Way back when I worked full time for Disney we were all Outlook and the tentative meeting thing was the only way to get things scheduled. I got into the habit early on of putting things on my Outlook calendar like lunch, and morning reviews for myself just to block out parts of the day so that I could keep on top of thing. If I didn't do that I'd end up with entire days filled with back to back meetings with no gaps.

I got into the habit early on of putting things on my Outlook calendar like lunch, and morning reviews for myself just to block out parts of the day so that I could keep on top of thing. If I didn't do that I'd end up with entire days filled with back to back meetings with no gaps.

I applaud that, and even do it myself. What I hate is that time being blocked only after I have spent countless hours on the phone and emailing to get things moved around, only to have someone decline and then go back and block it off.

Yeah, scheduling is a big pain the rear. I've always liked the automated ones and I really like the fact that iCal now plays nice with meeting requests. Since I'm not on the central server for most of my clients they can't see all of my calendars, but at least I can easily respond to meeting requests and they turn up on my master calendar. I live and die by what is in my iCal.

Does it play nicer with Notes than Outlook. (Notes is my perpetual nemesis).

So my Techistas....

I was thinking about putting a Windows XP partition on my MacBook using Boot Camp.

I have the XP install disks, but I'm not sure if I have a spare license key. Is it possible to uninstall XP and install it on another machine?

It's possible to install the same license key on more than one machine.

Although a strict interpretation of MS rules are one copy one machine, they have little to no safeguards to prevent you from using the same copy on your own machines, and are not really pursuing such small-scale misuse.

But it would be wrong.

Edit: that being said, yes, you can.

So all that crap about validating your XP registration is complete BS? What am I doing when I validate an XP install? I always figured it was checking your specific license key against the master database of validated keys.

If you ever download a Windows update, it will check to see if you've registered your copy of XP, and if it finds discrepancies you'll get pop-ups all the time reminding you that you need to properly register your system.

(I had to look up the registry keys and boot-up settings to dig that thing out of my system)

Greetings hive mind. Seems my Linksys router is not playing well with others. Model Network Everywhere NR041.

The problem is the router doesn't seem to want to talk to the WAN. The iMac can easily get an IP addy from the router. But the router can't get an IP from the net. If I connect my iMac directly to the DSL modem, it gets an IP no problem (and is how I'm tapping this out now).

I tried a lil reset (momentary push of the button) as well as a hard reset (20+seconds of push). I've tried disconnecting power for five minutes of both the router and the DSL modem. And then tried all the above again. I've tried taking the IP address the net gives the iMac if I connect it directly to the net as a hard IP in the router. No luck. I've swapped cables. Did it all again. I took the MAC address of the computer and stuck it in the router to emulate, thinking the DSL might be looking for something specific. Still no luck.

Seems strange the WAN port isn't working but the LAN ports are. The phone line does go through a UPS line conditioner, so I doubt a spike in the DSL did it. Plus, I'd think it would fry the router as well.

Thoughts? Ideas? or is it DOA?

Is there a Mac equivalent to the Disk Cleanup utility? Where would I find it on a machine running Tiger?