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| | The fun begins..... I'm upgrading my Powermac G3 B&W with a serial ATA Hard drive and controller card. I want to copy the contents of the old drive to the new drive. I know that in the PC World Maxtor has a utility on a boot disk that allows you … |
| | Today, when I inserted a new DVD-R into my superdrive, it wouldn't mount. It had been working fine an hour before. There is no problem with CDs, new or previously written to, or DVD-ROMs or DVD-R with data on them. After trying repairing permissions, using MacJanitor, and trying new DVD-R … |
| | I apologize if this isn't the correct forum for this issue. I found your site while Googling for similar issues and ended up here. The advice looks very promising so I'm hoping you can help me! I received the following error on a BSOD after burning a data DVD last …  |
 | Please help me! I have Panther installed on my G5. I was just using Safari to browse the web when Safari froze up on me. I tried killing the app and the rest of my machine froze completely. I waited a few minutes and nothing happened so I decided to … |
| | I have a G4 that the Usb ports got smashed and are not useable. I would like to add a PCI usb adapter card can I do this??? Any suggestions on where and what one to use if I can use one I am using OS X 10.4 |
| | Thank you in advance for any suggestions. I'm a bit bewildered (panicked). I have had this Powerbook for a few years without any trouble. I'm a relatively simple user and haven't added any hardware or recent software. Since yesterday PM it has failed to reboot. I have OsX Tiger and … |
| | hello^^ (HijackThis log after text) Ok, this is for my sweet half, whos pc got initially infected by: Trojan/Multidropper.BOL W32/Gaobot.OIY.worm Problem is Norton, installed on her system, was obviously unable to do anything about this...so we uninstalled it, installing Panda Antivirus 2007 instead. After a reboot the pc decided to … |
| | Hello, I have a lightly used Personal LaserWriter NT Laser Printer that has been incredibly trouble free and reliable for many years. It recently produced a "Printer Needs Service" message. Is it possible to still obtain service and/or parts for this model? Is there anything I could possibly do myself … |
| | I am running a PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz with a GeForce FX 5200 AGP. I have a new 23" Apple Cinema Display that will work on another Powermac with virtually same specs, but when I plug it into my G5, it will not display anything. I do not know how … |
| | I have a 2.1 GHz G5 iMac running 10.4.8 with everything up to date. The Superdrive worked flawlessly for 8 or 9 months, and then proceeded to gradually lose its ability to recognize blank DVD-R's that I insert. At first the brand I was using failed (Verbatim) but Fuji discs … |
| | I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro - with Airport Extreme. I'm connected to Airport Extreme no problem when I'm working in OS X - but I don't know how to set this up for Windows. I need to connect to the internet through Windows for work. Its asking me … |
| | Hi I can't get Data dvd-r's to mount. My superdrive will burn dvd's / cd's using toast 6, It will mount burnt CD's, commercial DVD's and video dvd-r but it won't mount the data DVD-r's I have written using the same drive. These data dvd-r's will mount on other macs/ … |
| | [COLOR=Blue]:confused: Hi, I'm wondering if someone can tell me whether it would be possible to use a ColorStyleWriter2500 with an old Mac LC II? Besides the age difference between the devices(I'm assuming the printer is significantly newer than the LC II, in reality my Mac experience is greatly limited; I've … |
| | Hi Folks, I am in a bind. The other day I was in Microsoft Internet and the Mac Powerbook just went into a loop. I powered it off and attempted to restart. Got nothing but the Apple ant the cirular busy icon contiuosly turning. Tried putting in CD and it … |
| | I have extra memeory in my Ibook G4. Can I transfer this to my new macBook ?? clarinda |
| | I need i drive for Mac Cube G4 CD+DVD ROM. Does anybody have any for sale? My got stuck with a cd in , and not repairble. Thanx |
 | Well I have recently had a lot of pop-ups of legal/illegal medications, phone sex hot lines, and various other things having to do with porn. My son uses this computer the most (I use my laptop) so I'm assuming he's getting to that age where starts to masterbate, but I … |
| | Greetings! I've recently poured a glass of water into the keyboard of my Alum. 15" Powerbook G4. I responded quickly and shut it down & poured off as much as possible. Next, I removed the uppercase and left the laptop open for 3 days to air/fan dry. After reassembly, it … |
 | I have an airport and a phone. the airport is good and works well with my Dell and Mac computers. I am a major supporter of the airport. I am also running cable internet on it. The trouble is that my computer is next to a phone and every time … |
| | OK so I am "trying" to program my mighty mouse buttons - I accidently assign the MAIN button to "open Safari" - so NOW I can't select ANYTHING because the $%^& button only opens (and opens...and opens...) Safari Finally had to plug in original idiot one-button mca mouse to get … |
| | I don't know if you can help me but i'm having a tough time trying to get someone to talk to about my Mac and getting online wirelessly.... it's been a tough go!! lol We use a D-Link router and one PC and one Mac. The Mac however won't access … |
| | Hi guys. I am a huge gamer but also love macs. Hard to be both and I would love to have a computer that could run high quality games but also be as shiny organized looking as a mac. Anyway, with the new intel core duo processors in the MacBooks … |
| | Hello There, I have just put a bigger hard drive in my iMac G3 CRT (seagate barracuda 60Gb ATA) I used my factory Disk to initialize it. It took all day writing zeros and when I 'restored' the operating system it went O.K. until it did the calculating the checksum … |
| | Hello people - I found this forum through google, and I am hoping you all can help me. Yesterday, I came back to my computer, and it would not wake from screen saver mode no mater what I did. so, I restarted the computer, and now it will not start. … |
| | Ok, i've been having some trouble loading random websites. I will go to a website ([URL="http://www.suicidegirls.com"]www.suicidegirls.com[/URL] for example either via a link or simply by typing it in the address bar) and it will load for about 1 second or so and then just stop no loading bar nothing on … |
| | i subscribe to several podcasts (Sunshine Daydream Podcasts and Dead Show on KOPF/89.5) from the Itunes store. When I subscribe I get the podcasts added to my podcast folder; however, i find that there are older episodes that i download from the internet as MP3 files. when I try to … |
| | Any help would be greatly appreciated. [B]First heres the VX2 Finder Log [/B]Files Found--- Additional Files--- Keys Under Notify--- crypt32chain cryptnet cscdll NavLogon ScCertProp Schedule sclgntfy SensLogn termsrv WgaLogon wlballoon Guardian Key--- is called: User Agent String--- WebSpeedReader 8.9.198 [B]* DLLCompare Log version(1.0.0.127)[/B] Files Found that Windows does not See … |
 | Hello everyone. I recently picked up a legal copy of OS X Tiger for x86 from the official Apple open source website. I am going to attempt to install it on an AMD Athlon based PC with 256 MB RAM and no SSE support. I will then attempt to grab … |
| | Hi my friened has her computer infected with planty of trojan horses main one is downloader-ev. I have been trying to get rid of it with McAfee and SpyBot. I also tried The Cleaner Professional Scan and it does't help. Besides that her computer is full with spyware and addware … |
| | Hello I have problem with Internet Explorer, in that 75% of the time any search results I click on be they Google, Yahoo etc, I don't get taken to the result but to some random site full of adverts. AVG displayed a message yesterday that there was an infection(Downloader.Agent.FAW) which … |
| | Hello! I came here through a Google search, and used the instructions given to that person. Well, the event log says: "Virhesovellus svchost.exe, versio 5.1.2600.2180, moduuli netapi32.dll, versio 5.1.2600.2180, osoite 0x0000a3c0." I don't remember installing anything suspicious, it started yesterday. Oh right, I almost forgot the HJT log: [QUOTE]Running processes: … |
| | Hi Just come back from work and my son has managed to get a virus on our home PC. It pops up every so often as a dialer but after a few failed attempts to dial out it disappears. The error message it comes up with at this point seems … |
| | When I press the on button on my powerbook, it makes the normal chime, goes to the white screen with no apple icon and no spinning spokes.... and doesn't go past that. I inserted the original boot CD and held the C key down when booting. The apple icon comes … |
| | Greetings once again. I recently visited a site that ended up downloading a bunch of stuff on to my computer earlier today. McAfee started going nuts about 3 hours ago, and i've been trying to figure out exactly what's going on. This Forum has always served me well and helped … |
| | [size=2][color=Indigo][font=Comic Sans MS]My husband has just bought an iMac G3 333mgz, with a broken CD Rom Drive. We know that to load Mac OS with an internal drive, you press the C key on start up, but how do we go about it from an external USB drive? :o[/font][/color][/size] |
| | Does anyone know of a adapter that can be used to hook up a large format (expensive) Epson scanner that I used to my old Mac through a serial (25 pin?) port before it went dead today. I mainly use a G4 for most of my work but had the … |
| | Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:19:38 PM, on 6/22/2006 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\xyjv.exe C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe C:\dfndra.exe C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program …  |
| | my computer was working just fine until yesterday, now i have popup galore and my virus scanner wont update. used spybot s&d, adaware, and spy-sweeper... please someone look at my log and tell me what to do.. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:18:19 AM, on 6/23/2006 Platform: Windows … |
 | Hello all, I am not much of a mac guy but trying to help out a friend. She lives out in the country and dialup is the only internet access and has been using it for years on her imac. Now she has an ibook and wants both to be … |
| | Hello Everybody! Im Having Trouble With My Monitor It Won't Show An Image. I Disconnected It N Pluged It Back In But Nothing. Please Somebody Help Me...... Heidi |
| | Hi everyone, I've recently come back to UK and pulled my trusty G4 out of storage to use again. Everything booted up great after 18months downtime, and I was really chuffed when it all went ok and got to the log-in screen. Howevere the smile slipped from my face, as … |
| | My computer is currently running slower than when I bought it a year ago. I caught my son looking at quite a few inappropriate website and think our computer may have gotten some adware/spyware/trojans/keyloggers from them. I was here a few months ago and you guys did a really good …  |
| | Hey everybody, I originally posted to the Web Browsers forum, since I have a major problem with IE not accessing the web. I can't do Windows Update, and any apps which require IE also cannot access the web. However, Firefox and Netscape both work fine, and I can update other … |
| | Hello, Does anyone know the big differences between Apple's Extreme & Express Base Stations?? I know the Extreme comes with a built-in dial-up modem (not very useful!) and the Express comes with AirTunes (very useful!), yet the Extreme is more expensive. What's the crack?? |
| | I just ordered a powermac g5 but did not get an apple display. My question is: Do all (or) most windows PC monitors work on Mac's. i didnt get an apple display because i feel like it was too much for monitor ($800 for the 20inch) specially after i had … |
| | I have been getting Pop-ups and an error message when i join a counter strike:cz saying "Server Busy" and gives a brief explanation but has 2 options Switch To or Retry. I have search the forums and found 2 other cases of it but it seems to be specific to … |
| | while copying cd's from a friend, one disc i put in, the gza's beneath the surface had ehanced features i wasn't aware of, which start up right away and have no exit option to put them away. then i looked at the cd sleeve and under the system requirements there's … |
| | Hello, I have a G4 powermac AGP in my studio and want to get a G4 iMac to put in the house. I want both of these computers to run off a wireless network - namely with Apple Airport Extreme Base Station. I understand that I can only fit an … |
| | My mac currently has a 126Mb PC133 SDRAM Memory card. I've just bought another 256Mb Memory card to put in it, but it still isn't being recognised by my system. All the "experts" I've consulted so far say it should work. Any tips??? PLEEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEEE:sad: |
| | I am having trouble with a Saffire FW sound card. I've used it successfully for a coupe of weeks, but now my Mac shuts down when I connect the sound card. Other FW sound cards are working fine as well as other FW devices (LaCie external drive, PowerBook in traget … |
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