Re: IE dropout problem

On 24/5/04 10:09 PM, Robert Howells wrote: > Heh Neil,. before you do that try cleaning out > > preferences -> receiving files-> Cookies > > delete them all and start again > > Bob > On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 09:54 PM, Neil Blake & Associates wrote: >

Re: IE dropout problem

Hi all Thanks to those who responded to my message about the curious internet dropouts my Mac has been suffering lately. I have quite by accident discovered that the problem seems to be caused by my Favourites being corrupted - not sure why - or how to fix it. When I enter a URL manually it work

Security update for earlier versions of OSX?

Hi all Following all the discussion on the list I was keen to run the security upgrade, but find it is only available for 10.2.8 or 10.3.3. Does this mean that earlier versions of OSX are not vulnerable to this security problem, or that Apple has not got its act together yet with an update for pr

One for the wireless gurus - curious internet dropout

Dear 'Muggers Having a bit of a problem accessing the internet via my Airport base station today. The problem doesn't affect my retrieval or sending of e-mail via Airport at all, and if I connect direct via the Pismo's internal modem I can get onto the net with no trouble. If I am connecting wir

Re: Unable to boot from DiskWarrior CD

On 6/11/03 8:30 PM, Pontifex Family wrote: > Try these things > 1. Check the CD is clean, especially on inner areas where CD is first read > from, to see if a smear or scratch is preventing the CD from being correctly > read/recognised at boot time. > 2. Have you enabled an 'open firmware' passwo

Unable to boot from DiskWarrior CD

Hi all I have been having a few crashes lately, and so decided to run DiskWarrior 3 to try and sort things out. However, I have been unable to boot from the DW 3 CD for some reason. Every time I put the CD into the drive and restart holding the C key, the Powerbook spits the CD out just after re

Re: Dial-up connection log

On 13/10/03 10:33 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: > You could always go to look at your bill online on the Telstra site, > download the information and count how many phone calls you've made > to the ISP's number and their duration. > > The reason nothing appears in Internet Connect is that in your case >

Dial-up connection log

Hi ŒMuggers Have been having some trouble over the past few weeks with connection drop outs and the occasional inability to connect to my ISP. Telstra assures me there are no issues with the line, but the problem seems to have only started after Telstra completed some line work near our place rec

S-video cable question

Hi all A cable question. Recent questions about using the s-video out port on G3 powerbooks has made me think about trying to hook mine up to the telly for a bit of DVD viewing. Having bought the 'book second hand, I don't have the cable that apparently they are born with, so I need to get one.

Re: iiNet buying WestNet?

On 13/8/03 6:40 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: > I have been hearing some strange rumors that iiBorg is buying out WestNet. Has > anyone heard anything similar or can authoritively confirm/deny this? Matt Can't confirm or deny your rumour, just sincerely hope it isn't so. I've been with Westnet for

Slightly OT - NiCads and NiMHs

Hi all I¹ve just bought some new rechargeable AA batteries to supplement my trusty NiCads which I have used for several years (they still work fine, but are dwindling in number as they get Œborrowed¹ for the kids¹ walkmans). I find they are nickel metal hydride ­ NiMH ­ and the fine print on the b

Re: Print problems in OSX

On 19/3/03 6:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: > I have that problem too on a combo iBook. I'll look at it with gimp and > see what happens. Reg I'm using Gimp-print 4.2.1 with my PowerBook on OS 10.2.3 and find it great with my Canon BJC 3000. It took a little bit of setting up, but the Gimp-print disc

Re: Print problems in OSX

On 19/3/03 7:07 PM, Jim Cummins wrote: > Can't find this in the archives. How does one delete print jobs? Jim If you are having trouble with Print Centre, try the built in CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) print management window - it is a local web interface (ie it is on your Mac) which you re

Airport works - tarrahh!

Dear WAMUGgers Thought I¹d follow up my desperate plea for help to get Airport working on on my iMac with some good news ­ it now works! I had the most frustrating problem in not having a connect/disconnect button in the Airport window, and being told by Airport that I was connected via ethernet -

Airport help please!

Evening WAMUGgers I need some help from the Airport Gurus. I¹m trying to get an Airport network going between my PowerBook (G3 400 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, running OS10.2.3), a slot-loading iMac (G3 450 MHz, 512 MB RAM, running OS9.1) and a Snow Airport base station (dual ethernet, on-board modem). I have

Sluggish Word X

Hi all I¹m relatively new to the world of OSX, and am enjoying learning more as I go. Pretty much everything works smoothly except I have noticed that Word is much more sluggish in OSX than it used to be under OS9. The slowness is especially noticeable in scrolling, cutting and pasting and usually

Powerbook stand?

Hi fellow WAMUGgers Just read an interesting piece in TidBits about a new Powerbook/iBook stand which effectively stands the Power/iBook almost vertical thus creating more space and placing the screen at eye level (you obviously need to use an external keyboard!). The reviewer of this piece couldn

FS - MYOB Fist Accounts v3.1

Greetings all Having a cleanout and want to sell my full version of MYOB First Accounts v3.1 (for Mac and Windows), with manual etc. My accountant thought it would be a good idea to buy it, but I¹ve never bothered to learn and use it. I¹m afraid I¹m just too used to shoe boxes! My accountant tell

Re: Start up and Missing favorites

Matt I hope I haven't missed something in this thread that you've already done, but have you tried using Sherlock to search for 'favorites'? I just tried on my machine and (once I'd got the US spelling right!) found a text file document called Favorites.html with all my current favorites in it, al

Re: Blinking black shield on apple menu icon?

On 24/5/02 3:31 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > After a quick search in the documentation I found something that refers to a > Black Shield flashing in the menu bar for DiskWarrior. (Page 25 of 92 from > the PDF Manual) Give that man a cigar! (In fact I think he probably deserves a pay rise too Rod!). F

Blinking black shield on apple menu icon?

before? I¹ve searched the archive with no success. iMac DV+ 450MHz, 512 MB, OS 9.1 Cheers Neil Neil Blake & Associates Environmental and Community Consultants RMB 1050 South Coast Highway Denmark Western Australia 6333 Phone/Fax/Answering Machine: (08) 9840 9284 Mobile 0428 761 466

Re: ON-line access via PABX switch

TW - I seem to be getting two copies of your messages - one with the WAMUG mailing list footer and one without. Both have the WAMUG list and myself as recipients. Neil Blake & Associates Environmental and Community Consultants RMB 1050 South Coast Highway Denmark Western Australia 6333 Phon

Re: ON-line access via PABX switch

Onno, Andrew Thanks for the quick response - I did think about the fax line, but unfortunately it is located next to the reception desk. The thought of a Mac in the frontline of the business was too distracting for my clients! Cheers Neil

ON-line access via PABX switch

Hi ŒMUGgers I¹m working temporarily out of a clients office using my iMac (surroundedby Windoze machines and odd looks ­ it is good to journey to the heart of darkness and feel superior!). I can¹t get the Mac to connect to my ISP through the PABX switch. I¹ve put all the requisite commas and zeros

Re: Word 2001

On 4/5/02 1:31 PM, Dr Bill Parker wrote: > Why is it so SLOW to do mostly anything? Plain to Bold, Print, Quit, > anything. wait and wait Bill Are you by any chance running Norton Anti-Virus? I had a similar problem a few months back and found the problem was running Word 2001 when my NA

Re: Scanning tables to editable text

On 10/4/02 9:54 AM, Shay Telfer wrote: > Simple Text doesn't support tables. I'm not sure what you mean by > Excel not recognising them though. Do the figures appear in the > spreadsheet? Are they the wrong figures? In the wrong place? Or does > Excel just refuse to open the file? Thanks Shay - t

Scanning tables to editable text

Hi ŒMuggers I¹m having great difficulty scanning some tables via OCR software to turn them into an editable form. Neither Word, Excel or Simple Text will recognise the tables once I¹ve scanned them and put it through my OCR software (an Epson based package, which is excellent on plain text). Am I

Blank iBook screen solution

Dear WAMUG Thanks to all that responded to my plea for help about a colleague¹s iBook screen failing to power up. It seems the logic board died and has been replaced under warranty, so all is now well. Cheers Neil

Blank screen after installing OS X

Hi ŒMuggers A list colleague from Bunbury has rung in some distress because his new(ish) iBook is refusing to boot up properly after installing OS X. He has rung me to see if I can get some help from the list. The iBook will chime as per usual at start up, but with no screen display. I have search

Value of the archive

Hi all Just a quick good news story on the value of the WAMUG archive. I¹ve been trying to open a CD of conference proceedings with no luck ­ the CD drives in my iMac, CD burner and old 5200CD refused to recognise the disc, and asked me if I wanted to reformat it. Trawled the archives and came u

Re slow formatting and printing in Word

Hi WAMUGGERs A small good news story! I posted a query a couple of weeks back about Word 2001 being slow to carry out certain formatting tasks and slow sending print jobs to the printer. Having had a couple of helpful replies (trashing Word preferences, reducing the font list etc), but no improve

Re: Posting to WAMUG - Was: [G4 wanted]

Onno Lighten up. Not everyone has your number of years experience with Macs, your exquisite command of netiquette or your succinct turn of phrase in composing messages. I enjoy your rapier like comments on most occasions, but your comments today run the risk of turning away first and sometime use

Slow formatting in Word

Hi WAMUGGERs I have a couple of problems with Word (Office 2001:Mac) taking a long time to complete relatively simple formatting tasks like inserting a new table (usually with only a few columns and lines) and inserting a bullet for the first time. Word seems to go into freefall while the HD rattl

Please lick this iMac......

Hi All An amusing take on the new iMac can be seen at Cheers Neil [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: lacie vs retrospect

David I too have had trouble getting Retrospect Express to work with my burner, despite having all the recent upgrades and trying different media. The only difference in my case is that my burner is a Que!Fire machine, which in every other respect is totally reliable. I've resorted to using Toast

Re: (unknown)

Hi All I've just received the same bunch of old e-mail - I use Westnet as my ISP. Is it Yahoo? Cheers Neil > From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:25:54 +0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (unknown) > > Hi All, > > I've just received a heap of e-mails from WAMUG whic