Re: [CGUYS] Now...what do I do?
It may be a bad CD that is causing the CD to spin continuously. (I have had it happen before.) Reboot your machine and get it out when it is booting. Should work. Stewart At 09:45 PM 5/24/2007, you wrote: What do you mean by "after you replace it?" ,,, I tried a straightened paper clip too to no avail... Many thanks Marcio At 10:45 PM 5/24/2007, Tony B wrote: You might try a straightened paper clip instead of a pin. But at any rate, after you replace it you should be able to get the tray out one way or another. On 5/24/07, Marcio V. Pinheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My CD-ROM player doesn't open... I placed a CD inside and it doesn't show when I look at the drive. I tried entering with a pin in the little hole and it remains closed... * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Now...what do I do?
I assumed this was in a working computer. So I figured you'd want to replace it with a working drive. If this is just an old junk computer then why would you jam a valuable cd into it? On 5/24/07, Marcio V. Pinheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you mean by "after you replace it?" ,,, I tried a straightened paper clip too to no avail... * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Now...what do I do?
What do you mean by "after you replace it?" ,,, I tried a straightened paper clip too to no avail... Many thanks Marcio At 10:45 PM 5/24/2007, Tony B wrote: You might try a straightened paper clip instead of a pin. But at any rate, after you replace it you should be able to get the tray out one way or another. On 5/24/07, Marcio V. Pinheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My CD-ROM player doesn't open... I placed a CD inside and it doesn't show when I look at the drive. I tried entering with a pin in the little hole and it remains closed... * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] DVD-RW
On 5/16/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We have a DVD recorder that's connected to our satellite receiver, and to a VCR. It records anything we want to view later. If it's worth keeping, we transfer to DVD-R. Do you recommend any particular make/model DVD recorder for good picture quality? I bought a cheap RCA one and I'm not happy with its recordings. BTW, can HD broadcasts be recorded on regular DVD-RWs? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Now...what do I do?
You might try a straightened paper clip instead of a pin. But at any rate, after you replace it you should be able to get the tray out one way or another. On 5/24/07, Marcio V. Pinheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My CD-ROM player doesn't open... I placed a CD inside and it doesn't show when I look at the drive. I tried entering with a pin in the little hole and it remains closed... * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Comparing Mac and PC laptops
Also, does the MacBook Pro come with an emulation program for Windows? Emulation? No, use virtualization. http://www.parallels.com/ ($80 for Mac, worth every penny) * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Disappearing windows
heh heh,.. Did he, by chance, accidentally drag the windows taskbar down off the screen? I have helped a couple people who did this by accident. Or perhaps the bottom taskbar was changed to show only the QuickLaunch toolbar and not the TaskManager toolbar, or something similar If the taskbar is not locked, then these can be accidentally adjusted with a quick drag of the mouse. If not, then it sounds like another Windows 'feature'. The ALT-TAB keys previously mentioned should bring back the applications. Hope this helps, -tony On 5/24/07, Vicky Staubly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2007, Judy Cosler wrote: > i'm running XP & sometimes I can't find my windows. I can get to the hiddden > window, by bringing up Windoze Task Manager. Another way of doing it is to cycle through the running applications with the Alt-Tab key-combo. By the way, Alt-tab also works in Gnome-based versions of Linux (KDE probably has an equivalent, but I don't know it). > Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow wrote: >> A friend told me of a problem he had, starting yesterday. He readily >> admits that he may have accidentally done something wrong, but he doesn't >> know what. No editorial comments please, but he's running Windows ME and >> when he minimizes a window, it no longer appears in his task bar, so he >> can't get back to it. >> If he's running Outlook and minimizes it, it doesn't appear in the task >> bar, but he says that if he clicks on the Outlook icon in the Quick Launch >> bar, then it does restore his Outlook to the state it was in before he >> minimized it. >> A puzzler. Any advice?Thanks! >> Stu * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
[CGUYS] Now...what do I do?
My CD-ROM player doesn't open... I placed a CD inside and it doesn't show when I look at the drive. I tried entering with a pin in the little hole and it remains closed... Now, what? Many, many thanks Marcio * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu
Do it by buying a 5 1/4 bay drive drawer, with two trays, online (Less than $30 I think...) & just power down, switch drawer trays and power up whenever... No fuss no muss... Db -Original Message- From: Michael Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu Date: Tue May 22, 2007 8:36 pm Size: 1K To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM On 5/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/21/07, Michael Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2) If you only want to try out Linux, you can completely remove the > > Windows drive and replace that with your spare drive. Install Linux > > and test/break that installation as you wish and your Windows disk > > is safe sitting on the shelf. > > > Would something like the following work? > > Specify drive 1 (via the BIOS) as the boot drive, have the MBR created > there and set up GRUB to boot Ubuntu off drive 1 and Windows off drive > 0. If drive 0 is respecified as the boot drive, then it just boots > Windows. So you have Windows on HD0 and Linux on HD1, and you change the boot disk in the BIOS every time you want to run the other OS. I would find this annoying, but, yeah, it might work. The most likely reason I can think of for this not to work is that > Windows may not like being booted this way. As long as you don't move the HD with the original Windows installation, it shouldn't complain. Any chance of success? You have good backups, right? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu
Another trick is to install Linux on a second HD and create a boot floppy that you insert when you want to boot Linux that points to that drive ... That segregates the OS's Make a couple of copies of the floppy for security.. Db -Original Message- From: Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu Date: Wed May 23, 2007 11:29 am Size: 3K To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM The change is in the BIOS not the drives AFAIK. Michael Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am now glad I asked this question. Ideally, I would like to retain > the ability to boot the OS on the "good" drive should one of the drives > fail. Does what you describe allow for this? > You are changing the way the computer boots, so expect _something_ to touch the existing drive. If you want the current drive's boot options left alone untouched, how about these options ... 1) Install a virtual environment such as Parallels or vmware server and that will give you a virtual machine where you can install another OS (even another copy of windows). From my experience, though, running a Linux distro as your base OS and running vmware server on Linux then installing Windows in a virtual machine gives better performance. 2) If you only want to try out Linux, you can completely remove the Windows drive and replace that with your spare drive. Install Linux and test/break that installation as you wish and your Windows disk is safe sitting on the shelf. Perhaps the best thing to do is try #2. Understand how the disk partitioning works during the first installation. Kick the tires; try to break things. Try to install VMware server for Linux (#1 above). Keep good notes. Then blow that installation away. Start over; partition the disk into two (or more); install Windows (you still have the Windows installation media, right?) in the second partition; then install Linux in the first partition. It will install Grub with the boot menu with Linux and Windows options. If you like this, keep this installation. As a bonus, you now have a brand new Windows installation without accumulated crud, and you can add the original drive as a slave and copy all your data back. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Disappearing windows
On 5/24/07, Vicky Staubly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another way of doing it is to cycle through the running applications with the Alt-Tab key-combo. By the way, Alt-tab also works in Gnome-based versions of Linux (KDE probably has an equivalent, but I don't know it). KDE uses Alt-Tab, too. I was using it a lot today. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Disappearing windows
On Thu, 24 May 2007, Judy Cosler wrote: i'm running XP & sometimes I can't find my windows. I can get to the hiddden window, by bringing up Windoze Task Manager. Another way of doing it is to cycle through the running applications with the Alt-Tab key-combo. By the way, Alt-tab also works in Gnome-based versions of Linux (KDE probably has an equivalent, but I don't know it). Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow wrote: A friend told me of a problem he had, starting yesterday. He readily admits that he may have accidentally done something wrong, but he doesn't know what. No editorial comments please, but he's running Windows ME and when he minimizes a window, it no longer appears in his task bar, so he can't get back to it. If he's running Outlook and minimizes it, it doesn't appear in the task bar, but he says that if he clicks on the Outlook icon in the Quick Launch bar, then it does restore his Outlook to the state it was in before he minimized it. A puzzler. Any advice?Thanks! Stu -- Vicky Staubly http://www.steeds.com/vicky/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Disappearing windows
i'm running XP & sometimes I can't find my windows. I can get to the hiddden window, by bringing up Windoze Task Manager. Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow wrote: A friend told me of a problem he had, starting yesterday. He readily admits that he may have accidentally done something wrong, but he doesn't know what. No editorial comments please, but he's running Windows ME and when he minimizes a window, it no longer appears in his task bar, so he can't get back to it. If he's running Outlook and minimizes it, it doesn't appear in the task bar, but he says that if he clicks on the Outlook icon in the Quick Launch bar, then it does restore his Outlook to the state it was in before he minimized it. A puzzler. Any advice?Thanks! Stu ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
[CGUYS] Disappearing windows
A friend told me of a problem he had, starting yesterday. He readily admits that he may have accidentally done something wrong, but he doesn't know what. No editorial comments please, but he's running Windows ME and when he minimizes a window, it no longer appears in his task bar, so he can't get back to it. If he's running Outlook and minimizes it, it doesn't appear in the task bar, but he says that if he clicks on the Outlook icon in the Quick Launch bar, then it does restore his Outlook to the state it was in before he minimized it. A puzzler. Any advice?Thanks! Stu ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Black space in screen
Presumably this is because you're running at a different screen resolution. No biggie, just use the controls on the monitor to adjust the vertical size and centering. I dunno about clearer. Maybe you have Cleartype (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx) enabled on the laptop? On 5/24/07, Michael S. Altus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My desktop is in the shop, so I attached my Toshiba Satellite M55-S139 (14.5" diameter) laptop to the monitor, an HP L1925 (19" diameter). The screen fills up horizontally (left to right) but not vertically. Black horizontal spaces are above and below the image. What do I need to change? Also, the image seems clearer that what I get with my desktop, a storebuild Windows XP computer. Any suggestions for improving clarity with the desktop? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
[CGUYS] Black space in screen
My desktop is in the shop, so I attached my Toshiba Satellite M55-S139 (14.5" diameter) laptop to the monitor, an HP L1925 (19" diameter). The screen fills up horizontally (left to right) but not vertically. Black horizontal spaces are above and below the image. What do I need to change? Also, the image seems clearer that what I get with my desktop, a storebuild Windows XP computer. Any suggestions for improving clarity with the desktop? Thanks, Michael Michael S. Altus, PhD, ELS Intensive Care Communications, Inc.® Biomedical Writing and Editing [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Google desktop
>None of the search tools could find exactly what I wanted quickly >without having to muddle through a big list of irrelevant results. None >of the tools could search the system without first using Safari >[Location = file:///usr... etc.] to open some of the invisible folders >and add to the sidebar, or using OnyX. Why would you be searching in "invisible folders." The "invisible folders" are well structured so if you know what you are doing you should know exactly where the file you need resides. If you don't know that, then you probably don't know enough to be mucking with those files. I don't get what Safari (a web browser) has to do with any of this. >Yes, EasyFind finds file names, but it's much slower than the others. >It's so slow that it's like browsing on dialup. Not always. If a file is indexed then programs with pre-built indices will of course be faster. If you have no index or an indexing problem then EasyFind is much faster. Many who dislike the user interface of Spotlight or Google, do like EasyFind. It all depends... * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] the Myth of TiVo [was Re: DVD-RW]
>Tired of looking at so many grossly obese Americans. Turning TV Guide pages doesn't burn up many calories. Don't you have a treadmill set up in front of your TV? You could even power the TV with it and be totally green. www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-06-07-office-fit_x.htm * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Google desktop
>> Have you tried EasyFind? www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware > >Don't like it. Slow. Not enough choices. None of them could find the >chocolate chip cookie recipe in the system. Of course. This is not a good tool for searching file contents as it does not index files beforehand. It is great for the purpose we were discussing: finding file names. None of the search tools could find exactly what I wanted quickly without having to muddle through a big list of irrelevant results. None of the tools could search the system without first using Safari [Location = file:///usr... etc.] to open some of the invisible folders and add to the sidebar, or using OnyX. Yes, EasyFind finds file names, but it's much slower than the others. It's so slow that it's like browsing on dialup. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] On Line TV Listings [WAS: the Myth of TiVo [was Re: DVD-RW]]
For those who might like to use an online resource for listings, I recommend www.titantv.com and www.zap2it.com. They each are customizable for your local carrier and give you about 7 days of programming. If you have multiple outlets, TitanTV is better since you can setup a tab/page for each such as 1 for digital cable, 1 for directv, and 1 for OTA/analog. Titan can also be customized to default to a time of day. Mine is set for prime time, 7PM - 11PM. Both services provide synopses of shows, cast lists, whether first run or repeat, and future air dates as well as info like whether it is HD or in DTD/DD 5.1. BTW, the Tivo listings give about 14 days of programming information and thinking of it as a substitute VCR is liking thinking broadband is the same as dial up. YMMV -- "So it goes" - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived