Re: EDI, Hex & VFP - Oh My...

2012-08-16 Thread Ted Roche
Most of the internet is speaking Unicode UTF-8 or -16 these days. ASCII is really only defined for the first 128 characters (7-bit) and the 'extended ASCII character set' from 128 to 255 is different from different vendors; IBM implemented the upper characters of foreign entities and line-and-box c

Re: Foxweb?

2012-08-16 Thread Ted Roche
features of VFP. (BTW, in case anyone has their VFP chip on their shoulder, I have to say that the PHP story on Windows isn't much better with other databases, like SQL Server. I have war stories.) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _

Re: Test - hopefully nos long Sig!!

2012-08-17 Thread Ted Roche
And you did it! Whew! The Internet thanks you. On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > Just to see that the long auto-generated sig has now gone!!! > > Dave > > [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: just installed vfpro-9

2012-08-17 Thread Ted Roche
Gary: Unless you have some urgent reason, I would encourage you to NOT uninstall VFP6. Installing and uninstalling ANY software gives Windows a chance to screw up, and uninstalling after putting a newer version in place has the danger of unregistering things you don't want unregistered. On many of

Re: SQL Server backup problem

2012-08-17 Thread Ted Roche
; or some such misleading caption that lets you specify 'structure and data' to be scripted. Have lots of space free: the SQL file is huge! Then, zip it down to a much smaller size for transport. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _

Re: SQL Server backup problem

2012-08-18 Thread Ted Roche
data' to be scripted." When you do the scripting on the source machine, you need to tell it to include the data. It's in an "option" dialog of some sort. I'm sorry, but I'm away from my Windows machines for the weekend, or I could give you more pre

Re: Outlook Problem

2012-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
e to check the Item's type of some sort, or at worst, confirm the object.property is available to read. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http:

Re: Outlook Problem

2012-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
this is the only way to automate mail processing. I do not think that you can ASSuME that IMAP nor POP nor SMTP is available from an Exchange server. I think you can lock it down to being MAPI only. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Outlook Problem

2012-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
ncluded a data feed via ODBC to work. And that was our fault, of course. In another case, MS decided to disable scripting of some Outlook COM functions, as they realized bad guys were using it to send spam. Legitimate MS developers were using it, too, and we were blown out of the water. So, even

Re: [NF] Server

2012-08-21 Thread Ted Roche
doesn't matter) will not be acceptable, but lower-bandwidth applications like email or client-server might be okay, depending on the specifics of speed, number of users, size of files/requests, bandwidth, phase of the moon, etc. Telling us more details on what you're trying to do might get more ac

Re: [NF] Server

2012-08-21 Thread Ted Roche
y on the remote machine and you're just sharing screens via RDP or VNC, performance should be acceptable. Be careful of Windows licensing regarding Terminal Services; I know some people have found those to be overly restrictive. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroch

Re: [NF] Protect yourself from bogus sites coming up in Google searches

2012-08-21 Thread Ted Roche
ted with every backdoor known to > mankind, no sir. Normally you have to add -this -that -the other to your > search term. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maint

Re: [NF] Ergonomic Keyboard Recommendation

2012-08-24 Thread Ted Roche
ir, set the keyboard into a keyboard tray, etc. Slowly, the symptoms went away. I was lucky that my condition was relatively minor and with exercise, physical therapy and changing my workstation geometry I was able to recover 100% functionality. -- Te

Re: auto increment

2012-08-27 Thread Ted Roche
As always, it depends on what you're doing, how many users, how fast a network, how many transactions per minute, but: 1) FLOCKing a table means no one can update ANY record, where 2) RLOCKing the one record in the keys table that has the primay key you're incrementing has a much smaller window

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

2009-08-26 Thread Ted Roche
. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Office+Genuine+Advantage+Notifications Huh. What do you know? It's the very first answer. Sheesh. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscripti

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

2009-08-27 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Ken Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > > I worded the question poorly, sorry. No apology needed, Ken, I thought your question was fine. My objection was the speculation others made guessing what GA was without bothering to lift a finger to figure it out. -- Ted Roc

Re: Why is the Application Data folder not visible in the My Documents folder?

2009-08-28 Thread Ted Roche
ze and are nearly all Windows 2000 and XP. A few outliers in Vista, mostly regretting that. I could imagine that powerchurch.com would have more customers on the legacy, standalone side. You must run into some interesting support issues. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LL

Re: [NF] Replacing Link in HTML Document

2009-08-29 Thread Ted Roche
arch replace" will give you a detailed explanation of what the command means. I happened to grab this version from http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/298 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com __

Re: Requirement! Need FoxPro expertise]

2009-09-02 Thread Ted Roche
time to see the world. They're spending a year or two touring, working on short-term gigs and getting in some sightseeing, too. Independent women and men who haven't got strong local ties might find this a good opportunity. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche &

Re: [NF] Vista user documents shared.

2009-09-02 Thread Ted Roche
D, "workgroup" level of networking. And the wireless signal goes a lot farther than most people think it does. So, he's sharing all his files with the world, naked. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post

Re: VFP9 - List memo

2009-09-02 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > I use a command LIST MEMO TO INFO.LOG > > Is there a way to exclude certain information ? > Sure! Just press F1. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: VFP9 - List memo

2009-09-02 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > > Sure! Just press F1. > Oh, come on! A "telling off?" Please. I suggested you consult the help file to find out if LIST MEMORY has any options that let you limit the results. (As I don't have VFP on this machine, I

Re: [NF] Is Web 2.0 slowing the Internet

2009-09-04 Thread Ted Roche
n to their webmasters. Some software, like tracking software, contributes nothing to the user experience, while slowing down the loading of a page. You can examine what a page is loading with a FireFox add-on like FireBug or YSlow, and consider blocking the sites that are just dragging down th

Re: [NF] iPhone dev tools for .NET now via mono

2009-09-14 Thread Ted Roche
's designed to do this, and is Open Source. The original slideshow was at http://www.slideshare.net/brianleroux/mobile-javascript. Skip slide 16 if you're offended by the F* word. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _

Re: MySql query speed

2009-10-07 Thread Ted Roche
already tried optimizing the hardware, memory usage, indexes and alternative queries, you can use a variety of hints, covered here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index-hints.html -- Ted Roche, CMDEV: Certified MySQL 5.0 Developer Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com __

Re: [NF] Bastards! 64 bit is now old and 128 is the new cool of the future.

2009-10-08 Thread Ted Roche
ystem. Pretty cool. Rumors of a port to OS X abound. Ports to Linux would be tougher, as it's a different way of using block devices than the Linux model. I'll stick with the FOSS versions, though :) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _

Re: VFP6.0 Legacy Application: Record-Not-Available: -REPOST

2009-10-13 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Desmond Lloyd wrote: > >  Have been getting an intermittent "RECORD-NOT-AVAILABLE" message that > scrolls in gray window Try reindexing all of your tables, after making a backup, of course. I have seen this symptom signaling a corrupted in

Re: Vartype

2009-10-14 Thread Ted Roche
n the two functions, and his post points out some of the internal behaviors: http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2006/01/03/508832.aspx The FoxPro wiki pretty much reports the same thing: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VarType~VFP I wonder what the Hacker's Guide says. I'll b

Re: [NF] IBM pitches Ubuntu Linux in place of Windows 7

2009-10-22 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > > When did the Internet qualify as an OS? > 2002. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1262 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: Question for the CISSPs on this list.

2009-10-23 Thread Ted Roche
was running a minimal Linux or other OS. I could imagine a situation where a malformed file format might cause a buffer overrun that could lead to compromising the machine, from the photo card side. I'm not sure that the fax modem could be similarly compromised, but it's worth a re

Re: Dual Boot Linux Installation

2009-10-27 Thread Ted Roche
werke or Ted Roche. I have a hard time telling those guys apart, too. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: [OT] Sarah Palin is doing well financially

2009-10-28 Thread Ted Roche
Two posts in two days! It's on to the twit filter with you! "Way to go!!!" On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > Way to go!! > > Report [OT] Abuse: > http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/12c59839ac034521ba138284e0618...@dual > -- Ted Roche Te

Re: Typical screen resolution

2009-10-29 Thread Ted Roche
s one that should be sharing space with several others (after all, it is named Microsoft Window_S_ not Microsoft Window!), then you ought to aim for as small as practicable, like a multi-pane Wizard interface. -- Ted "It Depends" Roche Te

Windows 7 and existing VFP 7 / InstallShield applications

2009-11-13 Thread Ted Roche
to run on Windows 7? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/ma

Re: Windows 7 and existing VFP 7 / InstallShield applications

2009-11-13 Thread Ted Roche
file, checks to see if the updated files on their network share are of a later timestamp, copy the newer .exe if necessary, and then launch it. I'll guess I probably won't be able to do that under "Program Files" without too much work. Thanks for the tips! -- Ted Roche Te

Re: Ascii command in Solaris ftp script

2009-11-19 Thread Ted Roche
Coast flavors) and they probably use the command 'unix2dos' instead of the Linux/AT&T Unix 'ascii' command. If you can log onto the Solaris box and get a command prompt (they call it a 'shell'), try typing: man ascii and man unix2dos and see what y

Re: Ascii command in Solaris ftp script

2009-11-20 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > Thanks, Ted. That earned us a kudo. My manager states the he now > believes FoxPro programmers to be half intelligent. Well, you tell him he's half-right. And we feel the same way about managers :) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche &

Re: [NF] Software that can capture an entire website?

2009-11-25 Thread Ted Roche
s GUIs for it; I have no direct experience with those, however. Let me know if I can be of any help. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/ma

Re: VFP9-Grids

2009-11-27 Thread Ted Roche
hether it will make a difference in your application. You need to test it yourself. As a general rule, Rushmore is a good thing, but in some cases it slows performance. Let us know what you learn. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _

Re: [NF] Password Protection

2009-11-30 Thread Ted Roche
re's anything to deny make your denial... implausible? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

Re: Anyone know how to reach Cris Musgrave?

2009-12-02 Thread Ted Roche
nt.ucfsd.org/wconnect/wwdevregistry/Showdeveloper.wwr?Id=595 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of th

Re: Anyone know how to reach Cris Musgrave?

2009-12-02 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Jean Laeremans wrote: > > Think he already got that far. > Really? He already called the phone number? Sorry, I must have missed that in the OP. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www

Re: Shields up

2009-12-06 Thread Ted Roche
ould there be to running Windows Server? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://l

Re: [OT] I found out our house is on Google street views. Now that'screepy.

2009-12-11 Thread Ted Roche
Oh. My. God. The outside of your house is visible? In Public!!??? And why isn't this OT? (I was surprised to see my house has been visited, too. We tried to figure out, by looking at which outside projects we could see, when the picture was taken. ) It's not like it's the first time there's be

Re: [NF] Recommendations for text search utility?

2009-12-15 Thread Ted Roche
sure it's available for Windows. Perhaps via CygWin {2}? (note you'll need version 1.7 beta). Or you could just download the source, install Perl and run it native. In Windows, run VFP and ACTI WIND FILER. {1} http://betterthangrep.com/ {2} http://www.cygwin.com/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche

Re: [NF] inkjet multi-function printer

2009-12-18 Thread Ted Roche
computer graphics and color reports and charts, not photographs, so I can't speak to the high-end results, but it's quite good for what we use it for. We've used it to put together presentations and reports for a couple of clients and it easily pays for itself in a year. And hopefully la

T'was the night before crisis...

2009-12-24 Thread Ted Roche
"It's just what I asked for, but NOT what I want=85" (attributed variously, my copy came from here[1]) [1] http://www.mdarwin.ca/humour/night-before-xmas/night-before-crisis.phtm= -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: Storing passwords -- best practice

2010-01-13 Thread Ted Roche
n the Caribbean... http://www.acadiaguideservice.com/Mac%20Rubel.htm -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

Re: [NF] Java, Technical Writing

2010-01-15 Thread Ted Roche
lot of directions. There's rich-client, phone development, web applets, enterprise java beans, and a LOT of Java programmers looking for their next gig. I wonder why you chose that language. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] Approx size of the display area available in an iPad Safari browser?

2010-01-29 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Malcolm Greene wrote: > How much space is available in an iPad Safari window for the > actual display of a web page? By actual display I mean, minus any > iPad and Safari "chrome" such as borders, titlebars, menus, > toolbars, statusbars, scrollbars, etc. > "1024-

Re: [NF] Approx size of the display area available in an iPad Safaribrowser?

2010-01-29 Thread Ted Roche
lbars. Well, I suggest you download the iPad SDK and see how it works. http://www.apple.com/ipad/sdk/ The SDK includes an emulator so you can get close to a WYSIWYG representation. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _

Re: Parsing a text field?

2010-02-05 Thread Ted Roche
he result set the ID like 12A456789-012345 if that didn't meet your requirements. But it narrows down a half million records to just a few. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.

Re: Parsing a text field?

2010-02-05 Thread Ted Roche
where PartID LIKE '12A456789-123_' AND ISALPHA(SUBSTR(PartID,14,1)) Note that unless all the prefix portions of the part numbers are the same length, the SUBSTR arguments might have to be calculated on the fly. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche &a

Re: [NF] Google is messed up

2015-07-22 Thread Ted Roche
ed exactly the same way. > > Anybody have any idea what is going on? > -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/list

Re: [NF] Google is messed up

2015-07-22 Thread Ted Roche
different results with three different logins. The accounts are set up > exactly the same. > > "non-trivial" is a good name for it. I would offer another description. > > > On 7/22/2015 11:46 AM, Ted Roche wrote: >>> >>> Anybody have any idea what is goin

Re: [NF] Google is messed up

2015-07-22 Thread Ted Roche
ping the gmail with west-wind but >>> they are missing the protocol to read email (TLS). That is why I used >>> Python. The one that is not working is the only one I can't get to work >>> programmatically. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>

Re: [NF] Google is messed up

2015-07-22 Thread Ted Roche
Jeff: You're sending MIME64 again... On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:02 PM, jeff wrote: > SSdsbCB0cnkgaXQuIMKgVGhhbmtzIFRlZC4KCgpTZW50IGZyb20gbXkgVC1Nb2JpbGUgNEcgTFRF > IERldmljZQoKLS0tLS0tLS0gT3JpZ2luYWwgbWVzc2FnZSAtLS0tLS0tLQpGcm9tOiBUZWQgUm9j > aGUgPHRlZHJvY2hlQGdtYWlsLmNvbT4gCkRhdGU6MDcvMjIvMjAxN

Re: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File

2015-07-23 Thread Ted Roche
First, of course, scan for malware. If you have a copy of the document, try booting a machine into a LiveCd of Linux and reading it with LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org -- these are often more tolerant of variations in the format than MS. Try renaming a copy to .doc, as docx wasn't that common in 2003

Re: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File

2015-07-23 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > It seems I don't have a Hex Editor on my PC here either. I was looking for a > built-in Hex editor type prog in Windows - like under Accessories - but, > couldn't seem to find anything. Will have to look around for a Hex editor and > try to

Re: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File

2015-07-23 Thread Ted Roche
named it to a ZIP file - again - still no go... > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:21 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File > > First,

Re: Strange User Problem - VFP Attempting Install!

2015-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > Each person on earth would have to own 600 million GUIDs for there to be > a 50% chance of a collision. > OTOH, someone messes up their Registry every day. While I like Ken's theory, it's far more likely someone transposed a key while writing

Re: Strange User Problem - VFP Attempting Install!

2015-07-28 Thread Ted Roche
Ken: Try googling "setup.exe: ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper()" -- I found a couple of articles with suggestions. On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Ken Dibble wrote: > >> >> Go into Control Panel, then Programs and Features,

Re: [NF] laptop mirroring smart tv

2015-07-29 Thread Ted Roche
The easiest way is to record the screen on your webcam or smartphone. SmartTeeVees are proprietary computers - where you have no access to the OS nor the apps -- designed to prevent unauthorized access to the DRM-encoded video streams: payTV, encrypted DVD or cable-TV streams. There are a number

Re: [NF] laptop mirroring smart tv

2015-07-30 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Charles, > > The one suggestion that Ted didn't mention below is.. No, really, the list is nearly infinite. I was a big fan of MythTV, a tremendously powerful client-server solution for capturing, converting, organizing and presenting video. S

Re: [NF] laptop mirroring smart tv

2015-07-30 Thread Ted Roche
(OK - so who remembers what Movie that is from??) > > :-) > -K- > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:50 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] laptop mirr

Re: [NF] laptop mirroring smart tv

2015-07-31 Thread Ted Roche
laws. However, there are many ways to get broadcast and cable videos on your laptop. What specifically are you trying to accomplish? On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Jul 2015, at 02:50 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > >> But it all depends on what Cha

Re: Open up data files on a server

2015-08-03 Thread Ted Roche
be read/written or you might have mentioned that. Can you use Notepad to create a new file in the directories? Can you use FoxPro to do it? (MODI FILE P:\JustTesting) And, okay, I just have to ask: Have you tried turning it off and back on again? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & A

Re: FW: Your VFP Application

2015-08-05 Thread Ted Roche
He might have found it from ProFox. I had a similar Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE). I flag as spam commercial come-ons that are obviously from a template and broadcast rather than an individually targetted email. On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:55 PM, John Weller wrote: > I am getting emails from t

Re: Appointment tracker

2015-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
I haven't heard TSR in a long time :) I'd recommend you develop the functionality as a plain 'ol FoxPro EXE and then launch it every 15 minutes (or 10 or 5, depending on how much precision you need) that opens, reads the tables, pops up its reminders, then closes. Add it to the Windows Schedule Ta

Re: Appointment tracker

2015-08-11 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: >> > And isn't easier to put the EXE on the Start folder, so it executes when > Windows starts, and keep in memory as a TSR? Easier, yes. > Why the need to shut it down and start up all the time? Well, there are tradeoffs. VFP consumes r

[NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-13 Thread Ted Roche
which won't be called Service Pack 1. R2 or rev b or something? "WindX, the second try?" -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.le

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-13 Thread Ted Roche
not the reality that there's going to be a mess of patches over the first couple of months, and the idea that MS is saving up a big batch of them cleanly integrated together plus some features that didn't make the first release for a more carefully controlled release *not called Servi

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-13 Thread Ted Roche
Hosts file... I had read there were issues,but that appears to be a red herring. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Allen wrote: > Are you saying the Hosts file no longer works? > You can still use other browsers from what I hear. > Al > > -Original Message- > > > Well, I would be using th

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-14 Thread Ted Roche
t is worrying is that all of this is pretty much what Microsoft intended. Its WPBT is engineered to allow manufacturers to painlessly inject drivers and programs into the operating system. " Wait, what? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com __

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-17 Thread Ted Roche
Just in case you are just joining this thread, already in progress, I want to point out that "Windows 10 Sucks" was an article title, and not the personal nor professional opinion of the humble original poster, moi. Windows 10 is "where you want to go today" if you're on the MS bandwagon, or being

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-18 Thread Ted Roche
Doug Hennig had tweeted that he had updated one of this workstations and everything went well. Let's cross our fingers and hope it survives the updates :) On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > Alan Bourke wrote: >> >> We've had a few mom and pop customers, i.e. not on Pro and co

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Richard Kaye wrote: > If you've got the home version there's probably a little teaser sitting in > your system tray to upgrade to W10. At least that's what I saw on my wife's > laptop last night while I was doing some home IT. > Works for the Pro versions, too.

Re: Problem with COPY and RENAME

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > RENAME LOWER(lcimportpath + UPPER(lcimage)) TO lcexportpath + > UPPER(ALLTRIM(doc_url)) > does not work. Change this to: lcFrom = LOWER(lcimportpath + UPPER(lcimage)) lcTo = lcexportpath + UPPER(ALLTRIM(doc_url)) RENAME (lcFrom) TO (l

Re: Problem with COPY and RENAME

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
lcCommand = "RENAME (lcFrom) TO (lcTo)" WAIT WINDOW lcCommand && anything wrong? &lcCommand On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Doesn't work Ted. > > What the heck is going on here? I have been doing RENAMING for years. The > paths are

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
18, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > On 18 August 2015 at 15:25, Ted Roche wrote: >> I have an old, old graphics card in one Windows 8.1 machine that will >> likely never be supported, but the icon still hangs around. > > It will probably work fine. The driver model hasn

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > > What would you folks recommend as a CHEAP Replacement? I don't have a lot of > Cash - as things are still tight for me financially - thus I would prefer to > only spend between $200 - $300! Buy a new battery. __

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
Sign up for the NewEgg newsletter for a worthwhile discount and look for some of their refurb stuff. You can find an older refurb machine (3-4 years old) that might have been top-of-the line 4 years ago, for $150 - $250. It's a lot more likely to last than a cheap new machine at that price. On Wed

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
K- > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:45 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP... > > Sign up for the NewEgg news

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
gt; > And - Ouch - U got me on the Beer thing! Pretty sad of me to admit a FUBAR > like that - but, figured some folks would find it humorous!!! > > :-) > -K- > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche >

WIn10 OOBE

2015-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
h, don't accept that. In the follow-on screens, my choices were; Off Off Off Off Off Off On for SmartScreen malicious detection Off Off Off Off Off Off Off and "Let Me Choose.." for Associated Apps, uncheck, uncheck, uncheck, uncheck. Looking forward to seeing what Microsoft wi

[NF] Win10 OOBE, part 2

2015-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
as decided we're all touch-enabled these days and have switched it I'm pretty sure Apple did this a while ago, and MS is just catching up. Perhaps it will be intuitive to me in a few days, except that it only happens on one of the five or six machines I work on all day! -- Ted Roche Te

Re: [NF] Win10 OOBE, part 2

2015-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
Excellent suggestions, but no go. "Advanced mouse settings" was of course where I would look for Trackpad scrolling, but there is no "Settings" tab on my Mouse properties dialog. I'll poke around and see if ASUS has posted some updated drivers for Windows 10. The trackpad is listed as an ASUS Tra

Re: [NF] Thunderbird - Missing Sent Emails...

2015-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
Did you configure your account to save to the Sent file? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/faq-aol-email-sent-folder On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Kurt @ VR-FX wrote: > Hey - sorry if I've gotten TOO Active lately & pestering everyone w/Q's - > but... > > ...and this particular problem has

Re: [NF] Thunderbird - Missing Sent Emails...

2015-08-21 Thread Ted Roche
urt Wendt wrote: > Originally it WAS Saving Sent e-mails. And, I hadn't touched the > configuration of that for Several years now! > > -K- > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Thursday, A

Re: string matching

2015-08-22 Thread Ted Roche
Or you could just use the LIKE keyword: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/98434 On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > Having a bad brain day... > > Using MYSQL, it's easy to get a string match using [field like "%1234"] to > find all strings ending with 1234, or [field lik

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-22 Thread Ted Roche
And the next Win10 revelation: 'Free' Windows 10 Makes Expensive Software Changes http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/08/17/windows-10s-pirated-software-searches/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.lea

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-23 Thread Ted Roche
Bourke wrote: > Largely FUD I would guess. > > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2015, at 11:20 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> And the next Win10 revelation: >> >> 'Free' Windows 10 Makes Expensive Software Chang

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks..

2015-08-23 Thread Ted Roche
using Windows 10 for a couple of weeks and not had any problems - > but then I don't use pirated software :-) > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > >> >> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015, at 11:20 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> > And the next Win10 re

Re: [NF] Win10 OOBE, part 2

2015-08-23 Thread Ted Roche
#x27;re either moving the document relative to the window or the window relative to the document, but that requires a level of abstraction most people (real people, not us geeks) do not have in their computer interactions. On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Excellent suggestio

Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks ......

2015-08-23 Thread Ted Roche
And here's an interesting fact-based piece (vs. the earlier speculative Forbes piece) on how changes in Win 10 are a problem for some people, in this case, with gigabytes stored in OneDrive: "I like Windows 10 but I'm going back to Windows 8.1" http://www.zdnet.com/article/i-like-windows-10-but-i

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-24 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > > So - Kevin - how do I go back to "Classic Shell" as you suggested. Is it just > a setting - or do I need to install something. I did a Google Search - and > there seems to be a bunch of Links for downloading some kind of Classic > Shell. B

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-24 Thread Ted Roche
essage- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 11:49 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP... > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: >>

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-24 Thread Ted Roche
> incase something happened and I needed to re-install the OS! I found this > Annoying. I will admit - its my 1st time buying a Refurb, so - I knew I had > to expect its NOT the same thing as buying a NEW Laptop! > > -K- > > -----Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailt

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-25 Thread Ted Roche
Must be that Southern accent, y'all. Southern New Hampshire, that is :) On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:31 AM, Jerry Wolper wrote: > Kevin said: >> To be honest, Ted Roche's interpretation of being Kevin Cully is *way* >> more convincing than my interpretation will ever be. Academy award in >> his futu

Re: [NF] Laptop Dying & a Cheap Replacement ASAP...

2015-08-25 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Dan Covill wrote: > And how are things in Contoocook this fine day, Ted? Lovely. Spectacular T-storms this morning brought some desperately needed watering. Power blinked once or twice. Other than that, pretty quiet. Doesn't get much more exciting than that. ___

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