Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Tony B
Well, perhaps your PDA can use the increased speed of USB2; that's not surprising. But neither your mouse nor keyboard can operate faster than USB1 speed. >> Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. > > I mentioned the version of the USB port, because, I have a USB cable > connected to one

Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Christopher Range
Tony B wrote: You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. Tony, I re-connected it and, the keyboard works now!!!(Grinnin

Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Christopher Range
Tony B wrote: You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. I mentioned the version of the USB port, because, I have a USB

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
Thanks, I found four commercials for droid but not that one. I can see the michael bay effect strong on that one, not a good thing. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:26 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, mike wrote: > > > Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does'

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, mike wrote: > Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does' commercials with a > robot theme.  Still no go on the ones you are referring to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_sOAhoc0o ***

Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Tony B
You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > When I got home

[CGUYS] USB quandry

2009-11-09 Thread Christopher Range
I have an HP Mini Notebook that I took on a trip with me recently. While at my destination, I bought a USB keyboard and, a USB mouse, to use with the Notebook, via the two USB ports. They worked fine. When I got home, I hooked the USB keyboard n' mouse, to my desktop, via a PCI USB/Firewire

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Dunford
> >> Now, who thought it was "hokey-dokey", and what exactly did he or she say? > > > >We're still waiting. Can you back this up, or not? > > Dude, man, when are you going to learn? Hope springs infernal. * ** List info, s

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)

2009-11-09 Thread katan
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:05:23 -0500, Chris Dunford wrote: >> Now, who thought it was "hokey-dokey", and what exactly did he or she say? > >We're still waiting. Can you back this up, or not? Dude, man, when are you going to learn? -- R:\katan -

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Dunford
> > At the time I posted about the M$ $idekick $crewup the story was that > > there was no backup and all user files were permanently lost. Only > > WFBs thought that was hokedokey. > > Who thought that, exactly? What quote can you provide to back that up? Here's > part of my post: > > "This was

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does' commercials with a robot theme. Still no go on the ones you are referring to. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM, mike wrote: > Nope, at least not for me, all I get are a lot of reviews and the iDont > commercial. > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
Nope, at least not for me, all I get are a lot of reviews and the iDont commercial. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike wrote: > > > I must have missed that droid ad. > > Watch just about any male oriented sports program on major n

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike wrote: > I must have missed that droid ad. Watch just about any male oriented sports program on major network TV, football, NASCAR, anything macho, and you'll get to see the ad. It is big time jingoistic looking. When I first saw it, I was sure it was a

[CGUYS] Windows Mail and Yahoo

2009-11-09 Thread Rosenberg, Alan [USA]
Running Vista HP with Windows Mail, had a situation where my message to a friend with a Yahoo domain email address was never delivered, and a message from him to me (requested by phone) also never arrived. I've used Verizon as my mail server for over a year with this setup, and have had no probl

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
I must have missed that droid ad. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mike wrote: > > > You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. > > Speaking of the coming of the "Droids," here is what the Motley > Fools say about t

[CGUYS] Chinese iPhone Has No Wi-Fi

2009-11-09 Thread b_s-wilk
Chinese iPhone Has No Wi-Fi --- by Glenn Fleishman The combination of mobile broadband and Wi-Fi in the iPhone has long been one of its selling points, and seamless data roaming between cell and Wi-Fi...Not so in China. The iPhone model for sale by China Unicom

Re: [CGUYS] MobileMe [Was COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest …]

2009-11-09 Thread tjpa
On Nov 8, 2009, at 5:21 PM, David K Watson wrote: No, I think it was only Exchange support and some of the new MobileMe web apps that they had extended problems with when Apple was transitioning from .Mac to MobileMe. Mail, storage and syncing went almost completely unaffected and have remained

Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal

2009-11-09 Thread tjpa
On Nov 8, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: So, once you have done an OS upgrade on your machine, you can no longer do an annual re-installation of the OS on a reformatted drive. And if the drive on which the upgrade was done suffers a hardware failure, it is illegal to install the upgra

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mike wrote: > You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. Speaking of the coming of the "Droids," here is what the Motley Fools say about the $100 million ad campaign recently launched on TV. They felt the same uneasy and shuddering feeling I ha

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > He might have been wanting to take screenshots >> > > You mean like on the iPhone and iPod Touch? That's build-in, no extra app > needed. Can Droid do screenshots too? Can it select and