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Posted: 25 Jun 2007 05:24 PM PDT

My thoughts are: You have a 'computer' and you are using it on 'The
Internet'.

There is no such thing as a computer that is totally proof against hacking.
The "problem" is not Microsoft. The problem is "people". Microsoft builds
software down to a price: and so does Apple and everyone else. That's how
they are selling more of it than they were...

It is probably easier to break into an Apple OS X computer than it is to
break into a Windows Vista computer. Nobody knows for sure: each of them
contains millions of lines of computer code -- all written "at the lowest
possible cost" or by "the cheapest outside contractor".

It is true that various people have made a science of cracking Windows
computers for the past 30 years. Historically, they have not bothered
hacking Macs because there were not enough of them to be profitable. Macs
used to be maybe one or two per cent of the computers in use. That is now
climbing rapidly towards ten per cent.

However, since the fall of the Soviet Union, large organisations with
headquarters in St Petersburg, Russia and thought to have links to the
Russian Mafia are involved in the game. They are hiring professional
programmers, some of the smartest people on earth -- they once worked for
the KGB, but now are unemployed, and they need to feed their families. The
exploits that are being used today are much more threatening than in the
past.

These people are making money, not mischief. These people have all the
resources of organised crime and terrorist organisations behind them. At
what point do you suppose the bad guys will figure it is worth their while
to make exploits to crack Macs? Ten per cent? Twelve? Fifteen? That's a
guess, right?

There is a reason why the CIA spends millions on its computers and we spend
only a couple of thousand. What do you suppose the CIA is buying for its
money? I suggest it's not the colour scheme they are interested in :-)

Let's consider the Mac user base: more likely to have high income than PC
users. More likely to be less interested in computers and how they work,
and thus have little idea how to secure them. More likely to be able to
afford broadband internet. More likely to invest large amounts of money.
Do you see anything there that might be interesting to large and determined
criminal organisations? Remember: We're not trying to defend ourselves
against pimply youths who are bored and having fun. We are being attacked
by large and powerful criminal conspiracies and malevolent nation-states:
entities that have money, highly-skilled computer scientists, and great
determination.

On this Mac, I run a hardware firewall, a software firewall, an antivirus
solution (two of them: one for Windows, one for Mac), an anti-spyware
solution, and an anti-spam solution. All-up cost? Maybe 200 bucks. Worth
it, to me -- so I sleep soundly at night :-)

When I grew up on farm, my stepfather taught me "Good fences make good
neighbours". I do what I can to make sure that my machine will not be
compromised, and therefore, will not be a threat to yours.

Hope this helps


On 26/6/07 10:24 AM, in article
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"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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Sexual fascism and the Mark Foley scandal

Posted: 24 Jun 2007 07:10 AM PDT

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:11:24 -0700, "bobandcarole.."
<com> wrote:

 
 

Fucking clueless hypocrite

Office for Mac, how do i change my 'Product Key'?

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 04:51 AM PDT

Nope :-) I'll leave that to Diane and Paul, they're the Entourage experts,
I'm a Word worrier... :-)

Cheers


On 22/6/07 11:36 PM, in article
googlegroups.com, "josh1727"
<com> wrote:
 

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http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

POWER POINT AND SAFARI CANNOUT BE USED BY 2 USERS ON MAC

Posted: 21 Jun 2007 11:33 PM PDT

On Jun 22, 4:24 pm, "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote: 


I have similar thought - could someone somehow change the Unix
priviledges/permissions to access the program. So that someone has
changes the owner priviledges of PP or/and other adjacent files to
read-only or prohibited the access, so now the powerpoint cannot run?

Office program failure to open

Posted: 21 Jun 2007 09:22 PM PDT

On 6/25/07 1:03 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

1. Use "Remove Office" found in the Additional Tools folder inside Office
2004 (I'm assuming it's 2004 since you didn't mention what version). This
will remove all files including invisible ones. It won't remove the
Microsoft User Data folder where you email and some of your other Office
data is located.

2. Next, run the Apple combo updater.Doing so overwrites potentially
problem-causing files. Combo updaters will install on the same version as
they¹re applying‹no need to roll back or do a clean install.

Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (PPC)
<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410combo
updateppc.html>

Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (Intel)

<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410combo
updateintel.html>

More info on why applying the combo updater helps:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/combo.html>

3. Install Office from the CD. You'll need your CD key. Update using the
11.3.5 Office combo updater.

If your Office applications don't launch now, test in a new User. Create a
new User in System Preferences to test. If it fails there, do an Archive &
Install of the OS.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

Project files

Posted: 19 Jun 2007 07:19 PM PDT

On 21/06/2007 3:49, in article
microsoft.com, "William Smith"
<comcast.net> wrote:
 

Another application to consider is OmniPlan:

<http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniplan/>

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***

Can two accounts use the same Applications word excel powerpoint etc

Posted: 19 Jun 2007 09:00 AM PDT

On Jun 20, 4:19 am, William Smith <comcast.net>
wrote: 

Has that installation been performed form Admin user account or
account with restricted priviledges?

New version of Office for Mac?

Posted: 18 Jun 2007 06:51 AM PDT

Look on the Microsoft Mactopia web page: that's the only reliable source of
that piece of information. If anyone tells you anything different than you
read on that he webpage, they're making up stories :-)

Unlike many large company websites, that one updates very frequently: any
new announcement will appear there before it appears anywhere else -- that's
where we get the information from!


On 18/6/07 11:21 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

We Need Simple Clear Sounds

Posted: 18 Jun 2007 01:43 AM PDT

Thank you. It is very usable.

On 07.6.19 6:35 AM, in article C29C489A.58732%mvps.org.invalid,
"Diane Ross" <mvps.org.invalid> wrote:
 

Office versions

Posted: 17 Jun 2007 09:32 AM PDT

The one you will usually notice most often is "Full Unicode Support".
Office 2004 supports a far wider range of characters in each font than
Office X. This is not a big issue if you do not send documents out from
your computer, but it's very handy if you receive documents from the Windows
world.

Cheers


On 18/6/07 2:02 AM, in article
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"net" <net> wrote:
 

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http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

File compatability between Window & Mac ver. of Words

Posted: 17 Jun 2007 02:54 AM PDT

thkx for the alternatives that you've provided.

Sound

Posted: 17 Jun 2007 01:50 AM PDT

On 6/17/07 2:57 AM, in article C29AC401.10AE2%org.INVALID, "Barry
Wainwright" <org.INVALID> wrote:
 

There is a link on the soundsets page for Carl McCallŒs My Outlook Express /
Entourage Soundsets Page that has several soundsets available.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

Writing Vertically

Posted: 17 Jun 2007 01:46 AM PDT

On 07.6.20 0:21 AM, in article
giganews.com, "Kurt"
<com> wrote:
 

It$B!G(Bs a problem of whether you want to correct writings on screen or on
paper. If you could tidy up vertically, directly, smoothly on screen, you
didn$B!G(Bt have to print documents to correct. Japanese writers who do not wish
the function mostly print documents for correcting. Since Word 2004 has such
a great capability to check writings over, it is preferable to tidy up on
screen.

Virtual PC attributes for Mac running intel.

Posted: 15 Jun 2007 04:10 PM PDT

Hi Dan:

The product you seek is named "Windows" :-)

Seriously, as Bob says, Windows will run just fine on your MacBook (I am
running Vista on this MacBook, but I suggest you buy something cheaper:
Windows 2000 was a very good year, and it should be available very
cheaply...)

When you get it, drop it into BootCamp. If you use it more often than
occasionally, Consider installing Parallels so you can run it as a guest in
Mac OS X. That's what I am doing, but you do have to pay for Parallels,
BootCamp is free :-)

It is important to install Bootcamp even if you are going to use Windows
with Parallels. It contains Windows drivers for the various bits of Apple
hardware your MacBook contains.

For your purposes, I would immediately update Windows to IE7. Not only is
it a much better browser than IE6, it is more capable of displaying picky
websites also.

I would *not* be tempted to put Safari for Windows into it, not until they
get the bugs out of it, or you may find various bits of Windows stop working
:-)

Cheers


On 16/6/07 8:40 AM, in article
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"biz" <biz> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

New version of Office for Mac

Posted: 15 Jun 2007 08:49 AM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

"Scheduled to be available in the second half of 2007"


http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-09MacworldPR.mspx

didn't remove Test Drive before installing Office for Mac

Posted: 14 Jun 2007 10:10 AM PDT

On Jun 14, 2:14 pm, JE McGimpsey <org> wrote: 

Hello:

Yes, this worked great, thanks. (I was thinking the Remove Office
wouldn't take care of anything relating to the Test Drive, but it
appears to have cleaned it all out.) Now reinstalled and working
well ....

Cheers ~ Deborah

Student and Teacher Edition Upgrade

Posted: 14 Jun 2007 07:59 AM PDT

In article <C297F826.212E%org>,
Michel Bintener <org> wrote:
 

Hi Michel!

To be honest I've never tried. But I thought I had been told by a
Microsoft representative once that it wasn't possible. It would make
sense. I'll defer to you.

bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)

Office not working

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 09:30 PM PDT

Hi Jill:

Sadly, that's a well-known side-effect of one of the nasty little utilities
out there that offers to "save disk space on your Mac". It appears that the
designer of said utility does not really understand modern software :-)

As to your husband, well, that's what login passwords are for. :-)

You tell him that you were reading up on "Security" on the Internet and
<insert name of favourite expert> recommended strongly that you put a
password on your computer, to prevent hackers getting in.

What you would be saying is, in fact, true :-) If you put a password on the
machine, he will have to ASK you for it each time he wants to fiddle. You
can then ask him what he's going to do and how it will help YOU :-)

If you don't understand the answer, tell him to try it on his machine, and
let you know how well it works in six months and you will "consider" it :-)

What's to prevent you using the startup disk from your husband's machine?
So long as you have the correct licence key (the one for YOUR machine...) it
should work fine... Actually, I don't think you even need a licence key for
an Apple startup disk, do you?

Cheers


On 18/6/07 12:07 PM, in article
googlegroups.com, "Jill"
<ca> wrote:
 

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Office 2008 + SharePoint

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 08:00 PM PDT

Hi Chris:

Those who know are not allowed to tell us. Those who tell us, don't know!

That said, my guess is that Mac Office 2008 users will need to use
SharePoint via a browser only. I doubt if there will be any integration at
all: they will need to check things out in the browser, work on them, then
upload and check them back in using the browser again.

I hope I am wrong...


On 13/6/07 12:30 PM, in article
com, "Chris"
<microsoft.com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
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http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Maximum window size ?

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 05:26 AM PDT

Bob:

That's a perfectly feasible scenario, I suggest... However, Elliott's
long-long-suffering wife is never likely to be that convinced.

She was minutely examining every twitch of his eyebrows in the local Apple
Store: He got away with only a single copy of CS-3, and even then, only
because it was half the London price ... I think she's awake to his little
tricks...

Cheers


On 17/6/07 7:42 AM, in article C299D873.25F7F%cast.net,
"CyberTaz" <cast.net> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Word template for a small envelope for placecards, Avery 3264

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 04:32 AM PDT




On 6/16/07 6:11 AM, in article C299ED79.4542%name, "John McGhie"
<name> wrote:
 

Been there, done that, have both the Hat & the T-Shirt... See my reply of
6/15 to l_c in the Mac Office forum:>)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Problems installing Office Mac 2004 after Office Mac Test Drive trashed

Posted: 10 Jun 2007 10:43 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

The only way to know that is to run the Remove Office application, which
can be found on your S&T Office install CD.
 

Your S&T edition contains 3 licenses. You can install/uninstall as many
times as you like, but you can only have 3 copies running simultaneously.

Microsoft Outlook Web Access?

Posted: 09 Jun 2007 10:31 AM PDT

On 6/10/07 1:04 AM, in article
microsoft.com, "William Smith"
<comcast.net> wrote:
 

If you update Office X to the latest version (10.1.9) from
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/>, you can try setting up your Exchange
account in Entourage in Tools > Accounts. It uses a different protocol, but
you may still be able to access your mail.

--
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/>

Looking for Mac Office 2004 version of Microsoft Office Document Imaging (or other Mac TIF viewer)

Posted: 08 Jun 2007 01:23 PM PDT

It looks like the Preview function of OS 10.4 does support mult-page
TIF, the secret is to click on the drawer icon to open a pane on the right
side of the window showing the additional pages. I still wish that
Microsoft would make a Mac version of the Office Document Imaging for the
next version of Office.

<noemail> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

office can't launch

Posted: 08 Jun 2007 03:00 AM PDT

On 6/8/07 3:00 AM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"nl" <nl> wrote:
 

First try downloading the combo updater from Apple and run it again rather
than using Software Update. Doing so overwrites potentially problem-causing
files. Use "Remove Office" and re-install and update Office. If this does
not work, you will need to do an Archive & Install of the OS.

See Microsoft KB 842646

<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842646>

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>