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    Cannot start up from OS 9.2.2 cd

    Also, if you hold down the Option key before the Mac chime, there will be a boot screen that comes up. Give it a few seconds to check all the media in the system (HD,Ex Firewire/USB & CDROM) Then select the CDROM (there should be an icon of the OS 9 logo. Then click the arrow to the right of it...
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    Cannot start up from OS 9.2.2 cd

    You may need to reinstall panther when you are finished with this trick, or at least I had to do it with Panther server... Boot in OpenFirmware (Command - Option - O - F, I think) Type these commands in very carefully... this may or may not fix the problem. reset-nvram reset-all The...
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    Your Mac accidents

    lol... a Teaboard? that's a new one.
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    Where is the vaunted OSX stability?

    Do you notice that the reason why your computer crashes is because you are using a Microsoft product? From what I can tell from your post, you are using the Microsoft Remote Desktop client - Very buggy... For tips when this happends Hold Command-Option and tap Escape. The Force Quit dialog will...
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    Lost my only administrator account(not password, the whole account)

    Hrm... mabe a sudo (with the old admin password) sudo adduser sudo passwd (account name) I think Apple has a wierd way of dealing with accounts (or at least in 10.3) I may be wrong but I think that Apple may have the accounts (even in client version) looking in OpenDirectory for...
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    Can I use the iBook adapter for 12" pb

    I see people say it's alright. But make sure you look at the diffrences. The charger on the PB 15" in fact looks identical to the iBook one, but if you read the specs on the bottom the Amps are quote diffrent. Be careful.
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    How Do I Convert High Quality MPG to a Web Friendly Size and Format?

    I have a sony handycam camera, I dump all my movies from the MiniDV camera strait into iMovie. Then after editing, I simply goto File>Export>Web then it compresses it down to web sizes and makes it a quicktime video. If you have no way of hooking your cam upto the computer via USB or Firewire...
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    Microsoft Free

    umm... yeah.. hrm... GREAT!
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    Need new DVD player; suggestions?

    Two brands to avoid. Yamakowa and Apex (or at least the low-end ones) Both of them have the same decoder-chip that almost always fails within a few months of purchase. By fail, I mean they will show random blocks all over the screen, pause for seconds at a time. I did a temprary fix to mine...
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    GarageBand update

    It takes 22MB to show us better dialog boxes? I think not.
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    osx newbie questions

    I dont believe there is a limit of applications before Classic turns ugly... however, Classic is still a horable environment to work in.. it's a totally emulated OS9. You should be presently suprised of how many replacement - better - apps for OSX there are. I suggest www.macupdate.com Some...
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    Virginia Tech Macs for sale

    Hrm... $2,799? If you login with Apples site, you can get a NEW one under the education discount $100 less than they want for that used one. Thanks, but no thanks.
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    Can I access my webspace directory from Finder or even map it?

    If you enter your ftp information in Safari (example ftp://username:passy@domain.xxx) it will put an icon on your desktop, and will act as a remote folder. If you wanted to start your computer with this this enabled, you could write a simple AppleScript and throw it in your startup. Sorry, do...
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