Re: [CGUYS] WSJ Disses IT

2008-01-23 Thread Tony B
The big question is: With Apple's stock tanking again, who's going to bail them out this time now that Bill's (almost) gone? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ Disses IT

2008-01-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I know of one individual who wanted to get an Iphone on his ATT >business plan but they would not sell it to him. AT&T is introducing a business plan for iPhone next month. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the fol

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ Disses IT

2008-01-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Interesting he was willing to pay the price, but they would not let him have it tried to sell him the tilt instead. Stewart At 09:41 PM 1/23/2008, you wrote: I had it explained to me differently. Apple will not let ATT discount the phone nor the plan. The ATT people made a pitch for upgrading

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ Disses IT

2008-01-23 Thread maruca
I had it explained to me differently. Apple will not let ATT discount the phone nor the plan. The ATT people made a pitch for upgrading my Palm at a nice discount and cheaper service if I changed to them and hooked up through work, but told me if I wanted iPhone I'd have to pay full price.

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi stumbler for Macs

2008-01-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I USED to think the range of a wireless Access Point >was limited to 100 or 150 feet. And that someone had to >be within that range to snoop. Now I know better and >will act differently with all my customers. That is exactly why people in the know are so upset about the new US passports. Imagine

[CGUYS] Add extras to DVD movie in Toast

2008-01-23 Thread b_s-wilk
I have a video that I just made from a dance competition this past weekend. I'd like to burn a DVD with the video [Video_TS] and also include a version for iPod on the same DVD. Can this be done in Toast so that it will play on a DVD player or XBox and still have the iPod version included? Be

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ Disses IT

2008-01-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I know of one individual who wanted to get an Iphone on his ATT business plan but they would not sell it to him. Apparently they did not want to support the Iphone with business customers. Strange Stewart At 07:15 PM 1/23/2008, you wrote: "But few IT departments buy Apple gear: Apples store

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi stumbler for Macs

2008-01-23 Thread b_s-wilk
KisMAC is illegal in Germany, since it's considered to be security software. The Swiss don't care [I understand; I worked for a Swiss company for 4 years]. The KisMac team moved to Switzerland, http://www.macpirate.ch/. At Macworld, were they using a Meraki box to get the signals? Or a mesh a

[CGUYS] WSJ Disses IT

2008-01-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
"But few IT departments buy Apple gear: Apples stores are the haute couture boutiques of computing; IT departments mostly shop at Wal-Mart." http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/01/22/apple-makes-a-fashion-statement * ==> QUI

Re: [CGUYS] Vista and Printer Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
>This Vista crap is what has kept me away from the Computer Guys forum >for the last six months trying to make my old stuff work or find >replacements. Didn't we warn you away from Vista? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFE

Re: [CGUYS] State Taxes

2008-01-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Since 1988, I have paid 1.2 million to the federal government, and I >see very little of what that money does (unless I watch the 6 o'clock >news).I have paid $200,000 to the state of NC, and I see a lot of >what that money does... schools, roads, bridges, Medicaid, community >incentive pr

Re: [CGUYS] State Taxes

2008-01-23 Thread Brian Jones
Gerald, I have no problem with paying taxes... My wife and I pay $59,000/yr to Federal and $11,000/yr to the state, and another $6,000/yr locally to the city and county for property (and our rates are low!) I am a small business and very overworked... the fewer forms and licenses the better..

Re: [CGUYS] Vista and Printer Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Brian Jones
It's doing it right now! The icon is NOT grayed out this time, but reporting an error - printing. I did not leave the network this time... only a sleep mode was entered. (SETUP: Toshiba Laptop w/Vista through Linksys Wireless Router/switch to new XP machine with HP Deskjet 1220 connected via U

Re: [CGUYS] State Taxes

2008-01-23 Thread gerald
At 10:59 AM 1/23/2008, you wrote: >It seems to me that MD's sales tax on services is an attempt to grab some >income from Virginia based consultants. >A Va. consultant would go into MD, perform services, and only pay tax on his >income to Virginia. By imposing a 'sales' tax, then MD can get a cu

Re: [CGUYS] Vista and Printer Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
They are being set to offline. Click online when you are back onto the network. This is NOT a VISTA issue, but has been true since at least W2K! Eschew Obfuscation This is a reply from: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services fo

[CGUYS] Vista and Printer Problems

2008-01-23 Thread Brian Jones
Has anyone had problems with Vista printer drivers quitting. It seems to happen each time I use my computer away from my home network. The printer icons become 'grayed out', and the spoolers report 'error printing'. The only solution I can find is to delete all the print jobs, delete the printe

[CGUYS] State Taxes

2008-01-23 Thread Brian Jones
It seems to me that MD's sales tax on services is an attempt to grab some income from Virginia based consultants. A Va. consultant would go into MD, perform services, and only pay tax on his income to Virginia. By imposing a 'sales' tax, then MD can get a cut of the action that takes place on t

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi stumbler for Macs

2008-01-23 Thread Phil Marchetti
I just returned from several wifi training classes at Macworld, San Francisco. Our instructor said that KisMAC is so powerful that it is illegal to have it on your computer in Germany. I am still trying to figure out the inner workings of it myself. He also demonstrated how to use an advanced ant

[CGUYS] Panic-The Mother of Invention, was"DVD/CDRW Not recognized "

2008-01-23 Thread TracyF2
Several of the responses from the Listserv hinted at the optical drive being dead. I proceeded with these steps: 1: Stopped cursing technology 2: Found model number of the optical drive 3. Found retail price of new drive 4. Stopped cursing technology 5. Looked on ebay 6. found a drive. 7. Look