Mac Forum / General / Networking / May 2007

I've got the Msdros remote desktop that works OK.
What I'd like to do, though, is to have a remote desktop from my iBook
to my G5 computer, both on the most recent OS/X, tiger. release.
What program do I have to use to log in to my G5 from my iBook so that

Here it is 2007 and I am still using Microsoft's ancient Outlook
Express, which only runs in Classic.  I sure would like to get out from
under it.  What has stopped me is that Outlook Express includes a
wonderful flexible searching facility called Advanced Search that can

Afternoon,
Is there a way to get OS X (10.3 in my case) to automatically do something
when the network gets initialised? I gave a powerbook, which i take from
place to place, connecting to and disconnecting from a variety of wired

I am trying to move files from an old PPC 7500 to a G4 laptop. I have
set up an ethernet connection so they can see each other: one in the
chooser and the other from GO Network.
But they don't connect because of AFP errors. Someone recommended

Is it possible to dial up a phone from the command line via the internet in
OS X?
What I mean is that I type "dial 1-212-555-5555" and then the phone starts
to ring. My mac is connected to the internet but is unrelated to the phone

Here is the situation: A friend living in Australia needs
to provide computer support to his old father who lives
in Sweden. In such situations I install a copy of VNC
on both machines: One in listening mode, the other in

I run a small network of a mesh of PC's and Macs. Recently, I noticed
that after applying microsoft's monthly patches, the three Mac's that
I have are unable to connect to any of the file shares I have setup.
Each mac connects with a different user name and pass, but the users

When I attempt to bring up the registration form from this page...
<http://www.rewardzone.partnercardservices.com/>
...I do not get a secure page according to both Firefox and Safari.  
Their technical support person told me that no matter what Firefox

I just received a message from AT&T/Yahoo regarding new mail
settings and I cannot seem to get them to work with MT-NW 3.5.2
The good stuff from AT&T says
Open your email client program.

I'm the bastard Mac child on an all-Windows network. Not much IT support,
but I rarely need it.
Yesterday my aliases to our main file server stopped working. Connections to
other file servers continue to work fine. Co-workers' Windows machines are

Ever since I connected my iBook to a wireless network using built-in
airport, it must select the network at startup and will also select
the network again when recovering from stand-by mode. This has been
annoying me and I have inspected everything that could be related to