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The uninstaller feature Apple forgot

( Need help with Inquisitor )

so i don't know if anyone here runs boot camp with microsoft XP but if you do and haven't been able to upgrade to service pack 3, here is the solution:

1. Go to run and type "regedit", and then click OK
2. go to this subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
3. go to the edit menu, click on new, and click "String Value"
4. name the new sting value "BootDir" and hit ENTER
5. when "BootDir" is highlighted go to edit and click modify
6. type the drive letter for your system drive then click OK (For example, if your system drive is "C:", type in "C:\")
7. Close Registry Editor.

then just do your windows update as normal. this works or you can order the CD and it should work too.

Recently something's been up with Stacks, every time I click on my dock folders, the thumbnails and titles disappear and only the lines and dashes show up.

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Halp. =\

Edit: Ok nvm, Fan works again, yayyy :D

My friend just let me borrow his Leopard install disc (a family pack, so it really shouldn't be a problem) and I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. That went seemingly well, but now I can't connect to the internet and a lot of my applications crash or don't even start up. I'm able to log in and everything, but not much else works. I've tried running Network Assitant or whatever to connect to the ethernet, but it just freezes up while searching for a connection.

Anyone know what's wrong and how to fix this? I don't want to have to do a clean install.

Anyone have a registered account for Acquisition? Or are you better than me at finding/hacking account credentials? I had an old version and it was getting a lil buggy and the results aren't as great as I was used to getting so I downloaded the new version. Now it has an annoying ad to register that's always on and it limits search results and download speed unless you register/pay. Help?

I guess this graphic was used on a popular Australian website NineMSN which is co owned by Microsoft


Australian iphones can run Parrallels??

Does anyone know how to get rid of/minimize the garish drop shadow in Leopard?

to be fair, turns out the MBP does not belong to Ballmer and he didnt use it for his presentation. It was left there by a previous presenter. Still amusing!

"The new iPhone is expected to be released on the one-year anniversary of the original iPhone debut June 27 or thereabouts. A few weeks prior to that launch, Apple is planning to stop supplies of the older model iPhone, according to the source. This will help clear out inventory and stir up demand for the new device. It will also attempt to avoid the public relations pratfall Apple made when it cut the price of the iPhone without warning last year. To soothe the ire among people who bought the iPhone just before the sudden markdown, Apple issued store credits.

A few details about the new iPhone have also been confirmed by the source. The new iPhone will be 2.5 mm thinner than the 11.7 mm original. The iPhone will also have a GPS chip for navigation and other location-based services."

So will you buy an iPhone for $199 or $299 if the current prices are out of your reach?

http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/29/att-to-cut-the-price-of-apples-new-iphone/

hello all,
my friend recently sent me the file for a song i love but couldn't find anywhere... and it's a wma file.
i've done a little researching on how to get it into my itunes, but i can't seem to find a solution that doesn't involve buying something (for example, using the flip4mac plugin requires me to use quicktime pro, which i would have to buy...)
the apple site says i can do it if it's unprotected by just dragging it into itunes, but also says i need windows media player 9, which, best i can tell, is not available for mac.
so i guess my question is, "what is a free way to import wma files into itunes?"
p.s: i can play it in vlc player, but i want to put it on my ipod :(

new iMacs out today

looks like jack_death was a few weeks early :(

i'm having a problem with the direct connection. it won't let me open up a video chat or even send pictures. i don't know what's going on but it keeps saying there was an internal issue or something like that. i've run all of the updates and everything. i don't know what to do, help!

x-posted

my ichat won't work. it won't load the buddy list and shit and i looked up the ichat update but it won't let me install it because my hard drive doesn't meet all the requirements, but I don't know why. I have leopard and all of my software/firmware is up to date.

alternatively what is another good application to use for video chat?

The outer case of my white macbook ink stains from a pen break that occured recently in my bookbag. I'm looking for ways to to get rid of the ink stains and to generally clean it up to sell for an upgrade.

here are two simple programs for keeping your desktop and dock looking good in 10.5

the first is camoflage, a program that hides the icons on your desktop.

second is dockalicious, a program where you can customize your dock manually or with pre-made layouts from the website. on a side note, if you have changed your finder and trash icons, dockalicious will change them back to default.

these were previous topics in a weekly online newsletter. most of you probably already subscribe but if not, you should at least check out their website. http://www.creativetechs.com/

I got my macbook in fall 06' and it's running really slow. I haven't put any applications on it really besides adium which I no longer use. My problem is that it's running really slow. I've moved all of my pictures off of my computer and I only have around 3,000 songs in my itunes. These things might not even be the root of my problem. ANYWAY, I know this was just posted but I'm more or less an idiot when it comes to cleaning this up. Blah blah, how can I fix this guys?

oh man. i'm so sad!

so, i've been working on a wedding invitation, and i was SO CLOSE to being done when all of a sudden illustrator and photoshop stop working. they won't re-open. do you think the bootleg finally caught up with me?

is there anyone out there that can help? i really really need these programs! any direction would be appreciated and i thank you so much in advance :D

i wish i could afford to buy the real program...but uh yeah.

I'm using a Macbook Pro that I've only had since December '07. When I try and burn an audio cd in iTunes it sometimes initializes, writes a few tracks, says its finishing way too early then says there was a medium write error. I have tried different speeds but it does the same thing. Other times when I try to burn cd's it gets REALLY loud and it spins so hard it vibrates my whole desk and has an error again. I don't get why it's not working because last week I burnt some pictures to a disc. It was at a friends house and was different than the discs I use at home but I don't know if that makes a difference. Also, when I try to watch DVD's now it freezes up and skips a lot and says 'Skipping over damaged area.' I was watching a dvd I just bought brand new today. It quit unexpectdly and gave me this message:



Should I take it somewhere to be looked at? Is there a way to clean the drive?

does anyone have any tips for making my 3-year old imac run a lot faster?
i've already maxed out the ram and run like a cache-cleanup program (maybe not the best one)