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    bug? printer always prints all pages...(?)

    osx 10.4.3 g4 15" whenever i tell my g4 to just print the first 3 pages of something, it still prints out the whole 99... anyone know about this bug? i click on the "from" bubble, and put in 1 to 3 and it still prints the whole thing...
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    how you set the default email program?

    10.4.2 g4 15" i'm trying to click on a link to microsoft support safari wants to send me to Mac's MAIL program, but i don't have a .mac account, so i can't even get past the registration process. if i want to make Entourage or even Aol as my defualt email program, how can i set that...
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    CDs and virtual CDs -- me very confused

    the thing i'm trying to figure out is how and whether or not i can/have to burn a cd. i downloaded a bootable cd from a friend, it's NOT A REAL CD! (i'm confused) it's now just an icon on my desktop -- though it says it's a CD (i can even "eject" it)? (how does that work?) and now...
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    my "help viewer" doesn't work - ironic, no?

    thanks, bobw. you're always super-helpful. trying this now... (i started another thread about the cd thingy...)
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    my "help viewer" doesn't work - ironic, no?

    more info: when i look in system/core services, i can see the help viewr and open it sometimes, it open with a blank screen, sometimes, it give the first page. but i can't search for a topic. the thing i'm trying ot figure out, btw, is how to burn a cd, basically. i downloaded a bootable...
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    my "help viewer" doesn't work - ironic, no?

    anyone know of a fix for this? can i, like, download another help application 0sx 10.4.3 g4 15"
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    "grabbing" problems with mouse

    hi. OSX 10.4.2 g4 it seems i have trouble with my mouse and Kensington trackball. it takes a strangely long time to "grab" an icon and then drag it. often, after i think im' dragging something, i had only highlighted the icon but not "grabbed" it, so i then have to go back, click on the...
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    how get rid of status bar?

    thanks for all your thoughts. i've gotten some help from some other techies and the annoying thing is that windows always "inherit" the style of the last open box -- they don't seem to remember what they were like when they were last closed. boo.
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    how get rid of status bar?

    thanks for the response, Mikuro at least i feel less crazy. i guess the fix is to just leave certain windows open and go from there. cause, yeah, i9f i close everything, i get this derned mettalic status window wheni reopen things my biggest complaint is witht the trash, which always opens...
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    how get rid of status bar?

    hi. g4 osx tiger 10.4.2 it seems like when i open windows they seem to mimic the style of the window they came from which is a problem, cause i hate it when the status bar comes up and scoots my icons over. i only want the status bar oen on one window - the main one. all other windows i want...
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    trouble with AirPort /osx tiger

    alas; i tried that. doesn't seem to fix the problem
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    trouble with AirPort /osx tiger

    hiya. i have a new g4 laptop 0sx tiger and i've been having troubles with my AirPort Sometimes, while i'm browsing, etc, the computer suddenly slows down a lot and then i realize i'm not (and can't) get a signal anymore. i walk over to my old computer, and i'm fine -- it gets online in...
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    icons and grid confusion -osx tiger

    i like using small icons in my windows, but i've been having problems with gettting them to behave on my new g4 osx tiger if i open an old window -- from a file imported from my g3, it's always a problem the icons move around and change order but even if i open a new window, the 'grid'...
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    printing on os-x tiger-- using word 98? / classic enviroment

    i just got a new g4, osx tiger but i still only have my ms word from office 98 i like the old office-- fine to write things and print on the old g3 but can i do this anymore with my g4? when i go to the chooser in classic os, it doesn't seem to find any printers... i can print fine in...
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    icons and grid confusion -osx tiger

    i like using small icons in my windows, but i've been having problems with gettting them to behave on my new g4 osx tiger if i open an old window -- from a file imported from my g3, it's always a problem the icons move around and change order but even if i open a new window, the 'grid'...
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    problems with ext hard disks

    hmm read the manual. sounds like the only way to do what i want (not erase disk first -- but just add the new files like a drag and drop) is to get the registered version of superduper is carbon copy as good? cheaper.... and can someone explain a bit to me how an "image" works? when i...
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    problems with ext hard disks

    a little confused by Superduper it wants to erase everything on my target disk, and THEN copy some "image" onto the target disk. i liked with the dragging thing, that it just copied, but didn't erase -- and (ion the past) then i've been able to instantly open some of these files -- from the...
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    problems with ext hard disks

    just dragging. i did download superduper, but i dont know the first thing about it.
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    problems with ext hard disks

    i'm trying to backup my entire HD onto an ext firewire disk. i'm running osx tiger and the ext disk is new when i copy it, it stops halfway through and says: the file "rocker" already exists. cannot complete." huh? i don't think i'm copying over anything... i deleted the disk of any old...
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