I know, right? I'm pretty sure I have some kind of charger with a bunch of adapters somewhere in my house, so I can probably get it to work, but i still have to find that before I can see if the device itself works. Frustrating!

I've run into a real puzzle on a network install. WIN 7 pro workstation (call it A) hosts shared accounting program. Accounting database is in directory that has been shared - full read, write, delete, change rights for EVERYONE group.

New workstation also Win 7 (call it B)- same workgroup (program ported from DOS requires use of workgroups not domains) can see existence of directory cannot access that directory, cannot even read contents. error message is that it does not have permissions. Except it can read files in another directory on the same hard drive of the same computer to which read only permission has been given. So workstations B cannot read a directory on Workstation A to which full rights have been given to EVERYONE, but can read a directory on Workstation A to which read only rights have been given to EVERYONE.

Anybody use Acorn as a Photoshop replacement?

Adobe now gives away Photoshop CS2 for Free

Sure it's older, but it has everything I want.

I wonder how well it integrates with Lightroom 5. Well, it won't cost me anything to find out.

Thanks!

eta: Lightroom is awesome! I've read in several places that pro photographers are spending more time in Lightroom and less time in Photoshop these days as Lightroom has added features. But there's still stuff that only Photoshop (or other pixel-editing graphics programs) can do.

eta²: The installation failed with a generic error message. Oh well--I guess it's too old for my Macbook Pro. Maybe I'll install the Windows version on one of my virtual machines--of course, no Lightroom integration this way.

Oh well--I guess it's too old for my Macbook Pro

I was just coming back to mention that--I forget what the exact cutoff was, but it won't work for everyone.

I bought Elements, and it's pretty close to my needs. That was during a sale, though. Do they have two-install licenses for all their graphics apps?

In Win7, is there a way to stop an opening program window from taking control from a window I'm working in? I will start a program, then go back to another program to work while that program opens. When the program pops up, it yanks control to itself, and if I'm typing something, data can get entered and I might hit enter before I realize where the data is going.

Very annoying!

Is it typically a single program, or is it many?

If there is one in particular you have to open you can edit its shortcut to run the program minimized.

1. Right-click on the shortcut of the program you want to start minimized and select Properties.

2. Click on the drop-down menu under Run.

3. Select "Minimized," then click the OK button.

The next time you start the program, it'll start up minimized.

Also this may help:

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You might be able to keep focus on the mouse.

I bought a new Mac Mini a month ago to use as a media computer. I've connected it to my TV via HDMI and it works OK, except when I play movies in iTunes the display is way too dark. For everything else the brightness is fine. What's weird is when I call up the little pause/play/etc menu while playing a movie, the brightness level is fine, but when the menu goes away the display darkens considerably.

Calling up the right-click menu brightens the display as well. The other night I opened the right-click menu in the corner of the screen and left it there for an entire movie so I could watch it without the excessive darkness.

Any ideas? The TV is an LG, if that makes any difference.

How's Samsung when it comes to monitors? Is $160 a good price for a 23" LED? It seemed to have the best quality among the monitors at Staples, and I may get an additional unspecified discount on top of that. The base is a bit clunky to put up in my living room, but I don't want to get OCD over that.