Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
Am 23.10.2009 um 01:34 schrieb David W. Fenton: On 23 Oct 2009 at 0:30, Gerhard Torges wrote: Am 21.10.2009 um 23:24 schrieb David W. Fenton: I'd recommend that anybody who has a spare $100 acquire a 1TB external drive. They are just too cheap not to use any more! And anyone who hasn't could just easily sing up for (another) Google Mail account and mail the update installer there. ;-) That's not a very good long-term storage solution. That is still to be decided. I have a few files stored that way for easy access wherever I am. Not much, only about 2 GB, but they're always there since 3 years now. It's no replacement for a hard drive, it's an additional security layer. And can your really trust big companies to maintain your data in the cloud? T-Mobile Sidekick users recently discovered that you really can't. Correct. That's why I have 3 copies up there. Plus, I am wary of giving any more leverage to Google than they already have with their search engine monopoly. I don't think encrypted files on a few free mail accounts with randomly chosen names will give them any clue about me. ;-) Last of all, who wants to wait on the download? Even with high bandwidth broadband, an external drive is going to be faster -- you'll long ago have finished running the installer before you've even finished the download from the cloud. If you have the drive with you. And if it's not affected by the virus (crash, malfunction) that caused the need for its use. As I already said, it's a backup solution. A hard drive is better for sure regarding access times an available storage amount, but it has it's shortcomings (vulnerability to local threats, to be kept up-to-date manually). If, for any reason, you can't acces such drive, the GMail account can be very helpful. Regards, Gerhard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
Scott Jones wrote: There was a thread back a while ago that addressed this. Seems to only happen to those who use Microsoft's VISTA operating system. There is a work around. Check the backlog of messages or go to the MM forums and search for it just in case tech support does not answer back as quickly as you might like them to. Not that this helps the situation much, but it doesn't happen to all users on Vista -- I've never had a registration issue with my laptop, which runs Vista-64. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
Am 21.10.2009 um 23:24 schrieb David W. Fenton: I'd recommend that anybody who has a spare $100 acquire a 1TB external drive. They are just too cheap not to use any more! And anyone who hasn't could just easily sing up for (another) Google Mail account and mail the update installer there. ;-) Gehrard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
Am 22.10.2009 um 02:41 schrieb Roger Cain: Registration requires Administrator Level execution. By default, Vista does not Afford Administrator Level as a securoty measure. Why doesn't Finale tell him that right when the problem occurs? MakeMusic quit obviously knows about this. Right-click the Finale icon and select Run as Administrator. *sigh* Love my Mac ... ;-) Gerhard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
On 23 Oct 2009 at 0:30, Gerhard Torges wrote: Am 21.10.2009 um 23:24 schrieb David W. Fenton: I'd recommend that anybody who has a spare $100 acquire a 1TB external drive. They are just too cheap not to use any more! And anyone who hasn't could just easily sing up for (another) Google Mail account and mail the update installer there. ;-) That's not a very good long-term storage solution. And can your really trust big companies to maintain your data in the cloud? T-Mobile Sidekick users recently discovered that you really can't. Plus, I am wary of giving any more leverage to Google than they already have with their search engine monopoly. Last of all, who wants to wait on the download? Even with high bandwidth broadband, an external drive is going to be faster -- you'll long ago have finished running the installer before you've even finished the download from the cloud. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
On Thu Oct 22, at ThursdayOct 22 6:57 PM, Gerhard Torges wrote: Right-click the Finale icon and select Run as Administrator. *sigh* Love my Mac ... ;-) Oh, my Mac has given me a few worries, too! Like that whole font thing, where you could have several different versions of a font available at different levels, causing only certain characters to show up as other characters in some Finale documents... Installing Finale only as administrator turned out to be a good solution. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] A naive computer question
After downloading the up-date and installing it, I'm left with the Finale 2010 Updater on my desktop. What am I supposed to do with that? Store it somewhere, delete it? I think I have a folder full of those type of things somewhere, but I've never been told what to do with them. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
Michael Greensill wrote: After downloading the up-date and installing it, I'm left with the Finale 2010 Updater on my desktop. What am I supposed to do with that? Store it somewhere, delete it? I think I have a folder full of those type of things somewhere, but I've never been told what to do with them. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com You might consider burning it to a CD so that if you have a meltdown of your harddrive you can install Fin2010 and then run the update patch without having to download it again. Or you can simply delete it. It's no longer needed once you've installed it. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
Delete On Oct 21, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Michael Greensill wrote: After downloading the up-date and installing it, I'm left with the Finale 2010 Updater on my desktop. What am I supposed to do with that? Store it somewhere, delete it? I think I have a folder full of those type of things somewhere, but I've never been told what to do with them. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
Delete it once you know everything is working, or if you are really anal, burn it to a CD with the rest of your backups so you can get it back if MakeMusic shuts its website, refuses to give out older updates, or if you find you have to downgrade later on. I delete them, myself. Christopher On Wed Oct 21, at WednesdayOct 21 4:42 PM, Michael Greensill wrote: After downloading the up-date and installing it, I'm left with the Finale 2010 Updater on my desktop. What am I supposed to do with that? Store it somewhere, delete it? I think I have a folder full of those type of things somewhere, but I've never been told what to do with them. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] A naive computer question
On 21 Oct 2009 at 17:11, Christopher Smith wrote: Delete it once you know everything is working, or if you are really anal, burn it to a CD with the rest of your backups so you can get it back if MakeMusic shuts its website, refuses to give out older updates, or if you find you have to downgrade later on. I delete them, myself. I would not do that, myself, as you then end up having to re-download it should you need to re-install Finale later. I maintain a folder for software updates and keep all the patches and updaters in there. I happen to now have a 1TB external firewire hard drive where I store all this stuff, so I don't need to burn it to CD/DVD any longer. I'd recommend that anybody who has a spare $100 acquire a 1TB external drive. They are just too cheap not to use any more! Hopefully by the time those fill up, we'll be able to buy 20TB hard drives for roughly the same price. ;) -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
I have problems registering the program. Always have had. I assume that I am allowed to have it installed on my desktop and my laptop, but when I try to register it on my laptop I either get an error message, or I get a message sayign registration successful, but then still get the message sayign that I have to register in 30 days when I open the program. Any suggestions? David McKay ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
Prayer? Um, call their tech support. I have a friend who uses SmartMusic (another great MakeMusic product) that has this issue all the time. It loses it's registration On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:25 PM, David McKay wrote: I have problems registering the program. Always have had. I assume that I am allowed to have it installed on my desktop and my laptop, but when I try to register it on my laptop I either get an error message, or I get a message sayign registration successful, but then still get the message sayign that I have to register in 30 days when I open the program. Any suggestions? David McKay ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
You'll have to be more specific with platform, OS version and Finale version. I hear on the MakeMusic website there are tons of questions about this. Sorry I paid no attention because it all works with me. Christopher On Wed Oct 21, at WednesdayOct 21 5:25 PM, David McKay wrote: I have problems registering the program. Always have had. I assume that I am allowed to have it installed on my desktop and my laptop, but when I try to register it on my laptop I either get an error message, or I get a message sayign registration successful, but then still get the message sayign that I have to register in 30 days when I open the program. Any suggestions? David McKay ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
There was a thread back a while ago that addressed this. Seems to only happen to those who use Microsoft's VISTA operating system. There is a work around. Check the backlog of messages or go to the MM forums and search for it just in case tech support does not answer back as quickly as you might like them to. ___ J. Scott Jones Band/Orchestra Director/Freelance Trumpet Player-Teacher/Music Engraver On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Prayer? Um, call their tech support. I have a friend who uses SmartMusic (another great MakeMusic product) that has this issue all the time. It loses it's registration On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:25 PM, David McKay wrote: I have problems registering the program. Always have had. I assume that I am allowed to have it installed on my desktop and my laptop, but when I try to register it on my laptop I either get an error message, or I get a message sayign registration successful, but then still get the message sayign that I have to register in 30 days when I open the program. Any suggestions? David McKay ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question
Thanks for the advice. Problem solved. Had the same problem when I bought a computer about 2 years ago, but totally forgot the solution. Sign in as admin solved the problem. David McKay 2009/10/22 Scott Jones c...@mindspring.com There was a thread back a while ago that addressed this. Seems to only happen to those who use Microsoft's VISTA operating system. There is a work around. Check the backlog of messages or go to the MM forums and search for it just in case tech support does not answer back as quickly as you might like them to. ___ J. Scott Jones Band/Orchestra Director/Freelance Trumpet Player-Teacher/Music Engraver On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Prayer? Um, call their tech support. I have a friend who uses SmartMusic (another great MakeMusic product) that has this issue all the time. It loses it's registration On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:25 PM, David McKay wrote: I have problems registering the program. Always have had. I assume that I am allowed to have it installed on my desktop and my laptop, but when I try to register it on my laptop I either get an error message, or I get a message sayign registration successful, but then still get the message sayign that I have to register in 30 days when I open the program. Any suggestions? David McKay ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- www.gontroppo.blogspot.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Another naive computer question
Registration requires Administrator Level execution. By default, Vista does not Afford Administrator Level as a securoty measure. Right-click the Finale icon and select Run as Administrator. Roger -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Jones Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:28 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Another naive computer question There was a thread back a while ago that addressed this. Seems to only happen to those who use Microsoft's VISTA operating system. There is a work around. Check the backlog of messages or go to the MM forums and search for it just in case tech support does not answer back as quickly as you might like them to. ___ J. Scott Jones Band/Orchestra Director/Freelance Trumpet Player-Teacher/Music Engraver On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Prayer? Um, call their tech support. I have a friend who uses SmartMusic (another great MakeMusic product) that has this issue all the time. It loses it's registration On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:25 PM, David McKay wrote: I have problems registering the program. Always have had. I assume that I am allowed to have it installed on my desktop and my laptop, but when I try to register it on my laptop I either get an error message, or I get a message sayign registration successful, but then still get the message sayign that I have to register in 30 days when I open the program. Any suggestions? David McKay ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Another naive computer question
On 21 Oct 2009 at 20:41, Roger Cain wrote: Registration requires Administrator Level execution. By default, Vista does not Afford Administrator Level as a securoty measure. Right-click the Finale icon and select Run as Administrator. That won't necessarily fix the problem -- it depends on whether or not the registration process is performed by the Finale executable, or is handed off to a different module. If the former, RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR will do the job. If it's the latter, it won't, as the other module will get the default user-level security token, not the Finale executable's admin-level security token. If that's the case, then it's a design error in Finale, perhaps because the version in question predates the release of Vista. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
