RE: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

If you've already downloaded it, grab the Sysinternals Autoruns program, run it, and under the winlogon area right click on it and delete it. Dave David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 dsm...@doandelivers.com www.upstatedigitools.com This message m

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

I'm not sure why there's so much angst over a few simple clicks in the default folder views for Windows 7. Everything you want ( details view, extensions, and so on) are all right there. Unlike their introduction of the Office Ribbon, they have not removed choice this time, they've just done what t

RE: VFP9-Word/Excel licence

After the book, I found the best thing to do is work with the objects at the command prompt. The trick with that last one was finding out about the GetNameSpace method. After that, I let Intellisense do its thing. The code snippet I posted does not bring up any security warnings; at least on m

Re: VFP9-Word/Excel licence

Richard Kaye wrote: > After the book, I found the best thing to do is work with the objects at the > command prompt. The trick with that last one was finding out about the > GetNameSpace method. After that, I let Intellisense do its thing. > > The code snippet I posted does not bring up any sec

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

> Having broken it so badly I've had to reload > the > OS at least a dozen times while learning what made it tick, I sure wish > Ubuntu would have waved a flag at me and say " Yo! Dummy! Be careful in > here!". Oh yeah? At least with Ubuntu you can't log on as root and cream all the files in one

[NF]Windows Vista Ultimate and FTP

I recently acquired a Vista Ultimate new desktop and want to set up an ftp site (which I could successfully do on my old XP Professional computer) I have been using no-ip.org for a "fixed" ip for years now, with no problems. However, setting up an ftp on Vista Ultimate is a passage through hell

RE: [NF]Windows Vista Ultimate and FTP

> Why not simply use FileZilla the Open source FTP Server I had no idea FileZilla offered an ftp Server app. I have been using Serv-U-ftp for many years, and am pleased with it (Pro version). But it ain't free (they used to have, and may still have, a free version. But it has some limitations I

RE: Open last project on startup

Eurico, Sorry I misread your post, thought you said "how to do it" not "isn't working". Is the option is greyed out then and unchangeable? Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Eurico Chagas Filho Sent: 26 August 2

Re: [NF]Windows Vista Ultimate and FTP

Good idea Thank you Rafael - Original Message - From: "Dave Crozier" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: RE: [NF]Windows Vista Ultimate and FTP > Rafael, > Why not simply use FileZilla the Open source FTP Server & Client. It works > extremely well and is simple to

RE: Open last project on startup

Hi Dave Yeah, that's it, it is greyed out and unchangeable. Before I take two steps, delete resource file and check the register I would like to know if someone had this before and what he(she) did. E. Sorry I misread your post, thought you said "how to do it" not "isn't working". Is the opt

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > Eugene Vital wrote: >> Having to switch to Detail View every time I use the File Open >> dialog... > > That is another huge annoyance. > > What about when you click on the c: drive in Explorer and you get the "you > aren't > smart enoug

[NF] Truth about coffee, caffeine, and the calories

Glad that my espresso is at the bottom of the chart. So how many of you go for those beferages towards the top? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159

RE: [NF]Windows Vista Ultimate and FTP

Rafael, Why not simply use FileZilla the Open source FTP Server & Client. It works extremely well and is simple to set up - about 5 minutes. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Rafael Copquin Sent: 26 August 2009 1

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Ken Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Ken Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > >> Office Genuine Advantage Notifications > > OK, so I found it. I opt-in to allow M$ to tell me whether my own > copy of Oriface is pirated? Wow, I know criminals are dumb, but if

RE: [NF] Truth about coffee, caffeine, and the calories

> So how many of you go for those beferages towards the top? > I could not find my favorite beverage on the chart, so I hope it is okay . Reverse Osmosis Purified Water. We have a water softening and RO purification system in our home. Love it! I also have some rarely touched bottles

RE: Open last project on startup

Eurico, Never come across that before bit if you use Regedit then search on Keys, Values and Data for LastProject and it should put you in a node where all the VFP Options are stored. Set 1 to open last project and 0 to not open Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leaf

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> What about when you click on the c: drive in Explorer and you get the "you > aren't smart enough to view these files" message. > > What does that have to do with Windows 7? Oh, sorry, I'm unaware. Did they take this away in Windows 7? Paul

RE: [NF] Truth about coffee, caffeine, and the calories

I will send a response as [OT], and to your personal email, just to make certain I do not get hammered for straying beyond a reasonable bound. If anyone else on ProFox wants to see the response to Stephen's questions just eMail me at g...@gilhale.com and I will send you a copy. It is good info...

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

David Smith wrote: > I'm not sure why there's so much angst over a few simple clicks in the > default folder views for Windows 7. Everything you want ( details view, > extensions, and so on) are all right there. Unlike their introduction of the > Office Ribbon, they have not removed choice this tim

RE: Open last project on startup

Hi Dave That's the history of my life if there is a way to screw things up, I do it. I read the help, and now I am looking for a service, XP, that I may have set to "not keep history". Thanks, E. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription M

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

David Smith wrote: > break something important. Having broken it so badly I've had to reload the > OS at least a dozen times while learning what made it tick, I sure wish > Ubuntu would have waved a flag at me and say " Yo! Dummy! Be careful in > here!". Oh, wait, I missed that you were talkin

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Stephen Russell wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Paul McNett wrote: >> What about when you click on the c: drive in Explorer and you get the "you >> aren't >> smart enough to view these files" message. > > > > That was 2 versions ago. Sorry, I've not ad

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > David Smith wrote: >> I'm not sure why there's so much angst over a few simple clicks in the >> default folder views for Windows 7. Everything you want ( details view, >> extensions, and so on) are all right there. Unlike their introduction of t

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Hi Paul, > The other major operating systems simply make it impossible for a normal user to do anything damaging in system folders. Show them all the files, but don't let them modify them. How exactly is this any different from what Windows does in the past 10 years? You can only modify files in

Re: [NF] Truth about coffee, caffeine, and the calories

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Gilbert M. Hale wrote: >> So how many of you go for those beferages towards the top?   >> > > I could not find my favorite beverage on the chart, so I hope it is okay > .  Reverse Osmosis Purified Water.  We have a water softening and RO > purification syste

RE: Open last project on startup

Eurico, Tools/Options on the First Tab page: Open last Project on Startup Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Eurico Chagas Filho Sent: 26 August 2009 14:17 To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: Open last project on sta

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Paul McNett wrote: >>> What about when you click on the c: drive in Explorer and you get the "you >>> aren't >>> smart enough to view these files" message. >> --

Re: Reverse DTOS?

Thanks both, So quick when you know how :-) Regards Mark ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Open last project on startup

I did a fresh install of VFP9.2, but lost the ability to set "Open last project on startup", in options( View ). How can I get that back ? TIA, E. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/prof

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > Why do you think the wrong and then start misinformation about it. If > this was our local troll I would have not wasted my time with this. I was confused because M$ was doing this already (if you didn't disable it), without the installati

RE: [OT] Truth about coffee, caffeine, and the calories

If anyone wants me to read any responses to this post, please cc: responses or further questions to my g...@gilhale.com address. I do not receive ProFox [OT] emails. > > Is there any taste left in the water? > With the Reverse Osmosis purified (RO) water there is no taste whatever. Just as we

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Aug 26, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Paul McNett wrote: >> I agree that it was stupid for those of us who knew what we were >> doing. > > What's maddening is Microsoft assuming their users are stupid. But Paul, the vast, vast, vast majority of them *are*. I still do some occasional application teach

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> The other major operating systems simply make it impossible for a normal > user to do anything damaging in system folders. Show them all the files, but > don't let them modify them. > > How exactly is this any different from what Windows does in the pas

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

I agree with Ken whole-heartedly! In the last few weeks I have come across users who do not know the difference between Windows and Word - as far as they are concerned Word is Windows and vice-versa. I have one who couldn't understand why she a) couldn't see a PDF document from within Word and b)

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

John Weller wrote: > I agree with Ken whole-heartedly! In the last few weeks I have come across > users who do not know the difference between Windows and Word - as far as > they are concerned Word is Windows and vice-versa. I have one who couldn't > understand why she a) couldn't see a PDF docum

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Nah - they are users and don't want to be confused by details . Most of them wouldn't know an extension if it bit them on the leg. They store everything in My Documents and have no concept of folders or, in some cases, meaningful titles - but enough of the foibles of users. Like most here I am i

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > Hmm, maybe users get confused because they can't tell the > difference between pdf > files and word files because essential things that would build > knowledge are hidden > from them. Like file extensions. Good point. But the subtle concept

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:59 AM, John Weller wrote: > Nah - they are users and don't want to be confused by details .  Most of > them wouldn't know an extension if it bit them on the leg.  They store > everything in My Documents and have no concept of folders or, in some cases, > meaningful titles

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Hi Paul, > she can freely delete or rename files in in c:\Windows. Has this finally changed? Yes, this was one of the changes in Vista and one reason why people started complaining how bad Vista is. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.c

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Hi Paul, > Hmm, maybe users get confused because they can't tell the difference between pdf files and word files because essential things that would build knowledge are hidden from them. Like file extensions. Users get confused because they are forced to know what the difference between a Word do

Roll label printers, any issues with one in your past?

I have to put a 13 inch label on a legal envelope from a java system. I am looking at paper labels and resin media. I need the image to stick to the label !!! this is going to be used in a court environment by the keeper of the records. Any ideas on other machines? Looking at : Zebra : 105SL

RE: Roll label printers, any issues with one in your past?

> > Any ideas on other machines? Looking at : Just one thought from left field... I have found (the hard way) that thermal printouts are problematic in some cases. If someone leaves thermal printed labels/media (receipts from stores, for instance) in a hot car (worse with direct exposure to t

Re: Roll label printers, any issues with one in your past?

13 inch label? They make labels that wide? Thermal transfer can be a pain in the ass. There is a ribbon that sandwiches on a label. The ribbon is melted onto the label. The ribbon can become wrinkled which makes the labels look terrible. The only reason we used a bar code machine was to g

Re: Roll label printers, any issues with one in your past?

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > 13 inch label?   They make labels that wide? > > Thermal transfer can be a pain in the ass.  There is a ribbon that sandwiches > on a label.  The ribbon is melted onto the label.  The ribbon can become > wrinkled which makes the labels lo

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Ken Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Why do you think the wrong and then start misinformation about it.  If >> this was our local troll I would have not wasted my time with this. > > I was confused because M$ was doi

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> she can freely delete or rename files in in c:\Windows. Has this finally > changed? > > Yes, this was one of the changes in Vista and one reason why people started > complaining how bad Vista is. See why good design can't just be grafted on as an afte

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> Hmm, maybe users get confused because they can't tell the difference > between pdf files and word files because essential things that would build > knowledge are hidden from them. Like file extensions. > > Users get confused because they are forced to k

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

At 06:46 2009-08-26, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Ken >Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > > > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Ken Kixmoeller/fh wrote: > > > >> Office Genuine Advantage Notifications > > > > OK, so I found it. I opt-in to allow M$ to tell me whether my own > > copy o

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

At 10:15 2009-08-26, Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: [snip] >Users get confused because they are forced to know what the difference >between a Word document, and open office document and a PDF file is. As far >as the user is concernced they have documents they can edit, and those they >can't edit. I

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

I very rarely do anything on a Mac, but one of the things that I like about a Mac is that information about the file type is actually in the file. The file doesn't have to have an extension for the OS to know how to handle it. Regards Rodney > -Original Message- > > On Mac, they truly d

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > At 10:15 2009-08-26, Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > > [snip] > >>Users get confused because they are forced to know what the difference >>between a Word document, and open office document and a PDF file is. As far >>as the user is concernced

Re: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

At 12:36 2009-08-26, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > At 10:15 2009-08-26, Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > >>Users get confused because they are forced to know what the difference > >>between a Word document, and open office docum

[OT] M$ gets 90% of the change right

Poof now you are a white man. Except for that hand sticking out. Forgot that small bit did they? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _

Re: [OT] M$ gets 90% of the change right

I love it when they have to put every ethnic person in every commercial. Now McDonald has an all-Black website. Enough already. --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Stephen Russell wrote: > From: Stephen Russell > Subject: [OT] M$ gets 90% of the change right > To: "ProFox Email List" > Date: Wednesday, Au

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > >      You think that . . . ? > >      You mean you do not know, but are still making a > statement?  That is one way to get misinformation started. > You're exactly right. Someone could, you know, maybe Google it... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Of

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

I taught introductory Excel once (1995) and I asked them to grab the mouse and do something or other and one user asked me what the mouse was... It was a long day! -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Kixmoeller/fh Sent: Thurs

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

one of the advantages of school kids learning to use computers at school is that you get people coming into the workplace with a reasonably good knowledge of basic computer skills. you don't have to tell them the difference between and OS and an app. They know what the internet is - even if faceboo

RE: [NF] Win7 annoyances, seem a little petty to me.

i think hiding file extensions is the DUMBEST thing in the windows installation. for instance I put a setup CD in the machine and it doesnt autostart. easy. open explorer and look for setup.exe Of course there are three setup files without extensions and you have to guess or look at the icon and ho

RE: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

Very clever, Ted. It even worked in FireFox ! Gil > -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech- > boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:14 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advant

Re: VFP9-Word/Excel licence

Richard, you have been very helpful and I must express my appreciation For that reason (plus other) I need to explain what I was trying to achieve I have an application, and I offer people the opportunity to trial the system for X number of entries But, in return, I ask them to send me an email me

Re: [NF] M$ Update: "Genuine Advantage"

On Aug 26, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > You're exactly right. Someone could, you know, maybe Google it... I worded the question poorly, sorry. The dialog with __stephen was closer to what I was trying to ferret out: Why, after all of these years of probing our computers without askin

Why is the Application Data folder not visible in the My Documents folder?

I've got a VFP9SP1 app that's storing data by default in the AppData folder (C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MBABCOCK\APPLICATION DATA\EMAILEXTRACT2009\). However, this folder isn't visible to the user, so it's not easy for them to retrieve files created there. I'm thinking I'll use a different fold

Re: Why is the Application Data folder not visible in the My Documents folder?

MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > I've got a VFP9SP1 app that's storing data by default in the AppData > folder (C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MBABCOCK\APPLICATION > DATA\EMAILEXTRACT2009\). > > However, this folder isn't visible to the user, so it's not easy for > them to retrieve files created

RE: Why is the Application Data folder not visible in the My Documents folder?

>> However, this folder isn't visible to the user, so it's not easy for them to retrieve files created there.<< This simple code should make it visible in Explorer, well at least it does on my Vista box. loShell = NEWOBJECT("_shellexecute","c:\program files\microsoft visual foxpro 9\ffc\_environ

[OT] Cruel and neglectful

Let's copy the UK's socialized medicine! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6092658/Cruel-and-neglectful-care-of-one-million-NHS-patients-exposed.html ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/l

Re: Roll label printers, any issues with one in your past?

Steve is talking about the thermal transfer which is different than the "FAX Paper-like" labels that are sensitive to heat. It all depends on what the quality you need is. Thermal transfer is expensive. You could also look at dot matrix and pin-fed labels which are much less expensive. ---