Microsoft is pushing its Internet Explorer 7 pretty hard and through touting
free phone tech support for the change seems to be implying that the transition
from 6 to 7 might not be transparent.
Is there any experience out there with the move from one version to the other?
Good? Bad? or just Ug
The only thing I noticed were the scattered and scrambled buttons.
MS implemented that badly enough that I have no doubt some people were lost
and needed help.
Other than that, I can't imagine what you would need phone support for.
> -Original Message-
> Microsoft is pushing its Interne
We use the premium for work groups (5+ people) and 2008 has some nice
features, but 2006 works fine and I didn't see enough of a benefit to
warrant a $1500 expense at the moment.
I did try reinstalling 2008. I get part way through to where it asks to
install SQL and then crashes
From: Co
I permitted MS update to install IE 7, and I cannot get it to work.
Since I don't use IE for my Web browsing, that isn't a problem for me,
but it might be for other folks. I guess I might think about removing IE
7 and re-installing IE 6, if I should ever need to use IE. I prefer Firefox.
Mike
If you have the data backed up, you should be able to install 2006 to a
clean system (one that never had ACT! Installed on it) and then import the
data, assuming that v. 2008 didn't convert the data to a new format (table
structures, attributes, etc.).
Disclaimer: I don't have any experience with
MS likely has learned that there are some problems, and is offering free
support for IE7 so it can determine exactly what the problems are (and perhaps
try to fix them). If too many folks have problems with a new product, word
gets around and people stop using it, stop trying to use it. That's
>Microsoft is pushing its Internet Explorer 7 pretty hard and through
>touting free phone tech support for the change seems to be implying that
>the transition from 6 to 7 might not be transparent.
The reason is under the hood. The main reason to upgrade to IE7 is that
IE6 was seriously defecti
Upgraded 3 computers last week without incidents. It seems to work ok,
but my primary browser is Firefox and I only use IE as a backup or for
Windows Update.
Richard P.
Daniel Else wrote:
Microsoft is pushing its Internet Explorer 7 pretty hard and through touting
free phone tech support for
>Before I move to a new piece of software, I want to know what features it
>provides that I really need. Most of the time the old software works just
>fine, and the new software doesn't provide the one or two features that I
>would really like to see to improve my work. The new features are
>
At 09:59 AM 12/3/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>But the community can't move forward if brain-dead Windows users continue
>to cling to defective old IE 6.
Brain-dead users like me cling to Windows 2000 (because it works, and because
it supports the applications I use), which doesn't support IE7. So
I just "bit the bullet" and installed MS IE 7 in two machines running
Win XP Pro. The update took a very long time but was essentially
successful. On the antique IBM Thinkpad, everything looks fine, but on
my generic tower, all the wording on the Google taskbar comes up in what
looks like a for
How much does the loading of IE7 speed up if you turn off your real-time virus
scanner?
At 11:50 AM 12/3/2007, Mike Sloane wrote:
>IE still takes "forever" to load, but it does seem to work OK.
>
>Mike
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the part that is 2-3mm from your ear is a speaker. the radiation devise is
housed elsewhere in the box. you are attempting to determine the distance of
the mechanical device, which has nothing to do with electric radiation.
I would presume the electronic portion of the blutooth device is much
I'm looking to dub off some albums to CD and wanted to get
recommendations for the best way to do this. I've heard of USB
turntable, USB turntable/cassette combo, and USB converter. I would
appreciate any thoughts and or recommendations.
Richard P.
**
>Brain-dead users like me cling to Windows 2000 (because it works, and
>because it supports the applications I use), which doesn't support IE7.
The Internet changed all that. If you are still operating as a computer
in isolation then we don't care if you are still running DOS. But if you
are pa
>I was surprised to see a pair of turntables at Target last week. I
>think both had USB outputs, but one had a built in CD burner.
I'm surprised that the RIAA is not suing them for selling burgler tools.
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I was surprised to see a pair of turntables at Target last week. I
think both had USB outputs, but one had a built in CD burner.
These things are a LOT easier to find these days than a few years ago.
http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+turntable
http://www.google.com/products?q=turntable+recorder
I've heard the Ion USB turntable does a good job. I'm just waiting for one
to go on sale.
> -Original Message-
> I'm looking to dub off some albums to CD and wanted to get
> recommendations for the best way to do this. I've heard of USB
> turntable, USB turntable/cassette combo, and USB
I would avoid 3rd-party toolbars with IE 7. IIRC, my wife had the Comcast
toolbar, the Yahoo toolbar, and the Google toolbar all installed and IE7 was
crashing. I don't know what you need any of these for. When I took these off,
IE7 ran OK.
**
Well, back to grasping at straws, have you tried a Registry Cleaner?
Just anecdotally, as a certified non-expert, I found Registry First Aid
to be helpful without doing too much, and System Mechanic to be both
helpful and dangerous because it did do too much.
Another thought - have you tried
On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Richard P. wrote:
I'm looking to dub off some albums to CD and wanted to get
recommendations for the best way to do this. I've heard of USB
turntable, USB turntable/cassette combo, and USB converter. I would
appreciate any thoughts and or recommendations.
If y
audio technica is also a decent name. any of the usb turntable is probably
adequate. they may need a better cartridge.
how big a sale do you need?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-0048373-2615160?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=usb+turntable&x=9&y=14
apparently these things are
IIRC, the em wave has a spherical wave front but that is the surface
of a sphere not the volume, so the square law applies. If it did
fall off at a cubic rate there would might be more cause concern
because you the wave energy at the transmitter would be much more intense
to reach the target ant
Why should I have to get used to IE7. It's only a browser... something
that should be transparently invisible.
When I borrow a friends car, do I have to go on an "easter egg hunt" to
find the turn signal, brake, gas pedal,, steering wheel, or dashboard so
I can pop down to the store to buy so
At 01:05 PM 12/3/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>The alternative is to throw the brain dead overboard: no Internet for
>you. It might come to that.
Gee, I might get a life back.
Fred Holmes
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"But if you are part of the internetwork you are part of a community. If
IE users won't upgrade it makes it impossible for the rest of us to
advance.
"The alternative is to throw the brain dead overboard: no Internet for
you. It might come to that."
Far be it from me to disagree with our Fearless
>apparently these things are not selling very well.
Last Dec when I was checking Amazon's best seller list for the Zune I
noticed that two models of USB turntable were selling better than the
Zune. So don't call it "not selling very well."
**
I think Tom's point was that technology leaves the old stuff behind,
eventually. For example, not many computers from the 1980's would be of
much use today, if one wanted to use that computer to connect to the
internet. Many web sites will also become unreadable by the oldest
browsers, too. Not
>Anectdotaly, the fellows who manned the pirate radio stations in England
>were known to have their hair fall out.
That was MI5 using some of the left over powder the CIA had made for
Castro.
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>Why should I have to get used to IE7. It's only a browser... something
>that should be transparently invisible.
>
>When I borrow a friends car, do I have to go on an "easter egg hunt" to
>find the turn signal, brake, gas pedal,, steering wheel, or dashboard so
>I can pop down to the store to
>Such people don't have huge amounts of time--and probably don't have the
>knowledge--to mess around with tekkie things like downloading a new
>browser and spending hours delicately adjusting it so that it actually
>works.
I leave it you to explain to the "young couple in rural Virginia who are
j
Which to my eye is the strongest argument that fundamental components
of the internet comply to standards so that everyone who complies
with that standard can just get on with their business.
On Dec 3, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
...the Internet doesn't just belong to us and to
I think that just tells you about zuny sales, and their very special operating
system. maybe 12 yo's are smarter than we give them credit for.
At 03:40 PM 12/3/2007, you wrote:
>>apparently these things are not selling very well.
>
>Last Dec when I was checking Amazon's best seller list for the
Quotes: >Such people don't have huge amounts of time--and probably don't have
the
>knowledge--to mess around with tekkie things like downloading a new
>browser and spending hours delicately adjusting it so that it actually
>works.
I leave it you to explain to the "young couple in rural Virginia w
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On Dec 3, 2007 3:44 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Why should I have to get used to IE7. It's only a browser... something
> >that should be transparently invisible.
>
> It is not just about you, it is about the community. Using IE 6 is like
> borrowing a friend's car that had a big
One of them was #343 in electronics. Considering the boggling number of
electronics offered, and the relative niche target of these products, that
isn't too shabby.
> -Original Message-
> >apparently these things are not selling very well.
>
> Last Dec when I was checking Amazon's best s
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Two questions about Macbook Pro -- card reader & backup
Second question:
She got the Macbook Pro last September. Would getting an external USB
or IEEE 1394 hard drive be beneficial for backup (i.e., would the
Mac
I've used SciTE with good results on large text files.
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
> -Original Message-
> On Windows I have been using PSPad -- a full-featured programmer's text
> editor. I especially need GREP for search/replace and to extract lines
> that meet a certain pattern
I am using a little device that connects a regular turntable to a
computer. I have the turntable (a pretty good Denon model) hooked into
a small box that provides the proper equalization curve for LPs and then
feeds it via usb to an old computer I no longer use for anything else.
I'm slowly conver
>However, please, please, please don't use IE 6. Broken piece of cr*p.
Well okay. I can agree with that, but how come it has the most users? How
can we make them stop?
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>I think Tom's point was that technology leaves the old stuff behind,
>eventually. For example, not many computers from the 1980's would be of
>much use today, if one wanted to use that computer to connect to the
>internet. Many web sites will also become unreadable by the oldest
>browsers, too.
Same reason most mac users use safari. It comes preinstalled.
Mike
On Dec 3, 2007 4:20 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >However, please, please, please don't use IE 6. Broken piece of cr*p.
>
> Well okay. I can agree with that, but how come it has the most users? How
> can we make
Is your dvr the tuner also?
Mike
On Dec 3, 2007 4:17 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I think Tom's point was that technology leaves the old stuff behind,
> >eventually. For example, not many computers from the 1980's would be of
> >much use today, if one wanted to use that compute
Get opera9.5b ...gud ...www.opera.com
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From: db [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: MS IE 7
Why should I have to get used to IE7. It's only a browser... something
that should be transparently invisible.
When I borrow a fri
I don't use it other than to download MS updates... I use firefox but am
greatly annoyed every time I have to use it on some else computer and
can't easily find the controls for what I want to do in their minimized
to nothingness interface ...
db
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Why should I have to get us
We have an old turntable and amp connected to an old PowerMac 7600 via
RCA cables--sometimes it's plugged into a G4/.
You can do the same with a new computer using a Griffin iMic and RCA to
mini adapter, or use the audio input jack on a sound card. No need to
buy a new turntable if you already
That's one advantage of the DIY HTPC I'm building: you can always swap out
the tuner card for another.
I have an ATI 550 on the way from eBay, which will complete the parts I
need. The rest are from my recent upgrade to my main PC (which now sports a
dual-core Athlon 5200, 2 GB of RAM and a 36 G
Upgrade to Vista! (Yes, that was a joke...)
Firefox is showing that the slow and steady might not win the race, but it
makes for a good place. That pays out too at the track.
I'm giving away 6 year old computers to staff (the first batch I bought at
my .org -- :::sigh::: -- that's another way t
>Is your dvr the tuner also?
Alas, yes. It is a Replay.
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While it's possible to code a site with all the excessive bells and
whistles, commercial and nonprofit sites ultimately need to develop
their pages to attract customers/clients, not the script-kiddies putting
the sites together. It's not necessary to have lots of scripts and Flash
to create an
Tom Piwowar
>>apparently these things are not selling very well.
>
> Last Dec when I was checking Amazon's best seller list
> for the Zune I noticed that two models of USB turntable
> were selling better than the Zune. So don't call it
> "not selling very well."
I understand that the new Zune land
Tom Piwowar
>>Why should I have to get used to IE7. It's only a
>>browser... something that should be transparently
>>invisible.
> It is not just about you, it is about the community.
> Using IE 6 is like borrowing a friend's car that had a
> big red inspection sticker on it that says "rejected
But I bet that no one deigns to think of you as brain-dead just because you are
embracing this less than cutting edge technology.
Too bad that your mother never taught you the value of taking the high road.
You should try it sometime.
Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Draw a parallel to
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