'm not

Re: [CGUYS] Vote for Old Blue Eyes!

2009-04-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:42 PM 4/9/2009 -0400, you wrote: I'm betting that he didn't notice the bit of the URL that got wrapped to the next line. This is a good time to remind people that if you don't want to use tinyurl or similar service, you can wrap the URL with and most mail clients will link to the whole

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.

Re: [CGUYS] Targeting the kitchen,,,again

2009-04-01 Thread Sue Cubic
At 12:53 PM 4/1/2009 -0400, you wrote: Stylish, Touchscreen 'Kitchen PCs' Set to Grab Consumers http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/kitchen-pcs-gai.html Very KEWL! I always wanted someone to invent a computer about this size that could be installed flat under glass in a countertop, with a

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

2009-03-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 11:16 AM 3/16/2009 -0400, you wrote: I hope you are not using Windows because possible causes for your problem will be almost endless and won't have anything to do with Audacity. I use Audacity with Windows just fine. Granted, it's not Vista, if that matters. I've not tried it with

Re: [CGUYS] Spam Blocker

2009-02-19 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:25 PM 02/19/2009 -0500, John Duncan Yoyo wrote Thunderbird has some sort of built in junk mail filtering as well. Does comcast offer any spam filtering? You might just need to turn it on. I'm a long-time Earthlink subscriber. They do a fantastic job of filtering spam, even at the

Re: [CGUYS] Senior Computing [Was: political discussion]

2009-02-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:02 AM 02/04/2009 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote His greatest problem was selecting with the mouse, his hand was not steady enough to use menus. Definitely a situation where keyboard input would be superior to mousing. That's the biggest problem I've observed also. I have one Trakball, and

Re: [CGUYS] Senior Computing [Was: political discussion]

2009-02-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 02:23 PM 02/04/2009 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote Great idea. There are some trackballs that have a very big ball, like grapefruit size. I think that would probably be the best for seniors. Need to adjust the ball to make it less sensitive, so it takes a lot of motion to move the cursor. That

Re: [CGUYS] political discussion

2009-02-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 02:19 PM 02/04/2009 -0500, b_s-wilk wrote It's so easy to use the Delete key, easier than unsubscribing. Actually what I minded the most was the word Approve in the subject line. I manage several Yahoo email lists, and filter the requests to join from posts I need to moderate.

Re: [CGUYS] Needlepoint

2009-02-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:25 PM 02/04/2009 -0500, b_s-wilk wrote Wait! Here's a computer question: Can you scan a picture you like and print it on canvas using an injet printer set to low res so it doesn't bleed through? If you can put CDs/DVDs in special inkjet printers, why not needlepoint canvas? [except for

Re: [CGUYS] Needlepoint

2009-02-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:17 PM 02/04/2009 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote Why not a Computerized Sewing and Embroidery Machine? I can tell you're not a true craftsperson. :) Sue * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Needlepoint

2009-02-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 06:18 PM 02/04/2009 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote I'm insulted. Programming is a craft. That's why I find MS so revolting! I apologize. Most of my family are programmers, or have been at some point. I think of crafts as creating something tangible, but I see your point. I thought flow

Re: [CGUYS] political discussion

2009-02-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:18 PM 02/03/2009 -0500, Matthew S. Taylor wrote Not at all - I might learn some interesting stuff. My daughter has gotten into crocheting, and cross stitch, and I can see embroidery on the way. Matthew OK, I'm just finishing my 7th Teresa Wentzler cross stitch project and looking

Re: [CGUYS] political discussion

2009-02-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:57 PM 02/03/2009 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote These got very little use and are now gone. I bet our politics thread will be gone soon too. I hope so. I'm about ready to unsub. The subject of politics is not why I joined this list. I'd rather discuss needlework on here--would anyone

Re: [CGUYS] political discussion

2009-02-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:54 PM 02/03/2009 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote --- I hope so. I'm about ready to unsub. The subject of politics is not why I joined this list. I'd rather discuss needlework on here--would anyone mind? So post something about computers, will you. Whining is prohibited. I do, when I have a

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

2009-01-26 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:58 PM 01/26/2009 -0500, Ranbo wrote *RCA tv from the 60s that was hand-me-down seems to have finally died, just in time for me to consider buying a new, HD-ready tv. Someone suggested I might get a deal at Circuit City but wonder if it would be too much of a gamble if something goes wrong

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

2009-01-26 Thread Sue Cubic
At 09:12 PM 01/26/2009 -0600, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote You have every right to, but also understand all manufacturers warranties are still valid. Do you think a manufacturer would stand behind damage most likely caused in the store's warehouse? They might have in my case, as it was pretty

Re: [CGUYS] suggestion

2009-01-19 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:48 PM 01/19/2009 -0500, Andy Gallant wrote Folks, reading some of these messages is getting, well, depressing. May I offer a suggestion? If there's something that really needs to be said, how about saying it before, say, midnight tonight (EST), and then leave it all behind? Let's make

Re: [CGUYS] Computer backup software

2008-12-10 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:30 PM 12/10/2008 -0500, Ellen Rains Harris wrote What's wrong with the built-in backup? I've never lost anything using it (knock wood). I think the issue is...what would you do if your computer totally crashed. Your built-in backup wouldn't work then. If you want a true back-up you

Re: [CGUYS] Looking for an e-mail client with particular featur

2008-12-05 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:58 PM 12/05/2008 -0500, Tony B wrote Yes, Gmail (or some other modern in the cloud AJAX email app) may be _part_ of the answer. But, given that they all store multi-gigabytes of prior emails, I can't imagine why he would still want to go to the hassle of copying and pasting into Word

Re: [CGUYS] Looking for an e-mail client with particular features

2008-12-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:10 PM 12/04/2008 -0500, Tony B wrote Since you already have a direct answer to your question, now I'd like to ask WHY you need (or want?) to do this? It kind of sounds like you're stuck with some ancient way of handling email that can quite likely be done better these days. I mean, we too

Re: [CGUYS] Looking for an e-mail client with particular features

2008-12-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:45 PM 12/04/2008 -0500, Matthew S. Taylor wrote Pegasus email would do what you want. You can also change the message display options in Thunderbird to show the headers such that they would be copied. So will Eudora, which is probably the most versatile of all the email clients. You

Re: [CGUYS] miserable was: Re: [CGUYS] Chrome Reflects A Deskto

2008-09-08 Thread Sue Cubic
At 02:01 PM 09/08/2008 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote The only Eudora being released is a NEW one put out by the folks at Thunderbird, that is compatible with Vista. There is another. Google on Odysseus email. Looks like that's for Macs? Sue

Re: [CGUYS] miserable was: Re: [CGUYS] Chrome Reflects A Deskto

2008-09-08 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:25 PM 09/08/2008 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote EVERY program? A 2 y/o program is not exactly ancient. Where are the warnings: before you buy, please note ? And what choice does one have? What if we don't like OE (or Vista mail) for mail or IE for browsing? Compare to Apple. The two

Re: [CGUYS] miserable was: Re: [CGUYS] Chrome Reflects A Deskto

2008-09-08 Thread Sue Cubic
At 12:43 PM 09/08/2008 -0700, mike wrote Don't want vista? Don't buy it. XP is still around, some vendors are still selling it installed. This is a fake argument. No it's not. Only a few vendors will still install XP, and those mostly have to be ordered. If you want the price that's in

Re: [CGUYS] miserable was: Re: [CGUYS] Chrome Reflects A Deskto

2008-09-08 Thread Sue Cubic
At 02:20 PM 09/08/2008 -0700, mike wrote Yes...it is. I didn't say you could get it on the cheapest laptop at Best Buy. I just said it was available. You deny it's available and then in the next sentence admit it is. I'm done here. If all you want is to play semantics, that's enough for

Re: [CGUYS] miserable was: Re: [CGUYS] Chrome Reflects A Desktop In Decline

2008-09-07 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:24 PM 09/07/2008 -0400, John DeCarlo wrote And there isn't any literature or studies out there I have seen that indicate that Vista is not a failure. This is what scares me about Vista. Of the half-dozen people I know who are running it, every one of them are having problems. Most of

Re: [CGUYS] miserable was: Re: [CGUYS] Chrome Reflects A Desktop In Decline

2008-09-07 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:40 PM 09/07/2008 -0700, mike wrote Those msgs saying you don't have permission are security measures to keep remotes from installing on the machine, yes they tend to annoy most users. OK, but where's the instructions how to get around the problem? This is my complaint. Where's the

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8.0 beta in Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:19 AM 08/03/2008 -0400, gerald wrote i tried to open eudora 7 help in vista, and it would not open. went to the eudora website, and see V8beta is available. is this a good choice to put in vista? or is it too early. when i loaded it, i was surprised that v8 did not overwrite 7, and it

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8.0 beta in Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:13 AM 08/03/2008 -0700, mike wrote Unfortunately you mean 'last' not latest. Mike Yeah, I know. Actually I'm still using 4.2.2 on this old workhorse machine, and it suits me fine also! On my newer machines, I'm using the last version. I'm hearing there are a few glitches using V7.1

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8.0 beta in Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 09:08 PM 08/03/2008 -0400, Fred Holmes wrote Is what you are saying that Eudora 8 isn't Eudora at all; it's Thunderbird with a Eudora hood ornament? Yes, that's what we're saying. Sue * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora in Vista

2008-07-30 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:25 PM 07/30/2008 -0400, gerald wrote i do not seem to have an attachments folder in vista. xp had programsqualcomeudoraattachments. is there one? i searched the c drive and cannot find a folder with that name. The name of the folder is attach--not attachments. Try that. Sue

Re: [CGUYS] Using a non-default browser

2008-06-20 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:43 AM 06/20/2008 -0400, Tony B wrote Ah. Well, you didn't say anything about Eudora. Wasn't that discontinued years ago? Nono! Eudora is alive and well. :) Some of us like the controls in Eudora so we don't have viruses and html loading in our emails. I sort of assumed you needed

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:29 AM 06/19/2008 -0700, Elaine Zablocki wrote Reading these posts about a beta version coming out from the new owners makes me realize I need to find reliable support for the version I have, and want to keep using. Does anyone have a recommendation about users groups and/or listservs

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:09 PM 06/19/2008 -0400, Kyle R. Graybeal wrote My version says 7.1.09 That is the final version of real Eudora, available for free at: http://www.eudora.com/download/ It is stable. They are also offering an older version that was stable: 6.2.4 There were many problems with V7.0, and

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-17 Thread Sue Cubic
At 01:03 PM 06/17/2008 -0400, Matthew Taylor wrote And if it (the software) still works, defined as doing what you need it to do, it should be possible to replace the hardware without replacing all the apps, etc. The problem is that some of my software won't work on Vista. I've tried it on

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista? speaking of eudora..

2008-06-17 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:30 PM 06/17/2008 -0700, mike wrote Sorry...*where* you put attachments? In the email? Eudora has always separated attachments from the email and stored them in a separate file. Those of us who are used to that prefer it and don't want our attachments stored with the emails. I think

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista? speaking of eudora..

2008-06-17 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:02 PM 06/17/2008 -0700, mike wrote Eudora was taken over by the folks at thunderbird, has anyone tried out the beta? I see no plain dates on the site, so I'm not sure if they are actively working on it still. The WinEudora list is not recommending it. They recommend sticking with

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-17 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:35 PM 06/17/2008 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote Will things slow down now? Or will Apple decide that this rapid pace is better for them? Thanks for that info, Tom. It sounds like Apple has decided to play the game too. Can you imagine a market share if someone ever decided to build a good

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:22 PM 06/16/2008 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote Don't be a jerk Mike. Lots of folks run old software for good reasons. I have Mac clients using software that was discontinued 15 years ago. There are those who can afford to replace software every time a new version comes out. There are young

Re: [CGUYS] AVG dissatisfaction

2008-06-07 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:53 PM 06/05/2008 -0400, Ranbo wrote After reading this thread, wondering if AVG might be what is slowing down my browsing, mainly on FireFox, but probably also some on IE? I had a program update on 7.5 this week, and my computer is now booting far faster than it has been since the

Re: [CGUYS] failure notice

2008-06-02 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:11 PM 06/02/2008 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote My posts to the list are bouncing. Anybody else with such problems? It's pretty bad when the list owner can't get msgs to the group. :) Most likely an AOL problem. Even if that's not true, it's always a good bet to blame AOL. I run a few

Re: [CGUYS] AVG

2008-05-06 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:22 PM 05/06/2008 -0400, Richard P. wrote Have them upgrade to AVG Free 8.0. AVG puts this warning up every time they do a major upgrade. The links they provide tend to steer you toward the pay product but you can find the free version if you dig around a bit. I upgraded this afternoon.

Re: [CGUYS] Slate website

2008-04-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:25 PM 04/09/2008 -0400, Fred Holmes wrote Connected via Cox Cable. Using Mozilla. Yes, I know it's out of date, but I like its interface. Fred Holmes I'm still using Mozilla also as my default browser. Firefox takes forever to load, but there's some sites that I can't use with

Re: [CGUYS] Updater Mess [Was: Apple Now #1]

2008-04-05 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:03 PM 04/05/2008 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote If apple wants to communicate why not do it the normal expected way via email? I already said no to them that time, now I have to do it again? An updater is not for communication, it's for updating, I'm just commenting it would be nice if they

Re: [CGUYS] In the market for a mouse

2008-03-31 Thread Sue Cubic
At 02:18 PM 03/31/2008 -0400, Ralph wrote My new (2-year old) MacBook Pro touchpad is driving me crazy. It had been my intention to work with it until I got it down-cold, but I'm ready to hang it up. I have to do a lot of right-clicking while working with Win-XP and when I do the three-finger

Re: [CGUYS] In the market for a mouse

2008-03-31 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:11 PM 03/31/2008 -0400, Matthew Taylor wrote Don't get a mouse - get a trackball, specifically this one: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/devices/166cl=u s,en That's the one I have also. I'd had trouble with hands/fingers until I got this one. It's also

Re: [CGUYS] CGUYS.ORG Footer Updated

2008-02-16 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:50 PM 02/16/2008 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote Please at least put enough of the link that it shows in the message as an active hyperlink. I can't put a hyperlink in a text-only message. Not even if you type: http://cguys.org/ ? Sue

Re: [CGUYS] MS Yahoo!

2008-02-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 06:57 AM 02/09/2008 -0800, Paul Meyer wrote Any Doctor Who fans following Torchwood? (I know it's OT but what about all that indecipherable obscureness about Philadelphia and a (?) pig. I am not even going to ask what an iggle is.) I think an iggle is a type of bird only found in PA. :)

Re: [CGUYS] MS Yahoo!

2008-02-09 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:49 AM 02/09/2008 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote Iggle = Eagle in Philadelphian. and we did not even get to the tough stuff... How do you respond to Wid or widout? Definitely Wid! My husband used to mow the lawnd every week also. Sue

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

2007-11-01 Thread Sue Cubic
At 06:35 PM 11/01/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote Why won't cameras work with Vista? Are they talking here about the actual camera files, or are they talking about the camera software that one is encouraged to install? I don't use camera software. Just hook the camera to the computer and grab

Re: [CGUYS] I HATE FLASH!! And I love Flash.

2007-10-23 Thread Sue Cubic
At 12:55 PM 10/23/2007 -0400, Richard P. wrote I couldn't agree with you more. Here is the worst offender I have had the misfortune to use: http://www.saccuccihonda.com/ Their home page consists of nothing but several Flash animations. I tried opening up all the flash animations and finally

Re: [CGUYS] I HATE FLASH!! And I love Flash.

2007-10-23 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:42 AM 10/23/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote Flash is OK for YouTube. It's wonderful for ads, since I use Flashblock. Now I'm not distracted with flashing and blinking ads. That raises an entirely different issue. If you take the content is it okay for you to block the ads? If you don't like

Re: [CGUYS] I HATE FLASH!! And I love Flash.

2007-10-22 Thread Sue Cubic
At 05:18 PM 10/22/2007 -0400, b_s-wilk wrote Trash with FLASH. My sentiments exactly. I don't use the computer for visual amusement. If I want that, I turn on the TV. Or better yet--go to the movies. Sue * ==

Re: [CGUYS] OT:Cell phone do not call

2007-10-04 Thread Sue Cubic
At 06:37 PM 10/02/2007 -0400, Robert wrote These were a snug pocket for watches on the right side of pants just underneath the belt -- all men's pants had them until about 1955. My father reluctantly had to switch to a wristwatch when the watch pocket was removed from pants. Is THAT what

Re: [CGUYS] OT:Cell phone do not call

2007-10-03 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:19 AM 10/03/2007 -0400, Harvey Simon wrote Just one question, Sue. Do you ever try to reach anyone on their cell phone? Btw, no charge for checking voice mail. Only if I know they're a regular user. Or if I've been given that number to reach them. I'm sitting here now reading my

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