Nagging Excel Word

2009-04-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, This problem seems to have arisen since I recently updated Office 2004. I have the OSX firewall set to Set access for specific services and applications - so when an application wants to accept an incoming connection a dialog box pops up asking if I want to allow or deny connections for

Re: Apple Remote Desktop alternative ?

2009-04-17 Thread Steven Knowles
Thanks Rob. I installed RDC, and the first thing that comes up when I launch the application is a request for the name of a computer (giving examples MyPC, name.microsoft.com, IP number). Upon asking the question of a windows user what I might put in here, the answer was You can't

Re: Apple Remote Desktop alternative ?

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Steven, I've never used RDC, I use Apple Remote Desktop 3.2.2, but I would suggest you check out the Help How To on the Mactopia Remote Desktop Connection website. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx?product=Remote%20Desktop%20Connectionapp=6

Re: First Malware for Mac?

2009-04-17 Thread Dark1
Read up about this a while ago and came across an article that claimed that the original article, made by a antivirus company, was fabricated to boost sales and that no users on any torrent site had actually been able to locate the bad files that were supposed to exist. I wasn't really

Re: First Malware for Mac?

2009-04-17 Thread Rob Findlay
Well it was ZDnet who are well known Microsoft shills. Story made it to Slashdot which lent it at least some credibility for me. .. On 17/04/2009, at 4:41 PM, Dark1 wrote: Read up about this a while ago and came across an article that claimed that the original article, made by a antivirus

iiNet Belkin VOIP Router

2009-04-17 Thread David Moyle
Hey Since we are talking about this hoping someone can help me! My house mate has an iiNet Belkin VOIP Router (white) and the wireless drops out constantly. We've updated the firmware which was meant to resolve the issue but it hasn't. Does anyone experience similar issues and maybe

Re: Nagging Excel Word

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello Neil, On 17/04/2009, at 2:39 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: So, a couple of queries: 1) Is this just normal behaviour (ie normal MS annoying feature) - do other users find this happens for them (assuming you have the firewall set to block incoming connections for Excel Word). Perhaps

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-17 Thread Greg Bell
Hi Bob, It's standard definition video recorded from the television signal. I can capture the hi-definition signal and record it to disk, but there's little point in doing so, when the final medium is DVD. If I was converting it to h.264 and watching that, then maybe, but I've found that

Re: Nagging Excel Word

2009-04-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, No, there is a little application called Microsoft AutoUpdate which takes care of all the applications in the Office package - but I have it set to check manually to avoid this sort of thing :( Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email:

Re: Nagging Excel Word

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Neil, I don't know what to suggest, I don't use Microsoft Office, I try not to use anything Microsoft ;-) Do you have Enable Stealth Mode activated in Advanced? The Leopard application firewall also only blocks inbound connections; it won’t prevent programs from making outbound

MS Word 2004 question - anchoring reference to numbered list

2009-04-17 Thread Steven Knowles
I've created a Word (2004) document which has numerous clauses, and sub-clauses within those clauses, using a numbered list. Example ... 1. 2. 2.1 2.2. 2.1.1 2.1.2 3. If I insert a clause immediately after clause 1, then of course clause 2 is going to automatically change to

Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Barry Leith Johnston
Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac 7.1 Any ideas ??? Thanks Barry Johnston. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: MS Word 2004 question - anchoring reference to numbered list

2009-04-17 Thread Adrian Skehan
Hi Steven, Its a long time since I did this so you may need to do some experimenting. What you do is insert a Cross-Reference in the paragraph where the reference to a paragraph number is used, to do this, have the cursor at the reference point, in the main menu go to Insert

UI applescript browser

2009-04-17 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Hi everyone, once again I need help :-) Somewhere on the Leopard install disk is the apple UI browser . There are thousands (slight exaggeration) ! of pkgs --does anyone know which pkg i need? Mac -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Rob Findlay
Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac 7.1 Any ideas ??? Thanks Barry Johnston. -- The WA Macintosh User

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac 7.1 Any ideas ??? Thanks Barry Johnston. Hello Barry, What size Memory Stick is it? Is it USB 2 speed

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Barry Leith Johnston
On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac 7.1 Any ideas ??? Thanks Barry Johnston. Hello Barry,

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Barry Leith Johnston
On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac 7.1 Any ideas ??? Thanks Barry Johnston. Hello Barry,

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 18/04/2009, at 10:55 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Barry Leith Johnston
On 18/04/2009, at 11:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:55 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and can't

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 18/04/2009, at 11:16 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 11:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:55 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: Good Morning

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Barry Leith Johnston
On 18/04/2009, at 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 11:16 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 11:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:55 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM,

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Geoffrey Barbara Maidment
Maybe I've done something wrong but I've never found the need to format a memory stick. It seems to work fine by just plugging in and away you go. Barb On 18/4/09 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston bar...@amnet.net.au wrote: Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick and

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Barry Leith Johnston
On 18/04/2009, at 11:33 AM, Geoffrey Barbara Maidment wrote: Maybe I've done something wrong but I've never found the need to format a memory stick. It seems to work fine by just plugging in and away you go. Barb On 18/4/09 9:07 AM, Barry Leith Johnston bar...@amnet.net.au wrote:

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 18/04/2009, at 11:30 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 11:16 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 11:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/04/2009, at 10:55 AM, Barry Leith Johnston wrote: On 18/04/2009,

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Robert Howells
On 18/04/2009, at 11:33 AM, Geoffrey Barbara Maidment wrote: Maybe I've done something wrong but I've never found the need to format a memory stick. It seems to work fine by just plugging in and away you go. Barb The one time you would need to format as Mac is if you were using the

Re: Formatting of New Flash Memory Stick

2009-04-17 Thread Jennifer and Dick Lefroy
Hello Everyone, We transfer files between a Dell with Microsoft Windows XP and our Mac OS X 10.5.6 using a Toshiba Memory Stick without any problems. I think we were too ignorant to envisage any need for formatting or possible incompatibility! regards, Jennifer On 18/04/2009, at 12:20