raddy
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Post by raddy on Sept 9, 2009 18:48:08 GMT -5
You're right. I'm not a fan of opening applications via "Finder". However, I usually just open up the terminal and do my thing there. My Mac is a PC..... It is Intel running two nVidia Gfx cards (not SLI, one onboard, one not). Specs: 2.8GHz Intel core 2 Duo 4Gb 1067MHz DDR3 Memory 250Gb 7200RPM Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256Mb PCI (For power saving) NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb PCI-E (Big Gfx card) It has Vista installed on another partition, and I have VMWare Fusion for when I boot up into OS X. As far as MS Office, I have Apple's iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) I have pic! Ain't it purty
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Post by dolphie on Sept 9, 2009 21:02:03 GMT -5
You're right. I'm not a fan of opening applications via "Finder". However, I usually just open up the terminal and do my thing there. My Mac is a PC..... It is Intel running two nVidia Gfx cards (not SLI, one onboard, one not). Specs: 2.8GHz Intel core 2 Duo 4Gb 1067MHz DDR3 Memory 250Gb 7200RPM Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256Mb PCI (For power saving) NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb PCI-E (Big Gfx card) It has Vista installed on another partition, and I have VMWare Fusion for when I boot up into OS X. As far as MS Office, I have Apple's iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) I have pic! Ain't it purty For a Mac I GUESS it is ok! ;D ;D ;D
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raddy
Man On The Street
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Post by raddy on Sept 9, 2009 23:12:11 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Sept 9, 2009 23:23:49 GMT -5
My son, a faithful PC user for at least 15 years, has gone over to a Mac.
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Post by dolphie on Sept 10, 2009 0:10:26 GMT -5
My son, a faithful PC user for at least 15 years, has gone over to a Mac. Poor thing! He must be sipping his Dad's KOOLAID! *just kidding*
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Post by dolphie on Oct 7, 2009 14:04:15 GMT -5
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,561240,00.html Password Scam Widens To Google, Yahoo Wednesday, October 07, 2009 The scale of the phishing attack on Hotmail could stretch further than first thought, with accounts on Google and Yahoo now threatened. Microsoft confirmed on Monday that the popular email site had been the target of a scam which tricked users into revealing their passwords. This led to around 10,000 passwords being posted online. The computer company said their servers were not responsible for the security breach and that individuals had been conned into handing over their details. But it has been reported that more lists have also been circulated with genuine account information relating to email on Google, Yahoo, Comcast and Earthlink, as well as other third-party web mail services. Neil O'Neil, an ethical hacker and digital forensics investigator at secure payments specialist The Logic Group, said up to a million passwords could have been accessed. "Making the breach public so soon after the attack occurred has allowed unethical hackers to access the passwords very easily, even though they were deleted a couple of days ago at the request of Microsoft," he explained. "People tend to have the same password across many accounts — so there is a good chance that individuals have also compromised the integrity of their ebay or paypal accounts too. "The list went through A and B, so you would think whoever released these has more. And if you do the maths, they could have more than a million passwords." Hackers and cybercriminals attempt to trick people into handing over personal details, including email addresses and passwords. Internet users may be directed to false websites, set up to mirror legitimate websites, that feed information back to the criminals. News of the scam broke when technology blog neowin.net reported an anonymous user had published confidential details on pastebin.com. Internet users are urged to change their passwords regularly and ensure anti-virus software is up to date to protect themselves from fraudsters. Related StoriesFBI Arrests Dozens for Phishing ID Theft Scheme Microsoft Confirms Hotmail Passwords Exposed A Microsoft spokesman said: "We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally by a phishing scheme and exposed on a website." They added that they requested the details be removed from the internet and they launched an immediate investigation. The company are also taking measures to block the accounts which were hit. A spokesman for Google said they were aware that some gmail accounts had been part of the phishing scam and said — while their servers were not responsible — they had taken steps to ensure security. And a spokesman for Yahoo said they take great effort to protect their users' security and that they urge consumers to take measures to secure their accounts whenever possible, including changing their passwords.
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Post by IrishMike on Jan 16, 2010 22:36:21 GMT -5
Turk or Dolphie, what determines how fast I can down load a video?It takes like 15 min to down load a 3 min. video of say you tube or on sights like Glenn Beck for examples.I have no problem with live streaming like 760 listen live.It constantly is buffering though on sights like I mentioned.Any ideas?My Computer is a Dell Dimension 4700(about 7 years old now)with windows xp and pentium 4.
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Post by dolphie on Jan 17, 2010 0:20:54 GMT -5
Turk or Dolphie, what determines how fast I can down load a video?It takes like 15 min to down load a 3 min. video of say you tube or on sights like Glenn Beck for examples.I have no problem with live streaming like 760 listen live.It constantly is buffering though on sights like I mentioned.Any ideas?My Computer is a Dell Dimension 4700(about 7 years old now)with windows xp and pentium 4. Download speeds are primarily dictated by your internet service provider (Cox, Roadrunner, ATT, etc) and will depend upon what you are paying for. DSL tends to have a pay for range that can be deceptive so read the fine print on it (DSL = ATT and others). If you have Satellite or Radio - weather will affect speed / quality. DSL speeds also depend upon distance from the center for your area... the further away the lower the speeds. Now that the Internet service provider has been addressed - other factors can come into play. Firewalls - if you have one of the antivirus applications that has a built in firewall - that can inhibit connectivity. malware (viruses, trojans, spyware) - they block access or they filter access as they extract data browsers - toolbars, add ons can complicate downloads How many people in your area are downloading heavy files? What about at your home? AND... this is a biggy many do not clue in to... the site you are downloading from - what is their upload speed? For example - I had to download from MajorGeeks the other day - it took 4 times as long as it would have taken from another site to download the exact same file. What affects the MajorGeeks is multiple people downloading from them, their pipeline and their upload speed. This is VERY IMPORTANT: Another factor is how empty is your temp/temporary internet file caches? www.dolphmera.com/Internet/ClearSurfN.htm---------------- Then after that... yes, the construction of the computer can make a difference. Older = residual registry entries and potentially corrupted drivers, etc. Another important: Finally - When was the last time you recycled your connections? eg: Cox/Roadrunner/DSL Power down all computers Power down router Power down Modem Let set for one minute Power on Modem - wait until all appropriate lights are on (power, send, receive, internet, etc... depending upon the modem) After the Modem is stabilized Power on the router - wait until the lights are stabilized - the internet light should be on (the one that has the cable connected from it to the modem) After it stabilizes... Power on ONE computer - not a wireless one. A hardwired one. Let it fully power up. Make sure you can connect to the internet. Power up the next computer. Let it fully power up. Then the other computers or the wireless connections. Now... before the power off of the computers - make sure you have cleared their cache from surfing. That way when you power up and start fresh - you will not have miscellaneous variables interfering. Let me know if that helped at all... I have more information - yet I am sure the above is enough to keep you busy! ;D
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Post by IrishMike on Jan 17, 2010 0:42:04 GMT -5
WOW,I have no clue.We have Criket internet,so no modem.My mom has cox internet so we hooked my computer to her internet and had cox clean it up (they took control of it somehow)and installed AVG and Anti super spy ware.No clue what a temp file cache maybe.Toolbars are the bars at the top like winamp ,yahoo?2 of those,lol.
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Post by IrishMike on Jan 17, 2010 0:44:52 GMT -5
I just saw your link for the temp cache,my bad.I'm doing that now
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Post by dolphie on Jan 17, 2010 1:22:57 GMT -5
WOW,I have no clue.We have Criket internet,so no modem.My mom has cox internet so we hooked my computer to her internet and had cox clean it up (they took control of it somehow)and installed AVG and Anti super spy ware.No clue what a temp file cache maybe.Toolbars are the bars at the top like winamp ,yahoo?2 of those,lol. Is this what you have? www.mycricket.com/broadband/mobile-broadband-guidewww.mycricket.com/broadband/plans/broadband40 It averages 600 Kbps down with a peak at 800 Kbps. Upload was 100 Kbps if I remember correctly. There is only a USB adapter available so far. That is not super fast ... it is better than dial up but not nearly as good as cable and most dsl. 1,000Kbps = 1Mbps Downloads - Cable is from 5-20Mbps depending on the service Even DSL is 1.5-5Mbps for residential and sometimes close to 7Mbps Uploads - 768Kbps to 5Mbps is what DSL and Cable offer with 1 or 1.5Mbps more typical with cable although many still have 768Kbps So, Cricket broadband is significantly slower than DSL or Cable broadband for both download and upload speeds. You would need to be within range of a Cricket Cellular tower to use this service. Cell towers have a typical range of 8 or 10 miles. www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r21238868-New-Wireless-BroadbandCricket
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Post by IrishMike on Jan 17, 2010 2:23:18 GMT -5
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Post by dolphie on Jan 17, 2010 12:32:28 GMT -5
All of the stuff in the temp and temporary internet folder folders needs to be removed. Sometimes - in the temp folder - there are some files that will not delete. If it is a hp printer .log file or if it is a file that starts with ~ or if it is a perf data file - those are ok. If it is an .exe or .dll - that is not good. Now... There is a Temp folder in Windows - that should be cleared as well. c:\Windows\Temp there are definitely a couple of files in this area that need to be deleted IF you have more than 5-10 files in there. Finally - with FireFox and with IE 8 - go in and use the browser function to emply the history, cookies, etc. Sometimes it is good to just delete all form and password data as it can corrupt and cause pages to be slow loads. Manual emptying of the temp, temporary internet and windows\temp can cure most of one's degraded internet access. IrishMike - if you are paying $40 for the cricket - you are overpaying for the type of service they offer. It is like paying Nordstrom or Saks 5th Avenue prices for K-mart quality.
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Post by nikki on Feb 11, 2010 16:28:42 GMT -5
Hey, you computer geeks, my computer keeps prompting me to intall Silverlight, and it is not allowing me to work as usual. What is Silverlight, and should I install it? Thanx.
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Post by Turk on Feb 11, 2010 16:54:51 GMT -5
Hey, you computer geeks, my computer keeps prompting me to intall Silverlight, and it is not allowing me to work as usual. What is Silverlight, and should I install it? Thanx. Nikki, Dolphie can provide more detail. But SilverLight is a Microsoft Media Player. I installed it about a year ago and it screwed up MS Media Player and Media Player has never worked correctly since.
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