Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Someone sent me a file of music that they created on a PC using sendspace.com. It looked like I was able to download the file okay to my Mac, but when I tried to open the downloaded file using stuffit expander, I got a message that the file didn't appear to be encoded or encrypted, so stuffit expander couldn't open it. It asked if I wanted to try BOMAarchive helper, but that didn't work either.
Any ideas on how to get the file open?
I can't get Excel to open any files I've created in the past week. Excel just thinks about it for a while and then crashes. I can open older files just fine and I've opened the recent files on another computer without a problem. While on the other computer, I saved the file under a different name but my computer still wouldn't open it. WTF?
Why the fuck did Google Images fancy up its results display?
Getting the old Google image search back: [link]
Lee, could it be that they merely renamed the file extension to make it look like an archive but isn't? The other possibility it to try downloading it to a non-Mac and try opening it there.
Lee, could it be that they merely renamed the file extension to make it look like an archive but isn't?
I actually think this is it. I did try to open it that way last night, or at least thought I had, and it didn't work, but this morning I tried again and it did.
YAY.
Lee, could it be that they merely renamed the file extension to make it look like an archive but isn't?
Oh yeah. That's a common trick to get around filters that look for the .mp3 extension. Does it have a .zip extension? Try changing that to .mp3 or whatever it's supposed to be.
xposty... Also, yay!
Down to the second xpost too-- impressive.
I can't get Excel to open any files I've created in the past week. Excel just thinks about it for a while and then crashes. I can open older files just fine and I've opened the recent files on another computer without a problem. While on the other computer, I saved the file under a different name but my computer still wouldn't open it. WTF?
Sounds odd enough to maybe be a virus, OTOH, it's almost never actually a virus. Sort of like the first diagnosis on House.
Microsoft's anti-spyware software appears to have locked up on my work computer. I like my Windowless home computer.
BTW, if you want to try the Enlightenment desktop, Ubuntu is the way to go. Insanely easy to install and get running.
Anyone having bad slowdowns with Firefox 2.0.0.1 under Windows (XP in my case)? I've switched to Opera because of the slowdowns I kept having with Firefox. At home, I haven't had any problems with Firefox 2.0.0.1 under Linux.