[CGUYS] FREE PDF editor needed for OSX

2007-05-02 Thread b_s-wilk
Every couple years I have ocasion to need to fill out a PDF. Anyone know of a free one for OS X I'm at 10.39 John, Preview in OS X Tiger has an annotation tool that can be used to fill out a form. I don't think it's in Panther, however, does Preview from Tiger work in Panther? I haven't tr

Re: [CGUYS] Palm Zire 31

2007-05-02 Thread Admiral Harris
Go to the Palm website and download everything you need. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Range" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:07 AM Subject: [CGUYS] Palm Zire 31 I have misplaced the CD that came with it. Would anyone have any idea how I can get a

Re: [CGUYS] back up question: what to back up and what doesn't need backing up?

2007-05-02 Thread Tony B
I do daily incremental ghosts of my small C: partition. Also to a second hard drive, but I mounted mine internally. Additionally, a monthly full image is put on alternate DVDs and one is kept off-premises. I can restore the image and get back to where I was the previous evening, and I've done tha

Re: [CGUYS] back up question: what to back up and what doesn't need backing up?

2007-05-02 Thread Michel Lowe
Randall, I bought a Western Digital external (USB) hard drive, 250Gig. Newegg lists a Maxtor 500Gig external drive for $150. My WD came with an automatic backup utility that makes it bootable and even includes a scheduler. The timer pops every week on Wednesdays and I get a full backup during lu

Re: [CGUYS] Circuit City

2007-05-02 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I finally did get my problem resolved with Circuit City but it took over a month and me having to make a phone call to the store. They reviewed the tapes from the store that day and saw where I never got the gift card. (I had told them which register and when I had been in the store) I got

Re: [CGUYS] Scanner - Document Feeder

2007-05-02 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Sorry to say Ebay may be your only friend. Stewart At 08:02 PM 5/2/2007, you wrote: My challenge with my Epson 1640SU is not dust - it works just fine. I'm looking for the auto document feeder for the thing. Since this went out of production about 3-4 years ago, it won't be in any store, an

[CGUYS] back up question: what to back up and what doesn't need backing up?

2007-05-02 Thread Randy
Have only done very sporadic and partial data back ups in past, but after hearing yesterday's CG's show (mention of cost of data recovery!) and seeming increasing problems with computer's performance, decided it's high time (past time) to start backing up all those precious files regularly. How

[CGUYS] Scanner - Document Feeder

2007-05-02 Thread Daniel Else
My challenge with my Epson 1640SU is not dust - it works just fine. I'm looking for the auto document feeder for the thing. Since this went out of production about 3-4 years ago, it won't be in any store, and my beloved Practical Computers, the local used store, went sneakers-up on October 1 la

[CGUYS] Circuit City

2007-05-02 Thread Steve Rigby
We were discussing the tactics of Circuit City on this list a short while ago. AS a follow up, I offer this portion of an article from the WaPo today: Circuit City's Job Cuts Backfiring, Analysts Say By Amy Joyce Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 2, 2007; Page D01 Circuit City fir

Re: [CGUYS] Dust on a scanner

2007-05-02 Thread Steve Rigby
On May 1, 2007, at 1:18 PM, David Turk wrote: Scanner is a flatbed Epson Expression 1640XL... I'm getting a thin red transparent streak all the way down on one side (traveling the same direction as the lighting assembly). It's only showing up at higher resolutions, like 600dpi. In my experienc

[CGUYS] FREE PDF editor needed for OSX

2007-05-02 Thread John H. Davis
Every couple years I have ocasion to need to fill out a PDF. Anyone know of a free one for OS X I'm at 10.39 TIA, John * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email

Re: [CGUYS] Cleaning the Dust out of a PC

2007-05-02 Thread MrMike6by9
OK, I've been reading this thread with amusement and decided to add my $0.01 from experience. I have a can of compressed air and decided to "dust" my machine a while back. I was very careful to use short bursts of air to avoid condensation. I finished by using a ever so slightly moist rag to wipe