Re: [CGUYS] wireless broadband

2010-03-26 Thread Jim
might be interested I became aware of this from this page: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10470636-58.html?tag=mncol;title Jim On Mar 20, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: My wife was looking at possibly getting wireless broadband from Sprint (her cell phone provider) for a trip

Re: [CGUYS] fantastic software for your ipod touch to control your pc or mac

2010-02-24 Thread Jim
I had been using Air Mouse Pro but I agree Touch Mouse is a great product for a pc used as a media center. There is certainly a WOW factor the first time guests see it in action. On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:13 PM, mike wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] scanner in OSX

2010-02-22 Thread Jim
Which OSX are you referring to? In Leopard and Snow Leopard you use the native OSX Image Capture program to utilize your scanners features. My HP 7310 works just fine once I made the adjustment to using Image Capture. Jim On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: This says every

Re: [CGUYS] wireless question

2009-10-26 Thread Jim
Having done both I'd follow the KISS principle and use the airport card. Jim On Oct 24, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: I have an iMac G4 (iLamp) running OS 10.4.11. I would like to make it wireless. It takes the old airport card (I could get that off ebay). Should I use

Re: [CGUYS] Scanning software for Umax

2009-04-18 Thread Jim
VueScan software supports the Astra 2200 in SCSI only mode if that is what you have. www.hamrick.com On Apr 18, 2009, at 1:08 PM, David Turk wrote: I have an old UMAX Astra 2200 scanner, but can't locate the software. I looked on their site, they say they don't have software available

Re: [CGUYS] Vanishing Windows PC

2009-04-18 Thread Jim
. Once you get setup with this you can sit back and laugh next time Windows takes a hike. Jim On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Constance Warner wrote: I have--or maybe make that HAD--a dual-boot Mac. I do nearly all my work on the Mac side and only turn to the PC side when I use Dragon

Re: [CGUYS] Open Office installation on a portable hard drive

2009-04-08 Thread Jim
Sounds like a good candidate to test on a virtual machine rather than put your setup at risk. Jim On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office with registry entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it from

Re: [CGUYS] sxsw

2009-03-14 Thread Jim
Thanks for the the tip. Am enjoying the music. (And seeding, seeding, seeding) Jim On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:23 AM, mike wrote: I know this isn't quite a computer topic but it does relate to digital music so.. The South by Southwest music festival takes place soon and this link

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-14 Thread Jim
VLC is open source with developers all over the world contributing. Unlikely to suffer the fate a single corporate entity might. With over 46 million downloads of the current release, fairly widely accepted. Jim On Mar 14, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Maybe you can elaborate

Re: [CGUYS] Recovery [Boot] CD for Mac OS X Tiger

2009-02-25 Thread Jim
I believe you can make a bootable drive out of a thumb drive. Plus you could add any repair utilities you wanted. Jim On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:23 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: How do you make a bootable CD for Mac OS X Tiger? The install disk is on a DVD, and was installed through a network

Re: [CGUYS] Recovery [Boot] CD for Mac OS X Tiger

2009-02-25 Thread Jim
I was wrong about MicroMat. Their device was firewire only. Jim On Feb 25, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: Are you sure this is possible? I wanted to put OS X on my external drive, but it's a USB drive and OS X wouldn't load as a workable operating system to a USB drive. All thumb

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Mail: Redirect vs. Forward

2009-01-17 Thread Jim
Did you try opening Mail, preferences, general, select your default mail reader? On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:22 PM, One Man wrote: I detest mac mail. I don't understand why I can't change it from the default when I click on a webpage to send an email and damn damn damn mac mail opens. Help!

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

2008-10-15 Thread Jim
On Oct 15, 2008, at 3:05 PM, David K Watson wrote: Jim, if you already have FiOS, you can connect your coax cable directly to to your 250 to get unencrypted digital (Clear QAM) channels. David, this is great news. Maybe I'll send one of the digital boxes back to Verizon and save

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

2008-10-14 Thread Jim
to be huge but it ships with a version of Toast so you can processes it as you like. Plan to try to connect it up to Fios TV converter box when I have time. Not as simple a solution as recording direct to VHS however it does have its pluses. Jim On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Robert wrote

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-28 Thread Jim
I'll have to do some research now. Thanks for the info! Mical Wimoth Carton [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 27, 2008 9:12:07 PM EDT Subject: Re: Speaking of Comcast Just ran across an article on macfixit.com which addresses a trojan horse which seems

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-28 Thread Jim
to is for paid subscribers? You might quote us a bit of it. Jim wrote: Helpful link below: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20080925091223670 On Sep 28, 2008, at 10:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A link to the article would be helpful. We're talking Mac here, but if it's on MacFixIt, perhaps

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-28 Thread Jim
Never said it had anything to do with Comcast. I was illuminating upon a post by another that suggested a Trojan might be at fault. I posted the link earlier. On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:03 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Just ran across an article on macfixit.com which

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-28 Thread Jim
http://www.dnschanger.com/ From this link you can read more about the possibility of the Trojan and what it is capable of. Also you can download the removal tool. It appears that the thing may run if one plays a Quicktime movie with the trojan imbedded in it. On Sep 28, 2008, at 7:24

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-27 Thread Jim
switched to FIOS a year ago and have not had to call for support since the day it was installed. Jim On Sep 27, 2008, at 1:20 PM, db wrote: If she has a trojan on board which is filesharing videos etc around the clock, the 250 GB limit could be an issue... db [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-27 Thread Jim
non AOL software of your choice. It is available for the Mac only I believe. This may not grant access to AOL mail directly. I haven't tried that. But once on the internet she could still access her mail via Safari. It is handy to know if stuck if the boonies with only dial-up. Jim

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of Comcast

2008-09-27 Thread Jim
Just ran across an article on macfixit.com which addresses a trojan horse which seems to display similar, but not exact, symptoms to those in Chrpersons post. On Sep 27, 2008, at 1:20 PM, db wrote: If she has a trojan on board which is filesharing videos etc around the clock, the 250 GB

Re: [CGUYS] Hard drive connectors

2008-08-07 Thread Jim
I use a docking adapter BlacX by Thermaltake. You just plug in your various, 2.5 or 3.5 SATA drives one at a time as needed. It is great for storage without having multiple power bricks. A green solution! On Aug 7, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Steve Rigby wrote: Are the power and data transfer

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

2008-04-28 Thread Jim
and not the other. Jim On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Jim. I tried it and it seemed to work, but when she received it on her Windows machine, she couldn't open it. When I used the routine built into OS 10, she had no trouble with it. Alvin On Apr 27, 2008, at 11

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

2008-04-28 Thread Jim
to beat a dead horse if this is past history for you, Alvin, I'm just curious that the workflow would be on Apple's pages if it is faulty. Jim On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Jim. I tried it and it seemed to work, but when she received it on her Windows machine

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

2008-04-27 Thread Jim
). This package will restore “Compress PDF” to the Print dialog. Jim On Apr 26, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Betty. It turns out that Apple had the the solution to the problem built in to OS 10! I just didn't realize it, but someone else told me about it. Thanks, Steve

Re: [CGUYS] Piracy causes terrorism, was:bittorrent with Opera

2008-03-30 Thread Jim
Very interesting the stated correlation between Attorney General Michael Mukasey saying the economy and national security of the United States are increasingly threatened by violations involving copyrighted software code, patented inventions and trademarked properties. and his meetings

Re: [CGUYS] classic movie downloads

2008-03-23 Thread Jim
Montgomery County Public Library has free movie downloads if your friend has access to a library card from there. Downloads are good for 7 day then they self delete. Limit of 10 a week. Cannot burn them to DVD however. Just re-download. Since they are always available there is really

Re: [CGUYS] MD taxes an Quickbooks.

2007-12-30 Thread Jim
Intuit just released a MD tax update. When will these changes be available in QuickBooks? QuickBooks Payroll has incorporated these changes in Payroll Update 20802, to be released on December 27, 2007. Or is this what you are referring to? On Dec 30, 2007, at 5:35 PM, katan wrote: I sent

Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access

2007-09-22 Thread Jim
the plug on the network when the kids have sleep overs. And Thank you, John and Fred Jim On Sep 22, 2007, at 12:38 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: Betty, Thanks for the link to OpenDNS. It looks very interesting. Jim A few weeks ago I requested DNS services that work better than the ones

Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access

2007-09-20 Thread Jim
I appreciate the time and effort you put into helping me resolve the parenting aspect of my problem. The circular logic of your last two sentences escapes me however. Perhaps I initially asked the wrong question. Or, more likely, needlessly gave voice to incorrect assumptions about the

Re: [CGUYS] Setting Up a Bootable External Drive

2007-09-19 Thread Jim
I have also run into an issue where if you clone to a partition or volume that is larger an the original, and you have need to restore the clone back to the original, it will fail if the volume/partition are not the same size as the original. I had this experience using SuperDuper. I

Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access

2007-09-19 Thread Jim
I want to be able to control access to certain web sites my kids may have occasion to visit. I have seen it done using a Linksys router but have been unable to duplicate this with my Apple router. Am using OSX 10.4+ Apple Airport router (not the new Extreme model) Any ideas? Thanks, jim

Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access

2007-09-19 Thread Jim
Thanks for the input. Our issue here is too much time on the likes of Runescape and not enough on homework! Guess it is back the the heavy handed approach. On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: How smart are the kids? Putting the address in the hosts file like 127.0.0.1

Re: [CGUYS] Background programs running

2007-08-06 Thread Jim
Jeff, Try: http://www.derlien.com/ This works for OS X Jim On Aug 5, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Jeff Morris wrote: One thing I've noticed on my computer is that a lot of programs are running in the background, some of which do not need to be running. Question...can you direct me to a good

Re: [CGUYS] Powerless Powerbook

2007-07-10 Thread Jim
When you say the battery is not being charged I presume you mean it has been removed from the Powerbook? Or is the battery indicator saying it does not need a charge? Mine will not start if the battery is installed but completely run down. It will run if the dead battery is removed. And

Re: [CGUYS] What should one charge?

2007-05-09 Thread Jim
discovered the woman had a learning disability. Hence the animosity i had sometimes felt coming from her when I had tried to explain things to her in the past. Jim On May 7, 2007, at 10:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a call today from a sometime client. A Mac user, fwiw. She couldn't get