[CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread lcms0516
I went to Google and, started doing a search with the keywords, 'Windows wont install'. While I was perusing the results, I came upon one, that talked about cleaning the disc so, I took out my CD disc cleaner and, tried that. Then I booted the computer with the disc and, F6 for the external

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread Tony B
Since you asked specifically for *any ideas*... Forget it. Get a cheap ATA drive and use it for the boot drive. You'd have been finished with it a week ago. On Feb 6, 2008 12:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas?

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread lcms0516
Tony, I won't do that but, I seriously appreciate the chuckle it gave me. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Christopher -- Original message -- From: Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since you asked specifically for *any ideas*... Forget it. Get a cheap ATA drive and

Re: [CGUYS] AVG Trojan Detected?

2008-02-06 Thread Richard P.
After looking into it, I see that AVG uses virus signatures as well as Heuristic Analysis. All definitions are up to date and have been updated daily and scans done daily since computer was new. Richard P. Mike Sloane wrote: To my knowledge, Panda is heuristic, but AVG depends on daily

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread lcms0516
That is how it is set. The 'Primary Master', 'Primary Slave', along with the 'Secondary Slave' are set to 'NONE', in the BIOS. The 'Secondary Master' notes the IDE CD-R/W. Christopher -- Original message -- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread mike
Won't? why? Mike On Feb 6, 2008 11:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony, I won't do that but, I seriously appreciate the chuckle it gave me. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Christopher -- Original message -- From: Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since you asked

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread mike
Actually the controller will show up in the BIOS, then the HD's should show up in the BIOS of the controllerat least that's how it is on mine. Mike On Feb 6, 2008 10:33 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the BIOS set to? In the old days you had to turn the BIOS

[CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Jordan
Hey Mac people, I need to get a new router. Does anyone have experience with whether or not the latest Apple Airport Extreme Base Station has anything to offer that another good router does not? Or can anyone recommend one of these n routers? I've had 1 pretty much bullet proof Netgear and 1

[CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Constance Warner
For nine years, I've been working with two FileMaker Pro databases that keep track of several thousand documents (including titles, descriptions, categories, authors, etc.). They've been virtually crash-proof and easy to modify. There are nearly 5,000 records (on separate pages) in these

Re: [CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Matthew Taylor
It has a really easy to use and well designed interface for configuration and security. Easy to lock down, easy to open up temporarily if the need arises. I think it was worth it for my mostly Mac household. It is my 4th wireless router, first Apple one. Matthew On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:08

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Matthew Taylor
You can access / modify the DB one record at a time vs. all or nothing with a spreadsheet. You can create much more useful / easy queries with the DB than with a spreadsheet. Because if they really are that stupid you won't still be working there to help them out, having fled to a

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread Fred Holmes
OK -- RAID. I have a Dell with SATA drive controllers. In the motherboard BIOS setup the controller operation (collectively) can be set to RAID = ON or RAID/ATA autodetect. In order to install WinXP on a single drive using a generic version of WinXP, one must put that setting to RAID/ATA

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Fred Holmes
Not everyone is willing to learn how to drive a stick shift. Fred Holmes At 03:44 PM 2/6/2008, Matthew Taylor wrote: You can access / modify the DB one record at a time vs. all or nothing with a spreadsheet. You can create much more useful / easy queries with the DB than with a spreadsheet.

Re: [CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Jordan
Thanks, Are you aware of this little software update for Intel Macs? http://tinyurl.com/2r3e2l * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Matthew Taylor
Yes. As I recall though N degrades to G if any non-N systems connect to it. On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Jordan wrote: Thanks, Are you aware of this little software update for Intel Macs? http://tinyurl.com/2r3e2l

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Matthew Taylor
But everyone who might someday need to drive one in an emergency should know how. To further beat the analogy into the ground, if you can't drive a stick shift, you can't play with the really fun toys. Back to the subject, how is keeping a database IN a database driving a stick shift?

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Constance Warner
Many thanks for the talking points! And as for #3-- Because if they really are that stupid you won't still be working there to help them out, having fled to a better, more sane workplace? ;^) That one struck a chord! Actually, I AM looking for a better, more sane workplace, if anyone knows

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Constance Warner
FileMaker does allow you to export into Excel--I tried it just now to make sure it worked. The one advantage of Excel--that everybody has it--isn't so important in this case. I would be the only one working with the files, because my co-workers don't want to do any of the grunt

Re: [CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Jordan
Yes, so I've heard. The Macs we use most of the time are Intel Macs so it should not be an Issue. I'm not sure we'd notice a higher speed. But the greater range would be nice! Matthew Taylor wrote: Yes. As I recall though N degrades to G if any non-N systems connect to it.

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Fred Holmes
At 04:37 PM 2/6/2008, Matthew Taylor wrote: Back to the subject, how is keeping a database IN a database driving a stick shift? The database interface is more difficult to set up and use, although I guess the wizards should be pretty good by now. spreadsheet column headings for the fields

Re: [CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Try a G MIMO router. I just swapped out our Dlink router (G) that had a very so so signal all throughout the building (round building many walls at angles) and replaced it with a Belkin G MIMO router (the routers were all donations so lets not get into a brand war) and the difference in

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Fred Holmes
Is this about the database for the Online Buyers Guide that I find on the PRIMA web site (http://www.primacentral.org/), but which is accessible to members only? Or is it something that is for internal use only? Fred Holmes

Re: [CGUYS] Router or Airport?

2008-02-06 Thread Jordan
Thanks, It's better range that appeals to me. There is a brick wall within the house that I'm hoping to get WiFi through. I know there are a few options for me. A removable antenna might work because I could have the router box where I could plug ethernet cable in, and locate the antenna

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Charles Ballinger
The Public Risk Management Association wants to use Excel as a database? Makes you want to say, Hmmm... g cb On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Constance Warner wrote: And does anyone else have any talking points on why it's a bad idea to replace a perfectly reliable, crash-proof database with

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Fred Holmes
So what is the format that the web site manager/developer/webmaster would like to see the database be in? It's best to make it whatever he/she (thinks it) needs. Fred Holmes At 05:58 PM 2/6/2008, Constance Warner wrote: It's actually about something that isn't yet available for online use,

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread lcms0516
Fred, At first, I would agree with you 100%. The only part that, doesn't quite make it 100%, is that, I had this problem before I decided to set it up as a RAID. I have repeatedly gone into the computer BIOS(not the Adaptec BIOS) to find the option that would allow(or disallow) XP to see the

Re: [CGUYS] How stable is Excel?

2008-02-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
For nine years, I've been working with two FileMaker Pro databases that keep track of several thousand documents (including titles, descriptions, categories, authors, etc.). They've been virtually crash-proof and easy to modify. There are nearly 5,000 records (on separate pages) in these

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Shopping Efficiency [Was: Gates as Robin H

2008-02-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
You succeeded in making me both nostalgic and home sick all at once. Apparently you can still meet under the Eagle but it is a Macy's now. I hope the Warthog is still there. Does Macy's have somebody playing the organ? *

Re: [CGUYS] Open source Project Management software?

2008-02-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
If you want to print out the whole timeline... what do you do? ... print it out on multiple pages and tape it together or do you send it to an output shop for large paper printing? By the time you get it back from an output shop the timeline will probably have changed several times. My

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro installation update

2008-02-06 Thread Fred Holmes
In my SATA case, the hard drive interfaces were on the motherboard, and the settings were in the motherboard BIOS setup. If in your case the hard drive interfaces are on an expansion card (AHA), then the appropriate settings (for detecting the drive and establishing its interface) should

[CGUYS] Cleaning up uninstalled software

2008-02-06 Thread Richard P.
I'm in the process of cleaning up unused programs from my computer, many of which have been preloaded by the manufacturer but have never been installed. Because they aren't installed, they don't show up in the Add/Remove Software window. For instance, I don't want to have to install Norton

Re: [CGUYS] Cleaning up uninstalled software

2008-02-06 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
It all depends, on how they have the restore functions et. Many of them have a drive image on the restore portion that simply writes a new image of the already installed system. Others like Dell give you a full fledged install disc. You then pick and choose. Stewart At 08:43 PM

Re: [CGUYS] Cleaning up uninstalled software

2008-02-06 Thread mike
Right click the folder and select DELETE. Take a drink of coffee...repeat on next file/folder. Mike btw, if you are going to want to use that restore section, I'd not mess with it. The only real reason to delete these files is if you need the HD space. On Feb 6, 2008 7:43 PM, Richard P.