Re: (HELP) M$ Office Weirdness
A good way to start troubleshooting something like this in OSX is to make a new user then log in as that user and try using the program. If it works for the new user then you know that it is something in your home folder causing this problem. My guess would be that it is your Entourage identity as I have seen this a fair bit. I think all of the applications in the Office suite access the identity so they can insert address's and link common data between the applications. You can safely remove the identity inside your documents/microsoft user data folder if that turns out to be the problem. You will lose your address book but I guess you're using another email client anyway. Rob On 4/1/04 10:52 PM, Nathalie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All: I am currently overseas with my laptop but without the original CDs of the applications on my machine. I also have limited access to the internet, thus this email in hopes that someone out there can help me. I am running 10.3.2 on a Titanium Powerbook 400Mhz. I recently installed Jaguar and found (while on this trip) that Microsoft Word (not any other M$ product) was quitting on me quite a bit in an unannounced way which was causing me to lose data in large documents. I checked out the version of Office I was using and it was one which had not been updated since installed from the CD. So, over 5 days here, every night I would hook up my computer through a dial up internet connection and download the multiple updates I needed. When I finally updated to the most recent version (10.1.5) I found that NONE OF THE OFFICE PROGRAMS WORRKED ANYMORE. This is what happens: I click on the icon (Word, P.Point, Excel or Entourage), the splash screen comes up. The program opens. When I attempt to click on the command bar (File, Edit, etc) there is no result. I can't use any keyboard shortcuts to elicit a response. I can't even quit out of the program, I have to use Force Quit. All my other Apple and other software work fine. I have trashed M$ prefs in my Library folder copious times hoping for a fix, none is available. I have updated my operating system with all available updates--didn't work. I have attemoted to restart my computer many times in hope the problem would fix itself. It didn't. I have a work document due in a few days and am starting to worry. Is there anyone who can suggest anything out there? Looking forward to your responses... Regards, Nathalie PS I wanted to email this to M$, but you need a M$ program to do that with. Isn't that a great system? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: printing on a small Ethernet with 8.6 and 9.2
On 03/01/2004, at 1:12 PM, Tom Lewis wrote: I'd be grateful for advice on the following problem. i have a small home network made up of: - a G3 running 8.6 - two imacs running 9.2 - an Ethernet switch - a Xerox laser printer. The printer is currently connected to the G3 and prints fine. I can see all three of the computers in the Choosers, and can mount the HDs on the desktops as desired. I understand there is a method of sharing the printer between the three computers so that all can print. It's not an Ethernet printer though. Is this possible, and if so, how is it done? Tom Yes, it is possible, but a few conditions need to be met (of course). First, all computers need to be running at least MacOS 9.0. Second, the printer you want to share must connect to the host computer via USB (in the absence of ethernet, as in your case). You then go to the USB Printer Sharing Control Panel. If all is working properly the process of networking the printer should be fairly straightforward. Failing these conditions, there are other, more elaborate solutions involving printer servers, laserwriter bridges, Appletalk bridges, etc. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: (HELP) M$ Office Weirdness
Natalie I have found that using the disk utility to repair permissions often solves many weird problems. I'm not sure I recall this particular sort of problem but I have had plenty of others like not being able to drag and drop and menus not working. It may be a case of M$ updaters changing permissions and not getting it right - especially as the updaters were written for 10.1.x and 10.2.x. Certainly worth a try. Cheers and good luck Greg From: Nathalie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 4 Jan 2004 14:52:11 - To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: (HELP) M$ Office Weirdness Hello All: I am currently overseas with my laptop but without the original CDs of the applications on my machine. I also have limited access to the internet, thus this email in hopes that someone out there can help me. I am running 10.3.2 on a Titanium Powerbook 400Mhz. I recently installed Jaguar and found (while on this trip) that Microsoft Word (not any other M$ product) was quitting on me quite a bit in an unannounced way which was causing me to lose data in large documents. I checked out the version of Office I was using and it was one which had not been updated since installed from the CD. So, over 5 days here, every night I would hook up my computer through a dial up internet connection and download the multiple updates I needed. When I finally updated to the most recent version (10.1.5) I found that NONE OF THE OFFICE PROGRAMS WORRKED ANYMORE. This is what happens: I click on the icon (Word, P.Point, Excel or Entourage), the splash screen comes up. The program opens. When I attempt to click on the command bar (File, Edit, etc) there is no result. I can't use any keyboard shortcuts to elicit a response. I can't even quit out of the program, I have to use Force Quit. All my other Apple and other software work fine. I have trashed M$ prefs in my Library folder copious times hoping for a fix, none is available. I have updated my operating system with all available updates--didn't work. I have attemoted to restart my computer many times in hope the problem would fix itself. It didn't. I have a work document due in a few days and am starting to worry. Is there anyone who can suggest anything out there? Looking forward to your responses... Regards, Nathalie PS I wanted to email this to M$, but you need a M$ program to do that with. Isn't that a great system? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com
Re: Performa monitor very dark (DANGER!)
Shay Telfer wrote: WARNING! The voltages inside can be several thousand volts even when the computer has been turned off and unplugged for a while (due to energy stored in the analog board's capacitors) and can quite easily **kill you**. There's a reason the outside case is hard to get off. Indeed. I have the tools to open such cases easily, but generally choose not to. I'll let those who know how to safely discharge monitors work on them ; ditto power supplies. The rest is fair game. Craig Ringer
Virtual PC 6.1
Trying unsuccessfully to load above onto the mac. Using Dual 1,25 G4 with 1.7 G of RAM and continue to get the following error message whenever I try to create a new PC. OS not found. Install OS on this hard drive. However, there is no command prompt to allow typing of instructions, nor do windows shortcut keys work in the window. Have tried M$ website but that is only useful if you have bought the full version with the OS included. Have tried loading full versions of Win 98 SE, ME, and XP with the same result. Reason I need this is to run M$ Access as this has the last 7 years of data for thesis I am writing and can't afford the time to re-enter the information. Any thoughts would be gleefully entertained. Thanks in advance. Lindsay
Old hardware software available
I'm disposing of a quantity of old hardware and software. Please email me if you would like to reserve one or more of these items. First to email, first served. The items will be available for collection this Saturday between 10am and 1pm, any left over after that time will be sent off for recycling. Free hardware - - 1 x Apple Color Plus 14 display - 1 x Macintosh Color display - 1 x Apple CD 300e Plus external SCSI CD ROM - 1 x Apple StyleWriter 1200 - 1 x external SCSI hard drive enclosure - Lots of cables of various types $10 each - 1 x HP 8-port 10Base-T ethernet hub - 1 x Omni telephone caller ID unit $30 --- - 1 x Canon Fax-B150 bubblejet fax (this has been a great unit) Free software for Mac OS 9 -- - 3 x Timbuktu Pro 2-packs - 1 x PreFab Player - 1 x Image Alchemy - 1 x SimCity 2000 manual only - 1 x FaceSpan - 1 x Scripter -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Was) Office Weirdness (Now) Extracting Old Messages
Hello All: Just a note to say thanks for all responses and here is what worked: 1. I created another user and attempted to open the Office programs from there. They opened. Therefore it was most likely to be my Identity in office which is accessed by all office programs. 2, I deleted the identity in my profile and the programs worked. I was able to re-import my address book and calendar items as I had the foresight (gained from years of making mistakes) to back up my data before coming on this trip. However... The back up I made of my messages (my database within my identity) still doesn't work when I try to open it with Entourage (or when I try to import that file into other email clients, like Mail). I didn't realise this would be an issue. When backing up I should have saved each message as it's own file--outside of the email client, but I did not. Any ideas about how I can extract my messages from this 120 MB Database file which seems to be corrupted? If I can't do it I will have to live with the loss, but I would rather not. Nathalie -- Mrs Nathalie Collins Box A176, Australind WA 6233 AUSTRALIA Tel Fax: (+61) 8 9796 0509 Mobile: (+61) 43 989 1998 -- An unexamined life is not worth living --Socrates
