XP is dead, new machines will generally not run it.
Windows 7 is supposed to be awesome and I haven't heard from anybody that its
slow in any way shape or form. How much RAM do you have?
IBM? Are you sure? IBM hasn't made consumer computers for 4 or 5 years now, is
your new computer really a
I tried it for awhile, I was unimpressed.
After my last computer died I played around with a couple different distros,
finally settled back at Mepis...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:04:53 -0600
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
From what I've read, the Windows 2000 classic mode is finally and
totally gone in Windows 7. You can turn off a lot of the bling and
achieve a more classic look, but it's not the same as enabling classic
mode in XP or Vista.
Allan
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:31 -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin
I buy all of the technology for the company (just bought 5 new laptops for
field techs) and I stick with Dells because I can get a serial port for our
telemetry connections and downgrade to XP.
I screwed up and ordered my desktop without downgrading to XP, so it has Vista.
Not a major
I was just thinking about you last night Craig - I was looking at some pictures
I took of the cliff dwellings in Bandelier.
Lucky dog.
Dan
--- On Fri, 2/19/10, Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
From: Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 40k miles of CDI
Someone missed the sarcasm here.
I think Roger meant a 1997, not 79.
Dan
--- On Thu, 2/18/10, relng...@aol.com relng...@aol.com wrote:
From: relng...@aol.com relng...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] good maintenance
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 3:21 PM
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
IBM? Are you sure? IBM hasn't made consumer computers for 4 or 5 years now,
is your new computer really a new to you computer?
Kleb means a Lenovo Thinkpad, which is the next best thing to an IBM.
The chinese are doing a
They were making the IBM branded Thinkpads when IBM sold it off, or spun
it off, or something. I have a couple of c.1994-95 Thinkpads around,
they still fire up (slowly) and do things (slowly) but are rock solid.
I think I tried to get Linux on one of them, for some reason it did not
go but
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:36:20 -0800 (PST) LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Next month I get to buy a FLIR camera! This is going to be fun!
I used one of those a few years back. Definitely a lot of fun.
I don't know the current state-of-the-art, but the one I used had a
built-in, mechanical
Yea, it seems to be running better now, I adjusted for best performance,
after a few restarts and uninstalling a bunch of crap, including norton,
its running better now. I even turned back on the visual stuff and its
still running OK.
OK Don wrote:
The AMD CPU shouldn't be that slow -
yea, I will next time, I should have let you last time!!
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:41 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
I have got to get back out to new mexico. My last trip was a quick in
and out
And maybe you'll even let me take you to the
well its lenovo or whatever they call it
Curt Raymond wrote:
XP is dead, new machines will generally not run it.
Windows 7 is supposed to be awesome and I haven't heard from anybody that its
slow in any way shape or form. How much RAM do you have?
IBM? Are you sure? IBM hasn't made consumer
I didnt know they were selling anything with vista anmore.
LWB250 wrote:
I buy all of the technology for the company (just bought 5 new laptops for
field techs) and I stick with Dells because I can get a serial port for our
telemetry connections and downgrade to XP.
I screwed up and ordered
Dan, I believe that is where we stopped by when we were out there, I
will have to see if I can dig those photos up.
LWB250 wrote:
I was just thinking about you last night Craig - I was looking at some pictures
I took of the cliff dwellings in Bandelier.
Lucky dog.
Dan
--- On Fri,
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Yea, it seems to be running better now, I adjusted for best performance,
after a few restarts and uninstalling a bunch of crap, including norton,
its running better now. I even turned back on the visual stuff and its
still running OK.
I used to think Internet
I don't know the current state-of-the-art, but the one I used had a
built-in, mechanical refrigeration system, a color display for the
false-color images, and cost about $50k.
That's the one I played with. It had detachable, normal-looking
camera lenses, except that the 'glass' was Zinc
I think I've finally gotten the Traffic Pro 7881 installed
in the SEL. Maybe my wife will shut up about not having a
CD player now.
It was a royal pain, to avoid butchering the car I had to fabricate
a male power connector, I used 10-gauge solid copper wire and
a small block of Mpingo wood.
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:04:22 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
That's the one I played with. It had detachable, normal-looking
camera lenses, except that the 'glass' was Zinc Sulfide (or something
like that) and visually completely opaque!
Zinc Selenide, ZnSe.
Craig
My Indy just got a 1972 280SEL 4.5 and wonders what the value/prices are on
these cars.
It is White with the Blue roof (with a sunroof which seems pretty rare).
Engine and transmission work well. The interior is quite clean, and the seats
have been redone. But, they have been done in cloth
between 500-1000
Donald Snook wrote:
My Indy just got a 1972 280SEL 4.5 and wonders what the value/prices are on
these cars.
It is White with the Blue roof (with a sunroof which seems pretty rare).
Engine and transmission work well. The interior is quite clean, and the seats
have been
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:16:57 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
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I think I've finally gotten the Traffic Pro 7881 installed
in the SEL.
I don't recall if it was mentioned earlier, but I wondered exactly what a
Traffic Pro does. I found a description at,
...Someone missed the sarcasm here. I think Roger meant a 1997, not 79...
I never claimed I could type since I use the Columbus System. Find it and
land on it it.
The ML is a '99, of course.
RLE
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
between 500-1000
Donald Snook wrote:
My Indy just got a 1972 280SEL 4.5 and wonders what the value/prices are
on these
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Hi Donald -
These cars are wonderful when in good condition. Some say they are the
best built big sedans ever made by MB. But the cost to repair these
beauties are incredible! Some would say astronomical. I had a customer
with a convertible like the sedan you saw. During the crazy
Wednesday I replaced my DVs - I had been warned about noise from the IP. I
am hearing diesel type noise when the window is open or I get out of the
car - but it's more of a tapping sound - like a tappet in a gas car. Inside
with doors and windows closed it is almost silent.
Is that the kind
Keep the windows up -- ;-)
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:12 PM, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote:
Wednesday I replaced my DVs - I had been warned about noise from the IP. I
am hearing diesel type noise when the window is open or I get out of the car
- but it's more of a tapping sound - like a
I got my desktop machine last year, which is why it has Vista and not Windows 7.
Dan
--- On Fri, 2/19/10, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Windows 7
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Friday,
I'd say you are ok. if what you hear sounds like a tappet, that is
probably what it is. 603s have a tendency to have a noisy one. on
the old SDL, it got better after running M1 for a year or so. Both
my current 603s have noisy tappets with M1.
Wednesday I replaced my DVs - I had been
Mine won't be quite that sophisticated. It's a hand held FLIR that's used for
inspecting electrical buss work to check for hot spots (loose connections.)
One of my former employers had one like you describe, but we weren't allowed to
touch it, much less look at it. There was one guy trained
mine does that, its a lifter, it comes and goes, I am hoping the M1 will
clear it up eventually.
LarryT wrote:
Wednesday I replaced my DVs - I had been warned about noise from the
IP. I am hearing diesel type noise when the window is open or I get
out of the car - but it's more of a tapping
ohhh
LWB250 wrote:
I got my desktop machine last year, which is why it has Vista and not Windows 7.
Dan
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95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL,
91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro,
85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro
Kalib, you may noties my silence the past few days, I just survivrd a
very slight stroke. Can you post a link to this for me?
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When you get older, you don't regret the things you did in life.
You regret the things you didn't do.
*B*lood
Peter, would you please quit doing this to us. I hope all is well. Keep us
posted of your recovery. My thoughts are with you.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld
-Original Message-
From: Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:45:57
To: Mercedes Discussion
Get well and hope you feel better soon Peter.
Ed
300E
On 19 February 2010 19:45, Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net wrote:
Kalib, you may noties my silence the past few days, I just survivrd a very
slight stroke. Can you post a link to this for me?
--
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When you get older,
Sorry fellow, I've been hospitalized the last few days and unable to
respond.
The question I meant to ask was how to calculate the growth of the hole,
not how to produsce it. The aswer to that question is below, and I
thank you.
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Pete Arnold
Faith is knowing there is an ocean because
Thanks for the thought Rusty, I read the love between the lines.
Pete, Old age is not for a Sissy!
On 2/19/2010 7:55 PM, buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Peter, would you please quit doing this to us. I hope all is well. Keep us
posted of your recovery. My thoughts are with you.
Im thinking about you as well, your health is in my prayers. Also, if
you need to dump any of your cars cheap, let me know :)
Peter T. Arnold wrote:
Thanks for the thought Rusty, I read the love between the lines.
Pete, Old age is not for a Sissy!
On 2/19/2010 7:55 PM, buymbpa...@gmail.com
Does it need a nav CD for its current location, or will it tell you
where
you are without it?
I don't know, as I don't have a GPS antenna on it.
I suspect it'll give you lat/long, but that'd be it.
-- Jim
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Decided to burp the cooling system on Gump in preparation for the head
work. Got her up on a ramp and lit her off. Bubbled away, expelling
air for about 45 minutes. Finally she was done and I capped the
radiator and rolled her off the ramps. Took her around the block to
allow the water
I think you are right I have comcast and they provided me with McAffee it
has worked fine for years. Now they provide Norton! I am planning on getting
another motherboard and processor and don't want to do the whole reinstall
thing. Having to chase down all my settings and such, but also that
Since I met you and your wife we have both had arterial issues. We will
continue to survive them. I will live to 80, I swear.
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Use one of the free anti virus tools instead. I'm using the free Microsoft
Security Essentials on the Windows boxes now. I konw, Microsoft and security
are incompatable - but it's getting great reviews from the testers, and
doesn't have much impact on the box.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 7:57 PM,
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/1608866833.html
No interest, etc. Wonder what he would pay for a nice pagoda?
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles.
1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles.
Wickford, RI
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As someone else mentioned, Norton AV is in itself a virus, and some
virus makers use parts of Norton AV to protect their virus. Best to
stay far away from Norton.
How is your Mac Wall street?
I think you are right I have comcast and they provided me with
McAffee it has worked fine for
Just passing along what I found today. Anybody's interested, I can expand.
Bainbridge Island, WA.
Says it's on craig's.
Brian
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:27:52 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
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Does it need a nav CD for its current location, or will it tell you
where you are without it?
I don't know, as I don't have a GPS antenna on it.
I suspect it'll give you lat/long, but that'd be it.
Well, if Jill
Really does it seem to update and such? Have a url?
Douglas
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Windows 7
Use one of the free anti
Yes, and yes --
http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Douglas jgi...@comcast.net wrote:
Really does it seem to update and such? Have a url?
Douglas
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:45:57 -0500 Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net
wrote:
Kalib, you may noties my silence the past few days, I just survivrd a
very slight stroke. Can you post a link to this for me?
My wife had a TIA (transient ischemic attack, mild stroke) a year ago
December. She has
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