Re: [CGUYS] iPod battery
Did Apple replace the mini with the current model mini? On Dec 28, 2007 10:10 PM, John A. Newitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 5:09 PM -0500 12/26/07, Stephen Brownfield wrote: My iPod Mini battery is starting to go. I believe Tom says that he replaced his iPod battery. Where can I find a battery and how to replace it? Thanks, iPod Battery Replacement Program http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/ Recently replaced my iPod mini battery (actually they send you a whole new iPod mini). - John * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Verifying DMI Pool Data i.e. upgrading (2)256MB to (2)512MB
I keep getting this message and, it only disappears when I put the (2)256MB RAM back in the computer. The (2)512MB just loops at that message and, goes nowhere else. I am asking because, almost every page I found, concerning that message talked about the hard drive but, I know my hard drive isn't the problem. Christopher * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac OSX safe by design
I'm sure that in the past the market share for Mac's wasn't very big, that seems to be changing. Does OSX have any kind of safety net to deal with that kind of attack? 1) In OS X the root account is inactive and Apple is mum on there being such an account. It takes several steps to log in as root. This makes it hard to run with the highest priveledges. 2) The Unix directories and many of the OS X directories are password protected. Even if you are an administrator you will still be prompted for a password. The biggest problem is that too many programs need to run as administrator. So even a normal user may need to run as admin and will get prompted for a password from time to time. This is not good because a normal user will not really know how to respond to a password prompt. Some programs get around this by asking for and storing the password so they can use it when they need to do their work. I don't think this is a good idea. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Verifying DMI Pool Data i.e. upgrading (2)256MB to (2)512MB
My take is that the message is perfectly normal when you change the amount of RAM in a machine. Does the machine not function when the RAM has been changed? Is the full amount of the new RAM recognized by the machine? I.e., after booting into Windows, and going into system properties, how much RAM is shown? (or similar procedure for a Mac) The size of a machine's RAM is stored in CMOS RAM, along with all the other CMOS/BIOS settings. Perhaps at day one, it had to be set by the user, or the RAM wouldn't be recognized. With modern machines, the value seems to still be there (witness the message), but the updating of the CMOS RAM occurs automatically, at least in all machines that I have added RAM to for several years. When a change in RAM is detected, the subject message or some similar one is displayed. If the machine is quite old, perhaps there are jumper settings? Or look in CMOS setup? Maybe even a new motherboard battery is needed? Fred Holmes At 09:06 AM 12/29/2007, Christopher Range wrote: I keep getting this message and, it only disappears when I put the (2)256MB RAM back in the computer. The (2)512MB just loops at that message and, goes nowhere else. I am asking because, almost every page I found, concerning that message talked about the hard drive but, I know my hard drive isn't the problem. Christopher * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
Passwords have to be stored on the computer or network so the OS can verify what is typed in. The secure way to do this is to never store an actual password, but instead a hashed version. So when a password is typed it is hashed by the computer and compared to the stored version. This way there is never a copy of the password that a hacker may find. The hashing programs work only in one direction, so a hashed password can't be unhashed. This can be defeated by a dictionary attack. Every possible combination of characters is hashed and the password-hash pair stored. Then the hacker only has to retrieve the hashed password and look up the real password in the dictionary. This was once hard to do because it took so long to create the dictionary. But today such a dictionary only has to be created once and lookups can easily be made via the Web, often simply Googled. So isn't all the fuss to force us to make up long, complicated passwords and change them frequently, just a silly waste of time? What they call security theater. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Millennial Computer Guys Archive Online
How about the first post ever? Does someone still have that one? I still have my email when I joined the list with my current email address, but I had an AOL account for several years before that. Wed, 6 Aug 1997 21:11:03 Your subscription to the COMPUTERGUYS-L list (WAMU-FM Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List) has been accepted. I don't know that we will every find the first post, but I wonder who will have the oldest post. The oldest post I saved was from Mike Magruder with a fine reply to Paul Thomas' I want more stability: Win95 to NT 4 Migration... At 04:46 PM 9/29/97 -0400, Paul Thomas wrote: Hello, I have been working with Windows 95 for awhile and, in combination with Netscape Communicator 4.01a (and other applications), I have realized that I am tired of restarts, reboots, reinstallations, re-clearing of cache, restoring of previous registries, re-scan for nonexistent viruses, just generally of regurgitation. I know, there ain't no perfect OS nor software but I am hating this crap. Win 95 has its own set of problems, Netscape has its own set of problems, I am sick and tired of it all! Seeking more stability in my computing life, I want to migrate to Windows NT 4 Workstation. I see this was from the old days when Microsoft's operating systems were not very reliable. Do you think I told him to get a Mac and started a flame war? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
Not until you come up with a better solution. On Dec 29, 2007 9:51 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So isn't all the fuss to force us to make up long, complicated passwords and change them frequently, just a silly waste of time? What they call security theater. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Verifying DMI Pool Data i.e. upgrading (2)256MB to (2)512MB
Assuming it's the correct type of RAM and you're installing it properly, it's just bad. Replace it. These days I wouldn't mess around with 512; slots are too valuable. Get at least a gig. On Dec 29, 2007 9:06 AM, Christopher Range [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep getting this message and, it only disappears when I put the (2)256MB RAM back in the computer. The (2)512MB just loops at that message and, goes nowhere else. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
Some systems will lock you out after a small number of consecutive failed authentication attempts. Three? Five? Ten? It would also seem possible to write code that requires the system to wait, say five seconds, before another attempt at a correct password may be made, thus making a dictionary attack impossibly long. I don't think requiring frequent change of password is worth much. Sooner or later everyone will have a CAC card, or at least banks will issue them for on-line banking. Fred Holmes At 09:51 AM 12/29/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote: Passwords have to be stored on the computer or network so the OS can verify what is typed in. The secure way to do this is to never store an actual password, but instead a hashed version. So when a password is typed it is hashed by the computer and compared to the stored version. This way there is never a copy of the password that a hacker may find. The hashing programs work only in one direction, so a hashed password can't be unhashed. This can be defeated by a dictionary attack. Every possible combination of characters is hashed and the password-hash pair stored. Then the hacker only has to retrieve the hashed password and look up the real password in the dictionary. This was once hard to do because it took so long to create the dictionary. But today such a dictionary only has to be created once and lookups can easily be made via the Web, often simply Googled. So isn't all the fuss to force us to make up long, complicated passwords and change them frequently, just a silly waste of time? What they call security theater. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Millennial Computer Guys Archive Online
And an incorrect starting point. The new millennium started on 01/01/2001. Tony B wrote: Since that beginning was just an arbitrary point in time, the real prize will be the LAST post on the list! :) On Dec 28, 2007 5:20 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Computer Guys List going back to Jan 1, 2000 is now in the MARC (Mailinglist ARChive). Access it at http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l The millennium began with a 1/1/2000 post by Marcio who was having a problem with his computer. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
what is a CAC card?? what is good s/w for changing storing p/w's? Fred Holmes wrote: Some systems will lock you out after a small number of consecutive failed authentication attempts. Three? Five? Ten? It would also seem possible to write code that requires the system to wait, say five seconds, before another attempt at a correct password may be made, thus making a dictionary attack impossibly long. I don't think requiring frequent change of password is worth much. Sooner or later everyone will have a CAC card, or at least banks will issue them for on-line banking. Fred Holmes At 09:51 AM 12/29/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote: Passwords have to be stored on the computer or network so the OS can verify what is typed in. The secure way to do this is to never store an actual password, but instead a hashed version. So when a password is typed it is hashed by the computer and compared to the stored version. This way there is never a copy of the password that a hacker may find. The hashing programs work only in one direction, so a hashed password can't be unhashed. This can be defeated by a dictionary attack. Every possible combination of characters is hashed and the password-hash pair stored. Then the hacker only has to retrieve the hashed password and look up the real password in the dictionary. This was once hard to do because it took so long to create the dictionary. But today such a dictionary only has to be created once and lookups can easily be made via the Web, often simply Googled. So isn't all the fuss to force us to make up long, complicated passwords and change them frequently, just a silly waste of time? What they call security theater. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Millennial Computer Guys Archive Online
Not in the computer world. We always start counting at zero, not one. On Dec 29, 2007 11:30 AM, Steve at Verizon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And an incorrect starting point. The new millennium started on 01/01/2001. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
There are at least two good options in Windows. I own two copies of Roboform (http://www.roboform.com) - one for my desktop and one for my flash drive. Not only allows you to use maximum strength passwords, but allows you to enter your own master password with your mouse (to avoid keyloggers that are so common today). The open source (freeware) KeePass (http://keepass.info/) is great for storing passwords, and is getting better all the time at entering them into web forms. CAC cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card) smack more of a national ID card than anything else. I doubt they'll catch on soon, unless maybe Bush declares martial law and outlaws elections next year. On Dec 29, 2007 12:15 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a CAC card?? what is good s/w for changing storing p/w's? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Millennial Computer Guys Archive Online
And an incorrect starting point. The new millennium started on 01/01/2001. Sez you. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Millennial Computer Guys Archive Online
Quoting Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How about the first post ever? Does someone still have that one? I still have my email when I joined the list with my current email address, but I had an AOL account for several years before that. I'm sure I still have mine. I keep all my welcome messages at least until I unsub from a list. Of course I've been on this list at three or four different addresses. I think I joined within a couple months of it's creation. I don't know that we will every find the first post, but I wonder who A number of years ago, the guy that sent the first post re-posted it (maybe it was an anniversary of some sort?) I'm thinking it was John DeCarlo, but that's probably wrong. I know it was a fellow OS/2 user. (-: will have the oldest post. The oldest post I saved was from Mike Magruder with a fine reply to Paul Thomas' I want more stability: Win95 to NT 4 Migration... [. . .] software but I am hating this crap. Win 95 has its own set of problems, Netscape has its own set of problems, I am sick and tired of it all! Seeking more stability in my computing life, I want to migrate to Windows NT 4 Workstation. I see this was from the old days when Microsoft's operating systems were not very reliable. Do you think I told him to get a Mac and started a flame war? I would be shocked! Katan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
what about fingerprint scanner at the station? Mike On Dec 29, 2007 10:47 AM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are at least two good options in Windows. I own two copies of Roboform (http://www.roboform.com) - one for my desktop and one for my flash drive. Not only allows you to use maximum strength passwords, but allows you to enter your own master password with your mouse (to avoid keyloggers that are so common today). The open source (freeware) KeePass (http://keepass.info/) is great for storing passwords, and is getting better all the time at entering them into web forms. CAC cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card) smack more of a national ID card than anything else. I doubt they'll catch on soon, unless maybe Bush declares martial law and outlaws elections next year. On Dec 29, 2007 12:15 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a CAC card?? what is good s/w for changing storing p/w's? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Strange Behavior
Problem solved... The young technician came to my home and saw that the computer was not powering (on and off). Tried the Power Supply and sure enough this was the problem. With a new Power Supply it went ON every time. The only problem now? The new one doesn´t fit in my Compaq EP 6500 (Pentium III)... I now have the computer lying in the floor. the new Power Supply seating on the top of it waiting for us to find one that will fit in the case. Anyone knows where I can find such Power Supply?... Many thanks Marcio At 02:06 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote: guessing would be the actual power on switch on the computer case. i've seen this scenario when they get old/dirty. Mike On Dec 27, 2007 8:27 AM, Marcio V. Pinheiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My old office computer is behaving strange... (never a dull time). The other day I powered it in AM ( as I always do) and it was dead. No power. Nothing went ON. Tired several times. Then I changed the plug to another outlet. It went on... I thought that this was the problem Well... Today I came to work in AM. Started the computer. It was dead. Tried several times to click the switch to start. Nothing. Dead. Changed to another outlet. Nothing. Change the power cable. Nothing. My panic was starting. Called the computer shop. Yes they could send someone here in the afternoon... Panic! Now, get this. As I was talking with the guy in the phone, without me touching it or doing anything...the computer went ON and started. Alone by itself. It has been ON ever since giving me the chance to make backups, print schedules, all of that. I am not afraid to put it off in the end of the day. Wondering what is what... Earlier I took off the front cover (when it was dead) and I saw that it was dirty in the opening for the frontal fan... I am not even sure if this fan is working... What could that be? Is not the outled or the power wire. It is not the switch. It is something that suddenly produced power (most likely the switch was ON after my attempts) expontaneously after a few minutes being dead... Please help! Many thanks Marcio * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
Tony B snip CAC cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card) smack more of a national ID card than anything else. I doubt they'll catch on soon, unless maybe Bush declares martial law and outlaws election next year. On Dec 29, 2007 12:15 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a CAC card?? correct meaning of the acronym, it's used to verify you are you when you go to work. I work as a contractor for the feds and have one. When you remove it from the keyboard, the computer starts a screensaver (you don't get to pick which one) that is password protected via the CAC card. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly I've never seen so damn many Indians. --G.A. Custer * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
I think the paypal football https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/PPSecurityKey-outside is more likely to catch on as a personal security feature. You log in with your account id, password and the random appearing number. Paypal is a cheap source for these at $5.00 but these are from verisign and function for any business signed up for the Verisign service. There is a good discussion of these on the Security Now podcast episode 103-http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm. The Security Now podcasts for the perfect password system offer a system for a rolling password system that prints out onto a business card sized list of a bunch of passwords that you use sequentially. This would be good to prevent having a password being swiped because they are all use once and appear to be random. On Dec 29, 2007 12:47 PM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are at least two good options in Windows. I own two copies of Roboform (http://www.roboform.com) - one for my desktop and one for my flash drive. Not only allows you to use maximum strength passwords, but allows you to enter your own master password with your mouse (to avoid keyloggers that are so common today). The open source (freeware) KeePass (http://keepass.info/) is great for storing passwords, and is getting better all the time at entering them into web forms. CAC cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card) smack more of a national ID card than anything else. I doubt they'll catch on soon, unless maybe Bush declares martial law and outlaws elections next year. On Dec 29, 2007 12:15 PM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a CAC card?? what is good s/w for changing storing p/w's? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Audio Conversion?
Thanks to all for helping me choose an iPod Nano, as well as the turntable converter. Now comes the task of getting my existing music into it. CD's are fine, converting to WMA for permanent harddrive storage, then converting to iTunes AAC for the Nano. I started to convert the cassette tapes using Audacity and ran into a stumbling block. According to their documentation, WMA and AAC files are not supported by Audacity, which shoots a big hole in my process. What is the best way and program/process to convert cassette/records into permanent harddrive storage, and then into iTunes? Thanks in advance. Richard P. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] FAT 32
Jeff I did it in one of my computers. Worked fine! Now I will go to the next one that has 2HD, the D: is FAT32 Marcio At 07:40 PM 12/24/2007, you wrote: Start Run Type cmd Enter At the command prompt, type without the quotes: 'convert [drive_letter]: /fs:ntfs' (ex: convert C: /fs:ntfs) Reboot the system Windows will convert the drive during the boot http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/fatntfs.php -Original Message- I installed Windows XP on the top of Windows ME. I see that my HD continues to have FAT 32. Can I change it for XP? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
A CAC card (Computer Authorization Card???) is a ROM that plugs into a USB port and is the authentication for Windows/system logon, and everything else. It's been used for a few years now on military networks. No reason it couldn't be extended to civilian uses. CAC may not be entirely correct, but I believe it is. I don't have one. The user carries it around on his person like an ID card. Password safe http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ is freeware. There are lots of similar products out there. One password opens the safe and all usernames and passwords are used by copy/paste. I haven't done extensive research on them. Some come with security suites. Others are stand-alone products. Fred Holmes At 12:15 PM 12/29/2007, Judy Cosler wrote: what is a CAC card?? what is good s/w for changing storing p/w's? Fred Holmes wrote: Some systems will lock you out after a small number of consecutive failed authentication attempts. Three? Five? Ten? It would also seem possible to write code that requires the system to wait, say five seconds, before another attempt at a correct password may be made, thus making a dictionary attack impossibly long. I don't think requiring frequent change of password is worth much. Sooner or later everyone will have a CAC card, or at least banks will issue them for on-line banking. Fred Holmes At 09:51 AM 12/29/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote: Passwords have to be stored on the computer or network so the OS can verify what is typed in. The secure way to do this is to never store an actual password, but instead a hashed version. So when a password is typed it is hashed by the computer and compared to the stored version. This way there is never a copy of the password that a hacker may find. The hashing programs work only in one direction, so a hashed password can't be unhashed. This can be defeated by a dictionary attack. Every possible combination of characters is hashed and the password-hash pair stored. Then the hacker only has to retrieve the hashed password and look up the real password in the dictionary. This was once hard to do because it took so long to create the dictionary. But today such a dictionary only has to be created once and lookups can easily be made via the Web, often simply Googled. So isn't all the fuss to force us to make up long, complicated passwords and change them frequently, just a silly waste of time? What they call security theater. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
OK, but what's their reliability? I haven't read anything on their performance in actual practice. There's your national ID once they become very reliable. Fred Holmes At 02:20 PM 12/29/2007, mike wrote: what about fingerprint scanner at the station? Mike * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Audio Conversion?
Why wma for permanent archive? Mike On Dec 29, 2007 2:12 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all for helping me choose an iPod Nano, as well as the turntable converter. Now comes the task of getting my existing music into it. CD's are fine, converting to WMA for permanent harddrive storage, then converting to iTunes AAC for the Nano. I started to convert the cassette tapes using Audacity and ran into a stumbling block. According to their documentation, WMA and AAC files are not supported by Audacity, which shoots a big hole in my process. What is the best way and program/process to convert cassette/records into permanent harddrive storage, and then into iTunes? Thanks in advance. Richard P. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?
Your SSAN is already a national ID for anyone with even a modicum of financial assets. If banks start offering them, I'll take one. A lot quicker and easier than dealing with passwords. Fred Holmes At 12:47 PM 12/29/2007, Tony B wrote: CAC cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card) smack more of a national ID card than anything else. I doubt they'll catch on soon, unless maybe Bush declares martial law and outlaws elections next year. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] SD FAT16
My son's video camera requires a FAT16. Where do I get one? Thanks **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] SD FAT16
You are looking for a very small SD card, I cannot remember what the limit is on FAT16 but any 8 MB or similar card will work. Stick it in the camera and format it. Stewart At 04:12 PM 12/29/2007, you wrote: My son's video camera requires a FAT16. Where do I get one? Thanks Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] SD FAT16
On Dec 29, 2007 5:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My son's video camera requires a FAT16. Where do I get one? Go to the store and buy a storage card that fits. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Audio Conversion?
It seemed to be the default setting for Windows Media Player. I have no particular allegiance to this format other than wanting the files stored on the PC's external hard drive as a backup. Storing them with iTunes is not preferred due to the fact that they are MP3 files and inaccessible except with an iPod. What would be best for archive (other than going back to cd which will come later after I get the cassettes/records dubbed over). Thanks Richard P. mike wrote: Why wma for permanent archive? Mike On Dec 29, 2007 2:12 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all for helping me choose an iPod Nano, as well as the turntable converter. Now comes the task of getting my existing music into it. CD's are fine, converting to WMA for permanent harddrive storage, then converting to iTunes AAC for the Nano. I started to convert the cassette tapes using Audacity and ran into a stumbling block. According to their documentation, WMA and AAC files are not supported by Audacity, which shoots a big hole in my process. What is the best way and program/process to convert cassette/records into permanent harddrive storage, and then into iTunes? Thanks in advance. Richard P. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] SD FAT16
Normal maximum size for storage formatted FAT16 is 2 GB. If you format the card using the camera, it should work. If the card is sold by the camera manufacturer, it should already be formatted correctly for the camera. Fred Holmes At 05:29 PM 12/29/2007, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: You are looking for a very small SD card, I cannot remember what the limit is on FAT16 but any 8 MB or similar card will work. Stick it in the camera and format it. Stewart At 04:12 PM 12/29/2007, you wrote: My son's video camera requires a FAT16. Where do I get one? Thanks Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Verifying DMI Pool Data i.e. upgrading (2)256MB to (2)512MB
Are you sure that the RAM is compatible with your motherboard? -Original Message- I keep getting this message and, it only disappears when I put the (2)256MB RAM back in the computer. The (2)512MB just loops at that message and, goes nowhere else. I am asking because, almost every page I found, concerning that message talked about the hard drive but, I know my hard drive isn't the problem. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Strange Behavior
Hoo boy, that's an antique. Not even eBay has anything for that model right now. You could try a vendor that specializes in Compaq parts. Here's a couple I googled: http://www.impactcomputers.com/compaq-deskpro-ep-desktop-parts-power-supply. html http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/Compaq,Deskpro,EP,Computer,Parts.aspx -Original Message- Problem solved... The young technician came to my home and saw that the computer was not powering (on and off). Tried the Power Supply and sure enough this was the problem. With a new Power Supply it went ON every time. The only problem now? The new one doesn´t fit in my Compaq EP 6500 (Pentium III)... I now have the computer lying in the floor. the new Power Supply seating on the top of it waiting for us to find one that will fit in the case. Anyone knows where I can find such Power Supply?... * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Audio Conversion?
It seemed to be the default setting for Windows Media Player. I have no particular allegiance to this format other than wanting the files stored on the PC's external hard drive as a backup. Storing them with iTunes is not preferred due to the fact that they are MP3 files and inaccessible except with an iPod Why do you think that MP3 is inaccessible except with an iPod. MP3 is the most universal of audio formats. It is hard to find something that won't play MP3. Even Sony now supports MP3. You can set iTunes as high as 320kbps to give yourself a high quality reference copy. You can then downsample and/or use VBR to fit more tunes in your Nano. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Audio Conversion?
On Dec 29, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Richard P. wrote: It seemed to be the default setting for Windows Media Player. I have no particular allegiance to this format other than wanting the files stored on the PC's external hard drive as a backup. Storing them with iTunes is not preferred due to the fact that they are MP3 files and inaccessible except with an iPod. Files in mp3 format are not accessible only with an iPod. Mp3 is an almost universal format these days, but is of lower quality than WMA. Steve * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Audio Conversion?
It seemed to be the default setting for Windows Media Player. I have no particular allegiance to this format other than wanting the files stored on the PC's external hard drive as a backup. Storing them with iTunes is not preferred due to the fact that they are MP3 files and inaccessible except with an iPod. Files in mp3 format are not accessible only with an iPod. Mp3 is an almost universal format these days, but is of lower quality than WMA. It's possible to make create MP3s of much higher sound quality than WMA. You can also burn good music CDs directly from iTunes. See 'iTunes: How to Burn a High-Quality Audio CD' http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60784 or You really lock yourself into WMP if you use its WMA format. With MP3 you can use almost any player--virtual or hardware. Even RealPlayer plays MP3 audio. VideoLAN player will play almost anything, including DVD movies [but not WMA]. However, if you want to save high quality sound, why not back up the CDs to DVD or HD in native AIFF or WAV format, uncompressed. Convert to whatever compressed format you like but the quality will be best if the original is saved uncompressed linear PCM. And get a better player than WMP. I tried it in Vista. It's still pathetic. Betty * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
