Help problem with ebay package

2002-04-25 Thread Tom Samson
I Don't know if any one has any experience with faulty products obtained through ebay but... I have a CD Set that is minus one CD -bought last December. I have tried to contact the company and the distributors and the Manufacturers but no reply. I have hunted through ebay's Safe Harbor but I cannot

Re: Virus flood

2002-04-25 Thread David Watkins
The worse thing you can do is send these PC virus attachments back, you are only making matters worse. Unfortunately you are receiving these attachments from people who are not aware that they are sending them. They receive a virus themselves and it corrupts and infests their system and then uses

Re: Virus flood

2002-04-25 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
Phillip That is quite nasty! Keep up the good work. Regards Daniel Phillip McGree wrote: >Nah, don't trash PC viruses keep 'em! > >Wait a few months, and then send them back. With a note saying, "hi, you sent >me this a while ago but I could never open it on my Macintosh. Perh

Re: Virus flood

2002-04-25 Thread Phillip McGree
Nah, don't trash PC viruses keep 'em! Wait a few months, and then send them back. With a note saying, "hi, you sent me this a while ago but I could never open it on my Macintosh. Perhaps you could try it on your PC?" Rgds, Phil http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=humour >Is it only me

Re: Virus flood

2002-04-25 Thread Peter Bull
Hi Lloyd, Yes I got a couple the other day - one was an .exe file which I politely sent back to them apologising that I couldn't run it on a Mac. I have also noticed an increase in spam must be the alignment of the planets or something. -- Peter Bull Computer Coach http://www.compcoach.net <[E

RE:Trill Sounds

2002-04-25 Thread Gordon & Ali Morris
Hi all, I'm a bit concerned. No matter what application I am using, the fifth time I press the shift key on its own I get a upward trill sound, followed by a single beep for the next three shift,control, option or command taps and then then trill sound goes down. Clicking in conjunction with a char

Re: Photoshop 7.0 questions

2002-04-25 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 10:17 +0800 25/04/2002, Keith Palmer wrote: We are happy to grab copies for WAMUG members at $1500 or $550 for the AE edition. THE AE (Academic Edition) is exactly the same as the more expensive box but is intended as a discount for those that are studying something. And if it's like mo

Re: Should I buy OSX?

2002-04-25 Thread Touchwood
Just be aware that current versions of MIDI/Audio programs like Cubase won't launch or run using Classic emulation in OS10. Classic Emulation won't talk to your Audio/Midi interfaces. You need to boot in OS9. It would also be wise to have a separate partition or drive containing the OS9 System Fo

Re: VPC 4 on PowerBook G4

2002-04-25 Thread Susan Hastings
On 25/4/02 3:23 PM, "Rob Findlay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That was my understanding (and experience) too, that you couldn't set it up to use the internet directly, but it uses the Mac connection without problems. > Doesn't it just use whatever is configured on the Mac side by default. You > d

Ordering May CD

2002-04-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Dear Matthew, I'd like to be able to receive the May CD by post, even though I live locally, as I work Tuesday evenings and would not be able to get to the meeting. How do I get the money to you? I'm planning to pay for the June one as well. Cheers, Susan WAMUG member 931

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2002-04-25 Thread Tom Lewis
Hi Does anyone know of any free virus detecters/cleaners like Disinfectent? Apparently I have a Word virus which disables some files when they're copied to a new volume. T Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz also on the Internet at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Family web site: http://www.users.bi

Trilling sounds.

2002-04-25 Thread Gordon & Ali Morris
Hi all, I'm a bit concerned. No matter what application I am using, the fifth time I press the shift key on its own I get a upward trill sound, followed by a single beep for the next three shift,control, option or command taps and then then trill sound goes down. Clicking in conjunction with a char

Virus flood

2002-04-25 Thread Lloyd White
Is it only me or are other people being sent strange files which must be viruses? I am getting at least two every day from unknown people in USA and Aust. Each has an enticing message with file attached. I immediately trash them but it is annoying. Lloyd -- Lloyd White Career Change Consultant

PC GF3 running in a G4/466

2002-04-25 Thread crazy_ebot
Hi all, Thought some of you might be interested - following some of the threads from xlr8yourmac.com, I've successfully flashed an ASUS 8200 GF3 deluxe card with a Mac Nvidia ROM. It's working in the G4 I'm using to write this email. It's worth every cent. :-) Now, if someone can convince Lu

Re: AppleScript problem

2002-04-25 Thread Peter N Lewis
>Has anyone out there had any experience scripting GraphicConverter? A little, but rarely satisfactory. >What I'm trying to do is pretty simply - go through a folder of images, >load each one in turn into GC, copy it to the clipboard and paste into >another app. Everything is working fine except

AppleScript problem

2002-04-25 Thread hinchlif
Has anyone out there had any experience scripting GraphicConverter? What I'm trying to do is pretty simply - go through a folder of images, load each one in turn into GC, copy it to the clipboard and paste into another app. Everything is working fine except the bit where I want GC to copy the c

Alcaltel SpeedTouch USB on X?

2002-04-25 Thread Paul Tetley
Hi, I'm setting up ADSL for the home network and got the Alcatel USB modem from iinet. I have a choice of MacOS-X or a Linux box (or windows...) for the 'gateway' so I thought I'd have a try with X first. The modem is synching just fine, I've installed the OS-X drivers, all diagnostics look

Re: WAMUG home page

2002-04-25 Thread Matthew Healey
On 25/4/02 10:52 AM, "Bob Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Keith ! > > It does have current meeting date on it, but must still be in > development mode ! > > Does not list our sponsors or have any links etc as yet ! I have been working on it today. New one should be up within the we

Re: VPC 4 on PowerBook G4

2002-04-25 Thread Rob Findlay
Doesn't it just use whatever is configured on the Mac side by default. You don't have to set anything in the Windows side. Mind you I don't use it but I've set it up for a few people. Cheers Rob > Am unable to connect to internet via internal modem while in Windows 98. > Can anyone assist me in co

VPC 4 on PowerBook G4

2002-04-25 Thread Tony Wilson
Am unable to connect to internet via internal modem while in Windows 98. Can anyone assist me in configuring Windows 98 to detect modem. Have tried all sites for info, including the VPC manual. Am overlooking some issue. TIA Tony Wilson

Re: WAMUG home page

2002-04-25 Thread Bob Howells
Thanks Keith ! It does have current meeting date on it, but must still be in development mode ! Does not list our sponsors or have any links etc as yet ! Bob Keith Palmer wrote: > > Try - > http://www.wamug.asn.au/ > > I'm not sure if this is the current, updated site but it is there. > > On

A give away and a For Sale (OS X)

2002-04-25 Thread Larry Pohl
Hi I'm using ANZAC day for a little house cleaning. I have, for the price of picking it up, a Performa 580CD, with mouse and keyboard. This fellow runs fine, has 40 MB of ram, 800 MB drive, CD and an internal modem (slow 14.4K). It's running OS 8.1. I also have for sale, a set of OS X install di

Re: WAMUG home page

2002-04-25 Thread Keith Palmer
Try - http://www.wamug.asn.au/ I'm not sure if this is the current, updated site but it is there. On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 10:15 AM, Bob Howells wrote: OK ! So it has shifted from IINET, But where is it ? ? bob H Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 62

Re: Photoshop 7.0 questions

2002-04-25 Thread Keith Palmer
It looks as if Photoshop 7 is arriving into Sydney warehouses this week. I haven't received anything yet and we have an order in the system for about 3 weeks. We are happy to grab copies for WAMUG members at $1500 or $550 for the AE edition. THE AE (Academic Edition) is exactly the same as the

WAMUG home page

2002-04-25 Thread Bob Howells
OK ! So it has shifted from IINET, But where is it ? ? Tried Google etc search engines and they give me heaps from 1996 onwards, but have not found current address bob H