[CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-14 Thread Harvey Simon
You got it Tom -- I had a huge iMovie file. That was probably the reason for the Boot Camp hiccup when it came to partitioning my drive, until I defragged. I do have two external drives I could probably call on for large movie files, but right now they're dedicated to backups (and are a sole repo

Re: [CGUYS] looking for a cell phone - vzwireless/qwerty/mac

2007-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
He might want to consider the 650 over the 600. 650 supports Bluetooth and most of the newer applications. For some reason many do not want to support the 600 anymore although is was a dxxx good phone. Stewart At 08:26 PM 6/14/2007, you wrote: And don't forget you can buy perfectly good 600

Re: [CGUYS] looking for a cell phone - vzwireless/qwerty/mac

2007-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Yeah I know I just sold mine two months ago (perfect condition with a memory card) and got less than half of what I paid for it. (I paid $170 in 11/05 and sold it on 4/07 and got $70) Stewart At 08:26 PM 6/14/2007, you wrote: And don't forget you can buy perfectly good 600s on Ebay by the h

Re: [CGUYS] looking for a cell phone - vzwireless/qwerty/mac

2007-06-14 Thread Admiral Harris
And don't forget you can buy perfectly good 600s on Ebay by the handsful. Cheap. - Original Message - From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] looking for a cell phone - vzwireless/qwerty/mac If there is a sync

[CGUYS] Malware changing system year, and a question about PREVX

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Chambers
This is a follow-up to an earlier problem, with a new question. I posted a message last week about the fact that my system year kept "changing itself" to 2005. Consensus from helpful folks on the list was that it was either a CMOS battery going bad, or the result of a virus or other intruder.

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Stewart A. Marshall > Correct and it really does not take up that much room. I > have a bunch of U3 utilities on my one memory stick and > it still only take up 100MB on a 1 GB memory stick. At > the price of these things having more than one is not > uncalled for and keeping U3 on at least one o

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Chris Dunford > > I understand why you might not need/want U3, but just for > the record, U3 isn't crappy stuff at all. It's actually > rather slick, and extremely useful for those who, for > whatever reason, need to use their own software on other > people's machines. It has a lot of potential.

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread mike
I'm not positive but I think U3 requires software to actually rid the USB drive of the U3 stuff. Try going to www.u3.com Mike Have you tried right-clicking on "My Computer" and selecting "Manage," then "Disk management" and then delete partitions from there?

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Stewart A. Marshall
Correct and it really does not take up that much room. I have a bunch of U3 utilities on my one memory stick and it still only take up 100MB on a 1 GB memory stick. At the price of these things having more than one is not uncalled for and keeping U3 on at least one of them is not that much of

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Chris Dunford
I understand why you might not need/want U3, but just for the record, U3 isn't crappy stuff at all. It's actually rather slick, and extremely useful for those who, for whatever reason, need to use their own software on other people's machines. *

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
>The instructions amounted to going to the web site of the "manufacturer" >of the particular "brand" of U3 software and downloading the applet to >remove the U3 "CD drive" and reformat the stick as one drive for the whole >stick, FAT32. Have you tried right-clicking on "My Computer" and selecti

Re: [CGUYS] Dell Preferred Account?

2007-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Only those with a FICO score of 800 get free interest. There was a lawsuit filled over this practice. Dell has a habit of not telling you up front what you interest rate is until it is too late. But there business lease services are top rate with very low costs. Stewart At 01:25 PM 6/14/20

Re: [CGUYS] Dell Preferred Account?

2007-06-14 Thread Michel Lowe
John, If you can swing three months of no interest credit from Dell jump on it! Their typical Preferred Customer interest rate is around 21% APR. At Dell, "Preferred" strictly refers to their preferences, not yours. -Mike __ Michel David Lowe Purcellville, VA -Original Message

Re: [CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Fred Holmes
At 11:30 AM 6/14/2007, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: >So how can I actually get >rid of the crappy U3 stuff. In my stick drive purchased a couple of weeks ago, the removal information/instructions were in one of the folders on the "CD drive" created by U3. I forget the exact location, but it wasn't

[CGUYS] USB stick issues

2007-06-14 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
I have a couple of issues that deal with USB stick drives. My girlfriend has a Dell computer with an HP printer. This printer was used on her old system with a parallel cable so now it's used on the new system with the same cable. But whenever a stick drive is in a USB connection, she can't prin

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Not at all, I was assuming that Tom would use the ELD 24 hours a day, Makes a great night light! * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
>It had always been my understanding that registry cleaners were >basically placebos. Hardly. I have had them correct strange bugs and they can turn a sluggish PC back into its old self. Strangest bug I had was stuff jumping out of the recycle bin as soon as the mouse was released. Could not thr

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Not being argumentative, just wanting some info...what is the real >difference between os x 'stitching files back together' and vista defrag? >Is os x basically doing a defrag on the fly when it feels it can but only to >smaller files as you said? The big difference is that OS X tries to avoid fr

[CGUYS] Dell Preferred Account?

2007-06-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dell is offering 3 interest-free months if you open a Dell Preferred Account before 06/27: https://financing.dell.com/financing/app.aspx?itemtype=CFG&s=dfh&l=en&cs=22&c=us&doc=dpa_info&; I would like to open an account, buy a computer, make a couple of minimum payments, then pay off the balance a

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I keep my CRT on many hours during the day at home. It goes into hibernation but is still on, and I have had my CRT for well over 2 years now. And it was a refurb! (IBM G96) Stewart At 09:23 AM 6/14/2007, you wrote: Rich wrote-- "Did I miss remedial math in grade school? 1 hour a day fo

[CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-14 Thread Kee, Arnold
Rich wrote-- "Did I miss remedial math in grade school? 1 hour a day for a 365 day year looks to me like 365 hours use in one year. then divide 10,000 / 365 looks like over 27 years.. But in reality, most people don't use their monitor for only 1 hour a day, but even given 5 hours a day for a

[CGUYS] EULA's but once again

2007-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
In light of our recent discussion on EULA (End Users License Agreement) I came across this recent article. http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/070607#story1 Stewart Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 **

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-14 Thread mike
Not being argumentative, just wanting some info...what is the real difference between os x 'stitching files back together' and vista defrag? Is os x basically doing a defrag on the fly when it feels it can but only to smaller files as you said? Mike On 6/14/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It had always been my understanding that registry cleaners were basically placebos. What do you use? On 6/13/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a >>computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall >>the

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
>That is the knock against LCD screens. They still are not considered >to be as accurate or as pleasing as CRT screens in the realm of >computer graphics. They also contain a good bit of mercury. Of course CRTs contain lead. LEDs contain arsenic. Pick your poison. *

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Piwowar
>What about defragmenting? Some say it isn't needed on Macs, but when I went >to install Boot Camp on a relatively new MacBook, it refused to segment the >drive. I tried all the built in Mac tools and it still refused. It only >worked after I used a drfrag program. > >So now I'm wondering if I s