If you can't get itunes working, songbird is a good free alternative.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Carl L. Baskerville calib...@aol.comwrote:
Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back!
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From: Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com
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Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back!
I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It smells to me like
iTunes is doing something naughty, and Vista catches it but XP did not.
That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Moreover, it was XP machines on which
iTunes gave us
Quoting Carl L. Baskerville calib...@aol.com:
Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back!
Although not much of an answer to your question, have you tried
Songbird? http://getsongbird.com/ It's Mozilla's answer to iTunes,
and looks (to me) very much like iTunes.
Other than
Quoting Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com:
Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back!
I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It smells to me like
iTunes is doing something naughty, and Vista catches it but XP did not.
That's a good thing, not a bad thing. Moreover,
Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term Windoze? You used it 3
times in your last post. I assume this is a reference to the Microsoft
Windows family of operating systems (it would be pronounced the same). If
it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as I
can
The Windows version of iTunes is just, well, bad
software, as far as I can tell.
What do you suppose that is? I've got it running on three different
versions of Windoze (2K, XP, 7) with no problems whatsoever. It's
slower than molasses on the 2K computer (P3 450), but it runs.
You'd
Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term Windoze?
You used it 3 times in your last post. I assume this is a
reference to the Microsoft Windows family of operating
systems (it would be pronounced the same). If it's an attempt
to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.comwrote:
I'm not quite sure who you intended that for, John, but those were in
material that I quoted--they aren't mine.
With all due respect, it was Reid Katan.
Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term Windoze? You used it 3
times in your last post. I assume this is a reference to the Microsoft
Windows family of operating systems (it would be pronounced the same). If
it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as I
can
From Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-installation-instructio
ns.aspx
Do you think MS is amassing a database of people who are apt to steal
their software? I can't think of a better way to do it.
Thanks for the tip! I had also uninstalled Windows Search for the same
reason. Now it's back and out of the way, thanks to your advice.
Richard P.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com wrote:
Is there any way to remove the very intrusive search box that Windows
If my kneeds don't work I'll get a kneed replacement.
Keep genuflecting to keep them limber.
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The zune hd if it exists isn't a competitor for whatever apple is doing with
10 screens...not much of one within it's own class for that matter.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Bill originally wrote software for Apple, then was approached by IBM.
QDOS
was
The first thing I thought of was the right-click menu, but didn't find anything
recognizable. I will reinstall it and see what happens this time. Thanks for
the info on what should be there. There was lots of other stuff for
customizing the Task Bar on the right-click menu.
Fred Hlmes
At
I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It
smells to me like iTunes is doing something naughty,
and Vista catches it but XP did not.
Isn't this *exactly* what MS used to do when somebody
tried to run Office on DR-DOS?
Dark theories, as predicted.
Which is more likely,
I understand, but I doubt that it's Vista's fault. It smells to me like
iTunes is doing something naughty, and Vista catches it but XP did not.
Isn't this *exactly* what MS used to do when somebody tried to run Office
on DR-DOS?
Xerox wasn't the first to use a mouse. They weren't the first to have GUI.
And the Xeros systems lacked the clarity of the Apple systems. Given a
mouse and being presented with an Apple-designed screen it was self
evident how to operate the system. Presented with a Xerox-designed
screen, much
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintoshstory=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progress.txttopic=Software%20DesignsortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date
An essay about the xerox and apple influence on GUI development written by
someone who worked for years at xerox before moving to apple.
On Mon, Apr
Thanks.? I appreciate the advice.? I want my XP back!
I too want my XP back too!
About 2 weeks ago I lost the ability to download files from web pages.
Now I have to go to Options and set the domain as a trusted website
before I can download. If the file is an executable it can't be run
http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10019223.html
rootkits, spyware, anti-virus + small foot print.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote:
It looks like the AntiVirus companies are attempting to profit from
Conficker worm. Both Webroot and
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10217273-56.html
Microsoft says that, for February, Live Search and Google had roughly
equal share, at around 48 percent apiece, with little search traffic
going to Yahoo or any of the other search players.
I just installed Songbird and it crashed upon launching.
In a message dated 4/13/2009 2:40:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
xha...@gmail.com writes:
If you can't get itunes working, songbird is a good free alternative.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Carl L. Baskerville
What alternative applications recognize iPod?
In a message dated 4/13/2009 12:55:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ton...@gmail.com writes:
Don't feel too bad. I too have had nothing but trouble with iTunes,
mostly on XP machines. Fortunately, it's not like the program is
actually _needed_
I believe songbird does
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Carl L. Baskerville calib...@aol.comwrote:
What alternative applications recognize iPod?
In a message dated 4/13/2009 12:55:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ton...@gmail.com writes:
Don't feel too bad. I too have had nothing but
What alternative applications recognize iPod?
If both iTunes and SongBird crash it suggests that you should be looking
at something that both programs have in common. First thing that comes to
mind is your USB drivers.
When you launch these programs do you have your iPod connected?
Do you
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Microsoft says that, for February, Live Search and Google had roughly
equal share, at around 48 percent apiece, with little search traffic
going to Yahoo or any of the other search players.
If Google doesn't stop informing me
I ended up using Bootcamp and installed Windows XP without any trouble on my
new Macbook Pro. Everything seems fine except I don't seem to have a right
mouse button when I'm in Windows XP. I understand that shift-F10 is a
keyboard shortcut,but I would really like to use the mouse for this.
I
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote:
It looks like the AntiVirus companies are attempting to profit from
Conficker worm. Both Webroot and Zone Alarm are telling me that I'm
not protected from Conficker and that only they can save me.
On April 2, the day
Hi All!(This info is from Mark Minasi's Newsletter)
A guy named Joe Stewart, a fellow who's part of a group of concerned souls
called the Conficker Working Group -- mostly big-name security
and Internet infrastructure folks -- realized that because one
of Conficker's side-effects is to
The reason I asked this is because a couple times a year, I'll get a
publisher document. I have to use MS Windows (I use Virtual PC, since I
have a PPC based Mac) in order to open it. I'm just trying to avoid MS
Windows. If I had an Intel based Mac, I'd still be trying to avoid
using MS
Sorry that I am always asking for OS X recommendations but never the
less ... here is another one:
If I wanted to be able to login and remotely control an OS X iMac
(Leopard) from a XP win PC is that possible and if so what application
would be best for that purpose?
(I think Timbucktu is
No special software should be needed. I use a logitech trackman
marble (a track ball) and have used mice as well. They just worked.
What mouse are you using?
If you are doing a p2v conversion of an already activated copy it
should not prove an issue. One good way is to hook up an
I think Windows remote desktop might do it.
Aqua Connect should as well - I think the trial is free.
On Apr 13, 2009, at 11:15 PM, db wrote:
Sorry that I am always asking for OS X recommendations but never the
less ... here is another one:
If I wanted to be able to login and remotely
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