From john at winhaven.net Tue Aug 1 17:02:17 2006 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:02:17 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] email issue Message-ID: <01df01c6b5b6$28451850$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> I have an a situation where a client receives incoming email from an (affiliated) corporate account but the corporation does not allow her to send email back through that account. I set her up with another email account to use for replying with. In Outlook Express she has to always check the from field to make sure that it is from her own account or the sending operation will fail. She's not too computer friendly to start with and she is quite frustrated with this arrangement. Does anyone know how to make Outlook express always send email from a specific account (even if the reply is in regards to a message that came via a different account)? If not does anyone know of an email client that can do this? TIA, John B. From carbonnb at sympatico.ca Tue Aug 1 17:48:50 2006 From: carbonnb at sympatico.ca (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:48:50 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] email issue In-Reply-To: <01df01c6b5b6$28451850$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> References: <01df01c6b5b6$28451850$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> Message-ID: On 1 Aug 2006 at 17:02, John Bartow wrote: > I have an a situation where a client receives incoming email from an > (affiliated) corporate account but the corporation does not allow her to > send email back through that account. > > I set her up with another email account to use for replying with. > > In Outlook Express she has to always check the from field to make sure > that it is from her own account or the sending operation will fail. > > She's not too computer friendly to start with and she is quite frustrated > with this arrangement. > > Does anyone know how to make Outlook express always send email from a > specific account (even if the reply is in regards to a message that came > via a different account)? Can't say's I do, but maybe try setting the SMTP properties to the outgoing server that she has to send through and set that as the default outgoing server. > If not does anyone know of an email client that can do this? Yep. Pegasus mail can, and then some. I use it to retreive e-mail from several account (including listmaster at databaseadvisors.com) and send via my ISP only, since they block all smtp traffic, except to their server. So all of my accounts come from their various servers, but all go out via my ISPs servers. -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. From john at winhaven.net Tue Aug 1 18:38:28 2006 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:38:28 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] email issue In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <021c01c6b5c3$97c8b080$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell > Does anyone know how to make Outlook express always send email from a > specific account (even if the reply is in regards to a message that > came via a different account)? Can't say's I do, but maybe try setting the SMTP properties to the outgoing server that she has to send through and set that as the default outgoing server. > If not does anyone know of an email client that can do this? Yep. Pegasus mail can, and then some. I use it to retreive e-mail from several account (including listmaster at databaseadvisors.com) and send via my ISP only, since they block all smtp traffic, except to their server. So all of my accounts come from their various servers, but all go out via my ISPs servers. Thanks Bryan, I think I do similar things here with Outlook as I feed the winhaven (and a few other) domain emails to SBC's smtp server for outgoing mail, so let me clarify my needs a bit: what I need is for all of the outgoing emails to go out using the same "from" address. So for instance you send an email to owners @ databaseadvisors .com I reply to you and it automagically goes out with the from field reading john @ winhaven .net Verstehen Sie? From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Tue Aug 1 19:45:07 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:45:07 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server In-Reply-To: <003301c6b489$71041510$1400a8c0@v1000> Message-ID: <002901c6b5cc$e766d5f0$147aa8c0@m6805> I want to run Small Business Server. I have a set of computers which I built myself, but they only run Windows XP (home or professional) for the simple reason that the driver disk checks for a version and refuses to allow me to load the drivers for anything else. I would like to buy a new MB and an AMD X2 processor but I am hesitant to do so because I can't seem to determine whether a given MB will run SBS. Does anyone have any advice on this issue. Anyone running a quality MB with an AMD X2 processor that is running SBS? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com From djkr at msn.com Wed Aug 2 03:18:50 2006 From: djkr at msn.com (DJK(John) Robinson) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:18:50 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server In-Reply-To: <002901c6b5cc$e766d5f0$147aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: Hi John Not an answer, sorry, but I'm getting close to doing something similar myself so I'm interested. What exactly is it you're trying to do when you say "the driver disk checks for a version"? Is this an SBS upgrade, or what? John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: 02 August 2006 01:45 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server I want to run Small Business Server. I have a set of computers which I built myself, but they only run Windows XP (home or professional) for the simple reason that the driver disk checks for a version and refuses to allow me to load the drivers for anything else. I would like to buy a new MB and an AMD X2 processor but I am hesitant to do so because I can't seem to determine whether a given MB will run SBS. Does anyone have any advice on this issue. Anyone running a quality MB with an AMD X2 processor that is running SBS? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Wed Aug 2 08:12:20 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:12:20 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <003801c6b635$4a5cb770$147aa8c0@m6805> John, When installing windows, you have to install the driver disk for the various IO devices for the board. The motherboard has LAN, USB hubs and so forth that require drivers. Windows often has "basic" drivers that will work but not optimally, but in some instances not. For example I could get no LAN until I installed the drivers for the built-in LAN on my motherboard. When trying to run the install program on that disk, the install program refused to run for SBS saying that it only functioned for Windows XP. My assumption is that the drivers were only tested under XP, and thus they were refusing to allow them to be installed under anything else. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DJK(John) Robinson Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:19 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server Hi John Not an answer, sorry, but I'm getting close to doing something similar myself so I'm interested. What exactly is it you're trying to do when you say "the driver disk checks for a version"? Is this an SBS upgrade, or what? John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: 02 August 2006 01:45 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server I want to run Small Business Server. I have a set of computers which I built myself, but they only run Windows XP (home or professional) for the simple reason that the driver disk checks for a version and refuses to allow me to load the drivers for anything else. I would like to buy a new MB and an AMD X2 processor but I am hesitant to do so because I can't seem to determine whether a given MB will run SBS. Does anyone have any advice on this issue. Anyone running a quality MB with an AMD X2 processor that is running SBS? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Wed Aug 2 08:16:52 2006 From: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk (Martin Reid) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:16:52 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server References: <003801c6b635$4a5cb770$147aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: John What about running a virtual Server. Been doing that recently on XP PRo to run a lot of wndows server software. Martin Martin WP Reid Training and Assessment Unit Riddle Hall Belfast tel: 02890 974477 ________________________________ From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of JWColby Sent: Wed 02/08/2006 14:12 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server John, When installing windows, you have to install the driver disk for the various IO devices for the board. The motherboard has LAN, USB hubs and so forth that require drivers. Windows often has "basic" drivers that will work but not optimally, but in some instances not. For example I could get no LAN until I installed the drivers for the built-in LAN on my motherboard. When trying to run the install program on that disk, the install program refused to run for SBS saying that it only functioned for Windows XP. My assumption is that the drivers were only tested under XP, and thus they were refusing to allow them to be installed under anything else. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DJK(John) Robinson Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:19 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server Hi John Not an answer, sorry, but I'm getting close to doing something similar myself so I'm interested. What exactly is it you're trying to do when you say "the driver disk checks for a version"? Is this an SBS upgrade, or what? John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: 02 August 2006 01:45 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server I want to run Small Business Server. I have a set of computers which I built myself, but they only run Windows XP (home or professional) for the simple reason that the driver disk checks for a version and refuses to allow me to load the drivers for anything else. I would like to buy a new MB and an AMD X2 processor but I am hesitant to do so because I can't seem to determine whether a given MB will run SBS. Does anyone have any advice on this issue. Anyone running a quality MB with an AMD X2 processor that is running SBS? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From carbonnb at gmail.com Wed Aug 2 09:18:08 2006 From: carbonnb at gmail.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:18:08 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] email issue In-Reply-To: <021c01c6b5c3$97c8b080$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> References: <021c01c6b5c3$97c8b080$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> Message-ID: On 8/1/06, John Bartow wrote: > what I need is for all of the outgoing emails to go out using the same > "from" address. > > So for instance you send an email to owners @ databaseadvisors .com > I reply to you and it automagically goes out with the from field reading > john @ winhaven .net I don't know about OE, but I know Pegasus Mail can do that with it's eyes closed :) The new version just released last week even included built-in Bayseian spam filtering. -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From john at winhaven.net Wed Aug 2 10:17:57 2006 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:17:57 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] email issue In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <012301c6b646$d610d0b0$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> Bryan, Thanks, I'll check it out. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell On 8/1/06, John Bartow wrote: > what I need is for all of the outgoing emails to go out using the same > "from" address. > > So for instance you send an email to owners @ databaseadvisors .com I > reply to you and it automagically goes out with the from field reading > john @ winhaven .net I don't know about OE, but I know Pegasus Mail can do that with it's eyes closed :) The new version just released last week even included built-in Bayseian spam filtering. From john at winhaven.net Wed Aug 2 10:23:05 2006 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:23:05 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server In-Reply-To: <003801c6b635$4a5cb770$147aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: <012501c6b647$8e374d40$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> FWIW: I haven't done it with SBS but I have Server 2003 and XP running on client sites with the ASUS KV8SEdeluxe MOBO with Athlon 64 3200 CPUs. The MOBO has an integrated Marvell GB ethernet port and USB ports which work under both OSs. The Radeon Video board is the same too - IIRC it is the 9600 series. John B. From lembit.dbamail at t-online.de Thu Aug 3 12:08:27 2006 From: lembit.dbamail at t-online.de (Lembit Soobik) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:08:27 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Office XP new installation References: <44BE664A.26708.2AF91A0B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg><000801c6b0f5$877a67a0$dedf0651@minster33c3r25><003201c6b308$be6c0ba0$1400a8c0@v1000><44CB9791.6070601@shaw.ca><001001c6b3cb$f26cd6f0$1700a8c0@s1800><44CD171A.9030700@shaw.ca> <44CD4CC7.1070104@shaw.ca> <003301c6b489$71041510$1400a8c0@v1000> Message-ID: <002701c6b71f$707a99f0$1400a8c0@v1000> I have gone and uninstalled/installed officeXP and it's working fine now. thanks again Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lembit Soobik" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office XP new installation > Thank you Marty, > > this will keep me busy for a while :) > > Lembit > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MartyConnelly" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:20 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office XP new installation > > >> Maybe this way might help >> Repairing Office Installations >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/assistance/HA011362521033.aspx >> >> Look for Office XP OrkTools.exe and the Removal Wizard >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/orkarchive/XPddl.htm >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011362891033.aspx >> ------ >> I have been looking for a way to list Office hotfixes on a machine. >> It can't be done easily through WMI >> But I found this method for Office 2000-2003 >> >> Toolbox The files for the Office Update Inventory Tool are packaged in >> two self-extracting executable files (Invcm.exe and Invcif.exe) and are >> available as downloads. You can find this downloadable file on the >> Office 2003 Resource Kit Downloads page. On the Downloads page, >> search for Office Update Inventory Tool Version 2.2. When new Office >> updates are released, a new version of Invcif.exe is released on the >> same day as when the updates become available on the Office Update Web >> site. >> >> Look for Office Update Inventory Tool Version 2.2 >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/orkarchive/2003ddl.htm >> >> Install the two above files into directory c:\OfficeInventory >> >> Then run this below in a batch file >> >> C:\OfficeInventory\inventory /s c:\OfficeInventory\cifs /o >> C:\OfficeInventory\ >> C:\OfficeInventory\convert /d C:\OfficeInventory\ /o >> C:\OfficeInventory\martin.xml /xml C:\OfficeInventory\patchdata.xml >> >> You get a cvs file or xml file that looks like this >> >> >> - >> - >> - >> > PATCHID="SP1_11:1:1033" >> URL="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9C51D3A6-7CB1-4F61-837E-5F938254FC47&displaylang=en" >> TYPE="Service Pack" KB_NUMBER="842532" EXPIRED="True" /> >> > PATCHID="SP2_11:1:1033" >> URL="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en" >> TYPE="Service Pack" KB_NUMBER="887616" EXPIRED="False" /> >> > URL="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=66C15CD1-A33B-4EB4-9D90-87DECF053768&displaylang=en" >> TYPE="Security Update" KB_NUMBER="914455" BULLETIN_ID="MS06-039" >> SEVERITY="Moderate" EXPIRED="False" /> >> > PATCHID="MSO11:3:0" >> URL="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B11AC6B-4A78-4A7B-995F-94738CAFE27F&displaylang=en" >> TYPE="Security Update" KB_NUMBER="917151" BULLETIN_ID="MS06-038" >> SEVERITY="Critical" EXPIRED="False" /> >> >> >> >> - >> >> MartyConnelly wrote: >> >>>You will only see msohelp.exe running in your task manger list. >>>I have 2003 not XP on my machine with 97 and 2007 >>>There should be a help file like this for Office 10.0 >>>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1033\vbaac10.chm" >>> >>>You might want to try running Belarc Advisor on this machine >>>and compare differences with a working machine. >>>It produces a boatload of info on the machine >>>A hardware list, a list of user accounts and which have admin priveleges, >>>a list of windows hot fixes, a list of software installed, a list of >>>license and activation keys. >>>Unfortunately this will not list the Office hotfixes Maybe the pro >>>edition does.. >>> >>>http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html >>> >>>open this file for report >>>c:\program files\belarc\advisor\system\tmp\(COMPUTERNAME).html >>>(where COMPUTERNAME is the name of your PC) >>> >>>See Windows Installer FAQ: >>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi... >>> >>>Under "Troubleshooting" section, see: >>> >>>" Q.Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an >>>installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-demand >>>installation? >>> >>>-and- >>> >>>Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility: MSIZAP >>> >>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 >>> >>> >>>Lembit Soobik wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Thank you Marty, >>>> >>>>I have a feq questions on this: >>>> >>>>- is there a difference between a user with admin rights and admin >>>>account >>>>in this respect? >>>>in my case there is only one single user on this PC and this user has >>>>admin >>>>rights. >>>> >>>>- I tried to open Msohelp.exe. doesnt open ? >>>> >>>>- I have SP 1 and 2 on 97. >>>>on XP I am still in the process of installing all upgrades. on the last >>>>5 >>>>I >>>>have problems to download/install them. >>>> >>>>I am going through the links now >>>> >>>>thanks for your help >>>>Lembit >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "MartyConnelly" >>>>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" >>>> >>>>Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:14 PM >>>>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office XP new installation >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>The usual reason for this is not doing an install from an admin >>>>>account. >>>>>At least I have avoided anything like this by doing it from Admin. >>>>> >>>>>General users do not have permissions to write to some registry keys >>>>>that are referenced by things like Msohelp.exe file. >>>>> >>>>>Don't forget to add all the Service packs in order first >>>>>97 has 2, XP has 3. >>>>> >>>>>Maybe something here >>>>> >>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=141373 >>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241141 >>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290576 >>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319956 >>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290576 >>>>> >>>>>Lembit Soobik wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hi, >>>>>>I have done a new Win XP Pro install on a clean HD >>>>>>I have then installed Office 97 - only Access 97 >>>>>>then installed into a different directory OfficeXP: AccessXP, Excel, >>>>>>Word, >>>>>>PP, Outlook >>>>>> >>>>>>while Acc97 works, >>>>>> >>>>>>on the Office XP I get following problems: >>>>>> >>>>>>AccessXP: a window opens and tells me wait till Windows configures >>>>>>Office >>>>>>XP... >>>>>>then another window with a similar message and progressbar. >>>>>>then its finished and Access never shows up. >>>>>> >>>>>>on the other programs Excel, Word,.. similar windows show up but very >>>>>>short >>>>>>time only and then the application is there and can be used. >>>>>> >>>>>>I have tried with Control panel - MS office XP - change - to repair >>>>>>and >>>>>>also >>>>>>to do reinstall, both left me with the same result. >>>>>> >>>>>>any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>>thanks >>>>>>Lembit >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>dba-Tech mailing list >>>>>>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>>>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>>>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Marty Connelly >>>>>Victoria, B.C. >>>>>Canada >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>dba-Tech mailing list >>>>>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>dba-Tech mailing list >>>>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Marty Connelly >> Victoria, B.C. >> Canada >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: >> 28.07.2006 >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28.07.2006 > From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Fri Aug 4 14:03:55 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 15:03:55 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server In-Reply-To: <012501c6b647$8e374d40$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> Message-ID: <000001c6b7f8$bcec6820$647aa8c0@m6805> My "server" system just blue screened, and when I tried to reboot it said I needed to repair the windows install (could not find file X in c:\windows\...). Of course I don't have a system disk set (the four floppies). I could swear that I have in the past booted off the Windows CD and it offered to repair the install. This time it did not and launched right in to reinstalling windows. Boy does THAT suck!!! So it certainly appears that whatever happened trashed the disk. Boy does THAT suck. I have a nice raid mirror (which appears to still be valid!) which did not help at all. Given all the above I am really hesitant to rebuild this thing. Every time this happens I always swear that THIS time I am going to figure out how to gracefully recover, but once again I am rebuilding a computer. Speaking of which, I now have a pair of SQL Server files which (of course) contain a lot of work. They reside out on separate data disks and are probably just fine. Is it possible to get them "mounted" again when I get a new system up running SQL Server? They are not backup disks, just the normal files that SQL Server creates in the process of doing business. So how do you ensure that you can always recover from this kind of stuff? A mirror was no help at all. And why did Windows not recognize that there was a windows install on that partition and offer to repair it? I am launching into a project that is so big that if it crashes like this again I will be really screwed. There will be a terabyte SQL Server database. How do you back THAT up? I am looking at going out and buying a media fire safe and extra hard disks (they come in 750g sizes now) but even so, backing it up is going to be a week long project. Any words of wisdom on any of this? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Fri Aug 4 14:31:09 2006 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:31:09 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server Message-ID: Hi John First, get the BartPE to boot into Windows from a cd: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder a fabulous piece of free software. Then - I've written it many times, I know - if you run a serious business, and you do, run serious hardware with decent support like IBM or HP. I don't say that home built machines do not work, only that the scenario you describe is what we often see with "strange" hardware but nearly never with branded equipment. /gustav >>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 04-08-2006 21:03:55 >>> My "server" system just blue screened, and when I tried to reboot it said I needed to repair the windows install (could not find file X in c:\windows\...). Of course I don't have a system disk set (the four floppies). I could swear that I have in the past booted off the Windows CD and it offered to repair the install. This time it did not and launched right in to reinstalling windows. Boy does THAT suck!!! So it certainly appears that whatever happened trashed the disk. Boy does THAT suck. I have a nice raid mirror (which appears to still be valid!) which did not help at all. Given all the above I am really hesitant to rebuild this thing. Every time this happens I always swear that THIS time I am going to figure out how to gracefully recover, but once again I am rebuilding a computer. Speaking of which, I now have a pair of SQL Server files which (of course) contain a lot of work. They reside out on separate data disks and are probably just fine. Is it possible to get them "mounted" again when I get a new system up running SQL Server? They are not backup disks, just the normal files that SQL Server creates in the process of doing business. So how do you ensure that you can always recover from this kind of stuff? A mirror was no help at all. And why did Windows not recognize that there was a windows install on that partition and offer to repair it? I am launching into a project that is so big that if it crashes like this again I will be really screwed. There will be a terabyte SQL Server database. How do you back THAT up? I am looking at going out and buying a media fire safe and extra hard disks (they come in 750g sizes now) but even so, backing it up is going to be a week long project. Any words of wisdom on any of this? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com From lembit.dbamail at t-online.de Sat Aug 5 05:26:54 2006 From: lembit.dbamail at t-online.de (Lembit Soobik) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:26:54 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server References: <000001c6b7f8$bcec6820$647aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: <005901c6b879$ac907620$1400a8c0@v1000> John, for backup I have bought a small NAS system named evSerNAS 660i. It is in a very small desktop like case and runs RAID 5 with 6 x 300GB disks (one is a hot spare). total 1.14 TB. as for the mirror system, that of course protects oly from disk failures, not when your win screws up. in such case you want to have a drive image and something to start your PC without the damaged partition, which is not easy, since on the mirror system you need to load the driver for the mirror plus the network drivers to get access to both, your system and the backup image. the Bart-pe which Gustav mentions is one way (which I still have to set up) another way is to use the resue disk of the drive image program, but there is again the problem with the drivers, and then there is this Langa Letter "XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total Rebuild Option" which lets you repair WinXP without need to reinstall the programs, well sometimes at least. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400897 Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "JWColby" To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Small Business Server > My "server" system just blue screened, and when I tried to reboot it said > I > needed to repair the windows install (could not find file X in > c:\windows\...). Of course I don't have a system disk set (the four > floppies). I could swear that I have in the past booted off the Windows CD > and it offered to repair the install. This time it did not and launched > right in to reinstalling windows. Boy does THAT suck!!! So it certainly > appears that whatever happened trashed the disk. Boy does THAT suck. I > have a nice raid mirror (which appears to still be valid!) which did not > help at all. > > Given all the above I am really hesitant to rebuild this thing. Every > time > this happens I always swear that THIS time I am going to figure out how to > gracefully recover, but once again I am rebuilding a computer. > > Speaking of which, I now have a pair of SQL Server files which (of course) > contain a lot of work. They reside out on separate data disks and are > probably just fine. Is it possible to get them "mounted" again when I get > a > new system up running SQL Server? They are not backup disks, just the > normal files that SQL Server creates in the process of doing business. > > So how do you ensure that you can always recover from this kind of stuff? > A > mirror was no help at all. And why did Windows not recognize that there > was > a windows install on that partition and offer to repair it? I am > launching > into a project that is so big that if it crashes like this again I will be > really screwed. There will be a terabyte SQL Server database. How do you > back THAT up? I am looking at going out and buying a media fire safe and > extra hard disks (they come in 750g sizes now) but even so, backing it up > is > going to be a week long project. > > Any words of wisdom on any of this? > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 04.08.2006 > From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Aug 8 08:30:32 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 08:30:32 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs In-Reply-To: References: <6A6AA9DF57E4F046BDA1E273BDDB67727DDCF4@corp-es01.fleetpride.com> Message-ID: I received my USB turntable a while back but didn't get a chance to try it out until last evening. I'd have to give it a very favorable review after just that one exposure and not having tried to do convert LP's to digital format in any other way. Setup was easy, needed to put the belt on the motor and the back-weight on the tonearm and put the cartridge on the tonearm and set the balance of the tonearm and that was it. One thing I thought was lacking was a lever to raise and lower the tonearm. It is completely manual, you pick up the tonearm and set it on the record by hand. There are on and off buttons and 33.3 and 45 rpm buttons. You can do 78 rpm records by recording them at one of the other speeds - 45 I imagine - and then using the software to correct the speed. You can also record the 33.3 rpm records at 45 rpm and then slow them down. This will save you time if you are doing a lot of conversions. The software seemed kind of clunky at first but I got the hang of it by the end of the first side and the other sides I did went pretty smoothly. You do have to tell it where to break the songs. You have the ability to "clean up" extra clicks and pops if you choose. You can save the music as either WAV or MP3 although you need to download a dll file from a source of your choosing in order to do MP3's. A way around their paying license fees for the MP3 format I suppose? I googled the dll name and downloaded the first one I found and it worked fine. I recorded 3 full albums last night but I only got the first two broken into songs. I did burn a cd with those first two on it and listened to it on my drive in to work this morning and I have to say it sounds as good as a regular Store Bought CD I have of the same music. I chose an album by John Hartford called Mark Twang for my first recording. I think it was an interesting choice because it includes a song called "Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun" where John goes into what happens if you leave a vinyl record on the back seat of your car and he mimics that sound with his voice. He also describes that there was no electronic overdubbing or processing of any kind used in the production of the record. So what better record to digitally process? ;-) Anyway, I give Two Thumbs Up to the ION Usb Turntable. GK On 6/15/06, Gary Kjos wrote: > Hi Jim, > > The Yamaha HTD5960 does have a phono input on it. See the data here > http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/HTIB/HTR5960.htm# > It's the top left input jacks. > > I have a Yamaha receiver that looks to be similar to this one > excepting it doesn't know about XM radio or IPOD's. The reason that > receivers needed to have PHONO inputs in the past was that turntables > put out a lower powered signal than other audio gear and so there was > a special "pre-amp" for the phono that was used for the phono input > jacks. Many turntables you find now have the pre-amp built in to the > turntable. You can also buy the phono pre-amp in a seperate device, a > sort of black box which audiofile types supposedly consider better > because there is less chance of crossover between circuitry if it's in > a seperate box rather than crammed in with other stuff. > > Don't get blown away by all the inputs and outputs. You only neet to > use the ones you have things to plug into and if you plug in one set > of cords at a time it's not that terrible. Optical connections are > jsut another option for connecting devices. They transmit signals > digitally and so there is no loss of quality or pickup of extraneous > stuff when you use that method of device interconnection. Optical > cords cost more though too. > > The Yamaha receivers are intended to serve as the hub for a home > theater system so there are video as well as audio inputs and outputs > on most connections. You do end up with a huge mess of cables after > you have it all hooked together. > > I ordered the USB turntable from Amazon but it is on backorder until > August 31 I think it was. I should have it by winter when I would have > the time to play with it. > > GK > > On 6/15/06, Hale, Jim wrote: > > I have just started this LP to MP3 adventure. I am looking at replacing my > > 30 year old Pioneer stereo amp (the right channel has gotten arthritis kind > > of like its master) First, it turns out very few receivers (it took me two > > hours to figure out "stereos" are now "receivers")have phono inputs. I found > > the Yamaha HTD-5960bl and took one look at the back and about passed out. Do > > I ever feel old! What the hell is optical I/O? I don't think even the > > starship Enterprise had that feature. My old stereo had inputs for phono, > > the new fangled cassette tape decks, and one extra for good measure. This > > Yamaha sucker has XM radio connections, a bunch of decoders, an ipod dock, > > S-video, etc, etc ,etc. I think there is even an option where you can talk > > to God and possibly the NSA. I hate to put the Pioneer (aptly named now that > > I think about it) out to pasture as we have been through a lot together (I > > just found some of my old original Beatles 45s). It is a sad day when a > > fella's stereo has to be put down. I'm seriously thinking of just buying the > > ION. That I can handle (I think). Are you having any success? > > > > Jim Hale > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Bartow [mailto:john at winhaven.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:43 PM > > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > > > > > Stuart, > > Thanks for that link. So far I haven't undertaken vinyl transfers. The > > cassette tapes went horribly wrong. I experimented a few months ago with > > different methods and eventually bought a "PlusDeck" unit which is a 5.25" > > cassette tape unit that mounts in the PC. None of the software works very > > well so I used to it to feed SoundForge but about the time I got everything > > figured out with my test batch of tapes I found that the vast majority of my > > cassettes just don't work anymore! They have a load squeal to them when > > playing :o( > > > > Maybe I'll have more luck with the vinyl - I hope! > > > > John B. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > > > > Some time ago there was a discussion about ripping LPs. > > > > Just came across this piece of kit for those who still have a lot of old > > records. > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/24/review_ion_usn_turntable/ > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us Tue Aug 8 09:01:49 2006 From: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us (Tesiny, Ed) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:01:49 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs Message-ID: Hi Gary, I must have missed this thread, maybe I was on vacation. Can you post some specifics on the turntable, I have a lot of vinyl I'd like to put on CDs and this seems like an easy way to go. Thanks. Ed Tesiny EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:31 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > I received my USB turntable a while back but didn't get a chance to > try it out until last evening. I'd have to give it a very favorable > review after just that one exposure and not having tried to do convert > LP's to digital format in any other way. From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Aug 8 10:15:12 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:15:12 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ed, Could be. I think it went on for a couple days. I have a bunch of vinyl to do myself and am looking forward to becoming reaquainted with some music I haven't listened to for a long time. I ordered it from Amazon.com It may be available elsewhere too. Amazon has free Shipping on it right now. It's $149.99 with free shipping. Supposedly the "regular price" is $199. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BUEMOO/sr=8-1/qid=1155049545/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9136715-0364165?ie=UTF8 If that wrapping link doesn't work, if you go to Amazon and search for USB Turntable it should be the first thing. There are some reviews there to look at too that I can't disagree with. The one kind of negative one being from a MAC user who complained about the lack of installation software for that platform. GK On 8/8/06, Tesiny, Ed wrote: > Hi Gary, > I must have missed this thread, maybe I was on vacation. Can you post > some specifics on the turntable, I have a lot of vinyl I'd like to put > on CDs and this seems like an easy way to go. Thanks. > > Ed Tesiny > EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:31 AM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > > > I received my USB turntable a while back but didn't get a chance to > > try it out until last evening. I'd have to give it a very favorable > > review after just that one exposure and not having tried to do convert > > LP's to digital format in any other way. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us Tue Aug 8 10:24:44 2006 From: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us (Tesiny, Ed) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:24:44 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs Message-ID: Thanks Gary. Did you go for the Shure High Performance cartridge? Ed Tesiny EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:15 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > Hi Ed, > > Could be. I think it went on for a couple days. I have a bunch of > vinyl to do myself and am looking forward to becoming reaquainted with > some music I haven't listened to for a long time. > > I ordered it from Amazon.com It may be available elsewhere too. Amazon > has free Shipping on it right now. It's $149.99 with free shipping. > Supposedly the "regular price" is $199. > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BUEMOO/sr=8-1/qid=1155049 545/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9136715-0364165?ie=UTF8 > > If that wrapping link doesn't work, if you go to Amazon and search for > USB Turntable it should be the first thing. There are some reviews > there to look at too that I can't disagree with. The one kind of > negative one being from a MAC user who complained about the lack of > installation software for that platform. > > GK > > > > On 8/8/06, Tesiny, Ed wrote: > > Hi Gary, > > I must have missed this thread, maybe I was on vacation. > Can you post > > some specifics on the turntable, I have a lot of vinyl I'd > like to put > > on CDs and this seems like an easy way to go. Thanks. > > > > Ed Tesiny > > EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf > Of Gary Kjos > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:31 AM > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > > > > > I received my USB turntable a while back but didn't get a > chance to > > > try it out until last evening. I'd have to give it a very > favorable > > > review after just that one exposure and not having tried > to do convert > > > LP's to digital format in any other way. > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Aug 8 10:39:12 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:39:12 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nope. Just the standard one it comes with. Seemed to work fine for me so far. I was really impressed with the quality of the results actually. The album I picked to try was acoustic, one guy with one instrument and it reporduced it in all it's glory. As some of the Amazon reviews mention, the thing seems kind of cheap - it's mostly plastic and is totally manual operation and no dust cover at all. But it works and the results are very good. Likewise the software seems a little bit foreign to me but after using it for an hour it was much better and I suspect will become even moreso after some more time spent with it. It does have standard turntable RCA plugs on it and a switch to put out line or phono out power on those plugs so a guy could use it as a turntable on a regular stereo system in addition to connecting to a computer via the USB cable. GK On 8/8/06, Tesiny, Ed wrote: > Thanks Gary. Did you go for the Shure High Performance cartridge? > > Ed Tesiny > EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:15 AM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > > > Hi Ed, > > > > Could be. I think it went on for a couple days. I have a bunch of > > vinyl to do myself and am looking forward to becoming reaquainted with > > some music I haven't listened to for a long time. > > > > I ordered it from Amazon.com It may be available elsewhere too. Amazon > > has free Shipping on it right now. It's $149.99 with free shipping. > > Supposedly the "regular price" is $199. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BUEMOO/sr=8-1/qid=1155049 > 545/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9136715-0364165?ie=UTF8 > > > > If that wrapping link doesn't work, if you go to Amazon and search for > > USB Turntable it should be the first thing. There are some reviews > > there to look at too that I can't disagree with. The one kind of > > negative one being from a MAC user who complained about the lack of > > installation software for that platform. > > > > GK > > > > > > > > On 8/8/06, Tesiny, Ed wrote: > > > Hi Gary, > > > I must have missed this thread, maybe I was on vacation. > > Can you post > > > some specifics on the turntable, I have a lot of vinyl I'd > > like to put > > > on CDs and this seems like an easy way to go. Thanks. > > > > > > Ed Tesiny > > > EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf > > Of Gary Kjos > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:31 AM > > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > > > > > > > I received my USB turntable a while back but didn't get a > > chance to > > > > try it out until last evening. I'd have to give it a very > > favorable > > > > review after just that one exposure and not having tried > > to do convert > > > > LP's to digital format in any other way. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kjos > > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Aug 8 13:17:19 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 13:17:19 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I see now that the software included with the turntable is open source stuff that is available for download here.... http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ GK On 8/8/06, Tesiny, Ed wrote: > Hi Gary, > I must have missed this thread, maybe I was on vacation. Can you post > some specifics on the turntable, I have a lot of vinyl I'd like to put > on CDs and this seems like an easy way to go. Thanks. > > Ed Tesiny > EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:31 AM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rip your old LPs > > > > I received my USB turntable a while back but didn't get a chance to > > try it out until last evening. I'd have to give it a very favorable > > review after just that one exposure and not having tried to do convert > > LP's to digital format in any other way. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From john at winhaven.net Tue Aug 8 22:56:36 2006 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:56:36 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vote for your favorite Firewall Message-ID: <001501c6bb67$d108d380$6502a8c0@ScuzzPaq> Vote Here: http://www.matousec.com/ Results: http://www.matousec.com/info/poll-archive.php?poll=1 Ironic that Zone ALarm is #1 with almost 40% and eTrust EZ firewall has .12% (it is identical to ZoneAlarm but is rebranded by CA) Sygate (one o fmy favorites - which is now defunct) is still coming in at #5. John B. From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 10 12:58:39 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:58:39 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] Message-ID: <44DB73CF.4020702@san.rr.com> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [dba-OT] Windows Defender Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:39:10 -0700 From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Reply-To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com To: off topic list Just downloaded a Windows Defender update. Anyone use this and have any opinion on it? It's scanning my machine at the moment. Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-OT mailing list dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From jon at tydda.plus.com Thu Aug 10 16:47:32 2006 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:47:32 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] In-Reply-To: <44DB73CF.4020702@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <003601c6bcc6$95df3e60$0300a8c0@jt2> I've got it, and run a scan every week, but the only thing it ever finds is the changes to the hosts file that my vpn connection to work makes. I'm almost inclined to stop using it, because it hasn't found anything else since I installed it. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: 10 August 2006 18:59 To: dba-tech Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [dba-OT] Windows Defender Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:39:10 -0700 From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Reply-To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com To: off topic list Just downloaded a Windows Defender update. Anyone use this and have any opinion on it? It's scanning my machine at the moment. Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-OT mailing list dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 10 17:10:16 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:10:16 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] In-Reply-To: <003601c6bcc6$95df3e60$0300a8c0@jt2> References: <003601c6bcc6$95df3e60$0300a8c0@jt2> Message-ID: <44DBAEC8.7000001@san.rr.com> And at the same time SpyBot and Ad-Aware are finding stuff? Rocky Jon Tydda wrote: > I've got it, and run a scan every week, but the only thing it ever finds is > the changes to the hosts file that my vpn connection to work makes. I'm > almost inclined to stop using it, because it hasn't found anything else > since I installed it. > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: 10 August 2006 18:59 > To: dba-tech > Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [dba-OT] Windows Defender > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:39:10 -0700 > From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software > Reply-To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com > To: off topic list > > > > Just downloaded a Windows Defender update. Anyone use this and have any > opinion on it? It's scanning my machine at the moment. > > Rocky > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > available at http://www.plus.net > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From jon at tydda.plus.com Thu Aug 10 17:28:33 2006 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:28:33 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] In-Reply-To: <44DBAEC8.7000001@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <003701c6bccc$50bb99e0$0300a8c0@jt2> Ad-Aware finds two things a week, spybot hasn't found anything in ages either. Spy-Sweeper doesn't find anything either, but removes a bunch before it starts the scan. I'd run Panda Activescan, but my ISP is "upgrading" my adsl speed, and I haven't been able to download anything bigger that 49k for 5 weeks... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: 10 August 2006 23:10 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] And at the same time SpyBot and Ad-Aware are finding stuff? Rocky Jon Tydda wrote: > I've got it, and run a scan every week, but the only thing it ever > finds is the changes to the hosts file that my vpn connection to work > makes. I'm almost inclined to stop using it, because it hasn't found > anything else since I installed it. > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky > Smolin - Beach Access Software > Sent: 10 August 2006 18:59 > To: dba-tech > Subject: [dba-Tech] [Fwd: [dba-OT] Windows Defender] > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [dba-OT] Windows Defender > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:39:10 -0700 > From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software > Reply-To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com > To: off topic list > > > > Just downloaded a Windows Defender update. Anyone use this and have > any opinion on it? It's scanning my machine at the moment. > > Rocky > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > available at http://www.plus.net > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net From Gustav at cactus.dk Fri Aug 11 10:26:39 2006 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:26:39 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ultrafunk Popcorn e-mail POP3 client with SSL Message-ID: Hi all This is now free in its unlimited edition: Go and get it now if you ever need to debug e-mail sending or receiving: http://www.ultrafunk.com/products/popcorn/ It supports SSL which means you can use it for Gmail. 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From EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us Thu Aug 17 14:54:39 2006 From: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us (Tesiny, Ed) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:54:39 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 Message-ID: I was told that SQl Server 2003 comes bundled with a report writer that some say rivals Crystal Reports...anyone have an opinion on this? MTIA Ed Edward P. Tesiny Assistant Director for Evaluation Bureau of Evaluation and Practice Improvement New York State OASAS 1450 Western Ave. Albany, New York 12203-3526 Phone: (518) 485-7189 Fax: (518) 485-5769 Email: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us From artful at rogers.com Thu Aug 17 16:40:43 2006 From: artful at rogers.com (artful at rogers.com) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060817214043.32989.qmail@web88210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> You must be referring to Reporting Services, which IMO blows the doors off any other report designer in the business. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Tesiny, Ed" To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:54:39 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 I was told that SQl Server 2003 comes bundled with a report writer that some say rivals Crystal Reports...anyone have an opinion on this? MTIA Ed Edward P. Tesiny Assistant Director for Evaluation Bureau of Evaluation and Practice Improvement New York State OASAS 1450 Western Ave. Albany, New York 12203-3526 Phone: (518) 485-7189 Fax: (518) 485-5769 Email: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From dwaters at usinternet.com Thu Aug 17 16:48:32 2006 From: dwaters at usinternet.com (Dan Waters) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:48:32 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Reporting Services (was SQLServer 2003) In-Reply-To: <13077421.1155851057466.JavaMail.root@sniper40> Message-ID: <001101c6c246$e3237990$0200a8c0@danwaters> Arthur, Can you recommend a good book on Reporting Services? Dan Waters -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of artful at rogers.com Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:41 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 You must be referring to Reporting Services, which IMO blows the doors off any other report designer in the business. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Tesiny, Ed" To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:54:39 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 I was told that SQl Server 2003 comes bundled with a report writer that some say rivals Crystal Reports...anyone have an opinion on this? MTIA Ed Edward P. Tesiny Assistant Director for Evaluation Bureau of Evaluation and Practice Improvement New York State OASAS 1450 Western Ave. Albany, New York 12203-3526 Phone: (518) 485-7189 Fax: (518) 485-5769 Email: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bchacc at san.rr.com Mon Aug 21 13:20:10 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:20:10 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Thunderbird Message-ID: <44E9F95A.5010408@san.rr.com> Suddenly Thunderbird is not sending emails with attachments. Goes real slow up to about 5-10% and then times out. Email without attachments - no problem. Does anyone know of any issues? I'm on the latest version 1.5.0.5. MIA Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au Mon Aug 21 23:28:01 2006 From: andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au (Haslett, Andrew) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:58:01 +0930 Subject: [dba-Tech] Thunderbird Message-ID: <0A870603A2A816459078203FC07F4CD2BE3FFD@adl01s055.ilcorp.gov.au> Virus-scanner checking emails on the way in/out? -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 3:50 AM To: dba-tech; off topic list Subject: [dba-Tech] Thunderbird Suddenly Thunderbird is not sending emails with attachments. Goes real slow up to about 5-10% and then times out. Email without attachments - no problem. Does anyone know of any issues? I'm on the latest version 1.5.0.5. MIA Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ *** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information protected by law from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. They are provided on the basis the user assumes all responsibility for loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from their use, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not. From bchacc at san.rr.com Tue Aug 22 00:39:36 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:39:36 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Thunderbird In-Reply-To: <0A870603A2A816459078203FC07F4CD2BE3FFD@adl01s055.ilcorp.gov.au> References: <0A870603A2A816459078203FC07F4CD2BE3FFD@adl01s055.ilcorp.gov.au> Message-ID: <44EA9898.7040204@san.rr.com> No. Thought of that. Turned off. Rocky Haslett, Andrew wrote: > Virus-scanner checking emails on the way in/out? > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > - Beach Access Software > Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 3:50 AM > To: dba-tech; off topic list > Subject: [dba-Tech] Thunderbird > > Suddenly Thunderbird is not sending emails with attachments. Goes real > slow up to about 5-10% and then times out. Email without attachments - > no problem. > > Does anyone know of any issues? > > I'm on the latest version 1.5.0.5. > > MIA > > Rocky > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ *** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information protected by law from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. They are provided on the basis the user assumes all responsibility for loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from their use, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From fhtapia at gmail.com Tue Aug 22 12:28:29 2006 From: fhtapia at gmail.com (Francisco Tapia) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:28:29 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 In-Reply-To: <20060817214043.32989.qmail@web88210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <20060817214043.32989.qmail@web88210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Sql Server 2005 does come w/ Reporting Services, and IIRC you don't even need to load IIS to get it to run. wich IMHO is a better approach. On 8/17/06, artful at rogers.com wrote: > You must be referring to Reporting Services, which IMO blows the doors off any other report designer in the business. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Tesiny, Ed" > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:54:39 PM > Subject: [dba-Tech] SQLServer 2003 > > I was told that SQl Server 2003 comes bundled with a report writer that > some say rivals Crystal Reports...anyone have an opinion on this? MTIA > Ed > > Edward P. Tesiny > Assistant Director for Evaluation > Bureau of Evaluation and Practice Improvement > New York State OASAS > 1450 Western Ave. > Albany, New York 12203-3526 > Phone: (518) 485-7189 > Fax: (518) 485-5769 > Email: EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- -Francisco http://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... From garykjos at gmail.com Wed Aug 23 12:37:03 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:37:03 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until The Feeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: <44ef7a350608231028j2a08ef00ie1c0429e602cb28d@mail.gmail.com> References: <44EC8BA7.5070505@san.rr.com> <44ef7a350608231028j2a08ef00ie1c0429e602cb28d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: It's an Analog LCD http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/E196FP/En/about.htm#Specifioications 1280x1024 Max Resolution GK On 8/23/06, Steve Erbach wrote: > Rocky, > > Is that a 19" LCD monitor or a CRT "flat" screen? > > Whoa! The only thing I really don't care for is the CDROM if it isn't > a writer. Of course, better to have a DVD writer these days, but > they're getting awfully cheap. > > Compared to that Pentium III, I'd say there's no contest. I would > watch the power supply and the CPU heat sink/fan, though. > > Sheesh! If that's actually an LCD monitor, I would wonder about the > max resolution. I use a 19" LCD monitor at work (Planar PE191M) and I > see where the price on that puppy is around > > On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > > > I need another computer like a third leg. But Dell had this deal for > > $349 a couple weeks ago. It's not available any more but the same deal > > is $449. 3.06GHz P$, 1GB Ram, 80GB 7200RPM HD, XP Home, 48X CDROM, 19 > > inch flat panel monitor, cheap printer, free shipping. > > > > It would replace a P3 that's getting a bit old. Any comments? > > > > Rocky > > > > *DELL * ****** > > /*QUOTATION*/ > > * * > > *QUOTE #: * > > *313912455* > > ** > > > > *Customer #: * > > *12535058* > > > > > > *Quote Date: * > > *8/23/06* > > *Date: 8/23/06 11:28:31 AM* > > *Customer Name: * > > *BEACH ACCESS SOFTWARE* > > > > > > *TOTAL QUOTE AMOUNT: * > > > > *$483.81 * > > > > * * > > > > * * > > *Product Subtotal: * > > > > *$449.00 * > > > > * * > > > > * * > > *Tax: * > > > > *$34.81 * > > > > * * > > > > * * > > *Shipping & Handling: * > > > > *$0.00 * > > > > *Shipping Method: * > > > > *Ground * > > > > *Total Number of System Groups: * > > > > *2 * > > > > > > * GROUP: 1* > > > > *QUANTITY: 1 * > > > > *SYSTEM PRICE: $449.00 * > > > > *GROUP TOTAL: $449.00 * > > > > > > > > > > *Base Unit: * > > > > > > > > * Dimension 3100 Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 524 (3.06GHz) and 1MB > > cache (222-3724)* > > > > *Memory: * > > > > > > > > * 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (311-5382)* > > > > *Keyboard: * > > > > > > > > * Dell USB Keyboard (310-8025)* > > > > *Monitor: * > > > > > > > > * 19 in (19 in viewable) E196FP Flat Panel Display (320-4746)* > > > > *Video Card: * > > > > > > > > * Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelator 900 (320-4530)* > > > > *Video Memory: * > > > > > > > > * Dell 725 Printer Driver (420-5866)* > > > > *Hard Drive: * > > > > > > > > * 80GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM) (341-3254)* > > > > *Hard Drive: * > > > > > > > > * PC Backup, 90-day Trial English, for Dimension (420-5450)* > > > > *Floppy Disk Drive: * > > > > > > > > * No Floppy Drive Requested (341-2782)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,Service Pack 2,English (420-4834)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Image Restore (412-0688)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Dimension Dell Support (412-0721)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Windows Media Player 10 (420-4927)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system > > set-up to access (463-2282)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Dell Direct Download (420-5477)* > > > > *Operating System: * > > > > > > > > * Internet Search and Portal (420-5769)* > > > > *Mouse: * > > > > > > > > * Dell 2-Button USB Mouse (310-8029)* > > > > *NIC: * > > > > > > > > * Intel Pro 100M Integrated PCI NIC Card (430-0412)* > > > > *Modem: * > > > > > > > > * No modem requested for Dell Dimension (313-3607)* > > > > *TBU: * > > > > > > > > * Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 (412-0705)* > > > > *CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive: * > > > > > > > > * 48X CDROM (313-3752)* > > > > *Sound Card: * > > > > > > > > * Integrated Audio (313-2758)* > > > > *Speakers: * > > > > > > > > * No Speaker Requested (313-2198)* > > > > *Bundled Software: * > > > > > > > > * MS Works 8.5 Plus Office (412-0912)* > > > > *Factory Installed Software: * > > > > > > > > * Network Associates McAfee 7.0,English,90-day Trial (412-0850)* > > > > *Feature * > > > > > > > > * Music Match 10.1 Basic with 7 days OnDemand (412-0813)* > > > > *Feature * > > > > > > > > * Paint Shop Photo Album 6.0 Starter Edition (412-0845)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 (950-9797)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Thank you for choosing 1 Year Economy Plan (981-9288)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Warranty Support,Initial Year (960-6380)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, > > Initial Year (960-7430)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Soft Contracts - Qualxserve (412-0359)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Thank You for buying Dell (983-2207)* > > > > *Misc: * > > > > > > > > * AOL BSD/SMB (412-0586)* > > > > *Misc: * > > > > > > > > * NETZERO ISP (412-0687)* > > > > * * > > > > > > > > * PC Restore Recovery System by Symantec (464-5503)* > > > > * * > > > > > > > > * System not eligible for hardware mail-in rebate (464-5005)* > > > > * * > > > > > > > > * Purchase is NOT intended for resell (462-4506)* > > > > * * > > > > > > > > * Thank you for choosing Dell (464-6138)* > > > > * * > > > > > > > > * Quickbooks 2006 Special SimpleStart Edition (420-5136)* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * GROUP: 2* > > > > *QUANTITY: 1 * > > > > *SYSTEM PRICE: $0.00 * > > > > *GROUP TOTAL: $0.00 * > > > > > > > > > > *Base Unit: * > > > > > > > > * Dell Color Printer 725 (222-2093)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Dell Hardware Warranty, Initial Year (983-7057)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange 90 Days Limited Warranty. > > (950-9300)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * No Warranty After 90 Days (900-3961)* > > > > *Service: * > > > > > > > > * Warranty Support, 90 Days (950-8700)* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *COMMENTS* > > * * > > *-DISCOUNT/COUPON APPLIED* > > * * > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-OT mailing list > > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > http://TheTownCrank.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From garykjos at gmail.com Wed Aug 23 12:46:45 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:46:45 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until The Feeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: <44EC8BA7.5070505@san.rr.com> References: <44EC8BA7.5070505@san.rr.com> Message-ID: Seems like a great deal to me. You can always share a burner on a different system so not having CD or DVD burner capabillities aren't that big a problem if you have another one on the lan someplace. Likewise the 80GB disk should be OK for a test bed system or a kids system or something. GK On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > I need another computer like a third leg. But Dell had this deal for > $349 a couple weeks ago. It's not available any more but the same deal > is $449. 3.06GHz P$, 1GB Ram, 80GB 7200RPM HD, XP Home, 48X CDROM, 19 > inch flat panel monitor, cheap printer, free shipping. > > It would replace a P3 that's getting a bit old. Any comments? > > Rocky > > *DELL * ****** > /*QUOTATION*/ > * * > *QUOTE #: * > *313912455* > ** > > *Customer #: * > *12535058* > > > *Quote Date: * > *8/23/06* > *Date: 8/23/06 11:28:31 AM* > *Customer Name: * > *BEACH ACCESS SOFTWARE* > > > *TOTAL QUOTE AMOUNT: * > > *$483.81 * > > * * > > * * > *Product Subtotal: * > > *$449.00 * > > * * > > * * > *Tax: * > > *$34.81 * > > * * > > * * > *Shipping & Handling: * > > *$0.00 * > > *Shipping Method: * > > *Ground * > > *Total Number of System Groups: * > > *2 * > > > * GROUP: 1* > > *QUANTITY: 1 * > > *SYSTEM PRICE: $449.00 * > > *GROUP TOTAL: $449.00 * > > > > > *Base Unit: * > > > > * Dimension 3100 Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 524 (3.06GHz) and 1MB > cache (222-3724)* > > *Memory: * > > > > * 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (311-5382)* > > *Keyboard: * > > > > * Dell USB Keyboard (310-8025)* > > *Monitor: * > > > > * 19 in (19 in viewable) E196FP Flat Panel Display (320-4746)* > > *Video Card: * > > > > * Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelator 900 (320-4530)* > > *Video Memory: * > > > > * Dell 725 Printer Driver (420-5866)* > > *Hard Drive: * > > > > * 80GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM) (341-3254)* > > *Hard Drive: * > > > > * PC Backup, 90-day Trial English, for Dimension (420-5450)* > > *Floppy Disk Drive: * > > > > * No Floppy Drive Requested (341-2782)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,Service Pack 2,English (420-4834)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Image Restore (412-0688)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Dimension Dell Support (412-0721)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Windows Media Player 10 (420-4927)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system > set-up to access (463-2282)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Dell Direct Download (420-5477)* > > *Operating System: * > > > > * Internet Search and Portal (420-5769)* > > *Mouse: * > > > > * Dell 2-Button USB Mouse (310-8029)* > > *NIC: * > > > > * Intel Pro 100M Integrated PCI NIC Card (430-0412)* > > *Modem: * > > > > * No modem requested for Dell Dimension (313-3607)* > > *TBU: * > > > > * Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 (412-0705)* > > *CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive: * > > > > * 48X CDROM (313-3752)* > > *Sound Card: * > > > > * Integrated Audio (313-2758)* > > *Speakers: * > > > > * No Speaker Requested (313-2198)* > > *Bundled Software: * > > > > * MS Works 8.5 Plus Office (412-0912)* > > *Factory Installed Software: * > > > > * Network Associates McAfee 7.0,English,90-day Trial (412-0850)* > > *Feature * > > > > * Music Match 10.1 Basic with 7 days OnDemand (412-0813)* > > *Feature * > > > > * Paint Shop Photo Album 6.0 Starter Edition (412-0845)* > > *Service: * > > > > * No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 (950-9797)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Thank you for choosing 1 Year Economy Plan (981-9288)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Warranty Support,Initial Year (960-6380)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, > Initial Year (960-7430)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Soft Contracts - Qualxserve (412-0359)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Thank You for buying Dell (983-2207)* > > *Misc: * > > > > * AOL BSD/SMB (412-0586)* > > *Misc: * > > > > * NETZERO ISP (412-0687)* > > * * > > > > * PC Restore Recovery System by Symantec (464-5503)* > > * * > > > > * System not eligible for hardware mail-in rebate (464-5005)* > > * * > > > > * Purchase is NOT intended for resell (462-4506)* > > * * > > > > * Thank you for choosing Dell (464-6138)* > > * * > > > > * Quickbooks 2006 Special SimpleStart Edition (420-5136)* > > > > > > > * GROUP: 2* > > *QUANTITY: 1 * > > *SYSTEM PRICE: $0.00 * > > *GROUP TOTAL: $0.00 * > > > > > *Base Unit: * > > > > * Dell Color Printer 725 (222-2093)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Dell Hardware Warranty, Initial Year (983-7057)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange 90 Days Limited Warranty. > (950-9300)* > > *Service: * > > > > * No Warranty After 90 Days (900-3961)* > > *Service: * > > > > * Warranty Support, 90 Days (950-8700)* > > > > > > > *COMMENTS* > * * > *-DISCOUNT/COUPON APPLIED* > * * > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From jon at tydda.plus.com Wed Aug 23 15:00:41 2006 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:00:41 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <005001c6c6ee$d1d06750$0300a8c0@jt2> Is it just me or does anyone else get multiple copies of some of Gary's posts? This is the third time I've seen this one - once in my dba-tech folder, and twice in the OT folder... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: 23 August 2006 18:47 To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com Cc: dba-tech Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] Seems like a great deal to me. You can always share a burner on a different system so not having CD or DVD burner capabillities aren't that big a problem if you have another one on the lan someplace. Likewise the 80GB disk should be OK for a test bed system or a kids system or something. GK On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > I need another computer like a third leg. But Dell had this deal for > $349 a couple weeks ago. It's not available any more but the same > deal is $449. 3.06GHz P$, 1GB Ram, 80GB 7200RPM HD, XP Home, 48X > CDROM, 19 inch flat panel monitor, cheap printer, free shipping. > > It would replace a P3 that's getting a bit old. Any comments? From garykjos at gmail.com Wed Aug 23 22:46:00 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:46:00 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: <005001c6c6ee$d1d06750$0300a8c0@jt2> References: <005001c6c6ee$d1d06750$0300a8c0@jt2> Message-ID: I beleive that Rocky posted it to both lists. My Gmail must have consolodated them so I unknowingly replied to both?? Sorry. You should get THREE of this one. GK On 8/23/06, Jon Tydda wrote: > Is it just me or does anyone else get multiple copies of some of Gary's > posts? This is the third time I've seen this one - once in my dba-tech > folder, and twice in the OT folder... > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: 23 August 2006 18:47 > To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com > Cc: dba-tech > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until > TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] > > Seems like a great deal to me. You can always share a burner on a different > system so not having CD or DVD burner capabillities aren't that big a > problem if you have another one on the lan someplace. > Likewise the 80GB disk should be OK for a test bed system or a kids system > or something. > > GK > > On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > > > I need another computer like a third leg. But Dell had this deal for > > $349 a couple weeks ago. It's not available any more but the same > > deal is $449. 3.06GHz P$, 1GB Ram, 80GB 7200RPM HD, XP Home, 48X > > CDROM, 19 inch flat panel monitor, cheap printer, free shipping. > > > > It would replace a P3 that's getting a bit old. Any comments? > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From bchacc at san.rr.com Wed Aug 23 23:30:48 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:30:48 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: References: <005001c6c6ee$d1d06750$0300a8c0@jt2> Message-ID: <44ED2B78.4030709@san.rr.com> Gary: You're replying to an email to tech that got bounced. How does that work? Rocky Gary Kjos wrote: > I beleive that Rocky posted it to both lists. My Gmail must have > consolodated them so I unknowingly replied to both?? > > Sorry. You should get THREE of this one. > > GK > > On 8/23/06, Jon Tydda wrote: > >> Is it just me or does anyone else get multiple copies of some of Gary's >> posts? This is the third time I've seen this one - once in my dba-tech >> folder, and twice in the OT folder... >> >> >> Jon >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos >> Sent: 23 August 2006 18:47 >> To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com >> Cc: dba-tech >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until >> TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] >> >> Seems like a great deal to me. You can always share a burner on a different >> system so not having CD or DVD burner capabillities aren't that big a >> problem if you have another one on the lan someplace. >> Likewise the 80GB disk should be OK for a test bed system or a kids system >> or something. >> >> GK >> >> On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: >> >>> I need another computer like a third leg. But Dell had this deal for >>> $349 a couple weeks ago. It's not available any more but the same >>> deal is $449. 3.06GHz P$, 1GB Ram, 80GB 7200RPM HD, XP Home, 48X >>> CDROM, 19 inch flat panel monitor, cheap printer, free shipping. >>> >>> It would replace a P3 that's getting a bit old. Any comments? >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From carbonnb at sympatico.ca Thu Aug 24 05:29:38 2006 From: carbonnb at sympatico.ca (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:29:38 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: <44ED2B78.4030709@san.rr.com> References: , , <44ED2B78.4030709@san.rr.com> Message-ID: On 23 Aug 2006 at 21:30, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote: > You're replying to an email to tech that got bounced. How does that work? I suspect Gary replied to the OT post. Since the original post went to Tech and OT, when Gary hit Reply-all, both lists go copied. -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca Normal people worry me. From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 08:20:35 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:20:35 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] In-Reply-To: <44ED2B78.4030709@san.rr.com> References: <005001c6c6ee$d1d06750$0300a8c0@jt2> <44ED2B78.4030709@san.rr.com> Message-ID: Magic. The wizzardry of GMAIL I guess. ;-) There was a CC on there and I am in the habit of doing "reply all" on this e-mail account because of a CC list that I also use this account for. GK On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > Gary: > > You're replying to an email to tech that got bounced. How does that work? > > Rocky > > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > I beleive that Rocky posted it to both lists. My Gmail must have > > consolodated them so I unknowingly replied to both?? > > > > Sorry. You should get THREE of this one. > > > > GK > > > > On 8/23/06, Jon Tydda wrote: > > > >> Is it just me or does anyone else get multiple copies of some of Gary's > >> posts? This is the third time I've seen this one - once in my dba-tech > >> folder, and twice in the OT folder... > >> > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > >> Sent: 23 August 2006 18:47 > >> To: dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com > >> Cc: dba-tech > >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] [Fwd: Why Didn't I Just Lay Down Until > >> TheFeeling Passed?[Fwd: Requested Dell Quote(s) #313912455]] > >> > >> Seems like a great deal to me. You can always share a burner on a different > >> system so not having CD or DVD burner capabillities aren't that big a > >> problem if you have another one on the lan someplace. > >> Likewise the 80GB disk should be OK for a test bed system or a kids system > >> or something. > >> > >> GK > >> > >> On 8/23/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > >> > >>> I need another computer like a third leg. But Dell had this deal for > >>> $349 a couple weeks ago. It's not available any more but the same > >>> deal is $449. 3.06GHz P$, 1GB Ram, 80GB 7200RPM HD, XP Home, 48X > >>> CDROM, 19 inch flat panel monitor, cheap printer, free shipping. > >>> > >>> It would replace a P3 that's getting a bit old. Any comments? > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 24 09:22:20 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:22:20 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox Message-ID: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? TIA Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 09:40:38 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:40:38 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com> References: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com> Message-ID: Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course - even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf scores on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it all syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with me wherever I go if I want to. GK On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times > out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real > tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the > gate because the bar code was too small. > > Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > > Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > > TIA > > Rocky > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Aug 24 09:41:01 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:41:01 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <003b01c6c78b$53131960$657aa8c0@m6805> >Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? To annoy you? ;-) John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:22 AM To: dba-tech; off topic list Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? TIA Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 24 09:52:02 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:52:02 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: References: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <44EDBD12.6020504@san.rr.com> Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like to carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to take it with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care about the stock market from hour to hour. Guess I'm just a low tech guy. Rocky Gary Kjos wrote: > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course - > even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf scores > on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it all > syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with me > wherever I go if I want to. > > GK > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times >> out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real >> tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the >> gate because the bar code was too small. >> >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. >> >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> -- >> Rocky Smolin >> Beach Access Software >> 858-259-4334 >> www.e-z-mrp.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-OT mailing list >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 24 09:52:45 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:52:45 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <003b01c6c78b$53131960$657aa8c0@m6805> References: <003b01c6c78b$53131960$657aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: <44EDBD3D.6030703@san.rr.com> Well, they set the bar awfully low didn't they? Rocky JWColby wrote: >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? >> > > To annoy you? > > ;-) > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:22 AM > To: dba-tech; off topic list > Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox > > First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times out. > Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real tiny font. > Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the gate because the > bar code was too small. > > Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > > Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > > TIA > > Rocky > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From kens.programming at verizon.net Thu Aug 24 10:09:22 2006 From: kens.programming at verizon.net (kens.programming) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:09:22 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <44EDBD3D.6030703@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <048901c6c78f$499c5230$6b01a8c0@Stoker.com> I don't know if this is your situation or not, but I recently discovered the same situation. What I found was that under the Page Setup, on the tab called Format & Options, there is a switch that was checked by default called Shrink to Fit Page Width. When I unchecked this, things started printing out much larger. I hope this helps. Ken -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:53 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox Well, they set the bar awfully low didn't they? Rocky JWColby wrote: >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? >> > > To annoy you? > > ;-) > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:22 AM > To: dba-tech; off topic list > Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox > > First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times out. > Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real tiny font. > Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the gate because the > bar code was too small. > > Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > > Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > > TIA > > Rocky > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 8/22/2006 From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 10:11:45 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:11:45 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <44EDBD12.6020504@san.rr.com> References: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com> <44EDBD12.6020504@san.rr.com> Message-ID: I don't use the Palm for e-mail. My current one does do WIFI and bluetooth communications but I haven't actually tried it at either. For me it's being able to take my calendar with me to meetings and my contacts with me when I want to. Like a traveling rolodex. And it has the very same data as is on the computer files. And if I change it on the compute rit's cahnged on the palm and if I change it on the Palm it's changed on the computer. With my previous two Palm devices I had keyboards that i could connect and it was essentially a very small laptop that could be used for notetaking although to tell the truth I really hardly ever used that feature. I carry my phone with me most of the time but I seldom get any calls on it as I don't really give out the number too much. It's a small one so it fits in my pocket. I also have a seperate camera in the same pocket. Don't like the cameras in the phones so I passed on that when I got my last phone. I like a REAL camera. The one I carry with me at all times is the size of an Altoids box. So I'm used to having things in my pocket. In my other pocket I have my keys, a foldup pair of reading glasses and a swiss army knife. I like having pockets and I USE my pockets. I used to use a Daytimer paper calendar. And I carried it with me everywhere. I used a small sized one and it was a big change for me to go electronic. The big kicker for me was the CONTACTS part of the Daytimer. Once a year or so I had to recopy all the contacts into a new paper book and that drove me crazy. I had crossed out numbers and names and smudged ink and at one point I vowed I would never go through recopying that address book again. And that was what got me to look at my first Palm device. And Using the Outlook Calendar has gotten me quite a lot of acclaim for remembering peoples birthdays and anniversaries because you set them up once and tell it it recurs every year and WALLA, you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? And my Palm also allows me to sync to multiple computers and that propegates all that stuff into the Outlook that lives on those other computers. Like my office computer and my home computer and my laptop computer. The Palm is the bridge between all those systems. And it plays a nice game of solitare if I am waiting for someone in a meeting room. Or Yahtzee. Or Monopoly. Or Chess. And it stays in my backpack when I don't need it. Just fine. As does my phone if I don't want it with me - pretty seldom as I view the cell phone as something I CALL OUT ON and not something that other people call me on. But whatever works for you works for you. What I have works for me. GK On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like to > carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to take it > with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. > > I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email > anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care about > the stock market from hour to hour. > > Guess I'm just a low tech guy. > > > Rocky > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course - > > even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf scores > > on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it all > > syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with me > > wherever I go if I want to. > > > > GK > > > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times > >> out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real > >> tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the > >> gate because the bar code was too small. > >> > >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > >> > >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Rocky > >> > >> -- > >> Rocky Smolin > >> Beach Access Software > >> 858-259-4334 > >> www.e-z-mrp.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-OT mailing list > >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 24 10:15:32 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:15:32 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <048901c6c78f$499c5230$6b01a8c0@Stoker.com> References: <048901c6c78f$499c5230$6b01a8c0@Stoker.com> Message-ID: <44EDC294.7030409@san.rr.com> Mine was unchecked but I upped the scale factor from 60% to 80% and that seemed to help. Thanks Rocky kens.programming wrote: > I don't know if this is your situation or not, but I recently discovered the > same situation. What I found was that under the Page Setup, on the tab > called Format & Options, there is a switch that was checked by default > called Shrink to Fit Page Width. When I unchecked this, things started > printing out much larger. I hope this helps. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:53 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox > > Well, they set the bar awfully low didn't they? > > Rocky > > > JWColby wrote: > >>> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? >>> >>> >> To annoy you? >> >> ;-) >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - >> Beach Access Software >> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:22 AM >> To: dba-tech; off topic list >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox >> >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times out. >> Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real tiny >> > font. > >> Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the gate because >> > the > >> bar code was too small. >> >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. >> >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> -- >> Rocky Smolin >> Beach Access Software >> 858-259-4334 >> www.e-z-mrp.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Thu Aug 24 10:18:35 2006 From: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk (Martin Reid) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:18:35 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox References: <44EDB61C.9030207@san.rr.com><44EDBD12.6020504@san.rr.com> Message-ID: We started to use HP 4750 PDA.s Very impressive. Martin Martin WP Reid Training and Assessment Unit Riddle Hall Belfast tel: 02890 974477 ________________________________ From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Gary Kjos Sent: Thu 24/08/2006 16:11 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox I don't use the Palm for e-mail. My current one does do WIFI and bluetooth communications but I haven't actually tried it at either. For me it's being able to take my calendar with me to meetings and my contacts with me when I want to. Like a traveling rolodex. And it has the very same data as is on the computer files. And if I change it on the compute rit's cahnged on the palm and if I change it on the Palm it's changed on the computer. With my previous two Palm devices I had keyboards that i could connect and it was essentially a very small laptop that could be used for notetaking although to tell the truth I really hardly ever used that feature. I carry my phone with me most of the time but I seldom get any calls on it as I don't really give out the number too much. It's a small one so it fits in my pocket. I also have a seperate camera in the same pocket. Don't like the cameras in the phones so I passed on that when I got my last phone. I like a REAL camera. The one I carry with me at all times is the size of an Altoids box. So I'm used to having things in my pocket. In my other pocket I have my keys, a foldup pair of reading glasses and a swiss army knife. I like having pockets and I USE my pockets. I used to use a Daytimer paper calendar. And I carried it with me everywhere. I used a small sized one and it was a big change for me to go electronic. The big kicker for me was the CONTACTS part of the Daytimer. Once a year or so I had to recopy all the contacts into a new paper book and that drove me crazy. I had crossed out numbers and names and smudged ink and at one point I vowed I would never go through recopying that address book again. And that was what got me to look at my first Palm device. And Using the Outlook Calendar has gotten me quite a lot of acclaim for remembering peoples birthdays and anniversaries because you set them up once and tell it it recurs every year and WALLA, you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? And my Palm also allows me to sync to multiple computers and that propegates all that stuff into the Outlook that lives on those other computers. Like my office computer and my home computer and my laptop computer. The Palm is the bridge between all those systems. And it plays a nice game of solitare if I am waiting for someone in a meeting room. Or Yahtzee. Or Monopoly. Or Chess. And it stays in my backpack when I don't need it. Just fine. As does my phone if I don't want it with me - pretty seldom as I view the cell phone as something I CALL OUT ON and not something that other people call me on. But whatever works for you works for you. What I have works for me. GK On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like to > carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to take it > with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. > > I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email > anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care about > the stock market from hour to hour. > > Guess I'm just a low tech guy. > > > Rocky > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course - > > even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf scores > > on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it all > > syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with me > > wherever I go if I want to. > > > > GK > > > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times > >> out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real > >> tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the > >> gate because the bar code was too small. > >> > >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > >> > >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Rocky > >> > >> -- > >> Rocky Smolin > >> Beach Access Software > >> 858-259-4334 > >> www.e-z-mrp.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-OT mailing list > >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk Thu Aug 24 10:55:56 2006 From: Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk (Jon Tydda) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:55:56 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Update problem Message-ID: <3F27A64D4EF89140AC765068A7F373D701F103@ALCEXLG1> Hi all We had an issue last week with our anti-virus software, so I had to go around each PC in the building and manually update the DATS. While doing this, I noticed that a lot of the PC's hadn't seen Windows Update in a while, so I've been steadily working around the ones that get most use, to get them all up the same spec with regard to installed apps (office, acrobat etc) as well as Windows patches. Today is the turn of my bosses laptop. He gave it to me this morning, without the charger and said "I charged it up last night, so it should be ok for a few hours". I got two hours out of it before it turned off... the only problem is that it did this whilst downloading a whole bunch of stuff from WU. Now ever time I go back to WU, it thinks about downloading the patches, then bombs out, telling me that each download "failed". I've downloaded the Cumulative and Roll Up patches to get a decent chunk of things patched, but I can't manually download ALL of the patches, I don't have that kind of time, but I don't know what to do about it. I've tried using a different login, diskcleanup and defrag, running a registry cleaner, and deleting everything in the temporary files, as WU help suggests. Nothing. Does anyone have any ideas? MTIA Jon The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available on request from : webmaster at alcontrol.co.uk ALcontrol Laboratories is a trading division of ALcontrol UK Limited. Registered Office: Templeborough House, Mill Close, Rotherham, S60 1BZ. Registered in England and Wales No 4057291 From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Aug 24 11:06:29 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:06:29 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <004601c6c797$434fcc10$657aa8c0@m6805> >... you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? Mine is Nov 5th. Put it in your Palm. I'll be 52 this year, and there will be a world wide celebration as all my friends and acquaintances on AccessD stop to drink a pint. Well... Actually most of them would stop to drink a pint anyway... ;-) But now they have an official reason for doing so on that day. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:12 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox I don't use the Palm for e-mail. My current one does do WIFI and bluetooth communications but I haven't actually tried it at either. For me it's being able to take my calendar with me to meetings and my contacts with me when I want to. Like a traveling rolodex. And it has the very same data as is on the computer files. And if I change it on the compute rit's cahnged on the palm and if I change it on the Palm it's changed on the computer. With my previous two Palm devices I had keyboards that i could connect and it was essentially a very small laptop that could be used for notetaking although to tell the truth I really hardly ever used that feature. I carry my phone with me most of the time but I seldom get any calls on it as I don't really give out the number too much. It's a small one so it fits in my pocket. I also have a seperate camera in the same pocket. Don't like the cameras in the phones so I passed on that when I got my last phone. I like a REAL camera. The one I carry with me at all times is the size of an Altoids box. So I'm used to having things in my pocket. In my other pocket I have my keys, a foldup pair of reading glasses and a swiss army knife. I like having pockets and I USE my pockets. I used to use a Daytimer paper calendar. And I carried it with me everywhere. I used a small sized one and it was a big change for me to go electronic. The big kicker for me was the CONTACTS part of the Daytimer. Once a year or so I had to recopy all the contacts into a new paper book and that drove me crazy. I had crossed out numbers and names and smudged ink and at one point I vowed I would never go through recopying that address book again. And that was what got me to look at my first Palm device. And Using the Outlook Calendar has gotten me quite a lot of acclaim for remembering peoples birthdays and anniversaries because you set them up once and tell it it recurs every year and WALLA, you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? And my Palm also allows me to sync to multiple computers and that propegates all that stuff into the Outlook that lives on those other computers. Like my office computer and my home computer and my laptop computer. The Palm is the bridge between all those systems. And it plays a nice game of solitare if I am waiting for someone in a meeting room. Or Yahtzee. Or Monopoly. Or Chess. And it stays in my backpack when I don't need it. Just fine. As does my phone if I don't want it with me - pretty seldom as I view the cell phone as something I CALL OUT ON and not something that other people call me on. But whatever works for you works for you. What I have works for me. GK On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like > to carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to take > it with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. > > I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email > anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care about > the stock market from hour to hour. > > Guess I'm just a low tech guy. > > > Rocky > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course - > > even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf > > scores on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it > > all syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with me > > wherever I go if I want to. > > > > GK > > > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - > >> times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out > >> in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they > >> wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. > >> > >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > >> > >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Rocky > >> > >> -- > >> Rocky Smolin > >> Beach Access Software > >> 858-259-4334 > >> www.e-z-mrp.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-OT mailing list > >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Thu Aug 24 11:13:20 2006 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:13:20 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Update problem Message-ID: Hi Jon Sounds like this: http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/dba-tech/2005-October/004619.html /gustav >>> Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk 24-08-2006 17:55 >>> Hi all We had an issue last week with our anti-virus software, so I had to go around each PC in the building and manually update the DATS. While doing this, I noticed that a lot of the PC's hadn't seen Windows Update in a while, so I've been steadily working around the ones that get most use, to get them all up the same spec with regard to installed apps (office, acrobat etc) as well as Windows patches. Today is the turn of my bosses laptop. He gave it to me this morning, without the charger and said "I charged it up last night, so it should be ok for a few hours". I got two hours out of it before it turned off... the only problem is that it did this whilst downloading a whole bunch of stuff from WU. Now ever time I go back to WU, it thinks about downloading the patches, then bombs out, telling me that each download "failed". I've downloaded the Cumulative and Roll Up patches to get a decent chunk of things patched, but I can't manually download ALL of the patches, I don't have that kind of time, but I don't know what to do about it. I've tried using a different login, diskcleanup and defrag, running a registry cleaner, and deleting everything in the temporary files, as WU help suggests. Nothing. Does anyone have any ideas? MTIA Jon From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 11:15:52 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:15:52 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <004601c6c797$434fcc10$657aa8c0@m6805> References: <004601c6c797$434fcc10$657aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: Oops. Thought this was a OT list thread. Guess it's going on both lists. Guess my contact info for you is way out of date John. I still have you as IT Director at North East Fasteners. And living in Connecticut. But at least I have your birthday right now eh? 11/5/1954? GK On 8/24/06, JWColby wrote: > >... you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on August > 30th. Right Donna? > > Mine is Nov 5th. Put it in your Palm. > > I'll be 52 this year, and there will be a world wide celebration as all my > friends and acquaintances on AccessD stop to drink a pint. Well... Actually > most of them would stop to drink a pint anyway... ;-) But now they have an > official reason for doing so on that day. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:12 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox > > I don't use the Palm for e-mail. My current one does do WIFI and bluetooth > communications but I haven't actually tried it at either. > For me it's being able to take my calendar with me to meetings and my > contacts with me when I want to. Like a traveling rolodex. And it has the > very same data as is on the computer files. And if I change it on the > compute rit's cahnged on the palm and if I change it on the Palm it's > changed on the computer. With my previous two Palm devices I had keyboards > that i could connect and it was essentially a very small laptop that could > be used for notetaking although to tell the truth I really hardly ever used > that feature. I carry my phone with me most of the time but I seldom get any > calls on it as I don't really give out the number too much. It's a small one > so it fits in my pocket. I also have a seperate camera in the same pocket. > Don't like the cameras in the phones so I passed on that when I got my last > phone. I like a REAL camera. The one I carry with me at all times is the > size of an Altoids box. So I'm used to having things in my pocket. In my > other pocket I have my keys, a foldup pair of reading glasses and a swiss > army knife. > I like having pockets and I USE my pockets. > > I used to use a Daytimer paper calendar. And I carried it with me > everywhere. I used a small sized one and it was a big change for me to go > electronic. The big kicker for me was the CONTACTS part of the Daytimer. > Once a year or so I had to recopy all the contacts into a new paper book and > that drove me crazy. I had crossed out numbers and names and smudged ink and > at one point I vowed I would never go through recopying that address book > again. And that was what got me to look at my first Palm device. And Using > the Outlook Calendar has gotten me quite a lot of acclaim for remembering > peoples birthdays and anniversaries because you set them up once and tell it > it recurs every year and WALLA, you get a reminder that it's so and so's > birthday coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? > > And my Palm also allows me to sync to multiple computers and that propegates > all that stuff into the Outlook that lives on those other computers. Like my > office computer and my home computer and my laptop computer. The Palm is the > bridge between all those systems. > > And it plays a nice game of solitare if I am waiting for someone in a > meeting room. Or Yahtzee. Or Monopoly. Or Chess. > > And it stays in my backpack when I don't need it. Just fine. As does my > phone if I don't want it with me - pretty seldom as I view the cell phone as > something I CALL OUT ON and not something that other people call me on. > > But whatever works for you works for you. What I have works for me. > > GK > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like > > to carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to take > > it with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. > > > > I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email > > anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care about > > the stock market from hour to hour. > > > > Guess I'm just a low tech guy. > > > > > > Rocky > > > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > > > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > > > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course - > > > even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf > > > scores on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it > > > all syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with me > > > wherever I go if I want to. > > > > > > GK > > > > > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software > wrote: > > > > > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - > > >> times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out > > >> in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they > > >> wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. > > >> > > >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > > >> > > >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > > >> > > >> TIA > > >> > > >> Rocky > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Rocky Smolin > > >> Beach Access Software > > >> 858-259-4334 > > >> www.e-z-mrp.com > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> dba-OT mailing list > > >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rocky Smolin > > Beach Access Software > > 858-259-4334 > > www.e-z-mrp.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Aug 24 11:48:53 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:48:53 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <005901c6c79d$2f96c240$657aa8c0@m6805> LOL. Yea waaaaay out of date. I left NEF in 2002, and have been doing consulting (before and) since. My wife and I managed to pull off a move to North Carolina and so far we love it down here. Looking forward to warmer winters. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:16 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox Oops. Thought this was a OT list thread. Guess it's going on both lists. Guess my contact info for you is way out of date John. I still have you as IT Director at North East Fasteners. And living in Connecticut. But at least I have your birthday right now eh? 11/5/1954? GK On 8/24/06, JWColby wrote: > >... you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on > >August > 30th. Right Donna? > > Mine is Nov 5th. Put it in your Palm. > > I'll be 52 this year, and there will be a world wide celebration as > all my friends and acquaintances on AccessD stop to drink a pint. > Well... Actually most of them would stop to drink a pint anyway... ;-) > But now they have an official reason for doing so on that day. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:12 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox > > I don't use the Palm for e-mail. My current one does do WIFI and > bluetooth communications but I haven't actually tried it at either. > For me it's being able to take my calendar with me to meetings and my > contacts with me when I want to. Like a traveling rolodex. And it has > the very same data as is on the computer files. And if I change it on > the compute rit's cahnged on the palm and if I change it on the Palm > it's changed on the computer. With my previous two Palm devices I had > keyboards that i could connect and it was essentially a very small > laptop that could be used for notetaking although to tell the truth I > really hardly ever used that feature. I carry my phone with me most of > the time but I seldom get any calls on it as I don't really give out > the number too much. It's a small one so it fits in my pocket. I also have a seperate camera in the same pocket. > Don't like the cameras in the phones so I passed on that when I got my > last phone. I like a REAL camera. The one I carry with me at all times > is the size of an Altoids box. So I'm used to having things in my > pocket. In my other pocket I have my keys, a foldup pair of reading > glasses and a swiss army knife. > I like having pockets and I USE my pockets. > > I used to use a Daytimer paper calendar. And I carried it with me > everywhere. I used a small sized one and it was a big change for me to > go electronic. The big kicker for me was the CONTACTS part of the Daytimer. > Once a year or so I had to recopy all the contacts into a new paper > book and that drove me crazy. I had crossed out numbers and names and > smudged ink and at one point I vowed I would never go through > recopying that address book again. And that was what got me to look at > my first Palm device. And Using the Outlook Calendar has gotten me > quite a lot of acclaim for remembering peoples birthdays and > anniversaries because you set them up once and tell it it recurs every > year and WALLA, you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday > coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? > > And my Palm also allows me to sync to multiple computers and that > propegates all that stuff into the Outlook that lives on those other > computers. Like my office computer and my home computer and my laptop > computer. The Palm is the bridge between all those systems. > > And it plays a nice game of solitare if I am waiting for someone in a > meeting room. Or Yahtzee. Or Monopoly. Or Chess. > > And it stays in my backpack when I don't need it. Just fine. As does > my phone if I don't want it with me - pretty seldom as I view the cell > phone as something I CALL OUT ON and not something that other people call me on. > > But whatever works for you works for you. What I have works for me. > > GK > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > > Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like > > to carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to > > take it with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. > > > > I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email > > anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care > > about the stock market from hour to hour. > > > > Guess I'm just a low tech guy. > > > > > > Rocky > > > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > > > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > > > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course > > > - even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf > > > scores on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it > > > all syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with > > > me wherever I go if I want to. > > > > > > GK > > > > > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - > > >> times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes > > >> out in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they > > >> wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. > > >> > > >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > > >> > > >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > > >> > > >> TIA > > >> > > >> Rocky > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Rocky Smolin > > >> Beach Access Software > > >> 858-259-4334 > > >> www.e-z-mrp.com > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> dba-OT mailing list > > >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rocky Smolin > > Beach Access Software > > 858-259-4334 > > www.e-z-mrp.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From carbonnb at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 12:20:00 2006 From: carbonnb at gmail.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:20:00 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <44EDC294.7030409@san.rr.com> References: <048901c6c78f$499c5230$6b01a8c0@Stoker.com> <44EDC294.7030409@san.rr.com> Message-ID: On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > Mine was unchecked but I upped the scale factor from 60% to 80% and that > seemed to help. Why not just set it to 100% and have it print in full size? -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From bchacc at san.rr.com Thu Aug 24 12:32:12 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:32:12 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: References: <048901c6c78f$499c5230$6b01a8c0@Stoker.com> <44EDC294.7030409@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <44EDE29C.9050708@san.rr.com> Gotta test that. Sometimes that makes it too big for the page and it pages funny. But I'll try it. Rocky Bryan Carbonnell wrote: > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: > >> Mine was unchecked but I upped the scale factor from 60% to 80% and that >> seemed to help. >> > > Why not just set it to 100% and have it print in full size? > > -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From djkr at msn.com Thu Aug 24 13:55:03 2006 From: djkr at msn.com (DJK(John) Robinson) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:55:03 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat In-Reply-To: <44EDE29C.9050708@san.rr.com> Message-ID: Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat ...!!&$%"@%! This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to look up in the KB. Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in about 12 hours? John From bill_Patten at earthlink.net Thu Aug 24 14:19:02 2006 From: bill_Patten at earthlink.net (Bill Patten) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:19:02 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat References: Message-ID: <001401c6c7b2$29120230$6401a8c0@BPCS> John, You might try opening windows explorer, going to tools, folder options then file types then scroll down and see if acrobat is assigned to exe ( there should be no exe in there by the way.) then delete or edit to correct depending on the skill set of your client. HTH Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJK(John) Robinson" To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:55 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat ...!!&$%"@%! This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to look up in the KB. Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in about 12 hours? John _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From djkr at msn.com Thu Aug 24 14:34:16 2006 From: djkr at msn.com (DJK(John) Robinson) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:34:16 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat In-Reply-To: <001401c6c7b2$29120230$6401a8c0@BPCS> Message-ID: I should have said - there's no exe entry there. Thanks anyway, Bill. John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Patten Sent: 24 August 2006 20:19 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat John, You might try opening windows explorer, going to tools, folder options then file types then scroll down and see if acrobat is assigned to exe ( there should be no exe in there by the way.) then delete or edit to correct depending on the skill set of your client. HTH Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJK(John) Robinson" To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:55 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat ...!!&$%"@%! This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to look up in the KB. Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in about 12 hours? John _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bill_Patten at earthlink.net Thu Aug 24 14:49:07 2006 From: bill_Patten at earthlink.net (Bill Patten) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:49:07 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat References: Message-ID: <002001c6c7b6$5d1fd3a0$6401a8c0@BPCS> I think this is one of those things best fixed in person. The upper pane (pain?) is the composite of all users and current user start menu under documents and settings etc "start menu" you might try looking there in Explorer if you can get explorer to run and see if anything looks wrong. Since he tried pasting something it might show up under his Start menu. All the entries should be shortcuts except the programs folder. You could cut them one at a time and if the problem remains paste the object back and try the next one. I'd probably cut them all and if the problem is still there paste them back and try something else. If the problem disappears then I'd paste them all back and remove them one at a time. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJK(John) Robinson" To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat I should have said - there's no exe entry there. Thanks anyway, Bill. John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Patten Sent: 24 August 2006 20:19 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat John, You might try opening windows explorer, going to tools, folder options then file types then scroll down and see if acrobat is assigned to exe ( there should be no exe in there by the way.) then delete or edit to correct depending on the skill set of your client. HTH Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJK(John) Robinson" To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:55 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat ...!!&$%"@%! This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to look up in the KB. Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in about 12 hours? John _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From tuxedoman888 at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 15:23:59 2006 From: tuxedoman888 at gmail.com (Billy Pang) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:23:59 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat In-Reply-To: References: <44EDE29C.9050708@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <7c8826480608241323r150583d3w882489f7220b1b06@mail.gmail.com> i found this... "How to Fix a Broken .EXE Association" http://filext.com/info/showthread.php?t=12 it is possible to fix problem by editing the registry without using regedit? i haven't tried it so not sure if it works. anyways hope it helps and good luck Billy On 8/24/06, DJK(John) Robinson wrote: > > Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. > > He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in Adobe > Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: Word, > regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type association of > exe > with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. > > Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but trying > to > run Word directly brings up Acrobat. > > The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new program > onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its ?name, > ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. > > I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, to > get > back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage on starting > up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own restore utility > program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat ...!!&$%"@%! > > This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to look > up > in the KB. > > Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in about > 12 > hours? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Billy Pang http://dbnotes.blogspot.com/ "Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box." - Italian proverb From jon at tydda.plus.com Thu Aug 24 15:51:49 2006 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:51:49 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox In-Reply-To: <003b01c6c78b$53131960$657aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: <002301c6c7bf$1f386b70$0300a8c0@jt2> A new microsoft update to annoy firefox users perhaps? :-P Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: 24 August 2006 15:41 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox >Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? To annoy you? ;-) John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:22 AM To: dba-tech; off topic list Subject: [dba-Tech] Now It's Firefox First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes out in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? TIA Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net From jon at tydda.plus.com Thu Aug 24 15:56:21 2006 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:56:21 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat In-Reply-To: <7c8826480608241323r150583d3w882489f7220b1b06@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <003101c6c7bf$c0ceff30$0300a8c0@jt2> Yes, you can put the registry entries into a text file and save it as a *.reg. Then double click the file, it'll enter the required data into the registry without using regedit. Voila... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Billy Pang Sent: 24 August 2006 21:24 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; djkr at msn.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat i found this... "How to Fix a Broken .EXE Association" http://filext.com/info/showthread.php?t=12 it is possible to fix problem by editing the registry without using regedit? i haven't tried it so not sure if it works. anyways hope it helps and good luck Billy On 8/24/06, DJK(John) Robinson wrote: > > Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. > > He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in > Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: > Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type > association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. > > Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but > trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. > > The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new > program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its > ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. > > I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, > to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage > on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own > restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat > ...!!&$%"@%! > > This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to > look up in the KB. > > Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in > about > 12 > hours? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Billy Pang http://dbnotes.blogspot.com/ "Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box." - Italian proverb _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net From jon at tydda.plus.com Fri Aug 25 18:04:16 2006 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:04:16 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows update Message-ID: <000d01c6c89a$ca3aae80$0300a8c0@jt2> Well I solved the problem I had yesterday. Quite simple in the end. If you look in C:\WINNT or C:\Windows, you'll find a folder called "SoftwareDistribution". Rename this to something else (if you cant do that, log in in safe mode and do it), then restart, and go back to WU or MU and try it again. Fixed three PCs that had similar problems today, quite productive really :-) Jon From bchacc at san.rr.com Sun Aug 27 13:22:44 2006 From: bchacc at san.rr.com (Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:22:44 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Mozilla Backup Message-ID: <44F1E2F4.2000905@san.rr.com> Looks like I'm going to have to get rid of Thunderbird. Can't figure out why it suddenly won't send attachments. So on the new box maybe I'll join the rest of the civilized world and go with Outlook. But I'd like to back up my emails and address book and restore it to Outlook (or OE if I decide to go that way). Does anybody know about this: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Are its backups compatible with Outlook? TIA Rocky -- Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com From andy at minstersystems.co.uk Tue Aug 29 15:49:42 2006 From: andy at minstersystems.co.uk (Andy Lacey) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:49:42 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows update In-Reply-To: <000d01c6c89a$ca3aae80$0300a8c0@jt2> Message-ID: <02f701c6cbac$a76d4f10$ef430c54@minster33c3r25> Good tip Jon. Thanks for posting it. I can easily imagine needing this. -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda > Sent: 26 August 2006 00:04 > To: Dba-Tech; dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows update > > > Well I solved the problem I had yesterday. Quite simple in > the end. If you look in C:\WINNT or C:\Windows, you'll find a > folder called "SoftwareDistribution". Rename this to > something else (if you cant do that, log in in safe mode and > do it), then restart, and go back to WU or MU and try it > again. Fixed three PCs that had similar problems today, quite > productive really :-) > > > Jon > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Aug 31 09:05:22 2006 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (JWColby) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:05:22 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Using 4 gbytes of RAM Message-ID: <001401c6cd06$80a4a710$657aa8c0@m6805> Is anyone using a machine with more than two gig of Ram? I am reading things about doing this and there seems to be a lot of confusion on the matter. Much of the confusion seems to come from the fact that until the 64 bit versions of the X86 processors, the "internals" of the processor were all 32 bits which limited direct generation of addresses to 4 gig. All of my machines are 64 bit (AMD) processors so theoretically they can use more than 4 gig but how? Everyone seems to agree that in XP32, only 4 gig is available to work with and that things like video cards and other "machine stuff" eats into that. Thus regardless of anything, you will end up with less than 4 gig due to that, perhaps as little as 3.25 gig. After that, confusion reigns, at least in my mind. Understand that I am discussing Windows XP 32 specifically, although anyone is welcome to chip in what they "know" regarding other windows versions as long as they specify what version they are discussing. The next thing that is discussed is that the OS itself reserves 2 gig for itself (which includes the video etc AFAICT), leaving up to 2 gig for EACH APPLICATION, implying that any application can have / use up to 2 gig. Some claim that if you have 4 gig, the swap file won't be used since that is part of the 4 gig available. It seems illogical since each application can use up to 2 gig. However I have created a separate partition to hold my swap file and tried to create one of 6 gig and Windows refused, limiting the size of the swap file to 4 gig. So I am trying to figure out what the reality is. If a machine has 4 gig physical ram, and "machine stuff" uses (for argument's sake) .75 gig, is the .75 gig of physical ram simply unused? Is it used by the OS for buffers? What about the swap file? If you have a 4 gig swap file, would you have 7.25 "total available memory" for Windows use? Does this indeed then limit the APPLICATIONS to 5.25 gig of "total" memory and 2 gig of physical memory? And what happens if you manage to get (for the sake of argument) 8 gig stuffed into a machine. Some motherboards claim to handle that much but can Windows XP 32 actually use it? Can Windows XP 64? If you need this much memory is Windows XP 64 a way to get at the memory? If you are still using 32 bit apps, will it actually map as much as 2 gig of physical memory to the 32 bit apps so that (for example) 3 high powered memory hungry 32 bit apps actually had 2 gig available to each of them all the time? If anyone has run across any authoritive (on-line) reading on the subject I would love to look at it. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com From mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Thu Aug 31 09:23:57 2006 From: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk (Martin Reid) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:23:57 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Using 4 gbytes of RAM References: <001401c6cd06$80a4a710$657aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/awe_memory.asp Always a good site for reading. Martin Martin WP Reid Training and Assessment Unit Riddle Hall Belfast tel: 02890 974477 From bheid at appdevgrp.com Thu Aug 31 09:37:49 2006 From: bheid at appdevgrp.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:37:49 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Using 4 gbytes of RAM In-Reply-To: <916187228923D311A6FE00A0CC3FAA30E193AD@ADGSERVER> Message-ID: <916187228923D311A6FE00A0CC3FAA30D3585A@ADGSERVER> Some disjointed information for you... From: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/overview.mspx Currently, 32-bit editions of Windows are capable of supporting up to 4 gigabytes (GB) of system memory, with up to 2 GB of dedicated memory per process. Windows Professional XP Edition x64 currently supports up to 128 GB of RAM, with the potential to support up to 16 terabytes of virtual memory as hardware capabilities and memory sizes improve. And from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/top10.mspx Vast memory support The key difference between 32-bit and 64-bit computing with Windows XP is that the 64-bit version can use more system memory. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 16 terabytes of virtual memory, so applications can run faster when working with large data sets. Physical memory support will grow in the future as hardware capabilities expand. 64-bit vs. 32-bit architecture Address space 64-bit Windows 32-bit Windows Virtual memory 16 terabytes 4 GB Paging file 512 terabytes 16 terabytes Paged pool 128 GB 470 MB Non-paged pool 128 GB 256 MB System cache 1 terabyte 1 GB This shows some of the same info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888732/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137/en-us The amount of RAM reported by the System Properties dialog box and the System Information tool is less than you expect after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:05 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com; Tech - Database Advisors Inc. Subject: [dba-Tech] Using 4 gbytes of RAM Is anyone using a machine with more than two gig of Ram? I am reading things about doing this and there seems to be a lot of confusion on the matter. Much of the confusion seems to come from the fact that until the 64 bit versions of the X86 processors, the "internals" of the processor were all 32 bits which limited direct generation of addresses to 4 gig. All of my machines are 64 bit (AMD) processors so theoretically they can use more than 4 gig but how? Everyone seems to agree that in XP32, only 4 gig is available to work with and that things like video cards and other "machine stuff" eats into that. Thus regardless of anything, you will end up with less than 4 gig due to that, perhaps as little as 3.25 gig. After that, confusion reigns, at least in my mind. Understand that I am discussing Windows XP 32 specifically, although anyone is welcome to chip in what they "know" regarding other windows versions as long as they specify what version they are discussing. The next thing that is discussed is that the OS itself reserves 2 gig for itself (which includes the video etc AFAICT), leaving up to 2 gig for EACH APPLICATION, implying that any application can have / use up to 2 gig. Some claim that if you have 4 gig, the swap file won't be used since that is part of the 4 gig available. It seems illogical since each application can use up to 2 gig. However I have created a separate partition to hold my swap file and tried to create one of 6 gig and Windows refused, limiting the size of the swap file to 4 gig. So I am trying to figure out what the reality is. If a machine has 4 gig physical ram, and "machine stuff" uses (for argument's sake) .75 gig, is the .75 gig of physical ram simply unused? Is it used by the OS for buffers? What about the swap file? If you have a 4 gig swap file, would you have 7.25 "total available memory" for Windows use? Does this indeed then limit the APPLICATIONS to 5.25 gig of "total" memory and 2 gig of physical memory? And what happens if you manage to get (for the sake of argument) 8 gig stuffed into a machine. Some motherboards claim to handle that much but can Windows XP 32 actually use it? Can Windows XP 64? If you need this much memory is Windows XP 64 a way to get at the memory? If you are still using 32 bit apps, will it actually map as much as 2 gig of physical memory to the 32 bit apps so that (for example) 3 high powered memory hungry 32 bit apps actually had 2 gig available to each of them all the time? If anyone has run across any authoritive (on-line) reading on the subject I would love to look at it. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Aug 31 09:51:31 2006 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:51:31 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Using 4 gbytes of RAM In-Reply-To: <001401c6cd06$80a4a710$657aa8c0@m6805> References: <001401c6cd06$80a4a710$657aa8c0@m6805> Message-ID: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/108393/EN-US/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291988/ http://forums.amd.com/lofiversion/index.php/t52417.html On 8/31/06, JWColby wrote: > Is anyone using a machine with more than two gig of Ram? I am reading > things about doing this and there seems to be a lot of confusion on the > matter. Much of the confusion seems to come from the fact that until the 64 > bit versions of the X86 processors, the "internals" of the processor were > all 32 bits which limited direct generation of addresses to 4 gig. All of > my machines are 64 bit (AMD) processors so theoretically they can use more > than 4 gig but how? > > Everyone seems to agree that in XP32, only 4 gig is available to work with > and that things like video cards and other "machine stuff" eats into that. > Thus regardless of anything, you will end up with less than 4 gig due to > that, perhaps as little as 3.25 gig. After that, confusion reigns, at least > in my mind. > > Understand that I am discussing Windows XP 32 specifically, although anyone > is welcome to chip in what they "know" regarding other windows versions as > long as they specify what version they are discussing. > > The next thing that is discussed is that the OS itself reserves 2 gig for > itself (which includes the video etc AFAICT), leaving up to 2 gig for EACH > APPLICATION, implying that any application can have / use up to 2 gig. > > Some claim that if you have 4 gig, the swap file won't be used since that is > part of the 4 gig available. It seems illogical since each application can > use up to 2 gig. However I have created a separate partition to hold my > swap file and tried to create one of 6 gig and Windows refused, limiting the > size of the swap file to 4 gig. > > So I am trying to figure out what the reality is. If a machine has 4 gig > physical ram, and "machine stuff" uses (for argument's sake) .75 gig, is the > .75 gig of physical ram simply unused? Is it used by the OS for buffers? > What about the swap file? If you have a 4 gig swap file, would you have > 7.25 "total available memory" for Windows use? Does this indeed then limit > the APPLICATIONS to 5.25 gig of "total" memory and 2 gig of physical memory? > And what happens if you manage to get (for the sake of argument) 8 gig > stuffed into a machine. Some motherboards claim to handle that much but can > Windows XP 32 actually use it? > > Can Windows XP 64? If you need this much memory is Windows XP 64 a way to > get at the memory? If you are still using 32 bit apps, will it actually map > as much as 2 gig of physical memory to the 32 bit apps so that (for example) > 3 high powered memory hungry 32 bit apps actually had 2 gig available to > each of them all the time? > > If anyone has run across any authoritive (on-line) reading on the subject I > would love to look at it. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From djkr at msn.com Thu Aug 31 17:36:49 2006 From: djkr at msn.com (DJK(John) Robinson) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:36:49 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat In-Reply-To: <003101c6c7bf$c0ceff30$0300a8c0@jt2> Message-ID: Billy, that was a good link. Thanks! I finally got to the client yesterday and fixed the problem. In fact, the registry edit didn't do the job, but there were some useful tips - for instance, if .exe files won't work and you really want to run a particular one, then change its extension to .com temporarily. In the end, it came down to the final suggestion, trying to handle the exe association in Explorer's File Types. The difficulty is that you can't see this unless you "create" it afresh, whereupon the pre-existing entry magically appears. I've put up a page with the details if you're interested (watch for wrap): http://www.djkr.co.uk/djkrco/tech/misc/EXE_file_association_problem.doc We haven't been able to reproduce exactly the finger trouble that brought about the problem, but there is an area of vulnerability that I'm sure was involved. If the user goes to the executable and right-clicks on "Pin to Start menu", then what appears on the Start menu is a particular kind of shortcut (don't know what MS call it, but it's not the usual sort). It will appear on the Start menu with the name of the .exe file, which he will want to change to something more meaningful. Right-click on it and select Rename, and all will be well: the name of the link will have been chaged. But if instead of Rename he selected Properties, he would have been able to change the name there, too. BUT - in this case he's changing the name of the actual executable itself! The name on the Menu changes too, but his troubles have only just begun... Although nothing showed up in the registry, I still suspect the problem was in there somewhere. I've got Before and After copies (100MB each) and will explore when I have time. John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: 24 August 2006 21:56 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat Yes, you can put the registry entries into a text file and save it as a *.reg. Then double click the file, it'll enter the required data into the registry without using regedit. Voila... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Billy Pang Sent: 24 August 2006 21:24 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; djkr at msn.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat i found this... "How to Fix a Broken .EXE Association" http://filext.com/info/showthread.php?t=12 it is possible to fix problem by editing the registry without using regedit? i haven't tried it so not sure if it works. anyways hope it helps and good luck Billy On 8/24/06, DJK(John) Robinson wrote: > > Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. > > He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in > Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: > Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type > association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. > > Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but > trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. > > The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new > program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its > ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. > > I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, > to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage > on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own > restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat > ...!!&$%"@%! > > This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to > look up in the KB. > > Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in > about > 12 > hours? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Billy Pang http://dbnotes.blogspot.com/ "Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box." - Italian proverb _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From tuxedoman888 at gmail.com Thu Aug 31 18:00:05 2006 From: tuxedoman888 at gmail.com (Billy Pang) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:00:05 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat In-Reply-To: References: <003101c6c7bf$c0ceff30$0300a8c0@jt2> Message-ID: <7c8826480608311600v1fd6a9d3n892e496164632521@mail.gmail.com> I didn't even know that there was a restore button that replaces the advanced button on the filetypes tab of the folder options window. i just always assumed that that spot was occupied by one button alone. Perhaps in the next version of windows (vista or beyond), they should allow either and/or both the restore and advanced buttons to be greyed out depending on the situation, if it is still applicable. On 8/31/06, DJK(John) Robinson wrote: > > Billy, that was a good link. Thanks! I finally got to the client > yesterday > and fixed the problem. > > In fact, the registry edit didn't do the job, but there were some useful > tips - for instance, if .exe files won't work and you really want to run a > particular one, then change its extension to .com temporarily. > > In the end, it came down to the final suggestion, trying to handle the exe > association in Explorer's File Types. The difficulty is that you can't > see > this unless you "create" it afresh, whereupon the pre-existing entry > magically appears. I've put up a page with the details if you're > interested > (watch for wrap): > http://www.djkr.co.uk/djkrco/tech/misc/EXE_file_association_problem.doc > > We haven't been able to reproduce exactly the finger trouble that brought > about the problem, but there is an area of vulnerability that I'm sure was > involved. If the user goes to the executable and right-clicks on "Pin to > Start menu", then what appears on the Start menu is a particular kind of > shortcut (don't know what MS call it, but it's not the usual sort). It > will > appear on the Start menu with the name of the .exe file, which he will > want > to change to something more meaningful. Right-click on it and select > Rename, and all will be well: the name of the link will have been chaged. > > But if instead of Rename he selected Properties, he would have been able > to > change the name there, too. BUT - in this case he's changing the name of > the actual executable itself! The name on the Menu changes too, but his > troubles have only just begun... > > Although nothing showed up in the registry, I still suspect the problem > was > in there somewhere. I've got Before and After copies (100MB each) and > will > explore when I have time. > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda > Sent: 24 August 2006 21:56 > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat > > > Yes, you can put the registry entries into a text file and save it as a > *.reg. Then double click the file, it'll enter the required data into the > registry without using regedit. Voila... > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Billy Pang > Sent: 24 August 2006 21:24 > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; djkr at msn.com > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] .exe always runs Acrobat > > i found this... "How to Fix a Broken .EXE Association" > > http://filext.com/info/showthread.php?t=12 > > it is possible to fix problem by editing the registry without using > regedit? > i haven't tried it so not sure if it works. > > anyways hope it helps and good luck > > Billy > > > On 8/24/06, DJK(John) Robinson wrote: > > > > Got a phone call from a (database) client in a pickle. > > > > He's running Win XP, and has done *something* that has resulted in > > Adobe Acrobat trying to run whenever he tries to run ANY .exe program: > > Word, regedit, ..., as if Explorer had somehow got a file type > > association of exe with Acrobat - which doesn't make sense. > > > > Double-clicking on a .doc file opens up Word ok, for instance, but > > trying to run Word directly brings up Acrobat. > > > > The last thing he recalls doing was something like pinning a new > > program onto the upper pane in the Start menu, and then changing its > > ?name, ?properties. Sorry, it gets a bit confused here. > > > > I've got him to run System Restore from command prompt in Safe Mode, > > to get back to a previous checkpoint, but this failed at a late stage > > on starting up Windows when it was apparently trying to run its own > > restore utility program - yes, an exe, which tried to run Acrobat > > ...!!&$%"@%! > > > > This is outside my experience, and it's a difficult thing to try to > > look up in the KB. > > > > Any bright ideas I can pass on to him when he gets back to work in > > about > > 12 > > hours? > > > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > Billy Pang > http://dbnotes.blogspot.com/ > "Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box." - > Italian proverb _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > available at http://www.plus.net > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Billy Pang http://dbnotes.blogspot.com/ "Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box." - Italian proverb