From leebunyard at comcast.net  Wed Dec  2 22:20:57 2009
From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard)
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:20:57 -0800
Subject: TSGL: What a Mess--Avast AV Program Update Finding Win32:Delf-MZG
	Trojan??
Message-ID: <4B172E99.8030900@comcast.net>

If you use the free Avast AV product and downloaded the new program 
update today, don't be surprised if Avast suddenly starts finding a 
supposed Trojan infection named Win32:Delf-MZG in many of your files and 
programs.  And, if you follow the Avast advice on the infection to move 
the file to the Avast Chest, you will lose the ability to use the 
program.  I did a Google search on the trojan name and the Avast forum 
and other IT forums are full of people talking about what a mess this 
has made of their pc's.  There seems to be some consensus that these are 
probably false positives caused by a programming error in the new Avast 
update and it will be fixed in another update shortly but I'm not taking 
any chances--I turned Avast off and stopped the scanning until I get 
more definite info. 

If anyone has any further info on this problem, please post.

Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

From ian at iarp.ca  Wed Dec  2 22:32:13 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:32:13 -0500
Subject: TSGL: What a Mess--Avast AV Program Update Finding
	Win32:Delf-MZG Trojan??
In-Reply-To: <4B172E99.8030900@comcast.net>
References: <4B172E99.8030900@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912021932m14b925ge15cfb020303b94c@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, i did the update on my desktop and it's throwing warnings left right
and center and Avast website/forums are down for me... also Spybots website
is to. my laptop i haven't updated yet and is still fine.

This is when we found out some developer forgot to add a stupid semicolon to
the end of a line lol.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net> wrote:

> If you use the free Avast AV product and downloaded the new program update
> today, don't be surprised if Avast suddenly starts finding a supposed Trojan
> infection named Win32:Delf-MZG in many of your files and programs.  And, if
> you follow the Avast advice on the infection to move the file to the Avast
> Chest, you will lose the ability to use the program.  I did a Google search
> on the trojan name and the Avast forum and other IT forums are full of
> people talking about what a mess this has made of their pc's.  There seems
> to be some consensus that these are probably false positives caused by a
> programming error in the new Avast update and it will be fixed in another
> update shortly but I'm not taking any chances--I turned Avast off and
> stopped the scanning until I get more definite info.
> If anyone has any further info on this problem, please post.
>
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>



-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From leebunyard at comcast.net  Wed Dec  2 22:52:29 2009
From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard)
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:52:29 -0800
Subject: TSGL: What a Mess--Avast AV Program Update
 Finding	Win32:Delf-MZG Trojan??
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0912021932m14b925ge15cfb020303b94c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4B172E99.8030900@comcast.net>
	<adc2940c0912021932m14b925ge15cfb020303b94c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4B1735FD.6050302@comcast.net>

Yeah, I tried to check the Spybot website too and it's still down.  I 
first encountered the problem on my desktop and the first thing I did 
after I realized what was going on was to turn off the Avast automatic 
update setting on both my laptop and my daughter's to prevent the update 
from screwing them up as well.  On the desktop, I foolishly moved the 
first three files identified as being infected by the trojan to the 
Avast Chest as recommended--one of them was the Spybot.exe program 
itself, so I lost the ability to open the Spybot program as well as the 
other two programs.  I went into the Avast Chest and restored the three 
files and they are all working again now.  Then Avast threw a message 
indicating that the Boot Segment of the OS on the desktop (Vista) was 
infected and it wanted to do a Boot scan but I turned Avast off before 
that got started.  I don't intend to turn Avast AV on again on the 
desktop until I get clarification on what's going on and that Avast has 
fixed the problem. 
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
> Yes, i did the update on my desktop and it's throwing warnings left right
> and center and Avast website/forums are down for me... also Spybots website
> is to. my laptop i haven't updated yet and is still fine.
>
> This is when we found out some developer forgot to add a stupid semicolon to
> the end of a line lol.
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> If you use the free Avast AV product and downloaded the new program update
>> today, don't be surprised if Avast suddenly starts finding a supposed Trojan
>> infection named Win32:Delf-MZG in many of your files and programs.  And, if
>> you follow the Avast advice on the infection to move the file to the Avast
>> Chest, you will lose the ability to use the program.  I did a Google search
>> on the trojan name and the Avast forum and other IT forums are full of
>> people talking about what a mess this has made of their pc's.  There seems
>> to be some consensus that these are probably false positives caused by a
>> programming error in the new Avast update and it will be fixed in another
>> update shortly but I'm not taking any chances--I turned Avast off and
>> stopped the scanning until I get more definite info.
>> If anyone has any further info on this problem, please post.
>>
>> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>     
>
>
>
>   

From rondcampbell at comcast.net  Thu Dec  3 03:33:09 2009
From: rondcampbell at comcast.net (Ronald Campbell)
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:33:09 -0800
Subject: TSGL: lap top - freezing
Message-ID: <EADE447A30C3415F98E40BF0AE140B1F@OwnerPC>

This is My Laptop     When I try to switch users or put it in stand by it goes into A blue screen and frezes there. Then the only way  I can turn  it off is use the power button on the lap top. When I turn it on again it will only start in safe mode. Does any one have a solution to solve this problem?
 


 
 
      Operating System   System Model 
      Windows 2000 Home Edition, Service Pack 2   Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv9700 Notebook PC Rev 1
      System Serial Number: CNF80660TX 
      Processor a   Main Circuit Board 
      1666 megahertz Intel Pentium III (2 installed)
      64 kilobyte primary memory cache
      2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache   Board: Quanta 30CB 79.28
      Bus Clock: 667 megahertz
      BIOS: Hewlett-Packard F.45 01/16/2008 
      Drives   Memory Modules - 
      320.08 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
      239.68 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

      generic cdrom [CD-ROM drive]

      ST9160821AS [Hard drive] -- drive 0
      ST9160821AS [Hard drive] -- drive 1   2048 Megabytes Installed Memory 
        Local Drive Volumes 
           
            c: (on drive N) 147.07 GB 79.69 GB free 
            d: (on drive N) 160.04 GB 158.00 GB free 
            e: (on drive N) 12.97 GB 1.99 GB free 
     

From ian at iarp.ca  Thu Dec  3 09:16:29 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:16:29 -0500
Subject: TSGL: What a Mess--Avast AV Program Update Finding
	Win32:Delf-MZG Trojan??
In-Reply-To: <4B1735FD.6050302@comcast.net>
References: <4B172E99.8030900@comcast.net>
	<adc2940c0912021932m14b925ge15cfb020303b94c@mail.gmail.com>
	<4B1735FD.6050302@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912030616h17b4458ei49c9d37b46cb878f@mail.gmail.com>

Just an update for anyone with avast.

They fixed the problem and avast should've updated itself last night. If not
then right click the A ball in the taskbar and go to Updating and then
Program Update and iAVS Update.

Hopefully nobody did too much damage.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net> wrote:

> Yeah, I tried to check the Spybot website too and it's still down.  I first
> encountered the problem on my desktop and the first thing I did after I
> realized what was going on was to turn off the Avast automatic update
> setting on both my laptop and my daughter's to prevent the update from
> screwing them up as well.  On the desktop, I foolishly moved the first three
> files identified as being infected by the trojan to the Avast Chest as
> recommended--one of them was the Spybot.exe program itself, so I lost the
> ability to open the Spybot program as well as the other two programs.  I
> went into the Avast Chest and restored the three files and they are all
> working again now.  Then Avast threw a message indicating that the Boot
> Segment of the OS on the desktop (Vista) was infected and it wanted to do a
> Boot scan but I turned Avast off before that got started.  I don't intend to
> turn Avast AV on again on the desktop until I get clarification on what's
> going on and that Avast has fixed the problem. Lee in the Mountains of
> Northern California
>
>
> Ian Ramsey-Planck wrote:
>
>> Yes, i did the update on my desktop and it's throwing warnings left right
>> and center and Avast website/forums are down for me... also Spybots
>> website
>> is to. my laptop i haven't updated yet and is still fine.
>>
>> This is when we found out some developer forgot to add a stupid semicolon
>> to
>> the end of a line lol.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> If you use the free Avast AV product and downloaded the new program
>>> update
>>> today, don't be surprised if Avast suddenly starts finding a supposed
>>> Trojan
>>> infection named Win32:Delf-MZG in many of your files and programs.  And,
>>> if
>>> you follow the Avast advice on the infection to move the file to the
>>> Avast
>>> Chest, you will lose the ability to use the program.  I did a Google
>>> search
>>> on the trojan name and the Avast forum and other IT forums are full of
>>> people talking about what a mess this has made of their pc's.  There
>>> seems
>>> to be some consensus that these are probably false positives caused by a
>>> programming error in the new Avast update and it will be fixed in another
>>> update shortly but I'm not taking any chances--I turned Avast off and
>>> stopped the scanning until I get more definite info.
>>> If anyone has any further info on this problem, please post.
>>>
>>> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>



-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Thu Dec  3 11:55:30 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:55:30 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
Message-ID: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>

Hi all,

My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it up. It's getting better, but:

I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 
and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1

Can I remove the first two?

Also 

Java 6 Update 13
Java 6 Update  6
Java 6 Update  7

Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest version?

Thanks,

John
Od/G

From justin at whisperer.com.au  Fri Dec  4 00:10:47 2009
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:10:47 +1100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
In-Reply-To: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40912032110n2e639a78ge683aa85df62d9c8@mail.gmail.com>

Why is her drive partitioned?

How come C drive only gets 10GB?

10GB leaves room for the operating system and nothing else, C drive should
have at least 20GB of free space at all times if using Windows XP.

"things" are supposed to be installed on Drive C, it's where Windows,
Personal Files and Programs are supposed to be installed and if they are
installed to other drive letters then that can cause functionality issues.

Justin

2009/12/4 Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>

> Hi all,
>
> My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it
> up. It's getting better, but:
>
> I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
>
> Can I remove the first two?
>
> Also
>
> Java 6 Update 13
> Java 6 Update  6
> Java 6 Update  7
>
> Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest
> version?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> Od/G
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

From coover at fastmail.fm  Fri Dec  4 03:27:57 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:27:57 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
In-Reply-To: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <7326F2E5BEB1430D917A5214BA8EBB6E@AcerLaptopPC>

Jon, 

I really cannot give you an answer on MS.Net Framework, but my suggestion
re: Java would be to uninstall all 3 versions and then install Java 6 Update
17. 

I don't know why, but installing a new version of Java will NOT remove the
old version, even though the old version is no longer needed. I do keep Java
updated, but always remove the old before installing the new. 

A 10 GB partition? What OS is your neighbor running that he can keep a
partition to only 10 GB? Certainly not Vista or 7, and if it is XP, he needs
to consider enlarging it. If this means getting a larger hard drive, have
him do it. They are certainly cheap enough unless he is living in poverty. 

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Jon
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:56 AM
To: ListTSG
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\

Hi all,

My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it
up. It's getting better, but:

I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 
and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1

Can I remove the first two?

Also 

Java 6 Update 13
Java 6 Update  6
Java 6 Update  7

Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest
version?

Thanks,

John
Od/G
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http://www.tsgserver.com/list/



From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Fri Dec  4 04:34:10 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:34:10 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
	<2852b8d40912032110n2e639a78ge683aa85df62d9c8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5696734940FF4FFA95852A93811CD01E@johnsp2>

Hi Justin and Russ,

Thanks for your replies - and I was afraid the 10GB would cause this reaction! 

It's the way I set up the PC and I've had my own XP running smoothly for several years and still have 3.3GB of the 10 free. It makes an image of the C-drive possible on one DVD, ensures a fast defrag and keeps everything pretty tight (IMHO!).

If you can live with that, what about the .net framework?

Cheers,

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: The Computer Whisperer 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\


Why is her drive partitioned?

How come C drive only gets 10GB?

10GB leaves room for the operating system and nothing else, C drive should
have at least 20GB of free space at all times if using Windows XP.

"things" are supposed to be installed on Drive C, it's where Windows,
Personal Files and Programs are supposed to be installed and if they are
installed to other drive letters then that can cause functionality issues.

Justin

2009/12/4 Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>

> Hi all,
>
> My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it
> up. It's getting better, but:
>
> I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
>
> Can I remove the first two?
>
> Also
>
> Java 6 Update 13
> Java 6 Update  6
> Java 6 Update  7
>
> Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest
> version?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> Od/G
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
_______________________________________________
Tech Support Guy Mailing List
http://www.tsgserver.com/list/

From tbrandl2 at chello.at  Fri Dec  4 09:09:50 2009
From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:09:50 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <462C469066F34E72AF6F1AA26122A169@til4200>

Jon,

re. Java: A long time ago I've heard it will work if you delete them all and then install the latest one. Have done so in the past w/o any problems myself.

It MAY be different with MS.Net Framework though: Some progs may still expect an earlier version & produce hiccups if you delete them (I've read so in the WindowsSecrets newsletter too). So - personally I don't touch the old ones here.

Re. a 10 GB C: partition with XP: I've had that in the past and had to increase size to now abt. 25 GB. Even then I must clean up the partition every month or so. My Acronis C:\ image has some 14 GB now ...
Whether 10 GB will work depends heavily on how one uses a PC. I for instance have several indices, a lot of emails, my full agenda + backlog and also Picasa albums that insist (?) on staying on C:\ 

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\


> Hi all,
> 
> My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it up. It's getting better, but:
> 
> I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
> 
> Can I remove the first two?
> 
> Also 
> 
> Java 6 Update 13
> Java 6 Update  6
> Java 6 Update  7
> 
> Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest version?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> Od/G
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>


From glennci at yahoo.com  Fri Dec  4 10:05:36 2009
From: glennci at yahoo.com (Glenn Civello)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:05:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TSGL: No options, no search engine w/ Firefox
Message-ID: <202416.82511.qm@web46005.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Hi all.? I'm having problems with Firefox.??The problem started in one of the older version's.? I forget which one; but anyway, I?Replaced it with
the?3.5 version, which?didn't help... and neither?did the?3.6 beta version.??The problems are:

1.? Search engines don't work

2. When I click on tools > options the *option window* is completely blank
??? other than an "OK" tab and a "Cancel" tab

3.? When I click on the Firefox icon to surf the Internet, only a blank page loads.?When I paste in an address it will take me to the website,
???? but only loads the first page..., and the scrolling function doesn't work.

4.? When I try to connect to sites like Pay Pal (or other secure sites such as?my bank account)?I get the following message:
?
?"Secure Connection Failed.? An error occurred during a connection to www.paypal.com.
Can't connect securely because the SSL protocol has been disabled.
(Error code: ssl_error_ssl_disabled)

?
I also have IE 8 and have none of these problems.?? My operating system is Windows XP. This is the first time I have had a problem with
Firefox and would like to continue using it as my default, but certainly not as it is now.?? Any ideas for a fix??
?
Thanks
Glenn


      


From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Fri Dec  4 10:17:48 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:17:48 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
	<462C469066F34E72AF6F1AA26122A169@til4200>
Message-ID: <FA5D601A3EE5424699F16760973B3863@johnsp2>

Thanks, Tilman. Maybe I'd better move to 20GB, at least for the neighbours' machine. Google is particularly insistent on using C. It took some major work to get most of it on my D drive. 
Also, I should say I don't use .net myself.

Tsch?ss,

John
Od/G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tilman Brandl 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\


Jon,

re. Java: A long time ago I've heard it will work if you delete them all and then install the latest one. Have done so in the past w/o any problems myself.

It MAY be different with MS.Net Framework though: Some progs may still expect an earlier version & produce hiccups if you delete them (I've read so in the WindowsSecrets newsletter too). So - personally I don't touch the old ones here.

Re. a 10 GB C: partition with XP: I've had that in the past and had to increase size to now abt. 25 GB. Even then I must clean up the partition every month or so. My Acronis C:\ image has some 14 GB now ...
Whether 10 GB will work depends heavily on how one uses a PC. I for instance have several indices, a lot of emails, my full agenda + backlog and also Picasa albums that insist (?) on staying on C:\ 

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\


> Hi all,
> 
> My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it up. It's getting better, but:
> 
> I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 
> and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
> 
> Can I remove the first two?
> 
> Also 
> 
> Java 6 Update 13
> Java 6 Update  6
> Java 6 Update  7
> 
> Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest version?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> Od/G
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

_______________________________________________
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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Fri Dec  4 10:41:27 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:41:27 +0100
Subject: TSGL: No options, no search engine w/ Firefox
References: <202416.82511.qm@web46005.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <553F9AFB91E547EDA813F50EEBA0B1B1@johnsp2>

Hi Glenn,

Well, the protocols setting is under Tools/Options so it looks like a serious problem.

I would uninstall it using Revo Uninstaller 1.83 (www.revouninstaller.com) using the strongest mode and also the registry cleanup. If you feel OK with it, also go through the registry yourself.

Then download and re-install the latest stable Firefox 3.55. Anything else seems like a waste of time.

Good luck,

John
Od/G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Glenn Civello 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: TSGL: No options, no search engine w/ Firefox


Hi all. I'm having problems with Firefox. The problem started in one of the older version's. I forget which one; but anyway, I Replaced it with
the 3.5 version, which didn't help... and neither did the 3.6 beta version. The problems are:

1. Search engines don't work

2. When I click on tools > options the *option window* is completely blank
other than an "OK" tab and a "Cancel" tab

3. When I click on the Firefox icon to surf the Internet, only a blank page loads. When I paste in an address it will take me to the website,
but only loads the first page..., and the scrolling function doesn't work.

4. When I try to connect to sites like Pay Pal (or other secure sites such as my bank account) I get the following message:

"Secure Connection Failed. An error occurred during a connection to www.paypal.com.
Can't connect securely because the SSL protocol has been disabled.
(Error code: ssl_error_ssl_disabled)


I also have IE 8 and have none of these problems. My operating system is Windows XP. This is the first time I have had a problem with
Firefox and would like to continue using it as my default, but certainly not as it is now. Any ideas for a fix? 

Thanks
Glenn


      

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From justin at whisperer.com.au  Fri Dec  4 16:01:46 2009
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:01:46 +1100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
In-Reply-To: <FA5D601A3EE5424699F16760973B3863@johnsp2>
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
	<462C469066F34E72AF6F1AA26122A169@til4200>
	<FA5D601A3EE5424699F16760973B3863@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40912041301w3a3fe7fcsaf7850ba1df01c10@mail.gmail.com>

Jon,

If you have less than 20GB of free space on C drive then  you will be having
a negative impact on performance and also be causing unnessecary wear and
tear on the hard drive.

20GB is an absolute minimum. really you should have more.


The amount of free space as calculated by Windows does not include the swap
file, or the system restore area or the recycle bin. The hard drive will die
an early death if you don't give it more room on C drive.

oh and dot net framework is backwards compatible... add/remove programs to
remove old versions in control panel and install the new one fresh.

Justin




2009/12/5 Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>

> Thanks, Tilman. Maybe I'd better move to 20GB, at least for the neighbours'
> machine. Google is particularly insistent on using C. It took some major
> work to get most of it on my D drive.
> Also, I should say I don't use .net myself.
>
> Tsch?ss,
>
> John
> Od/G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tilman Brandl
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\
>
>
> Jon,
>
> re. Java: A long time ago I've heard it will work if you delete them all
> and then install the latest one. Have done so in the past w/o any problems
> myself.
>
> It MAY be different with MS.Net Framework though: Some progs may still
> expect an earlier version & produce hiccups if you delete them (I've read so
> in the WindowsSecrets newsletter too). So - personally I don't touch the old
> ones here.
>
> Re. a 10 GB C: partition with XP: I've had that in the past and had to
> increase size to now abt. 25 GB. Even then I must clean up the partition
> every month or so. My Acronis C:\ image has some 14 GB now ...
> Whether 10 GB will work depends heavily on how one uses a PC. I for
> instance have several indices, a lot of emails, my full agenda + backlog and
> also Picasa albums that insist (?) on staying on C:\
>
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:55 PM
> Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it
> up. It's getting better, but:
> >
> > I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> > and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
> > and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
> >
> > Can I remove the first two?
> >
> > Also
> >
> > Java 6 Update 13
> > Java 6 Update  6
> > Java 6 Update  7
> >
> > Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest
> version?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> > Od/G
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

From glennci at yahoo.com  Fri Dec  4 16:06:34 2009
From: glennci at yahoo.com (Glenn Civello)
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:06:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TSGL: No options, no search engine w/ Firefox
In-Reply-To: <553F9AFB91E547EDA813F50EEBA0B1B1@johnsp2>
References: <202416.82511.qm@web46005.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
	<553F9AFB91E547EDA813F50EEBA0B1B1@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <91581.35811.qm@web46002.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Hey Jon...  problem resolved.   That RevoUninstaller is a nice piece of software.    After I went through the process I rebooted
and reinstalled latest Firefox and (behold!)  everything is back to normal. 

Many thanks man
Glenn



----- Original Message ----
From: Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Fri, December 4, 2009 10:41:27 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: No options, no search engine w/ Firefox

Hi Glenn,

Well, the protocols setting is under Tools/Options so it looks like a serious problem.

I would uninstall it using RevoUninstaller 1.83 (www.revouninstaller.com) using the strongest mode and also the registry cleanup. If you feel OK with it, also go through the registry yourself.

Then download and re-install the latest stable Firefox 3.55. Anything else seems like a waste of time.

Good luck,

John
Od/G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Glenn Civello 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: TSGL: No options, no search engine w/ Firefox


Hi all. I'm having problems with Firefox. The problem started in one of the older version's. I forget which one; but anyway, I Replaced it with
the 3.5 version, which didn't help... and neither did the 3.6 beta version. The problems are:

1. Search engines don't work

2. When I click on tools > options the *option window* is completely blank
other than an "OK" tab and a "Cancel" tab

3. When I click on the Firefox icon to surf the Internet, only a blank page loads. When I paste in an address it will take me to the website,
but only loads the first page..., and the scrolling function doesn't work.

4. When I try to connect to sites like Pay Pal (or other secure sites such as my bank account) I get the following message:

"Secure Connection Failed. An error occurred during a connection to www.paypal.com.
Can't connect securely because the SSL protocol has been disabled.
(Error code: ssl_error_ssl_disabled)


I also have IE 8 and have none of these problems. My operating system is Windows XP. This is the first time I have had a problem with
Firefox and would like to continue using it as my default, but certainly not as it is now. Any ideas for a fix? 

Thanks
Glenn


      

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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Sat Dec  5 04:24:54 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:24:54 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2><462C469066F34E72AF6F1AA26122A169@til4200><FA5D601A3EE5424699F16760973B3863@johnsp2>
	<2852b8d40912041301w3a3fe7fcsaf7850ba1df01c10@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F8156039DDC04D6A90FF90C354EADEDB@johnsp2>

Justin, you've almost convinced me! 

On the other hand: I have the swap file on a separate HDD, system managed; System Restore is limited to 600MB on C: (also have ERUNT saving daily)and Recycling is never allowed to grow. If you have time, tell me if you think that makes a difference.

Still, the neighbours will be getting 25GB next week...

Thanks,

John
Od/G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: The Computer Whisperer 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\


Jon,

If you have less than 20GB of free space on C drive then  you will be having
a negative impact on performance and also be causing unnessecary wear and
tear on the hard drive.

20GB is an absolute minimum. really you should have more.


The amount of free space as calculated by Windows does not include the swap
file, or the system restore area or the recycle bin. The hard drive will die
an early death if you don't give it more room on C drive.

oh and dot net framework is backwards compatible... add/remove programs to
remove old versions in control panel and install the new one fresh.

Justin




2009/12/5 Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>

> Thanks, Tilman. Maybe I'd better move to 20GB, at least for the neighbours'
> machine. Google is particularly insistent on using C. It took some major
> work to get most of it on my D drive.
> Also, I should say I don't use .net myself.
>
> Tsch?ss,
>
> John
> Od/G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tilman Brandl
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\
>
>
> Jon,
>
> re. Java: A long time ago I've heard it will work if you delete them all
> and then install the latest one. Have done so in the past w/o any problems
> myself.
>
> It MAY be different with MS.Net Framework though: Some progs may still
> expect an earlier version & produce hiccups if you delete them (I've read so
> in the WindowsSecrets newsletter too). So - personally I don't touch the old
> ones here.
>
> Re. a 10 GB C: partition with XP: I've had that in the past and had to
> increase size to now abt. 25 GB. Even then I must clean up the partition
> every month or so. My Acronis C:\ image has some 14 GB now ...
> Whether 10 GB will work depends heavily on how one uses a PC. I for
> instance have several indices, a lot of emails, my full agenda + backlog and
> also Picasa albums that insist (?) on staying on C:\
>
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:55 PM
> Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling it
> up. It's getting better, but:
> >
> > I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> > and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
> > and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
> >
> > Can I remove the first two?
> >
> > Also
> >
> > Java 6 Update 13
> > Java 6 Update  6
> > Java 6 Update  7
> >
> > Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the latest
> version?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> > Od/G
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 justin at whisperer.com.au  Sun Dec  6 23:47:12 2009
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:47:12 +1100
Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
In-Reply-To: <F8156039DDC04D6A90FF90C354EADEDB@johnsp2>
References: <4A5724D6CAF044F2B1443A785D0B29CE@johnsp2>
	<462C469066F34E72AF6F1AA26122A169@til4200>
	<FA5D601A3EE5424699F16760973B3863@johnsp2>
	<2852b8d40912041301w3a3fe7fcsaf7850ba1df01c10@mail.gmail.com>
	<F8156039DDC04D6A90FF90C354EADEDB@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40912062047l51172683p45c518cde8224ef3@mail.gmail.com>

Mmmm. Swap file should be on C drive. Restricting the free space the swap
file has can cause issues, for example, running a swap file with a maximum
file size of 1GB on a partition of 1GB is a bad idea.


The computer needs elbow room.

Running a swap file on C drive AND another physical drive will yield better
performance.

Regards,

Justin



2009/12/5 Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>

> Justin, you've almost convinced me!
>
> On the other hand: I have the swap file on a separate HDD, system managed;
> System Restore is limited to 600MB on C: (also have ERUNT saving daily)and
> Recycling is never allowed to grow. If you have time, tell me if you think
> that makes a difference.
>
> Still, the neighbours will be getting 25GB next week...
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> Od/G
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: The Computer Whisperer
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\
>
>
> Jon,
>
> If you have less than 20GB of free space on C drive then  you will be
> having
> a negative impact on performance and also be causing unnessecary wear and
> tear on the hard drive.
>
> 20GB is an absolute minimum. really you should have more.
>
>
> The amount of free space as calculated by Windows does not include the swap
> file, or the system restore area or the recycle bin. The hard drive will
> die
> an early death if you don't give it more room on C drive.
>
> oh and dot net framework is backwards compatible... add/remove programs to
> remove old versions in control panel and install the new one fresh.
>
> Justin
>
>
>
>
> 2009/12/5 Jon <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
>
> > Thanks, Tilman. Maybe I'd better move to 20GB, at least for the
> neighbours'
> > machine. Google is particularly insistent on using C. It took some major
> > work to get most of it on my D drive.
> > Also, I should say I don't use .net myself.
> >
> > Tsch?ss,
> >
> > John
> > Od/G
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tilman Brandl
> > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: TSGL: Free-up C:\
> >
> >
> > Jon,
> >
> > re. Java: A long time ago I've heard it will work if you delete them all
> > and then install the latest one. Have done so in the past w/o any
> problems
> > myself.
> >
> > It MAY be different with MS.Net Framework though: Some progs may still
> > expect an earlier version & produce hiccups if you delete them (I've read
> so
> > in the WindowsSecrets newsletter too). So - personally I don't touch the
> old
> > ones here.
> >
> > Re. a 10 GB C: partition with XP: I've had that in the past and had to
> > increase size to now abt. 25 GB. Even then I must clean up the partition
> > every month or so. My Acronis C:\ image has some 14 GB now ...
> > Whether 10 GB will work depends heavily on how one uses a PC. I for
> > instance have several indices, a lot of emails, my full agenda + backlog
> and
> > also Picasa albums that insist (?) on staying on C:\
> >
> > Tilman
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
> > To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:55 PM
> > Subject: TSGL: Free-up C:\
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > My neighbour keeps installing things to partition C: (10GB)and filling
> it
> > up. It's getting better, but:
> > >
> > > I found MS .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
> > > and     MS .Net Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
> > > and     MS .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
> > >
> > > Can I remove the first two?
> > >
> > > Also
> > >
> > > Java 6 Update 13
> > > Java 6 Update  6
> > > Java 6 Update  7
> > >
> > > Would it be best to remove all three and download and install the
> latest
> > version?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > John
> > > Od/G
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

From tsg4it at gmail.com  Mon Dec  7 10:14:13 2009
From: tsg4it at gmail.com (Technical Support Guy 4 IT)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:14:13 +0300
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!
Message-ID: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

It appears my Outlook.pst file was corrupted after a recent shutdown.

dear I am facing a problem with an end user?s outlook

the gents pst size is > 8 GB

recently he stated facing problem as slowness in Outlook and crashing

he call IT support for fixing his issue

as a best practice

I tried using Outlook 2007's SCANPST on Windows XP Pro to correct the issue
but all I get is the following error:
"*An error has occurred that caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have
been made to the scanned file.*"

From coover at fastmail.fm  Mon Dec  7 15:17:26 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:17:26 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Avast Problems
Message-ID: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC>

Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757

 

Russ


From Engineman1 at aol.com  Mon Dec  7 20:02:20 2009
From: Engineman1 at aol.com (Engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:02:20 EST
Subject: TSGL: remove hard drive
Message-ID: <c76.51db1aa5.384eff9c@aol.com>

I want to remove the hard drive from a nec versa 2650 CDT
There is only one cover on the bottom and it's for the ram.
There are 4 screws in the back below the hinges. I took them out but the  
case won't come apart(I don't want to pry too hard on it.)
This is a very old laptop and it has windows 95 so that's it's  vintage.
What is the best way to take this apart?
 
Engineman

From coover at fastmail.fm  Tue Dec  8 15:38:37 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:38:37 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!
In-Reply-To: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C6978B7A3F174F7E901CBE6771DE758B@AcerLaptopPC>

8 GB? Wow! I've never heard of a pst file that large. I know that MS has set
a maximum size for pst files. I'm not sure what it is for Outlook 2007, but
I believe that it was 2 GB on the 2003 and previous versions. 

Is your client using the 2007 version? If he is, then the ScanPST 2007 file
should have worked unless he has other serious problems. But if he has an
earlier version, you may need to try the Scan file for that prior version.

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Technical Support Guy 4 IT
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:14 AM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!

Hello,

It appears my Outlook.pst file was corrupted after a recent shutdown.

dear I am facing a problem with an end user's outlook

the gents pst size is > 8 GB

recently he stated facing problem as slowness in Outlook and crashing

he call IT support for fixing his issue

as a best practice

I tried using Outlook 2007's SCANPST on Windows XP Pro to correct the issue
but all I get is the following error:
"*An error has occurred that caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have
been made to the scanned file.*"
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From embitt at westnet.com.au  Tue Dec  8 18:18:37 2009
From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:18:37 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!
References: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0C12DAE501E34B3BAC11387165BCF5C9@number15>

Some of the information at http://www.s2services.com/outlookfreeware.htm 
might be helpful.  (The home page http://www.s2services.com/ is interesting 
as well -- I had not come across this site before.)
I use Outlook Express and cannot comment on any of the programs at the site, 
which was one of the results from (c) below when I Googled the following 
combinations:.

(a)    "Outlook" + "maximum" + "pst file"     (about 30,200 results)
(b)    "Outlook" + "corrupt pst file"     (about 3,270,000 results)
(c)    "Outlook" + "corrupt pst file" + "repair" + "freeware"     (about 
1,540,000 results)

If it is possible to do so, my first instinct would be:
1.    to copy the corrupted pst file to a limbo directory somewhere
2.    to try any repair program on the copy so that the original is not 
further corrupted by my attempts and if that is not possible
3.    to try any repair program on the original, knowing that I have a copy 
in limbo if I damage the original further

If you find any really helpful sites and/or programs while working on this 
problem, I would appreciate knowing about them.

Thanks.

Merna


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Technical Support Guy 4 IT" <tsg4it at gmail.com>
To: <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:14 AM
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!


Hello,

It appears my Outlook.pst file was corrupted after a recent shutdown.

dear I am facing a problem with an end user?s outlook

the gents pst size is > 8 GB

recently he stated facing problem as slowness in Outlook and crashing

he call IT support for fixing his issue

as a best practice

I tried using Outlook 2007's SCANPST on Windows XP Pro to correct the issue
but all I get is the following error:
"*An error has occurred that caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have
been made to the scanned file.*"
_______________________________________________
Tech Support Guy Mailing List
http://www.tsgserver.com/list/ 



From coover at fastmail.fm  Tue Dec  8 18:52:40 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:52:40 -0800
Subject: TSGL: remove hard drive
In-Reply-To: <c76.51db1aa5.384eff9c@aol.com>
References: <c76.51db1aa5.384eff9c@aol.com>
Message-ID: <2FEB56CC66E9422CAD8C44C7C1A9F26C@AcerLaptopPC>

I have no information on your particular laptop, but I've seen laptops that
require the removal of the keyboard to get to the hard drive. But I've done
an internet search for a manual. 

You can get a service guide for your particular laptop at ...

http://support.necam.com/download/v2600sr.pdf

Good luck.

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, December 07, 2009 5:02 PM
To: List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: remove hard drive

I want to remove the hard drive from a nec versa 2650 CDT
There is only one cover on the bottom and it's for the ram.
There are 4 screws in the back below the hinges. I took them out but the  
case won't come apart(I don't want to pry too hard on it.)
This is a very old laptop and it has windows 95 so that's it's  vintage.
What is the best way to take this apart?
 
Engineman
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From Engineman1 at aol.com  Tue Dec  8 20:22:17 2009
From: Engineman1 at aol.com (Engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:22:17 EST
Subject: TSGL: remove hard drive
Message-ID: <d69.550680a3.385055c9@aol.com>

Thanks Russ, you helped me a lot. Once I knew how it was easy to remove the 
 hard drive.
I must have spent several hours the other day on Google looking for a  
service guide but all I found were companies that wanted to sell me one or sell  
the hard drive removal info.
 
Thanks again, Engineman (John Taylor)
 
 
In a message dated 12/8/2009 3:53:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
coover at fastmail.fm writes:

I have  no information on your particular laptop, but I've seen laptops  
that
require the removal of the keyboard to get to the hard drive. But I've  done
an internet search for a manual. 

You can get a service guide  for your particular laptop at  ...

http://support.necam.com/download/v2600sr.pdf

Good  luck.

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, December 07, 2009 5:02 PM
To:  List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: remove hard drive

I want to remove  the hard drive from a nec versa 2650 CDT
There is only one cover on the  bottom and it's for the ram.
There are 4 screws in the back below the  hinges. I took them out but the  
case won't come apart(I don't want  to pry too hard on it.)
This is a very old laptop and it has windows 95 so  that's it's  vintage.
What is the best way to take this  apart?

Engineman
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From rbrunton at accesswave.ca  Tue Dec  8 20:25:18 2009
From: rbrunton at accesswave.ca (Ron Brunton)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:25:18 -0400
Subject: TSGL: USB AC Power Adapter
In-Reply-To: <0C12DAE501E34B3BAC11387165BCF5C9@number15>
References: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com>
	<0C12DAE501E34B3BAC11387165BCF5C9@number15>
Message-ID: <000601ca786e$77c81f20$67585d60$@ca>

I just purchased a Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 player. It charges through the USB
connection to the computer. The Zen replaces a Microsoft Zune (a long story)
which also charged through the USB port on the computer. I had purchased an
AC power adapter for the Zune. It plugs into the wall and has a USB standard
plug that the same cable that connects the Zune to the computer plugs into
and charges the MP3 player.

Creative sells its own AC adapter. It seems to me that since the charging
process using the computer is the same, the AC adapter for the Zune should
work just fine with the Creative Zen. 

Does anyone have any evidence or knowledge to the contrary?

TIA
Ron
 

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From colinsw at gmail.com  Tue Dec  8 21:17:19 2009
From: colinsw at gmail.com (Colin)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:17:19 +1300
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!
In-Reply-To: <C6978B7A3F174F7E901CBE6771DE758B@AcerLaptopPC>
References: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com>
	<C6978B7A3F174F7E901CBE6771DE758B@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <0AAF02B28EF74570AE96581D12A67782@colinlaptop>

Hi

Outlook PST files have several different versions/formats. Outlook 97
through to Outlook 2002 had a 2Gb limit, if they exceed this then there will
be lost data during the recovery process. However, Outlook 2003 and later
have a practical limit of 20Gb. For those that want to know why, it is
because Outlook 2003+ use a Unicode format. See here for more info
http://email.about.com/od/outlook/f/pst_size_limit.htm

Regards

Colin

Colin

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 9:39 a.m.
To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
Subject: Re: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!

8 GB? Wow! I've never heard of a pst file that large. I know that MS has set
a maximum size for pst files. I'm not sure what it is for Outlook 2007, but
I believe that it was 2 GB on the 2003 and previous versions. 

Is your client using the 2007 version? If he is, then the ScanPST 2007 file
should have worked unless he has other serious problems. But if he has an
earlier version, you may need to try the Scan file for that prior version.

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Technical Support Guy 4 IT
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:14 AM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: Oversize PST > 8GB!!

Hello,

It appears my Outlook.pst file was corrupted after a recent shutdown.

dear I am facing a problem with an end user's outlook

the gents pst size is > 8 GB

recently he stated facing problem as slowness in Outlook and crashing

he call IT support for fixing his issue

as a best practice

I tried using Outlook 2007's SCANPST on Windows XP Pro to correct the issue
but all I get is the following error:
"*An error has occurred that caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have
been made to the scanned file.*"
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From hasanatkhan at gmail.com  Tue Dec  8 21:29:17 2009
From: hasanatkhan at gmail.com (A Hasanat Khan)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:29:17 +0600
Subject: TSGL: USB AC Power Adapter
References: <3f3736c80912070714u2eb2c9bei384c2c8d2ab283e6@mail.gmail.com><0C12DAE501E34B3BAC11387165BCF5C9@number15>
	<000601ca786e$77c81f20$67585d60$@ca>
Message-ID: <8792640BB3724D7B9CF9DEC9D36D159D@micron>

Ron,
The Xen and the Zune may have the same max. charging current. In which case 
it will be OK. If the Xen has a smaller charging current, it will still be 
OK, but will take longer to charge. But if it is higher, it may damage the 
battery. If the charging currents are not shown, check the battery 
capacities. They are a good indicator.

Hasanat
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Brunton" <rbrunton at accesswave.ca>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:25 AM
Subject: TSGL: USB AC Power Adapter


>I just purchased a Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 player. It charges through the USB
> connection to the computer. The Zen replaces a Microsoft Zune (a long 
> story)
> which also charged through the USB port on the computer. I had purchased 
> an
> AC power adapter for the Zune. It plugs into the wall and has a USB 
> standard
> plug that the same cable that connects the Zune to the computer plugs into
> and charges the MP3 player.
>
> Creative sells its own AC adapter. It seems to me that since the charging
> process using the computer is the same, the AC adapter for the Zune should
> work just fine with the Creative Zen.
>
> Does anyone have any evidence or knowledge to the contrary?
>
> TIA
> Ron
>
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From deepend at tpg.com.au  Wed Dec  9 07:52:55 2009
From: deepend at tpg.com.au (Don Penlington)
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:52:55 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
Message-ID: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>

A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7 and 
now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he 
reformatted.

How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with OE 
files.

Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available for 
downloading?  I know they no longer support it.

Don Penlington



From golddave at gmail.com  Wed Dec  9 07:56:55 2009
From: golddave at gmail.com (David Goldstein)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 07:56:55 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>

He could try downloading OE from here:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.




On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7 and
> now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he
> reformatted.
>
> How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with OE
> files.
>
> Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available for
> downloading? ?I know they no longer support it.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>


From embitt at westnet.com.au  Wed Dec  9 18:15:26 2009
From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:15:26 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5C01E75853194595A3D46A0CEB31A22B@number15>

>From what I read, some, but not all, computers have Windows Live Mail as 
part of Windows 7, depending on the version of Windows 7.  If your friend 
doesn't have it, he can use webmail or download an email program.

1.    If your friend is as paranoid as I am, ensure that he has more than 
one copy of the backed up messages (a second disk?  copy/paste to a limbo 
folder on his new machine?  other?) in case of damage or corruption during 
any attempts to make them readable (e.g. his actions, power surge/failure, 
virus, etc.).

2.    If he is going to continue with MS, he can use Outlook (if he has MS 
Office or is willing to purchase it) or Windows Live Mail (which can be 
downloaded from http://download.live.com/wlmail if it did not come with his 
PC -- choose Windows Live Mail only unless other programs in the bundle are 
also wanted)  and import the OE messages into it (helpful post about doing 
that at 
http://windowslive.com/Connect/Post/669903e8-a629-4a02-b611-ea57caac9420 ).

3.    According to 
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx     "Windows XP 
Mode and Windows Virtual PC, available on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 
7 Ultimate, allow you to run multiple Windows environments, such as Windows 
XP Mode, from your Windows 7 desktop."   If he does not have one of those 
versions of Windows 7, but does have a version suitable for Virtual PC, he 
can download Virtual PC from 
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx and run OE from 
it.

4.    If he is going to use a non-MS email program, choose one that works on 
Windows 7 and has a function to import OE messages.

5.    If the above doesn't work, as an alternative to importing messages, he 
could use a friend's computer with OE still on it to send the messages to 
himself and receive in whatever email program he is now using.  Years ago we 
were with an ISP that would remove messages after X weeks.  When we were 
travelling we would periodically go to Internet cafes and forward to 
ourselves anything in danger of being deleted in the next week or so.  Of 
course, when we got home, we had a pile of emails coming from us to us -- to 
clarify that situation, I would prefix the original subject with an ID:

email as it looked originally
From:  John Doe
Subject::  Christmas party

email as forwarded to self
From:    Merna Bitter
Subject::  2009.12.10 ex John Doe - Christmas party

6.    A friend in a government department that uses Outlook and that wipes 
all emails after X weeks saves some outside of Outlook and also copies and 
pastes complete messages into Word documents which she saves.  Perhaps your 
friend could do this on a computer that has OE on it.


As I am still using XP (and 98SE on another computer), I cannot share any 
personal experiences with Windows 7.

>From Googling        email program for windows 7
the following links might be helpful.

http://email.about.com/od/windowsemailclients/f/Where_Can_I_Find_the_Windows_7_Email_Program.htm
http://email.about.com/od/windowsemailclients/Windows_Email_Clients.htm
http://email.about.com/od/windowsemailclients/tp/free_email_prog.htm

http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/microsoftWindows/emailProgramsForWindows7.php

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-windows7-vista-64-bit-software.htm

Merna


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Goldstein" <golddave at gmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7


He could try downloading OE from here:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.




On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7 
> and
> now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he
> reformatted.
>
> How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with 
> OE
> files.
>
> Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available 
> for
> downloading? I know they no longer support it.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

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From leebunyard at comcast.net  Thu Dec 10 12:43:40 2009
From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:43:40 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Avast Problems
In-Reply-To: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC>
References: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>

Thanks, Russ.  Fortunately for me, the reissued update fixed the problem 
on my desktop, laptop and my daughter's laptop.  I have to commend Avast 
for responding so quickly to the problem.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
Still Digging Out of the Snow and Looking Forward to Some Great Skiing 
Next Week

Russell W. Coover wrote:
> Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.
>
>  
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757
>
>  
>
> Russ
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>   

From ian at iarp.ca  Thu Dec 10 19:37:06 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:37:06 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Avast Problems
In-Reply-To: <4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>
References: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC> 
	<4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912101637p7ab51a56we78f140c3ed7efc1@mail.gmail.com>

Unfortunately over here's a different story, one of my friends uses Avast
and was on at the time of this problem started. He, being tech-illiterate
got annoyed from constantly clicking Delete, disabled Avast, forgot to re
enable it down the road, and here i am today cleaning literally 844 viruses
from his machine. I used 3 AV scanners to confirm that number.

All because he disabled Avast and then tried downloading something from
limewire, oy what a bad network limewire can be. But lucky i taught him to
save all personal data to the other drive in his machine, 2 hours to wipe
and reload XP and were back up and running.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net>wrote:

> Thanks, Russ.  Fortunately for me, the reissued update fixed the problem on
> my desktop, laptop and my daughter's laptop.  I have to commend Avast for
> responding so quickly to the problem.
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
> Still Digging Out of the Snow and Looking Forward to Some Great Skiing Next
> Week
>
>
> Russell W. Coover wrote:
>
>> Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.
>>
>>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757
>>
>>
>> Russ
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>
>>
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>



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From coover at fastmail.fm  Thu Dec 10 20:07:56 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:07:56 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>
Message-ID: <AD9BFF72428C48ABA9E7BED56312F36A@AcerLaptopPC>

When I upgraded my wife from XP to Vista, I was able to use Windows Mail to
import her OE mail. And when I upgraded her from Vista to Win 7, I was able
to import her Win Mail into Thunderbird (Mozilla). Please note that I use
the word "import", but the processes may have been done through "export". I
do not remember the exact method, but I do remember there was some pain in
the process that I had to work through. 

That said, I did a quick google on "mozilla thunderbird import from Outlook
Express" and came up with the following as the first webpage mentioned ...

 http://email.about.com/od/mozillathunderbirdtips/qt/et122305.htm 

It looks like a fairly easy process. I think your friend will be happy with
Thunderbird.

Or there is always the possibility of receiving email from the freeware
"Windows Live", which, I believe was designed to import OE easily. 

Either way, Windows Live or Thunderbird is a good choice. Both are good
software.

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Don Penlington
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:53 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7

A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7 and 
now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he 
reformatted.

How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with OE 
files.

Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available for 
downloading?  I know they no longer support it.

Don Penlington


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From coover at fastmail.fm  Thu Dec 10 20:12:20 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:12:20 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
In-Reply-To: <f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au>
	<f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C01E13404E6248FC8ABE7E00632B2EC9@AcerLaptopPC>

Has anybody actually tried installing an old OE version on Win 7? It would
be interesting to know the answer. And if so, perhaps there is a difference
with the 32 bit and the 64 bit version of 7?

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of David Goldstein
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:57 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7

He could try downloading OE from here:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.




On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7
and
> now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he
> reformatted.
>
> How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with
OE
> files.
>
> Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available
for
> downloading? ?I know they no longer support it.
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

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From ian at iarp.ca  Thu Dec 10 20:27:03 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:27:03 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
In-Reply-To: <C01E13404E6248FC8ABE7E00632B2EC9@AcerLaptopPC>
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au> 
	<f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com> 
	<C01E13404E6248FC8ABE7E00632B2EC9@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912101727q142525bek3e65470b688ac6e@mail.gmail.com>

I've been trying for a bit now on my Virtual Box copy of Win7 and it keeps
complaining that i already have a higher version of Internet Explorer
installed. The only installers i can find for OE contain IE as well and they
all fail.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm>wrote:

> Has anybody actually tried installing an old OE version on Win 7? It would
> be interesting to know the answer. And if so, perhaps there is a difference
> with the 32 bit and the 64 bit version of 7?
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of David Goldstein
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:57 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
>
> He could try downloading OE from here:
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179
>
> I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7
> and
> > now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before
> he
> > reformatted.
> >
> > How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with
> OE
> > files.
> >
> > Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available
> for
> > downloading?  I know they no longer support it.
> >
> > Don Penlington
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
>
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From coover at fastmail.fm  Thu Dec 10 20:30:40 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:30:40 -0800
Subject: TSGL:  Avast Problems
In-Reply-To: <4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>
References: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC>
	<4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <6B6BCA7F0C224FA8AC446A4956953485@AcerLaptopPC>

If Avast had not "responded so quickly", Avast would be "avast" with legal
problems, and probably be out of business by this time next year. This was a
very serious error and it should have never happened. I like Avast and
believe they provide a very valuable service to the computing public. In
fact, I use Avast on my old Win 2000 laptop. I rarely use it anymore, but
when I do, I want it to be safe. Thankfully, I did not run that computer
while the bad update was available. So far, Avast has kept it safe. But if
this ever happens again, I will never recommend them to anyone ever again.

Russ  

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Lee Bunyard
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:44 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Avast Problems

Thanks, Russ.  Fortunately for me, the reissued update fixed the problem 
on my desktop, laptop and my daughter's laptop.  I have to commend Avast 
for responding so quickly to the problem.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
Still Digging Out of the Snow and Looking Forward to Some Great Skiing 
Next Week

Russell W. Coover wrote:
> Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.
>
>  
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757
>
>  
>
> Russ
>
> _______________________________________________
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From justin at whisperer.com.au  Fri Dec 11 00:21:37 2009
From: justin at whisperer.com.au (The Computer Whisperer)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:21:37 +1100
Subject: TSGL: Avast Problems
In-Reply-To: <6B6BCA7F0C224FA8AC446A4956953485@AcerLaptopPC>
References: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC>
	<4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>
	<6B6BCA7F0C224FA8AC446A4956953485@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <2852b8d40912102121p7bd23097ja96612a0192eeb1d@mail.gmail.com>

It is still by far my preferred product for home use.

Only one big problem in the 6 years I and my customers have used it. Not a
bad track record at all!


Justin

2009/12/11 Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm>

> If Avast had not "responded so quickly", Avast would be "avast" with legal
> problems, and probably be out of business by this time next year. This was
> a
> very serious error and it should have never happened. I like Avast and
> believe they provide a very valuable service to the computing public. In
> fact, I use Avast on my old Win 2000 laptop. I rarely use it anymore, but
> when I do, I want it to be safe. Thankfully, I did not run that computer
> while the bad update was available. So far, Avast has kept it safe. But if
> this ever happens again, I will never recommend them to anyone ever again.
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Lee Bunyard
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:44 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Avast Problems
>
> Thanks, Russ.  Fortunately for me, the reissued update fixed the problem
> on my desktop, laptop and my daughter's laptop.  I have to commend Avast
> for responding so quickly to the problem.
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
> Still Digging Out of the Snow and Looking Forward to Some Great Skiing
> Next Week
>
> Russell W. Coover wrote:
> > Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757
> >
> >
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>

From tbrandl2 at chello.at  Fri Dec 11 07:55:43 2009
From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:55:43 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au><f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>
	<C01E13404E6248FC8ABE7E00632B2EC9@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <2525FB066FCD4182872AA6A1656000AA@til4200>

Hi,

I'm going to switch to Thunderbird too.
I've been looking at that problem for a while now, with Win7 still on my backup machine which I seldom fire up. Since I intend to switch my (now) main XP PC with the (faster) Win 7 machine, I'll HAVE to solve the mail question.

After reading several websites with tips for swapping from OE to a new mail client, I've decided I'll make the transition to Thunderbird. One of the reasons for not considering any of the MS offers is, that on my (traveling) notebook running Vista I've had a rather dismal experience with Windows Mail. This prog stopped working one day - out of the blue - with sofar no way to reanimate it. It said "Windows Mail could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be initialized". There seem to be new directions for repairing WinMail around on the web meanwhile, but at that point I've simply had enough of it, and installed Thunderbird successfully on this machine.

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:12 AM
Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???


Has anybody actually tried installing an old OE version on Win 7? It would
be interesting to know the answer. And if so, perhaps there is a difference
with the 32 bit and the 64 bit version of 7?

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of David Goldstein
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:57 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7

He could try downloading OE from here:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.




On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7
and
> now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he
> reformatted.
>
> How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with
OE
> files.
>
> Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available
for
> downloading? I know they no longer support it.
>
> Don Penlington



From tbrandl2 at chello.at  Fri Dec 11 08:35:57 2009
From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:35:57 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
Message-ID: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>

Hi,

I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:

Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps. 

1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do not work as supposed.
Example 1: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not moving). This never gives me the magnified pic. 

2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg click to increase, etc.
Example 2: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ I get an empty map. 

My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages. 

I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have similar experiences?

Tilman

From HiHalloHeidi at gmx.de  Fri Dec 11 09:11:18 2009
From: HiHalloHeidi at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Heidi_Schr=F6der?=)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:11:18 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
In-Reply-To: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
Message-ID: <8930B60599BC4171B4BF65C79AB5B45B@HeidisPC>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>


> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:
> 
> Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps. 
> 
> 1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do not work as supposed.
> Example 1: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not moving). This never gives me the magnified pic. 
> 
> 2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg click to increase, etc.
> Example 2: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ I get an empty map. 
> 
> My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages. 
> 
> I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have similar experiences?
> 
> Tilman
> _______________________________________________


Hi Tilman,

I am using FF 3.5.5. now and no problems with your links to magnify the camera pic and I also can see the map. Looks like I have Java 6-17 so maybe an update in both programmes will help but I actually never had such problems even with earlier versions. So someone else might know or be good at guessing about what can be causing this problem to you!

einen sch?nen 3. Advent
have a lovely weekend
Heidi


From leebunyard at comcast.net  Fri Dec 11 09:18:34 2009
From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:18:34 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
In-Reply-To: <2525FB066FCD4182872AA6A1656000AA@til4200>
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au><f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>	<C01E13404E6248FC8ABE7E00632B2EC9@AcerLaptopPC>
	<2525FB066FCD4182872AA6A1656000AA@til4200>
Message-ID: <4B2254BA.8050600@comcast.net>

I've used Thunderbird for several years now and like it.  When I bought 
a new desktop running Vista two years ago, I tried using Windows Mail 
for awhile just to see how it worked.  After a short time, I had exactly 
the same experience you had--the program suddenly just stopped working 
and I started getting the same error message you cite.  I gave up and 
went back to using Thunderbird exclusively.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

Tilman Brandl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to switch to Thunderbird too.
> I've been looking at that problem for a while now, with Win7 still on my backup machine which I seldom fire up. Since I intend to switch my (now) main XP PC with the (faster) Win 7 machine, I'll HAVE to solve the mail question.
>
> After reading several websites with tips for swapping from OE to a new mail client, I've decided I'll make the transition to Thunderbird. One of the reasons for not considering any of the MS offers is, that on my (traveling) notebook running Vista I've had a rather dismal experience with Windows Mail. This prog stopped working one day - out of the blue - with sofar no way to reanimate it. It said "Windows Mail could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be initialized". There seem to be new directions for repairing WinMail around on the web meanwhile, but at that point I've simply had enough of it, and installed Thunderbird successfully on this machine.
>
> Tilman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:12 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
>
>
> Has anybody actually tried installing an old OE version on Win 7? It would
> be interesting to know the answer. And if so, perhaps there is a difference
> with the 32 bit and the 64 bit version of 7?
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of David Goldstein
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:57 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
>
> He could try downloading OE from here:
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179
>
> I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>   
>> A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7
>>     
> and
>   
>> now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk before he
>> reformatted.
>>
>> How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible with
>>     
> OE
>   
>> files.
>>
>> Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available
>>     
> for
>   
>> downloading? I know they no longer support it.
>>
>> Don Penlington
>>     
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>   

From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Fri Dec 11 09:32:09 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:32:09 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
Message-ID: <4C9D1BAC18F94544923722DEDB156EFF@johnsp2>

Latest iteration is 3.5.5 Your version definitely had problems and was replaced by 3.5.4 within a few days.
For magnifying, try Ctrl + and Ctrl -

Gr.

John
Od/G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tilman Brandl 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:35 PM
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing


Hi,

I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:

Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps. 

1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do not work as supposed.
Example 1: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not moving). This never gives me the magnified pic. 

2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg click to increase, etc.
Example 2: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ I get an empty map. 

My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages. 

I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have similar experiences?

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

From tbrandl2 at chello.at  Fri Dec 11 10:32:16 2009
From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:32:16 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
Message-ID: <240641F5398644F79F0C1A39E6A9D7F5@til4200>

Thanks for the quick replies ...

Heidi:
Guess you're right, I'll have to update both FF and Java then. 

Jon:
I had no idea about problems connected with 3.5.3. As to using CTRL+ and - , that's a different thing I believe: These shortcuts generally de- or increase the size of the whole page and won't give me access to the bigger pic hidden under the magnifying glass.

Anyhow, it's clear that I'll have to update things. Looking forward to leaving these problems behind. ;-)

A lovely weekend to both of you too! 
Ich hoffe ihr habt besseres Wetter als wir in Wien :-((

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:35 PM
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing


> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:
> 
> Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps. 
> 
> 1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do not work as supposed.
> Example 1: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not moving). This never gives me the magnified pic. 
> 
> 2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg click to increase, etc.
> Example 2: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ I get an empty map. 
> 
> My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages. 
> 
> I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have similar experiences?
> 
> Tilman
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>


From nature-coast at earthlink.net  Fri Dec 11 11:16:21 2009
From: nature-coast at earthlink.net (Cyndi)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:16:21 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
In-Reply-To: <4B2254BA.8050600@comcast.net>
References: <4.3.2.20091209224651.00c56178@mail.tpg.com.au><f133ff3d0912090456n45f38fc0ga2a89e748a937b9a@mail.gmail.com>	<C01E13404E6248FC8ABE7E00632B2EC9@AcerLaptopPC>	<2525FB066FCD4182872AA6A1656000AA@til4200>
	<4B2254BA.8050600@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <4B227055.5060707@earthlink.net>

I have been using Thunderbird for a few years now and love it.

Cyndi


Lee Bunyard wrote:
> I've used Thunderbird for several years now and like it.  When I 
> bought a new desktop running Vista two years ago, I tried using 
> Windows Mail for awhile just to see how it worked.  After a short 
> time, I had exactly the same experience you had--the program suddenly 
> just stopped working and I started getting the same error message you 
> cite.  I gave up and went back to using Thunderbird exclusively.
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>
> Tilman Brandl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm going to switch to Thunderbird too.
>> I've been looking at that problem for a while now, with Win7 still on 
>> my backup machine which I seldom fire up. Since I intend to switch my 
>> (now) main XP PC with the (faster) Win 7 machine, I'll HAVE to solve 
>> the mail question.
>>
>> After reading several websites with tips for swapping from OE to a 
>> new mail client, I've decided I'll make the transition to 
>> Thunderbird. One of the reasons for not considering any of the MS 
>> offers is, that on my (traveling) notebook running Vista I've had a 
>> rather dismal experience with Windows Mail. This prog stopped working 
>> one day - out of the blue - with sofar no way to reanimate it. It 
>> said "Windows Mail could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be 
>> initialized". There seem to be new directions for repairing WinMail 
>> around on the web meanwhile, but at that point I've simply had enough 
>> of it, and installed Thunderbird successfully on this machine.
>>
>> Tilman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" 
>> <coover at fastmail.fm>
>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:12 AM
>> Subject: TSGL: Install Outlook Express in Windows7 ???
>>
>>
>> Has anybody actually tried installing an old OE version on Win 7? It 
>> would
>> be interesting to know the answer. And if so, perhaps there is a 
>> difference
>> with the 32 bit and the 64 bit version of 7?
>>
>> Russ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>> Behalf Of David Goldstein
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:57 AM
>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express in Windows7
>>
>> He could try downloading OE from here:
>> http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179
>>
>> I have no idea if it will work on Windows 7.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>> A friend is complaining that he's updated his computer from Vista to W7
>>>     
>> and
>>  
>>> now can't read his Outlook Express emails which he saved to disk 
>>> before he
>>> reformatted.
>>>
>>> How can he now read his old emails? Apparently W7 is not compatible 
>>> with
>>>     
>> OE
>>  
>>> files.
>>>
>>> Can OE be installed into W7---if so, do Ms have it separately available
>>>     
>> for
>>  
>>> downloading? I know they no longer support it.
>>>
>>> Don Penlington
>>>     
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>   
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>

From leebunyard at comcast.net  Fri Dec 11 11:39:28 2009
From: leebunyard at comcast.net (Lee Bunyard)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:39:28 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Avast Problems
In-Reply-To: <2852b8d40912102121p7bd23097ja96612a0192eeb1d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC>	<4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net>	<6B6BCA7F0C224FA8AC446A4956953485@AcerLaptopPC>
	<2852b8d40912102121p7bd23097ja96612a0192eeb1d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4B2275C0.8020703@comcast.net>

My preferred product also.  Certainly much better than the resource hog 
Norton.  Avast is also very user friendly, simple to set up and use.  
Good product, IMO.
Lee  in the Mountains of Northern California
Still Snowed In But Ready to Do Some Skiing As Soon As The Storm Clears Out


The Computer Whisperer wrote:
> It is still by far my preferred product for home use.
>
> Only one big problem in the 6 years I and my customers have used it. Not a
> bad track record at all!
>
>
> Justin
>
> 2009/12/11 Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm>
>
>   
>> If Avast had not "responded so quickly", Avast would be "avast" with legal
>> problems, and probably be out of business by this time next year. This was
>> a
>> very serious error and it should have never happened. I like Avast and
>> believe they provide a very valuable service to the computing public. In
>> fact, I use Avast on my old Win 2000 laptop. I rarely use it anymore, but
>> when I do, I want it to be safe. Thankfully, I did not run that computer
>> while the bad update was available. So far, Avast has kept it safe. But if
>> this ever happens again, I will never recommend them to anyone ever again.
>>
>> Russ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>> Behalf Of Lee Bunyard
>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:44 AM
>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Avast Problems
>>
>> Thanks, Russ.  Fortunately for me, the reissued update fixed the problem
>> on my desktop, laptop and my daughter's laptop.  I have to commend Avast
>> for responding so quickly to the problem.
>> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>> Still Digging Out of the Snow and Looking Forward to Some Great Skiing
>> Next Week
>>
>> Russell W. Coover wrote:
>>     
>>> Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Russ
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>>     
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>   

From hdavis1 at gmail.com  Fri Dec 11 12:10:26 2009
From: hdavis1 at gmail.com (H Davis)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:10:26 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
In-Reply-To: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
Message-ID: <4B227D02.6010700@gmail.com>

Tilman,

I have no problems with either of these pages but I'm using FF 3.5.5. I 
don't think either of these pages uses Java. You should see the Java 
icon appear in the tray is it is running and it takes a long time to 
load so you'd notice a delay. The camera picture appears to use Flash 
for the magnified image and I've just noticed that there is a security 
update (yes, another one) out for Flash.

I think your problem is entirely related to either the version of FF 
you're using or a bad installation. If you still have problems with FF 
3.5.5 I'd suggest uninstalling FF then get a good registry cleaner and 
remove all references to FF before reinstalling it. Or try using Revo 
Uninstaller to remove FF and select the most thorough cleaning method 
offered. (Revo searches out registry references to the program you're 
uninstalling and allows you to remove them also.)

H Davis

Tilman Brandl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:
>
> Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps. 
>
> 1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do not work as supposed.
> Example 1: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not moving). This never gives me the magnified pic. 
>
> 2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg click to increase, etc.
> Example 2: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ I get an empty map. 
>
> My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages. 
>
> I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have similar experiences?
>
> Tilman
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From Trio200 at gmail.com  Fri Dec 11 15:51:27 2009
From: Trio200 at gmail.com (Trio200)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:51:27 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
In-Reply-To: <4B227D02.6010700@gmail.com>
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
	<4B227D02.6010700@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4B22B0CF.8050407@gmail.com>

Tilman, by any chance do you have the Noscript firefox addon (or 
something similar)? It will often block scripts on the page and produce 
the problems you're describing.

Bob
>  
>
> Tilman Brandl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted 
>> to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:
>>
>> Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with 
>> pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps.
>> 1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for 
>> different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do 
>> not work as supposed.
>> Example 1: 
>> http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html 
>> When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small 
>> rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not 
>> moving). This never gives me the magnified pic.
>> 2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or 
>> mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg 
>> click to increase, etc.
>> Example 2: 
>> http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ 
>> I get an empty map.
>> My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) 
>> where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get 
>> rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm 
>> relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages.
>> I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it 
>> might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. 
>> Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them 
>> may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have 
>> similar experiences?
>>
>> Tilman
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>>
>>   
>


From coover at fastmail.fm  Fri Dec 11 17:37:10 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:37:10 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Avast Problems
In-Reply-To: <2852b8d40912102121p7bd23097ja96612a0192eeb1d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <107E8FE9AEC245E2BDF36B85139133D0@AcerLaptopPC><4B21334C.5010404@comcast.net><6B6BCA7F0C224FA8AC446A4956953485@AcerLaptopPC>
	<2852b8d40912102121p7bd23097ja96612a0192eeb1d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CBB25C72BBC14201B2824466F0DD16B5@AcerLaptopPC>

Hi Justin, 

There are not many decent free Anti-Virus applications. AVG, Avira, and
Avast quickly come to mind as some of the few decent (maybe the fact that
their names all start with "A" helps), but the recent addition of "Microsoft
Security Essentials" to the list has made my selection for my 3 Win 7
machines and my 2 XP machines easy. Prior to the MSE release, I used Avast,
and still do use it on my Win 2000 laptop since MSE is not available for Win
2K, because I think it was the best of what is available for older OSes.

But when a security application like Avast actually causes problems similar
to those it was supposed to protect the machine from, it indicates that the
company is not doing something properly. In this case it appears that there
was not enough testing of the patch they sent out. I don't know if this is
because they do not have enough people or resources to do the testing, or
whether or not they even tested the patch? Whatever it was, it was caused by
some failure in their company. And if this happens again, it would show that
there is a real problem in their company, such that I would have to
discontinue using their software. 

That said, I hope Avast has determined why the problem occurred and has made
certain that it will not happen again. Avast has been very good software,
and I hope for their continued success. 

Russ
 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of The Computer Whisperer
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:22 PM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Avast Problems

It is still by far my preferred product for home use.

Only one big problem in the 6 years I and my customers have used it. Not a
bad track record at all!


Justin

2009/12/11 Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm>

> If Avast had not "responded so quickly", Avast would be "avast" with legal
> problems, and probably be out of business by this time next year. This was
> a
> very serious error and it should have never happened. I like Avast and
> believe they provide a very valuable service to the computing public. In
> fact, I use Avast on my old Win 2000 laptop. I rarely use it anymore, but
> when I do, I want it to be safe. Thankfully, I did not run that computer
> while the bad update was available. So far, Avast has kept it safe. But if
> this ever happens again, I will never recommend them to anyone ever again.
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Lee Bunyard
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:44 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Avast Problems
>
> Thanks, Russ.  Fortunately for me, the reissued update fixed the problem
> on my desktop, laptop and my daughter's laptop.  I have to commend Avast
> for responding so quickly to the problem.
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
> Still Digging Out of the Snow and Looking Forward to Some Great Skiing
> Next Week
>
> Russell W. Coover wrote:
> > Here is the story on the problems Avast (and some of you) had last week.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10409735-83.html?tag=nl.e757
> >
> >
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
> >
> >
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From tbrandl2 at chello.at  Sat Dec 12 07:06:04 2009
From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:06:04 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200><4B227D02.6010700@gmail.com>
	<4B22B0CF.8050407@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <109CA3FC4BC7483AACE5053EBB39C2D2@til4200>

No, like I wrote in my answer to H Davis - I deactivated it since quite long. So this shouldn't be the culprit.

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trio200" <Trio200 at gmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing


> Tilman, by any chance do you have the Noscript firefox addon (or 
> something similar)? It will often block scripts on the page and produce 
> the problems you're describing.
> 
> Bob
>>  
>>
>> Tilman Brandl wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted 
>>> to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:
>>>
>>> Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with 
>>> pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps.
>>> 1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for 
>>> different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do 
>>> not work as supposed.
>>> Example 1: 
>>> http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html 
>>> When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small 
>>> rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not 
>>> moving). This never gives me the magnified pic.
>>> 2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or 
>>> mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg 
>>> click to increase, etc.
>>> Example 2: 
>>> http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ 
>>> I get an empty map.
>>> My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) 
>>> where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get 
>>> rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm 
>>> relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages.
>>> I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it 
>>> might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. 
>>> Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them 
>>> may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have 
>>> similar experiences?
>>>
>>> Tilman



From tbrandl2 at chello.at  Sat Dec 12 07:04:38 2009
From: tbrandl2 at chello.at (Tilman Brandl)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:04:38 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing
References: <0A63E65B15544C89B8927A440C93F521@til4200>
	<4B227D02.6010700@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2C2A8FA9FBFA405CA26845F2CCA49CC3@til4200>

H Davis,

FF version 3.5.5 doesn't help with the map - it's still not shown. The same with the magnified picture. 
I've had NoScript in the past, but deactivated it when I found I had to allow/disallow dozens of script-snippets on some pages - I just found it extremely unpractical. Maybe I'll have to uninstall it completely?

I have AdblockPlus installed, but even switching it OFF doesn't help to make these pages work correctly. 

What's left is updating Java and maybe Flash ... I hope this may help. Otherwise I think maybe there's some idiosyncrasy between some of the addons I have (it's quite a lot). So if all fails I'll start with all of them de-activated, switching them back one after another. And I guess I should also check for possible problems with Javascript - many pages have scripts running these days and so do my example pages (?).

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox difficulties increasing


> Tilman,
> 
> I have no problems with either of these pages but I'm using FF 3.5.5. I 
> don't think either of these pages uses Java. You should see the Java 
> icon appear in the tray is it is running and it takes a long time to 
> load so you'd notice a delay. The camera picture appears to use Flash 
> for the magnified image and I've just noticed that there is a security 
> update (yes, another one) out for Flash.
> 
> I think your problem is entirely related to either the version of FF 
> you're using or a bad installation. If you still have problems with FF 
> 3.5.5 I'd suggest uninstalling FF then get a good registry cleaner and 
> remove all references to FF before reinstalling it. Or try using Revo 
> Uninstaller to remove FF and select the most thorough cleaning method 
> offered. (Revo searches out registry references to the program you're 
> uninstalling and allows you to remove them also.)
> 
> H Davis
> 
> Tilman Brandl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having a few problems when using Firefox (3.5.3. now) and wanted to hear from those of you who are running that prog too:
>>
>> Repeatedly (and also increasingly) there are problems especially with pages that should show pictures like photographs or maps. 
>>
>> 1. With pictures that have added smaller thumbnails to click for different views, or a button promising to magnify the pic, some do not work as supposed.
>> Example 1: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ38-Digitalkamera-Test_38068943.html When I click the magnifying glass just below the 1st picture, a small rectangular window pops up indicating a loading process (but not moving). This never gives me the magnified pic. 
>>
>> 2. On pages that should show e.g. a Google map, often the keys or mouse actions do not work as they should, nothing changes when I eg click to increase, etc.
>> Example 2: http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/wien_augustinerwaldg_5/VPkDK/andrea_brandl-nebehay/karte/ I get an empty map. 
>>
>> My usual remedy is to switch to an IE-Tab (an addon I've installed) where things often do work as intended. But what I wanted was to get rid of IE ! And also, with IE-Tabs a few things don't work that I'm relying heavily on: Like using LastPass for registering on webpages. 
>>
>> I really wonder what might be the reason. My guess sofar is that it might be related to Java or JS ? Currently installed is Java 6 -15. Another reason of course could be inside those pages, some of them may have been written badly ....  Does anybody of you out there have similar experiences?
>>
>> Tilman
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
>>   
> 
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From engineman1 at aol.com  Mon Dec 21 20:47:55 2009
From: engineman1 at aol.com (engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:47:55 EST
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
Message-ID: <b20b.39a7198b.38617f4b@aol.com>

For several years I have been working on a collection of free or shareware  
programs gleaned from magazine articles, computer help programs, websites 
ETC  but I do not seem to have what I need right now. 
 
My collection has grown to 688 files at over 6.8 GB.
My troubles began when I uploaded my folder to a 1  TB  Cavalry external 
HD. 
I occasionally got messages saying "file not found" or "delayed write  
failed".
Finally it looked like all of the files had transferred.
Next I tried to copy these files to another computer.
I got a lot more error messages including "this is not a valid Win 32  
application".
 
Question 1 - does this mean that some of these files are corrupted or is it 
 a Windows XP problem?
 
Question 2 - Is there some program that I can run on these folders that  
will tell me which files are good?
It would take forever to open each one and see if it runs.
I tried chkdsk/r on the cavalry and it ran for 12 hours and then  delivered 
a message that it could not complete the operation.
If anything it seemed to make things worse. Some of the files in other  
folders were reported as non-existent although Win explorer showed them and  
their size.
 
BTW, happy holidays to all.
 
Engineman

From coover at fastmail.fm  Mon Dec 21 23:48:14 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:48:14 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
In-Reply-To: <b20b.39a7198b.38617f4b@aol.com>
References: <b20b.39a7198b.38617f4b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <8AA125E1C7184D99B2D34E70E7CC8E94@AcerLaptopPC>

Sounds like you have some corrupted files. Did you keep your old file, or
did you delete it after transferring the original to the Cavalry? I'm
guessing you deleted it. 

Regarding your second question, I am not aware of software that will
automatically check to see if the files you have are any good, bu one way
you may be able to check some of the files is to check file size. A file
size of zero would indicate that a file did not transfer.

Russ 

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of engineman1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:48 PM
To: List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files

For several years I have been working on a collection of free or shareware  
programs gleaned from magazine articles, computer help programs, websites 
ETC  but I do not seem to have what I need right now. 
 
My collection has grown to 688 files at over 6.8 GB.
My troubles began when I uploaded my folder to a 1  TB  Cavalry external 
HD. 
I occasionally got messages saying "file not found" or "delayed write  
failed".
Finally it looked like all of the files had transferred.
Next I tried to copy these files to another computer.
I got a lot more error messages including "this is not a valid Win 32  
application".
 
Question 1 - does this mean that some of these files are corrupted or is it 
 a Windows XP problem?
 
Question 2 - Is there some program that I can run on these folders that  
will tell me which files are good?
It would take forever to open each one and see if it runs.
I tried chkdsk/r on the cavalry and it ran for 12 hours and then  delivered 
a message that it could not complete the operation.
If anything it seemed to make things worse. Some of the files in other  
folders were reported as non-existent although Win explorer showed them and

their size.
 
BTW, happy holidays to all.
 
Engineman
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From Engineman1 at aol.com  Tue Dec 22 01:55:04 2009
From: Engineman1 at aol.com (Engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:55:04 EST
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
Message-ID: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>

I still have my files on the original computer, I think a few of them may  
be corrupted but not nearly as many as on the Cavalry.
I intend to delete these and recopy. Before I do this I would like to know  
which ones are bad.
They all seem to have the right filesize, even the ones that report "file  
not found".
Anymore ideas?
 
Engineman
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/21/2009 8:48:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
coover at fastmail.fm writes:

Sounds  like you have some corrupted files. Did you keep your old file, or
did you  delete it after transferring the original to the Cavalry? I'm
guessing you  deleted it. 

Regarding your second question, I am not aware of software  that will
automatically check to see if the files you have are any good,  but one way
you may be able to check some of the files is to check file  size. A file
size of zero would indicate that a file did not  transfer.

Russ 

-----Original Message-----
From:  list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of  engineman1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:48 PM
To:  List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existent  files

For several years I have been working on a collection of free or  shareware 
 
programs gleaned from magazine articles, computer help  programs, websites 
ETC  but I do not seem to have what I need right  now. 

My collection has grown to 688 files at over 6.8 GB.
My  troubles began when I uploaded my folder to a 1  TB  Cavalry  external 
HD. 
I occasionally got messages saying "file not found" or  "delayed write  
failed".
Finally it looked like all of the files  had transferred.
Next I tried to copy these files to another computer.
I  got a lot more error messages including "this is not a valid Win 32   
application".

Question 1 - does this mean that some of these files  are corrupted or is 
it 
a Windows XP problem?

Question 2 - Is there  some program that I can run on these folders that  
will tell me which  files are good?
It would take forever to open each one and see if it  runs.
I tried chkdsk/r on the cavalry and it ran for 12 hours and  then  
delivered 
a message that it could not complete the  operation.
If anything it seemed to make things worse. Some of the files in  other  
folders were reported as non-existent although Win explorer  showed them and

their size.

BTW, happy holidays to  all.

Engineman
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From jonpan at onlinehome.de  Tue Dec 22 04:41:22 2009
From: jonpan at onlinehome.de (Jon)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:41:22 +0100
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>
Message-ID: <356331BE24F848C6AA78427C60E74CBD@johnsp2>

I suppose you could try programmes like PC Inspector File Recovery or Recuva or EASEUS Data recovery Wizard Professional. I don't have much experience with these but it might be worth a go.
Happy Christmas!
John
Od/G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Engineman1 at aol.com 
To: list at tsgserver.com 
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files


I still have my files on the original computer, I think a few of them may  
be corrupted but not nearly as many as on the Cavalry.
I intend to delete these and recopy. Before I do this I would like to know  
which ones are bad.
They all seem to have the right filesize, even the ones that report "file  
not found".
Anymore ideas?
 
Engineman
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/21/2009 8:48:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
coover at fastmail.fm writes:

Sounds  like you have some corrupted files. Did you keep your old file, or
did you  delete it after transferring the original to the Cavalry? I'm
guessing you  deleted it. 

Regarding your second question, I am not aware of software  that will
automatically check to see if the files you have are any good,  but one way
you may be able to check some of the files is to check file  size. A file
size of zero would indicate that a file did not  transfer.

Russ 

-----Original Message-----
From:  list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of  engineman1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:48 PM
To:  List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existent  files

For several years I have been working on a collection of free or  shareware 
 
programs gleaned from magazine articles, computer help  programs, websites 
ETC  but I do not seem to have what I need right  now. 

My collection has grown to 688 files at over 6.8 GB.
My  troubles began when I uploaded my folder to a 1  TB  Cavalry  external 
HD. 
I occasionally got messages saying "file not found" or  "delayed write  
failed".
Finally it looked like all of the files  had transferred.
Next I tried to copy these files to another computer.
I  got a lot more error messages including "this is not a valid Win 32   
application".

Question 1 - does this mean that some of these files  are corrupted or is 
it 
a Windows XP problem?

Question 2 - Is there  some program that I can run on these folders that  
will tell me which  files are good?
It would take forever to open each one and see if it  runs.
I tried chkdsk/r on the cavalry and it ran for 12 hours and  then  
delivered 
a message that it could not complete the  operation.
If anything it seemed to make things worse. Some of the files in  other  
folders were reported as non-existent although Win explorer  showed them and

their size.

BTW, happy holidays to  all.

Engineman
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From embitt at westnet.com.au  Tue Dec 22 08:33:06 2009
From: embitt at westnet.com.au (Merna Bitter)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:33:06 +1000
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>
	<356331BE24F848C6AA78427C60E74CBD@johnsp2>
Message-ID: <EBC5BEA7D8E74056BD72345AE5FAAF29@number15>

>From your original email I understand you have tried two things:

(A)    You uploaded your "folder" to the Cavalry external drive.  (I 
understand this to mean that all of your collection is in one folder.) 
During this uploading you had occasional "file not found" or  "delayed write 
failed" messages.

(B)    You "tried to copy these files to another computer".  (Was that 
copying from their original location on the first computer through a 
network, or was it copying from the Cavalry external drive -- i.e. copying 
the copy)?  While doing this you had "a lot more error messages including 
'this is not a valid Win 32 application'."

Did the "lot more error messages" in (B) include the original error messages 
from (A)?  Did they include others you have not mentioned?

Are the error messages in (A) and/or (B) random, or do they appear on the 
same type(s) of file?
For example, does the "file not found" message appear only for .exe files or 
only for two or three types of file?  Ditto for "delayed write failed" 
message, the "not a valid Win32 application" message, and any others you 
have not specifically mentioned.   If they are not random, you might find 
help using Google or another search engine to look for the specific message 
with the specific type(s) of files that trigger it.

As you have indicated the file size appears correct, perhaps there is no 
problem with the files themselves but rather with one or both of the 
computers (is the second one running the same operating system?), the 
Cavalry external drive, the connection(s), out-of-date driver(s), other?

I have been searching for info on your error  messages, especially as 
relates to an external hard drive.  Everything I've read about the "not a 
valid Win32 application" seems to refer to instances where people have tried 
to use the problem file (e.g. run an .exe file or open a .pdf file), rather 
than simply copying it somewhere.  The possible solutions included the 
problem file/s not being suitable for the version of Windows being used, 
virus/malware, and (your worry) corrupt files.  Did that error appear when 
you were only copying, or were you trying something else?

Have you tried making your copies in (A) and (B) using safe mode?

Links that might be helpful:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330174
(including further links in the "More Information" section)

http://www.cavalrystorage.com/su_download.htm

Merna


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files


>I suppose you could try programmes like PC Inspector File Recovery or 
>Recuva or EASEUS Data recovery Wizard Professional. I don't have much 
>experience with these but it might be worth a go.
> Happy Christmas!
> John
> Od/G
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Engineman1 at aol.com
> To: list at tsgserver.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
>
>
> I still have my files on the original computer, I think a few of them may
> be corrupted but not nearly as many as on the Cavalry.
> I intend to delete these and recopy. Before I do this I would like to know
> which ones are bad.
> They all seem to have the right filesize, even the ones that report "file
> not found".
> Anymore ideas?
>
> Engineman
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/21/2009 8:48:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> coover at fastmail.fm writes:
>
> Sounds  like you have some corrupted files. Did you keep your old file, or
> did you  delete it after transferring the original to the Cavalry? I'm
> guessing you  deleted it.
>
> Regarding your second question, I am not aware of software  that will
> automatically check to see if the files you have are any good,  but one 
> way
> you may be able to check some of the files is to check file  size. A file
> size of zero would indicate that a file did not  transfer.
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of  engineman1 at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:48 PM
> To:  List at tsgserver.com
> Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existent  files
>
> For several years I have been working on a collection of free or 
> shareware
>
> programs gleaned from magazine articles, computer help  programs, websites
> ETC  but I do not seem to have what I need right  now.
>
> My collection has grown to 688 files at over 6.8 GB.
> My  troubles began when I uploaded my folder to a 1  TB  Cavalry  external
> HD.
> I occasionally got messages saying "file not found" or  "delayed write
> failed".
> Finally it looked like all of the files  had transferred.
> Next I tried to copy these files to another computer.
> I  got a lot more error messages including "this is not a valid Win 32
> application".
>
> Question 1 - does this mean that some of these files  are corrupted or is
> it
> a Windows XP problem?
>
> Question 2 - Is there  some program that I can run on these folders that
> will tell me which  files are good?
> It would take forever to open each one and see if it  runs.
> I tried chkdsk/r on the cavalry and it ran for 12 hours and  then
> delivered
> a message that it could not complete the  operation.
> If anything it seemed to make things worse. Some of the files in  other
> folders were reported as non-existent although Win explorer  showed them 
> and
>
> their size.
>
> BTW, happy holidays to  all.
>
> Engineman 



From coover at fastmail.fm  Tue Dec 22 20:53:51 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:53:51 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
In-Reply-To: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>
Message-ID: <67644566B8DC47319A5FBDC5F7C32AF0@AcerLaptopPC>

If you have the "old" files, you might connect the Cavalry External Drive to
that computer and run a "duplicate" file finder, such as the freeware
Duplicate Cleaner ...

http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/content/duplicate-cleaner

and see if any files are not duplicated from one drive to another.

And prior to using the Cavalry External Drive to again download the files,
you may, perhaps, wish to reformat it and start clean. I recommend the
freeware Partition Wizard ...

http://www.partitionwizard.com/

for this. 

Finally, instead of just transferring the files across, if you use the
freeware Karen's Replicator, it will give you an error report (if there are
any errors). It is easy to use, but does require you configuring the job...

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

Good luck,

Russ




-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Engineman1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:55 PM
To: list at tsgserver.com
Subject: Re: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files

I still have my files on the original computer, I think a few of them may  
be corrupted but not nearly as many as on the Cavalry.
I intend to delete these and recopy. Before I do this I would like to know  
which ones are bad.
They all seem to have the right filesize, even the ones that report "file  
not found".
Anymore ideas?
 
Engineman
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/21/2009 8:48:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
coover at fastmail.fm writes:

Sounds  like you have some corrupted files. Did you keep your old file, or
did you  delete it after transferring the original to the Cavalry? I'm
guessing you  deleted it. 

Regarding your second question, I am not aware of software  that will
automatically check to see if the files you have are any good,  but one way
you may be able to check some of the files is to check file  size. A file
size of zero would indicate that a file did not  transfer.

Russ 

-----Original Message-----
From:  list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of  engineman1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:48 PM
To:  List at tsgserver.com
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existent  files

For several years I have been working on a collection of free or  shareware 
 
programs gleaned from magazine articles, computer help  programs, websites 
ETC  but I do not seem to have what I need right  now. 

My collection has grown to 688 files at over 6.8 GB.
My  troubles began when I uploaded my folder to a 1  TB  Cavalry  external 
HD. 
I occasionally got messages saying "file not found" or  "delayed write  
failed".
Finally it looked like all of the files  had transferred.
Next I tried to copy these files to another computer.
I  got a lot more error messages including "this is not a valid Win 32   
application".

Question 1 - does this mean that some of these files  are corrupted or is 
it 
a Windows XP problem?

Question 2 - Is there  some program that I can run on these folders that  
will tell me which  files are good?
It would take forever to open each one and see if it  runs.
I tried chkdsk/r on the cavalry and it ran for 12 hours and  then  
delivered 
a message that it could not complete the  operation.
If anything it seemed to make things worse. Some of the files in  other  
folders were reported as non-existent although Win explorer  showed them and

their size.

BTW, happy holidays to  all.

Engineman
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From misterclever at hotmail.com  Wed Dec 23 11:46:25 2009
From: misterclever at hotmail.com (Geoff Glave)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:46:25 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
In-Reply-To: <67644566B8DC47319A5FBDC5F7C32AF0@AcerLaptopPC>
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>,
	<67644566B8DC47319A5FBDC5F7C32AF0@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <BAY110-W13CBA504EE40E39BCD759CD0800@phx.gbl>


Hi All,
 
Does anyone know of any *volume* encryption products like http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx or http://www.truecrypt.org/ that has been FIPS certified?  (I'm looking at volume encryption, not full-disk encryption.)
 
I know truecrypt 'complies' with FIPS standards, but it doesn't look like it's been certified.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Cheers,
Geoff
  		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Eligible CDN College & University students can upgrade to Windows 7 before Jan 3 for only $39.99. Upgrade now!
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691819

From ian at iarp.ca  Wed Dec 23 11:53:03 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:53:03 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-W13CBA504EE40E39BCD759CD0800@phx.gbl>
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>
	<67644566B8DC47319A5FBDC5F7C32AF0@AcerLaptopPC>
	<BAY110-W13CBA504EE40E39BCD759CD0800@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912230853w6106e4d9k1eac1314b05498de@mail.gmail.com>

I've never heard of FIPS so I googled define:FIPS and got "FIPS (Fully
Interactive Partition Splitter)" which doesn't seem to have anything
todo with Truecrypt.

Trucrypt will encrypt partitions by themselves if thats what your
after? Open Create Volume wizard, select Encrypt non-system
partition/drive, Choose Standard or Hidden volume, and then select the
device/partition.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Geoff Glave <misterclever at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know of any *volume* encryption products like http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx or http://www.truecrypt.org/ that has been FIPS certified? ?(I'm looking at volume encryption, not full-disk encryption.)
>
> I know truecrypt 'complies' with FIPS standards, but it doesn't look like it's been certified.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Eligible CDN College & University students can upgrade to Windows 7 before Jan 3 for only $39.99. Upgrade now!
> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691819
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>



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Thanks
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From misterclever at hotmail.com  Wed Dec 23 11:57:22 2009
From: misterclever at hotmail.com (Geoff Glave)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:57:22 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Volume Encryption & FIPS Certification
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0912230853w6106e4d9k1eac1314b05498de@mail.gmail.com>
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>,
	<67644566B8DC47319A5FBDC5F7C32AF0@AcerLaptopPC>,
	<BAY110-W13CBA504EE40E39BCD759CD0800@phx.gbl>,
	<adc2940c0912230853w6106e4d9k1eac1314b05498de@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-W4528D1D9ABAC10CF2FFB8ED0800@phx.gbl>


Hi Ian,
 
> I've never heard of FIPS so I googled define:FIPS and got "FIPS (Fully
> Interactive Partition Splitter)" which doesn't seem to have anything
> todo with Truecrypt.
 
FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) is a US federal govt. certification process for encryption products to ensure they are secure and comply with standards.  You can read more here:
 
 
http://www.drummondgroup.com/pdfs/FIPS_In_a_Nutshell_Feb.2005_Final.pdf
 
I'm having a hard time determining if any volume encryption products out there are FIPS certified.
 
..and apologies for the bad subject line in my first post on this subject.  I've corrected it.
 
Cheers,
Geoff

----------------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:53:03 -0500
> From: ian at iarp.ca
> To: list at tsgserver.com
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
>
> I've never heard of FIPS so I googled define:FIPS and got "FIPS (Fully
> Interactive Partition Splitter)" which doesn't seem to have anything
> todo with Truecrypt.
>
> Trucrypt will encrypt partitions by themselves if thats what your
> after? Open Create Volume wizard, select Encrypt non-system
> partition/drive, Choose Standard or Hidden volume, and then select the
> device/partition.
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Geoff Glave wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does anyone know of any *volume* encryption products like http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx or http://www.truecrypt.org/ that has been FIPS certified? (I'm looking at volume encryption, not full-disk encryption.)
>>
>> I know truecrypt 'complies' with FIPS standards, but it doesn't look like it's been certified.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Geoff
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Eligible CDN College & University students can upgrade to Windows 7 before Jan 3 for only $39.99. Upgrade now!
>> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691819
>> _______________________________________________
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>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
>
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From ian at iarp.ca  Wed Dec 23 14:59:16 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:59:16 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Volume Encryption & FIPS Certification
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-W4528D1D9ABAC10CF2FFB8ED0800@phx.gbl>
References: <be1.6f047343.3861c748@aol.com>
	<67644566B8DC47319A5FBDC5F7C32AF0@AcerLaptopPC>
	<BAY110-W13CBA504EE40E39BCD759CD0800@phx.gbl>
	<adc2940c0912230853w6106e4d9k1eac1314b05498de@mail.gmail.com>
	<BAY110-W4528D1D9ABAC10CF2FFB8ED0800@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912231159i6b42316ta78743a4f305280a@mail.gmail.com>

The FIPS seems to be just a certificate and not an actual algorithm itself.
Looking at that PDF it's just a matter of selecting one of the algorithms
with a Yes in the FIPS-approved.

When creating a volume in Truecrypt, it states a definition for the
encryption algorithm being used and the first one is AES which states
"FIPS-approved cipher (Rijndael, published in 1998) that may be used by US
Govern departments and agencies to protect classified information; ...etc"
and it continues on. Theres also higher levels with mixed AES like
Serpent-Twofish-AES which all have their own keys mutually independent.

http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=encryption-algorithms (from the More Info
link provided in truecrypt program)

I'd figure as long as the triple protection of Serpent-Twofish-AES with AES
being your FIPS approved, should be more then sufficient.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Geoff Glave <misterclever at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Ian,
>
>> I've never heard of FIPS so I googled define:FIPS and got "FIPS (Fully
>> Interactive Partition Splitter)" which doesn't seem to have anything
>> todo with Truecrypt.
>
> FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) is a US federal govt.
certification process for encryption products to ensure they are secure and
comply with standards.  You can read more here:
>
>
> http://www.drummondgroup.com/pdfs/FIPS_In_a_Nutshell_Feb.2005_Final.pdf
>
> I'm having a hard time determining if any volume encryption products out
there are FIPS certified.
>
> ..and apologies for the bad subject line in my first post on this subject.
 I've corrected it.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:53:03 -0500
>> From: ian at iarp.ca
>> To: list at tsgserver.com
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Corrupted or non-existant files
>>
>> I've never heard of FIPS so I googled define:FIPS and got "FIPS (Fully
>> Interactive Partition Splitter)" which doesn't seem to have anything
>> todo with Truecrypt.
>>
>> Trucrypt will encrypt partitions by themselves if thats what your
>> after? Open Create Volume wizard, select Encrypt non-system
>> partition/drive, Choose Standard or Hidden volume, and then select the
>> device/partition.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Geoff Glave wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of any *volume* encryption products like
http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx or
http://www.truecrypt.org/ that has been FIPS certified? (I'm looking at
volume encryption, not full-disk encryption.)
>>>
>>> I know truecrypt 'complies' with FIPS standards, but it doesn't look
like it's been certified.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Geoff
>>>
>>> _________________________________________________________________
>>> Eligible CDN College & University students can upgrade to Windows 7
before Jan 3 for only $39.99. Upgrade now!
>>> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691819
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>>> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Ian R-P
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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7 now
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From ian at iarp.ca  Mon Dec 28 01:53:35 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:53:35 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912272253t856045bi20316e380fe2596a@mail.gmail.com>

Hey All,

I've got a problem that i've had since this machine was built(4-5 years
ago), but up until lately hasn't bothered me much. Whenever anything needs
to access the CD drive, any sound being played slows down in tempo and
starts to crackle and pop.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59318/bad_sound.wav This is a short clip of what i
hear during the song Woman by Wolfmother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS8En23fZRE and that is what it's supposed to
sound like.

I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard, on-board audio. BIOS is set to HD audio,
and i've tried the other selection but still same problem. I use 5.1 but
also tried straight stereo.

 It uses SoundMAX control panel which doesn't do
anything useful. Unfortunately thats as much info as i have, i've lost the
box it came in so i don't know model or anything dealing with audio, except
the fact that none of the drivers on ASUS website work properly.

Heres to hoping that someone else has had this problem before.

-- 
Thanks
Ian R-P

From coover at fastmail.fm  Tue Dec 29 01:17:58 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:17:58 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's
In-Reply-To: <adc2940c0912272253t856045bi20316e380fe2596a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <adc2940c0912272253t856045bi20316e380fe2596a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8A602DBBC40746668C52388D5A42B9D4@AcerLaptopPC>

Ian, I really cannot help you with your problem, but, to me, both clips you
submitted sounded like horrible, unwelcome noise. Here is something better
for you to listen to ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I


Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Ramsey-Planck
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:54 PM
To: TSGL
Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's

Hey All,

I've got a problem that i've had since this machine was built(4-5 years
ago), but up until lately hasn't bothered me much. Whenever anything needs
to access the CD drive, any sound being played slows down in tempo and
starts to crackle and pop.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59318/bad_sound.wav This is a short clip of what i
hear during the song Woman by Wolfmother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS8En23fZRE and that is what it's supposed to
sound like.

I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard, on-board audio. BIOS is set to HD audio,
and i've tried the other selection but still same problem. I use 5.1 but
also tried straight stereo.

 It uses SoundMAX control panel which doesn't do
anything useful. Unfortunately thats as much info as i have, i've lost the
box it came in so i don't know model or anything dealing with audio, except
the fact that none of the drivers on ASUS website work properly.

Heres to hoping that someone else has had this problem before.

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From engineman1 at aol.com  Tue Dec 29 02:12:13 2009
From: engineman1 at aol.com (engineman1 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:12:13 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Fwd: Food Funny
In-Reply-To: <4B397E44.7060707@jps.net>
References: <4B397E44.7060707@jps.net>
Message-ID: <8CC566D614E88F5-15BC-30164@webmail-d020.sysops.aol.com>


 



Subject: Food Funny


    A food funny I can equate too!


             FOOD FUNNY
__________________________________________________


Thanks to our friend Freddie Johnson for this one:

A lady goes to the bar on a cruise ship and orders a Scotch
with two drops of water. The bartender gives her the drink, and
she says, "I'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80th birthday
and it's today."

The bartender says, "Well, since it's your birthday, this one is
on me."

As the woman finishes her drink, the woman to her right says,
"I would like to buy you a drink, too."

The woman says, "Thank you. Bartender, I want a Scotch with
two drops of water."

"Coming up," says the bartender. As she finishes that drink, the
man to her left says, "I would like to buy you a drink too."

The woman says, "Thank you. Bartender, I want another Scotch
with two drops of water."

"Coming right up," the bartender says. As he gives her the drink
this time, he says, "Ma'am, I'm dying of curiosity. Why the
Scotch with only two drops of water?"

The old woman replies, "Sonny, when you're my age, you've
learned how to hold your liquor. Water, however, is a whole
other issue."


-


 

From federal1862 at yahoo.com  Wed Dec 30 10:01:07 2009
From: federal1862 at yahoo.com (Henry Stevenson)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:01:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TSGL: Vista/Windows 7 Question Programs List
Message-ID: <683858.36947.qm@web62408.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

In XP you could right mouse button click on Start, then?explore and find the list of programs under ones long on name.? However, I can not find the programs list?under Vista or Windows 7.?? Does anyone know where Microsoft has moved them or changed the name???? 
?
Thanks,? Henry


      

From csmdcs at gmail.com  Wed Dec 30 10:17:29 2009
From: csmdcs at gmail.com (Don Searles)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:17:29 -0600
Subject: TSGL: Vista/Windows 7 Question Programs List
In-Reply-To: <683858.36947.qm@web62408.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References: <683858.36947.qm@web62408.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <93684D0FB68A42BD8531E39DB46AB1E5@DonPC>

Right click Start,  then select "Explore all Users", then  "Programs" folder.....Don.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Henry Stevenson 
To: list at tsgserver.com 
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: TSGL: Vista/Windows 7 Question Programs List


In XP you could right mouse button click on Start, then explore and find the list of programs under ones long on name. However, I can not find the programs list under Vista or Windows 7. Does anyone know where Microsoft has moved them or changed the name? 

Thanks, Henry


      
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From ian at iarp.ca  Wed Dec 30 13:24:36 2009
From: ian at iarp.ca (Ian Ramsey-Planck)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:24:36 -0500
Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's
In-Reply-To: <8A602DBBC40746668C52388D5A42B9D4@AcerLaptopPC>
References: <adc2940c0912272253t856045bi20316e380fe2596a@mail.gmail.com>
	<8A602DBBC40746668C52388D5A42B9D4@AcerLaptopPC>
Message-ID: <adc2940c0912301024y3a17b551k50edec89f01f067a@mail.gmail.com>

Ah yes, much better. I just needed something louder and fast paced as a demo
for people to hear what i hear.

Sometime ago iTunes had a special on "The 100 Most Essential Pieces of
Classical Music", 11 hours worth for like $10 it was one of the best
purchases i've ever made music wise.

Seems like i'll be buying a sound card soon.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm>wrote:

> Ian, I really cannot help you with your problem, but, to me, both clips you
> submitted sounded like horrible, unwelcome noise. Here is something better
> for you to listen to ...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I
>
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Ian Ramsey-Planck
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:54 PM
> To: TSGL
> Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's
>
> Hey All,
>
> I've got a problem that i've had since this machine was built(4-5 years
> ago), but up until lately hasn't bothered me much. Whenever anything needs
> to access the CD drive, any sound being played slows down in tempo and
> starts to crackle and pop.
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59318/bad_sound.wav This is a short clip of what i
> hear during the song Woman by Wolfmother
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS8En23fZRE and that is what it's supposed
> to
> sound like.
>
> I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard, on-board audio. BIOS is set to HD audio,
> and i've tried the other selection but still same problem. I use 5.1 but
> also tried straight stereo.
>
>  It uses SoundMAX control panel which doesn't do
> anything useful. Unfortunately thats as much info as i have, i've lost the
> box it came in so i don't know model or anything dealing with audio, except
> the fact that none of the drivers on ASUS website work properly.
>
> Heres to hoping that someone else has had this problem before.
>
> --
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
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From coover at fastmail.fm  Wed Dec 30 14:38:26 2009
From: coover at fastmail.fm (Russell W. Coover)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:38:26 -0800
Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's
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Good choice, Ian.

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Ramsey-Planck
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:25 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing
CD/DVD's

Ah yes, much better. I just needed something louder and fast paced as a demo
for people to hear what i hear.

Sometime ago iTunes had a special on "The 100 Most Essential Pieces of
Classical Music", 11 hours worth for like $10 it was one of the best
purchases i've ever made music wise.

Seems like i'll be buying a sound card soon.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Russell W. Coover
<coover at fastmail.fm>wrote:

> Ian, I really cannot help you with your problem, but, to me, both clips
you
> submitted sounded like horrible, unwelcome noise. Here is something better
> for you to listen to ...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I
>
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Ian Ramsey-Planck
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:54 PM
> To: TSGL
> Subject: TSGL: Crackling, pops, tempo slows sound when accessing CD/DVD's
>
> Hey All,
>
> I've got a problem that i've had since this machine was built(4-5 years
> ago), but up until lately hasn't bothered me much. Whenever anything needs
> to access the CD drive, any sound being played slows down in tempo and
> starts to crackle and pop.
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59318/bad_sound.wav This is a short clip of what i
> hear during the song Woman by Wolfmother
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS8En23fZRE and that is what it's supposed
> to
> sound like.
>
> I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard, on-board audio. BIOS is set to HD audio,
> and i've tried the other selection but still same problem. I use 5.1 but
> also tried straight stereo.
>
>  It uses SoundMAX control panel which doesn't do
> anything useful. Unfortunately thats as much info as i have, i've lost the
> box it came in so i don't know model or anything dealing with audio,
except
> the fact that none of the drivers on ASUS website work properly.
>
> Heres to hoping that someone else has had this problem before.
>
> --
> Thanks
> Ian R-P
> _______________________________________________
> Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> http://www.tsgserver.com/list/
>
>
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