On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 01:34 PM, Obrecht, Jerry A wrote: > Just as another troubleshooting technique, you might try trashing the > preferences (pref file) for the modem. This will cause you to have to > reset the modem preferences, but that isn't too hard. Quite often, > intermittent problems, or problems that seem to defy logic, are due to > a defective preferences file. Will this fix your problem? Don't > honestly know, but it is worth a try. > >
That's a good tip. Years ago with my Rev.B, I encountered a problem where double- clicking .pdf files would not automatically launch Acrobat Reader. Instead, a dialogue would show up saying "...the program that created this is unavailable...cannot be opened." I would have to manually launch Reader and navigate to the file or drop the file on Reader's icon. I lived with this for a while until I wrote to Dr. Mac, or some columnist, and he said he'd heard fo this and suggested trashing the *SimpleText" prefs, which did the trick. A seemingly unrelated parameter can sometimes mess up anything. I think it's that sort of "voodoo" that l miss most about the Classic OSes, but not much ;) dave -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
