Re: [CGUYS] Creative ASIO device error message

2009-01-16 Thread Robert
Tom Piwowar wrote: My question is: can I make the following changes to the registry of Windows XP Home without fear of creating a big problem? I do have and regularly use a registry cleaner. Doesn't help with this problem. Which one? The one that I use is called Registry

[CGUYS] Creative ASIO device error message

2009-01-14 Thread Robert
My question is: can I make the following changes to the registry of Windows XP Home without fear of creating a big problem? I purchased the latest version of a PC movie maker program (Pinnacle Studio 12) and every time I start the program I receive 5 error messages saying: The Creative ASIO

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 Public Beta: 1st Major Blooper

2009-01-09 Thread Robert
I'm not trying to start an argument, but I have had a problem with the Creative Zen mp3 player. Bought one for my daughter last Xmas because it (unlike the iPod or the Zune) can download and play audio novels from the public library. A few months later the LCD screen cracked without

Re: [CGUYS] Where to buy PC memory?

2009-01-08 Thread Robert
I am the original poster of this thread. Thanks to all who replied to my questions. In case anyone cares, (1) Crucial.com lists memory for the HP Pavillion a6600z for $23 for 2 GB card; (2) datamem.com does not sell memory for HP a6600z; (3) haven't looked at OtherWorld yet; (4)

[CGUYS] How to make a Mac computer view wmv files?

2009-01-03 Thread Robert
My daughter has a Macbook Pro laptop. She says she can't view WMV video files. Is there a way to view them on the Mac? If not, what video format can be viewed? RealVideo? Mpeg? * ** List info, subscription

[CGUYS] Where to buy PC memory?

2009-01-03 Thread Robert
I bought a new HP model a6600z desktop computer for my daughter (to replace an old desktop that couldn't recognize its optical drive no matter how much I tried to fix it). Windows 64-bit Vista Home Premium OS. The computer has two memory slots, both filled with 1 GB memory cards. To get 3

Re: [CGUYS] New Vista computer experiences

2008-12-28 Thread Robert
don't need to turn off UAC to install anything. If it's able to be installed on 64bit it will...UAC doesn't have anything to do with it. Mike On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Robert carrollcompu...@gmail.com wrote: This must be the problem that I have installing older software on a Vista 64

Re: [CGUYS] New Vista computer experiences

2008-12-27 Thread Robert
This must be the problem that I have installing older software on a Vista 64-bit computer that I just bought. When I insert the application CD, a message appears that I don't have administration rights to install the software. According to the MS link that you provided, the only way to

[CGUYS] Dell XPS and Vista 64 bit

2008-12-10 Thread Robert
I was browsing the Dell website for an XPS desktop, and found that all the XPS machines come with Vista 64-bit OS, whether I select an Intel 2 Duo or a quad-core processor. The 32-bit version of Vista is not offered. Do these processors require 64-bit OS to function? I have a lot of old

[CGUYS] Reinstalling Windows XP

2008-11-28 Thread Robert
This is a continuation thread of a problem that started two or three months ago. What has gone before: Daughter took PC to college; sometime thereafter optical drive failed to work. Drive does not appear in My Computer. Device Manager says driver is corrupt or missing. Does not seem to be

Re: [CGUYS] How to forward email message to gmail?

2008-11-15 Thread Robert
Jeff Wright wrote: I want to find a way to forward multiple email messages from my work email account to gmail for storage. By this, I mean that I want the messages in gmail to appear listed individually in the same way that they are received in my work email. Why? Because my work email has a

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-11-01 Thread Robert
On Cox cable (I'm the one considering switching to Verizon fios) the InternetFrog shows download speed 4.45 Mbps and upload 2.29. gerald wrote: on the wva sites i show 9.8 2.1 on the internet frog i showed 8.2 2.78. big ratio difference. maybe the way the sites look at things and

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-11-01 Thread Robert
P.S., I tried the InternetFrog a second time with Cox cable, and got these results: download 6.76 Mbps, upload 2.36 Mbps. Actually, after several repeats of the test, these numbers are more typical of these tests than the earlier one that I originally posted. So happens on the first post,

[CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

2008-10-30 Thread Robert
A door-to-door salesman showed up at my hovel today to sell me Verizon's internet, TV, and phone package using FIOS. I know FIOS transmission is supposed to be quicker than cable, but I don't know if I would actually benefit from getting it. To ask those who know, what improvement (if any)

Re: [CGUYS] Installing fonts for Windows

2008-10-23 Thread Robert
Thanks for info. My problem is that I don't know which are installed and which aren't. There are about 2000 typefaces. What happens if I follow your instructions to select all of them but about 600 are already installed? Jeff Wright wrote: I want to install new typefaces fonts on a

[CGUYS] Start menu on Windows XP question

2008-10-15 Thread Robert
I have a 5-year old desktop PC using Windows XP Home. The Start Menu (to get a list of All Programs to launch) displays all the installed programs in a listing by columns. If there are more programs than can be listed in a single column, a second column is listed to the right of the first,

Re: [CGUYS] digital TV converter box

2008-10-14 Thread Robert
Where did you get it? Constance Warner wrote: This may not be exactly a propos, but we bought a new VCR with a digital tuner in it. Much to our surprise, we picked up digital signals as soon as we installed it, using an old window-mounted analog antenna. Unfortunately, we can't tell whether

Re: [CGUYS] Help fuddy-duddy with VCR question

2008-10-14 Thread Robert
A follow-up on my question about finding a replacement device for my broken VCR that will work with both broadcast digital signals and satellite signals. After much searching, I have concluded there is no replacement for a VCR. Searching Google for a VCR with digital tuner there is only one

Re: [CGUYS] GPS advice

2008-10-13 Thread Robert
Maybe I misunderstand, but are you asking about a GPS? I have a Garmin and like it very much. There are many ways to plan a trip. There is an extensive list of places -- universities, restaurants, churches, theaters, gas stations, and very many more that may be selected as a destination.

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-13 Thread Robert
Tony B wrote: A digital clock doesn't slow down when the battery gets low. It either runs or it doesn't. I guess any battery eventually dies, but no, I've never replaced a cmos battery, presumably because the boards are replaced first. My oldest running system is about 7 (?) years old now - an

Re: [CGUYS] Help fuddy-duddy with VCR question

2008-10-09 Thread Robert
Betty, What is the name of the DVD recorder? When I Google Samsung DVD recorder I get only links to camcorders. When I visit the Samsung web site, there is no product there that looks like a digital VCR using DVD disks or hard drives. b_s-wilk wrote: I wouldn't buy a combo recorder.

[CGUYS] Help fuddy-duddy with VCR question

2008-10-07 Thread Robert
My VHS VCR of about 10 years just died, and my VCR with S-VHS appears likely to die shortly. Oh! All my tapes of my children that I intended to transfer to DVD from 20 years ago but never did may be lost; recording the latest presidential debate tonight might not happen if the S-VHS fails.

[CGUYS] Still trouble with optical drive

2008-10-01 Thread Robert
This is a follow-up of the original message about a failed optical drive on a custom-built PC. My freshman daughter in college reported that her optical drive -- CD/DVD burner -- was unusable, didn't appear in My Computer, and gave an error message Windows cannot load the device driver for

Re: [CGUYS] Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots

2008-09-23 Thread Robert
There was not enough information in the link for me to conclude how effective the experiment was. For example, the article did not say if the students were using their own computer or someone else's computer, such as a school computer. If the latter case, then a student might well decide

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: Large hadron collider views...

2008-09-13 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 04:31 PM 9/13/2008, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html Black hole, schmack hole! I refuse to let this European fuck-up harsh my weekend mellow. I mean, just because the world is about to end in an unstoppable gravitational collapse

[CGUYS] MacBook Pro warranty

2008-09-12 Thread Robert
Daughter bought a MacBook Pro a year ago and purchased a 3-year warranty. Now, (1) DVD burner sometimes works, sometimes doesn't and (2) there are dead pixels showing on the screen. She went to the Apple store in Tysons Corner, waited 3 hours to see someone, and was told to burn all the data

Re: [CGUYS] MacBook Pro warranty

2008-09-12 Thread Robert
, but in the meantime Jave found it does well with Sony -R CDs and dvds for some reason. Charles On Sep 12, 2008, at 17:12, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daughter bought a MacBook Pro a year ago and purchased a 3-year warranty. Now, (1) DVD burner sometimes works, sometimes doesn't and (2

Re: [CGUYS] LHC

2008-09-09 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 05:04 PM 9/9/2008, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So in a little over seven hours the Large Hadron Collider will be switched on...any takers on if we'll all survive? I've set up a google alert to my cell phone for the big event. The question is if all goes wrong, will I get the msg before

Re: [CGUYS] Chrome glitches?

2008-09-07 Thread Robert
I am developing a web site. I found that Chrome -- I downloaded just for testing -- apparently does not recognize the embed statement in html. While embed is not standard html, it is how audio and video gets played on a web site. Firefox, IE, and Opera all recognize embed. Paul Meyer

Re: [CGUYS] Chrome glitches?

2008-09-07 Thread Robert
. You can see my web site, still not completed, at http://www.riversidesax.info/ John DeCarlo wrote: On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am developing a web site. I found that Chrome -- I downloaded just for testing -- apparently does not recognize

Re: [CGUYS] Chrome glitches?

2008-09-07 Thread Robert
Tom Piwowar wrote: I am developing a web site. I found that Chrome -- I downloaded just for testing -- apparently does not recognize the embed statement in html. While embed is not standard html, it is how audio and video gets played on a web site. Firefox, IE, and Opera all recognize

Re: [CGUYS] Tom Piwowar for President

2008-09-03 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 03:21 AM 9/3/2008, John McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should only be one name on the short list for VP John Gilroy! The Piwowar/Gilroy ticket would be like a reunion of Lennon and Macartney. Between John and Tom, which one is the dead guy? Hard for me to tell, just by

Re: [CGUYS] Computer back up?

2008-09-01 Thread Robert
So happens that I was looking last night a Newegg for a USB external hard drive, and I discovered that these drives cost about $80 -- $100 regardless of whether they were 300 GB or 500 GB; the 100 GB size cost about $60 -- $90. If it were me, I would buy the 500 GB or larger at a cost of

Re: [CGUYS] Computer back up?

2008-09-01 Thread Robert
1, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So happens that I was looking last night a Newegg for a USB external hard drive, and I discovered that these drives cost about $80 -- $100 regardless of whether they were 300 GB or 500 GB; the 100 GB size cost about $60 -- $90. If it were me

Re: [CGUYS] Tom Piwowar for President

2008-09-01 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 01:10 PM 9/1/2008, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who should I pander to? You should pander to me: Your old pal, Bob. Should I consider a hermaphrodite who uses a PC at work and a Mac at home? No, you shouldn't. Proper pandering requires you to give me cash, not

Re: [CGUYS] Newbie at domain name/web hosting asks simple quest

2008-08-31 Thread Robert
Well, I have already registered the domain name for one year at a cost of $2 so that I can't now stay away. But the web host is a different company, 3essentials. Tom Piwowar wrote: It is ironic that I have gotten very little spam as a result of my public domain registration, but I have

[CGUYS] Newbie at domain name/web hosting asks simple question

2008-08-30 Thread Robert
Newbie at making a web site (better said: at creating a new domain name web hosting) has registered a domain name (godaddy) and paid for web hosting (3essentials). Godaddy wants me to pay an additional $9 per year to them for privacy for the domain name. Is it worth it?

Re: [CGUYS] How to fix a missing optical drive on a PC?

2008-08-27 Thread Robert
Thanks for the speedy reply. I've emailed daughter to ask about her installing any new programs. Is it possible that a program can cause a problem with the optical drive on one computer but not on another? The last program installed on daughter's computer that Dad paid for is Adobe

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

2008-08-25 Thread Robert
b_s-wilk wrote: There are so many eBay stores with Buy It Now prices better than ending auction prices, and other sites with great prices. Betty --- Agreed. I always search for a good price from a source other than eBay, and many times I can find one that is sells the same item cheaper

[CGUYS] Testing my new Computer Guys email account

2008-08-21 Thread Robert
For the third or fourth time I have been automatically unsubscribed to this listserv because, the notice says, messages have been bounced back from my Cox email account. Each time before I resubscribed, but this time I have set up a gmail account for receiving listserv messages. This message

Re: [CGUYS] Testing my new Computer Guys email account

2008-08-21 Thread Robert
been using gmail for this for years. Just don't expect to see your own messages until someone replies. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] Testing my new Computer Guys email account -- P.S.

2008-08-21 Thread Robert
in the Thunderbird folder. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Post successful. I've been using gmail for this for years. Just don't expect to see your own messages until someone replies. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [CGUYS] FiOS installation

2008-08-07 Thread Robert
Eric S. Sande wrote: Fiber spans rarely fail, unless inadvertently cut. If the fiber optic is cut, can it be spliced back into service like a cut copper wire? Or does a whole new line have to be run? * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-06 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 10:12 AM 8/5/2008, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In order for secularism, whatever in hell THAT means, to be a religion, it must have some set of relatively well-settled articles of faith which have been organized into a more or less formal, and, in any event,

Re: [CGUYS] Meaning of ZoneAlarm message?

2008-08-05 Thread Robert
Thank you for the detailed information. Here is the info: My computer: ipaddress 192.168.1.3; subnet mask 255.255.255.0; default gateway 192.168.1.1 Daughter's computer ipaddress 192.168.1.2; other addresses same. Looking at ZoneAlarm Log Viewer on my computer, each instance is either my

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 11:44 PM 8/3/2008, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this to say the censoring of anything only comes from the religious? I was addressing the forms of censorship that Stewart was discussing. Those are, for the reasons I described, motivated by religious beliefs, on the one hand, and

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 08:16 PM 8/3/2008, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have a problem with organized religion. What problem is that, Stewart? Please enlighten me. I happen to ADORE both the free exercise and establishment clauses of the First Amendment. Your right and my right to

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 03:57 PM 8/4/2008, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct about the fairness doctrine, it has nothing to do with censorship but rather a free market vs government regulated market. I disagree, Mike, because of your use of the term market. The legal philosophy in this country,

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 07:07 AM 8/4/2008, John Emmerling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert, Bob, please. As a fellow secularist, I have to point out that this type of confrontational arguing serves to discredit us in the eyes of most US citizens. No, it doesn't. And, even if it did, how would you

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 07:14 AM 8/4/2008, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way some would view secularism as its own religion. Which just goes to show you how desperate some theocrat wannabes can get. In order for secularism, whatever in hell THAT means, to be a religion, it must

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 03:43 PM 8/4/2008, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our federal government is supposed to reflect that choice by the laws it passes. This is not always the case and people may disagree with it. I disagree with the supposed to part. They have a number of democratic ideals, and a

[CGUYS] Meaning of ZoneAlarm message?

2008-08-03 Thread Robert
For about 2 weeks I have been getting frequent messages from ZoneAlarm that says it has blocked internet access (NetBIOS session) from 192.168.1.2 (TCP Port 3680), (TCP Flags: S). These messages appear 4 or 5 times a day. There is no more information, so I don't know what causes ZoneAlarm to

Re: [CGUYS] Meaning of ZoneAlarm message?

2008-08-03 Thread Robert
See below. Tom Piwowar wrote: For about 2 weeks I have been getting frequent messages from ZoneAlarm that says it has blocked internet access (NetBIOS session) from 192.168.1.2 (TCP Port 3680), (TCP Flags: S). These messages appear 4 or 5 times a day. 192.168.1.2 is a non-routable

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-03 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
Beginning: At 08:22 PM 8/2/2008, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can everyone here do me a favor and quit bashing religion. No. When religion deserves not to be bashed, people, generally speaking, I predict, will stop bashing it. But this is America, Stewart. You're

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-03 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
Conclusion: China which is not a Christian nation has a very strict moral code on what is allowed and what is not. I can give you many examples out there. I don't think there are any examples to give. Just because you, or they, call it a moral code doesn't make it one. Particularly

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-03 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 07:43 PM 8/3/2008, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sociology 101 Morals = Ethics. Extant mammals = Unicorns. I gave you examples of clearly unethical behaviors that might have been moral, assuming morals exist, but, rather than consider them on their merits, such

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-02 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 08:54 AM 8/1/2008, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bluenoses are merely looking for some way to justify hating you... I is not at all limited to sexually explicit material. I agree completely with you, which uses up my Agreement With Tom quota for the decade, but I only

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-02 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 02:32 PM 8/2/2008, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed..so we should allow the posting of 50 year old men having sex with nine year old boys? Interesting image. How/Why did you come up with it? Have you ever actually seen anything like that? Do you know anyone who has? How can you

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-07-31 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 06:49 PM 7/31/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wasn't that settled by Potter Stewart who said, I can't define it but I know it when I see it!! I don't think anyone with an adult level of cultural and sociological sophistication (which, if you trust most of the opinions of those who

[CGUYS] Problem with Zonealarm

2008-07-13 Thread Robert
I was away for 3 weeks, and when yesterday I booted up my two PC computers at home, Windows XP did an update. Now I am unable to connect to the internet unless I shut off Zone Alarm. This is on both computers. Any advice for fixing this?

[CGUYS] When to buy a new PC?

2008-07-12 Thread Robert
I have an older Dell XPS Gen 2 computer with Windows XP Home --3 GHz Pentium 4, 1 Meg DDRAM, about 1.5 terabytes disk drives, about 250 GB internal: the rest external. Very, very many applications, most used frequently. These include graphics, video processing, mathematical processing (e.g.,

Re: [CGUYS] Just another cell phone service question

2008-06-27 Thread Robert Dana
http://www.workingassets.com/FAQs.aspx They are reselling Sprint: http://www.workingassets.com/FAQs.aspx So reliability / coverage should be identical with Sprint. On the plus side, you don't have to deal with Sprint's customer service. -Robert -Original Message- From: Paula Minor

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Robert Dana
is the Snapgear SG560, but Sonicwall also does this well (with appropriate upgrades). -Robert * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-17 Thread Robert
I ran the upgrade adviser and it shows only 15 of my applications won't work with Vista -- better than I had expected. There were no device problems except for Bluetooth which won't work with Vista. Chris Dunford wrote: I haven't tried Vista yet, but I think one problem might be that some

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-16 Thread Robert
mike wrote: Does anyone know why anyone wants to avoid vista on new machines? What is the problem? Mike I haven't tried Vista yet, but I think one problem might be that some software doesn't work for Vista as it does for XP. I'd like to see a list of software that doesn't work with

Re: [CGUYS] Missing messages

2008-06-07 Thread Robert
I got only six of the nine SATA messages, and I am using Cox. Jeff Wright wrote: To update on the piss-poor spam filtering that Comcast is using, it continues with a new twist. I'm getting *some* messages on threads, but not all at times. For instance, Tony's thread on SATA drivers, I only

[CGUYS] Test

2008-06-02 Thread Robert
I'm getting no messages since May 29. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] how to configure Windows XP to share files, printers?

2008-05-09 Thread Robert
My Zone Alarm version is 7.0.470 Larry Sacks wrote: Ok...there's a couple of issues here. I'll respond some now and more later... What version of ZoneAlarm do you have? I've got it at home and in case they're the same (or close) I might be able to tell you exactly what to do. But the basic

Re: [CGUYS] how to configure Windows XP to share files, printers?

2008-05-08 Thread Robert
Roy Ackerman,Ph.D.,P.Ch.E.,E.A. wrote: Professional or Home? Home is flaky- professional works just fine. One computer has Windows XP Home, the other Professional. * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] how to configure Windows XP to share files, printers?

2008-05-08 Thread Robert
Thank you very much for the detailed instructions. I plan to try them tomorrow. But as of now (not turning the zone alarm firewall off), I don't see any place to click as you suggest in My Network Places. My computer is the one with Windows XP Home. In My Network Places, I see two folders

[CGUYS] how to configure Windows XP to share files, printers?

2008-05-07 Thread Robert
I've spent some time Googling but can't find an answer. I have two computers that access the internet via a wired router that is connected to a cable modem. I want to share files between the two computers, and a printer. I have run Windows XP Network Setup Wizard on both computers, but I

Re: [CGUYS] tool size

2008-05-05 Thread Robert
Tony B wrote: I suppose I really should know better than to question the size of someone's tools. Were this a carpentry list, and I dared suggest those with smaller hammers were just as productive as those with bigger ones, I imagine the small firestorm from a very few people would be about the

Re: [CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton

2008-05-02 Thread Robert Dana
you like. -Robert -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 4:23 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] kaspersky?? is it safe - is it better than Norton I currently use Kaspersky

Re: [CGUYS] Cash in the EU

2008-04-30 Thread Robert
rlsimon wrote: Does anyone know if the best way to get spending cash in the EU while on travel from the US is to use a bank card or charge card at an ATM as far as rate of exchange, etc.?? IMHO, ATM and debit cards are the best way to convert, followed by credit cards. Credit cards may

Re: [CGUYS] Cash in the EU

2008-04-30 Thread Robert
rlsimon wrote: On purchases, I get a rebate, yes. But, alas, not for withdrawal of cash at an atm. I have the option of doing a wire transfer to my family member's bank there but I don't know if the rate will be a wholesale conversion rate like with the credit/atm cards or another less

Re: [CGUYS] Cash in the EU

2008-04-30 Thread Robert
b_s-wilk wrote: snip We had to pay cash for an apartment we rented for a few weeks last summer. Took three days to come up with 900 euros, since the clown ATMs wouldn't give us more than 200 euros each day, and we had three different credit cards but, the clown bank ATM wouldn't take my Chase

Re: [CGUYS] Need Help to Make a PDF with a Small File Size

2008-04-26 Thread Robert
Send it via YouSendIt.com http://www.yousendit.com/ Alvin Auerbach wrote: I've made a Real Estate Fact Sheet PDF for my GF, which looks nice but is too large to email to her. The first page has five color photos and weighs in at 25 MB. My tools are a G5 iMac running Mac OS 10.5.2,

Re: [CGUYS] Crash dump on Vista

2008-04-13 Thread Robert
Well, I am ignorant, so I will post my opinion. I don't have Vista but Windows XP instead. I get a blue screen about once a month. I don't bother with waiting for the save feature -- 140 pages, can't remember. I just reboot the computer and everything is OK until the next blue screen.

[CGUYS] Good web source for still images

2008-04-04 Thread Robert
I know that there are a few photographers graphic designers here, so this is a question. What is the best way to locate still images on the web? I have used searches on Google images and Alta Vista images; sometimes one is better than the other, but they are not consistently better. Is

[CGUYS] bittorrent with Opera

2008-03-28 Thread Robert
I was intrigued with several earlier posts here, first about free movie downloads in public domain and then about bittorrent. So I decided to investigate. I found a web site that said that the web browser Opera supported bittorrent, so I went to a web site that had free downloads with

Re: [CGUYS] classic movie downloads

2008-03-23 Thread Robert
Tony B wrote: I was helping a neighbor with her new broadband today and she's into classic movies. So I started telling her about the internet. But everything we could scare up on a Google search seems to want you to watch stuff on their site. Is anyone aware of any sites that are geared toward

Re: [CGUYS] can't view YouTube -- ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-22 Thread Robert
Tom Piwowar wrote: Bad news. Your browser test looks almost exactly like mine and nothing looks wrong. I have an older version of Shockwave (10.1 vs. 10.2) and newer version of QuickTime (7.04 vs. 7.2) than you do. That does not explain your YouTube problem. Does anyone see anything amiss in

Re: [CGUYS] can't view YouTube -- was ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-22 Thread Robert
As I mentioned in previous messages, I can't see any YouTube videos or flashes but can view flash from other sites. As an addendum, I am unable to use the travel site SideStep http://www.sidestep.com/ because it works OK until the search is completed and the results to be displayed disappear

Re: [CGUYS] ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-21 Thread Robert
I can't view this link. The message says that either JavaScript is turned off or I have an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Downloaded latest version, still same message. How to I check to see if Java Script is turned off? Using Firefox with Windows XP. Jeff Wright wrote: Did someone

Re: [CGUYS] ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-21 Thread Robert
I found out how to enable JavaScript using the You Tube help. It was already enabled. I still can't see this video nor any other video on YouTube. What's wrong? Jeff Wright wrote: Did someone say food fight? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yldqNkGfo

Re: [CGUYS] can't view YouTube -- was ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-21 Thread Robert
It seems that it is only YouTube that I can't view flash videos. I went to several other sites with flash video and Mozilla Firefox plays them all. I have searched Google for a cause but can find no link that might explain why the YouTube message that either JavaScript is turned off or I

Re: [CGUYS] can't view YouTube -- ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-21 Thread Robert
Tom, Thanks for your reply. First, I guess that YouTube is showing a video, not a flash, that I can't view. But none of the videos nor the flash files can I view on YouTube, but I can view both on other sites. I visited your link, below, and got this result: 1 Browser type and version

Re: [CGUYS] Music from Minidisc to PC

2008-03-13 Thread Robert
is 15 hours, the battery is charged via USB cable whenever it is connected to the PC, mp3 files can be transferred and played by the minidisc, and editing of the minidisc tracks can be done on the PC. Robert Michael Abrams wrote: Before I go to Best Buy or Circuit City with this issue, I'd

[CGUYS] Music from MiniDisc to PC

2008-03-12 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 11:44 PM 3/11/2008, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot about Audacity...good free program also. I downloaded Audacity 1.2.6 (rather than the ß-version upgrade), and will try to install it later today. Thanks very much for the suggestions in your previous post. I'm

[CGUYS] Music from Minidisc to PC

2008-03-11 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
Before I go to Best Buy or Circuit City with this issue, I'd like to bounce it off folks who I trust to give me reasonable answer, if they have one, and who will say so if they don't. Here goes: I run WinXP (SP2, IIRC) and have RealPlayer 11.01 (Build 6.0.14.794, but who's

[CGUYS] Music from MiniDisc to PC

2008-03-11 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
A friend of mine on another list came up with these links: http://www.sweetadelines.org.uk/docs/how_to_minidisc.pdf http://forums.minidisc.org/ Even though I'm still open to any other suggestions, the first link might just do the trick, and the second seems like a nice

[CGUYS] More trouble about my daughter's computer

2008-03-08 Thread Robert
I have posted here before about my college student daughter giving her desktop computer to my high-school student because the college student got a MacBook Pro. The desktop was a local custom build PC. It has Windows XP Pro OS. Strange things are happening with the new computer. (The

[CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-04 Thread Robert
In a recent post on this listserv, I asked about increasing memory on an old computer that my high school daughter was using. That computer was: Dell Optiplex GX240 1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache Bus 100 MHz. The consensus was that the computer was too old to try to upgrade

[CGUYS] Memory upgrade advice sought

2008-02-18 Thread Robert
I have an older desktop computer for my daughter's use which was adequate until she is now in high school. She complains that she can't play on-line games because the computer is too slow. I'm wondering if additional RAM would help, and if so whether it is worth buying for such an old

Re: [CGUYS] Wikipedia defies 180,000 demands to remove images of the Prophet

2008-02-18 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 08:57 AM 2/18/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't dispute your basic premise, however I think it's unfair to label those who are offended by the public display of these images as extremists. Islam (to my limited understanding) has a fundamental objection to graven images and depictions

Re: [CGUYS] Wikipedia defies 180,000 demands to remove images of the Prophet

2008-02-16 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 05:01 PM 2/16/2008, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, is refusing to remove medieval artistic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, despite being flooded with complaints from Muslims demanding the images be deleted. http://tinyurl.com/2f9q7w

[CGUYS] USB drivers missing

2008-02-13 Thread Robert
This morning an ice storm hit my house and the power went out. After it was restored, my computer wouldn't boot because the setup menu was all changed (hard drives not recognized, etc.) I restored everything but now can't get the USB ports working. The driver is not found in Device Manager.

Re: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing

2008-02-13 Thread Robert
' sequence or download the latest BIOS upgrade from your manufacturer. (be VERY careful to get the right one!) Good Luck! - Brian - Original Message - From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing This morning an ice storm hit my house and the power went out. After

Re: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing

2008-02-13 Thread Robert
Yes, there is now no error message. Brian Jones wrote: Has your error message disappared? - Original Message - From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing I followed your advice about unplugging the USB devices. I also unplugged the power supply even

Re: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing

2008-02-13 Thread Robert
Now that my USB problem appears to be solved on my Windows XP desktop, a further question. I earlier mentioned that I had to reset the Setup because after the power failure there were no drives were found, the date and time were wrong, the RAID controller had be switched on, etc. I restored

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