wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:31:37 -0500, KC wrote:

I have 1800 songs or so and not one I don't like so I don't go
searching.. Just like listening to a radio station with no commercials,
and no **** music:0

I have been doing that for 15 years. I never use the radio in my car
and we have MP3s available anywhere in the house.
I still have a lot of songs I don't want to hear all the time.
My "all music" directory is 26.8 gig with 5,625 files and 1408 files
in the "humor" directory but there are some duplicates in there.
I keep around 1000 in a typical play list
I do have a lot of really obscure stuff that I can pull out if it
comes up like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday records or the Vaughn
Meader "First Family" album. At Christmas I can spool up 16 hours of
holiday music without repeating a cut although some is not really
family friendly.

I am in the process of trying to make a central player that can be
controlled from multiple locations.I already have anywhere with a TV
covered, using the installed cable for the TV.
(Put the TV on channel 69 and you have whatever is playing on the
media PC in the living room). Attach that to a decent amp/speaker
setup and you have something. The trick is controlling it.

Our music is on our server. Accessible on I-devices and computers and TV
sets and away from home via internet. We use iTunes.

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On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:45:13 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/4/14, 2:01 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:45:01 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

So you are saying that if I cobbled up a machine from parts that would
run the Apple OS they would give it to me?

Yeah, you seem like a hackintosh kinda guy.

You didn't answer the question. Does that free OS have to be tied to a
serial number?

Not that I am aware of. I've never had to type in a serial number when
installing an Apple OS, and I've downloaded and installed the same
downloaded OS on more than one computer. Further as I suggested the
hackintosh community is running the latest OS on their non-Apple "mac"
devices.

I bet it senses the CPU ID when you connect and I am sure it looks
when you install it. Even Windows XP and beyond does that.
They used to match your PC profile to the database in Redmond and
rejected activating the install if you had any significant hardware
change. That seemed to go away on XP tho. You still get the nag screen
but if you reenter the 25 digit code it takes it.

If it did that it would not work on hackintoshes

wrote:
On 4 Feb 2014 16:45:15 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:31:37 -0500, KC wrote:

I have 1800 songs or so and not one I don't like so I don't go
searching.. Just like listening to a radio station with no commercials,
and no **** music:0

I have been doing that for 15 years. I never use the radio in my car
and we have MP3s available anywhere in the house.
I still have a lot of songs I don't want to hear all the time.
My "all music" directory is 26.8 gig with 5,625 files and 1408 files
in the "humor" directory but there are some duplicates in there.
I keep around 1000 in a typical play list
I do have a lot of really obscure stuff that I can pull out if it
comes up like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday records or the Vaughn
Meader "First Family" album. At Christmas I can spool up 16 hours of
holiday music without repeating a cut although some is not really
family friendly.

I am in the process of trying to make a central player that can be
controlled from multiple locations.I already have anywhere with a TV
covered, using the installed cable for the TV.
(Put the TV on channel 69 and you have whatever is playing on the
media PC in the living room). Attach that to a decent amp/speaker
setup and you have something. The trick is controlling it.

Our music is on our server. Accessible on I-devices and computers and TV
sets and away from home via internet. We use iTunes.

I have no problem tagging the songs on the network from a local
player. I was just trying to get a central player that is controlled
from multiple places.
Right now I am playing with an old garage door opener receiver that
hits the "next" button. It lets you spin the wheel from anywhere on
the property. I am scouring the world for old Genie 9 DIP remotes
;-)

Mr. Hobby.

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:16:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/4/14, 8:45 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/3/2014 7:20 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
snipped
My next purchase will be a decent printer. I've had no need for one for
years. Anything I needed to print I would just send to my wife and she'd
print it on her laser printer. However, I have been recently retained
to do some consulting work related to the business I was in and will
need to get a printer. Her laser printer is not wireless, (I don't
think) so I can't use it on the home network. I should check that though.

I noticed most people now are using Adobe PDF files for most things.
All the communications and documents I've received so far from the
company I am working with use it. I noticed you can now subscribe to
it's use for something like $19/mo. Might do that rather than buy the
software.

Got this for Christmas:

http://tinyurl.com/kffxlzj

Here's what Consumer Reports had to say about it:

CR's Take
For an all-in-one black-and-while laser printer, this Samsung is not only cheap to buy, but it's
also inexpensive to operate and print. It's a bit short on features, but it has outstanding overall
performance.
Highs
• Excellent text quality
• Very fast printing black text
• Very good monochrome graphics quality
• Excellent copy quality
• Auto feeder can scan or copy a stack of pages
Lows
• Less versatile than most
Detailed test results
PRINTING. The Samsung SCX-3405FW prints using laser technology, which picks up powdered 'toner' on a
roller and fuses it to the paper with heat. It prints black-and-white text with excellent quality,
as we've come to expect from a laser printer. Text printing was very quick, 12 pages per minute,
costing 4.4 cents per page. Its black-and-white graphics printing is very good for reports,
newsletters and web pages.
SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was very good, fine for general-purpose scanning. Copying
performance was excellent, producing copies very close to the original. There's an automatic
document feeder to let you copy or scan a stack of pages in one operation.
CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has no display screen.
CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network
router either wirelessly with Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. This model has built-in faxing, can
store incoming faxes if the paper runs out, and can send faxes from an attached PC. You can print
directly from smart phones and tablets (Android apps or Apple AirPrint) over your Wi-Fi network.


That's an amazing price for a laser printer that also scans and faxes.

What do you pay for branded toner carts and how many prints do you get
from each?

http://tinyurl.com/kkmz8yj

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:11:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/4/2014 8:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:51:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/3/2014 5:54 PM, Califbill wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/3/2014 11:13 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/3/14, 10:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Maybe I'll stick with XP even after the support stops.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...are-in-january


Or you could buy an upgraded motherboard with a fast 80286 CPU.



Windows XP is still used in many non-personal computer applications like
gas station pumps, ATM machines and other "transparent" applications. XP
may be retaining a market share because the cost of upgrading both
software and hardware to support Win 7 or 8 is expensive for these applications.

As a user of XP, Windows 7 and 8 (and now an iMac) I think XP was (is) a
very good and stable OS but Windows 7 has it beat hands down.
Even this Vista machine runs faster and has more capabilities than XP, as good as it is.

I think the vista machine would probably run XP a lot faster than your old
machine.


Maybe, but why? This Vista machine outperforms the Compaq I had with XP
with basically the same CPU speed and RAM.

Other than slow boots from a power off condition, I have no complaints
about Vista. I rarely shut it down completely. I just put it in "sleep"
mode.

It has been stable and this HP Pavilion has had no hick-ups in 5 years,
used daily. Many people expressed frustration and problems with Vista
but I haven't had any issues or complaints. The Win 7 and 8 has some
updated applications that are better than what is in this Vista machine,
but I really haven't had any need to upgrade it.

I'll just use it until it croaks.


My wife, on her Vista machine, lost all her icons on the desktop. Any idea what caused that? I don't
like the idea of playing with her Vista machine.


Pretty easy to fix. Right click on any section of the desktop. Select
"View". You will see an item called "Show Desktop Icons". Make sure the
box is checked. If you don't want the icons to show on the desktop,
uncheck the box. Your wife or someone probably inadvertently
"unchecked" the box.


Thanks! It worked!

I also looked on the Microsoft site, came up with this:

http://tinyurl.com/3cpx9k9

She's going to check on this 'InfraRecorder' application.

On 2/4/2014 11:45 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:36:40 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:



My wife, on her Vista machine, lost all her icons on the desktop. Any idea what caused that? I don't
like the idea of playing with her Vista machine.

That is the insidious "desktop cleanup" wizard.
Right click a blank spot on the desk top, click properties, then
desktop, then customize desktop and uncheck the cleanup wizard box.

I think your icons are gone tho.

I am not sure why Bill Gates decided we needed a clean desk top.
I had the same problem with IBM management. ;-)



I doubt it. I'll betcha someone simply unchecked the "Show Desktop
Icons" in the preferences for the Desktop. Right click on the desktop,
select "View" then make sure the "Show Desktop Icons" box is checked.

On 2/4/2014 12:38 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:16:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/4/14, 8:45 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/3/2014 7:20 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
snipped
My next purchase will be a decent printer. I've had no need for one for
years. Anything I needed to print I would just send to my wife and she'd
print it on her laser printer. However, I have been recently retained
to do some consulting work related to the business I was in and will
need to get a printer. Her laser printer is not wireless, (I don't
think) so I can't use it on the home network. I should check that though.

I noticed most people now are using Adobe PDF files for most things.
All the communications and documents I've received so far from the
company I am working with use it. I noticed you can now subscribe to
it's use for something like $19/mo. Might do that rather than buy the
software.

Got this for Christmas:

http://tinyurl.com/kffxlzj

Here's what Consumer Reports had to say about it:

CR's Take
For an all-in-one black-and-while laser printer, this Samsung is not only cheap to buy, but it's
also inexpensive to operate and print. It's a bit short on features, but it has outstanding overall
performance.
Highs
• Excellent text quality
• Very fast printing black text
• Very good monochrome graphics quality
• Excellent copy quality
• Auto feeder can scan or copy a stack of pages
Lows
• Less versatile than most
Detailed test results
PRINTING. The Samsung SCX-3405FW prints using laser technology, which picks up powdered 'toner' on a
roller and fuses it to the paper with heat. It prints black-and-white text with excellent quality,
as we've come to expect from a laser printer. Text printing was very quick, 12 pages per minute,
costing 4.4 cents per page. Its black-and-white graphics printing is very good for reports,
newsletters and web pages.
SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was very good, fine for general-purpose scanning. Copying
performance was excellent, producing copies very close to the original. There's an automatic
document feeder to let you copy or scan a stack of pages in one operation.
CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has no display screen.
CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network
router either wirelessly with Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. This model has built-in faxing, can
store incoming faxes if the paper runs out, and can send faxes from an attached PC. You can print
directly from smart phones and tablets (Android apps or Apple AirPrint) over your Wi-Fi network.


That's an amazing price for a laser printer that also scans and faxes.

What do you pay for branded toner carts and how many prints do you get
from each?

http://tinyurl.com/kkmz8yj



The Samsung *is* a good deal but unfortunately I'll need a color laser
printer. They are not all that expensive either but probably lack the
copy and fax features. Who uses fax anymore?

I'll be making presentation material for handouts and will color to
fancy them up a bit.

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:45:45 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:36:40 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:



My wife, on her Vista machine, lost all her icons on the desktop. Any idea what caused that? I don't
like the idea of playing with her Vista machine.

That is the insidious "desktop cleanup" wizard.
Right click a blank spot on the desk top, click properties, then
desktop, then customize desktop and uncheck the cleanup wizard box.

I think your icons are gone tho.

I am not sure why Bill Gates decided we needed a clean desk top.
I had the same problem with IBM management. ;-)

No, Dick got it right. They're all back.

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:00:31 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/4/2014 11:45 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:36:40 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:



My wife, on her Vista machine, lost all her icons on the desktop. Any idea what caused that? I don't
like the idea of playing with her Vista machine.

That is the insidious "desktop cleanup" wizard.
Right click a blank spot on the desk top, click properties, then
desktop, then customize desktop and uncheck the cleanup wizard box.

I think your icons are gone tho.

I am not sure why Bill Gates decided we needed a clean desk top.
I had the same problem with IBM management. ;-)



I doubt it. I'll betcha someone simply unchecked the "Show Desktop
Icons" in the preferences for the Desktop. Right click on the desktop,
select "View" then make sure the "Show Desktop Icons" box is checked.


Well, she swears she did nothing of the sort. In fact, she has always sworn she's done nothing to
cause any of the friggin' problems she has with her computer.

I think the problem is 'clickitis'. Too much mouse clicking going on without the corresponding
reading.

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:04:07 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/4/2014 12:38 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:16:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/4/14, 8:45 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/3/2014 7:20 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
snipped
My next purchase will be a decent printer. I've had no need for one for
years. Anything I needed to print I would just send to my wife and she'd
print it on her laser printer. However, I have been recently retained
to do some consulting work related to the business I was in and will
need to get a printer. Her laser printer is not wireless, (I don't
think) so I can't use it on the home network. I should check that though.

I noticed most people now are using Adobe PDF files for most things.
All the communications and documents I've received so far from the
company I am working with use it. I noticed you can now subscribe to
it's use for something like $19/mo. Might do that rather than buy the
software.

Got this for Christmas:

http://tinyurl.com/kffxlzj

Here's what Consumer Reports had to say about it:

CR's Take
For an all-in-one black-and-while laser printer, this Samsung is not only cheap to buy, but it's
also inexpensive to operate and print. It's a bit short on features, but it has outstanding overall
performance.
Highs
• Excellent text quality
• Very fast printing black text
• Very good monochrome graphics quality
• Excellent copy quality
• Auto feeder can scan or copy a stack of pages
Lows
• Less versatile than most
Detailed test results
PRINTING. The Samsung SCX-3405FW prints using laser technology, which picks up powdered 'toner' on a
roller and fuses it to the paper with heat. It prints black-and-white text with excellent quality,
as we've come to expect from a laser printer. Text printing was very quick, 12 pages per minute,
costing 4.4 cents per page. Its black-and-white graphics printing is very good for reports,
newsletters and web pages.
SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was very good, fine for general-purpose scanning. Copying
performance was excellent, producing copies very close to the original. There's an automatic
document feeder to let you copy or scan a stack of pages in one operation.
CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has no display screen.
CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network
router either wirelessly with Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. This model has built-in faxing, can
store incoming faxes if the paper runs out, and can send faxes from an attached PC. You can print
directly from smart phones and tablets (Android apps or Apple AirPrint) over your Wi-Fi network.


That's an amazing price for a laser printer that also scans and faxes.

What do you pay for branded toner carts and how many prints do you get
from each?

http://tinyurl.com/kkmz8yj



The Samsung *is* a good deal but unfortunately I'll need a color laser
printer. They are not all that expensive either but probably lack the
copy and fax features. Who uses fax anymore?

I'll be making presentation material for handouts and will color to
fancy them up a bit.


I've had companies want a fax of my military ID card. They wouldn't take a jpg. So I had to trudge
down to UPS to get the fax sent. Only $1, but a pain in the butt. An excuse for a motorcycle ride
though.