[CGUYS] online storage

2009-10-31 Thread Tony B
I think you're misunderstanding the concept. If you're the type of person that needs to read email when offline, then simply enable local saving. Nobody's forcing you to keep a single copy online. But have you seen modern cell coverage maps of the country? What part are you in that you can't get y

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora 8, Beta 7

2009-10-31 Thread Tony B
If you're arguing Eudora vs. Outlook I think you're preaching to the choir. But none of these are good arguments against say, gmail via the web interface. *) No installation required *) You can save attachments on all your machines, a year from now if you want *) No need to keep track of mailfolde

Re: [CGUYS] online storage

2009-11-02 Thread Tony B
Don't fall for this. The person claimed he needed to read his emails when he wasn't online. I pointed out the fallacy involved. Namely, that if he had a job that *really* required this, he could get cell coverage over most of the country. Of course, it turned out he really has no such need, and is

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-02 Thread Tony B
Yes, flash drives - or hard drives of any type - can and do fail suddenly and without warning. That's not a problem if you're just using them to transport files. And it shouldn't be a problem if you're doing regular backups to them, since you should be warned of failure when writing data. But do no

Re: [CGUYS] online storage

2009-11-02 Thread Tony B
Why don't you guys start your own thread to whine about cell phones? I started this thread to discuss online storage - "the cloud". Serious topic hijacking. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, priv

Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!

2009-11-03 Thread Tony B
I was only making a side point, not inviting a bash-fest of cell phone companies. But thanks for bringing us back on topic. In fact, I just got our bill for our company backups - it was $1.78 last month on Amazon S3 (you only pay for what you use). Mozy and others offer free limited storage, which

Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!

2009-11-03 Thread Tony B
Our backups in the cloud are certainly under OUR control. Well, mine anyway. I tell it what to backup online, and if I need to access it, I do. Yes, I suppose Google et al, could announce tomorrow that they'll be charging for gmail. But why live life based around what some company *might* do in th

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-03 Thread Tony B
If I ever get a netbook with XP on it, and have the urge to try to put Win7 on it, I'll be sure to install it to a new drive so I can run a few benchmarks myself. Or not. Anyway, there are more realistic tests out there involving desktops, most of which show Win7 to be much faster. e.g. here's a >

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe Now the Feds Will Pay Attention to Cybercrime?

2009-11-03 Thread Tony B
Really badly written article, linking to at least one other of the same type. It wants us to believe Al Qaeda is hiding around every corner in cyberspace waiting to steal from us. But the only real example it gives is of a guy that raised money legally - by taking out loans and credit cards. I br

Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!

2009-11-03 Thread Tony B
Why are you adding all that unrelated stuff together? Just to make a point with people that can't add??? If you're tired of hearing about cloud computing then you're on the wrong list. On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:57 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > Online backups: > $1.78-$4.60 per month for backup service,

Re: [CGUYS] Drop My Rights

2009-11-04 Thread Tony B
It was a clever method to trick WinXP into running Firefox with lower than administrator rights. The idea being that would lower the risk of having malware installed. Alas, it worked too well. You couldn't even update Firefox with it running in restricted mode. I worked around that myself for a wh

Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!

2009-11-04 Thread Tony B
No, I've never seen the name as derogatory. Most 'clouds' are good, aren't they? On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > The "cloud" name is new, but it's a revamped version of an old idea. I'm > just waiting for the new, new name for it. "Cloud" is a bad name. Too > nebulous. The nam

Re: [CGUYS] Drop My Rights

2009-11-04 Thread Tony B
Yes, this is called UAC (user access control?) and offers several levels of sensitivity in Win7. I set mine to the highest, most paranoid notch. A little window pops up asking if it's okay to run the app as an administrator. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: > Is there a conveni

[CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread Tony B
Did I miss something? I don't own a cell phone so I'm not real interested in that discussion, and I sure don't want to read the review, but is this some sort of new tech? How and why does a cell phone take pictures of itself? On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, John Emmerling wrote: > Finally, he is

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-07 Thread Tony B
I've installed 64 bit Win7 on my own machine at home and one machine at work. I never do an in-place upgrade, so these technically aren't "upgrades". However, my comp had Vista and the work comps have all been XP. I'm going to try it on an old Dell XP laptop soon, just to see if it handles any bet

Re: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID

2009-11-07 Thread Tony B
Then no, under no circumstances should you consider a RAID. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Michael Wosnick wrote: > Fair point. It is a bit of an all-purpose, really. Multiple home users, main > hub of a home network, and for me, a lot of Office apps, multimedia and > movies, and multitasking.

Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal

2009-11-08 Thread Tony B
It's only illegal if you don't already own a qualifying product. You may remember when I installed Win7 on this machine I had to call MS. They specifically walked me through installing my upgrade product to a new bare drive. But I was replacing Vista; just not to the same drive. On Sun, Nov 8, 20

Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal

2009-11-08 Thread Tony B
I have no idea what you're talking about, unless you're just being sarcastic. But I thought I'd point out that an annual re-installation of the OS hasn't been advisable since the old Win9x days. The whole WinNT line has always normally been stable enough to run for years. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 7

Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Tony B
You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > When I got home

Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Tony B
Well, perhaps your PDA can use the increased speed of USB2; that's not surprising. But neither your mouse nor keyboard can operate faster than USB1 speed. >> Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. > > I mentioned the version of the USB port, because, I have a USB cable > connected to one

Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal

2009-11-10 Thread Tony B
By the time you talk biannually then at that point there would also be hardware issues like new motherboards to prompt a clean install. Note that my workstations, not connected to the internet, or subject to constant program installs, will run as fresh in a few years when it's replaced as it did on

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers & Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread Tony B
>It wasn't immediately clear how Microsoft uncovered the users' modifications. Until the technique is explained, there's not much to comment on. It's only half a story. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM, tjpa wrote: > Microsoft Boots 1 Million Xbox 360 Players Over Piracy Fears > http://money.cnn

Re: [CGUYS] Word 7 to word 3

2009-11-11 Thread Tony B
Is this a question? You made the mistake of saving from Word 7 as a .doc file. You need to save as a .txt (plain text) file if you want to be able to open it in Word 3. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Marcio wrote: > Here I am good guys. I sent to myself through e-mail a text I wrote in MS > W

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread Tony B
Yes, with nearly 10 percent of the market to Google's 70%, I'd say the headline is accurate. After all, every time Apple market pushes 5% to MS's 90%, you proclaim the end of MS. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:00 PM, tjpa wrote: > Read the headline. Read the story. Tell me if this head fits on this b

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems

2009-11-16 Thread Tony B
I too understood that LCD monitors can't have burn-in. But exactly what is this 'persistence'? Clearly it's not burn-in, since that's a permanent condition of the phosphors and cannot be fixed short of replacing the crt. I'd like to hear some sort of an explanation of this phenomenon, and perhaps

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems

2009-11-16 Thread Tony B
I dunno, he kind of dances around the question of what actually causes persistence: >What this does is cause the LCD crystals to have a memory for their location >in order to generate the colors of that graphic. I'm not even sure that's valid English. I _am_ sure it makes no sense to me. What is

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems

2009-11-16 Thread Tony B
The Wikipedia article on LCD Persistence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence) actually has a good explanation, FWIW. Perhaps the reason I haven't seen this on any of our monitors yet is because I have them all set to power down in 2-3 hours. I do not use screensavers. >The cause of thi

Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the "Z" & OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?

2009-11-17 Thread Tony B
FWIW, our own experiments with eSata were disappointing. First, few mobos actually supported hot swapping - in fact, none of ours did. We could have lived with that, since our old drive caddys require powering down to swap. However, at random times the drives would suddenly slow down, apparently t

Re: [CGUYS] Giveaway of the Day, "free licensed software daily"

2009-11-19 Thread Tony B
I've seen it. Subscribed to it for a month or so. But never actually saw any apps worth installing, so dropped it. Thing is, most things I could already do with other apps I already had. Some others were clearly "lite" versions that would only tempt me to buy up. Still others were versions sure to

Re: [CGUYS] Digital camera connected to USB port

2009-11-21 Thread Tony B
Yes, I am ridiculously annoyed by those extra 4 drives as well, so I keep mine unplugged until it's needed. I'm also annoyed at Win2k so I haven't run it in years. Great in it's time, but no need for it now. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: > A five-year-old digital camera, con

Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software

2009-11-21 Thread Tony B
FWIW, I've been using the new MS AV since I installed Win7. Not bad. But it only works with Vista & Win7. Anyway, if you can't even install an AV app, clearly it's time for a clean OS reinstall. There's stuff building up in there and you're fighting a losing battle. *

Re: [CGUYS] Digital camera connected to USB port

2009-11-21 Thread Tony B
Indexing is a Good Thing on modern computers with large hard drives. I like the Win7 indexing, but I also have Google Desktop Indexing installed. Of course, if I was like you and had a lot of super secret things on my hard drive I can imagine this might be bad. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software

2009-11-21 Thread Tony B
You are correct. Well, sort of. According to http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/resources.aspx?mkt=en-us&s=1#mainNav it runs on WinXP Sp2 or Sp3, Vista, And Win7. Nothing about a 64 bit limitation. I know my own install is Win7 64 bit and it works. On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Art Cl

Re: [CGUYS] Digital camera connected to USB port

2009-11-22 Thread Tony B
ts are *instant* as you type...sometimes I think > it's so fast it comes up before I type it.  This tool does not search > contents of files, just looks at filenames, leaves almost zero memory > footprint and a very small database.  Windows only. > > http://www.voidtools.com/ >

Re: [CGUYS] Dead desktop computer -- what is likely the matter?

2009-11-23 Thread Tony B
That should work. But what worries me is the condition of the hard drive, at least make sure it passes SMART tests. Dreamweaver only needs a key and the original disks to reinstall. But it's also fairly useless these days for modern CMS-driven websites. Unless she's taking web design courses, in w

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-24 Thread Tony B
Hardly News. The US enjoyed many years of great affluence after being the sole 'winner' of WW2, but aside from that this 'virtual slavery' has always been the norm. Gives you a great admiration for the labor organizers, until someone points out that's socialism and must be stamped out at all costs.

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-24 Thread Tony B
Okay, I think I see the 'new' take on it. Or, at least I see it from Wired's perspective. Around here it's got nothing to do with extra hours. It's construction jobs being lost to 'Mexicans' (anyone that speaks spanish). I've heard it from both sides though - the employers complain the local guys

Re: [CGUYS] In Los Angeles

2009-11-24 Thread Tony B
If you have to send a lot of faxes, do it on the internet. Note that most people can take email now, so faxes may not be necessary. Are you sure the Epson is shared on the network? Does either machine see it? Do they both see shared folders on each other? On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Marcio

Re: [CGUYS] outlook 2003 bcc question

2009-11-25 Thread Tony B
I don't use Outlook. But in general, the way to do it is to send the mail to yourself. The field won't be empty, but the bcc's won't see each other, only you. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Andy Gallant wrote: > In Outlook 2003 on Vista HP, I'm testing BCCs to multiple addresses.  The > usage

Re: [CGUYS] two drives, two folders, two results.

2009-11-26 Thread Tony B
Sounds perplexing to me too. But of course I have no idea what type of 'mirroring tool' you're using, or how it handles duplicate, private, or open files. And you should still have explorer set to hide system files, so maybe that accounts for the 'ghosts'. Even more perplexing to me is why you wou

Re: [CGUYS] two drives, two folders, two results.

2009-11-26 Thread Tony B
.  Of not may be that the perl script showed the > folder in question with the missing files, does not exist at all, in anway > way. > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Tony B wrote: > >> Sounds perplexing to me too. But of course I have no idea what type of >> 'm

Re: [CGUYS] two drives, two folders, two results.

2009-11-26 Thread Tony B
And this still doesn't answer the question why your properties is counting these hidden system files. Mine certainly isn't. I mean, assuming I have an extra desktop.ini in virtually every folder, it's not showing up in my file counts. On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:29 PM, mike wrote: > That's why I e

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-11-26 Thread Tony B
Looks interesting, but I'm still leery of touchpads in general. Anyway, since there's no version available for Windows yet, it's useless on most systems. I'm not sure what you mean about 'growing' gestures. All the ones I've seen are gestures that have been used for ages. Either by moving the whol

Re: [CGUYS] Dreamweaver (was: Dead desktop computer -- what is likely the matter?)

2009-11-26 Thread Tony B
For basic HTML it's got a steep learning curve. But for todays CSS-laden sites, it's got a massive learning *overhanging cliff*. Tom seems to want to disparage CMS's uniformity, but that's why people like them so much. Trying to program that much CSS by hand is a daunting task not for the squeamish

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-11-27 Thread Tony B
I use two finger drags all the time. Three rarely. But with my mouse I have a nice tactile "click" to tell me I've pressed a key. People like tactile feedback in their tools. On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM, tjpa wrote: > On Nov 26, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Tony B wrote: >> &

Re: [CGUYS] Please

2009-11-28 Thread Tony B
He mis-spoke. "Dongle" is a term used for software anti-piracy devices. What he meant to ask is if you used a USB wifi receiver. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Description=usb%20wireless%20adapter On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Marcio wrote: > What is exactly a USB W

Re: [CGUYS] Drop Box

2009-11-30 Thread Tony B
Dropbox.com offers 2gb free cloud storage. That's a good place to keep copies of your most important documents. Home users may prefer Carbonite. Pros may prefer Jungledisk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_%28storage_provider%29 On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:12 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > O

Re: [CGUYS] Anyone see any good Cyber Monday specials?

2009-11-30 Thread Tony B
I've been watching for laptops for a friend, and I've seen nothing that wasn't sold out. This is probably good news for the industry, but it's making it hard to find a good dual core for <$600. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Ranbo wrote: > For laptops or other electronics? ***

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread Tony B
True, but USB3 is still vaporware. Or, is there a separate word for an entire hardware standard that's way overdue? Anyway, we have no trouble using USB2 external drives. But I sure would like more bandwidth! On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:14 PM, mike wrote: > You need to read up, USB 3 does allow fo

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread Tony B
7;s not vaporware. > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Tony B wrote: > >> True, but USB3 is still vaporware. Or, is there a separate word for an >> entire hardware standard that's way overdue? * ** Lis

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread Tony B
Look, nobody's more upset about the delay for usb3 than myself. All year I've been telling everyone that will listen that we'll be changing over to usb3 around xmas 2009. But now that's not going to happen, and from the looks of it we'll be lucky to change over before *next* christmas. At least we

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-12-02 Thread Tony B
Dumbest thing I've seen in ages. "On a tap the mouse will click, no physical click required". Wow! No more onerous mouse clicking! Thank god we're saved at last from the drudgery! > Didn't take long... > "By using MouseWizard, you can give your Magic Mouse three extra buttons, > 'pinch', 'bloat' a

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread Tony B
Agree about the topic hijacking. Start a new thread people; it's as easy as changing the subject line. The problem with this ACID test is that it wasn't designed by the people that authored the #1 internet browser. If those people wrote the test, their browser would pass it with flying colors, and

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-03 Thread Tony B
Highly unlikely you need more than 4 gigs of ram to edit most video. What type of video is it? The desktop might work (again, what type of video?). Be sure to format the drives, or just replace them. You don't need special video cards to edit video. You may have to add a 1394 (firewire) card to i

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread Tony B
t of systems today without resorting to "intermediate" codecs. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Tony B asks what kind of video I'm editing. I'll be buying a high-end video > cam (

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread Tony B
Oh, and how could I forget - the Flip camcorders will do acceptable 720P video. $150 at Amazon now with free shipping. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Tony B wrote: > The XM2 (or GL2?) would not be a wise investment at this point. I know > you'll see lots of cheap used ones for sale,

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread Tony B
If you can afford it, get the Sony Z5, but for $2000 you may have to drop down to the Sony HD1000. Both are HDV, meaning they use the old standard miniDV tapes. But really, just for web video I think you should start with one of the cheaper cameras I mentioned earlier. Although Youtube has started

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread Tony B
The guy asked a straightforward question about video. There's no need for 2-3 rabid Mac fans to pile on and hijack the topic. Take your medications already. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, priv

[CGUYS] Google free DNS

2009-12-04 Thread Tony B
I've used OpenDNS for so long I almost missed this. But Google now offers a free DNS that's much easier to remember (8.8.8.8., 8.8.4.4)! http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ Quick - somebody else try it first! * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Critical battery warning for Windows XP

2009-12-05 Thread Tony B
It may have to do with a UPS you have/had installed. You should be able to turn it off in Control Panel>Power settings. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Robert Carroll wrote: > This happened just now, and has happened a few times before.  Immediately > after switching profiles on my DESKTOP compu

[CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-05 Thread Tony B
You think a $4000 HD video recorder is an appropriate investment for entry into video production??? Note that the reason most shooters still prefer tape is because it's a good *archival* storage format. Don't bother sitting around comparing the cost of *temporary* storage like flash or HDDs or SSD

Re: [CGUYS] Print Problems

2009-12-06 Thread Tony B
That's an awfully vague question. To give any useful answers we need to know things like what printer, what computer, what OS (and is it updated), and the exact error word for word. Most importantly we need to know all the things you've tried already to fix it (verified printer works from other com

Re: [CGUYS] Server restrictions

2009-12-06 Thread Tony B
You're right. It's whining. How would it even be possible to "own" a network connection? And if your primary ISP is so bad that you had to keep your old dialup and ever need to use it, then you need a new primary ISP. I mean, I can count on both hands the hours that broadband goes down here in a ye

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread Tony B
I haven't seen any great evidence that tape is going away any time soon. Not for several years anyway. It has too many _perceived_ advantages. Real or not doesn't matter to someone shelling out big bucks *today*. Note I said _shooters_, not companies. The expense to maintain tape is a big factor fo

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread Tony B
Actually, this doesn't always apply to huge video files, which can take ages to copy. When it does, it introduces all kinds of workflow problems, and of course can double the expense as you duplicate drives. Nothing insurmountable, but not as simple as telling someone to back up their documents.

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of 2.5" drives. . .

2009-12-06 Thread Tony B
A 2005 computer should be able to handle a 250G drive. But I wouldn't assume it's SATA. You're going to have to open it and make absolutely sure before you order a new one. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Reid Katan wrote: > My Toshiba is claimed to have a 60G SATA drive in it. Assuming so, cir

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-07 Thread Tony B
That's just a monitor, isn't it? You shouldn't need any drivers. Are you having some specific trouble? On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > I had to re-format my hard drive and, when I tried to install the driver, > from the driver disc, it told me the disc was damaged.  Wh

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-07 Thread Tony B
at 9:24 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > Tony B wrote: >> That's just a monitor, isn't it? You shouldn't need any drivers. Are >> you having some specific trouble? > It is a monitor.  Just like you, I didn't think I would need drivers for it. >  But, There is a dri

Re: [CGUYS] Strange Mouse Wins Acclaim

2009-12-07 Thread Tony B
At least *he* doesn't make the claim that this is anything new. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM, tjpa wrote: > New Apple mouse really is 'Magic' > http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/09/kellner-new-apple-mouse-really-is-magic/ *

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of 2.5" drives. . .

2009-12-07 Thread Tony B
Ultra ATA <> SATA. I'm telling you, you'll be making a big mistake to rely on anything except your own eyes. In most laptops, it's only a 5 minute procedure to open it up and look at it - probably less time than you've taken so far playing with software. And you're going to have to do it eventually

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-08 Thread Tony B
ttings. It may also not display a picture if it's plugged into the 'wrong' DVI connector. Long story; just try the other one. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Christopher Range wrote: > Tony B wrote: >> >> The LG page at >> http://www.lge.com/us/computer-products/

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-12-08 Thread Tony B
Along these lines, taking this to the limit will be the likes of Project Natal. Why use a mouse at all if a camera can sense where your hand is and what your fingers are doing? * ** List info, subscription management, list r

Re: [CGUYS] The reason for all the agita (Was: Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of 2.5" drives. . .)

2009-12-08 Thread Tony B
Presumably some sort of add-on acting up? Have you tried starting FF in safe mode (there should be a shortcut for this in the start menu). Then try adding add-ons back one at a time. Can we assume browsing in other browsers doesn't affect the system? What's really surprising to me is that this hap

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-12-08 Thread Tony B
I hadn't thought about that. Since so many Mac owners actually run Windows, they would be the first to be totally pissed off that their Magic Mouse wouldn't work! On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:06 PM, mike wrote: > http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/11/14588/ *

Re: [CGUYS] The reason for all the agita (Was: Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of 2.5" drives. . .)

2009-12-08 Thread Tony B
If you don't use add-ons, what's the point of using Firefox? You may as well use IE8; it's actually safer than FF right now. But for testing purposes there's also Opera and Chrome. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Reid Katan wrote: > I don't load up with add-ons. Actually, none that I install on

[CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not was: The "Cloud" stole her data...

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
This is a very misleading subject line, as we have no evidence or indication that this data was stored in a cloud. Thus we also have no evidence it was a failure of cloud storage that caused information loss. I just worry a couple of the luddites on the list will actually reference this event in t

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
No. You have misinterpreted my point completely. I am unfamiliar with what was lost because as soon as I saw it was a question about classmates.com I knew I know nothing about them so I stopped reading. Would that more people on this list did the same! Anyway, after the thread got bumped for a fe

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
No, it most certainly is not. Thanks for helping to clarify. Word definitions change, but generally "the cloud" refers to a bunch of computers connected via network where your data is kept. It also implies that there's no way of finding a specific copy of your data on one hard drive; you really do

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
No, data on a remote server is definitely *not* in a cloud. I mean, my website is on a remote server which is on a shared host so I don't administer the server. But if I FTP a file to it, I haven't put the file in a cloud. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote: > In that it is a

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
First, remember I pointed out I'm not completely sure if gmail via the web is cloud-stored or not. Certainly if you use POP with gmail it's not cloud. But now I think we're all on the same page. Your revised definition below is in line with my own. I could drive to my host and physically take the

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
y remove > the HD? > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tony B wrote: > >> First, remember I pointed out I'm not completely sure if gmail via the >> web is cloud-stored or not. Certainly if you use POP with gmail it's >> not cloud. >> >> But now

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-09 Thread Tony B
I'm not sure who you heard this from but it is not true. But then, Vista isn't slow to boot, so clearly this source is suspect. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM, db wrote: > 7 may wake quickly from sleep but I hear that in practical use it is even > slower than Vista to boot...

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-10 Thread Tony B
None of my machines use sleep. My own is usually running something, maybe just fold...@home. But I turn it off at night. I also have them all set to power down the monitors after a couple hours. Last year with her new Vista laptop I gave the wife a choice of sleep or shut down. She's a total non-t

Re: [CGUYS] Shopping advice needed -- keyboard & mouse

2009-12-11 Thread Tony B
Possibly. I wouldn't do it; I'd prefer a matched pair. However, our own experiences with wireless has not been good. While one imagines oneself having more freedom, say, to lean back in a chair, in fact you can't do that because you need to be close to the monitor to read stuff. Darned silly to hav

Re: [CGUYS] Swapping Boot Drives

2009-12-11 Thread Tony B
In general, no. When you install an OS it senses all the hardware and tries it's best to work with that specific stuff. Replacing something with a lot of hardware - like a motherboard - usually requires reinstalling the OS. Not always, but personally I've never had good luck doing it. An awful lot

Re: [CGUYS] Users or Programs?

2009-12-13 Thread Tony B
Interesting dilemma. I can't imagine why them deleting a shortcut from their desktop would affect your desktop. Or whatever menus you're using to run the apps. Much more annoying to me is when an app asks if I want to install an icon to my desktop and I forget I had to use the elevated admin accou

Re: [CGUYS] Users or Programs?

2009-12-13 Thread Tony B
An interesting note: Win7 has moved this to C:\Users\Public\Desktop. Anyway, I'm unaware of a method to automatically redirect a shortcut from the public desktop to your own. It wouldn't affect me for a few reasons. First, I would just replace the shortcut as soon as I found it missing, probably v

Re: [CGUYS] Swapping Boot Drives

2009-12-15 Thread Tony B
Actually, I ran the Win7 RC from an external USB dock and it seemed fine. I don't have esata hooked up, but all my USB peripherals seemed fine. eSata is mostly controlled by the bios, not the OS, so I would imagine it would work. I didn't even notice a slowdown or a bottleneck, presumably because I

Re: [CGUYS] Random cell phone calls

2009-12-15 Thread Tony B
Does it say anything when it calls? Has anyone in the family died recently? On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:53 PM, David Cowdrill wrote: > Recently my cellphone (T-Mobile) began making random calls to my home phone > as well as my wife's cell phone.  We got two calls in the middle of last > night.  D

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro problems

2009-12-15 Thread Tony B
You forgot to tell us what the problem is. Or what you've already tried to do to fix it. BTW, You don't need too many PCI slots any longer. I have two and one has firewire. What do you need your other five for? On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > I have XP Pro SP1 via r

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro problems

2009-12-15 Thread Tony B
Sorry, I missed this the first time. It's true you must install SP2 before you can get up to SP3, so you don't have a choice; you must get SP2 in there. What's unusual is that usually in a clean install there shouldn't be any hangs. You aren't trying to install SP2/SP3 *after* you've installed some

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro problems

2009-12-15 Thread Tony B
That might be the problem. Next time try installing SP2 immediately, before you try to install the mobo drivers. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Christopher Range wrote: > I already did update all the drivers. > > It didn't make a difference. *

[CGUYS] need lots of PCI slots???

2009-12-15 Thread Tony B
What the heck are you talking about? You already said you aren't a gamer, so you don't need good video hardware; onboard video will more than suffice for business apps. Audio? Creative hasn't upgraded their cards in ages, and you said you have an old Audigy. How often do you replace audio cards? I

Re: [CGUYS] need lots of PCI slots???

2009-12-16 Thread Tony B
Well, as you've seen by now this isn't the case. The OP clings to the belief that he needs all these PCI slots because he thinks the onboard equivalents don't work as well. I'm not sure where he got that idea, but I doubt we'll be changing his mind in our lifetimes. Since the only card he would act

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro problems

2009-12-16 Thread Tony B
Actually, it's even easier to just get a disk with WinXP SP3 already slipstreamed in. Install it, then enter your own license number. But really, I doubt I'll be installing XP any longer; it was fun while it lasted, but Win7 is too much of an improvement to make it worth the while. On Wed, Dec 16

Re: [CGUYS] need lots of PCI slots???

2009-12-16 Thread Tony B
A memory I'd successfully blocked out until now. I got my monstrosity late one Saturday night as it was the only case they had with the brand new ATX form. Lots of space to play around inside, but with a menacing aspect due to its sheer size. Anyway, it too saw the dump a couple years ago. On Wed

Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro problems

2009-12-16 Thread Tony B
Any new disk you buy will already have SP3 in it. Assuming they're still selling XP. Then again, there are other places to download such disks. You'll still need your own license to run it. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > I haven't found a link on MS' website, that ma

Re: [CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption

2009-12-17 Thread Tony B
So the video feed is unencrypted, who cares? Not like you can take a predator on a top secret mission. Are we supposed to be worried they are watching this instead of Fox News? What I would hope is difficult to do is *take control* of the device. *

Re: [CGUYS] All other search providers removed: Required to use Bing

2009-12-17 Thread Tony B
It looks like Verizon Wireless is responsible. I don't remember them having any trouble with the EU? On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:57 PM, tjp wrote: > Having made nice with the EU, but unable to resist evil for more than one > day > > "Yesterday, all of the search providers that used to be availa

Re: [CGUYS] Freeware registry cleaner

2009-12-18 Thread Tony B
Ya, ccleaner is the way to go (http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/). But note that, while you should probably have it installed anyway, "cleaning" your registry isn't likely to solve any system problems you may be having. I rarely ever run the registry cleaner, preferring to just let the ol

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