Re: router recommendation

2016-02-20 Thread Mark Jarvis
Thanks for your comments. Mark Jarvis wrote on 2/17/2016 11:57 AM: My home has Cox internet connected to a router that has wired connections for two desktop machines which are online most of the time

router recommendation

2016-02-17 Thread Mark Jarvis
My home has Cox internet connected to a router that has wired connections for two desktop machines which are online most of the time, a captioned phone and wireless for a laptop. The router is 3 years old and has started to go effectively off line every

Re: ot spam

2015-07-02 Thread Mark Jarvis
Years ago I was told that it was a poor idea to use the unsubscribe links because that simply confirms that someone received read the email moves you up in the worthwhileness rating. I also tend to think that believing in the unsubscribe link is in the same

Ubunto iso -- dvd

2014-10-05 Thread Mark Jarvis
It's beenĀ  lo-o-ong time since I played with burning ISO files to media. The latest Ubuntu will require a DVD. Which is betterĀ  DVD-R or DVD+R? Learning why would also be useful. Thanks for any advice. ---

knoppix

2014-10-05 Thread Mark Jarvis
The venerable CD of my old favorite, knoppix, having died, I downloaded the 64 bit DVD ISO (I have a 64 bit system) burned it to a DVD. I booted from the DVD and at the boot prompt typed the knoppx64 option. It started off just fine, then went to a totally blank screen. The last couple of

Ubuntu boot problems

2014-10-05 Thread Mark Jarvis
For those of you old enough to remember the Li'l Abner comic strip, I'm beginning to feel like Joe Btfsplk, the hard luck character who had a small, dark, rain cloud perpetually hovering over his head. I downloaded the latest 64 bit Ubuntu ISO and burned the

OT: Windows guru needed (personal)

2014-07-28 Thread Mark Jarvis
, either on or off list, will be gratefully accepted. Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http

Re: OT: Windows guru needed (personal)

2014-07-28 Thread Mark Jarvis
that. sorry that happened. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net wrote: My wife is running Win 7 on a Dell box. Sometime over the last couple

Re: OT: Windows guru needed (personal)

2014-07-28 Thread Mark Jarvis
, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net wrote: My wife is running Win 7 on a Dell box. Sometime over the last couple of days the contents of her HD were scrambled

OT: laser printer question

2013-06-14 Thread Mark Jarvis
We have an HP 1018 laser printer. It is not good about keeping the paper in alignment as the paper goes through the printer. For example, if the page has a box 1/2" from the edges, the paper can slew slightly so that the printed lines can be 1/8" closer to