From coover at fastmail.fm  Fri Aug  1 01:34:13 2008
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:34:13 -0700
Subject: TSGL: XP SP3
In-Reply-To: <E1KOiWu-0002K9-Cd@elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <4887E611.4060502@gmail.com>
	<E1KOiWu-0002K9-Cd@elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <9946F01D828241329BA79B7B7B662BC2@OwnersPC>

>From what I have heard, the CD is the way to go. Most people haven't had
problems with this Service Pack. But a few have had major problems,
particularly with a restart loop that is not easy to get past. I believe the
software on the CD has been patched so that the loop does not occur.

Good luck with the install. 

Russ Coover

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Joe Titone
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:27 PM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: XP SP3

At 07:16 PM 7/23/2008, H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>Well, MS has invited me to install SP3 on my 2 machines. But before I
>accept this most generous invitation I'd like some feedback.
>
>Who has installed it and what was your experience?...

With a broadband connection, I started downloading/installing it, but 
it quit just before finishing with : Access Denied.  It took as much 
time backing itself out and then I couldn't get on the net.  Luckily 
MS set a restore point before downloading.

A MS tech was very quick to identify the problem, but as an extra 
safety precaution, I sent away for the CD and will try again in the next
week.

Joe Titone
tertia at earthlink.net 
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From alan_mitchell at mindspring.com  Fri Aug  1 09:14:44 2008
From: alan_mitchell at mindspring.com (Alan Mitchell)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:14:44 -0400
Subject: TSGL: XP SP3
In-Reply-To: <E1KOiWu-0002K9-Cd@elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <4887E611.4060502@gmail.com>
	<E1KOiWu-0002K9-Cd@elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <8A9F1A80A85442FC860C5E5333543214@DESKTOP>

A possible solution is to download the pack and install it from the hard
drive or copy to a CD and install it from there. I believe MS makes the
latest and greatest updates available with the full pack on-line, so if
they've found a solution for the AMD processors, the fix should be in.

Alan 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Joe Titone
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:27 PM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: XP SP3

At 07:16 PM 7/23/2008, H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>Well, MS has invited me to install SP3 on my 2 machines. But before I 
>accept this most generous invitation I'd like some feedback.
>
>Who has installed it and what was your experience?...

With a broadband connection, I started downloading/installing it, but it
quit just before finishing with : Access Denied.  It took as much time
backing itself out and then I couldn't get on the net.  Luckily MS set a
restore point before downloading.

A MS tech was very quick to identify the problem, but as an extra safety
precaution, I sent away for the CD and will try again in the next week.

Joe Titone
tertia at earthlink.net
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From iarp at cogeco.ca  Mon Aug  4 18:49:12 2008
From: iarp at cogeco.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:49:12 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Deactivate Windows
Message-ID: <adc2940c0808041549j700e462eg5db3dec7cd76588e@mail.gmail.com>

Hey,

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? it would save me so much time on hold
with stupid Microsoft just to get another activation.

-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From justin at whisperer.com.au  Mon Aug  4 19:00:13 2008
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:00:13 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Deactivate Windows
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0808041549j700e462eg5db3dec7cd76588e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808041549j700e462eg5db3dec7cd76588e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40808041600q223f883cgb965b0f6b1baa1a2@mail.gmail.com>

They don't put you on hold, it's automated. It takes all of about 10
minutes. If you have trouble registering via the internet then you never
spend any time on hold when ringing Microsoft, even if there are issues with
the automated system, it's straight through to an operator.

Justin


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2008/8/5 Ian Ramsey-Planck <iarp at cogeco.ca>

> Hey,
>
> Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? it would save me so much time on
> hold
> with stupid Microsoft just to get another activation.
>
> --
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

From iarp at cogeco.ca  Mon Aug  4 19:12:58 2008
From: iarp at cogeco.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:12:58 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Deactivate Windows
In-Reply-To: <2852b8d40808041600q223f883cgb965b0f6b1baa1a2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808041549j700e462eg5db3dec7cd76588e@mail.gmail.com>
	<2852b8d40808041600q223f883cgb965b0f6b1baa1a2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0808041612i676b51eao443ab795f2d75dbf@mail.gmail.com>

Maybe i'm calling a wrong number lol because I'm always put on hold for what
feels like ever. It's some 1-800 number, i don't have it with me right now.

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM, The Computer Whisperer <
justin at whisperer.com.au> wrote:

> They don't put you on hold, it's automated. It takes all of about 10
> minutes. If you have trouble registering via the internet then you never
> spend any time on hold when ringing Microsoft, even if there are issues
> with
> the automated system, it's straight through to an operator.
>
> Justin
>
>
> --
> http://www.whisperer.com.au
>
> The Computer Whisperer - Your Friendly In-Home Technical Support Consultant
>
> Telephone: (03) 5979 1122
> Mobile 0406 467 701
>
> Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia)
>
>
>
> 2008/8/5 Ian Ramsey-Planck <iarp at cogeco.ca>
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? it would save me so much time on
> > hold
> > with stupid Microsoft just to get another activation.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks
> > Ian R-P
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>



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From Engineman1 at aol.com  Tue Aug  5 21:24:55 2008
From: Engineman1 at aol.com (Engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:24:55 EDT
Subject: TSGL: free isp
Message-ID: <be0.3d95225b.35ca5767@aol.com>

I will be going on a trip to Minnesota in several weeks.
 
I will be taking my laptop along and I probably will be in places where  
there is no wireless.
 
Is there a good free dial-up ISP that I can install?
 
I don't like to use companies that require a credit card for a free trial  
period because I usually forget when the trial period is up.
 
I have Comcast cable at home so I will not need dial-up after my trip is  
over.
 
Engineman
 



**************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? 
Read reviews on AOL Autos.      
(http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 )

From ageist at mindspring.com  Tue Aug  5 21:43:32 2008
From: ageist at mindspring.com (Alan Geist)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:43:32 -0700
Subject: TSGL: free isp
References: <be0.3d95225b.35ca5767@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001401c8f765$d61420a0$6801a8c0@atx2800>

Many DSL providers also provide a limited dial-up account.
Earthlink provides something like 15 hours a month, which I need when the 
DSL is unavailable.

Comcast may have a similar deal.

-Alan




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Engineman1 at aol.com>
To: <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:24 PM
Subject: TSGL: free isp


>I will be going on a trip to Minnesota in several weeks.
>
> I will be taking my laptop along and I probably will be in places where
> there is no wireless.
>
> Is there a good free dial-up ISP that I can install?
>
> I don't like to use companies that require a credit card for a free trial
> period because I usually forget when the trial period is up.
>
> I have Comcast cable at home so I will not need dial-up after my trip is
> over.
>
> Engineman
>
>
>
>
> **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your
> budget?
> Read reviews on AOL Autos.
> (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017
>  )
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>
> -- 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1592 - Release Date: 8/5/2008
> 6:03 AM
>
>



From kathryn at bassett.net  Tue Aug  5 23:05:38 2008
From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:05:38 -0700
Subject: TSGL: free isp
In-Reply-To: <be0.3d95225b.35ca5767@aol.com>
References: <be0.3d95225b.35ca5767@aol.com>
Message-ID: <823E367D9B7D46B294106A0A7E9BFA5F@KathrynVista>

Do you need more than 10 hours/month? If not, try NetZero. You'll probably
need credit card, but it would be worth it since you can use it again on the
next trip.
http://account.netzero.net/s/landing?action=viewProduct&productId=free 

--
Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
"Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap"
kathryn at bassett.net
http://bassett.net   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com 
> [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Engineman1 at aol.com
> Sent: 05 Aug 2008 6:25 PM
> To: list at tsgserver.com
> Subject: TSGL: free isp
> 
> I will be going on a trip to Minnesota in several weeks.
>  
> I will be taking my laptop along and I probably will be in 
> places where  
> there is no wireless.
>  
> Is there a good free dial-up ISP that I can install?
>  
> I don't like to use companies that require a credit card for 
> a free trial  
> period because I usually forget when the trial period is up.
>  
> I have Comcast cable at home so I will not need dial-up after 
> my trip is  
> over.
>  
> Engineman
>  
> 
> 
> 
> **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits 
> in your budget? 
> Read reviews on AOL Autos.      
> (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aol
aut00050000000017 )
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/



From justin at whisperer.com.au  Wed Aug  6 05:28:09 2008
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:28:09 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Deactivate Windows
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0808041612i676b51eao443ab795f2d75dbf@mail.gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808041549j700e462eg5db3dec7cd76588e@mail.gmail.com>
	<2852b8d40808041600q223f883cgb965b0f6b1baa1a2@mail.gmail.com>
	<adc2940c0808041612i676b51eao443ab795f2d75dbf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40808060228j46276fbdq1485c2d1581c97d6@mail.gmail.com>

The number differs as per country. It's a free call here, you are likely to
speak to an indian call centre lady if the automated menu does not work.

The automated system asks you to manually punch the verification codes that
you see on the activation screen into the keypad on the phone.

It really is quite easy.

Justin

2008/8/5 Ian Ramsey-Planck <iarp at cogeco.ca>

> Maybe i'm calling a wrong number lol because I'm always put on hold for
> what
> feels like ever. It's some 1-800 number, i don't have it with me right now.
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM, The Computer Whisperer <
> justin at whisperer.com.au> wrote:
>
> > They don't put you on hold, it's automated. It takes all of about 10
> > minutes. If you have trouble registering via the internet then you never
> > spend any time on hold when ringing Microsoft, even if there are issues
> > with
> > the automated system, it's straight through to an operator.
> >
> > Justin
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.whisperer.com.au
> >
> > The Computer Whisperer - Your Friendly In-Home Technical Support
> Consultant
> >
> > Telephone: (03) 5979 1122
> > Mobile 0406 467 701
> >
> > Servicing the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria, Australia)
> >
> >
> >
> > 2008/8/5 Ian Ramsey-Planck <iarp at cogeco.ca>
> >
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? it would save me so much time on
> > > hold
> > > with stupid Microsoft just to get another activation.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks
> > > Ian R-P
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
> _______________________________________________
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>



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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Wed Aug  6 05:55:25 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:55:25 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Word
References: <000601c8e722$1cc620b0$2202a8c0@johnsp2><970b01c8ef4a$3b8aa720$0201a8c0@til4200><000601c8efe8$b42899f0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
	<98ff01c8f045$262e5740$0201a8c0@til4200>
Message-ID: <000601c8f7aa$8d3d87a0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

Tilman and Alan, to my shame, I have to admit I didn't know about this 'Repair' function in Word. After finding it and then finally finding the installation disc, it worked. Sorry for the big delay - it's always just the disc you need that you can't find. isn't it?

Many thanks again.

John
Od/G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tilman Brandl 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:01 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Word


John,

>It was interesting to get two answers on 26th and 27th after posting the 
>query on the 16th. Wonder if things are being delayed again, at least from 
>here?<

Here it wasn't a delay, it's just that I've been away for vacation.

Btw, I would try to change and maybe later again reset the location for 
'user-options' !

And - what Alan meant was not exactly a 'repair installation', but rather 
the 'repair' function in Word, from under the Help menue. It's easy to use, 
but might ask for the CDs.

Tsch?s
Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Word


> Thanks, Tilman. I have tried changing the autorestorefiles location, since 
> I had already put the documents somewhere else. I'm using the German 
> version because it contains English and German, whereas the English 
> version has French and Spanish, but no German. It's better for grammar and 
> spell checking.
>
> Thanks, also, to Alan for the suggestion. If I get desperate I might try a 
> repair installation, but at the moment it hardly seems worthwhile.
>
> It was interesting to get two answers on 26th and 27th after posting the 
> query on the 16th. Wonder if things are being delayed again, at least from 
> here?
>
> John
> Od/G
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Tilman Brandl
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Word
>
>
> John,
>
> haven't seen such problem sofar. What I would check is Tools | Options and
> there the tab where you can set the locations for saving user options
> (settings), documents, backups etc. I would try to set a location for
> options there and check Word's behaviour again. Guess behind this is that
> Word is perhaps reading your settings from a wrong place.
>
> Cheers
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:58 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Word
>
>
>> Have an iritating problem - no, not just the mosquitos; WORD.
>>
>> Under Tools/Options/General, the setting for List of Last-opened Files
>> constantly reverts to 4, although I set it to 9. Furthermore, the actual
>> number of files shown in the File Menu is only 1. Any ideas how to fix
>> this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>> Od/G


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From coover at fastmail.fm  Wed Aug  6 17:22:41 2008
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:22:41 -0700
Subject: TSGL: free isp
In-Reply-To: <823E367D9B7D46B294106A0A7E9BFA5F@KathrynVista>
References: <be0.3d95225b.35ca5767@aol.com>
	<823E367D9B7D46B294106A0A7E9BFA5F@KathrynVista>
Message-ID: <A506F9E865C14E73B9014D6D2B639407@AcerLaptop>

I tried to use NetZero from a hotel in New Orleans. I was not able to
connect because (at least at the time, it may be different now), the free
time is based on the telephone number used and others in the hotel had
already used up the free time for the month. 

I haven't even tried to use a dialup account recently, because almost all
decent hotels and motels offer free internet. Unless you are staying in an
"independent" or really cheap motel, I suspect you will be able to connect.
Now if you are staying at somebodys home, that's another matter.

Russ Coover 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:06 PM
To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
Subject: Re: TSGL: free isp

Do you need more than 10 hours/month? If not, try NetZero. You'll probably
need credit card, but it would be worth it since you can use it again on the
next trip.
http://account.netzero.net/s/landing?action=viewProduct&productId=free 

--
Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
"Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap"
kathryn at bassett.net
http://bassett.net   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com 
> [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Engineman1 at aol.com
> Sent: 05 Aug 2008 6:25 PM
> To: list at tsgserver.com
> Subject: TSGL: free isp
> 
> I will be going on a trip to Minnesota in several weeks.
>  
> I will be taking my laptop along and I probably will be in 
> places where  
> there is no wireless.
>  
> Is there a good free dial-up ISP that I can install?
>  
> I don't like to use companies that require a credit card for 
> a free trial  
> period because I usually forget when the trial period is up.
>  
> I have Comcast cable at home so I will not need dial-up after 
> my trip is  
> over.
>  
> Engineman
>  
> 
> 
> 
> **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits 
> in your budget? 
> Read reviews on AOL Autos.      
> (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aol
aut00050000000017 )
> _______________________________________________
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From titone at usc.edu  Fri Aug  8 23:16:02 2008
From: titone at usc.edu (Joe Titone)
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:16:02 -0700
Subject: TSGL: Wallpaper
Message-ID: <E1KRez5-0003V5-MC@elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

What setting prevents wallpaper from being set?  I can do it on my XP 
Home by right-clicking a picture and selecting Set as Background.  It 
also appears that I can do it by right-clicking the 
desktop  >>  Properties  >>  Desktop  >>  Browse.

A friend can no longer set wallpaper (it worked in the past) and the 
Browse button is grayed out.  How does one restore this ability?

Joe Titone
tertia at earthlink.net 

From justin at whisperer.com.au  Sat Aug  9 03:24:28 2008
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:24:28 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Wallpaper
In-Reply-To: <E1KRez5-0003V5-MC@elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
References: <E1KRez5-0003V5-MC@elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40808090024p6d57f744m8d3783150a864f8e@mail.gmail.com>

It's a Regedit thing....

http://www.allpostnews.co.uk/ii28/Cant%20change%20wallpaper%20options%20greyed%20out.php


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Justin

2008/8/9 Joe Titone <titone at usc.edu>

> What setting prevents wallpaper from being set?  I can do it on my XP
> Home by right-clicking a picture and selecting Set as Background.  It
> also appears that I can do it by right-clicking the
> desktop  >>  Properties  >>  Desktop  >>  Browse.
>
> A friend can no longer set wallpaper (it worked in the past) and the
> Browse button is grayed out.  How does one restore this ability?
>
> Joe Titone
> tertia at earthlink.net
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>

From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Sat Aug  9 18:09:26 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:09:26 -0400
Subject: TSGL: MS has a looooong memory
Message-ID: <489E1596.2020600@gmail.com>

On 9/24/07 I got a notification from MS that an update for Office 2003, 
SP3 was available along with one for Windows Defender. When I shut down 
that night there was a notice on the shut down box that updates were 
ready to install. I clicked to install and shutdown.

The next morning I checked the Add/Remove list but saw no indication of 
Office 2003, SP3. Maybe just another MS anomaly perhaps, and didn't 
think much more about it, especially since I don't have an actual Office 
Suite on my machine, just a couple of the components that I don't use a lot.

Flash forward to yesterday; I booted my machine up and it immediately 
started to download something. After some checking I figure out it's 
Windows Update. I got no notice of an update; no shield showed in the 
tray. I let it finish but got no shield or notice that an update was 
ready to install. I faked a shutdown and saw the update install notice 
there but it doesn't tell you _what_ it plans to install. Taking a giant 
leap of faith I clicked to install and shutdown, then rebooted and 
checked the Add/Remove list and lo and behold!!! there's Office 2003, 
SP3 dated 8/8/08; the very same download that was started 11 months ago!

Just thought some of you would find this interesting, amusing, 
disconcerting, ......

H Davis

-- 
H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com


From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Sat Aug  9 18:11:27 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:11:27 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Hintform
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>

Don,

Did you ever figure this out???

H Davis

Don Penlington wrote:
> Here's one I reckon will have y'all stumped. (O me with little faith)
>
> 3 days ago, XPSP2 was locking up. This just started out of the blue. 
> Nothing recently installed, neither hardware nor software that might have 
> caused this, as far as I can see.
>
> It would freeze for maybe a minute (seems like an hour when you're waiting 
> staring at the screen like an imbecile). then would unfreeze for a second 
> or 2, then refreeze. I managed (twice) each time with a lot of patience to 
> get into Task Manager to shut down.
>
> The first "End Task--not responding" window to come up each time was 
> entitled "Hintform". Not hintform.exe, just plain hintform.
>
> After waiting forever, I finally had to power off in order to close.  Not good.
>
> After rebooting, the computer was as normal. I searched the whole computer 
> for hintform, but no result.
>
> I then googled hintform, where I found 2 similar incidents with no useful 
> answer other than to say it "might" be something to do with 
> Javascript---not at all helpful. Google also refers to several 
> Javascripting sites, where it seems that "hintform" is a normal java 
> programming instruction.
>
> Ran antivirus and 3 antispyware scans. Nothing showed up there.
>
> I then searched 9 more of my usual tech helpsites (including TSG) for 
> Hintform, but all returned zero result.
>
> Next day, I noticed that the same behaviour occurred shortly after I'd been 
> using Eudora. I've been using the same Eudora version for 12 years, since 
> W95, and if it is the culprit, it's the first time it's ever gone wobbly. 
> Again the same Hintform when trying to close via Task Manager.
>
> Strangely, running Task Manager just before closing (again after consuming 
> much time and patience) showed no sign
> of anything remotely like hintform as a running application.  Looking in 
> the Eudora folder shows no files with that name.
>
> With a little Divine Intervention, I figured that since Eudora was the last 
> major app I'd been running before each lockup, maybe if I uninstalled and 
> reinstalled it (yes, I did save the mailboxes and addresses) it might 
> resolve the problem.
>
> Since I did that (yesterday) the problem hasn't occurred again.
>
> As far as I know Eudora does not use java---but I know nothing of 
> programming, so I could easily be wrong.
>
> In case this thing rears its ugly head again, does anyone here have any 
> clues what "hintform" is, where it came from, and what it's doing on my 
> beloved computer.?
>
> Of course, hintform may be a complete red herring, and the cause could be 
> something entirely different ( but why did it show up as "not responding" 
> in Task Manager?)
>
> In any case, I'm very curious.
>
> This may or may not be connected, but my bios is still not detecting my 
> second hard drive at each reboot unless I tell it to autodetect each time. 
> Although it's set to the default autodetect, it sometimes now doesn't 
> detect any hard drive at all. A check of the new Samsung hard drive found 
> no errors.
>
> Finally, is there any way, or any utility, that can get into bios and reset 
> it while XP is running?
>
> Would "flashing" the bios do any good? I've never done that, so would need 
> some guidance at infant level.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>   

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From justin at whisperer.com.au  Sat Aug  9 20:56:33 2008
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:56:33 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Hintform
In-Reply-To: <489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
References: <4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40808091756n48f92c31p3c8b4c1238dbd2bc@mail.gmail.com>

Hard Drive Failure.......

2008/8/10 H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com>

> Don,
>
> Did you ever figure this out???
>
> H Davis
>
> Don Penlington wrote:
> > Here's one I reckon will have y'all stumped. (O me with little faith)
> >
> > 3 days ago, XPSP2 was locking up. This just started out of the blue.
> > Nothing recently installed, neither hardware nor software that might have
> > caused this, as far as I can see.
> >
> > It would freeze for maybe a minute (seems like an hour when you're
> waiting
> > staring at the screen like an imbecile). then would unfreeze for a second
> > or 2, then refreeze. I managed (twice) each time with a lot of patience
> to
> > get into Task Manager to shut down.
> >
> > The first "End Task--not responding" window to come up each time was
> > entitled "Hintform". Not hintform.exe, just plain hintform.
> >
> > After waiting forever, I finally had to power off in order to close.  Not
> good.
> >
> > After rebooting, the computer was as normal. I searched the whole
> computer
> > for hintform, but no result.
> >
> > I then googled hintform, where I found 2 similar incidents with no useful
> > answer other than to say it "might" be something to do with
> > Javascript---not at all helpful. Google also refers to several
> > Javascripting sites, where it seems that "hintform" is a normal java
> > programming instruction.
> >
> > Ran antivirus and 3 antispyware scans. Nothing showed up there.
> >
> > I then searched 9 more of my usual tech helpsites (including TSG) for
> > Hintform, but all returned zero result.
> >
> > Next day, I noticed that the same behaviour occurred shortly after I'd
> been
> > using Eudora. I've been using the same Eudora version for 12 years, since
> > W95, and if it is the culprit, it's the first time it's ever gone wobbly.
> > Again the same Hintform when trying to close via Task Manager.
> >
> > Strangely, running Task Manager just before closing (again after
> consuming
> > much time and patience) showed no sign
> > of anything remotely like hintform as a running application.  Looking in
> > the Eudora folder shows no files with that name.
> >
> > With a little Divine Intervention, I figured that since Eudora was the
> last
> > major app I'd been running before each lockup, maybe if I uninstalled and
> > reinstalled it (yes, I did save the mailboxes and addresses) it might
> > resolve the problem.
> >
> > Since I did that (yesterday) the problem hasn't occurred again.
> >
> > As far as I know Eudora does not use java---but I know nothing of
> > programming, so I could easily be wrong.
> >
> > In case this thing rears its ugly head again, does anyone here have any
> > clues what "hintform" is, where it came from, and what it's doing on my
> > beloved computer.?
> >
> > Of course, hintform may be a complete red herring, and the cause could be
> > something entirely different ( but why did it show up as "not responding"
> > in Task Manager?)
> >
> > In any case, I'm very curious.
> >
> > This may or may not be connected, but my bios is still not detecting my
> > second hard drive at each reboot unless I tell it to autodetect each
> time.
> > Although it's set to the default autodetect, it sometimes now doesn't
> > detect any hard drive at all. A check of the new Samsung hard drive found
> > no errors.
> >
> > Finally, is there any way, or any utility, that can get into bios and
> reset
> > it while XP is running?
> >
> > Would "flashing" the bios do any good? I've never done that, so would
> need
> > some guidance at infant level.
> >
> > Don Penlington
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> >
>
> --
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>
>
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From deepend at tpg.com.au  Sun Aug 10 07:18:58 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:18:58 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Hintform
In-Reply-To: <489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
References: <4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080810211735.00c6b958@mail.tpg.com.au>

H Davis wrote:
>Did you ever figure this out???>>


No. It disappeared of its own accord, as mysteriously as it came. Most 
things do, if you live long enough.

Don Penlington




From deepend at tpg.com.au  Sun Aug 10 07:31:37 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:31:37 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Hintform
In-Reply-To: <2852b8d40808091756n48f92c31p3c8b4c1238dbd2bc@mail.gmail.co
 m>
References: <489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
	<4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080810211931.00c60968@mail.tpg.com.au>

Justin wrote:
>Hard Drive Failure.......>>


Both hard drives seem OK, though the bios still has trouble remembering to 
find the new drive unless I set it manually.

I've downloaded the Samsung test tool, but it can't see the new Samsung 
drive when I reboot into dos. Seems to be a catch 22.

I intend to replace the cmos battery, but haven't done that yet. The 
Foxconn mobo is only about 3 years old, so I think it should see a 250Gb 
drive OK.

Don Penlington




From deepend at tpg.com.au  Sun Aug 10 07:32:38 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:32:38 +1000
Subject: TSGL: MS has a looooong memory
In-Reply-To: <489E1596.2020600@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080810213200.00c64650@mail.tpg.com.au>

H. Davis wrote:
>Just thought some of you would find this interesting, amusing,
>disconcerting, ......>>


You didn't mention terrifying!

Don Penlington




From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Sun Aug 10 14:32:22 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:32:22 -0400
Subject: TSGL: MS has a looooong memory
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20080810213200.00c64650@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <4.3.2.20080810213200.00c64650@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <489F3436.5020400@gmail.com>

For MS, terrifying is the norm.

H Davis

Don Penlington wrote:
> H. Davis wrote:
>   
>> Just thought some of you would find this interesting, amusing,
>> disconcerting, ......>>
>>     
>
>
> You didn't mention terrifying!
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
>
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>
>   

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From misterclever at hotmail.com  Mon Aug 11 11:15:19 2008
From: misterclever at hotmail.com (Geoff Glave)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:15:19 -0700
Subject: TSGL: 802.11N Questions
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20080810211931.00c60968@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
	<4.3.2.20080729124550.00c3d270@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<489E160F.5030104@gmail.com>
	<4.3.2.20080810211931.00c60968@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <BAY110-W54E382C93D599A94946379D0710@phx.gbl>


Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to stream some recorded TV shows from my PVR-PC in the basement to a laptop near my TV. Currently, when I play a video, it plays for a minute then freezes. This suggests to me that my old WiFi network isn't up to the task, speed-wise.

Having done some googling it seems upgrading to an 802.11*N* WAP and PCMCIA card might do the trick, as the N standard is much faster. However, it also seems there are two 'kinds' of 802.11N wireless access points: Some that stress long-range by 'bouncing the signals off walls in your house' and some that stress speed. It's speed that I'm looking for.

Am I reading this right, i.e. do I need to find a 'fast' WAP or are all the 802.11 "N" WAPs equally fast?

Finally, are there any models people really like these days? I plan to make sure the wireless PCMCIA card and the wireless access point are from the same manufacturer.

(I know the best solution is pulling CAT5, but in my old house that isn't an option.)

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Geoff in Vancouver

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From Engineman1 at aol.com  Mon Aug 11 14:24:41 2008
From: Engineman1 at aol.com (Engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:24:41 EDT
Subject: TSGL: works problem
Message-ID: <bcd.343fd64b.35d1dde9@aol.com>

I have a set of 5 cds for Microsoft works 2000. I am using Word and Streets  
and Trips from this set.
every so often when I open either program I get a  message saying that the 
program is being installed and to put disk #1 in the CD  drive.
then it proceeds to reinstall the program and run it. 
if I dont do  this it will close the program.
This is happening on 2 computers and is a  nuisance.
Is there some way to correct this?  
Engineman



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From misterclever at hotmail.com  Mon Aug 11 14:44:49 2008
From: misterclever at hotmail.com (Geoff Glave)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:44:49 -0700
Subject: TSGL: works problem
In-Reply-To: <bcd.343fd64b.35d1dde9@aol.com>
References: <bcd.343fd64b.35d1dde9@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-W1592C87CBBE52B0D95193DD0710@phx.gbl>


I haven't used MS-Works in at least 15 years, but I can tell you MS-Office 2000 has a similar behaviour.
 
When you run the Office 2K installer you can select certain features as "run from CD."
 
Try running setup again and seeing if you can select every option to be 'always available' or something like that.> From: Engineman1 at aol.com> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:24:41 -0400> To: List at tsgserver.com> Subject: TSGL: works problem> > I have a set of 5 cds for Microsoft works 2000. I am using Word and Streets > and Trips from this set.> every so often when I open either program I get a message saying that the > program is being installed and to put disk #1 in the CD drive.> then it proceeds to reinstall the program and run it. > if I dont do this it will close the program.> This is happening on 2 computers and is a nuisance.> Is there some way to correct this? > Engineman
 
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From Computerfee at t-online.de  Tue Aug 12 07:37:02 2008
From: Computerfee at t-online.de (Heidi Schroeder)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:37:02 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Fw: copy and paste - Word 2002 - Vista
Message-ID: <52D92F814EFD4FBAAEF22BA2635B30D2@HeidisPC>

Hi there everybody,

am sending this third time now (did a few changes to the original text) - 
first with my old e-mail address which did not work though the new was not 
accepted either (second try) but now I did the change again and it seems now 
it did work as I got the mails telling everything is done and okay.

I have a little inconvenience, not really a problem, with my new Windows 
Vista Home Premium and my old but still good Microsoft Word 2002 (also 
called Word XP). Whenever I want to copy something from no matter where into 
a Word document, I first have to open Word and then copy to be able to 
actually paste it into the document. If Word is not opened before, the paste 
command is grayed out and can't be used (same for CTRL+C and CTRL+V).

I have been searching the internet and think, it must be to do with the 
clipboard of Vista that maybe Word cannot access? The clipboard itself is 
working as I can paste everything I copy into WordPad for example, no matter 
if it is open or not when I initiate the copy process.

I only was so surprised to go back to having that problem while it was gone 
as long as I used Windows XP but knew it from the time I spent with Windows 
ME as well. Any ideas to get this changed or is it just something that has 
to be accepted?

Have a nice day
Heidi 



From coover at fastmail.fm  Tue Aug 12 15:31:37 2008
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:31:37 -0700
Subject: TSGL: works problem
In-Reply-To: <bcd.343fd64b.35d1dde9@aol.com>
References: <bcd.343fd64b.35d1dde9@aol.com>
Message-ID: <49B853DCB9D14CF0A90132A03F55815F@AcerLaptop>

I (infrequently) see similar behavior with Office 2003.  A reinstall always
solves the problem.

Russ Coover

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Engineman1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:25 AM
To: List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: works problem

I have a set of 5 cds for Microsoft works 2000. I am using Word and Streets

and Trips from this set.
every so often when I open either program I get a  message saying that the 
program is being installed and to put disk #1 in the CD  drive.
then it proceeds to reinstall the program and run it. 
if I dont do  this it will close the program.
This is happening on 2 computers and is a  nuisance.
Is there some way to correct this?  
Engineman



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From Computerfee at t-online.de  Wed Aug 13 09:27:45 2008
From: Computerfee at t-online.de (Heidi Schroeder)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:27:45 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Fw: copy and paste - Word 2002 - Vista
Message-ID: <66AB7BAA670D4330B2043BE218AD02B2@HeidisPC>

Thanks everybody for thinking about my problem, but now I found it out myself - all of a sudden had been searching for the correct words (after trying all possibilities before already as I thought) and found in MS Knowledgebase even (http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B555173&x=13&y=12)  that I had to uninstall an Add-in from Works for Word. So it probably was just lucky thing that I never had the problem in Win XP as I probably uninstalled the Works part right after installation or something like that! 

Have a nice day everybody!

Heidi

 

From iarp at cogeco.ca  Thu Aug 21 23:07:00 2008
From: iarp at cogeco.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:07:00 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Version control over multiple computers(similar to Groove)
Message-ID: <adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea@mail.gmail.com>

Hey,

I've got a client that manages their files across 4 computers like this:
They all have a folder on the computer named 'Simply' and one on a portable
drive.
Whomever is currently working on newest content gets the portable drive and
uploads their changes to it. and then passes the drive onto the next person.
This to me... seems very inefficient and a bad way to be doing this, because
if 2 people make changes to the same folder/file and the first person
uploads the new changes to the hard drive.. the second person to come along
has to open the first persons files and add their own content.

 tried to simplify that as much as i could, it's a very confusing

I've tried Groove before, i just reinstalled it on two of my machines to try
and see if it would be a viable program for them. Only problem is, the
program does not tell you who is accessing what folder and files, only that
they are online and accessing something. Which doesn't help much is 2 people
try to edit the same file at the same time.

What i'm looking for is a program that will eithor:
A) Lock the file / folder that a current user selects to lock access to,
preventing any changes from anyone else until it's unlocked. (Frontpage had
a feature called Check in/out and if you checked out a web page anyone else
trying to open it would get an error that it was read-only and _____
accessing it)
OR:
B) Show somewhere to everyone that _____ is accessing the file / folder and
eithor only allow that one person access or only mae the files read-only to
anyone else but the first person.

TIA

-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From deepend at tpg.com.au  Fri Aug 22 03:03:25 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:03:25 +1000
Subject: TSGL: DVD
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00@mail.tpg.com.au>

I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I want 
to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them. 
It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.

What is the best way to do this?

Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same disk?

I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob 
files---will that be enough?

Don Penlington



From shyamalg at gmail.com  Fri Aug 22 10:09:39 2008
From: shyamalg at gmail.com (Shyamal Gupta)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:39:39 +0530
Subject: TSGL: DVD
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <27e0929d0808220709i75568fe8k481bb006d4722a2@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I want
> to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them.
> It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.
>
> What is the best way to do this?
>
> Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same disk?

> I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob
> files---will that be enough?

Yes. That would in fact be the best way. Relatively the simplest, too.


-- 
Shyamal Gupta
Mumbai, India


From nortnarg at gmail.com  Fri Aug 22 10:18:14 2008
From: nortnarg at gmail.com (Ron Grant)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:18:14 -0500
Subject: TSGL: DVD
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <48AECAA6.4060109@gmail.com>

DVD  is a format that will be seen by your standard DVD player.

In order to change the movie files to that format it needs to be 
rendered.  That process rewrites the movie, frame by frame into DVD.   
When rendering, you can mix different types of files in an authoring 
application in advance of rendering.  Such as using still photos and 
different movie files together.

Windows Movie Maker will render to a video CD format, but not to DVD.   
Some  players will play a video CD.

There are many DVD authoring programs that will allow you to create and 
edit movie files,  adding transitions, titles and menus etc. and 
rendering to DVD.
I do not know of any free ones.

I am not sure about converting to .vob.  I did a search on that file 
type and found some converter apps., so that may be worth looking into, 
but if you did a simple conversion and burn to disc, you would not have 
menu controls.  If it would play on its own, without pressing play on 
the remote or player, (that is set up in menus) then that is possible. 
It could than play till it ended.  Not sure if it would play at all 
though without some sort of basic menu button.

Ron Grant


Don Penlington wrote:
> I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I want 
> to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them. 
> It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.
>
> What is the best way to do this?
>
> Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same disk?
>
> I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob 
> files---will that be enough?
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
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From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Fri Aug 22 13:00:12 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:00:12 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Version control over multiple computers(similar to Groove)
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea@mail.gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48AEF09C.5040407@gmail.com>

Ian,

When you say "working on" what do you mean? What program are they using 
to work on the content and is that the only program that they use to 
work on it?

H Davis

Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I've got a client that manages their files across 4 computers like this:
> They all have a folder on the computer named 'Simply' and one on a portable
> drive.
> Whomever is currently working on newest content gets the portable drive and
> uploads their changes to it. and then passes the drive onto the next person.
> This to me... seems very inefficient and a bad way to be doing this, because
> if 2 people make changes to the same folder/file and the first person
> uploads the new changes to the hard drive.. the second person to come along
> has to open the first persons files and add their own content.
>
>  tried to simplify that as much as i could, it's a very confusing
>
> I've tried Groove before, i just reinstalled it on two of my machines to try
> and see if it would be a viable program for them. Only problem is, the
> program does not tell you who is accessing what folder and files, only that
> they are online and accessing something. Which doesn't help much is 2 people
> try to edit the same file at the same time.
>
> What i'm looking for is a program that will eithor:
> A) Lock the file / folder that a current user selects to lock access to,
> preventing any changes from anyone else until it's unlocked. (Frontpage had
> a feature called Check in/out and if you checked out a web page anyone else
> trying to open it would get an error that it was read-only and _____
> accessing it)
> OR:
> B) Show somewhere to everyone that _____ is accessing the file / folder and
> eithor only allow that one person access or only mae the files read-only to
> anyone else but the first person.
>
> TIA
>
>   

-- 
H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com



From iarp at cogeco.ca  Fri Aug 22 14:30:20 2008
From: iarp at cogeco.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:30:20 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Version control over multiple computers(similar to Groove)
In-Reply-To: <48AEF09C.5040407@gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea@mail.gmail.com>
	<48AEF09C.5040407@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0808221130l66e7e90ch9abec7edb4682ae9@mail.gmail.com>

The 4 of them all work on Simply Accounting, they told me the maker has a
networking product, but they want close to $1500 per computer for that one
which isn't an option to them.

"Working on" someones taxes/accounting stuff.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM, H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ian,
>
> When you say "working on" what do you mean? What program are they using
> to work on the content and is that the only program that they use to
> work on it?
>
> H Davis
>
> Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I've got a client that manages their files across 4 computers like this:
> > They all have a folder on the computer named 'Simply' and one on a
> portable
> > drive.
> > Whomever is currently working on newest content gets the portable drive
> and
> > uploads their changes to it. and then passes the drive onto the next
> person.
> > This to me... seems very inefficient and a bad way to be doing this,
> because
> > if 2 people make changes to the same folder/file and the first person
> > uploads the new changes to the hard drive.. the second person to come
> along
> > has to open the first persons files and add their own content.
> >
> >  tried to simplify that as much as i could, it's a very confusing
> >
> > I've tried Groove before, i just reinstalled it on two of my machines to
> try
> > and see if it would be a viable program for them. Only problem is, the
> > program does not tell you who is accessing what folder and files, only
> that
> > they are online and accessing something. Which doesn't help much is 2
> people
> > try to edit the same file at the same time.
> >
> > What i'm looking for is a program that will eithor:
> > A) Lock the file / folder that a current user selects to lock access to,
> > preventing any changes from anyone else until it's unlocked. (Frontpage
> had
> > a feature called Check in/out and if you checked out a web page anyone
> else
> > trying to open it would get an error that it was read-only and _____
> > accessing it)
> > OR:
> > B) Show somewhere to everyone that _____ is accessing the file / folder
> and
> > eithor only allow that one person access or only mae the files read-only
> to
> > anyone else but the first person.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
> --
> H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>



-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Fri Aug 22 22:13:25 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:13:25 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Version control over multiple computers(similar to Groove)
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0808221130l66e7e90ch9abec7edb4682ae9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea@mail.gmail.com>	<48AEF09C.5040407@gmail.com>
	<adc2940c0808221130l66e7e90ch9abec7edb4682ae9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48AF7245.6000700@gmail.com>

Ian,

I was hoping that they were using software that was network friendly. 
Even Word will lock a file it's using on a network drive, limiting its 
availability to other machines. $1500 is pretty steep for that ability. 
Maybe it's time to move to some other accounting software.

H Davis

Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
> The 4 of them all work on Simply Accounting, they told me the maker has a
> networking product, but they want close to $1500 per computer for that one
> which isn't an option to them.
>
> "Working on" someones taxes/accounting stuff.
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM, H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Ian,
>>
>> When you say "working on" what do you mean? What program are they using
>> to work on the content and is that the only program that they use to
>> work on it?
>>
>> H Davis
>>
>> Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
>>     
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> I've got a client that manages their files across 4 computers like this:
>>> They all have a folder on the computer named 'Simply' and one on a
>>>       
>> portable
>>     
>>> drive.
>>> Whomever is currently working on newest content gets the portable drive
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> uploads their changes to it. and then passes the drive onto the next
>>>       
>> person.
>>     
>>> This to me... seems very inefficient and a bad way to be doing this,
>>>       
>> because
>>     
>>> if 2 people make changes to the same folder/file and the first person
>>> uploads the new changes to the hard drive.. the second person to come
>>>       
>> along
>>     
>>> has to open the first persons files and add their own content.
>>>
>>>  tried to simplify that as much as i could, it's a very confusing
>>>
>>> I've tried Groove before, i just reinstalled it on two of my machines to
>>>       
>> try
>>     
>>> and see if it would be a viable program for them. Only problem is, the
>>> program does not tell you who is accessing what folder and files, only
>>>       
>> that
>>     
>>> they are online and accessing something. Which doesn't help much is 2
>>>       
>> people
>>     
>>> try to edit the same file at the same time.
>>>
>>> What i'm looking for is a program that will eithor:
>>> A) Lock the file / folder that a current user selects to lock access to,
>>> preventing any changes from anyone else until it's unlocked. (Frontpage
>>>       
>> had
>>     
>>> a feature called Check in/out and if you checked out a web page anyone
>>>       
>> else
>>     
>>> trying to open it would get an error that it was read-only and _____
>>> accessing it)
>>> OR:
>>> B) Show somewhere to everyone that _____ is accessing the file / folder
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> eithor only allow that one person access or only mae the files read-only
>>>       
>> to
>>     
>>> anyone else but the first person.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> --
>> H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>     
>
>
>
>   

-- 
H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com


From iarp at cogeco.ca  Sat Aug 23 02:55:50 2008
From: iarp at cogeco.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:55:50 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Version control over multiple computers(similar to Groove)
In-Reply-To: <48AF7245.6000700@gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea@mail.gmail.com>
	<48AEF09C.5040407@gmail.com>
	<adc2940c0808221130l66e7e90ch9abec7edb4682ae9@mail.gmail.com>
	<48AF7245.6000700@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0808222355t652a0723qe4d9e231ba5bbf7f@mail.gmail.com>

Well i just tested it again, using a folder share over groove between my
laptop and desktop.
It allowed me access to the file on both machines, but the first machine to
open it had locked it and any changes i tried to make caused a warning that
it was locked only after i try to make a change on the second machine.

And way too many clients to just go off easily switching accounting
software.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM, H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ian,
>
> I was hoping that they were using software that was network friendly.
> Even Word will lock a file it's using on a network drive, limiting its
> availability to other machines. $1500 is pretty steep for that ability.
> Maybe it's time to move to some other accounting software.
>
> H Davis
>


-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From justin at whisperer.com.au  Sun Aug 24 01:14:50 2008
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:14:50 +1000
Subject: TSGL: DVD
In-Reply-To: <48AECAA6.4060109@gmail.com>
References: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<48AECAA6.4060109@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40808232214t7ac762a0o4ea1b9a44faf1d76@mail.gmail.com>

I've had luck with DivXtoDVD before......

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/vso_divxtodvd_free.cfm

Justin


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2008/8/23 Ron Grant <nortnarg at gmail.com>

> DVD  is a format that will be seen by your standard DVD player.
>
> In order to change the movie files to that format it needs to be
> rendered.  That process rewrites the movie, frame by frame into DVD.
> When rendering, you can mix different types of files in an authoring
> application in advance of rendering.  Such as using still photos and
> different movie files together.
>
> Windows Movie Maker will render to a video CD format, but not to DVD.
> Some  players will play a video CD.
>
> There are many DVD authoring programs that will allow you to create and
> edit movie files,  adding transitions, titles and menus etc. and
> rendering to DVD.
> I do not know of any free ones.
>
> I am not sure about converting to .vob.  I did a search on that file
> type and found some converter apps., so that may be worth looking into,
> but if you did a simple conversion and burn to disc, you would not have
> menu controls.  If it would play on its own, without pressing play on
> the remote or player, (that is set up in menus) then that is possible.
> It could than play till it ended.  Not sure if it would play at all
> though without some sort of basic menu button.
>
> Ron Grant
>
>
> Don Penlington wrote:
> > I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I
> want
> > to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them.
> > It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.
> >
> > What is the best way to do this?
> >
> > Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same
> disk?
> >
> > I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob
> > files---will that be enough?
> >
> > Don Penlington
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

From johnmount6 at hotmail.com  Sun Aug 24 09:12:58 2008
From: johnmount6 at hotmail.com (john mount)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:12:58 +0800
Subject: TSGL: RE, DVD
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1219420801.30768.list_tsgserver.com@tsgserver.com>
References: <mailman.3.1219420801.30768.list_tsgserver.com@tsgserver.com>
Message-ID: <BAY116-W13BFCF8EF0DEA8A20F2D0D97640@phx.gbl>


After reading this link, I came across this site,( http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html ) perhaps it will help you.
could you post any info you might get, as I would like to use it myself, but not being an expert I am not sure how it works.
John.

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> 
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:07:00 -0400
> From: "Ian Ramsey-Planck" <iarp at cogeco.ca>
> Subject: TSGL: Version control over multiple computers(similar to
> 	Groove)
> To: TSGL <list at tsgserver.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<adc2940c0808212007t22dbc43dg22ebbfd8fc4b8eea at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I've got a client that manages their files across 4 computers like this:
> They all have a folder on the computer named 'Simply' and one on a portable
> drive.
> Whomever is currently working on newest content gets the portable drive and
> uploads their changes to it. and then passes the drive onto the next person.
> This to me... seems very inefficient and a bad way to be doing this, because
> if 2 people make changes to the same folder/file and the first person
> uploads the new changes to the hard drive.. the second person to come along
> has to open the first persons files and add their own content.
> 
>  tried to simplify that as much as i could, it's a very confusing
> 
> I've tried Groove before, i just reinstalled it on two of my machines to try
> and see if it would be a viable program for them. Only problem is, the
> program does not tell you who is accessing what folder and files, only that
> they are online and accessing something. Which doesn't help much is 2 people
> try to edit the same file at the same time.
> 
> What i'm looking for is a program that will eithor:
> A) Lock the file / folder that a current user selects to lock access to,
> preventing any changes from anyone else until it's unlocked. (Frontpage had
> a feature called Check in/out and if you checked out a web page anyone else
> trying to open it would get an error that it was read-only and _____
> accessing it)
> OR:
> B) Show somewhere to everyone that _____ is accessing the file / folder and
> eithor only allow that one person access or only mae the files read-only to
> anyone else but the first person.
> 
> TIA
> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:03:25 +1000
> From: Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au>
> Subject: TSGL: DVD
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080822165602.00c42f00 at mail.tpg.com.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> 
> I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I want 
> to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them. 
> It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.
> 
> What is the best way to do this?
> 
> Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same disk?
> 
> I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob 
> files---will that be enough?
> 
> Don Penlington
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:39:39 +0530
> From: "Shyamal Gupta" <shyamalg at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: TSGL: DVD
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<27e0929d0808220709i75568fe8k481bb006d4722a2 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I want
> > to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them.
> > It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.
> >
> > What is the best way to do this?
> >
> > Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same disk?
> 
> > I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob
> > files---will that be enough?
> 
> Yes. That would in fact be the best way. Relatively the simplest, too.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Shyamal Gupta
> Mumbai, India
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:18:14 -0500
> From: Ron Grant <nortnarg at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: TSGL: DVD
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List <list at tsgserver.com>
> Message-ID: <48AECAA6.4060109 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> DVD  is a format that will be seen by your standard DVD player.
> 
> In order to change the movie files to that format it needs to be 
> rendered.  That process rewrites the movie, frame by frame into DVD.   
> When rendering, you can mix different types of files in an authoring 
> application in advance of rendering.  Such as using still photos and 
> different movie files together.
> 
> Windows Movie Maker will render to a video CD format, but not to DVD.   
> Some  players will play a video CD.
> 
> There are many DVD authoring programs that will allow you to create and 
> edit movie files,  adding transitions, titles and menus etc. and 
> rendering to DVD.
> I do not know of any free ones.
> 
> I am not sure about converting to .vob.  I did a search on that file 
> type and found some converter apps., so that may be worth looking into, 
> but if you did a simple conversion and burn to disc, you would not have 
> menu controls.  If it would play on its own, without pressing play on 
> the remote or player, (that is set up in menus) then that is possible. 
> It could than play till it ended.  Not sure if it would play at all 
> though without some sort of basic menu button.
> 
> Ron Grant
> 
> 
> Don Penlington wrote:
> > I have several .avi and .mp4 movie files on my hard drive from which I want 
> > to make a DVD so that my domestic DVD player (3 years old) can play them. 
> > It won't play .avi or .mp3 files burnt straight to a disk.
> >
> > What is the best way to do this?
> >
> > Will Windows MovieMaker do it? Can I mix .avi and .mp4 files on the same disk?
> >
> > I have several converters which might convert them to simple .vob 
> > files---will that be enough?
> >
> > Don Penlington
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> >   
> 
> 
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From michaelsweeden at comcast.net  Sun Aug 24 13:32:02 2008
From: michaelsweeden at comcast.net (Michael Sweeden)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:32:02 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Transferring CD tunes from one PC to another with an iPod
Message-ID: <024c01c9060f$52526f20$0100000a@michael>

I have a friend with 2 notebook computers and a desktop computer and an
iPod. When he buys a song from iTunes, he can put it on his iPod, and then
copy it from his iPod into any of the three PCs. When he rips a song from CD
into iTunes and copies it onto his iPod, the iTunes software on another PC
will not allow him to copy the song from the iPod. I'm not an iPod user, but
I'm sure that there must be some of you on this list and I'm wondering
if/how this can be done. Thanks!


From edlynn at usa.com  Sun Aug 24 14:25:38 2008
From: edlynn at usa.com (EdlynnUSA)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:25:38 -0400
Subject: TSGL: test
Message-ID: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>

Hi -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except mine. There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)

ED

From michaelsweeden at comcast.net  Sun Aug 24 14:35:27 2008
From: michaelsweeden at comcast.net (Michael Sweeden)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:35:27 -0400
Subject: TSGL: test
In-Reply-To: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
References: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <025a01c90618$2e582480$0100000a@michael>

I hear ya, Ed!

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of EdlynnUSA
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:26 PM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: test

Hi -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except mine.
There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)

ED
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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Sun Aug 24 14:42:45 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:42:45 +0200
Subject: TSGL: test
References: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
	<025a01c90618$2e582480$0100000a@michael>
Message-ID: <000801c90619$33ac51d0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

I hear ya, too, Ed.

Maybe the solution would be for you to read your posts before you send them?

Best,

John
Od/G
P.S. Sorry...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Sweeden 
To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List' 
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: test


I hear ya, Ed!

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of EdlynnUSA
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:26 PM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: test

Hi -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except mine.
There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)

ED
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From alan_mitchell at mindspring.com  Sun Aug 24 14:54:11 2008
From: alan_mitchell at mindspring.com (Alan Mitchell)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:54:11 -0400
Subject: TSGL: test
Message-ID: <E1KXKiz-0003ke-76@elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Problem is OK leaving here.

-----Original Message-----
From: "EdlynnUSA" <edlynn at usa.com>
To: list at tsgserver.com
Sent: 8/24/08 2:25 PM
Subject: TSGL: test

Hi -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except mine There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)

ED
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From iarp at cogeco.ca  Sun Aug 24 16:26:30 2008
From: iarp at cogeco.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:26:30 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Transferring CD tunes from one PC to another with an iPod
In-Reply-To: <024c01c9060f$52526f20$0100000a@michael>
References: <024c01c9060f$52526f20$0100000a@michael>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0808241326y14e04f1xcd96a17b3dd9b978@mail.gmail.com>

Unless Apples gone and changed something, you never were allowed to transfer
from iPod to iTunes just by using iTunes. They didn't want people sharing
iPods and copying friends music librarys.

I use YamiPod( http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/ ) to transfer iPod
to computer then import to iTunes.

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Michael Sweeden <michaelsweeden at comcast.net
> wrote:

> I have a friend with 2 notebook computers and a desktop computer and an
> iPod. When he buys a song from iTunes, he can put it on his iPod, and then
> copy it from his iPod into any of the three PCs. When he rips a song from
> CD
> into iTunes and copies it onto his iPod, the iTunes software on another PC
> will not allow him to copy the song from the iPod. I'm not an iPod user,
> but
> I'm sure that there must be some of you on this list and I'm wondering
> if/how this can be done. Thanks!
>
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>



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Thanks
Ian R-P

From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Sun Aug 24 18:54:51 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:54:51 -0400
Subject: TSGL: The TSGL List
Message-ID: <48B1E6BB.3070908@gmail.com>

To all,

Ed Lynn seems to be having a problem getting his posts to show up on the 
list so he sent me this message to post on his behalf.

H. Davis -
 
Sorry to bother you, but you did help me, in the past, with some good 
suggestions - and now there's a tough problem..
 
Since I receive what appears to be all the posts except mine, which do 
not seem to go through at all, could you poll the List on my behalf for 
this tough resolution?
 
I confirmed that I am subscribed as a list member. I have even 
unsubscribed and resubscribed, leaving enough time for everything to 
happen, but the situation did not change. I still cannot post, nor 
answer any posts on the List.
I do not have this problem with the few other groups to which I subscribe.
 
I have been a subscriber for over two years, and this has happened only 
recently, since about February, or March.
 
Thanks again.
 
ED
  --

H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com



From Beezersmom at aol.com  Sun Aug 24 21:27:09 2008
From: Beezersmom at aol.com (Beezersmom at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:27:09 EDT
Subject: TSGL: test
Message-ID: <c65.2e638101.35e3646d@aol.com>

 
Hi Ed
I received your email.
Toni
 
In a message dated 8/24/2008 2:26:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
edlynn at usa.com writes:

Hi  -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers',  except mine. 
There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If  you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of  course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a  reply:)

ED
_______________________________________________
Tech  Support Guy Mailing  List
http://www.tsgserver.com/list/


 



**************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel 
deal here.      
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

From CHFCRAZYHORSE at aol.com  Sun Aug 24 21:28:52 2008
From: CHFCRAZYHORSE at aol.com (CHFCRAZYHORSE at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:28:52 EDT
Subject: TSGL: test
Message-ID: <bc8.388f7d27.35e364d4@aol.com>

 
Ed
Got your email.
Nelson
 
In a message dated 8/24/2008 2:26:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
edlynn at usa.com writes:

Hi  -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers',  except mine. 
There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If  you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of  course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a  reply:)

ED
_______________________________________________
Tech  Support Guy Mailing  List
http://www.tsgserver.com/list/


 



**************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel 
deal here.      
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

From deepend at tpg.com.au  Sun Aug 24 21:38:52 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:38:52 +1000
Subject: TSGL: The TSGL List
In-Reply-To: <48B1E6BB.3070908@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080825112257.00c591f0@mail.tpg.com.au>

H. Davis wrote:
>Ed Lynn seems to be having a problem getting his posts to show up on the
>list>>


Ed may have his emailer set to send in html (formatted) text.  Perhaps 
there is some element of signature or stationery that is formatted.

This will be rejected by most lists and many private recipients, for 
security reasons. Emails sent in this fashion are capable of transmitting 
some nasty malware if the sending computer has been compromised.

Check to ensure that emails are sent in plain text only.

Don Penlington



From coover at fastmail.fm  Sun Aug 24 21:47:44 2008
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:47:44 -0700
Subject: TSGL: test
In-Reply-To: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
References: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <095218AA561A4BDFB9AC7C0FFAB5BE52@AcerLaptop>

I've not seen your post, so I'm sending this reply. Oh, oh! You said not to
reply if I didn't see your post. Well, here it is anyway.

Russ Coover

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of EdlynnUSA
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:26 AM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: test

Hi -

I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except mine.
There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.

If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)

ED
_______________________________________________
Tech Support Guy Mailing List
http://www.tsgserver.com/list/



From Computerfee at t-online.de  Mon Aug 25 02:41:45 2008
From: Computerfee at t-online.de (Heidi Schroeder)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:41:45 +0200
Subject: TSGL: test
In-Reply-To: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
References: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <36B266DC979B4AB1BA345F393F914C44@HeidisPC>

Ed - received your post and as it was sent as text, no problem with html and by the way, I think I sent html-mails to the list already and they went through, but this may be a while ago and might have changed (will ahve a try with this now).

Heidi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EdlynnUSA" <edlynn at usa.com>
To: <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: TSGL: test


> Hi -
> 
> I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except mine. There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.
> 
> If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
> Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)
> 
> ED


From Bateach3 at aol.com  Mon Aug 25 06:49:10 2008
From: Bateach3 at aol.com (Bateach3 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:49:10 EDT
Subject: TSGL: test
Message-ID: <cdf.36308725.35e3e826@aol.com>

Got the email Ed, just slow ewspomding.



**************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel 
deal here.      
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

From postmaster at moneymate.plus.com  Mon Aug 25 09:44:19 2008
From: postmaster at moneymate.plus.com (pcparamedic)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:44:19 +0100
Subject: TSGL: test
References: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <000f01c906b8$ad481020$0200a8c0@primary>


ED,

Haven`t sent anything for a while, I`m always skulking in the background but
hope this works.

PcP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EdlynnUSA" <edlynn at usa.com>
To: <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 7:25 PM
Subject: TSGL: test


> Hi -
>
> I'm receiving what seems to be all the posts made by 'listers', except
mine. There does not seem to be an answer to this problem.
>
> If you see this post, please send me a response in a normal list manner.
> Of course, if you do not  see this post, I would not expect a reply:)
>
> ED
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>
> -- 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 25/08/08
07:05
>
>



From edlynn at usa.com  Mon Aug 25 10:31:59 2008
From: edlynn at usa.com (EdlynnUSA)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:31:59 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Thank you, one and all
Message-ID: <003b01c906bf$572d0c20$2f01a8c0@mine>

Somehow, or other, it got fixed. It was  probably an MS auto download update 
that provided the workaround in the background.

ED




 



From deepend at tpg.com.au  Mon Aug 25 11:21:14 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:21:14 +1000
Subject: TSGL: DVD
In-Reply-To: <BAY116-W13BFCF8EF0DEA8A20F2D0D97640@phx.gbl>
References: <mailman.3.1219420801.30768.list_tsgserver.com@tsgserver.com>
	<mailman.3.1219420801.30768.list_tsgserver.com@tsgserver.com>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080826002542.00c46378@mail.tpg.com.au>

John wrote:
>After reading this link, I came across this site,( 
>http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html ) perhaps it will help you.
>could you post any info you might get, as I would like to use it myself, 
>but not being an expert I am not sure how it works.>>


I tried that one, but it didn't work. It converted an .avi movie file to 
.mpg, but omitted the sound and wasn't in DVD format. I checked all 
settings, but no good.

I tried several other free ones, with varying results--mostly 
unsatisafactory. Some omitted the sound, others didn't make a DVD menu for 
domestic players, and some gave poor video after conversion.

I finally found a little gem. It's called DVDSanta and seemed to work 
perfectly. Very simple, virtually one click, navigate to the movie file you 
want to convert/burn, and away it goes. It then converts and asks if you 
want to burn a DVD now. Insert a blank disc, click "yes" and it completes 
the job. It seems to contain its own burning software. Results were 
excellent, video and sound quality seem indistinguishable from the 
original, though I've only had a quick look so far.

And it's only $10. Well worth it for ease of use alone. I just left it on 
its default settings, but it has a few advanced settings if you need them.

Takes about 2 hours to convert a 2-hour movie, (ie converts in real time) 
and another 20-30 minutes to burn it.

This is the publishers description:

"dvdSanta is an All-in-One software that lets you copy, create, convert and 
burn your DVD movies. It can copy 9GB double layer DVD movies into a 4.7GB 
DVD-R disc, can turn your photos into DVD movies with Hollywood style 
motion effects, can convert other video formats(avi,wmv,vob,asf...) into 
DVD video, can transfer miniDV camcorder tapes directly to DVD video. 
dvdSanta is extremely easy to use, fast and powerful". The latest version 
also captures from videotapes.

There are very mixed reviews and download site here:

http://www.download.com/DVDSanta/3000-2646_4-10291136.html

Some users report it's very slow on older computers, others that it has too 
few options (that's a plus for me, I prefer simple!). I suspect it would be 
intolerant of insufficient cpu power or RAM---which is normal for video 
conversion. Try not to run anything much in the background when doing any 
video conversion.

Some people complain that they sent money and never received the 
registration code to unlock the trial version. There's no tech support, and 
apparently no email address, so buy at your own risk by Paypal or Visa. 
Maybe that's why they dropped the price from its original $30 to $10. 
Others report great delight with it.

Helpful hints come up when you hover over the various buttons, which I 
like. Apart from that, there's no help, but you don't really need it, even 
if you're a beginner. It's certainly less buggy than most of the other 
software I tried--at least for me. (I've only used it once so far, but 
should be great for burning a lot of my Olympics clips for domestic viewing.

It appears to have a 25-day free trial period.

PS----I've just finished watching the movie which I originally downloaded 
off the internet in .avi form and then burned to DVD. Picture and stereo 
sound quality is perfect, as good as an original commercial movie DVD. I'm 
very impressed.

Don Penlington



From deepend at tpg.com.au  Mon Aug 25 13:35:25 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:35:25 +1000
Subject: TSGL: test
In-Reply-To: <36B266DC979B4AB1BA345F393F914C44@HeidisPC>
References: <002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
	<002001c90616$cf884030$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080826033002.00c61f48@mail.tpg.com.au>

Heidi wrote:
>I think I sent html-mails to the list already and they went through, but 
>this may be a while ago and might have changed (will ahve a try with this now>>


Heidi---Your email doesn't appear to contain any formatting. Depends on the 
content whether it will get through.
Plain text sent as html is usually OK.

It's only when formatting gets included that it becomes a problem. It may 
not even be apparent to the sender, but often looks horrible to the 
recipient if it does in fact get through at all.

Don Penlington




From shyamalg at gmail.com  Tue Aug 26 03:05:02 2008
From: shyamalg at gmail.com (Shyamal Gupta)
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:35:02 +0530
Subject: TSGL: DVD
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20080826002542.00c46378@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <mailman.3.1219420801.30768.list_tsgserver.com@tsgserver.com>
	<BAY116-W13BFCF8EF0DEA8A20F2D0D97640@phx.gbl>
	<4.3.2.20080826002542.00c46378@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <27e0929d0808260005l6aaff83as24d222bdc416e970@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> I finally found a little gem. It's called DVDSanta and seemed to work
> perfectly. Very simple, virtually one click, navigate to the movie file you
> want to convert/burn, and away it goes. It then converts and asks if you
> want to burn a DVD now. Insert a blank disc, click "yes" and it completes
> the job. It seems to contain its own burning software. Results were
> excellent, video and sound quality seem indistinguishable from the
> original, though I've only had a quick look so far.
>
> And it's only $10. Well worth it for ease of use alone. I just left it on
> its default settings, but it has a few advanced settings if you need them.

Don

I wish I had remembered to suggest DVDSanta earlier. Haven't used it
in a while, and had forgotten about it.

It's an excellent old program which works great.

Anyway, the thing is, as far as I can remember, DVDSanta 4.0 was free.


Another similar and excellent old program is DVDDecrypter 3.5.4.0.
This is also free, and available at
http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?ID=1351


-- 
Shyamal Gupta
Mumbai, India


From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Wed Aug 27 03:17:35 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:17:35 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
Message-ID: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

Hi All,

Does anyone know how to delete

the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,

the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,

preferably also the separator lines?

Thanks.

John
Od/G

From Computerfee at t-online.de  Wed Aug 27 03:53:31 2008
From: Computerfee at t-online.de (Heidi Schroeder)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:53:31 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
In-Reply-To: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3


> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know how to delete
>
> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>
> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>
> preferably also the separator lines?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
> Od/G

Hi John,

the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone. 
Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via 
right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.

einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
Heidi 



From deepend at tpg.com.au  Wed Aug 27 11:40:06 2008
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:40:06 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Internet security advice
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20080828012358.00c3f7d0@mail.tpg.com.au>

For those readers who don't know much about computer internet security and 
want (need) to know, there's an excellent professional security site here 
with many free videos on various aspects of how nasty things can and do 
infect your computer, with some excellent advice on how to recognise when 
your computer may be infected, and how to avoid the dangers.

http://watchguard.com/

Start with this one for the basics about trojans:

http://www.watchguard.com/education/video/play.asp?vid=dbd-cubecast

It is very clearly presented for beginners. Even the more advanced viewers 
will learn a thing or two. I certainly did.

Go here for the full list of videos--you can either watch them online or 
download them:

http://www.watchguard.com/education/videos.asp

I was most impressed with the quality of advice, and the fact that these 
people aren't pushing any commercial software down your throat.

Don Penlington



From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Wed Aug 27 12:19:38 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:19:38 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC>
Message-ID: <002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

Hi Heide,

A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for other separators but not for those.
Thanks for the idea.

Sch?nen Abend.

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Heidi Schroeder 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3


> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know how to delete
>
> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>
> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>
> preferably also the separator lines?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
> Od/G

Hi John,

the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone. 
Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via 
right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.

einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
Heidi 


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From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 27 17:01:15 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:01:15 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
In-Reply-To: <002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC>
	<002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com>

John,

I don't think it can be done. If you were able to do it that would 
probably remove the Bookmarks Toolbar from the menu; is that what you 
want to do?

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> Hi Heide,
>
> A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for other separators but not for those.
> Thanks for the idea.
>
> Sch?nen Abend.
>
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Heidi Schroeder 
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does anyone know how to delete
>>
>> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>>
>> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>>
>> preferably also the separator lines?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
>> Od/G
>>     
>
> Hi John,
>
> the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone. 
> Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via 
> right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.
>
> einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
> Heidi 
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>   

-- 
H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com


From Computerfee at t-online.de  Thu Aug 28 02:02:47 2008
From: Computerfee at t-online.de (Heidi Schroeder)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:02:47 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
In-Reply-To: <48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com>
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC><002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
	<48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6B2D64C6FEFA4A859E6D92506D1338A6@HeidisPC>

Hi John,

maybe this does work https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7884 -
found it mentioned in a German forum and it is experimental, so maybe you 
like to try it out?

have a nice day

Heidi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3


John,

I don't think it can be done. If you were able to do it that would
probably remove the Bookmarks Toolbar from the menu; is that what you
want to do?

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> Hi Heide,
>
> A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar
> leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for
> other separators but not for those.
> Thanks for the idea.
>
> Sch?nen Abend.
>
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Heidi Schroeder
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does anyone know how to delete
>>
>> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>>
>> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>>
>> preferably also the separator lines?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
>> Od/G
>>
>
> Hi John,
>
> the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone.
> Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via
> right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.
>
> einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
> Heidi
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Thu Aug 28 03:20:06 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:20:06 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC><002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
	<48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000c01c908de$7fa213a0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

Thanks, H. Yes, remove the Bookmarks Toolbar and the Unsorted Bookmarks Folder. I thought it might be possible through  about:config  registry but can't find any reference.

BTW: Heidi, not Heide. Sorry, Heidi!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: H Davis 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3


John,

I don't think it can be done. If you were able to do it that would 
probably remove the Bookmarks Toolbar from the menu; is that what you 
want to do?

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> Hi Heide,
>
> A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for other separators but not for those.
> Thanks for the idea.
>
> Sch?nen Abend.
>
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Heidi Schroeder 
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does anyone know how to delete
>>
>> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>>
>> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>>
>> preferably also the separator lines?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
>> Od/G
>>     
>
> Hi John,
>
> the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone. 
> Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via 
> right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.
>
> einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
> Heidi 
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Thu Aug 28 03:51:39 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:51:39 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC><002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2><48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com>
	<6B2D64C6FEFA4A859E6D92506D1338A6@HeidisPC>
Message-ID: <001401c908e2$e7e40000$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

Hi Heidi,

I thought this was going to be it; unfortunately it only works in the sidebar, which I don't usually use since it doesn't offer 'Bookmark this page' or 'Organize Bookmarks'. Also, weiter...

Gr??e

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Heidi Schroeder 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3


Hi John,

maybe this does work https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7884 -
found it mentioned in a German forum and it is experimental, so maybe you 
like to try it out?

have a nice day

Heidi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3


John,

I don't think it can be done. If you were able to do it that would
probably remove the Bookmarks Toolbar from the menu; is that what you
want to do?

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> Hi Heide,
>
> A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar
> leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for
> other separators but not for those.
> Thanks for the idea.
>
> Sch?nen Abend.
>
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Heidi Schroeder
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does anyone know how to delete
>>
>> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>>
>> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>>
>> preferably also the separator lines?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
>> Od/G
>>
>
> Hi John,
>
> the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone.
> Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via
> right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.
>
> einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
> Heidi
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>

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From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 28 18:24:44 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:44 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
In-Reply-To: <000c01c908de$7fa213a0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC><002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com>
	<000c01c908de$7fa213a0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <48B725AC.80004@gmail.com>

John,

If you just want to remove the Bookmark Toolbar from the screen, just 
place the cursor on the toolbar, right click and uncheck Bookmark 
Toolbar. Somehow, I don't think I fully understand exactly what you're 
trying to do.

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> Thanks, H. Yes, remove the Bookmarks Toolbar and the Unsorted Bookmarks Folder. I thought it might be possible through  about:config  registry but can't find any reference.
>
> BTW: Heidi, not Heide. Sorry, Heidi!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: H Davis 
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
> John,
>
> I don't think it can be done. If you were able to do it that would 
> probably remove the Bookmarks Toolbar from the menu; is that what you 
> want to do?
>
> H Davis
>
> jonpan wrote:
>   
>> Hi Heide,
>>
>> A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for other separators but not for those.
>> Thanks for the idea.
>>
>> Sch?nen Abend.
>>
>> John
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Heidi Schroeder 
>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
>> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
>> Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to delete
>>>
>>> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>>>
>>> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>>>
>>> preferably also the separator lines?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> John
>>> Od/G
>>>     
>>>       
>> Hi John,
>>
>> the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone. 
>> Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via 
>> right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.
>>
>> einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
>> Heidi 
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>   
>>     
>
>   

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From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 28 18:27:13 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:27:13 -0400
Subject: TSGL: More bookmark anomalies
Message-ID: <48B72641.1060103@gmail.com>

To all,

In FF 2x I could save a bookmark by dragging the favicon to a folder in 
the Bookmark Toolbar, wait for the folder to open, drag to the next 
folder, etc to as many levels as needed before dropping the link in the 
desired folder.

With FF 3x I can get only 2 folders deep; if I try to go further the 
menu tree closes preventing me from going any deeper. The only way to 
save bookmarks at a deeper level is to use the Star in the address field.

AND....
When I first drag the favicon from the address field to the folder in 
the Bookmark Toolbar a little message pops up, covering about 4 folders 
on the Toolbar, saying "This web site does not supply identity 
information". The message prevents me from getting the desired folder to 
open unless I carefully maneuver the cursor over the tiny piece of the 
folder icon that's not covered by the "helpful" message.

Has anyone else seen this behavior or am I operating in a parallel universe.

-- 
H Davis   hdavis1 at gmail.com



From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Fri Aug 29 03:28:15 2008
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (jonpan)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:28:15 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
References: <000601c90814$fb7c1130$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<63D9978D8EA046F2A8F39D70CBA041C2@HeidisPC><002001c90860$b4ce9590$2202a8c0@johnsp2>	<48B5C09B.1080608@gmail.com><000c01c908de$7fa213a0$2202a8c0@johnsp2>
	<48B725AC.80004@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000a01c909a8$cd968800$2202a8c0@johnsp2>

H.,

When you click on Bookmarks, the Bookmarks menu opens with 'Bookmark this page', 'Organise Bookmarks', etc. Below that, there is a separator, then 'Bookmarks Toolbar' then another separator. The last three are what I wanted to remove.

I now have the solution - it involves adding a few lines of code to userChrome.css. 
If anyone needs the details, please email me.

Thanks to Heidi and H. Davis for your support.

John
Od/G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: H Davis 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3


John,

If you just want to remove the Bookmark Toolbar from the screen, just 
place the cursor on the toolbar, right click and uncheck Bookmark 
Toolbar. Somehow, I don't think I fully understand exactly what you're 
trying to do.

H Davis

jonpan wrote:
> Thanks, H. Yes, remove the Bookmarks Toolbar and the Unsorted Bookmarks Folder. I thought it might be possible through  about:config  registry but can't find any reference.
>
> BTW: Heidi, not Heide. Sorry, Heidi!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: H Davis 
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>
>
> John,
>
> I don't think it can be done. If you were able to do it that would 
> probably remove the Bookmarks Toolbar from the menu; is that what you 
> want to do?
>
> H Davis
>
> jonpan wrote:
>   
>> Hi Heide,
>>
>> A right click on the separator lines above and below the Bookmarks Toolbar leads to a menu in which 'cut' is greyed out. Your suggestion works for other separators but not for those.
>> Thanks for the idea.
>>
>> Sch?nen Abend.
>>
>> John
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Heidi Schroeder 
>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox 3
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
>> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:17 AM
>> Subject: TSGL: Firefox 3
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to delete
>>>
>>> the Bookmarks Toolbar folder from the All Bookmarks folder,
>>>
>>> the Unsorted Bookmarks folder from the Bookmarks Menu,
>>>
>>> preferably also the separator lines?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> John
>>> Od/G
>>>     
>>>       
>> Hi John,
>>
>> the separator lines can be right-clicked and cut and they should be gone. 
>> Unsorted bookmarks - I don't have such a folder, so think I deleted it via 
>> right click as well. No idea about the bookmarks toolbar folder.
>>
>> einen sch?nen Tag w?nscht
>> Heidi 
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>   
>>     
>
>   

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From Computerfee at t-online.de  Fri Aug 29 07:22:48 2008
From: Computerfee at t-online.de (Heidi Schroeder)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:22:48 +0200
Subject: TSGL: Windows XP Update problem
Message-ID: <EA77071028F943BB86AF4AC7DE9BF908@HeidisPC>

Hi there everybody!
Still don't know any details about the computer of my friend, that probably were necessary for solving the problem - but you usually at least have some idea that she can pass on to her husband who might or might not be able to do something then. What I know is, that the computer is quite old already but was at some time updated to Windows XP, but I guess it will be running on lowest possible hardware. 
The problem is they are trying to download and install a Windows XP update and it does ruin something in the computer, so that a lot of programmes including internet connection through Internet Explorer are lost. They can go back with system restore and all is okay again. The same problem (as far as I can tell from what my friend told me when it happened), happened lately when they tried to update Adobe Flash Player.
So does anybody have an idea what I could tell her to tell her husband to do to get that sorted - I think, maybe some more RAM would help a lot even with such a problem (but there is no spare money they would really like spend on such) or could something else be actually wrong with some setting or programme?
Have a nice weekend 
Best wishes Heidi

From edlynn at usa.com  Fri Aug 29 18:37:56 2008
From: edlynn at usa.com (EdlynnUSA)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:37:56 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Burning to DVD
Message-ID: <000901c90a27$e2f996e0$2f01a8c0@mine>

Hi all -

This is some real basic stuff.

My public library makes available, for downloading, all manner of e-media 
material including
e-books, Videos, DVDs  and many genres of music.

Downloading most of the e-media is simple enough, as  it is directed into a 
temporary file on my local disc drive, from where I can load it to my MP3 
player for listening.

The movie DVDs are huge files that take up big time space. Each title has a 
seven-day timer, like the TV "mission Impossible". The logical space 
available for the download would be on a DVD-R on  my CD/DVD combo drive. 
Here's the problem:

I use Nero 7 to burn CDs and/or DVDs. When the library sends me the link for 
the download, how will my combo drive know to call up Nero to record, and 
maybe compress the movie onto a DVD?
I will have pre-loaded a DVD-R in the drive. I don't have all that space 
available on my HDD to handle  a 5+GB temp file, and then load it onto  my 
optical drive.

The library tells me that the DVD media is protected, and probably cannot go 
directly to a burner. Nero tutorial says that they can download any 
non-copyright protected DVDs.

May I ask for a solution, please.

Thanks,

ED 



From michaelsweeden at comcast.net  Fri Aug 29 21:01:49 2008
From: michaelsweeden at comcast.net (Michael Sweeden)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:01:49 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Burning to DVD
In-Reply-To: <000901c90a27$e2f996e0$2f01a8c0@mine>
References: <000901c90a27$e2f996e0$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <004101c90a3b$fced5410$0100000a@michael>

Pretty much all commercial DVDs at least in the US have copy protection, and
Nero cannot alone copy those discs. You can use a problem to handle the copy
protection and allow Nero to copy the DVD. One such program is AnyDVD by
Slysoft which can be found here:
http://www.slysoft.com/en/
The company gives its business address as outside the US, and you can buy
it, it does work great, but I do not know about the US copyright laws and
what laws you may be breaking by using the program.
Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of EdlynnUSA
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:38 PM
To: TechSupportGuys
Subject: TSGL: Burning to DVD

Hi all -

This is some real basic stuff.

My public library makes available, for downloading, all manner of e-media 
material including
e-books, Videos, DVDs  and many genres of music.

Downloading most of the e-media is simple enough, as  it is directed into a 
temporary file on my local disc drive, from where I can load it to my MP3 
player for listening.

The movie DVDs are huge files that take up big time space. Each title has a 
seven-day timer, like the TV "mission Impossible". The logical space 
available for the download would be on a DVD-R on  my CD/DVD combo drive. 
Here's the problem:

I use Nero 7 to burn CDs and/or DVDs. When the library sends me the link for

the download, how will my combo drive know to call up Nero to record, and 
maybe compress the movie onto a DVD?
I will have pre-loaded a DVD-R in the drive. I don't have all that space 
available on my HDD to handle  a 5+GB temp file, and then load it onto  my 
optical drive.

The library tells me that the DVD media is protected, and probably cannot go

directly to a burner. Nero tutorial says that they can download any 
non-copyright protected DVDs.

May I ask for a solution, please.

Thanks,

ED 


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From leebunyard at comcast.net  Fri Aug 29 21:50:08 2008
From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:50:08 -0700
Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??
Message-ID: <48B8A750.3000405@comcast.net>

Anyone else in the Northern California area who has Comcast broadband 
Internet service who is experiencing problems with the service??  For 
most of the past week or so, I've noticed that Comcast has become 
extremely slow in bringing up webpages and in retrieving email, 
particularly bad during daytime hours.  Slower than dialup.  I called 
Comcast customer support today and was told 1) they have been doing 
system maintenance, which has slowed down the service; 2) their mail 
server has been having problems; 3) with school starting up again, there 
is a tremendous increase in weekday daytime usage that is overloading 
the system; 4) the temperatures have been over 100 degrees the past few 
days and high temperatures affect signal quality and response time; and 
5) they are installing additional fiber optic lines to alleviate the 
problem. 

Sounded like a mishmash of excuses to me.  I have Comcast digital TV, 
broadband Internet and voice (phone) services, at a monthly cost of $186 
for all three.  I told Comcast that if this continues, I'd be better off 
going back to AT&T and getting a DSL line for Internet and voice phone 
line again, and dish satellite for TV.   Probably cheaper too.  They're 
sending someone out tomorrow to check my lines and connectivity. 

Just curious if it's just me or if anyone else has noticed the problem 
also??

Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

From coover at fastmail.fm  Sat Aug 30 02:22:00 2008
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:22:00 -0700
Subject: TSGL: Burning to DVD
In-Reply-To: <000901c90a27$e2f996e0$2f01a8c0@mine>
References: <000901c90a27$e2f996e0$2f01a8c0@mine>
Message-ID: <087BD971FFC9427293D925B0119774B5@AcerLaptop>

Take a look at DVDFab. You can get a free version here ... 

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/DVDFab_HD_Decrypter/1132478833/1

It will remove copy protection (the software comes from a small island
nation where providing software that does this is not illegal).
Unfortunately, the temp file on your hard drive will be virtually the same
size as the files on the DVD and that could be 7+ or 8+ GB ... but in these
days of cheap, large hard drives (I saw a 500 GB drive at Geeks.com the
other day for $60), you should be able to add an additional drive at a
reasonable cost. To reduce the size of the temp file to 4.7 GB, use DVD
Shrink ...

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm

(get it at this site ... it is no longer in development and some unethical
people try to get you to download it from other sites ... I know the one
above is safe).

DVD Shrink will then use  Nero to burn the disk.

I realize this is not the answer you want, but it should allow you to backup
your purchased DVDs. 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of EdlynnUSA
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:38 PM
To: TechSupportGuys
Subject: TSGL: Burning to DVD

Hi all -

This is some real basic stuff.

My public library makes available, for downloading, all manner of e-media 
material including
e-books, Videos, DVDs  and many genres of music.

Downloading most of the e-media is simple enough, as  it is directed into a 
temporary file on my local disc drive, from where I can load it to my MP3 
player for listening.

The movie DVDs are huge files that take up big time space. Each title has a 
seven-day timer, like the TV "mission Impossible". The logical space 
available for the download would be on a DVD-R on  my CD/DVD combo drive. 
Here's the problem:

I use Nero 7 to burn CDs and/or DVDs. When the library sends me the link for

the download, how will my combo drive know to call up Nero to record, and 
maybe compress the movie onto a DVD?
I will have pre-loaded a DVD-R in the drive. I don't have all that space 
available on my HDD to handle  a 5+GB temp file, and then load it onto  my 
optical drive.

The library tells me that the DVD media is protected, and probably cannot go

directly to a burner. Nero tutorial says that they can download any 
non-copyright protected DVDs.

May I ask for a solution, please.

Thanks,

ED 


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From g.f.lynch at comcast.net  Sat Aug 30 14:20:08 2008
From: g.f.lynch at comcast.net (g.f.lynch)
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:20:08 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??
References: <48B8A750.3000405@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <8841A00939274FAD85923B799220382B@user6a9bb5cf02>

Same problems in South Carolina. I've had three service  men out in the last 
week., to no avail. I was told to upgrade my Hi Speed  to 8Mbs at a 
addtional cost of $8.00 a month. I did and the service was slower. I 
complained and I received a months free HI Speed and was told that comcast 
would try to resolve the problem in the Charleston, SC area. Here is a 
sample of my Speed.
Regards,
GFL
1.89megabits per second
231.12kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8.844seconds
9:21 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008

1.36megabits per second
166.42kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12.282seconds
9:27 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008

5.13megabits per second
625.84kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3.266seconds
11:04 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2.56megabits per second
312.2kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6.547seconds
9:14 AM Fri Aug 29, 2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.7megabits per second
207.66kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9.843seconds
11:40 AM Fri Aug 29, 2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7megabits per second
854.87kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2.391seconds
12:51 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8.44megabits per second
1029.72kilobytes per second

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.985seconds
1:10 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
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6.74megabits per second
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Bunyard" <leebunyard at comcast.net>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??


> Anyone else in the Northern California area who has Comcast broadband 
> Internet service who is experiencing problems with the service??  For most 
> of the past week or so, I've noticed that Comcast has become extremely 
> slow in bringing up webpages and in retrieving email, particularly bad 
> during daytime hours.  Slower than dialup.  I called Comcast customer 
> support today and was told 1) they have been doing system maintenance, 
> which has slowed down the service; 2) their mail server has been having 
> problems; 3) with school starting up again, there is a tremendous increase 
> in weekday daytime usage that is overloading the system; 4) the 
> temperatures have been over 100 degrees the past few days and high 
> temperatures affect signal quality and response time; and 5) they are 
> installing additional fiber optic lines to alleviate the problem.
> Sounded like a mishmash of excuses to me.  I have Comcast digital TV, 
> broadband Internet and voice (phone) services, at a monthly cost of $186 
> for all three.  I told Comcast that if this continues, I'd be better off 
> going back to AT&T and getting a DSL line for Internet and voice phone 
> line again, and dish satellite for TV.   Probably cheaper too.  They're 
> sending someone out tomorrow to check my lines and connectivity.
> Just curious if it's just me or if anyone else has noticed the problem 
> also??
>
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>
> 



From coover at fastmail.fm  Sat Aug 30 19:03:07 2008
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:03:07 -0700
Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??
In-Reply-To: <8841A00939274FAD85923B799220382B@user6a9bb5cf02>
References: <48B8A750.3000405@comcast.net>
	<8841A00939274FAD85923B799220382B@user6a9bb5cf02>
Message-ID: <BAC7C44F99A9405F902B8E2FFA1C6496@AcerLaptop>

Comcast is now trying to limit the amount of bits sent to you and other
Comcast subscribers. Other internet providers in the US (such as AT&T) are
expected to do the same thing soon. Comcast will tell you that they are
trying to keep the a few users from using everyone else's bandwidth. In
fact, they are afraid that if you get used to downloading videos and other
services from outside sources, they will not be able to charge you for their
own services (which they have not yet started) such as Television and on
demand Movies. You must lobby your federal legislators to keep these greedy
companies such as Comcast, from limiting your internet experience. Other
countries, such as Canada and Australia already limit the amount of
bandwidth that can be used each month. Don't let this happen. Write your
Congressman and your Senator. Heck, write McCain and Obama. It's election
time and they might just listen. 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of g.f.lynch
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:20 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??

Same problems in South Carolina. I've had three service  men out in the last

week., to no avail. I was told to upgrade my Hi Speed  to 8Mbs at a 
addtional cost of $8.00 a month. I did and the service was slower. I 
complained and I received a months free HI Speed and was told that comcast 
would try to resolve the problem in the Charleston, SC area. Here is a 
sample of my Speed.
Regards,
GFL
1.89megabits per second
231.12kilobytes per second

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9:21 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008

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9:27 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008

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11:04 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008
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3:19 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008

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11:28 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008

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0:08 AM Sat Aug 30, 2008

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11:18 AM Sat Aug 30, 2008







.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Bunyard" <leebunyard at comcast.net>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??


> Anyone else in the Northern California area who has Comcast broadband 
> Internet service who is experiencing problems with the service??  For most

> of the past week or so, I've noticed that Comcast has become extremely 
> slow in bringing up webpages and in retrieving email, particularly bad 
> during daytime hours.  Slower than dialup.  I called Comcast customer 
> support today and was told 1) they have been doing system maintenance, 
> which has slowed down the service; 2) their mail server has been having 
> problems; 3) with school starting up again, there is a tremendous increase

> in weekday daytime usage that is overloading the system; 4) the 
> temperatures have been over 100 degrees the past few days and high 
> temperatures affect signal quality and response time; and 5) they are 
> installing additional fiber optic lines to alleviate the problem.
> Sounded like a mishmash of excuses to me.  I have Comcast digital TV, 
> broadband Internet and voice (phone) services, at a monthly cost of $186 
> for all three.  I told Comcast that if this continues, I'd be better off 
> going back to AT&T and getting a DSL line for Internet and voice phone 
> line again, and dish satellite for TV.   Probably cheaper too.  They're 
> sending someone out tomorrow to check my lines and connectivity.
> Just curious if it's just me or if anyone else has noticed the problem 
> also??
>
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>
> 


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From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Sat Aug 30 20:15:27 2008
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:15:27 -0400
Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??
In-Reply-To: <BAC7C44F99A9405F902B8E2FFA1C6496@AcerLaptop>
References: <48B8A750.3000405@comcast.net>	<8841A00939274FAD85923B799220382B@user6a9bb5cf02>
	<BAC7C44F99A9405F902B8E2FFA1C6496@AcerLaptop>
Message-ID: <48B9E29F.60105@gmail.com>

It's not just Comcast. There seems to be a general move to limiting your 
traffic. A few stories below. Google "Comcast bandwidth limit" for more.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080116-leaked-memo-time-warner-cable-to-trial-hard-bandwidth-caps.html

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1034_3-5079624.html

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2111373,00.asp

H Davis



Russell W. Coover wrote:
> Comcast is now trying to limit the amount of bits sent to you and other
> Comcast subscribers. Other internet providers in the US (such as AT&T) are
> expected to do the same thing soon. Comcast will tell you that they are
> trying to keep the a few users from using everyone else's bandwidth. In
> fact, they are afraid that if you get used to downloading videos and other
> services from outside sources, they will not be able to charge you for their
> own services (which they have not yet started) such as Television and on
> demand Movies. You must lobby your federal legislators to keep these greedy
> companies such as Comcast, from limiting your internet experience. Other
> countries, such as Canada and Australia already limit the amount of
> bandwidth that can be used each month. Don't let this happen. Write your
> Congressman and your Senator. Heck, write McCain and Obama. It's election
> time and they might just listen. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of g.f.lynch
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??
>
> Same problems in South Carolina. I've had three service  men out in the last
>
> week., to no avail. I was told to upgrade my Hi Speed  to 8Mbs at a 
> addtional cost of $8.00 a month. I did and the service was slower. I 
> complained and I received a months free HI Speed and was told that comcast 
> would try to resolve the problem in the Charleston, SC area. Here is a 
> sample of my Speed.
> Regards,
> GFL
> 1.89megabits per second
> 231.12kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 8.844seconds
> 9:21 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008
>
> 1.36megabits per second
> 166.42kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 12.282seconds
> 9:27 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008
>
> 5.13megabits per second
> 625.84kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 3.266seconds
> 11:04 PM Thur Aug 28, 2008
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 2.56megabits per second
> 312.2kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 6.547seconds
> 9:14 AM Fri Aug 29, 2008
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 1.7megabits per second
> 207.66kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 9.843seconds
> 11:40 AM Fri Aug 29, 2008
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
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> 854.87kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 2.391seconds
> 12:51 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 8.44megabits per second
> 1029.72kilobytes per second
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> 1.985seconds
> 1:10 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
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>
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>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 2.485seconds
> 2:41 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
>
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>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> 2.406seconds
> 3:19 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
>
> 1.9megabits per second
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>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
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> 3:24 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
>
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>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> 2.422seconds
> 3:25 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
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>
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>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> 9.156seconds
> 3:34 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
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>
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>
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>
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>
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> 11:28 PM Fri Aug 29, 2008
>
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>
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> 0:08 AM Sat Aug 30, 2008
>
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>
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>
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> 11:10 AM Sat Aug 30, 2008
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>
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>
> 2.843seconds
> 11:18 AM Sat Aug 30, 2008
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lee Bunyard" <leebunyard at comcast.net>
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:50 PM
> Subject: TSGL: Comcast Broadband Internet Service Problems??
>
>
>   
>> Anyone else in the Northern California area who has Comcast broadband 
>> Internet service who is experiencing problems with the service??  For most
>>     
>
>   
>> of the past week or so, I've noticed that Comcast has become extremely 
>> slow in bringing up webpages and in retrieving email, particularly bad 
>> during daytime hours.  Slower than dialup.  I called Comcast customer 
>> support today and was told 1) they have been doing system maintenance, 
>> which has slowed down the service; 2) their mail server has been having 
>> problems; 3) with school starting up again, there is a tremendous increase
>>     
>
>   
>> in weekday daytime usage that is overloading the system; 4) the 
>> temperatures have been over 100 degrees the past few days and high 
>> temperatures affect signal quality and response time; and 5) they are 
>> installing additional fiber optic lines to alleviate the problem.
>> Sounded like a mishmash of excuses to me.  I have Comcast digital TV, 
>> broadband Internet and voice (phone) services, at a monthly cost of $186 
>> for all three.  I told Comcast that if this continues, I'd be better off 
>> going back to AT&T and getting a DSL line for Internet and voice phone 
>> line again, and dish satellite for TV.   Probably cheaper too.  They're 
>> sending someone out tomorrow to check my lines and connectivity.
>> Just curious if it's just me or if anyone else has noticed the problem 
>> also??
>>
>> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
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