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I have just gotten DSL the last month, works perfectly. BUT I have definitely suffered from the notorious disconnect problem, with a restart being my only solution. Definitely annoying and embarrassing even. I still need dial-up if I want to connect at the office, though, so I will give...

I could have sworn that I'd replied earlier to you, Cheryl, but for some reason my reply doesn't seem to be showing up. Here's where I am: I got the bright idea to use the few weeks I have of Apple Care left and give Apple a call. "Dana" suggested that I create another use (which we named...

Yes...nothing happened. I guess the real, underlying question I'm asking is: What are the geeky, fundamental, Unix-y things I should be looking for to diagnose why I'm not seeing these menulets? Isn't there a log, a Terminal query, a check to see whether or not a key pref file or library item...

Thanks for the further advice, Cheryl. Get Info for my Home folder is now [me]. I think I'm fine in this regard.

Yes, this is after a restart. Yes, I had repaired permissions (previous to the restart). Get Info for my HD now lists the Owner as "System", etc. so I think this is fine. Are you suggesting that I run Disk Utility from the CD? I have not encountered any other problems (besides the lack...

I just installed, via Software Update, Security Update on my iBook (OS 10.2.8). After rebooting, my menu bar clock, battery usage and other menulets (proper term?) all disappeared! I opened up System Preferences to make sure that they were all selected to show (yes, they were), but no dice...

Cheryl and Doug, let me make sure I understand your info/advice: Doug, I just did a Get Info on my HD, and sure enough, "System" was identified as the owner. Is that the "default" owner, or does it just look like that after a major install (of the OS or an app?)? Cheryl, I clicked open the...

Cheryl, You're probably right about determining exactly what was wrong. So in a major install, the "machine" takes over permissions? How would that look like in a Get Info window? In your opinion, is the machine taking over a good idea (to prevent hapless users from mucking around too...

Update: I got all four updates (Java, iCal, QuickTime and 10.2.8 (not combo)) to install correctly. I followed my plan of downloading the packages and installing them one by one, the 10.2.8 update last. Each time it worked like a charm. So now I'm happy and sitting pretty! Satcomer, I'm not...

Here's a quick update: I got 10.2.6 installed successfully. (Thanks for the tip, psd!) Where did I get this info from? It looks like a number of people were following the "May this stump the best of you!" post after all, and after a couple of workarounds that did not pan out, psd's tip to...

Hey! Your tip worked! 10.2.6 has been successfully installed. However, I did not have to take out my battery. For my own information, what would the battery have to do with anything? And, does anyone know any Apple Knowledge Base articles on why the 10.2.8 Combined Update did not want to...

Thanks for the tip, but nothing changed. Ran Disk Utility. Repaired permissions on the user volume, ran Software Update, same result. The only difference seems to be that Software Update, instead of reporting an error about 15 minutes into the process, took about an hour (the progress bar was...

[Disclaimer: I first posted this information at the end of a previous post, "May this stump the best of you!" But after not getting any response for 24 hours, and feeling a bit of urgency, I decided to post this here and see if I got a different reaction. Sorry if this breaks the site etiquette...

Okay, I got the firmware update in OS 9.1 to work, but I still can't get the OS 10.2.8 update to install. I remembered this morning that the only (I hope) hardware glitch when I put the clamshell back together is that the speaker is no longer functional (must have not re-inserted something...

I have a similar problem that seems intractable. (Cheryl, hello again. You helped me in a recent post regarding the same machine...) The basic problem is that I cannot get the upgrade from 10.2 to 10.2.8 to work at all. I'm working to upgrade my mom's clamshell iBook. The biggest part...

Thanks for the continued advice, Natobasso and Cheryl. Here's the latest: I just transplanted a used (but new to the iBook in question) 10GB HDD successfully, erased it, installed a clean copy of OS X and OS 9 and have reimported all information including having Entourage import all the old...

Gnomo, Thanks for the advice to not worry about FCC stuff. That sounds reasonable. And also about DSL sharing being parallel to cable theft. That also sounds reasonable. (BTW, I am actually very pleased with my ISP (NO spam gets through, very reasonable pricing, and excellent customer...

Thanks, Chery, for the websites, advice, etc. One question: If I copy the Main Identity (there's only one) from the iBook to my PowerMac, then I open OE, should it find and utilize that data instantly, or will it get confused with other OE info on the PowerMac's HD?

Natobasso, Another thought (and this admittedly without looking at the articles you suggested) ... If my proposed setup could be running afoul of the FCC, then how is it that I could have, for example, an 802.11g network running out of my home, and inform my neighbors that if they want to...

Natobasso, Good caution. numbers1820