Re: internet banking concern

[Phillip Arena]

Hi Graham

I went to a meeting in QLD to discuss all things Apple recently and 
and an invited guest speaker from AusCert kept us captivated with an 
introduction into the world of computer 'espionage'. Amongst numerous 
stories he went on to illustrate how hackers are able to do pretty 
much anything. He alluded to the fact that since Apple has less of 
the market share than say Microsoft, then to a  hacker, Apple, 
currently, is not worth that much. His stats on the usefulness (or 
should I say, uselessness) of major brands of antivirus was very 
interesting. Oh...and one of the major avenues of illicit crime has 
move from drugs to credit card theft; hackers 'hijack' your details 
online and then use these for purchases before security forces are 
able to trace them. It was all VERY fascinating.


Their website is http://www.auscert.org.au/   and worth a gander.

One case he discussed involved the disruption of tens of thousands of 
PCs in a single hit. These guys clearly, have the capability to stop 
major organisations and potentially, small countries. We walked out 
of the lecture, grateful that we use Apple, but then making mental 
notes to check those backups!


Regards

Phil




Hi All,
While in the process of transfering funds from a NAB account using 
safari, the name and bsb details changed to those of someone i do 
not know and have not previously paid any money to.  Is it possible 
for someone to hijack auto form complete or some such?   It gave me 
a fright and i cancelled and logged out immediately.


Using safari, 10.48, G4 Powerbook,

I've also been having some slow down issues lately,

Graham



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Re: PowerBook Power Woes

[Reg Whitely]

Interestingly Shay

On 25 Feb 2007, at 11:41pm, Shay Telfer wrote:


Reg Whitely wrote:

 Dear WAMUGgers

 About a week ago my G4 PowerBook 15" 1.67 10.4.8 developed a  
distressing
 habit. It won't run unless the power supply is connected. If I  
remover
 the power, it immediately shuts down and the date/time reverts  
to 1970.
 It may also require a 'forced' restart to get it going again. It  
has a

 new battery, replaced under warranty in December 2006 and
 MiniBatteryLogger (a nice app I read about recently to trouble- 
shoot

 wayward batteries), tell


Given that it's forgetting the date I'd say it's got a dud PRAM  
battery.


If I put it to sleep, either by closing it up or executing the menu  
command (don't you just love the use of the word 'executing' in such  
a context!) and keep it on the power supply, it wakes up hale and  
hearty. No 'execution'! Would a flat PRAM battery show this behaviour?


Reg

RE: Email problems

[David Moyle]

Hey

I just tried it, that’s cool Ronda! Love it! I'll do this on my machine
which should stop the locking up and will tell the guys at work!

Thanks, David Moyle
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Subject: Re: Email problems

Hi Lloyd,

A tip from Macworld weekly that you might be interested in:
"If you're having problems with regular hangs/pauses in Entourage;  
hangs that tie up the application with periods of heavy disk  
activity, try turning off the background database check."

"Launch Entourage while holding down the Option key; Database Manager  
is launched instead."

"Click Set Database Preferences. Uncheck background integrity checks."

Cheers,
Ronni

On 27/02/2007, at 12:27 PM, Lloyd White wrote:

> Hi Neil,
>
> Thanks for that. I found it difficult to move the problem file once  
> it is
> there. Your suggestion would work well with new incoming files.
>
> I solved the problem by sending myself a couple of emails and then
> "selecting all" the messages in the preview pane and then deleting  
> them all.
> The problem file went too. Selecting all, did not trigger it to open.
>
> Simple once you think about it but it took my little brain a time  
> to come up
> with it.
>
> Lloyd
>
>
> --
>
>> Hi Lloyd,
>>
>> While I've not had the problem of Entourage freezing, to be safe I  
>> do like
>> to delete the spam without selecting the individual messages  
>> (which would
>> display them in the preview pane).
>>
>> The way I do it is to sort the window by a suitable column to  
>> isolate the
>> message in its own category, then select the category and delete  
>> that.
>>
>> For example, in my case, I find that most of my spam is not just  
>> addressed
>> to me but to some unknown person so I sort the window by the "to"  
>> column and
>> then when I see a section to, say "flavia" with one (or more) spam  
>> messages
>> in it I just select the heading "Flavia (1)" and hit the delete  
>> button. You
>> could do the same thing by sorting on the "from" column and, in  
>> your case,
>> selecting the "tania Immaisi" heading which should not select/ 
>> display the
>> specific message & should not (I think) freeze entourage - then  
>> hit the
>> delete button.
>>
>> In the event that the spam message is to my valid address and say  
>> apparently
>> from one of my real contacts (due to address spoofing) so that  
>> valid emails
>> appear under the same sort heading - I just sort by read/unread  
>> status, make
>> sure I've already viewed the legitimate emails, then select  
>> "unread" and
>> delete.
>>
>> Hope that does it for you.
>>
>> Neil
>
> I know someone had this problem recently but I have forgotten how  
> it was
> solved.
>
> Using Entourage. Received an email from tania Immaisi called ³so  
> rude² -
> with an attachment. The usual rubbish spam.
>
> Before I could trash it the whole entourage froze and I needed to  
> restart.
> Problem: how do I trash it without selecting it and freezing Entourage
> again. When it freezes the whole system goes into time delay and it  
> takes
> minutes to even force quit.
>
> If I restart from my back-up start-up disk I will still need to start
> Entourage to locate the file and it will freeze again.
>
>
> Lloyd
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Synergy - any feedback?

[Matt Huitson]

Hi Neil

Yep, have used Synergy for some time.  Currently have 3 machines  
(Vista, OSX and Windows Server 2003) all using the one bluetooth  
keyboard/mouse.  Worked fine with XP too.  Clipboard can be a bit hit  
and miss, but generally it works very well.  Since upgrading to Vista  
I think I have noticed the screen savers now sync as well, albeit I  
don't use this feature.


Regards, Matt.


On 27/02/2007, at 1:32 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Has anyone tried this? Good/bad feedback?



Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between  
multiple
computers with different operating systems, each with its own  
display, without
special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers  
on their

desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).

Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the  
mouse off the
edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the  
systems
into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it  
synchronizes
screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen  
locking is

enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.


They do say:

The Mac OS X port is incomplete. It does not synchronize the  
screen saver,
only text clipboard data works (i.e. HTML and bitmap data do not  
work), the
cursor won't hide when not on the screen, and there may be  
problems with mouse

wheel acceleration. Other problems should be filed as bugs.


I just came upon this today & haven't seen anything about it before  
- though
Googling came up with half a million results! - haven't got time to  
go there

just now ;)





So I thought I'd just check out the WAMUG feedback?


Cheers


Neil
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Re: Synergy - any feedback?

[NitE]

I use it just about everyday. It's a wonderful piece of software. I  
have got it to work with all three major OS. My Macbook had the  
controls (keyboard and mouse), and I was connecting to both my PC  
laptop (running linux) and my PC Desktop machine (running both linux  
and windows).


I would suggest you try it out, I haven't had any real issues with it.

--
David


On 27/02/2007, at 1:32 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Has anyone tried this? Good/bad feedback?

Synergy - any feedback?

[Neil Houghton]

Has anyone tried this? Good/bad feedback?



> Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple
> computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without
> special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their
> desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
> 
> Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the
> edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems
> into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes
> screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is
> enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.

They do say:

> The Mac OS X port is incomplete. It does not synchronize the screen saver,
> only text clipboard data works (i.e. HTML and bitmap data do not work), the
> cursor won't hide when not on the screen, and there may be problems with mouse
> wheel acceleration. Other problems should be filed as bugs.

I just came upon this today & haven't seen anything about it before - though
Googling came up with half a million results! - haven't got time to go there
just now ;)


 

So I thought I'd just check out the WAMUG feedback?


Cheers


Neil
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Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Email problems

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Lloyd,

A tip from Macworld weekly that you might be interested in:
"If you're having problems with regular hangs/pauses in Entourage;  
hangs that tie up the application with periods of heavy disk  
activity, try turning off the background database check."


"Launch Entourage while holding down the Option key; Database Manager  
is launched instead."


"Click Set Database Preferences. Uncheck background integrity checks."

Cheers,
Ronni

On 27/02/2007, at 12:27 PM, Lloyd White wrote:


Hi Neil,

Thanks for that. I found it difficult to move the problem file once  
it is

there. Your suggestion would work well with new incoming files.

I solved the problem by sending myself a couple of emails and then
"selecting all" the messages in the preview pane and then deleting  
them all.

The problem file went too. Selecting all, did not trigger it to open.

Simple once you think about it but it took my little brain a time  
to come up

with it.

Lloyd


--


Hi Lloyd,

While I've not had the problem of Entourage freezing, to be safe I  
do like
to delete the spam without selecting the individual messages  
(which would

display them in the preview pane).

The way I do it is to sort the window by a suitable column to  
isolate the
message in its own category, then select the category and delete  
that.


For example, in my case, I find that most of my spam is not just  
addressed
to me but to some unknown person so I sort the window by the "to"  
column and
then when I see a section to, say "flavia" with one (or more) spam  
messages
in it I just select the heading "Flavia (1)" and hit the delete  
button. You
could do the same thing by sorting on the "from" column and, in  
your case,
selecting the "tania Immaisi" heading which should not select/ 
display the
specific message & should not (I think) freeze entourage - then  
hit the

delete button.

In the event that the spam message is to my valid address and say  
apparently
from one of my real contacts (due to address spoofing) so that  
valid emails
appear under the same sort heading - I just sort by read/unread  
status, make
sure I've already viewed the legitimate emails, then select  
"unread" and

delete.

Hope that does it for you.

Neil


I know someone had this problem recently but I have forgotten how  
it was

solved.

Using Entourage. Received an email from tania Immaisi called ³so  
rude² -

with an attachment. The usual rubbish spam.

Before I could trash it the whole entourage froze and I needed to  
restart.

Problem: how do I trash it without selecting it and freezing Entourage
again. When it freezes the whole system goes into time delay and it  
takes

minutes to even force quit.

If I restart from my back-up start-up disk I will still need to start
Entourage to locate the file and it will freeze again.


Lloyd





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Re: Email problems

[Lloyd White]

Hi Neil,

Thanks for that. I found it difficult to move the problem file once it is
there. Your suggestion would work well with new incoming files.

I solved the problem by sending myself a couple of emails and then
"selecting all" the messages in the preview pane and then deleting them all.
The problem file went too. Selecting all, did not trigger it to open.

Simple once you think about it but it took my little brain a time to come up
with it.

Lloyd 


--

> Hi Lloyd,
> 
> While I've not had the problem of Entourage freezing, to be safe I do like
> to delete the spam without selecting the individual messages (which would
> display them in the preview pane).
> 
> The way I do it is to sort the window by a suitable column to isolate the
> message in its own category, then select the category and delete that.
> 
> For example, in my case, I find that most of my spam is not just addressed
> to me but to some unknown person so I sort the window by the "to" column and
> then when I see a section to, say "flavia" with one (or more) spam messages
> in it I just select the heading "Flavia (1)" and hit the delete button. You
> could do the same thing by sorting on the "from" column and, in your case,
> selecting the "tania Immaisi" heading which should not select/display the
> specific message & should not (I think) freeze entourage - then hit the
> delete button.
> 
> In the event that the spam message is to my valid address and say apparently
> from one of my real contacts (due to address spoofing) so that valid emails
> appear under the same sort heading - I just sort by read/unread status, make
> sure I've already viewed the legitimate emails, then select "unread" and
> delete.
> 
> Hope that does it for you.
> 
> Neil

I know someone had this problem recently but I have forgotten how it was
solved.

Using Entourage. Received an email from tania Immaisi called ³so rude² -
with an attachment. The usual rubbish spam.

Before I could trash it the whole entourage froze and I needed to restart.
Problem: how do I trash it without selecting it and freezing Entourage
again. When it freezes the whole system goes into time delay and it takes
minutes to even force quit.

If I restart from my back-up start-up disk I will still need to start
Entourage to locate the file and it will freeze again.


Lloyd 

 

Re: Scanner purchase

[John Winters]

Denise,

If you are looking for a "good" scan at a modest price, I can recommend the
Microtek ScanMaker i800 which comes with adaptors for 35mm negative strips.
I use it for scanning xray films for work and I'm happy with the quality.
I've also done the odd 35mm slides and photographic prints.

The bundled software works well enough. You can also use Ed Hamrick's
VueScan with this scanner (and any number of other scanners too)

If you need a very high quality and high resolution scan, you'd be better to
look at a dedicated 35mm scanner. I also have a Nikon LS-4000 which gives
great results. Beyond that you'd be looking at a drum scanner.

HTH
John
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> From: Denise Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:23:35 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: Scanner purchase
> 
>  I'm also looking to buy a scanner and I want one that will scan 35mm neg
> film strips easily (I have 14yrs worth of small neg strips from my family
> albums). Would appreciate any suggestions/comments on neg strip scanning.
> TIA
> 
> Denise Williams-Photographer
> PH 9447 3468
> MOB 0417 184592
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> I have only good comments to make on the range of Canon Scanners Peter.
>> They've also come down in price,
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> 
>> On 26/2/07 3:23 PM, "Peter Sealy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I am contemplating purchase of one of these scanners to digitise the
>>> family collection of 35mm slides, BW photos, etc. Anyone have a
>>> comment please on the merits of any of them and the reliability/ user
>>> friendliness/ etc between HP and Epson?
>>> 
>>> Epson Perfection V350 Photo
>>> Epson Perfection 4490 Photo
>>> Epson Perfection 3490 Photo
>>> HP Scanjet 4850 Photo
>>> 
>>> Appreciate any input.
>>> 
>>> .
>>> 
>>> Peter Sealy
>>> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
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Re: Email problems

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Lloyd,

While I've not had the problem of Entourage freezing, to be safe I do like
to delete the spam without selecting the individual messages (which would
display them in the preview pane).

The way I do it is to sort the window by a suitable column to isolate the
message in its own category, then select the category and delete that.

For example, in my case, I find that most of my spam is not just addressed
to me but to some unknown person so I sort the window by the "to" column and
then when I see a section to, say "flavia" with one (or more) spam messages
in it I just select the heading "Flavia (1)" and hit the delete button. You
could do the same thing by sorting on the "from" column and, in your case,
selecting the "tania Immaisi" heading which should not select/display the
specific message & should not (I think) freeze entourage - then hit the
delete button.

In the event that the spam message is to my valid address and say apparently
from one of my real contacts (due to address spoofing) so that valid emails
appear under the same sort heading - I just sort by read/unread status, make
sure I've already viewed the legitimate emails, then select "unread" and
delete.

Hope that does it for you.

Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

on 27/2/07 11:18 AM, Lloyd White at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I know someone had this problem recently but I have forgotten how it was
> solved.
> 
> Using Entourage. Received an email from tania Immaisi called ³so rude² -
> with an attachment. The usual rubbish spam.
> 
> Before I could trash it the whole entourage froze and I needed to restart.
> Problem: how do I trash it without selecting it and freezing Entourage
> again. When it freezes the whole system goes into time delay and it takes
> minutes to even force quit.
> 
> If I restart from my back-up start-up disk I will still need to start
> Entourage to locate the file and it will freeze again.
> 
> 
> Lloyd 
> --
> 

Email problems

[Lloyd White]

I know someone had this problem recently but I have forgotten how it was
solved.

Using Entourage. Received an email from tania Immaisi called ³so rude² -
with an attachment. The usual rubbish spam.

Before I could trash it the whole entourage froze and I needed to restart.
Problem: how do I trash it without selecting it and freezing Entourage
again. When it freezes the whole system goes into time delay and it takes
minutes to even force quit.

If I restart from my back-up start-up disk I will still need to start
Entourage to locate the file and it will freeze again.


Lloyd 
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