At Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:46:48 -0400 "Everything Computers" <mrcomputertutor at gmail.com> wrote: > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > A friend sent me the following and since I am more conversant with the PC I > defer to the list for suggestions: > > > The EMac Issues. WE are stuck in a no-man's land > between operating systems. We constantly have to switch > back and forth between operating systems 9 and 10 - only 9 > can get us onto the internet, but we need 10 to use the > jazzy new printer we got. But we still can't use the new > printer because it insists we need a password that we don't > know. Also, how can I bring everything from 9 with me to 10 > (and vice versa)? Also, every now and then, for no > apparent reason when I am working on a document, a ghost > just seems to take over and either deletes (as in one > letter at a time) or adds spaces (almost as if some unseen > force has its finger pressed down on either the space bar > or the delete key and there is no way to stop it. I simply > exit the document as quickly as I can and hope not to lose > too much. > > > > 1. can connect to internet in OS 9 but not 10 This is strange. Sounds like some sort of configuation weirdness. How *exactly* do you connect to the internet (physical connection): dial-up with internal/external modem? Broadband (DSL, Cable, Satelite, T1/Office LAN)? If dial-up via modem, you need to configure the modem and the dialer. If broadband, you need to *properly* configure the EtherNet, possibly including a PPPoE setup (depends on your provider and whether or not you are using a broadband router). > > 1. can't use printer with 9 (too new) can with 10 but it asks for a > password we never entered > 2. move stuff from 9 to 10 and get rid of 9 > 3. exorcize the demon taking over machine I believe up through 10.3 (tiger?) OSX included a 'Classic Mac' emulator (a MacOS 9 emulation mode). This *probably* is only meaningful for legacy applications and would not help with problem 1 above. It should be possible to install OSX 'over' OS9 and preserve everything. Is this what you have or do you have two 'partitions' (logical disks)? If you have two logical disks (partitions), you should be able to move all of your data files to the OSX partition. You *should* upgrade all of your software (as much as you can) to the OSX version. This might not be possible for some older applications, those you'll have to move over as well. Once everything is moved over, the OS9 partition can be wiped and possible merged into the OSX partition or just made into a second, empty (for now!) file system and your system set to single boot (OSX only). The ghost/demon *sounds* like a funky keyboard/mouse or funky/loose keyboard/mouse cable -- either could be sending 'extrainous' bytes, which might look like spaces and/or the delete key. Check your cables and/or swap the keyboard and/or mouse. Don't know about the printer's password. That sounds like some kind of setup problem. Is it a *network* printer? Which network protocol is it using? Does the printer have a 'setup' console (a small LCD screen and bunch of buttons to traverse a menu)? Many higher end network printers have this. One of the menu items might be clueful. Or else there might be a system settings thing which controls the password (some silly default setting which needs to be reset or something). > > Any thoughts would be helpful. thanks, > Brendan > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk