Recent content by peterjws

BINGO. It worked and the Trash has now emptied. Thank you VERY much.

The window shows "Last login: : Sun Aug 18 15: 33: 24 on ttys000 ip-address:- peterstevens$

Thanks J Barley. I did all that and the everythingmac procedure found and repaired an incorrect volume count. It then said the disk was OK. Unfortunately it cannot be as I still get the same error message when I try and empty the Trash.

Thanks Delta Mac. I have tried that but the new window performs exactly as before ie I get no responses and my password comes up in clear.

Thanks. I have done as you suggest but I get no prompts at all and the password comes up in clear as before.

Thanks Delta Mac but I cannot get Terminal to work. When I open T. I get a window saying "Terminal-Login 80 x 24. I then paste in your link and press enter. Nothing happens. I have tried then typing in my admin password and this shows up in clear. Pressing enter again just results in the...

Thanks Curiosity. Tried both ideas and no joy.

Thanks. I cannot get the techenvi link to work. There seems some confusion as to exactly what should be typed into Terminal and it will not let me type in my password. Disk utility says I have corrupt files and wants me to start up with the installation disk. Unfortunately I am away from home...

Whenever I try and empty the Trash I get a message saying it "cannot be completed because an unexpected error occurred-- Error Code 8003." Anyone know how to fix this?? OSX 10.6.8

Sgould, Thanks. I cannot find any reference to "Parallels" on either laptop. Is it an Application? What does it do?? Peter

DeltaMac, Thanks. Downloaded successfully using your link. Peter

Thanks and apologies for tardy reply. We have been away from home. I have been working through your suggestions and have.... deleted com.apple.alf.plist reset the router but I cannot find a facility to change the MTU settings?? downloaded and installed iStumbler99 I cannot find the...

We have 2 identical Macbook Pro's OSX 10.6.8. We share a router. One laptop gets an excellent wireless signal and is stable. The other laptop experiences a weaker signal, will sometimes disconnect and is generally unstable. Can anyone suggest what might be causing this and/or a remedy...

I have a new Macbook Pro and have been unable to get the built in camera to work. Everytime I try to use it in iPhoto or SKYPE, I get a message saying "Camera in use by another application" I cannot see anything using the camera. HELP please regards Peter

I have been sent a DVD which contains a file in db format (data base). I cannot get it to open properly with any application on my mac. I have osx 10.4 Is there an application I can download which will open it?? Peter