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    Faster Broadband access

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    disk warrior problem

    At the end of the rebuilding process disk warrier reports an error (2168) that is "cant rebuild the desktop". And says to rebuild again.The whole process is repeated. I have done it 4 times now. Am i in trouble if I quit out of diskwarrior. Will I be able to restart. thanks
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    FTP service not authenticating

    I know this is a vague question but here goes. I try to connect to FTP service and am told my pasword/name is incorrect. I'm using server 10.3.8 FTP is turned on in the admin software. Annonymous is off In Workgroup manager, one share point has a group assigned (a dedicated group...
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    battery dead?

    Hi I have an older style imac (CRT slot loader) who's date reverts to 1970 if turned off. I am guessing this is a battery issue. How easy is it to access the battery and is this the likely problem? I havent noticed anyother issues. eg starts ok, prefs seem to be remembered thanks I have found...
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    ichat AV (video) not happening

    Hi, I can type chat with a collegue who is on a Hotel broadband connection but voice and video doesnt ever connect. video and voice works when he is in his office (using VPN) Is this likely to be a firewall issue and if it is why does the text work and not video. Thanks
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    recommendation for network setup

    I want to have a small number of comps networked. what is the best way to set up so files can be shared. In OS 9 you assigned users and their passwords but there is no equivalent in X. In privileges there is user - group and everyone. Where do you assign a group? Im unsure which...
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    greyed out folder icon

    A friends powermac G3- OS 9.1 has a folder where the icon is "greyed out" as if it is already open. But no open wndow to be seen. I suspect he put it as a pop up folder and somehow has disappeared off the screen. How can we get it back so can see it? Have tried 1)option close window (to...
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    Changing owner of folders contents

    I Have followed advice in these forums regarding changing ownership of files and folders using chown. This doesn't appear to change ownership of the contents and subfolders. What else do i need other than "sudo chown user:group filename" I am logged as admin thanks Also chown of a...
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    printing to PDF - large page size

    I want to create a pdf file where the page is larger than my printer will support. Is there any way can do this - say with a virtual printer? Thanks
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    ADSL - non connection (revisited)

    Hi, a while back couldnt access any sites via ADSL but solved prob via some good help using termial and "sudo ifconfig ppp0 mtu 1492" I upgraded to using a router and the problem went away. My router was stolen i have had to go back to a direct connection and the above command doesnt seem...
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    laserwriter printing in B&W

    laserwriter print options dont show colour options ( print in B&W in lieu of greyscale/colour.) Any way of doing it? - printing in B&W that is
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    creating a package- how?

    is there a way to turn an applications folder into a package so I see only a single file to open in application folder. Some installers create and application folder and others a package? thanks
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    Faster Broadband access

    I noticed railhead design posted a link to a utility which is supposed to improve broadband DLs significantly. http://www.railheaddesign.com/ Thought I would try it supposed to drag folder to startupitems folder but when i do says the folder cant be modified I have root user enabled...
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    Where are app support files

    In the applications folder the imovie application is on its own - no folder for the support items like plugins- where are there? I downloaded some plugins and they are supposed to go in the plugin folders - but where is it? Conversely if I install a new application it puts the whole folder in...
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    gloreous picture icons

    Page 10 of new welcome to OSX manual show a window with the folders pictures in gloreous icon views with drop shadows and turn page corners-. How the hell is that done?:D regards John
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    A4 default- how?

    Somewhere i saw instructions for making A4 paper the default but now i need it I cant find it. Anyone know how? Also while on the subject of paper any tricks for getting larger paper sizes than my printer will allow so I can create a pdf of an appropriate size. Thanks all
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    Daemon

    What is this Daemon user i see lurking on my system:eek:
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    enabling root user

    i believe to enable the root user you need to use the NetInfo manager and go to: enable root user in the domain/security menu. Trouble is it is greyed out.:( Any thoughts? I am the only user on the machine. Thanks John
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