Does it play nicer with Notes than Outlook. (Notes is my perpetual nemesis).
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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Daisy Jane - Apr 22, 2008 4:56:18 pm PDT #5823 of 25501
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Sean K - Apr 22, 2008 8:23:29 pm PDT #5824 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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?
DCJensen - Apr 22, 2008 8:35:06 pm PDT #5825 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
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.
Sean K - Apr 22, 2008 8:51:53 pm PDT #5826 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2008 8:57:08 pm PDT #5827 of 25501
brillig
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)
omnis_audis - Apr 22, 2008 11:08:51 pm PDT #5828 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
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?
Jessica - Apr 23, 2008 4:11:23 am PDT #5829 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is there a Mac equivalent to the Disk Cleanup utility? Where would I find it on a machine running Tiger?
amych - Apr 23, 2008 4:17:21 am PDT #5830 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
A lot of the cleanup stuff is built-in and runs overnight (but of course the machine has to be on overnight for that to happen). Onyx is excellent if you want more manual control of the process.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2008 4:19:59 am PDT #5831 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
A lot of the cleanup stuff is built-in and runs overnight (but of course the machine has to be on overnight for that to happen).
Oh, okay. Is there a way to tell it "clean up now" if it hasn't been left on overnight for a while?
amych - Apr 23, 2008 4:25:56 am PDT #5832 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You can run them from the command line with
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
(or just daily, or any combination, etc). But if you're going to routinely not leave the machine on, I'd suggest getting Onyx (or MacJanitor is another good utility), as those will let you do things like reschedule the scripts for more convenient times without having to mess around by hand more than you want to.