Re: is there still a G3-5 list?

2013-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 21, 2013, at 11:38 PM, Mark Murphy m.smurph...@charter.net wrote: The last g3-5-list I have came through on June 10th. Weren't these things supposed to move to wordpress? No, there are new LEM forums, but Dan said the google group lists would remain. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-06-22 Thread Glen McKnight
On 22 Jun 2013, at 14:17, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 22/06/13 10.35, Tom ha scritto: Yesterday one of the two displays just suddenly went dark, like blowing out a candle. LCD monitors (and many electronics devices built around 2003-2005) suffer from the bad capacitors plague:

2004/week 10 dual G5 with one cpu dead

2013-06-22 Thread geraldcornish
Hi all, Where can I find the mpn for this 1.8ghz processor, please? Would there be more than one compatible cpu? My dual 1.8 g5 has the top cpu not working and I would like to replace it to bring the beast back to dual cpu status. It was sold as dual 1.8 but now runs with only one.

Re: upgrade eMac

2013-06-22 Thread ROBERT H. BAUCOM
I don't know which eMac you have, but I bought a used eMac G4, 1.25GHz several years ago. Loved it as i had my SE30 * back in '93. My wife has used it for her eMail these past three years. I had upgraded it to OS10.5.8 (Leopard) way back when. It's a great OS and very stable. I recommend it

Re: 2004/week 10 dual G5 with one cpu dead

2013-06-22 Thread Kris Tilford
I'm not positive of this, but I'm about 95% sure your problem is different than you think. These G5 PowerMacs came in two distinct configurations that both used the term dual. There were earlier versions with one dual-core CPU, and later versions with two single-core CPUs, and BOTH these are

Re: Re: 2004/week 10 dual G5 with one cpu dead

2013-06-22 Thread Adam Vaughn
The only dual core G5 CPUs were used in the very last series of Power Mac G5, offered in single processor 2 and 2.3GHz, as well as the dual processor quad 2.5GHz. The mid 2004 PowerMac G5s used dual single core processors, offered as dual 1.8, dual 2.0, and dual 2.5GHz (a single processor 1.8GHz

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-06-22 Thread Geke
Apart from resetting the PRAM, I could think of some other things--others may correct me: 1. Look for Display Preferences in User/Library/Preferences and delete the file (I don't know the name) or move it out of the folder I know, you already logged in as a different user; I'm just

Re: 2004/week 10 dual G5 with one cpu dead

2013-06-22 Thread geraldcornish
Kris, Adam Thanks for your response. On closer inspection it does seem to have 2 single cpus and I assume the upper one is not working going by the fan speeds - 300rpm upper, 1000rpm lower. When my other half lets me get at the machine I'll try the simple fixes - pram reset and see what I

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-06-22 Thread Tom
I don't know what a capacitor looks like, Kris. But I'll do a little research and try to learn. Maybe it can be replaced. Thanks for the tip. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-06-22 Thread Tom
Thanks for the help everybody, on both how to make the Mac forget the imaginary monitor and how to troubleshoot the real but dead one. I zapped the PRAM, and it fixed the problem. Now the Mac knows it only has one monitor connected to it. Alex first sent me the suggestion to zap the PRAM, and

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-06-22 Thread Alex Sciortino
Well at least you got the G5 sorted. IMHO, the monitor will need a recap. If you don't have much experience soldering, I would ask a friend. If you can't find capacitors with the same value, you can go up in voltage. Good luck! -- -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: So anyway, I went online and looked up how to do it, zapped the PRAM, and now all is well. Now to try to figure out what happened to the monitor that went kablooey. Silly question, have you checked the power brick? I ask this

upgrade eMac

2013-06-21 Thread Gene Henley
I have an eMac with 10.3.3 I understand that I must upgrade to 10.3.9 before I can go to Tiger. Maybe not true. Should it be , I don`t know how to upgrade to to 10.3.9. Any help appreciated. Gene H -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: upgrade eMac

2013-06-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 21, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Gene Henley mhenl...@verizon.net wrote: I have an eMac with 10.3.3 I understand that I must upgrade to 10.3.9 before I can go to Tiger. Maybe not true. Not true. No Apple system ever required you have the preevious system version installed and updated until

is there still a G3-5 list?

2013-06-21 Thread janesprando
Bruce, I went to Google Groups and can't find the G3-5 list. I sent this post to g3-5-list group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com: Stats: G4 flat screen goose neck iMac running 10.4; I am the administrator, but a teenage girl has an account. She has the only Mac computer in the house. There is a

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-21 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Upgrade to what Date:Saturday, 08. June 2013 From:Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On Jun 8, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject:

Re: is there still a G3-5 list?

2013-06-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
Well I got this message via the list, so yes it still exists! On Jun 21, 2013, at 4:01 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: Bruce, I went to Google Groups and can't find the G3-5 list. It's called the 'G-Group' https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/g3-5-list I sent this post to g3-5-list

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-21 Thread Illirik Smirnov
I mean, it's not as if the Apple commandos will break down your door if you violate the EULA. As for what to upgrade to, be on the lookout for Mac Pro 1,1s (from 2006). The dual-dual models are still quite fast, and you can upgrade to dual-quads for about $100 in eBay CPUs. Craigslist turns these

Re: is there still a G3-5 list?

2013-06-21 Thread Clark Martin
On Jun 21, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Stats: G4 flat screen goose neck iMac running 10.4; I am the administrator, but a teenage girl has an account. She has the only Mac computer in the house. There is a Windows computer and a couple iPads and iPods sharing the network. The

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-09 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 08/06/13 16.13, Don Wakefield ha scritto: My eMac which is limited to Leopard is really showing signs of age and I will be needing to retire it before long. My problem is that I have far too many PPC applications (Quark 8, CS 3 everything, etc) which would be cost prohibited and in

G5 dual 1.8 Powermac (June 2003) built 2004 week 10

2013-06-08 Thread geraldcornish
Hi all, Where can I find the mpn for this 1.8ghz processor, please? Would there be more than one compatible cpu? My dual 1.8 g5 has the top cpu not working and I would like to replace it to bring the beast back to dual cpu status. It was sold as dual 1.8 but now runs with only one.

Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Don Wakefield
My eMac which is limited to Leopard is really showing signs of age and I will be needing to retire it before long. My problem is that I have far too many PPC applications (Quark 8, CS 3 everything, etc) which would be cost prohibited and in the Adobe family impossible to upgrade to current

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Alex Sciortino
I am not sure when they released Lion, but IIRC it was 11'. Any Mac before Lion will do. I would go MBP. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Upgrade to what Date:Saturday, 08. June 2013 From:Don Wakefield dtp...@yahoo.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com My question is: What machine version, (iMac or portable) even if it had to dual boot, would both give me the ability to

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Bruce Ryan
Hi Don From experience I'd look for a Core2Duo machine from 2008 or thereby. Whether you go desktop or laptop is your call. (I guess it will depend on what you can afford and what's available.) But my 2008 17 MacBookPro (2·6 GHz, 4GB RAM, the last of the pre-unibody ones) handled Quark 7 and

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Upgrade to what Date:Saturday, 08. June 2013 From:Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Other thought - a modern mac will have the best hardware guarantees, and it is possible (though maybe not strictly

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 8, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: I would think that any Core i5/7 model will provide enough power for the future. 1) Look for Core i5/i7 iMacs Mid-2010 (there are also Core 2 Duo systems!) if you want an All-in-One Desktop that comes with Mac OS X 10.6.3. I'll add an

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 8, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: Upgrade to what Date:Saturday, 08. June 2013 From:Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Other thought - a modern mac will have the best hardware

Re: Upgrade to what

2013-06-08 Thread Bruce Ryan
Hi Andreas Thank you! This eases my until-now vaguely guilty conscience. I run Leopard and Snow leopard VMs under VirtualBox on my MacPro (which runs MountainLion). The MacPro came with SnowLeopard but I bought upgrades to Lion and then MountainLion via the app store. I installed the VMs

Re: NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-05 Thread Scottls
Go to OldApps.com/mac and you should find what you're looking for as well as a bunch more useful apps for the older Macs. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list

Re: NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-05 Thread Matthew Schmeer
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 9:25:58 AM UTC-5, Scottls wrote: Go to OldApps.com/mac and you should find what you're looking for as well as a bunch more useful apps for the older Macs. Ummm . . . no. I'm looking for an update patch. OldApps doesn't carry the patches. NeoOffice 2.2.5 was the

Re: NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 5, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Matthew Schmeer mwschm...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 9:25:58 AM UTC-5, Scottls wrote: Go to OldApps.com/mac and you should find what you're looking for as well as a bunch more useful apps for the older Macs. Ummm . . . no. I'm looking for

Re: NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Matthew Schmeer wrote: NeoOffice 2.2.5 was the last version of NeoOffice to run under Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.9). You should certainly upgrade to 10.4.11 and run a newer version of NeoOffice. AFAIK there are ZERO Macs that stop at 10.3.9, the few that do, such as

Re: NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-05 Thread Matthew Schmeer
Sorry--it's not a slot loader as I originally posted; it is a tray-loader. It has a 7GB hard drive and 256MB RAM. I'm not going to invest any money into it to upgrade to a larger drive or add RAM. While I appreciate the pointers on how to upgrade, I'm not asking for advice on whether I should

Re: NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-05 Thread Matthew Schmeer
Good thought, Bruce, but the many links I checked--mostly for around 2009, which is when I *think* this last patch were released, are lead to error pages. Also, since most of the software on the NeoOffice site is actually hosted by mirror sites that are updated each night, these are in the

NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 for PowerPC?

2013-06-04 Thread Matthew Schmeer
I'm fixing up an old slot-loading G3 iMac for the kids to bang around on--this will not be networked and will mostly be used for word processing and light gameplaying. I've found NeoOffice 2.2.5 to install on it, but I'm looking for the last patch for that version, Patch 14. None of the

Re: Replacement Reader

2013-06-01 Thread Dan
At 5:33 PM -0400 05/30/2013, les simo wrote: I installed NNW for Tiger and it works fine EXCEPT it didn't import all my feeds. Didn't know it could. lol. But now that I look, I see the import item. Did you properly export things from your old reader? Also, I cannot figure out how to

Replacement Reader

2013-05-30 Thread les simo
  I use NetNewsWire for all my RSS feeds...   - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.   Here's NNW for Tiger: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610326/NetNewsWire%203.1.7.dmg   And if anyone wants it, here be for Leopard:

Re: Replacement Reader

2013-05-27 Thread les simo
  What's Freedy?   I use NetNewsWire for all my RSS feeds...   - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.     It's Feedly . Also, cannot find NetNewsWire for os X 10.4.11 PPC G4/G5 -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Replacement Reader

2013-05-27 Thread Dan
At 2:26 PM -0400 05/27/2013, les simo wrote: cannot find NetNewsWire for os X 10.4.11 PPC G4/G5 Here's NNW for Tiger: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610326/NetNewsWire%203.1.7.dmg And if anyone wants it, here be for Leopard:

Re: Replacement Reader

2013-05-24 Thread Illirik Smirnov
Why aren't you using TenFourFox? On May 23, 2013 8:53 PM, les simo les.sim...@aol.com wrote: Hi, I follow numerous blogs and am looking for a suitable replacement for the destined for demise Google Reader. Feedly seems to be the hot favorite, but does not work for me. It displays a message

Re: Replacement Reader

2013-05-24 Thread Dan
At 8:53 PM -0400 05/23/2013, les simo wrote: I follow numerous blogs and am looking for a suitable replacement for the destined for demise Google Reader. Feedly seems to be the hot favorite, but does not work for me. It displays a message saying synchronizing... and does absolutely nothing for

Re: Replacement Reader

2013-05-24 Thread Richard Smallwood
He wrote - Feedly not Freedy http://www.feedly.com/ On 24 May 2013, at 9:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:53 PM -0400 05/23/2013, les simo wrote: I follow numerous blogs and am looking for a suitable replacement for the destined for demise Google Reader. Feedly seems to be the hot favorite, but

Replacement Reader

2013-05-23 Thread les simo
Hi, I follow numerous blogs and am looking for a suitable replacement for the destined for demise Google Reader. Feedly seems to be the hot favorite, but does not work for me. It displays a message saying synchronizing... and does absolutely nothing for hours. I'm on a Powerbook G4/1Ghz, OS X

Re: Overactive pmTool

2013-05-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 7, 2013, at 2:56 PM, arichic...@gmail.com wrote: G5 dual 1.8/10.5. Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months ago I used Onyx to clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago. What can I do to get pmTool

Re: Overactive pmTool

2013-05-07 Thread Dan
At 4:56 PM -0500 05/07/2013, arichic...@gmail.com wrote: Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months ago I used Onyx to clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago. What can I do to get pmTool under control?

Re: Overactive pmTool

2013-05-07 Thread a1
On May 7, 5:26 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 4:56 PM -0500 05/07/2013, arichic...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of browsers, I've noticed lately that Google Reader seems to crash them while I am loading subscriptions. Wonder if they are doing this on purpose. Yes.  Google has decided

Re: Overactive pmTool

2013-05-07 Thread a1
On May 7, 5:19 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On May 7, 2013, at 2:56 PM, arichic...@gmail.com wrote: G5 dual 1.8/10.5. Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months ago I used Onyx to clear

USB problem

2013-05-03 Thread joe duran
Hi All, Have a G5 2.0ghz DP (A1047) running Leopard 10.5.8. Recently it developed a strange bug which I think must be hardware related. The mouse is plugged into the keyboard and the keyboard is plugged directly into one of the rear USB ports. When booting with the Option key held down to

Re: USB problem

2013-05-03 Thread Kris Tilford
I have a G5 dual 2.3 that's sometimes experienced similar problems with USB. Mine were intermittent, and usually a Safe Boot reboot to clear the boot caches would clear the problem up. In my case, there were three USB ports available, one on the front, and two on the back. I noticed that

Re: USB problem

2013-05-03 Thread Clark Martin
On May 3, 2013, at 1:47 PM, joe duran wrote: Have a G5 2.0ghz DP (A1047) running Leopard 10.5.8. Recently it developed a strange bug which I think must be hardware related. The mouse is plugged into the keyboard and the keyboard is plugged directly into one of the rear USB ports. When

Root, Admin and User

2013-05-03 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
Okay, I have an iMac running Snow Leopard, and way back in the stone age (2009) after I turned it on I set up an account with a username and password, then forgot about it except when installing software, where it asked for my username and password. Ditto with my son's machine, very close model

Re: Root, Admin and User

2013-05-03 Thread Doug McNutt
At 18:21 -0400 5/3/13, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Okay, I have an iMac running Snow Leopard, and way back in the stone age (2009) after I turned it on I set up an account with a username and password, then forgot about it except when installing software, where it asked for my username and

Re: Root, Admin and User

2013-05-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 3, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Anne Keller-Smith earth...@ptd.net wrote: Okay, I have an iMac running Snow Leopard, and way back in the stone age (2009) after I turned it on I set up an account with a username and password, then forgot about it except when installing software, where it asked

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-02 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 01/05/13 20.53, Dan ha scritto: Nothing logged as errors, but then as-is OS X doesn't do SMART over USB. AFAIK, SMART is a lousy diagnostic anyway. It's a better than nothing alarm system, but I wouldn't trust it much. (No, I don't have a SATA card in the Mac. My choices for

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 2, 2013, at 2:31 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: AFAIK, SMART is a lousy diagnostic anyway. I agree. It's a better than nothing alarm system, but I wouldn't trust it much. I've had drives die that passed SMART right up until the moment they died. I've seen drives with SMART errors that

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-02 Thread Dan
At 9:31 AM +0200 05/02/2013, Valter Prahlad wrote: I'd suggest to go with the Firewire route. Since you have 5 drives to test, opening the LaCie box and running a real HD diagnostic tool, seems to me well worth it. Well, at least for the speed of having another place to spin up the drives.

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-02 Thread Dan
At 12:58 PM -0700 05/01/2013, Bruce Johnson wrote: See here for supported USB devices (ID'ed by the vendor/product IDs as seen in System Profiler) http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices oOo Somehow I missed that list in my perusing. This is good. The

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-02 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 02/05/13 22.03, Dan ha scritto: Well, at least for the speed of having another place to spin up the drives. As far as I can tell, these tools don't support SMART over firewire either. Usually I use Drive Genius for testing HDs. IIRC it tests also USB and Firewire drives, but you

Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-01 Thread Dan
Hi all, I've got 5 500GB SATA HDs that throw a red light when plugged into a Promise SmartStor NAS box. Stuck one in a generic external usb dock, and used Disk Utility to zero it. Nothing logged as errors, but then as-is OS X doesn't do SMART over USB. Pushed data thru it for a while,

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: The tools I found on MacUpdate seem useless; doesn't look like any of 'em support USB or FW. Bruce had recommended Smartmontools a while back, I think. Just started reading thru it. Will this work?

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

2013-05-01 Thread Thomas Fritsch
could always use a spare Sh*t beater windows PC (runnin linux or a Live-CD) to do SMART Checks. its what i do to keep my aging G3 in line. On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.eduwrote: On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: The

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, DNS stands for Directory Name Server and has nothing to do with your router. OPEN is just the name of a server, and there are lots of DNS units throughout the world. The primary ip address for OPEN is 208.67.222.222 and the secondary ip address is 208.67.220.220 The purpose of a

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread peterhaas
The specified DNS can be changed (which is another subject) however the DNS is by default set by your internet provider. The default DNS can be reset by reseting your internet box. A lot of folks ELECT to use a secondary DNS as their primary DNS as that secondary DNS offers improved

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread Jerry
Actually, its Domain Name System. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System On 04/30/13 11:43 AM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings, DNS stands for Directory Name Server and has nothing to do with your router. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread Doug McNutt
At 09:43 -0700 4/30/13, gifutiger wrote: DNS stands for Directory Name Server and has nothing to do with your router. OPEN is just the name of a server, and there are lots of DNS units throughout the world. Just to avoid confusion. In this context DNS is Domain Name Server and is very much

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread Jerry
Doug, I am not sure I am following you here on the on the RFC 1918 address space issue. Unless a person has set up an internal DNS server resolving private address space, a person would either typically specify the private address directly, or would use a hosts file for internal usage. Can

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread Dan
At 4:00 PM -0500 04/30/2013, Jerry wrote: I am not sure I am following [Doug] here on the on the RFC 1918 address space issue. Unless a person has set up an internal DNS server resolving private address space, a person would either typically specify the private address directly, or would use

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-30 Thread Doug McNutt
We use a router provided by our service provider which used to be Qwest but is now Century Communications. The modem that talks to the telephone pair with radio frequency above the voice band also acts as a domain name server. Other machines which usually have cute names that we assign have

Hey

2013-04-29 Thread staurolight
http://198.66.172.47/guests.htm?jzunovo=42613354liso=87961 -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-29 Thread Lawrence David Eden
A great solution is to find the fastest DNS serves in your area. Download a free copy of Namebench. It will find your best alternative. Larry It sounds like a DNS hijack. Change you dns provider with the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

Re: spammers

2013-04-29 Thread Len Gerstel
List Members, Please don't reply to these or comment on them. Every now and again the spammers get through to our list by spoofing an unmoderated member's email address. The Nannies/moderators take action to mitigate the problem, but replying only increases the views. Just ignore and

Re: spammers

2013-04-29 Thread Paul Stamsen
At 9:09 am -0400 4/29/13, regarding Re: spammers, Len Gerstel communicated: List Members, Please don't reply to these or comment on them. Every now and again the spammers get through to our list by spoofing an unmoderated member's email address. The Nannies/moderators take action to

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-29 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Open DNS runs through your router. I would just use the reset button on your router, and then go into the firmware and set new passwords and put all your settings back in place. Sent from my iPod -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread Michael McMurtrey
I came home from a trip, turned on my computer, and found that I am now blocked from certain favorite web sites. I am taken to a page at www.blocked-website.com which tells me, for example, Sorry, but (site) is blocked on this network. This site was categorized in (category). Contact your

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread Eric Hall
It sounds like a DNS hijack. Change you dns provider with the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using If you don't like google DNS servers, use the one provided by your ISP. Eric From: Michael McMurtrey

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread johnhios
Michael McMurtrey wrote: I came home from a trip, turned on my computer, and found that I am now blocked from certain favorite web sites. I am taken to a page at www.blocked-website.com http://www.blocked-website.com which tells me, for example, Sorry, but (site) is blocked on this network.

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread Kris Tilford
I think this is likely correct, DNS hijack, however you may need to also change these DNS settings within your router itself, it's possible the DNS was hijacked at the router level. You'll need to navigate into your router controls and find the router DNS settings and use the public Google

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 28, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Michael McMurtrey wrote: I came home from a trip, turned on my computer, and found that I am now blocked from certain favorite web sites. I am taken to a page at www.blocked-website.com which tells me, for example, Sorry, but (site) is blocked on this

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread D. Fabel
If it isn't a hijack, perhaps your wife has changed your router settings... ??? Doug On Apr 28, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Eric Hall wrote: It sounds like a DNS hijack. Change you dns provider with the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using If you don't

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread kak
Or perhaps if you're connected to internet through a wi-fi, you might have accidentally linked onto a neighbor's connection that is using the openDNS blocker. (I have been using it personally, and have found it to be helpful in limiting teenagers, at least a little bit). KK On Apr 28, 2013,

Re: Web sites suddenly blocked

2013-04-28 Thread Dan
At 4:11 PM -0700 04/28/2013, Bruce Johnson wrote: I'm at a loss as to how this would lead you to OpenDNS blocking the site (as it should, if you're using OpenDNS as your DNS provider), though, as the whole point of DNS hijacking is to lead you away from valid DNS services like OpenDNS. Yea.

LOG IN brainlock

2013-04-24 Thread JohnV
Apologiy but It's not teh G5 but the iMac 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo 10.6.8 It's been running for weeks and seems the last time I changed the opening password for starting the machine, I was too clever by half. Just restarted and Even with the hint I used, I can NOT recall what the

Re: LOG IN brainlock

2013-04-24 Thread Paul Twiddy
Not. On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:19 AM, JohnV wrote: How dead am I? -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our

Re: LOG IN brainlock

2013-04-24 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 24/04/13 16.19, JohnV ha scritto: Just restarted and Even with the hint I used, I can NOT recall what the password is. Google recovering password osx First result is the one you should looking into: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274 Scroll down to Resetting a user's password in

Re: LOG IN brainlock

2013-04-24 Thread JohnV
Got restart with SNOW CD and reset password. now it seems the KEYCHAIN system is locked. Right now staring at the dialogue box offering CONTINUE LOG IN... CREATE NEW KEYCHAIN... UPDATE KEYCHAIN PASSWORD the hang here is, if I read this right, I still need to remember my OLD password to keep

Re: LOG IN brainlock

2013-04-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 24, 2013, at 8:11 AM, JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net wrote: Got restart with SNOW CD and reset password. now it seems the KEYCHAIN system is locked. Right now staring at the dialogue box offering CONTINUE LOG IN... CREATE NEW KEYCHAIN... UPDATE KEYCHAIN PASSWORD the hang here

Wireless router

2013-04-24 Thread Stro
Greetings, I am in search of a new wireless router. I need to connect a PC wired to the router and a G5, a G4MDD, and a G4 DA wireless to it. Any suggestions? I currently have a Belkin, but it needs to be replaced. Thanks, Lee -- -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Wireless router

2013-04-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 24, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Stro lstro...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, I am in search of a new wireless router. I need to connect a PC wired to the router and a G5, a G4MDD, and a G4 DA wireless to it. Any suggestions? I currently have a Belkin, but it needs to be replaced. I haven't

Re: Wireless router

2013-04-24 Thread Fabian Fang
On Apr 24, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Stro wrote: I am in search of a new wireless router. I need to connect a PC wired to the router and a G5, a G4MDD, and a G4 DA wireless to it. Any suggestions? I currently have a Belkin, but it needs to be replaced. Why not get an Apple Airport Extreme Base

OT: Multiple Voting When It's Prohibited

2013-04-22 Thread Judith Berkowitz
I'm curious: how do folks get around online quizzes and such that have a limit on voting? For instance, if I can vote once / day I see a note that reads Already Voted! after I have done so. Which is as it should be. However, I'm sure that folks have packed their votes by voting multiple times in

Re: OT: Multiple Voting When It's Prohibited

2013-04-22 Thread Brian Fuelleman
More often than not, the voting system records your ISP address, and or your email address, beyond that, most of the limitations come from those who are doing the polling/recording the vote tally. As to getting around it, you can have multiple email addresses and or vote from multiple ISP

Re: OT: Multiple Voting When It's Prohibited

2013-04-22 Thread Dan
At 12:44 PM -0700 04/22/2013, Judith Berkowitz wrote: how do folks get around online quizzes and such that have a limit on voting? Carefully. :) Not that I intend to do this (at least not for now!), but how is it possible to get around the once / 24 hour rule? Primative systems marked you

AWORKS oddity

2013-04-17 Thread JohnV
AppleWorks 6.2.9 has started doing something different. When I highlight text, instead of shading it, it surrounds it in a line-box. THen, if I single-click anywhere else on the page, it will NOT un- select the text. John V 10.4.11 Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:

Re: AWORKS oddity

2013-04-17 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 17, 2013, at 9:35 AM, JohnV wrote: AppleWorks 6.2.9 has started doing something different. When I highlight text, instead of shading it, it surrounds it in a line- box. THen, if I single-click anywhere else on the page, it will NOT un-select the text. John V 10.4.11 Most of

cross-machine synch and joining the 21st century

2013-04-11 Thread JohnV
Much of this is likely mundane and searchable in archives... wherever they might be... Machines in play: == a G5 (should be just for audio and graphic work, not web or mail or other outside communication) == an INtel Core duo (should be for most office, regular communications and

Re: cross-machine synch and joining the 21st century

2013-04-11 Thread JohnV
On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:03 AM, JohnV wrote: .. any suggestions, tutorials, guidance or kick-in-the-butt pep talks would be hugely helpful. Meant to add on or off list... thanks John V -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: cross-machine synch and joining the 21st century

2013-04-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 11, 2013, at 7:03 AM, JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net wrote: Much of this is likely mundane and searchable in archives... wherever they might be... Machines in play: == a G5 (should be just for audio and graphic work, not web or mail or other outside communication) == an INtel

Re: Power Mac forum at LowEndMac.com

2013-04-07 Thread Frank Dutra
Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback. We will continue to maintain all of our lists on Google Groups as is and add online forums at lowendmac.com as an additional resource. That's great to hear, I was desperately trying to find alternatives to what I believed to be their demise.

G5 Printer

2013-04-07 Thread les simo
Hi all, I have a PPC G5/2Ghz iMac running OS X 10.4.11 and a HP F2210 all-in-one printer/copier/scanner. When I attempt to print a document, the computer sends data to the printer but nothing happens. The scanner works from the computer, so the two are communicating. Also, HP has a maint. mode

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