Re: [CGUYS] Remote login tool /

I think Windows remote desktop might do it. Aqua Connect should as well - I think the trial is free. On Apr 13, 2009, at 11:15 PM, db wrote: Sorry that I am always asking for OS X recommendations but never the less ... here is another one: If I wanted to be able to login and remotely contr

Re: [CGUYS] Macbook Pro right mouse in XP?

No special software should be needed. I use a logitech trackman marble (a track ball) and have used mice as well. They just worked. What mouse are you using? If you are doing a p2v conversion of an already activated copy it should not prove an issue. One good way is to hook up an exte

[CGUYS] Remote login tool /

Sorry that I am always asking for OS X recommendations but never the less ... here is another one: If I wanted to be able to login and remotely control an OS X iMac (Leopard) from a XP win PC is that possible and if so what application would be best for that purpose? (I think Timbucktu is on

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

The reason I asked this is because a couple times a year, I'll get a publisher document. I have to use MS Windows (I use Virtual PC, since I have a PPC based Mac) in order to open it. I'm just trying to avoid MS Windows. If I had an Intel based Mac, I'd still be trying to avoid using MS Windo

[CGUYS] Conficker: Simple test with your browser!

Hi All!(This info is from Mark Minasi's Newsletter) A guy named Joe Stewart, a fellow who's part of a group of concerned souls called the "Conficker Working Group" -- mostly big-name security and Internet infrastructure folks -- realized that because one of Conficker's side-effects is to bl

Re: [CGUYS] Conficker AntiVirus Sales Stimulus Package

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Richard P. wrote: > It looks like the AntiVirus companies are attempting to profit from > Conficker worm. Both Webroot and Zone Alarm are telling me that I'm > not protected from Conficker and that only they can save me. On April 2, the day after Conficker was

[CGUYS] Macbook Pro right mouse in XP?

I ended up using Bootcamp and installed Windows XP without any trouble on my new Macbook Pro. Everything seems fine except I don't seem to have a right mouse button when I'm in Windows XP. I understand that shift-F10 is a keyboard shortcut,but I would really like to use the mouse for this. I n

Re: [CGUYS] Microsoft Catches Up with Google!

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > Microsoft says that, for February, Live Search and Google had roughly > equal share, at around 48 percent apiece, with little search traffic > going to Yahoo or any of the other search players. If Google doesn't stop informing me that they

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

>What alternative applications recognize iPod? If both iTunes and SongBird crash it suggests that you should be looking at something that both programs have in common. First thing that comes to mind is your USB drivers. When you launch these programs do you have your iPod connected? Do you hav

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

I believe songbird does On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Carl L. Baskerville wrote: > What alternative applications recognize iPod? > > > In a message dated 4/13/2009 12:55:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > ton...@gmail.com writes: > > Don't feel too bad. I too have had nothing but trouble with

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

What alternative applications recognize iPod? In a message dated 4/13/2009 12:55:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ton...@gmail.com writes: Don't feel too bad. I too have had nothing but trouble with iTunes, mostly on XP machines. Fortunately, it's not like the program is actually _needed_ fo

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

I just installed Songbird and it crashed upon launching. In a message dated 4/13/2009 2:40:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, xha...@gmail.com writes: If you can't get itunes working, songbird is a good free alternative. On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Carl L. Baskerville wrote: > > > >

[CGUYS] Microsoft Catches Up with Google!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10217273-56.html Microsoft says that, for February, Live Search and Google had roughly equal share, at around 48 percent apiece, with little search traffic going to Yahoo or any of the other search players. *

Re: [CGUYS] Conficker AntiVirus Sales Stimulus Package

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10019223.html rootkits, spyware, anti-virus + small foot print. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Richard P. wrote: > It looks like the AntiVirus companies are attempting to profit from > Conficker worm. Both Webroot and Zone Alarm are tel

Re: [CGUYS] Mac/PeeCee History [was: Another new Windows ad...]

< http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progress.txt&topic=Software%20Design&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date > An essay about the xerox and apple influence on GUI development written by someone who worked for years at xerox before moving to apple. On Mon, Ap

[CGUYS] Conficker AntiVirus Sales Stimulus Package

It looks like the AntiVirus companies are attempting to profit from Conficker worm. Both Webroot and Zone Alarm are telling me that I'm not protected from Conficker and that only they can save me. The note below is the latest from Webroot. The best part is their warning to not get snagged by emails

Re: [CGUYS] Mac/PeeCee History [was: Another new Windows ad...]

>Xerox wasn't the first to use a mouse. They weren't the first to have GUI. And the Xeros systems lacked the clarity of the Apple systems. Given a mouse and being presented with an Apple-designed screen it was self evident how to operate the system. Presented with a Xerox-designed screen, much

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

> >I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It > >smells to me like iTunes is doing something naughty, > >and Vista catches it but XP did not. > > Isn't this *exactly* what MS used to do when somebody > tried to run Office on DR-DOS? Dark theories, as predicted. Which is more likely

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

>I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It smells to me like >iTunes is doing something naughty, and Vista catches it but XP did not. Isn't this *exactly* what MS used to do when somebody tried to run Office on DR-DOS?

[CGUYS] I want my XP back! [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

>> Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back! I too want my XP back too! About 2 weeks ago I lost the ability to download files from web pages. Now I have to go to Options and set the domain as a trusted website before I can download. If the file is an executable it can't be run unt

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Search 4.0 - search box

The first thing I thought of was the right-click menu, but didn't find anything recognizable. I will reinstall it and see what happens this time. Thanks for the info on what should be there. There was lots of other stuff for customizing the Task Bar on the right-click menu. Fred Hlmes At 11

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

The zune hd if it exists isn't a competitor for whatever apple is doing with 10" screens...not much of one within it's own class for that matter. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > Bill originally wrote software for Apple, then was approached by IBM. > QDOS > > was purchased

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Wind

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Re: [CGUYS] Windows Search 4.0 - search box

Thanks for the tip! I had also uninstalled Windows Search for the same reason. Now it's back and out of the way, thanks to your advice. Richard P. On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: >> Is there any way to remove the very intrusive search box that Windows >> Search 4.0 puts on

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Wind

If my kneeds don't work I'll get a kneed replacement. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > Yes, profanation of the deity is frowned upon by our Microsoft minders > and may be severely punished. You will certainly be entered into their > database of malcontents. You may get the p

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Bill originally wrote software for Apple, then was approached by IBM. QDOS > was purchased, not written, by Bill; and QDOS was a rip off of CPM. Windows > was a rip off of Mac OS. AFAIK, Bill never came up with an original OS. I've recently read that MS is racing to produce a copy of the iTouch

Re: [CGUYS] win 7 was: Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows

>>From Microsoft: >ns.aspx> Do you think MS is amassing a database of people who are apt to steal their software? I can't think of a better way to do it. ***

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Wind

>Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term "Windoze"? You used it 3 >times in your last post. I assume this is a reference to the Microsoft >Windows family of operating systems (it would be pronounced the same). If >it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > I'm not quite sure who you intended that for, John, but those were in > material that I quoted--they aren't mine. > > With all due respect, it was Reid Katan. > > * *

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

> Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term "Windoze"? > You used it 3 times in your last post. I assume this is a > reference to the Microsoft Windows family of operating > systems (it would be pronounced the same). If it's an attempt > to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an at

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

> > The Windows version of iTunes is just, well, bad > > software, as far as I can tell. > > What do you suppose that is? I've got it running on three different > versions of Windoze (2K, XP, 7) with no problems whatsoever. It's > slower than molasses on the 2K computer (P3 450), but it runs. >

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term "Windoze"? You used it 3 times in your last post. I assume this is a reference to the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems (it would be pronounced the same). If it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as I ca

[CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

Quoting Chris Dunford : Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back! I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It smells to me like iTunes is doing something naughty, and Vista catches it but XP did not. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Moreover, it was XP machines on w

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

Quoting "Carl L. Baskerville" : Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back! Although not much of an answer to your question, have you tried Songbird? It's Mozilla's answer to iTunes, and looks (to me) very much like iTunes. Other than that. . .I guess

Re: [CGUYS] Launching iTunes on Windows Vista

> Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back! I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It smells to me like iTunes is doing something naughty, and Vista catches it but XP did not. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Moreover, it was XP machines on which iTunes gave us nothin