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2011-11-10 Thread johnmenoca
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Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-26 Thread b_s-wilk
That is disturbing to me - I am in a copper only DSL area of Verizon's service. I was hoping to eventually get FIOS, as no cable vendor serves my area. Now I guess I will have to hope that LTE comes to my DirectTV eventually or that a cable company decides to serve this area. I am beginning to

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-26 Thread mike
Yeah, the minute you do that Verizon sues the city for doing it. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:28 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Verizon may be finished with the main FIOS installation, but they're not doing the last mile or so. Do neighborhoods and small towns have to get their own

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-26 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:51 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, the minute you do that Verizon sues the city for doing it. This is where a skillful lawyer/politician makes Verizon build out FIOS in that area or get the hell out of the way. If they want to prevent a build out because they

[CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-25 Thread Roger D. Parish
At Verizon's earnings call, their CFO, Fran Shammo, sort of put a stake through the heart of FIOS. This article on DSL Reports http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Confirms-New-Home-LTE-Service-116721?nocomment=1 summarizes thus: Verizon executives had been pretending they were pausing

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-25 Thread Mike Sloane
That is disturbing to me - I am in a copper only DSL area of Verizon's service. I was hoping to eventually get FIOS, as no cable vendor serves my area. Now I guess I will have to hope that LTE comes to my DirectTV eventually or that a cable company decides to serve this area. I am beginning to

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-25 Thread mike
Nice to know all that money these guys got in tax breaks and incentives went...nowhere. Makes me that much happier when I hear various senators proclaim 'we have plenty of competition' in regards to the desired tmobile/ATT merger. Yeah. Right. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Mike Sloane

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-25 Thread Emil Volcheck
Mike, It's worth noting that the new FCC net neutrality rules apply to wired connections (like FiOS) but not wireless connections (like LTE). --Emil On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 17:39, Mike Sloane mikeslo...@verizon.net wrote: That is disturbing to me - I am in a copper only DSL area of Verizon's

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-27 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:20 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Apple doesn't respect its customers, no matter their levels of expertise. Perhaps so. But, what is important for Apple is not whether Apple respects its customers, but whether its customers, at least the new customers,

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-26 Thread b_s-wilk
On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:00 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: These examples are the best reasons to NEVER buy software at an app store where it's automatically installed, overwriting the last version. The worst bugs are always in the automatic installs, and they're harder to clean up,

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:47 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: What's wrong with Apple? Steve Jobs should have retired a long time ago and taken his sadistic narrow micromanagement style with him. It is my thought that Apple wants to go with program installations on-line as opposed to

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-26 Thread b_s-wilk
What's wrong with Apple? Steve Jobs should have retired a long time ago and taken his sadistic narrow micromanagement style with him. It is my thought that Apple wants to go with program installations on-line as opposed to having the user employ a downloaded installer because Apple has

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-25 Thread David K Watson
On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:00 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: These examples are the best reasons to NEVER buy software at an app store where it's automatically installed, overwriting the last version. The worst bugs are always in the automatic installs, and they're harder to clean up,

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-25 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:49 AM, David K Watson davidkirkwat...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:00 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es  wrote: These examples are the best reasons to NEVER buy software at an app store where it's automatically installed, overwriting the last version. The

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-24 Thread b_s-wilk
On 08/12/2011 09:47 AM, gerald wrote: vista, firefox, tbird, big computer with lots of free space. once every couple weeks i get a tbird upgrade. seems even more agressive than MS improvements. i get to the computer in the morning, and it's there. a couple weeks ago, i got a sidebar

[CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-12 Thread gerald
vista, firefox, tbird, big computer with lots of free space. once every couple weeks i get a tbird upgrade. seems even more agressive than MS improvements. i get to the computer in the morning, and it's there. a couple weeks ago, i got a sidebar calendar from them. did not have much use

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-12 Thread Art Clemons
On 08/12/2011 09:47 AM, gerald wrote: vista, firefox, tbird, big computer with lots of free space. once every couple weeks i get a tbird upgrade. seems even more agressive than MS improvements. i get to the computer in the morning, and it's there. a couple weeks ago, i got a sidebar

[CGUYS] firefox 5.0

2011-07-26 Thread gerald
a while back i loaded firefox 3.xxx or 4.xxx and found my system was very unhappy. i poked around and found i had to eliminate some pop up blocker, or something to mgenerate happines in my firefox. i just ended up with firefox 5.0, and it is slow, and it crashes a lot. behaves like a beta

Re: [CGUYS] firefox 5.0

2011-07-26 Thread Judy Cosler
my 5.0 doesn't do that. but, i can't pgdn or pgup or arrow down or up on a screen. it jumps to the end (with the downs)! On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, gerald ger...@slawecki.com wrote: a while back i loaded firefox 3.xxx or 4.xxx and found my system was very unhappy. i poked around and

[CGUYS] hpage

2011-07-24 Thread D Freye
Hpage is a free website generator which seems to be favored by those who know more about scamming people that about using English correctly. This is based on the first 2 pages I got from Google. I would not go to one of their websites w/o first getting a rating of it by a

Re: [CGUYS] Black xp

2011-07-12 Thread mike
Black XP is a torrent that has been around for some time, not something you want if you want to keep yourself on the legal side. It's not so much what is out, but what is in, the black edition is themed black but also contains programs that are not free..as well as some that are. On Tue, Jul 12,

[CGUYS] Kaspersky

2011-07-10 Thread D Freye
Does Kaspersky Internet Security have as good firewall in it as Zone Alarm? Where could I get a good deal on it if I did not want to fool around with Staples EASY REBATES? Be at Peace. *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN

Re: [CGUYS] Kaspersky

2011-07-10 Thread gerald
you can get the 3 user pack on amazon for about $30. . i have never seen firewall reviews. kapersky is a very nice, non intrusive (norton is very intrusive) AV. i use panda(?). it is also very non intrusive. reviews are here http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,1639159,00.asp On

Re: [CGUYS] 3.0 drives

2011-06-23 Thread gerald
the f/w800 was an easy install. after all, there is a f/w800 plug on the back of the screen. the usb 3.0 is another matter. MS does not support usb 3.0. the pci card did not want to load. the 3.0 driver did not want to load. i think i finally have it loaded, but the device driver shows a

Re: [CGUYS] 3.0 drives

2011-06-23 Thread mike
What OS? On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:00 AM, gerald ger...@slawecki.com wrote: the f/w800 was an easy install. after all, there is a f/w800 plug on the back of the screen. the usb 3.0 is another matter. MS does not support usb 3.0. the pci card did not want to load. the 3.0 driver did not

Re: [CGUYS] 3.0 drives

2011-06-23 Thread gerald
On 6/23/2011 3:54 PM, mike wrote: What OS? vista 64 home. big machine with an amd quad processor and lots of memory. the pci 3.0 card i bought is a VIA with 4 ports On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:00 AM, geraldger...@slawecki.com wrote: the f/w800 was an easy install. after all, there is a

Re: [CGUYS] 3.0 drives

2011-06-16 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:52 PM, gerald ger...@slawecki.com wrote: i bought a 1T WD drive, and a 2T seagate.  the WD is terrible.  it is hard to load.  once loaded, it is difficult to find.  there is supposed to be software with it, but i cannot get to it.  i decided to send it back.  i

[CGUYS] 3.0 drives

2011-06-15 Thread gerald
i bought a 1T WD drive, and a 2T seagate. the WD is terrible. it is hard to load. once loaded, it is difficult to find. there is supposed to be software with it, but i cannot get to it. i decided to send it back. i downloaded the WD upgrade, and software for something. i cannot delete

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 28 May 2011 to 29 May 2011 (#2011-38)

2011-05-30 Thread b_s-wilk
Henry - I saved these instructions from the old list, just for you! --and everyone else who needs it. The new list is at Yahoo. See details at the end of each message on the old list. Send your SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L message to lists...@listserv.aol.com. Don't bother to tell Tom. He created

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2011-05-28 Thread Henry Bruhl
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:05 -0400 From: lists...@listserv.aol.com Subject: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 26 May 2011 to 27 May 2011 (#2011-36) To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:05 -0400 From: lists...@listserv.aol.com Subject:

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 22 May 2011 to 23 May 2011 (#2011-33)

2011-05-27 Thread b_s-wilk
Henry Why don't you get a new email address? It's easy--lots of choices. Then unsubscribe your hotmail.com address and rejoin the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComputerGuys-L. Betty My email contacts file has been captured by a hacker sometime in the past. The problematic emails

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2011-05-26 Thread Henry Bruhl
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Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 22 May 2011 to 23 May 2011 (#2011-33)

2011-05-24 Thread Henry Bruhl
My email contacts file has been captured by a hacker sometime in the past. The problematic emails are not being sent from my computer. The only option for receivers of these emails is to be suspicious - or to not allow emails from hmbr...@hotmail.com to be accepted. You may block them or filter

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2011-05-23 Thread katan
Quoting Henry Bruhl hmbr...@hotmail.com: http://orcen.euweb.cz/StuartScott80.html I think Henry needs to get the bums rush. Is there anyone left to do that? *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at

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2011-05-22 Thread Henry Bruhl
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2011-05-06 Thread Henry Bruhl
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2011-05-03 Thread Henry Bruhl
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[CGUYS] The Next Brick to Decorate Your Wall: iOS 3.x Devices

2011-04-28 Thread b_s-wilk
This is an iPhone story, but could be the same issue for other devices and systems. Be careful when installing new software on old devices--important for those who plan to keep them for a long time. Don't you hate it when your phone/computer/device works perfectly until you install an

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2011-04-23 Thread Henry Bruhl
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[CGUYS] Odd email server messages

2011-04-20 Thread b_s-wilk
Got this from a friend early this morning. He checks his email online, using Firefox. FWIW, SBC/ATT uses Yahoo for email. Bored tech, playing with server messages or something else? --- Here's a weird one. I woke up at 3:15 am and decided to check my mail. Suddenly started getting this

Re: [CGUYS] Adobe update messed up printing PDF files

2011-03-31 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Wayne Dernoncourt My wife said that the printing on a PDF file was squished. Squished? I couldn't tell what was going on so I looked at it, the copy on the screen is fine, when she prints out, it's wrong. The original text was italicized, the printed is bolded. I don't know much of

Re: [CGUYS] Adobe update messed up printing PDF files

2011-03-31 Thread Stewart Marshall
Wayne here is a suggestion try another PDF reader. Nuance and Foxit both have a decent PDF reader and I have had to use them on occasion when Adobes would not open a PDF file I received. I got an invoice from a vendor for a conference and I downloaded it repeatedly and Adobe would not open

[CGUYS] Adobe update messed up printing PDF files

2011-03-30 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
My wife said that the printing on a PDF file was squished. Squished? I couldn't tell what was going on so I looked at it, the copy on the screen is fine, when she prints out, it's wrong. The original text was italicized, the printed is bolded. I don't know much of anything else about fonts,

Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-22 Thread Fred Holmes
But one gets beeps at times from the POST, which says that the machine ROM BIOS can produce a sound. So if the cause of the sound uses that instead of a Windows API call, you are going to get the sound anyway, even when the Windows volume control has been turned down all the way or muted.

Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-22 Thread John Settle
Would disabling the speaker in the bios help? From: Fred Holmes f...@his.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 9:47:14 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question - But one gets beeps at times from the POST, which says

[CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-21 Thread Tom Chambers
List members - I hate computers that talk to me , so when I'm setting up a machine for my own use I always set it to no sounds in the control panel. That works for most sounds , but in XP I still get the standard beep when I change volume or get a new email (in this case in an old

Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-21 Thread Art Clemons
On 03/21/2011 11:37 AM, Tom Chambers wrote: I hate computers that talk to me , so when I'm setting up a machine for my own use I always set it to no sounds in the control panel. That works for most sounds , but in XP I still get the standard beep when I change volume or get a new

Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-21 Thread Jordan
Turn the volume down all the way or set it to mute. On 3/21/11 11:37 AM, Tom Chambers wrote: List members - I hate computers that talk to me , so when I'm setting up a machine for my own use I always set it to no sounds in the control panel. That works for most sounds , but in

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:13 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 5:21 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: As I said, a new generation.  Look at the tech we are talking about, the guys who invented it, popularized it are getting older, a new generation has

[CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
New Speak often amuses me. We have seen the term 'software' and 'application(s)' very quickly morph into the now common term 'app(s)' to describe any and all programs, a term that is also probably now falling into disuse in the computing world. I am now increasingly seeing the term refresh to

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread mike
This is how it's always been, new speech comes along with every generation and every previous one complains. I think as far as the term refresh goes, this has come about when handing out the new Apple message. The term is used to describe the new lineup of computers and laptops, I think they use

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 4:14 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: This is how it's always been, new speech comes along with every generation and every previous one complains. I believe that computer speak, except in terms of brand new products and types of devices and protocols, has remained

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread Katan
On 3/19/11 4:14 PM, mike wrote: This is how it's always been, new speech comes along with every generation and every previous one complains. That's how you know you're getting. . .old. *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread mike
As I said, a new generation. Look at the tech we are talking about, the guys who invented it, popularized it are getting older, a new generation has come along and is using it's own nomenclature to describe the new and old/redone tech that surrounds them. Does the generation that came up in the

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 5:21 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: As I said, a new generation.  Look at the tech we are talking about, the guys who invented it, popularized it are getting older, a new generation has come along and is using it's own nomenclature to describe the new and old/redone

Re: [CGUYS] A**hole + iPad = trouble, leads to censorship and idiocracy

2011-03-19 Thread b_s-wilk
for everybody. Idiot fanboi didn't notice that there's a link in red on Yahoo Groups pages for Japan Relief. If he did, he'd probably complain, but we'd be lucky if he left. A**holes abound. Betty p.s. Have I flamed anybody on either CGuys list lately who didn't deserve it? :-D

[CGUYS] A**hole + iPad = trouble

2011-03-15 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
My best friend says that she just endured the worst short airplane flight in her life. She was seated next to some jerk of a guy who wanted to play motion sensor games on his iPad the whole way from Charlotte to Dulles. He kept jamming and poking his elbow into her side and making all manner

[CGUYS] Assange prosecution in Sweden now in turmoil

2011-03-12 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
It turns out that a lead Swedish police investigator in the alleged rape case against WikiLeaks internet leaker Julian Assange had personally known one of the two female defendants for as long as a year and a half prior to the accusations made against Mr. Assange were filed. In spite of that

Re: [CGUYS] iphone apps

2011-03-08 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
I think you have to be in OSX environment for IOS development. I would love to be wrong. This clown speaks for himself On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:01 AM, D Freye dfr...@fastmail.fm wrote: My friend wants to develope iphone apps on his $3000 desktop quadcore win7 machine. It runs VM at all times.

Re: [CGUYS] iphone apps

2011-03-08 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt way...@panix.com wrote: I think you have to be in OSX environment for IOS development.  I would love to be wrong. This clown speaks for himself Yep, iOS apps need to be developed with Apple software which requires Apple hardware unless you go

Re: [CGUYS] A WinXP recording question -

2011-03-08 Thread MrMike6by9
I have successfully used a program called Total Recorder on my XP Vista PC's. I use the pro version almost daily to schedule the program to connect to a web site capture the stream at specific times. It natively captures recordings as WAV files but there are free encoders for it to create mp3's,

[CGUYS] A WinXP recording question -

2011-03-07 Thread Tom Chambers
Listmembers - Does WinXP have the ability to record a one hour streaming audio program ? Can I use NERO to burn a streaming audio program directly to disc ? I have no experience in this area . Many thanks to anyone who can point me in the

Re: [CGUYS] A WinXP recording question -

2011-03-07 Thread Stewart Marshall
Yes but I would not recommend it. Nero does have the capabilities to do both, if you have a full install of Nero. Often the freebies with a CD/DVD Burner does have some of these programs. I cannot remember the name of the program, but both Nero and Roxio have a sound/wav editing program.

Re: [CGUYS] A WinXP recording question -

2011-03-07 Thread Christopher Range
On 3/7/2011 1:08 PM, Tom Chambers wrote: Listmembers - Does WinXP have the ability to record a one hour streaming audio program ? Can I use NERO to burn a streaming audio program directly to disc ? I have no experience in this area . Many

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-07 Thread b_s-wilk
Any Windows drive can be read-write on a Mac, including the invisible NTFS drives, using MacFuse and NTFS-3G utilities, available from http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ and http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/. Betty I would win that bet quickly, Mike - as long as the drive

[CGUYS] iphone apps

2011-03-07 Thread D Freye
My friend wants to develope iphone apps on his $3000 desktop quadcore win7 machine. It runs VM at all times. Can you suggest anything in terms of soft or hard wares to get him started. Be at Peace. *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN

Re: [CGUYS] Iitunes on External HDD -- Not showing in Archive

2011-03-06 Thread Gail Miller
As far as moving your library so you can use it on both machines, there's a fairly detailed explanation here: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to-a-new-hard-drive/ Hi again -- I'm purging my email folder and wanted to be sure I can access thin

Re: [CGUYS] Iitunes on External HDD -- Not showing in Archive

2011-03-06 Thread Katan
On 3/6/2011 1:53 PM, Gail Miller wrote: As far as moving your library so you can use it on both machines, there's a fairly detailed explanation here: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to-a-new-hard-drive/ I'm purging my email folder and wanted to

Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-06 Thread b_s-wilk
Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can

Re: [CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone

2011-03-06 Thread b_s-wilk
Seems like a minor thing but the corded ear pieces I keep buying for the cell phone keep going bad. Sick of being frustrated, so can anyone recommend a got one that might last a few months or at least a place to buy one? Also, speaking of frustration, any places to buy low-cost batteries for

[CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Gail Miller
Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can

Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Mike Sloane
In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and Win machines, all bets are off. Mike On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use

Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Gail Miller
Thanks, Mike. Mine are Windows based -- XP and Windows 7. Thanks for a quick reply!! Best, Gail - Original Message - From: Mike Sloane mikeslo...@verizon.net To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Katan
On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major

[CGUYS] Iitunes on External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Gail Miller
If you're using iTunes, you can move the library file to the external drive, and use it on both machines. Topic for another thread. Thanks! I DO use ITunes and I do store my music files on the External drive. So ... are you saying that I could use EITHER machine to sync my IPod? That would

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
I would win that bet quickly, Mike - as long as the drive format is compatible with Windows, I can connect it to either pc or Mac. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and

Re: [CGUYS] Iitunes on External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Katan
On 3/5/2011 1:04 PM, Gail Miller wrote: If you're using iTunes, you can move the library file to the external drive, and use it on both machines. Topic for another thread. I DO use ITunes and I do store my music files on the External drive. So ... are you saying that I could use EITHER machine

Re: [CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone

2011-03-04 Thread mike
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 10:45:32 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone Seems like a minor thing but the corded ear pieces I keep buying for the cell phone keep going bad.  Sick of being frustrated, so can anyone recommend

[CGUYS] malware attacks android

2011-03-04 Thread mike
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bf3d6002-452e-11e0-80e7-00144feab49a.html#axzz1FeGjsk3Y Google removed 55 apps from it's market after complaints of malware being installed on devices running the Android OS. Is it time for Google to take a more hands on approach to their market as Apple has done? I

[CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone

2011-03-03 Thread Ranbo
Seems like a minor thing but the corded ear pieces I keep buying for the cell phone keep going bad. Sick of being frustrated, so can anyone recommend a got one that might last a few months or at least a place to buy one? Also, speaking of frustration, any places to buy low-cost batteries for

Re: [CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone

2011-03-03 Thread mike
I bought a more expensive pair corded headphones for my phone and quickly learned that was a mistake. For me they didn't last any longer than cheap ones, so I bought the cheapest at Frys I could find...five or six bux a set. I keep several in my car in case the pair I'm using starts to go. No

[CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread John Roschella
Hello      I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my trip ... I'm currently in London,England on a short vacation as I write this ... what happened today is unbelievable,and now I am stuck here.I got mugged at gun point on my way to the hotel and my money,credit cards, phone and other valuables were

Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Mike Sloane
This is spam - don't reply to him. Mike On 2/15/2011 7:13 AM, John Roschella wrote: Hello I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my trip ... I'm currently in London,England John Roschella *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
Ya think, Mike? What clued you in - no real way to contact him - not even the name of the hotel? The foreign representation of money? The fact that list members do not mention trips unless they have tech-related questions? That spam appears to be quite old and made me LOL. Thank you, Mark

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Stewart Marshall
They seem to go in cycles. A friend of mine sent me a similar one that she had gotten from a former pastors wife who left under less than honorable conditions, and she forwarded it to the Sheriff. She was that suspicious. Stewart At 08:14 AM 2/15/2011, you wrote: Ya think, Mike? What

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: They seem to go in cycles. A friend of mine sent me a similar one that she had gotten from a former pastors wife who left under less than honorable conditions, and she forwarded it to the Sheriff.  She was

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Stewart Marshall
Oh this was an email from someone she knew for about 10 years. She left when her husband took a call in another locality last Summer. She was not about to send her money and thought it was the real person who she has tangled with before because of financial problems. The one sent to this

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Constance Warner
One of these Stranded Traveller messages got posted to another computer email list I subscribe to, last year. The message was specifically written to appeal to the kind of person on the email list (women, in IT, many of them young.) At the time, I pointed out that the lack of specific

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Stewart Marshall
Yup and as part of my profession I have helped more folks who probably should not have been helped than you can count over the years. Stewart At 08:35 PM 2/15/2011, you wrote: One of these Stranded Traveller messages got posted to another computer email list I subscribe to, last year. The

Re: [CGUYS] think i've been taken: replacement laptop keys

2011-02-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Judy Contact an electronics recycler. They get all kinds of computers and peripherals. When they can, they fix them, otherwise they sell parts, or or dismantle and recycle the parts into base components and elements. I just found a video card for one of our older computers for about 25% of

Re: [CGUYS] think i've been taken: replacement laptop keys

2011-02-13 Thread Mason Miller
I would imagine it would depend on the laptop. I have lost and replaced keys on my MacBook. Mason On Feb 13, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Judy Cosler wrote: first of all, which is the correct address for this list? the yahoo address? I think I've been taken! Is there any such thing as replacement

Re: [CGUYS] think i've been taken: replacement laptop keys

2011-02-13 Thread Judy Cosler
did u buy the keys from Apple, Mason? On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Mason Miller mil...@sitewelder.comwrote: I would imagine it would depend on the laptop. I have lost and replaced keys on my MacBook. Mason On Feb 13, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Judy Cosler wrote: first of all, which is the

Re: [CGUYS] think i've been taken: replacement laptop keys

2011-02-13 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have no idea who you ordered from but if it was Ebay check and see if it was HK or China. If I want it fast, I find a domestic seller, and pay a little extra. Otherwise I bide my time, as shipping from there can take a month. Yes individual keys can be replaced. You need to be careful as

[CGUYS] CPCUG EC SIG: Taxes w/ CPA Jina Etienne

2011-02-10 Thread Barbara Conn, CPCUG
--- 2/19/11: TAXES: What Every Entrepreneur and Consultant Needs To Know Speaker: Jina Etienne, CPA, Etienne Associates, LLC --- Capital PC

Re: [CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-24 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
My Sprint Samsung Moment is two versions back at Eclair 2.1.1 with little hope of an upgrade to Froyo 2.2 let alone Gingerbread. Apparently this is one either the manufacturer or the network depending on who thinks who should pay for the upgrade of older phones. I think though this will be a

Re: [CGUYS] A MAC hard drive question -

2011-01-23 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Tom Chambers tom.chamb...@wdn.com wrote: List members ;                    A friend wants to dispose of two old MACs , but is worried about information which may still be on the hard drives . Is there a way to wipe or overwrite the drives before dumping the

[CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Well shiver me timbers, call me Ishmael. Last night during our sleeping hours, my wife's phone received an update. When my wife checked her version number it said 2.2.1. I checked and sure enough the Hot spot icon is in her apps. So it looks like Google has heard the calls and is trying to

Re: [CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-23 Thread mike
It's not Google..it's LG and Verizon. Unless Google is putting presure on Verizon/LG that we don't know about. I view Google as creating the base OS and putting it outside their garage in whatever builds there are and phone manufacturers driving by and picking up what they want. Some 1.6, some

Re: [CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-23 Thread Stewart Marshall
That is possible, but there is not a phone being marketed right now that still uses 1.6 or 2.1 They are all being updated or pulled from the marker so it may be mutual. I know it is much simpler to be supporting only one level of OS on different platforms that a multiple levels of an OS over

Re: [CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-23 Thread mike
Samsung galaxy on sprint is shipping with 2.1, this is the high water maker for android phones across all carriers. The lower end hero is also shipping with 2.1, also currently available. These are just two I know off the top of my head...I'm sure other carriers are shipping 2.1 as well. On

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