Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 the question...
Nope, you have to do a clean install and it will move your Progra files and My documents folders to windows.old or some such. Marcio m...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Just a simples question: can I upgrade to Windows 7 on the top of my XP Professional?... Again thanks Marcio * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth ear bud for MP3 player cellphone ?
Well, Jabber makes a gadget which turns any 1/8 inch jack into bluetooth and their BT8010 headphones will pair with two devices at the same time and possibly do what you want. When I tried it, since the second device was not bluetooth, I had to stop it and switch devices on the headset, but at least no wires. on Thursday 01/29/2009 Rev. Stewart Marshall(popoz...@earthlink.net) wrote I know of some headphones, not ear buds that are bluetooth and work with a variety of bluetooth appliances including phones, mp3 players and computers. Stewart At 09:08 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote: Does anyone know if there is a blue tooth ear bud that will work in a coordinated way with any misc. blue tooth equipped MP3 player AND any blue tooth equipped cellphone? My reason for asking: In order to follow NPR's talk shows as I travel around on business during the day, with my pocket digital FM radio I often use one ear bud of a corded set of stereo earbuds (keeping the other ear free for whatever ...). I also use a regular cellphone and when I get a call or something else comes up that demands both ears, I have to turn off the radio remove the earbud / coil it up etc. Often it gets in tangles, caught up with my scarf, my seatbelt etc... in any case, as much as I enjoy listening to the radio shows, the corded headphone often ends up being a pain the you know what! I see people using single blue tooth ear buds for cellphones and it occurred to me that it would be really great if I could use one of them with a blue tooth equipped MP3 player / FM radio combo that are on the market now. And if I did, and I had a blue tooth equipped cellphone, and I got a call on the phone ... could I just interrupt the talk show and take the call by tapping on the earbud. Seems like I read about some cellphone earbud model that does that but I can't remember what it was. Anybody know? ps: I'm not interested in stereo earbuds because I never listen to music in this way and I don't want to tie up both ears. Multi-tasking is the name of the game! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] MP3 Player for the Visually Handicapped?
The newest ipods have talking menus and will even speak the song title. Also, if you go to rockbox.org you could get a player which you could put their software on and it would speak quite a bit of useful information. Hope this helps. on Monday 12/15/2008 computerg...@att.net(computerg...@att.net) wrote Hello all. I would like to buy a MP3 Player for an elderly person with Macular Degeneration so she can enjoy Old Radio shows. It does not have to be portable, but portable is ok. Need simple controls that don't need a screen. The Ipod appears not to be the solution. Thanks for any replys. -Bill. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot
Thanks much. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Will iPhone Kill Radio?
I will check, as I recall, there is no install charge. on Tuesday 07/29/2008 Snyder, Mark (IT CIV)([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote I get my news from the Post (paper) and from NPR. I don't listen much to commercial radio, except the occasional baseball game. I don't watch TV at all. I get mostly tech news from the web. I have an iPod, but have never gotten news from it (my iPod is before the Touch model). News paper circulation shrinks every year. If radio shrinks too, where will you all get your news? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Two free applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and another program that costs only $4.99, make it possible to listen to live radio on the iPhone from anywhere, including a moving car... No, radio (and the NAB) will kill radio. Who cares what you can listen to it on, the product is just as god-awful. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Will iPhone Kill Radio?
Sorry for the incorrect posting. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
I tried setting the ntfs partition as active, but it made no difference. Windows always sees the partition, it just does not like it for some reason. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Rev. Stewart Marshall([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Is the NTFS partition set as active? Unless it is set as active Windows will not see it at boot up. Stewart At 04:34 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux already on it
This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Fred Holmes([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote With today's cheap hard drives, etc., why not make it easy and put the Windows stuff on a separate hard drive, and use the motherboard's boot manager to select which device to boot from? At 05:34 PM 3/6/2008, John covici wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? Thanks. John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Problem installing Windows on a system with Linux a
I thought you were asking me to put windows on a new drive and then change the boot sequence? It would be much easier to find an answer to my original question, if its possible at all. on Thursday 03/06/2008 Tom Piwowar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and change things around and I am not even sure I could do this. What do you think you would need to change? A modern BIOS will detect the drive change at restart and put you in the BIOS setup screen. That screen will autodetect the new drives specs so you have nothing to set. You just confirm the change by pressing the screen's save buton. Is this too hard? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone problems
Only way I have ever heard of is if you can find someone else to take the line Verizon will transfer and if I remember rightly you will no longer be responsible. There are some websites which can help you look, celltradeusa.com is one if I am remembering the name correctly. on Thursday 09/13/2007 Christopher Range([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: We have talked over cell phone companies before and I have always been happy with mine up until yesterday. I have a family plan with Verizon, which I have had a few years. Earlier this year I upgraded both my wife's and mine cell phones, which required a new two year contract. We also have two other phones part of this family plan. Over the past few months my one son has monopolized the plan and caused me to pay overages, so I put it to him, either shape up or get your own plan. He and his friend did just that. (he is in college) So now I have this extra phone and line I do not need. I called Verizon and they want to charge me $175.00 to drop this line. His line is a secondary line on my plan and not one I had purchased a phone on (He supplied his own phone). Turns out they want $175 for each line if I wanted to cancel with them. (I talked with the local outfit who I signed up with and the little girl there was awfully snooty about it.) Anyone know any tricks or special ways to get around this? I do not want to keep an extra line for the next year and a half, neither do I want to spend $175. to cancel a line that is not going to be used. I am pretty mad at them right now, and they will no longer get recommendations from me to any local people. Thanks. Stewart Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 Stewart, While I only got a Verizon cell plan a couple of months ago, I remember having to go through a situation similar to yours, with anothe company. They wanted to penalize my (ex)fiance n' I for leaving the company when, we had already had the plan two years which is what the original agreement stated. I told them, I was prepared to take them to court for lying on the original agreement. That is when they backed down and, did not charge my (ex)fiance n' I for switching. Christopher * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] storing CD's in jewel boxes
I had the same problem and I did something quite drastic because I had maybe 100 cds -- they were all over my apartment, so I had a steel company make me something with shelves the correct dimensions -- the thing will probably outlast me! on Sunday 07/15/2007 Sandra Hoar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Container Store has some wall mounted and door mounted racks that can hold CD and DVD (and VCR--oooh) cases. sandy --- Wayne Dernoncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have lots of CD's and I've been ripping them to the 'puter that makes playing them lots easier. Now what to do with the CD's and jewel boxes? I really want to keep them around and in good shape. In the past (10 years ago), I could go to Dart Drug (okay, longer than 10 years ago) and get some storage racks that were about 6x6x15 and could hold lots (a couple of dozen?) of these jewel boxes. I can't seem to find any variation of these guys anymore. What do people do that would like to keep the CD's and jewel boxes intact? eBay is willing to sell me lots of jewel boxes and they will sell me lots of storage boxes for things like sheets and shoes, etc. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly This is NOT Burger King. You do not get it YOUR way. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Sanity Check before installing Ubuntu
Acronis was a big help in resizing a partition containing Vista whereas when I used the ntfsresize tool, Windows would never boot again and I had to reinstall! on Sunday 05/27/2007 John DeCarlo([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On 5/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: program called bootpart ( http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm ) to add Linux to the Windows boot menu. See the bootpart web page for more instructions (though its instructions mention LILO, just mentally substitute GRUB). I just looked at the bootpart page. The author says that the first active partition on hd0 must be a FAT16 partition. This would require me to repartition drive 0. The only tool I trust to repartition Windows partitions (this is from experience) is PartitionMagic. From my own experience, I don't really trust PartitionMagic any more. It was good when it came out. The only programs I would trust today, because of experience, is the program that comes with Boot It NG http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html or the newest qtparted that comes with new Linux distros. There may be other good ones out there, of course, but I have no experience with them. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
