install microsoft updates?? 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 googlegroups.com, "com" <com> wrote: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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 |
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: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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 |
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 applyingno 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: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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 googlegroups.com, "net" <net> wrote: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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 |
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 McCalls 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 googlegroups.com, "biz" <biz> wrote: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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 |
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: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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 |
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: -- Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. 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/> |