Recent content by DaveT

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    Need a fast Photoshop machine

    That is a good question. But you can probably get away with more ram than that, as long as you have few apps running in the background. Even if you have "too much" physical RAM allocated to photoshop, it will not kill the program. You can probably get away with 75-85% on a 2GB system. Big...
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    Need a fast Photoshop machine

    Thanks muffin, good advice. I agree about the dual monitors...in fact my other machine has duals but my wife hogs it nowadays (we both work in a photography business). But I'll probably get a 24" dell refurb (about $700 http://tinyurl.com/nd6nj), and add another one in the near future. I was...
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    Need a fast Photoshop machine

    Hopefully you guys can help me out here. I need to build a dual core machine that runs photoshop real good. It should be able to handle multiple files that are in the 100-300mb range. This machine will NOT be for gaming. It should NOT be a bleeding edge machine. I'm not into pouring money...
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    Backing Up the System

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) Haas anyone the an idea on the best way of doing this. I first tried using the backup option and saved a backup file to my desktop. The wizard created a floopy disk called Windows automated recovery disk for backup...
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    Problem: A80 has high Contrast

    Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?) On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:29:37 -0500, Ronald Hands <rhands@NOSPAMmountaincable.net> wrote: >Sam wrote: > >> >> And here are my pics (the last shot of the couple is the most >> greyish). >> >>...
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    Checking User Profile/Settings

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Thanks Michael, It is Windows help that says Outlook has to be enabled in my profile, hence my problem how to access the profile/settings. Dave T "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote: > The mail merge function is handled by...
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    Checking User Profile/Settings

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I want to check/amend my settings so I can set Outlook address book to run with mail merge but I cannot find my settings. I have a book which shows under Computer Management>system tools a folder called local users and...
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    permissions advice needed for users on workgroup pc to pri..

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) Hi, many thanks, all working now... .... I put the command in a .bat file (with a %UserName% test to not apply it for my admin account) in the windows dir and added a link to that in Startup in All Users. Regards Dave...
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    permissions advice needed for users on workgroup pc to pri..

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) a PS: I can make this work by creating identical local accounts (matching passwords) on the ws with the printer attached. But then there are password length complications. "DaveT" wrote: > Hi > I have (at home) a PC...
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    permissions advice needed for users on workgroup pc to pri..

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) Hi I have (at home) a PC (Win2K) which is a member of a domain (at work) and has a printer attached to it. The problem is accessing that printer from .... The kids have (local) accounts on an XP Pro laptop which is a...
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    Workstation autoupdate policy not working

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?) Sorry if this is posted in the wrong group; I didn't see any Windows 2003 Server groups. Anyway, I have a problem getting workstations (all running Windows XP SP1) to autoupdate from Windows Update per the group policy...
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    Second and 10 Football demo

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) This looks like a promising sim for you text-only fans. Check out the demo: http://www.roogames.co.uk/SATDemo.html Dave
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    "Strange" Logon

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) I am the only account on my machine - so when the logon screen appears, there is only my account as an option. However, it then boots into some alien setup (which takes an absolute age!) which bears no resemblance to my...
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    APBA Golf for Windows

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) Here's a link to a site with some screenshots: http://www.geocities.com/apbagolfer/golf Dave "DaveT" <youknowme13@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:BKIwc.60608$zN5.13862@fed1read01... > Hey Alan, > > The general consensus in the...
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    APBA Golf for Windows

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?) Hey Alan, The general consensus in the APBA forum at Delphiforums.com (http://forums.delphiforums.com/apbabtl/messages) is, as far as I can tell, pretty positive. From what I can tell the game is based on the board game, which I...