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    MS OS updates casued system to crash

    You have omitted virtually every bit of information that can be used to diagnose and solve your problem. To begin: By "MS OS," do you mean Windows? If so, then which version of Windows?
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    Mail App Not Working .....

    You do understand that my last post was a fictitious example that was intended to help vha4Himhat and not a request for help on my part?
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    Mail App Not Working .....

    What do you mean by "Test Message from Mail to Mail"? For example which computers are each installation of Mail on? What is the difference between the accounts? And another thing--you are very unclear about the nature of your troublesome email accounts. I gather that DreamHost is a webhosting...
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    Mail App Not Working .....

    WOW! Talk about overreactions. Your Internet service is a utility, not unlike your electricity, telephone, and TV cable. Sometimes there are service interruptions. It happens. You don't rip out your wiring and rewire your home just because your power goes out.
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    Recovered .MOV files won't open in Quicktime

    The mistake being made is to believe that the issue is QuickTime issue. It is instead a file recovery issue. The OP has given us no information about the volume from which his videos were recovered, or the volume to which they were recovered.
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    Database Help

    FileMaker is an enterprise-level DBMS. It is the most popular DBMS on the Mac and the second most popular DBMS for Windows. FileMaker Pro and its siblings are by no means your only option. Earlier in the life-cycle of the Mac, Apple included OpenBase with every installation on MacOS X of...
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    Will a previously installed operating system work on my laptop?

    If you want to install MacOS X 10.6, then there is no need to install MacOS X 10.5 first. Caveat: Be sure that your DVD has the large X and is not a grey disc. The grey discs are System Restore discs that unscrupulous people sell to naïve Mac users. Each System Restore disc is intended to...
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    File Extensions

    A file extension is part of a file's name such as WordDocument.docx or ImageScan.tiff. Are you sure that you need a file extension? Are you sure that you don't need a browser extension? Many banks require their customers to use a proprietary Firefox browser extension to access their online...
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    PLEASE HELP! Login problems new mac user

    Based on your description and the subsequent behavior of your computer, my guess is that you did not change anything. This means that your father's user account is still an administrative account. His password is still required to login.
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    OSX Tiger drivers for HP Deskjet 3521?

    You have an original twist on an old problem. The conventional twist is that the user owns an old printer that is no longer supported. You own a printer that is several generations newer than your OS. I don't see where your printer is supported my any OS prior to MacOS X 10.6. That said, the...
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    Snow Leopard won't find my printer

    Your printer maybe no longer supported by HP, but it is supported by Linux Foundation's OpenPrinting Project under Apple's CUPS system. The driver is available for download here.
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    Compatibility

    Do not use the Mac "cleaner." Utilities of this sort do not remove the files that they are expected to remove. They often remove files that they should not remove. The bottomline is that cleaner utilities do more harm than good.
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    Mail.app: auto-delete bulk mail?

    For questions of this sort, it would be helpful if you identified your email provider. You don't want to auto-delete bulk mail, junk mail, spam, or whatever it is called. This is because even the best email filters can sometimes wrongly identify legitimate messages as junk. I gather that your...
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    question marks on safari

    This is along the same lines as Satcomer's response. It appears that you are accessing the Web with only guess-access on your router. If this is the case, then you need to find a Wi-Fi connection with full-access.
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    Malware on Vista via Parallels? How do I fix it?

    A simple Google search found this.
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    login as root

    Smartass or not, Whitehall is absolutely correct. There is nothing worthwhile that you can do as root that you cannot do as administrator--except screw-up your system. The fact that you had to come to a fan site to learn how to login as root is unimpeachable testimony to the fact that you are...
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    Web sites that do not support the back arrow.

    Correction: The back arrow is enabled by default. When you find a web page for which it the back arrow is disabled, the developers of the web page has affirmatively disabled the back arrow.
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    How to run another instance of an Application by double clicking on its Icon

    Some apps do not allow multiple copies of the app to open simultaneously. Firefox comes readily to mind. Not even different versions of the browser may operate simultaneously.
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    Has someone stolen data from my mac?

    Are you looking for help in stealing data without detection?
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    Cannot see all Apps on my Mac Mini since installing Mountain Lion

    Just drag the missing folder icons back onto the Sidebar.
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