That's what's brilliant about Mozy. You don't have to think about it. It
just goes (and it tells you when it does).
-Original Message-
I gotcha but this came unexpected before I had a chance to do a
current back up.
Plus there have been a ton of things currently in my life that
Question I have been able to setup access to the backup system I am
using right now. But it will only read on one computer.
How do I turn off this security so when I reinstall the hard drive it
will read in the laptop?
Stewart
At 10:28 PM 7/6/2009, you wrote:
I gotcha but this came
The backlight on my screen for my laptop started failing big time yesterday.
It is under warranty so no big shakes there.
However here is the problem.
I pulled the harddrive so I can access the files.
I cannot get into the Documents and Settings folder of the HD.
It is Windows XP and I put
: Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 7:57 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: [CGUYS] Problem with Harddrive
The backlight on my screen for my laptop started failing big time
yesterday.
It is under warranty so no big shakes there.
However here
Thanks for the tip.
Working on setting up ownership.
I must have clicked private when setting up the user name.
Never before had this kind of problem.
Will have to reset it when I get the laptop back.
Stewart
At 07:22 PM 7/6/2009, you wrote:
Hey Rev.,
You might try booting in Safe Mode
Rev--Get Mozy!
Backup, backup, backup.
-Original Message-
Thanks for the tip.
Working on setting up ownership.
I must have clicked private when setting up the user name.
Never before had this kind of problem.
Will have to reset it when I get the laptop back.
I gotcha but this came unexpected before I had a chance to do a
current back up.
Plus there have been a ton of things currently in my life that that
little bit was my last priority.
But I know I will have to keep a more current backup now.
Stewart
At 10:02 PM 7/6/2009, you wrote:
Rev--Get
In the last little while I have been getting screen remnants.
I will pick some command from something either a program or a menu
command from an icon, and it stays on the screen.
I can go into different programs but it is still there. I have a
Dell D531 laptop with the ATI video chipset.
If it's got some age on it, maybe a heat issue, especially since
cooling it down has an effect. You may have to clean your fans at
least. Presumably the desktop 'refresh' works also?
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
In the last little while I
Just at a year old.
Stewart
At 02:37 PM 1/26/2009, you wrote:
If it's got some age on it, maybe a heat issue, especially since
cooling it down has an effect. You may have to clean your fans at
least. Presumably the desktop 'refresh' works also?
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Rev. Stewart
If what Tony recommends don't solve the issue, you may consider more memory
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Is it a lack of system resources? I've seen similar on mine until I
upgraded the memory to 2G.
Richard P.
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
In the last little while I have been getting screen remnants.
I will pick some command from something
Am there.
Stewart
At 03:06 PM 1/26/2009, you wrote:
Is it a lack of system resources? I've seen similar on mine until I
upgraded the memory to 2G.
Richard P.
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
In the last little while I have been getting
2 GB's right now.
Stewart
At 03:02 PM 1/26/2009, you wrote:
If what Tony recommends don't solve the issue, you may consider more memory
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When the problem occurs, is the processor maxed out? Also, the file
remnants that are left on screen, are they only from a single program?
Just some ideas...
Richard P.
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
Am there.
Stewart
At 03:06 PM
No and no.
It is usually some menu command that I have clicked and then it stays
highlighted on the screen.
Dumb.
Stewart
At 03:30 PM 1/26/2009, you wrote:
When the problem occurs, is the processor maxed out? Also, the file
remnants that are left on screen, are they only from a single
It is usually some menu command that I have clicked and then it stays
highlighted on the screen.
I have seen this caused by disk drive problems. The computer spends too
much time on error correction and loses track of what it is painting on
the screen. Have you run a chkdsk recently?
All of the messages I have sent in the last two days to recipients with
comcast.net IDs are bouncing back with the explanation: Reason: Illegal
host/domain name found Remote system: dns;mx2.comcast.net
TCP|206.46.173.3|51451|76.96.30.116|25
Has anyone else had that problem? Or is it
Follow up: I went to Comcast's help site and found out that they use
TrendMicro for a spam filter, and it has identified verizon.net as a
spam source and blocked everything. Now I don't know what to do.
Mike
Mike Sloane wrote:
All of the messages I have sent in the last two days to recipients
It's possible you may get somewhere if you go through customer service with
comcast...it's also possible that at the very same time while on the phone
with them aliens will land in your front yard and crown you king of the
universe.
Might think about taking the plunge into web mail. You can set
Thanks, Mike. I agree with you 100%, and that is why I also have Yahoo
and Gmail accounts for those reasons. But I was wondering if any other
members of this group had encountered the same problem, or is it
something related to my verizon ID. Or maybe a local DNS problem (I am
in NJ).
Mike
You could try using OpenDNS instead of your local DNS to help sort out
if it's a DNS problem. But it does sound more like heavy-handed
filtering.
I did find this interesting bit of information which might be related:
http://emaildeliveryjedi.com/email-blog/
Email Delivery and Your Email
Talk to your ISP's (Verizon's) tech support and tell them to fix the problem.
That's their job. There should never be any reason to blacklist an entire
domain, especially a large one, unless it is truly a rogue domain. If you are
a business customer, give them even more grief and tell them
On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
Thanks, Mike. I agree with you 100%, and that is why I also have
Yahoo and Gmail accounts for those reasons. But I was wondering if
any other members of this group had encountered the same problem,
or is it something related to my verizon ID.
Have you experimented with using rsync? It is native to the mac and can
be run through applescript I think. From what I recall, rsync will back
up only the changes to the file although I can not find that explicitly
stated one way or the other at the moment.
Matthew
Tom Piwowar wrote:
The
Have you experimented with using rsync? It is native to the mac and can
be run through applescript I think. From what I recall, rsync will back
up only the changes to the file although I can not find that explicitly
stated one way or the other at the moment.
Good idea, rsync works at the
Can they set entourage to archive mail periodically to make the file
smaller? Several small files instead of the one huge file.
Curiously, Entourage puts everything into one huge file. It doesn't
matter if you create new folders. They still are part of the same huge
database file.
I could
I agree...I detest working with Outlook because of this problem. Archiving
to me is as good as putting something you know you are going to need into a
file cabinet in the back storage area under lock and key when it should be
on your desk. To note also, the max recommended .pst is less then 2
There is a rather convoluted solution here, including some scripts, that
could probably be adapted to rsync:
http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/entourage_and_time_machine.html
and here:
http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/alternative_method_to_use_entourage_and_time_machine.html
HTH
The two programs are curiously different.
Outlook will allow multiple .pst files and will even let you specify the
location for the .pst file. Unfortunately, Entourage only has one
database file and you have to keep it at the required location.
Some Entourage users create a new identity
To note also, the max recommended .pst is less then 2 gigs.
You are on your own if you exceed that. MS's forces the archive issue
eventually.
MS did fix that 2GB limit. First they raised it to 4GB and with the
latest version they claim no limit except one imposed by the OS. I have
seen working
Dunno about Entourage at all, but Outlook provided for an archive .pst file
as well as the active .pst file. Then one would keep the active .pst file
small and back it up often, but back up the archive .pst file only after an
archive process had been run (say once a week or whatever). One
http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/entourage_and_time_machine.html
Super. This is easier than writing the AppleScript I mentioned before.
Even easier when I can just download the Automator workflow. I hate
writing AppleScript. Lousy language.
These guys also thought it through well. It
I agree...I detest working with Outlook because of this problem. Archiving
to me is as good as putting something you know you are going to need into a
file cabinet in the back storage area under lock and key when it should be
on your desk.
Know you're going to need? I archive stuff I think
Yeah you are right, nice to know the limit is larger. I haven't had to help
anyone out with outlook for a few years so it's nice to know the limit is
higher. Still can't bring myself to like Outlook though.
Mike
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Larry Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree...I
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008, Mike wrote:
Yeah you are right, nice to know the limit is larger. I haven't had to help
anyone out with outlook for a few years so it's nice to know the limit is
higher. Still can't bring myself to like Outlook though.
Mike
I use it because it's what we use at work. At
this problem? What preventive measures can I take now to
mitigate problems in the future?
Colin
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From: Colin Cody [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:01 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] Problem with Outlook Express 6.0
Today, suddenly
Colin
Does it do it when you're not connected to the internet...on you're desktop
icons?
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Still no Symantec virus indications either.
Colin
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From: Terry Kilburg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:33 AM
Subject: [CGUYS] Problem with Outlook Express 6.0
Colin
Does it do it when you're not connected
Are all those emails in one folder? OE has a limit of 2gb per folder, might
want to check into that. I'd not keep anywhere near that much in any one
folder in OE.
Mike
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Colin Cody [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Today, suddenly my Outlook Express 6.0 running under MS
Colin
I wanted to make sure your mouse settings weren't reversed or delayed.
It kinda seems to me that you need more memory to store and load all the
messages since getting rid of 1 allowed slow opening.
Burn 'em to a cd/DVD or delete them into cyberspace!
Terry Kilburg - Independent
, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Problem with Outlook Express 6.0
Are all those emails in one folder? OE has a limit of 2gb per folder,
might
want to check into that. I'd not keep anywhere near that much in any one
folder in OE.
Mike
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Colin Cody [EMAIL
Today, suddenly my Outlook Express 6.0 running under MS XP service pack 2
stopped recognizing a double click or a right click for email attachments.
Meaning that I can not open the attachments and I can not even save the
attachments to disc with a right click, to then open from the disc.
I
I was away for 3 weeks, and when yesterday I booted up my two PC
computers at home, Windows XP did an update. Now I am unable to connect
to the internet unless I shut off Zone Alarm. This is on both computers.
Any advice for fixing this?
The short version is to:
* Go into Zone Alarm Preferences and uncheck Load Zone Alarm at
startup
* Go into Windows security console and turn on Windows Firewall
* Reboot
* You can get to the Internet safely and download the latest version
of Zone Alarm which will resolve
A recent DNS spoofing patch (KB951748) conflicts with ZA.
Story: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2325275,00.asp
Solution:
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAcce
ssIssue.html
-Original Message-
I was away for 3 weeks, and when yesterday
Read the following:
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/support/techSupport.jsp?dc=12bmsctry=USlang=en
There is no patch yet but there are two work arounds listed that solve
the problem temporarily until there is something permanent available.
db
Robert wrote:
I was away for 3 weeks, and
There is a key to press at boot time, different from the key to load the bios
setup routine, that takes you directly to the motherboard's boot manager and
nothing else. The screen is simple: use up/down-arrow to select the device to
boot from and press enter. Doesn't change the data stored in
Not asking you to change the _default_ boot sequence. Use the motherboard's
boot manager to select the boot device when you want to boot from a device that
is different from the default device. On my fairly recent Dell, one presses
F12 to activate the boot manager (as distinct from pressing
Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has
partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the
disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter
to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no
XP compatible partition.
Is the NTFS partition set as active?
Unless it is set as active Windows will not see it at boot up.
Stewart
At 04:34 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has
partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the
disk have Linux on
I tried setting the ntfs partition as active, but it made no
difference. Windows always sees the partition, it just does not like
it for some reason.
on Thursday 03/06/2008 Rev. Stewart Marshall([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
Is the NTFS partition set as active?
Unless it is set as active
With today's cheap hard drives, etc., why not make it easy and put the Windows
stuff on a separate hard drive, and use the motherboard's boot manager to
select which device to boot from?
At 05:34 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote:
Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has
This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and
change things around and I am not even sure I could do this.
on Thursday 03/06/2008 Fred Holmes([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
With today's cheap hard drives, etc., why not make it easy and put the
Windows stuff on a separate
This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and
change things around and I am not even sure I could do this.
What do you think you would need to change? A modern BIOS will detect the
drive change at restart and put you in the BIOS setup screen. That screen
will autodetect
I thought you were asking me to put windows on a new drive and then
change the boot sequence? It would be much easier to find an answer
to my original question, if its possible at all.
on Thursday 03/06/2008 Tom Piwowar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
This would not work for me as I wold then have to
It's a lot more problematic to install windows after linux then the other
way around. Windows wants to mess with the boot sector.
might check this out:
http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
Mike
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all.
Thank you Tony, I will try this at work on Monday. Have a great weekend
Christian
At 19:03 11/01/2008, you wrote:
Have you tried Folder OptionsViewReset all folders? Or toggling the
view in that folder? Toggle ViewRemember each folders view settings.
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)
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) They show normally when I try to attach a jpeg file of the root in
an email message, browsing in thumbnail mode.
At 10:09 11/01/2008, you wrote:
How is the M drive formated?
It is an hp Personal Media Drive that I bought and plugged. No
problem with it in +/- 3 years. So, I guessed you could call it
factory formatted. Not sure that answers your question
.and the computer where it does
Have you tried Folder OptionsViewReset all folders? Or toggling the
view in that folder? Toggle ViewRemember each folders view settings.
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Good afternoon,
I use an external hard drive (M:) to have my files on which ever PC I
work. Since Monday, the computer on my desk at work does not show
the names of the files / directories in the root of M: in Thumbnail
display mode. In other modes or on other computers everything is
To get an accurate answer we need more info.
*) Which OS?
*) Do thumbnail file names show in other folders?
*) Do thumbnails appear correctly in other apps (eg Picasa, Irfanview)?
*) What have you tried to solve the problem (can we at least assume
some web searches?)
On Jan 10, 2008 5:19 PM,
You need to get a special tool from Norton's website to really get it
off the machine.
For antivirus you can go with one of the free ones- Avast or AVG.
I've heard really good things about NOD32 but you need to buy that.
For a firewall you are pretty safe if you have a router with a NAT
back to where I was yesterday morning. cannot receive or send mail using TB.
(can do so using RCN webmail).
Windows XP SE
TB 2.0.0.9
just changed my settings to:
inbound: pop.rcn.com
sending: smtp.rcn.com
didn't help the situation.
any ideas??
i found the instructions for Netscape which should be similar at
http://www.rcn.com/customer/internet2/configure_email.php#6. My
guess is it step 5 that is giving you trouble. It was my headache in
setting up gmail as imap in thunderbird.
JDY
How to create a new E-mail account in Netscape 6.x
The best solution for that is to get Norton off the machine. It's
just bloat ware now.
On Nov 27, 2007 4:16 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i think the problems may have been caused by Norton shutting itself down
in a weird way.
IAC, I rebooted am back on email!
we'll wait for
will Add or Remove Programs do the trick?
then, what do u recommend for AV?
ZA for Firewall? or Windoze?
John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
The best solution for that is to get Norton off the machine. It's
just bloat ware now.
On Nov 27, 2007 4:16 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i think the
This isn't really a solution, it's more like an observation, so I apologize in
advance for not offering a definitive answer. Some people--myself
included--have been having miscellaneous problems when using Google with
certain forms of Internet Explorer. When I inquired among People Who Should
First thing to try is to power down everything. Then 1) Power up the cable
modem. 2) power up the router. 3) powerup/start the computer. Presumably you
have tried this already?
Fred Holmes
At 11:10 AM 8/30/2007, Marcio V. Pinheiro wrote:
Perhaps some of you could help me. I am connected to
At 03:27 PM 8/30/2007, b_s-wilk wrote:
Meanwhile, I'm guessing that it's a DNS issue. When I find the IP address for
the web site [I usually use netcraft.com] and use that, I can access the
site/link.
If you think it is a DNS problem, try setting your DNS servers to OpenDNS:
Here ya go. Without ActiveX, you'll just have to download and install
updates until the problem goes away, assuming the diagnosis is correct.
Start with SP2 and go from there. SP3 just came out, but I haven't tested
it yet.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD010225291033.aspx
Gallant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Site Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: followup suggestion Re: offlist Re: [CGUYS] Problem performing XP
upgrade.
Hi - haven't heard how things are going. So assuming the worst, I did
some more checking. Below is a link
I have several Windows XP Pro machines running FireFox, but one, an old
IBM Thinkpad, shows all the text as weird characters that don't look
like any known language. The options/tools show that it is set for US
English. The images and the rest of the HTML stuff are fine, just the
text. I have
I just took a closer look, and it looks like a bunch of arrows and other
wingdings. Some text seems to be OK, while most of it is not. Very
weird.
Mike
John DeCarlo wrote:
It could be set up to use a font that isn't on your computer anymore.
On 7/21/07, Mike Sloane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I fixed it - I changed the san serif font option from Aerial
Black to Aerial Narrow, and everything came up OK. For some strange
reason, there was no Aerial font listed in the choice of available
fonts. So, maybe, as John suggested, I am missing that font. I cannot
imagine how that
I have the font in the /windows/fonts directory, but FireFox doesn't see
it as one of the choices, and its size and date stamp matches my other
machines. Very strange. Maybe I should delete it and install it from
another machine.
Mike
Tom Piwowar wrote:
I think I fixed it - I changed the san
At 6:45 PM -0500 7/21/07, Tom Piwowar wrote:
The file may be corrupt. Try copying it from one of the other PCs.
PS This is an example of how Windows punishes its users.
Now, Thomas, you know perfectly well that the Mac also behaves
egregiously when confronted with corrupted font files.
I'm stumped.
When I go to shut down the computer I get a small window giving me the
option to perform an upgrade and then when finished the PC will shut down.
So I tell it to do the upgrade, but somewhere in the process it fails to
install. I have even tried the upgrade option in Internet
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] Problem performing XP upgrade.
What is the upgrade? There have been
(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
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To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS
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