Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 2
On Jul 21, 2008, at 10:33 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: I wasn't arguing that if you offered someone a free Mac but said they could never use Windows again, that they would switch immediately. My point was that while there are people afraid to switch or just don't have the time to learn something new, I have not found anyone in a long time who would not like to have a Mac. They then give the kinds of reasons you did for not switching. That even applies to me. My excuse is that I am too cheap to buy a new computer. I believe that you and I are in agreement with each other on the points we are making. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] bugmenot
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Bugmenot doesn't store your personal logins now, does it? I use it to log in to the odd site that still demands logins just to read a blurb, but those have mostly disappeared in the last couple years. You are correct, but no these types of bozos haven't disappeared yet. It prevents the need to have to create yet *another* account to just look at something. Snapfish was the latest one for me; these weren't my pictures, but someone who invited me to look at theirs. You'd think by now the marketing trolls would get tired of polluted databases. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] bugmenot
You are correct, but no these types of bozos haven't disappeared yet. Bozos like the Washington Post. It is sad that the best newspaper in the area has such backward online management. All that Post seems to be able to do these days is round after round of staff cuts. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] The blessed ones [and more Eeepc info]
The folding Palm infrared keyboard is quite nice to type on but the infrared would rule it out. Other manufacturers make blue tooth... does the eepc have that? db Constance Warner wrote: I tried a full-size folding USB plug-in keyboard and it worked, but the more gear you have to carry along with a micro computer like the Eeepc, the more you defeat the purpose of having a tiny portable machine. (Also, the keyboard was expensive.) One of those flexible keyboards might work, too, but I can't see it working on your lap on a bus. I haven't tried one of those small folding keyboards that are used with PDA's, and I don't know if they would connect with the Eeepc (even if they're still available). If there were a very small folding USB keyboard, it might be worth a try. --Constance On Jul 21, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Admiral Harris wrote: Would one of those regular sized rollup USB keyboards work with an Eeepc? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Steve, good point. I agree that getting someone to switch from one thing to another is generally difficult. That's where Microsoft makes their money. Microsoft Office is a good example - I run into businesses that say they don't like Office that much, but they have to have it for compatibility with clients, partners, etc. This reminds me of a post from a few weeks ago about adding software to a Windows PC. I think it was FireFox. The poster was concerned that adding new software would somehow make the computer stop working. Microsoft has been very effective at marketing by fear. Their message is that deviating from their products will make you an outcast. Your computer will break, nobody will be able to read your files, and everything sent to you will be gibberish. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?
Thanks for checking, but did you try Satellite mode? No matter what zoom level I try, it gives me the we don't have that zoom level message. Tony B wrote: Working real snappy here. Try clearing your browser cache. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody else had trouble loading Google maps lately? I've had intermittant slow or no loads for a few days now and today it's almost stopped. Or maybe everyone is planning their vacations. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Hmmm, I don't recall seeing that commercial. Are you sure you aren't confusing it with the Microsoft Corp in your head? On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve, good point. I agree that getting someone to switch from one thing to another is generally difficult. That's where Microsoft makes their money. Microsoft Office is a good example - I run into businesses that say they don't like Office that much, but they have to have it for compatibility with clients, partners, etc. This reminds me of a post from a few weeks ago about adding software to a Windows PC. I think it was FireFox. The poster was concerned that adding new software would somehow make the computer stop working. Microsoft has been very effective at marketing by fear. Their message is that deviating from their products will make you an outcast. Your computer will break, nobody will be able to read your files, and everything sent to you will be gibberish. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] The blessed ones [and more Eeepc info]
I think it is blue-toothless. Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org --- On Tue, 7/22/08, db [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: db [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] The blessed ones [and more Eeepc info] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 11:02 AM The folding Palm infrared keyboard is quite nice to type on but the infrared would rule it out. Other manufacturers make blue tooth... does the eepc have that? db Constance Warner wrote: I tried a full-size folding USB plug-in keyboard and it worked, but the more gear you have to carry along with a micro computer like the Eeepc, the more you defeat the purpose of having a tiny portable machine. (Also, the keyboard was expensive.) One of those flexible keyboards might work, too, but I can't see it working on your lap on a bus. I haven't tried one of those small folding keyboards that are used with PDA's, and I don't know if they would connect with the Eeepc (even if they're still available). If there were a very small folding USB keyboard, it might be worth a try. --Constance On Jul 21, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Admiral Harris wrote: Would one of those regular sized rollup USB keyboards work with an Eeepc? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Or, like me, happy with what they have and see no need to go to another platform. On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are still Windows users who actually fear anything else. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
BUT you're just saying that because you're afraid to go to Mac. Admit it. You're afraid, aren't you?!?!?? :-j :-P -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Wright Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:37 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor Or, like me, happy with what they have and see no need to go to another platform. On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are still Windows users who actually fear anything else. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 History
When I start typing an address in Firefox 3.0, it not only displays previously visited websites, but divulges detailed information about what the site was used for. For instance, a previous user used Firefox to log into their work's webmail and now each of their email's heading is displayed for anyone to see, without even having to log in. This is a huge violation of presumed privacy. Older versions of Firefox only displayed the root of previously visited links. Has anyone else seen this? Firefox's improvements and undocumented features are starting to make Internet Explorer look like a better choice :-( Richard P. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Or, like me, happy with what they have and see no need to go to another platform. Mac sales up by a whopping 41% year over year. iPhone sales up by a whopping 300% year over year. Not bad during a major recession. iPod sales up by a 12% year over year. Not bad for a market considered saturated. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 History
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I start typing an address in Firefox 3.0, it not only displays previously visited websites, but divulges detailed information about what the site was used for. For instance, a previous user used Firefox to log into their work's webmail and now each of their email's heading is displayed for anyone to see, without even having to log in. This is a huge violation of presumed privacy. Older versions of Firefox only displayed the root of previously visited links. Has anyone else seen this? Firefox's improvements and undocumented features are starting to make Internet Explorer look like a better choice :-( 1. Yes, previous versions just showed the URL information. 2. No, the current version just shows the site along with the URL - that is, what the site gives your browser as a window title. 3. If you have multiple people using the same profile in Firefox, that is an accident waiting to happen. 4. If your webmail displays the email heading in the window title, you might want to ask them to change that. I know that Gmail just displays the subject line. I don't know what you mean by the last paragraph, but this is clearly more useful to the user trying to get back to an earlier site by typing in the address bar. Plus, it will search the window-title information for what you are typing, not just the URL. This was an advertised feature. As for whether you consider that a privacy or security concern, you probably shouldn't have multiple people using the same account on your OS and the same profile in Firefox. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 History
Has anyone else seen this? Firefox's improvements and undocumented features are starting to make Internet Explorer look like a better choice :-( Most people run FF with Always clear my private data when I close FireFox enabled. Won't this suffice for you? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
iPhone sales up by a whopping 300% year over year. And exactly how many years has the iPhone been selling? Tom has never met a 2 data point, straight line trend that he didn't like. Not bad during a major recession. Sez who? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 History
In regard to your points 1, 2, 3: Agreed. As for 4, for the future, I'll advise them to use separate accounts to insure some semblance of privacy. I didn't know this was an advertised feature. My last paragraph was in reference to the other issue I had with FF3.0 in regards to browser links in Thunderbird won't automatically open into a FF window as they used to. This is a residential computer so the privacy issue isn't business or security oriented. It's just a privacy thing. Thanks for the clarification. Richard P. John wrote: When I start typing an address in Firefox 3.0, it not only displays previously visited websites, but divulges detailed information about what the site was used for. For instance, a previous user used Firefox to log into their work's webmail and now each of their email's heading is displayed for anyone to see, without even having to log in. This is a huge violation of presumed privacy. Older versions of Firefox only displayed the root of previously visited links. Has anyone else seen this? Firefox's improvements and undocumented features are starting to make Internet Explorer look like a better choice :-( 1. Yes, previous versions just showed the URL information. 2. No, the current version just shows the site along with the URL - that is, what the site gives your browser as a window title. 3. If you have multiple people using the same profile in Firefox, that is an accident waiting to happen. 4. If your webmail displays the email heading in the window title, you might want to ask them to change that. I know that Gmail just displays the subject line. I don't know what you mean by the last paragraph, but this is clearly more useful to the user trying to get back to an earlier site by typing in the address bar. Plus, it will search the window-title information for what you are typing, not just the URL. This was an advertised feature. As for whether you consider that a privacy or security concern, you probably shouldn't have multiple people using the same account on your OS and the same profile in Firefox. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?
Thanks for checking, but did you try Satellite mode? No matter what zoom level I try, it gives me the we don't have that zoom level message. Nice and clear. I can even count the windows in my office building. I only get blocked when I zoom in on the nude beach. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
At 02:47 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: Date:Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:17:07 -0400 From:Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor and everything sent to you will be gibberish. Ah Ha!, Now I know why a lot of what I read on CG is gibberish. Because it was typed on a non MS computer. The mystery is solved. Thanks Tom.. G * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 History
That might be a viable option and I'll look into it. For the moment, I've turned off all history which seems to have resolved the issue. Richard P. Most people run FF with Always clear my private data when I close FireFox enabled. Won't this suffice for you? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?
You want to share those coordinates so we can all try? :-) Stewart At 02:53 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: Nice and clear. I can even count the windows in my office building. I only get blocked when I zoom in on the nude beach. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
I call BS on this post. Major. Give us that commercial Tom, that ad in the monthly pc mag...something, back this shtuff up once. Mike On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft has been very effective at marketing by fear. Their message is that deviating from their products will make you an outcast. Your computer will break, nobody will be able to read your files, and everything sent to you will be gibberish. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?
What? Of his office building? :-) -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rev. Stewart Marshall Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:04 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped? You want to share those coordinates so we can all try? :-) Stewart At 02:53 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: Nice and clear. I can even count the windows in my office building. I only get blocked when I zoom in on the nude beach. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
iPhone sales may be up but what does the raw data say? Some percentage of that number are people who are buying the latest Cool thing from Apple. For instance, there was a story (I can't find it right now to cite the reference) of someone who bought an iPhone 1.0 two days after they were first released. When iPhone 2.0 came out, they were in line at a local store 2+ hours before it opened so she could be one of the first people into the store (paraphrased). Her 1.0 phone still works, but she wanted to have the latest and greatest. And what recession are we in? The classical definition of a recession is when there are two or more consecutive quarters of negative growth. Or were you referring to the one made up by the whiners of the nation? :-) :-J -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:59 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor Or, like me, happy with what they have and see no need to go to another platform. Mac sales up by a whopping 41% year over year. iPhone sales up by a whopping 300% year over year. Not bad during a major recession. iPod sales up by a 12% year over year. Not bad for a market considered saturated. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Microsoft has been very effective at marketing by fear. Their message is that deviating from their products will make you an outcast. Your computer will break, nobody will be able to read your files, and everything sent to you will be gibberish. Which ads were those? I do remember some ads with two guys talking where the computer one of the guys represents keeps breaking down and not working right and causing him untold anguish and eventually sending him to the hospital. I don't think those were MS ads, though. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
On Jul 22, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Mac sales up by a whopping 41% year over year. Macintosh portable computers outsold desktop units by almost 2 to 1. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
That is pretty much the trend on all computers Windows or Mac. Stewart At 05:18 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: Macintosh portable computers outsold desktop units by almost 2 to 1. Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Are you really trying to say that you have never, in your vast experience, come across the acronym FUD or any of the many things Microsoft has done that this label has been applied to? I'm not saying you should believe all of those things, though some are quite believable. I am just wondering if you are pretending ignorance as some sort of debating ploy, or if you actually have managed to miss out on all of it. Or is there another alternative? David mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date:Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:20:11 -0700 From:mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor I call BS on this post. Major. Give us that commercial Tom, that ad in the monthly pc mag...something, back this shtuff up once. Mike On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft has been very effective at marketing by fear. Their message is that deviating from their products will make you an outcast. Your computer will break, nobody will be able to read your files, and everything sent to you will be gibberish. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file
I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. I do not know what Word version. I assume that it is a Windows computer. The client added that he did a desktop search using a Google search program with no luck. I am unfamiliar with Google Desktop Search (http://desktop.google.com). I routinely search according to the following: How to recover a lost file in Word 2007 or in Word 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099 (Start--Search--All files and folders--etc) How do these search utilities compare? Or is there a better way to search for a missing Word file? I downloaded and installed Google Desktop Search and then decided to uninstall it. I find that Google DesktopSetup.exe is still on my desktop. How do I get rid of it? I'll await replies in case Google Desktop Search is better than Windows search. Thanks, Michael Michael S. Altus, PhD, ELS Intensive Care Communications, Inc.(R) Biomedical Writing and Editing Baltimore MD; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr000520) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file
Files also disappear due to hard disk errors. No big deal, she can just recover it from backup. But she should run chkdsk manually and if she sees a lot of errors I'd consider replacing that drive. Windows Desktop search in Vista is probably equivalent to Google Desktop Search, depending on what it is you need to search for a lot. I prefer the free X1 search on my WinXP machine. On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Michael S. Altus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file
Can we assume that he looked in Recent Documents and in Word's list of recently opened files? I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file
There is also a directory in which temp files produced by autosave get placed. I think this directory is specified in the registry, the last time I had to figure this out I googled. Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org --- On Tue, 7/22/08, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 7:27 PM Can we assume that he looked in Recent Documents and in Word's list of recently opened files? I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Macs in business...take 4: Price competitiveness
Speaking of debating ploys, another good one is to change the subject. :-) After Strong Quarter, Apple Signals Changes in Its Prices http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/technology/22apple.html?nl=techemc=techa1 ...Apple executives hinted during a conference call about Apple’s third-quarter financial statement that they would price products more aggressively in the future. It planned on taking away what Peter Oppenheimer, the company’s chief financial officer, called an 'umbrella for our competitors.' It looks like Apple hopes to be able to to dispel the perception that Macs are too expensive while they continue to push their business- friendly features like Exchange messaging. They also have a fantastic no-risk argument for cautious business types in being able to say that their OS comes free with their hardware, which can be used to run windows, either in a virtual machine during a transition period, or as the primary OS should things not work out otherwise. Still, many businesses are much more conservative than business leaders portray themselves to be. My favorite examples of this is all the old mainframes that are still maintained in order to run COBOL programs. David * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file
Any chance said client is working in a network'd environment and only searched the local hard drives? Could the file be on an external drive and the drive isn't mapped or connected to the system? When was the last time he accessed the file? If it's recently, Word should have it in the list of recently opened files. Did not save them correctly - can he describe how he saved the files? Did he do a Save As and choose a different format, or did he just close out the file and say No when prompted to save the file. If it was a new file and he didn't save the changes when prompted, if it's Word 2000, it's gone, toast, history, off in the ether. Word 2007 will show a list of recovered files at startup. Word 2003 might do that as well but I know Word 2000 won't. In any event, it would really help to know the version of Word, if it's a PC or a Mac and the OS, is the PC network'd, are there any external drives involved, Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael S. Altus Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:14 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. I do not know what Word version. I assume that it is a Windows computer. The client added that he did a desktop search using a Google search program with no luck. I am unfamiliar with Google Desktop Search (http://desktop.google.com). I routinely search according to the following: How to recover a lost file in Word 2007 or in Word 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099 (Start--Search--All files and folders--etc) How do these search utilities compare? Or is there a better way to search for a missing Word file? I downloaded and installed Google Desktop Search and then decided to uninstall it. I find that Google DesktopSetup.exe is still on my desktop. How do I get rid of it? I'll await replies in case Google Desktop Search is better than Windows search. Thanks, Michael Michael S. Altus, PhD, ELS Intensive Care Communications, Inc.(R) Biomedical Writing and Editing Baltimore MD; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr000520) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file
With Word 2007, the folder is C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Word One correction to my response is if he chose not to save the file when exiting Word, it seems there is nothing to recover. If he closed Word with Task Manager, then the Autosave (or AutoRecover) information will be in a file with an extension of .asd such as ~WRA.asd. Double clicking on the file should start Word or else just copy the file and rename it to have a .doc extension. Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Meyer Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:47 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file There is also a directory in which temp files produced by autosave get placed. I think this directory is specified in the registry, the last time I had to figure this out I googled. Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org --- On Tue, 7/22/08, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 7:27 PM Can we assume that he looked in Recent Documents and in Word's list of recently opened files? I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] LCD Monitor and color fringing
I recently bought a Dell Ultrasharp color monitor and have been surprised ( = disappointed) at its tendency to put red or green fringes around high contrast areas, most notably black text. My older CRT seemd to give a much sharper and accurate image. Is this normal behavior for a n LCD monitor? Or is it a Dell issue? Are other monitors any better? Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] LCD Monitor and color fringing
Get a video card with a digital output, and use the digital cable to connect the LCD monitor to the video card. The color fringing is almost certainly caused in the part of the circuitry where the signal is analog. Could even be caused by a poor quality analog (VGA) video cable. Fred Holmes At 09:23 PM 7/22/2008, Q. Fisher wrote: I recently bought a Dell Ultrasharp color monitor and have been surprised ( = disappointed) at its tendency to put red or green fringes around high contrast areas, most notably black text. My older CRT seemd to give a much sharper and accurate image. Is this normal behavior for a n LCD monitor? Or is it a Dell issue? Are other monitors any better? Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] LCD Monitor and color fringing
Thanks for the suggestion. However, I actually tried it both ways (VGA and digital), with no recognizable difference. I am using the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 video card, so digital support should be pretty good. This is a 24 monitor. My wife's computer with a 20 monitor doesn't do this. Any relation? Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD Fred Holmes wrote: Get a video card with a digital output, and use the digital cable to connect the LCD monitor to the video card. The color fringing is almost certainly caused in the part of the circuitry where the signal is analog. Could even be caused by a poor quality analog (VGA) video cable. Fred Holmes Q. Fisher wrote: I recently bought a Dell Ultrasharp color monitor and have been surprised ( = disappointed) at its tendency to put red or green fringes around high contrast areas, most notably black text. My older CRT seemd to give a much sharper and accurate image. Is this normal behavior for a n LCD monitor? Or is it a Dell issue? Are other monitors any better? Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD -- Quentin A. Fisher, MD, FAAP Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics Georgetown University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesia Medstar Washington Hospital Center 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010-2975 pager: 866-474-4117 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 3: Fear Factor
Are you really trying to say that you have never, in your vast experience, come across the acronym FUD or any of the many things Microsoft has done that this label has been applied to? Are you implying that Windows is the preferred platform for the grossly uninformed? I certainly hope not. That would not be a nice thing to say. Perhaps feigning ignorance? That's better. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] LCD Monitor and color fringing
Swap them and see what happens if it occurs on her computer it is the monitor does not check the video card. Do you have the latest drivers installed? have you optimized the card for your display? Stewart At 09:36 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. However, I actually tried it both ways (VGA and digital), with no recognizable difference. I am using the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 video card, so digital support should be pretty good. This is a 24 monitor. My wife's computer with a 20 monitor doesn't do this. Any relation? Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] LCD Monitor and color fringing
Get a video card with a digital output, and use the digital cable to connect the LCD monitor to the video card. The color fringing is almost certainly caused in the part of the circuitry where the signal is analog. Could even be caused by a poor quality analog (VGA) video cable. I am surprised how often LCDs with digital inputs are connected using VGA cables. I have even seen DVI to VGA adapters used in situations where the computer did not have a VGA and the LCD had noth VGA and DVI. However, the prize goes to the IT tech who connect with both the VGA and DVI cables simultaneously. (I'm not lying.) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] LCD Monitor and color fringing
This is a 24 monitor. My wife's computer with a 20 monitor doesn't do this. Any relation? I don't know what the problem is, but I can tell you that I also have a Dell 24 Ultrasharp, and there's no color fringing. I like it a lot. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DVI vs VGA [was: LCD Monitor and color fringing]
At 10:57 PM -0400 7/22/08, Tom Piwowar wrote: Get a video card with a digital output, and use the digital cable to connect the LCD monitor to the video card. The color fringing is almost certainly caused in the part of the circuitry where the signal is analog. Could even be caused by a poor quality analog (VGA) video cable. I am surprised how often LCDs with digital inputs are connected using VGA cables. I have even seen DVI to VGA adapters used in situations where the computer did not have a VGA and the LCD had noth VGA and DVI. This discussion prompts me to ask a question that has been bothering me for a while, ever since I replaced a CRT with a 19 wide-screen LCD on my G4 PowerMac Sawtooth. The Mac has an admittedly anemic ATI RagePro AGP video card with only 16MB of VRAM, but the card has both a VGA and a DVI output. The LCD also has both VGA and DVI. When I bought the LCD, I also got a DVI cable, figuring that was the best way to connect the monitor to the video card. The LCD has a native resolution of 1440 x 900. However, when connected via the DVI cable, that resolution was not available in the display preferences, only 1280 x 960 and one or two other, smaller resolutions (I didn't write them down; sorry). When using the VGA cable, however, I have fourteen different resolutions to choose from, from 640 x 480 up through 1440 x 900. Does anyone have an explanation, or even idle speculation, for why this is the case? -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DVI vs VGA [was: LCD Monitor and color fringing]
To me it would be a limitation of the video drivers to set the proper resolution. I actually have my 19 Samsung set at a larger resolution (1024x768) than it's native and it is far clearer in that resolution than it is in the native resolution (1280x960). Stewart At 10:50 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: This discussion prompts me to ask a question that has been bothering me for a while, ever since I replaced a CRT with a 19 wide-screen LCD on my G4 PowerMac Sawtooth. The Mac has an admittedly anemic ATI RagePro AGP video card with only 16MB of VRAM, but the card has both a VGA and a DVI output. The LCD also has both VGA and DVI. When I bought the LCD, I also got a DVI cable, figuring that was the best way to connect the monitor to the video card. The LCD has a native resolution of 1440 x 900. However, when connected via the DVI cable, that resolution was not available in the display preferences, only 1280 x 960 and one or two other, smaller resolutions (I didn't write them down; sorry). When using the VGA cable, however, I have fourteen different resolutions to choose from, from 640 x 480 up through 1440 x 900. Does anyone have an explanation, or even idle speculation, for why this is the case? -- Roger Lovettsville, VA Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
