Re: [CGUYS] Powerbook G3 keyboard
Kittens drink too much coffee too. I washed my white Mac keyboard a few months ago, after taking it apart; hung it in the greenhouse for 3 days to dry. Works fine now. Be careful: if you take your keyboard apart, it's really hard to get the space bar or other spring-loaded keys back on so that they work again! Betty I don't care if they drink coffee, I just don't want them drinking while at the computer. Steve Judy Cosler wrote: coffee isn't good for dogs! you shouldn't let them drink coffee!!! ;-) One of our dogs spilled coffee on my wife's Powerbook G3 keyboard (Bronze keyboard). Now a few of the keys don't work. I know I can pick a keyboard for it off ebay, but where can I get instructions on how to replace it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Powerbook G3 keyboard
On Nov 3, 2008, at 8:25 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: Kittens drink too much coffee too. I washed my white Mac keyboard a few months ago, after taking it apart; hung it in the greenhouse for 3 days to dry. Works fine now. I had to wash my white Mac keyboard a while back, but I did not take it apart. I just ran warm water over it for a bit, shook it out, let it dry for a couple of days, and it worked fine thereafter. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] cannot delete device from device manager
Dunno...the zip drive shows in disk management as a removable disk and functions properly. Today when booting the notice showed new device found and tried to install that tape controller again ...it failed and tape controller shows a bang in device manager but will not uninstall. -Original Message- From: Wayne Dernoncourt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 3:00 PM Subject: Re: cannot delete device from device manager Tony B Ignore it. It's not harming anything or taking up resources. Leave it alone. It may also be some driver needed by some program, which might explain why it keeps coming back when you try to delete it. Could the Zip drive be masquerading as a tape drive... -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly This is NOT Burger King. You do not get it YOUR way. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] tweakui setting not sticky
when I set the winxphomesp3 using tweakui to boot automatically to one useraccount, it does so for a while and then returns to showing a choice of user accounts on the screen before proceeding ...how come? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] tweakui setting not sticky
That method has never worked. You must do this: A. To enable autologon and bypass XP's prompt to enter a username and password, perform the following steps: 1. Select Run from the Start menu. 2. Enter control userpasswords2 and click OK. 3. Select the Users tab. 4. Uncheck the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. 5. Click OK. 6. When the system prompts you, enter a username and password for users who automatically log on, and click OK. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:20 AM, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I set the winxphomesp3 using tweakui to boot automatically to one useraccount, it does so for a while and then returns to showing a choice of user accounts on the screen before proceeding ...how come? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] cannot delete device from device manager
rlsimon Dunno...the zip drive shows in disk management as a removable disk and functions properly. Today when booting the notice showed new device found and tried to install that tape controller again ...it failed and tape controller shows a bang in device manager but will not uninstall. The controller could be the one doing the masquerading. Didn't Iomega start out with tape drives? Could they be using the same controller for the Zip drives? They already have a driver for that. I think they used to write a directory to the end of the tape (didn't they?). -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly No main() no gain. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] cannot delete device from device manager
You might want to try download.com, which has a couple of utilities which supposedly will analyze for missing drivers. Richard P. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:20 AM, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno...the zip drive shows in disk management as a removable disk and functions properly. Today when booting the notice showed new device found and tried to install that tape controller again ...it failed and tape controller shows a bang in device manager but will not uninstall. -Original Message- From: Wayne Dernoncourt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 3:00 PM Subject: Re: cannot delete device from device manager Tony B Ignore it. It's not harming anything or taking up resources. Leave it alone. It may also be some driver needed by some program, which might explain why it keeps coming back when you try to delete it. Could the Zip drive be masquerading as a tape drive... -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly This is NOT Burger King. You do not get it YOUR way. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] New Chip Technology Poses Threat to Homeland Security
http://www.infopackets.com/news/government/2008/20081103_new_chip_technology_poses_threat_to_homeland_security.htm * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
I back up my Dell (runnung Vista) to a WD My Book 500 Gb External hard dive. With the changeover to Standard time, all the files on the External drive now show timestamps one hour later than all the files on my C drive. The time stamps on another backup drive (Maxtor) and on DVD's agree, so the error is in the WD. Any ideas? WD blows it off by saying its probably Vista's doing, but no specifics. Makes it incremental backup impossible. Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] cannot delete device from device manager
Dunno either ...tape drive controller shows bang and cannot be disabled or deleted and also shows no driver and cannot be rolled back or updated ...?? -Original Message- From: Wayne Dernoncourt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:40 PM To: rlsimon Cc: 'Computer Guys Discussion List' Subject: RE: cannot delete device from device manager rlsimon Dunno...the zip drive shows in disk management as a removable disk and functions properly. Today when booting the notice showed new device found and tried to install that tape controller again ...it failed and tape controller shows a bang in device manager but will not uninstall. The controller could be the one doing the masquerading. Didn't Iomega start out with tape drives? Could they be using the same controller for the Zip drives? They already have a driver for that. I think they used to write a directory to the end of the tape (didn't they?). -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly No main() no gain. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
Your Vista machine is probably using NTFS for its file system. Your external drive is probably using FAT32. NTFS handles DST correctly, while FAT32 does not. Solution is to upgrade the external drive to NTFS (or some other real file system). On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:30:24PM -0500, Q. Fisher wrote: I back up my Dell (runnung Vista) to a WD My Book 500 Gb External hard dive. With the changeover to Standard time, all the files on the External drive now show timestamps one hour later than all the files on my C drive. The time stamps on another backup drive (Maxtor) and on DVD's agree, so the error is in the WD. Any ideas? WD blows it off by saying its probably Vista's doing, but no specifics. Makes it incremental backup impossible. Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
Why would this interfere with incremental backups? In an incremental, only *changed* files are supposed to be included. Besides, even if it depended on time instead of changes, just do one full backup. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Q. Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I back up my Dell (runnung Vista) to a WD My Book 500 Gb External hard dive. With the changeover to Standard time, all the files on the External drive now show timestamps one hour later than all the files on my C drive. The time stamps on another backup drive (Maxtor) and on DVD's agree, so the error is in the WD. Any ideas? WD blows it off by saying its probably Vista's doing, but no specifics. Makes it incremental backup impossible. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
how does one upgrade an external drive? what is NTFS?? Well, I see it is a file system, but what is that? Allen Firstenberg wrote: Your Vista machine is probably using NTFS for its file system. Your external drive is probably using FAT32. NTFS handles DST correctly, while FAT32 does not. Solution is to upgrade the external drive to NTFS (or some other real file system). On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:30:24PM -0500, Q. Fisher wrote: I back up my Dell (runnung Vista) to a WD My Book 500 Gb External hard dive. With the changeover to Standard time, all the files on the External drive now show timestamps one hour later than all the files on my C drive. The time stamps on another backup drive (Maxtor) and on DVD's agree, so the error is in the WD. Any ideas? WD blows it off by saying its probably Vista's doing, but no specifics. Makes it incremental backup impossible. Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
It is Microsoft's file system: New Technology File System. Remember Windows NT? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- what is NTFS?? Well, I see it is a file system, but what is that? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
but, i still don't understand. to me, a file system is Windows Explorer. so, obviously we're talking about different things! Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) wrote: It is Microsoft's file system: New Technology File System. Remember Windows NT? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- what is NTFS?? Well, I see it is a file system, but what is that? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
what is NTFS?? Well, I see it is a file system, but what is that? It's how the files are organized on the disk. In the PC world there are two primary file systems, FAT and NTFS. FAT is the older system; it uses somewhat less space and is OK for smaller drives, but for larger drives the newer NTFS is preferred. It provides faster access, stores more info about the files (e.g., when they were last used), and effectively eliminates a number of FAT constraints (like maximum partition size). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
but, i still don't understand. to me, a file system is Windows Explorer. so, obviously we're talking about different things! The file system is what Windows Explorer explores. :) (Well, sorta. It explores other stuff too, but mainly you're looking at stuff that the file system has organized.) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
Windows Explorer is pretty much a GUI Graphical User Interface, enabling you to see things and access them. The true GUI is Windows XP or Leopard, or Linux, but they all use a GUI (windows explorer, gnome, and a number of otehrs as I do not know what apple calls theirs,) as a desktop to manage your stuff. Stewart At 01:41 PM 11/3/2008, you wrote: but, i still don't understand. to me, a file system is Windows Explorer. so, obviously we're talking about different things! Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
Thanks for the input, but anymore productive answer then just get rid of it? Jeff M On Nov 2, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? Should never have allowed it to install in the first place. Have you tried dragging RealPlayer or RealOne Player into the trash and emptying the trash? That is the official uninstall method. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Odd Time Stamp Problem
You can determine the file system quickly by simply right clicking the driveProperties. But does anyone really ship these with FAT32? That would mean no files 2gb or (4?). If you have to convert: http://tinyurl.com/6m4gc7 http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how does one upgrade an external drive? what is NTFS?? Well, I see it is a file system, but what is that? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] 802.11N and Mac?
I have had a 1TB Time Capsule since June, and it works pretty well for me. I haven't had to use it to restore my MacBook, but I have used it a couple of times to rescue a file I had mistakenly deleted or otherwise messed up. I set it up to operate with user accounts for each member of my family, which gives us each a private network disk and a common one. This gives us an easy way to transfer files between computers and keeps my Time Machine backup image more secure. I am still concerned about how good it is as a backup solution though, so I regularly clone my hard drive to an external disk. Also, I recently had an issue where the Time Machine backup failed because it couldn't mount the backup disk image. I blame this on our microwave, which sometimes interrupts the wireless network and probably did so at a critical point in an hourly backup. I was able to repair the disk image with Disk Utility (which took a while) and then spotlight had to re-index the disk image at the next incremental backup (which also took a while), but Time Machine has again worked properly ever since. I wanted something like a Time Capsule because I didn't want to have an external drive plugged into my laptop semi-permanently. I got the Time Capsule with built-in storage because I didn't want to have to deal with an extra set of cords and I didn't want to have to worry about whether an external USB disk would wake and sleep correctly. From what I've read though, an Airport Extreme with a good external drive works as well as a Time Capsule and has the advantage of the drive being swappable if the Airport should fail. If I had a desktop capable of running Leopard, I would definitely use an attached drive or spare internal drive for my Time Machine disk. I'm thinking about moving from 802.11G to 802.11N, I have a Mac and am wondering if getting an Airport Express with or without disk drives would be a good thing. I have a home NAS that has gigabit ethernet, of course the DSL isn't close to that so internet access would still be slow. Are the drives with the airport now a reasonable back-up strategy? (initially wired, once backed up that would happen via wireless at least occasionally) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
Not sure what Real's Update Manager is but in Windows, Real Player has an option to turn off AutoUpdate. If this will help, it's: ToolsPreferencesAutomatic ServicesAutoUpdate, and then uncheck Automaticallydownload and Install important updates. Good luck. Richard P. An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts
ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2 messages are still listed in the Inbox. box. When I open them, they are blank - ghosts! When I delete them, they remain in the Inbox. When I drag them to another mailbox - Trash, Junk, anything, they remain in the Inbox. I used [command-delete]. Didn't work. I opened the Mail folder in my Home library, and dragged the INBOX.imapmbox folder to the desktop. Mail created another one, and the ghost messages remain, and the Messages folder with in the Inbox folder is empty. I checked Apple and Google, and found a problem like that with AOL mail, and the solution was to update the OS. Both my OS and my Mail program are the latest version. I found a reference to a similar problem, but their solution was to change the type of email account. Rebuild the Mailbox does not apply to the Inbox. I replaced the app from my Leopard disk. The message count is often wrong, but I ignored it. Is this a clue? I save most of my mail, and the size of my Mail folder is 1.45 GB. Is that a factor? Does anyone have any ideas on how to exorcise these ghost messages?! Alvin * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
Thanks for the help, but update isn't it. I also have that function. It just checks for a newer version of Real Player. This thing seems to be a program within a program that saves all video to some folder whenever it sees some kind of tag (I'm assuming here) on a web page. I use a site called hsx.com, that's Hollywood Movie Stock Exchange. I know, the url looks like it might be something else. Anyway, they have adds on their pages that will pop up the Real Player downloader thing. This just started happening a month or so ago, so I'm also assuming this is something relatively new. And I can't find anyway to shut the thing off in the preferences of either Real Player or the RP Downloader. Jeff On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Richard P. wrote: Not sure what Real's Update Manager is but in Windows, Real Player has an option to turn off AutoUpdate. If this will help, it's: ToolsPreferencesAutomatic ServicesAutoUpdate, and then uncheck Automaticallydownload and Install important updates. Good luck. Richard P. An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
What is your privacy setting? (Tools == Internet Options == Privacy). Try medium-low. Do you have pop-ups blocked? From: Jeff Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Monday, November 3, 2008 6:33:34 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr. Thanks for the help, but update isn't it. I also have that function. It just checks for a newer version of Real Player. This thing seems to be a program within a program that saves all video to some folder whenever it sees some kind of tag (I'm assuming here) on a web page. I use a site called hsx.com, that's Hollywood Movie Stock Exchange. I know, the url looks like it might be something else. Anyway, they have adds on their pages that will pop up the Real Player downloader thing. This just started happening a month or so ago, so I'm also assuming this is something relatively new. And I can't find anyway to shut the thing off in the preferences of either Real Player or the RP Downloader. Jeff On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Richard P. wrote: Not sure what Real's Update Manager is but in Windows, Real Player has an option to turn off AutoUpdate. If this will help, it's: ToolsPreferencesAutomatic ServicesAutoUpdate, and then uncheck Automaticallydownload and Install important updates. Good luck. Richard P. An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] battery replacement seems to have fixed audio problem
You need to be very careful about static electricity discharge when working inside a computer case. Leaving the CPU plugged in while turned off and grounding your hand to the power supply's case each time before you touch other internal electronics is a good approach. db Ranbo wrote: It did take awhile and getting the battery out wasn't easy. Manual mentioned using a plastic screwdriver; maybe this is something I should get for a next time. Now that I know how to open cover, that should be quicker next time. Randall On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Marcio V. Pinheiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Just an advice on the side. I only open my computer to do whatever, replace the CMOS battery, replace HD, etc starting on a Sunday that I am free with my time, starting at 8 AM. Prior to that I used to start after work in the evening and spent the whole night struggling with it. No longer... And... after you replace the first CMOS battery the next time it will be very easy. Computers sometimes scare us!... Marcio At 20:35 2/11/2008, you wrote: At 06:11 PM 11/2/2008, Ranbo wrote: After replacing CMOS battery the sound volume coming through speakers connected to computer seems to have returned to normal. Does this make sense? Even if it doesn't, I'll take it. When I changed the battery it was the first time I ever took cover off the computer. I didn't notice any ghosts in the machine. Was I just not looking hard enough? Randall * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
What version are you running? I see something that sounds promising in version 11.0.1 Build 949: Added a preference to the Downloader to enable/disable Advanced Video Detection.. Just a wild guess... Richard P. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Jeff Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help, but update isn't it. I also have that function. It just checks for a newer version of Real Player. This thing seems to be a program within a program that saves all video to some folder whenever it sees some kind of tag (I'm assuming here) on a web page. I use a site called hsx.com, that's Hollywood Movie Stock Exchange. I know, the url looks like it might be something else. Anyway, they have adds on their pages that will pop up the Real Player downloader thing. This just started happening a month or so ago, so I'm also assuming this is something relatively new. And I can't find anyway to shut the thing off in the preferences of either Real Player or the RP Downloader. Jeff On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Richard P. wrote: Not sure what Real's Update Manager is but in Windows, Real Player has an option to turn off AutoUpdate. If this will help, it's: ToolsPreferencesAutomatic ServicesAutoUpdate, and then uncheck Automaticallydownload and Install important updates. Good luck. Richard P. An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
Thanks for both the ideas from you and slogin2k1. I did find something in Real Player preferences that was labeled web browsing something. It said it was for premium content. I guess they consider premium as adds? Anyway, I unchecked both under this section and will see if this solves the problem. Jeff M On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Richard P. wrote: What version are you running? I see something that sounds promising in version 11.0.1 Build 949: Added a preference to the Downloader to enable/disable Advanced Video Detection.. Just a wild guess... Richard P. On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Jeff Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help, but update isn't it. I also have that function. It just checks for a newer version of Real Player. This thing seems to be a program within a program that saves all video to some folder whenever it sees some kind of tag (I'm assuming here) on a web page. I use a site called hsx.com, that's Hollywood Movie Stock Exchange. I know, the url looks like it might be something else. Anyway, they have adds on their pages that will pop up the Real Player downloader thing. This just started happening a month or so ago, so I'm also assuming this is something relatively new. And I can't find anyway to shut the thing off in the preferences of either Real Player or the RP Downloader. Jeff On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Richard P. wrote: Not sure what Real's Update Manager is but in Windows, Real Player has an option to turn off AutoUpdate. If this will help, it's: ToolsPreferencesAutomatic ServicesAutoUpdate, and then uncheck Automaticallydownload and Install important updates. Good luck. Richard P. An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts
You might try moving all the messages out of the inbox into another local folder (you can always move them back if you want). With your inbox zeroed out, rebuild the mailbox. Use the web interface for your mail account to make certain the headers or entire messages are not still on the server - if they are, delete them there. Matthew On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2 messages are still listed in the Inbox. box. When I open them, they are blank - ghosts! When I delete them, they remain in the Inbox. When I drag them to another mailbox - Trash, Junk, anything, they remain in the Inbox. I used [command-delete]. Didn't work. I opened the Mail folder in my Home library, and dragged the INBOX.imapmbox folder to the desktop. Mail created another one, and the ghost messages remain, and the Messages folder with in the Inbox folder is empty. I checked Apple and Google, and found a problem like that with AOL mail, and the solution was to update the OS. Both my OS and my Mail program are the latest version. I found a reference to a similar problem, but their solution was to change the type of email account. Rebuild the Mailbox does not apply to the Inbox. I replaced the app from my Leopard disk. The message count is often wrong, but I ignored it. Is this a clue? I save most of my mail, and the size of my Mail folder is 1.45 GB. Is that a factor? Does anyone have any ideas on how to exorcise these ghost messages?! Alvin * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts
Mathew, Thanks for the idea, but when I try to move the messages, they just bounce back to the Inbox. Also, Mail doesn't allow the Inbox to be rebuilt (at least on my machine!). It would be interesting if it's allowable on someone else's machine. Alvin On Nov 3, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote: You might try moving all the messages out of the inbox into another local folder (you can always move them back if you want). With your inbox zeroed out, rebuild the mailbox. Use the web interface for your mail account to make certain the headers or entire messages are not still on the server - if they are, delete them there. Matthew On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2 messages are still listed in the Inbox. box. When I open them, they are blank - ghosts! When I delete them, they remain in the Inbox. When I drag them to another mailbox - Trash, Junk, anything, they remain in the Inbox. I used [command-delete]. Didn't work. I opened the Mail folder in my Home library, and dragged the INBOX.imapmbox folder to the desktop. Mail created another one, and the ghost messages remain, and the Messages folder with in the Inbox folder is empty. I checked Apple and Google, and found a problem like that with AOL mail, and the solution was to update the OS. Both my OS and my Mail program are the latest version. I found a reference to a similar problem, but their solution was to change the type of email account. Rebuild the Mailbox does not apply to the Inbox. I replaced the app from my Leopard disk. The message count is often wrong, but I ignored it. Is this a clue? I save most of my mail, and the size of my Mail folder is 1.45 GB. Is that a factor? Does anyone have any ideas on how to exorcise these ghost messages?! Alvin * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts
You are right that you can't rebuild the inbox. However, expand the inbox (click on the right-pointing triangle next to the inbox) and you should be able to rebuild each of the single account inboxes under the main inbox. If you rebuilt all your inboxes and all of your other mailboxes, you'll get back some space and you won't have the mismatch between messages showing and actual messages as often. I also second the idea of checking your mail via the web. I remember once having a similar type of problem that was caused because the message on the server immediately before the ghost message was corrupted in a way that the mail server couldn't handle. If you can, log into your account on the web and try deleting the ghost messages there as well as anything preceding them that looks suspicious. If that doesn't work, I'd try again to move the messages out and rebuilding the mailbox. This time try it t for just those messages in the problem account, and keep holding the mouse down over the new location when dragging them over until you can see that Mail is ready to move them, because Mail can be very slow in moving a lot of messages. This is particularly true for mailboxes that haven't been rebuilt in a while. Mathew, Thanks for the idea, but when I try to move the messages, they just bounce back to the Inbox. Also, Mail doesn't allow the Inbox to be rebuilt (at least on my machine!). It would be interesting if it's allowable on someone else's machine. Alvin On Nov 3, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote: You might try moving all the messages out of the inbox into another local folder (you can always move them back if you want). With your inbox zeroed out, rebuild the mailbox. Use the web interface for your mail account to make certain the headers or entire messages are not still on the server - if they are, delete them there. Matthew On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2 messages are still listed in the Inbox. box. When I open them, they are blank - ghosts! When I delete them, they remain in the Inbox. When I drag them to another mailbox - Trash, Junk, anything, they remain in the Inbox. I used [command-delete]. Didn't work. I opened the Mail folder in my Home library, and dragged the INBOX.imapmbox folder to the desktop. Mail created another one, and the ghost messages remain, and the Messages folder with in the Inbox folder is empty. I checked Apple and Google, and found a problem like that with AOL mail, and the solution was to update the OS. Both my OS and my Mail program are the latest version. I found a reference to a similar problem, but their solution was to change the type of email account. Rebuild the Mailbox does not apply to the Inbox. I replaced the app from my Leopard disk. The message count is often wrong, but I ignored it. Is this a clue? I save most of my mail, and the size of my Mail folder is 1.45 GB. Is that a factor? Does anyone have any ideas on how to exorcise these ghost messages?! Alvin * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.
Tom is right that RealPlayer/RealOne is an obnoxious piece of crud and shouldn't ever have been installed. If you insist on keeping it, start up Realplayer and disable the Enable web Downloading and Recording option. In Windows, this would be in the Preferences under the Tools menu, so for the Mac I would look in Preferences under the RealPlayer menu. Do this even if you do ultimately decide to junk RealPlayer, because it may have put a browser plugin and/or a startup item in other places in your system. But really, try living without it and see if you miss it. If you must have an external player other than QuickTime, try VLC. Also, some of the media types that you think you need RealPlayer for can be handled by the flip4mac plugin/preference pane. Look them both up at versiontracker.com. Thanks for the input, but anymore productive answer then just get rid of it? Jeff M On Nov 2, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? Should never have allowed it to install in the first place. Have you tried dragging RealPlayer or RealOne Player into the trash and emptying the trash? That is the official uninstall method. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts
Alvin Auerbach sez: Mathew, Thanks for the idea, but when I try to move the messages, they just bounce back to the Inbox. Also, Mail doesn't allow the Inbox to be rebuilt (at least on my machine!). It would be interesting if it's allowable on someone else's machine. Alvin Download OnyX for the Mac OS you have: http://www.titanium.free.fr/index_us.html According to the thread here http://www.tidbits.com/webx?14@@.3cb7a1fc/ 1 it has a selection to force a rebuild of all mailboxes. Check that thread as there may be some other tips you can try as well. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
