Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN ... and again

2009-12-27 Thread db
mprehensive fix. Or as someone else said... send the computer back while you still can and start over... db Gail Miller wrote: HI again ... My son is STILL trying to reformat his HDD and delete the partitions. Can you explain how to do that? How to delete the partitions that is. He'

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-26 Thread db
That's as good an explanation as I have heard. It makes sense. Too bad Jobs doesn't have a wife with GUI design skills to give him a boot in the butt occasionally ... a little personal democracy .... :) db mike wrote: Well Apple is not a democracy, which is it's gr

Re: [CGUYS] recovery boot device

2009-12-26 Thread db
data would worry me to no end... db Tony B wrote: We're really beginning to stray here with all this talk of rare BIOS and boot sector viruses. And now a question about backups. Disk imaging is the way to go, with some level of compression to save space. Ghost, Acronis, and many freeware

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-26 Thread db
I think the old BIOS is deleted from memory before the new one installs. db katan wrote: On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:38:36 -0800, db wrote: If you disconnect the hard drive while you do that it has no place to hide... Except in the BIOS. WHat I'm wondering is, if a BIOS viru

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-25 Thread db
If you disconnect the hard drive while you do that it has no place to hide... db Reid Katan wrote: Quoting Stewart Marshall : For BIOS virus download from Dell their updated BIOS and load it. Have fun. I'm guessing if you've got a BIOS virus, you can still get enough control t

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-23 Thread db
esses bearable for most. But it begs the question ... why not fix the weaknesses? ... which is where this string started. db mike wrote: I found it annoying to hide the dock myself, although I found it worked just fine at the bottom. I always made it as small as I could and still see it and l

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation > list slamming ...

2009-12-22 Thread db
e only people left will be angry people slamming each other... Even the adversarial dummies in Congress know to practice etiquette of interpersonal respect in their interactions and why it's necessary to do it. Could we all get together on that? Does anyone else feel the way I do? db

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-22 Thread db
Tom, Betty What are the advantages you find in putting the Dock/ Taskbar to the left? db t.piwowar wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Reid Katan wrote: But Tom and Betty both say the Dock *works better* (not "has more functions", but "is more user friendly") on the

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-22 Thread db
Moi aussi! mike wrote: Votre arrogance m'étonne même parfois. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM, tjpa wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:58 AM, mike wrote: What is your favorite color? What is your evidence that this is the best color? Just like I figured. You don't know much

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-21 Thread db
the day I bought the computer!! It's kind of like cancer or identity theft. Once its got its hooks into you... it's very hard to overcome. Sorry for the bad news. It's unlikely that there is an easy or quick solution to your problem. db Thanks in advance -- again! Gail

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-20 Thread db
ually very intuitive and untroublesome. But only a few saw any sense in what I was asking / saying... I got a whole lot of Mac indignation and we're too smart for such / how stupid are you to be wanting / asking for such. Not exactly an uplifting conversation for me db Reid Katan wro

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-20 Thread db
t.piwowar wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:23 PM, db wrote: That's why I was making my sacrilegious critique of some of Apple's OS bad points that cause many people unnecessary difficulty. If the IT literate don't/ can't see the problem, it will never be fixed and

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-19 Thread db
; over and over again is a recipe for nothing good in particular... I bet most everyone has learned that lesson a few times with their significant other. If they haven't, they are no doubt living alone.. db mike wrote: My point was that part of the problem is that when things get

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-19 Thread db
bably the ones that developed to a mature level. The bad ones are when they rot sometime thereafter... when citizens stop maintaining them. ?? db mike wrote: I don't think it's a good thing, that's where you get things that are unaccountable like government or windows mobile

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-19 Thread db
erimenting with new types of quills... horse and carriage by cars and trucks sulpha drugs by other antibiotics At some point a design should and does mature for good reason. It's exciting (and difficult) when the dev curve is steep but when it flattens out again, you've got a da

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-18 Thread db
... a pretty good interface on top of truly great computers ... is shooting itself in the foot by refusing to change some faults in their design that most all professionals will acknowledge exist ... and that would cause people to absolutely flock to their products ... as they have for th

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-18 Thread db
; contest. The modern world is way to specialized for everyone to be an expert of their universe ... a Renaissance Man. Specialization requires specialists ... and that makes "magic" for the rest of us. You just get to choose your specialty and your magic. db Thank you, Mark Snyde

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-18 Thread db
arily maintained. Not to mention that patent advantage will have likewise disappeared. db .mike wrote: I suspect this is like anything..why can't they learn both? There are MUCH larger problems with our eduction system than which OS to learn. I'd much rather have them at a very you

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-18 Thread db
That is why OS's need to and will eventually get over their proprietaryness and look and work essentially the same. db phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Reid Katan wrote: And I suspect it'll be increasingly harder to find people who have *no* exper

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-18 Thread db
the people who know how to and do subscribe and participate in a Computerguys list. Yes you and I know how to "start" on most any computer related issue ... But do we know what the rest of the world is about and what their limitations and needs are? Or is that our prideful ignor

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-18 Thread db
I thought you originally were in IT when you worked with mainframes? db b_s-wilk wrote: And it's not complicated for you... you have long been an IT who loves to learn this stuff. The fact that IT people think and expect everyone else to be like them is the big geek disconnect that the

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-17 Thread db
e articles in the Mac Help Viewer. I know where all these things are... but that's exactly my point... I and others should not have to be doing so for things that by now could easily have been made "drop dead simple". We have better things to do with our limited time. db

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-17 Thread db
h these issues we're talking about they just pridefully continue "cutting off their nose to spite their face" in not providing a intuitive and comprehensive fix for the people who need it... the noobs. The world won't end because of it... but now nice it would be if they c

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-16 Thread db
will get an overall assessment. What do you mean? db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-16 Thread db
the world is. Great design and empathy are terrific things... not only can they make the world better... they can both make you money. Ok, ... I'll get off my soap box... But I still think it's a good and worthy discussion... db tjpa wrote: On Dec 16, 2009, at 1:49 PM, db wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-16 Thread db
t; them 2. Make the dock superficially display icons for every window running whether it is maximized or not. You say he is carping about 'supposed' UI problems..but you and I both know you don't think OS X is perfect in this catagory, so why continue this myth that it is? I

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-16 Thread db
sn't mean anyone else can grok it... db mike wrote: It's like they *tried* to make it as hard as they could. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: Quark XPress = user hostile. * **

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-16 Thread db
nd Linux doesn't get more general acceptance / tie-in, I may have enough reasons to switch my personal machine to OS X and figure out work-a-rounds but for now... I just do what works most easily for me... and that's not OS X. But I do keep my ear out for Dock replacements... db b_s-w

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-16 Thread db
learn a foreign language lately? Yes... and I am of the age that they don't come easily or very well any more. I do by best but that is just the way it is and increasingly will be for me. Which is exactly my point... Utilitarian tools should not discriminate against the inexperienced nor the

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-15 Thread db
about would be useful improvement in my opinion. db Reid Katan wrote: Quoting db : b_s-wilk wrote: The "magic" and unattached Apple menu make is so much more difficult to train the uninitiated ... and it causes a number of complications re: what's running?, RAM deple

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-15 Thread db
I agree it seems like Windows just doesn't want to be in the software business anymore. Increasingly whatever they come up with make things worse instead of better. Why should people stay with something they don't even recognize any more and is increasingly troublesome? db

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-15 Thread db
Go Google GO! db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: This is what is being rumored at this point. Stewart At 12:16 AM 12/15/2009, you wrote: Is it possible that we could just buy this phone from Google online, switch the SIM chip from our current carrier and cellular plan into it and off we go

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-15 Thread db
faster and as a techie I can pretty efficiently deal with Windows innefficiencies of setup, security etc.. I'd love to switch but just can't sacrifice Window's / Linux simplicity of function in running a gadzillion windows / proj

Re: [CGUYS] AT&T Takes the Blame, Even for the iPhone's Faults

2009-12-15 Thread db
) Verizon CS was SO BAD when I was with them... and their service SO expensive. db mike wrote: I'm not sure 'proactive' has the same meaning to you as it does me. It surely doesn't have any meaning to AT&T. So when you are out of range of Tmobile, you pay

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-14 Thread db
carriers etc. Could this be the first break in the US cellular monopoly and eventually lead us to a cellular situation as in a lot of the rest of the world, where you buy a phone and a chip and off you go... buying more minutes as necessary? db mike wrote: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091214

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-14 Thread db
Exactly! Well said... What's not to like about such intuitive and inclusive simplicity of function? db mike wrote: Vista/7 menus change also depending on what is going on. I don't recall menus appearing in DOS...but I never used it that much. TBO, I never knew the ALT key

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-14 Thread db
ed in the same relative place. By and large better utility won out probably because in the case of autos ... form REALLY followed function ... it was dangerous to continue otherwise... Apple would be better off in its own right if they would give a little now and then when someone else has

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-12-12 Thread db
Poor server configuration? How did that play out? db tjpa wrote: On Dec 11, 2009, at 10:53 PM, db wrote: I hated Network Solutions but have never tried 1 & 1 that you and everyone like. Besides the potential marketing spamming, what do you not like about GoDaddy Tom? I agree about Net

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-12-11 Thread db
case, for simplicity sake you should probably just keep it where it is but carefully note how and when to contact them in the future. db Marcio wrote: Many, many thanks... I will try this again carefully to see if I get there. You know it is the first time I have done this. I am writing papew

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-12-11 Thread db
1 & 1 that you and everyone like. Besides the potential marketing spamming, what do you not like about GoDaddy Tom? db tjpa wrote: On Dec 11, 2009, at 4:59 PM, db wrote: If it were me I would take control of your own domain. To do that request that you be made the admin contact for the

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-12-11 Thread db
is not your problem. (They even give reduced rates for longer renewals...) If it were me I would take control of your own domain. To do that request that you be made the admin contact for the future and that it be hosted directly by GoDaddy. db Marcio wrote: Thanks to you all. Th

Re: [CGUYS] Google free DNS > Afghan regional politics

2009-12-11 Thread db
gas lobby spends so much on US congressional and presidential elections? How DID we get into all of this and why are we still in it? How does one really fix / correct all this? Questions, Questions ... db is the latter part is the John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:38

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-09 Thread db
basic necessity is not. I work with or on Macs all the time and I'd love to switch to a Mac as my personal workstation for all the well known reasons but I refuse to significantly slow down my complex IT work day to do so... If Apple comes out with a desktop interface alternative to Aqua or

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-09 Thread db
7 may wake quickly from sleep but I hear that in practical use it is even slower than Vista to boot... which because of battery life is what you will be facing regularly with a laptop. db mike wrote: Yeah this one is really odd. The ad campaign with the guy talking about running 7 on his

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation - help!

2009-12-09 Thread db
In my opinion it is a bad idea to be without a software firewall on your computer. The possibilities of a successful exploit and the cost of recovery are too great. Fly without that net if you want... but don't complain if "you hit the ground hard..." db db Ranbo wrote: N

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation - help!

2009-12-09 Thread db
on so that you don't have a single failure point. Unfortunately software ... like everything else in life ... screws up so now and then. So you have to deal with it / fix it. As is apparently the case with this Zone Alarm / Firefox? issue... db mike wrote: Some like to run outgoing

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation - help!

2009-12-09 Thread db
Now try uninstalling FF and reinstall it and see if there is yet more improvement. db Ranbo wrote: I uninstalled Zone Alarm Pro (after activating the Windows firewall). So far, things are better - loading web pages and documents. FF still seems a little sluggish at times, with IE being

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation - help!

2009-12-08 Thread db
ct ZA support and let them tell you how to fix it. You might have to go back to the previous version and don't do updates until they fix the problem. db Ranbo wrote: *Thanks, I couldn't get Fire Fox to load, so downloaded a new version and it now seems to be working better (opens lin

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation - help!

2009-12-07 Thread db
Uninstall the whole virus package you installed, turn windows firewall back on for some protection and see if that improves things. If so, google the symptoms related to that software. Sometimes security packages go wrong... db Ellen Rains Harris wrote: Operating system? Amount of RAM

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-03 Thread db
o say that I know video editing wants high end machines. Try googling your question. "Best or recommended computer specs for video editing." db Victor Subervi wrote: Hi; I need to build a machine that will enable me to edit video. I've been told I should have circa 16

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-24 Thread db
The world operates rationally... you just have to start by looking at the right framework...drawing the rational conclusions ... making the rational choices and doing the rational thing. ps: Not sure "rational" is the right word to use ... but the problem and question facing us is s

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

2009-11-23 Thread db
"Google is your friend" see: http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS335US337&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=b.exe <http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS335US337&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=b.exe> db Robert Carroll wro

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-11-23 Thread db
mpossible to reverse without going to court. It was used as an illicit attack vector for taking down a domain/ website or for extorting money from businesses since the out of service loss of domain/ website and going to court costs so much in terms of time and money. db tjpa wrote: On Nov 23,

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-11-23 Thread db
displayed in WhoIs lookups. db Marcio wrote: Google say is GoDaddy, Goddy said to mr to write to Google. No answer... I am learning...What should I do to keep the blogg? Marcio -Original Message- From: tjpa Sent: Nov 18, 2009 3:56 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-11-23 Thread db
t make sure you take yourself off GoDaddy's internal mailing lists (It is an option in GoDaddy's control panel) or, as Tom says, they will pester you with email re: other products and services they offer. Hope that helps... db Marcio wrote: Google say is GoDaddy, Goddy said to

Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software

2009-11-22 Thread db
eboot process ) ... you may have some Windows OS file corruption. If you end up doing a wipe and reinstall, read up on boot sector viruses and take the appropriate measures before reloading. db mike wrote: Try installing in safe mode, running any antispyware you might have in safe mode... If all

Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple

2009-11-21 Thread db
led to use them. Lists like this are a great early warning system for exactly that purpose.. db Constance Warner wrote: I don't know about you, but the computer/ technology stuff you really need to know for an office job--or for most jobs, for that matter--is pretty easy to pick up.

Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?

2009-11-18 Thread db
ogin and if you don't know your password, you can reset it using your email address. Although you say you set your blog up thru Google is sounds like someone may have done that for you. If so, you may need their help again... db Marcio wrote: But I can´t get in touch with GoDaddy...or

Re: [CGUYS] CNET News.com: Gates: Apple is a 'force in doing good things' - CNET News

2009-11-16 Thread db
What do you mean? Jobs is dying or MS stock it going to tank? db tjpa wrote: On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote: During a CNBC special in which he appeared with Warren Buffett, Microsoft's Bill Gates is effusive in his praise for Steve Jobs and Apple. Some

Re: [CGUYS] The "Cloud" stole her data...

2009-11-14 Thread db
Google Picasa Web storage is now about .02 cents / mo / GB. I wonder if Google is going to get into backup and data storage like Amazon has? Amazon charges .15 cents / mo / GB for that... db John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:06 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri

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

2009-11-11 Thread db
MS is just plain doing a good job at killing itself period.' It can't seem to do anything else... db mike wrote: Just how big does a company need to be to be able to treat it's customers this way and get away with it? There really is nowhere else for these players to

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-08 Thread db
1000 mins/ mo. That's about 1/2 hr a day on the cell phone... db tjpa wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 8:48 PM, db wrote: T-Mobile does not have roll over minutes so $45 is for 1000 mins /mo ... use them or lose them. 1000 minutes/month. That would require that I spend around 4 per cent

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread db
Both the unlocking and jailbreaking are done with software? What's a tilt? db mike wrote: Unlocking means you can then stick a sim in the phone from another carrier and it will take it. I had an ATT tilt that they gave me the unlock code for, put my tmobile sim in and everything w

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread db
What's the difference between unlocking and jailbreak? And how could they have done that to the phones that are advertised as such but still in their boxes shrink wrapped? db mike wrote: There is software out there that unlocks and others that jailbreak. On Nov 7, 2009 7:57 PM, "

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread db
Yes... I googled around and see that people are selling 3G models ... some new in the box ... and supposedly unlocked for $300-$400. How are people unlocking them? Especially the ones that say they are new shrink wrapped in the box. db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: No you buy a used Iphone

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread db
plan too. That would be $39. $49 + $39 = $90 which is a lot better than ATT's $130 ... but the ATT contract is the killer for now. I will have to wait until Apple sells the iPhone to the other carriers. Anyone know when that will be? db John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sat, Nov 7, 2009

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread db
t "minutes deal" out there I think. If T-Mobile is willing to do that to keep customers in the face of the ATT iPhone surge, why wouldn't they give that to a new customer who would switch? db tjpa wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 5:26 PM, db wrote: Yeh... and you might like to kn

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread db
d keep the inexpensive unlimited minutes too... db tjpa wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 11:44 AM, mike wrote: Indeed this is a given, but not always with some cell phones. In several reviews including the last moto droid one, the poor call quality of the iPhone was brought up again. This has always been t

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread db
If they were accurate, some of his critical comments about the Droid were useful to me. db mike wrote: A lot of what Andy does is tongue in cheek. I've listened to him for quite some time on macbreak weekly and he is an uber geek on the order of star wars/AD&D/comic book/computer g

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone unlimited [was online storage]

2009-11-04 Thread db
#x27;t remember) is the only cost effective iPhone plan available here. Someone said they only paid $70 for unlimited minutes... and I was curious about that. Are you suggesting to carry a PayGo phone with another number too to make outgoing calls with? That seems to defeat the purpose

Re: [CGUYS] SMS on iPod Touch

2009-11-04 Thread db
what is it? DB Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I have an app that allows me to do SMS messages from my desktop. Quite handy. Stewart At 10:15 PM 11/3/2009, you wrote: What app can do SMS? I can send texts via email, but how can I receive texts on my iPod? "Nobody" uses emai

Re: [CGUYS] online storage

2009-11-02 Thread db
In WA state, unlimited calling and a data plan for an iPhone is $130/ mo. It's only $70 / mo where you are? db That's REALLY expensive. Our Internet and landline and mobile combined are less than $70, plus my husband's PAYGO is about $50 a year. Nobody "needs" to

Re: [CGUYS] POP and MAPI...

2009-11-01 Thread db
Sounds like it. db Marcio wrote: I have Earthlink webmail and I can access my e-mail from any computer anywhere. Even if I send some to the trash they will remain there until I decide to delete them. Is this IMAP? But in my Eudora at home I have a internet server (Terra) and Eudora gets the

Re: [CGUYS] POP and MAPI...

2009-11-01 Thread db
I know... that is why I was asking for your recommendation. Who gives the best reasonable hosting service at the least price in your opinion? db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Cost is not the only factor in selecting a Web provider. Consistency, reliability and trustworthy ness also play

Re: [CGUYS] POP and MAPI...

2009-11-01 Thread db
Who do you think does a better job of hosting ... yet at a decent price? db tjpa wrote: On Nov 1, 2009, at 6:16 AM, db wrote: But hosts like GoDaddy give you IMAP cheaper than Earthlink or ATT give you POP. Note that hosts like GoDaddy are not well managed so find themselves on blacklists

Re: [CGUYS] POP and MAPI...

2009-11-01 Thread db
eaper than Earthlink or ATT give you POP. db Marcio wrote: Now, here I have an important question: what is the difference between POP and MAPI... Eudora gives me this choice... Will love to know. Many thanks Marcio -Original Message- From: tjpa Sent: Nov 1, 2009 12:13

[CGUYS] Beware: Mozy backup is deleting /tmp file...

2009-10-28 Thread db
on OS X Tiger systems which stops your printing and gives fits to programs like Photoshop etc. db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] Proper permissions for OS X slave drive?

2009-10-28 Thread db
system and possibly admin should be re: ownership and perms. I am pretty sure that "Everybody" would normally be read only. Can someone with OS X (prefirably Leopard) do a Get Info on their 2ndary internal drive for me and tell me how the ownership and permissions are listed there? db

Re: [CGUYS] Proper permissions for OS X slave drive?

2009-10-28 Thread db
don't fix them now. Does anyone know what the default ownerships and perms should be for a 2ndary internal SATA drive on a Leopard MacPro? db Stephen Brownfield wrote: tjpa wrote: On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:57 PM, db wrote: I recently bought I new primary sata drive for a MacPro and l

[CGUYS] Proper permissions for OS X slave drive?

2009-10-27 Thread db
y should be. Can anyone tell me? db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] The fun never ends...

2009-10-26 Thread db
have concocted. Don't you have a shrink you can consult about your harmful repeated self-inflicted tech issue? (I'm saying this with humor and good will but I am serious at the same time...) db Marcio wrote: Hi folks Hope I am not tiring you...To be short, my computer (ASUS P4S800D-X),

Re: [CGUYS] best system test utility for OS X computer?

2009-10-21 Thread db
Lightroom launches easily * Word painfully slow to launch. * Disk Warrior won't launch at all from the HD. db tjpa wrote: On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:37 PM, db wrote: Can anyone recommend the best system test utility can I use to check these issues before I invest the reload labor? Chec

[CGUYS] best system test utility for OS X computer?

2009-10-21 Thread db
disk but was wondering if it could be some other physical problem (power supply, chip, MB...) Can anyone recommend the best system test utility can I use to check these issues before I invest the reload labor? db ***

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-15 Thread db
What is it you are doing with Agent other than reading newsgroups? Agent handles your local email? db John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:27 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: I just kept all my mail on gmail after I signed onto to VZ. I have GMail too, but retrieve it with

[CGUYS] Neat Receipts portable scanner for road warriors?

2009-10-15 Thread db
Can anyone recommend a portable scanner w. software package for scanning biz cards, trip receipts and OCR'ing the text while on the road? Neat Receipts is one... has anyone used one? db * ** List info, subscri

Re: [CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...

2009-10-08 Thread db
we get. That's why ATT's decision stands out so... Make me really curious to know what their motivation was db At 03:33 PM 10/8/2009, db wrote: So what's the deal with ATT's decision to allow cellular VOIP? It's a great thing... should allow minimal cell

[CGUYS] ATT VOIP decision...

2009-10-08 Thread db
er-intuitive to American Telco's normal policies and pricing. And I hope they have the bandwidth to support what cometh db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmnes

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?

2009-10-05 Thread db
many of the N's don't have a print or drive USB port also... db Tom Piwowar wrote: On Oct 5, 2009, at 2:00 PM, db wrote: How can you tell from the specs whether an N router is single stream or not? Yes, it is very confusing. Single-stream means it is not MIMO. N is suppose

Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!

2009-10-05 Thread db
Theoretically the CD/DVD markers have a chemical composition which is more safe in the long term for putting on plastic. db One Man wrote: Is it really true that one should only write on a cd with a marker labeled CD/DVD marker? The Sharpie I bought for that purpose doesn't really see

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?

2009-10-05 Thread db
Doesn't sound like a good feature. That's confusing , I thought N protocol essentially got its higher throughput via MIMO in the first place ... How can you tell from the specs whether an N router is single stream or not? db John Settle wrote: db wrote: What is a single strea

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?

2009-10-05 Thread db
What is a single stream N router ... anybody know? A single antennae? db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I just bought a refurbed Netgear from Newewgg, 39. Works great. Stewart At 12:45 AM 10/5/2009, you wrote: Was thinking of getting an inexpensive N wifi router for use with PCs. for use

[CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?

2009-10-04 Thread db
Was thinking of getting an inexpensive N wifi router for use with PCs. for use in an apt. Was looking at D-Link, Rosewill and Trendnet on NewEgg in the $25 to $35 range. Anybody have any particular recommendations? db

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

2009-10-01 Thread db
the Touch's screen keyboard seems a big liability to me. I have big fingers and find the iPhone's keyboard laborious when I have used one. Does the Touch have a microphone? If so the voice to text apps that are popping up could suffice perhaps... db mike wrote: I was going

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

2009-10-01 Thread db
w come you don't just combine the two and go with an iPhone? db b_s-wilk wrote: What UMPC's do you recommend Betty? dan Since I can't fit one into my budget--just into a pocket--I can make a wishlist. I like the Panasonic Toughbook U1 for size, but it's heavy. Somethin

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

2009-09-30 Thread db
What UMPC's do you recommend Betty? dan b_s-wilk wrote: > > What do you really want/need? An ultra-mobile PC or a small notebook? > *That's a very good question and not really sure of the difference. Think > a small notebook though. * > * The original small hand-held PCs with 4 to 7

Re: [CGUYS] Apple pushes unwanted enterprise tool to Windows users

2009-09-29 Thread db
How and why did they do that? db Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. wrote: Actually, on PC's that update request (or automatic) is a function of how one installed the Apple app in the first place. (It became VERY evident to those using Palm Pre's when Apple decided to "update"

Re: [CGUYS] old Back UPS use

2009-09-27 Thread db
Yes... if it works it is the best surge protector. Their batteries go bad after a while but they can be replaced online for about $15 or so. Usually they have a self battery test... db Stephen Brownfield wrote: Can I use an old Back UPS as a surge protector? Thanks Steve

Re: [CGUYS] Fossil

2009-09-23 Thread db
t emailing all the way... Or you might just bite the bullet and start over with an iPhone or such... The Palm Pre might be a good solution... It has a large screen, thumbkeyboard and it can run classic Palm apps via a 3rd party emulator. Hopefully it would help you port your Palm data to i

[CGUYS] Best voice to text iPhone app.?

2009-09-15 Thread db
I would appreciate recommendations for an iPhone app. where the text could perhaps be used in a note, email or SMS perhaps? Who are the contenders and are they ready for "prime time"? thanks in advance, db

[CGUYS] Secure password DB app sync-able for 2 iPhones?

2009-09-15 Thread db
Can anyone recommend a good secure password and personal info DB that is sync-able with two (husband and wife) OSX laptops and two (husband and wife) iPhones? If all that is not possible then, one laptop and two iPhones would be acceptable... Splash ID is only sync-able with one computer

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