Mac Forum / Applications / Other MS Products / July 2004

Does anyone know which version of msn messenger i need for an apple imac??
Please email me the answer as i don't have time to check this!!, Thanks

Hi, I just bought my daughter a used powerbook that has
8.6 on it.  I am trying to download msn messenger for her
to use on it, but all I can find is for 9.0 or better.  I
see that updated 2.1, but can't I still get it?  Anyone

Hi All
Does anyone have any suggestions for software that I can use to sync my iPAQ
Pocket PC with my G5 Mac? (I was using ActiveSync with Windows XP)
Any help would be appreciated.

Hat jemand Erfahrung mit dem Ordner StartupItems?
Ich habe das Programm SMART für die Überwachung der Festplatte installiert.
So weit so gut. Ich kann das Programm wunderbar aufrufen in Terminal aber
nur manuell. Ich moechte das Programm aber automatisch starten und zwar

I have been reading about several problems like this
recently that previously working installs all of a suddon
stop working.  this has also happened to me and it seems
like the last round of critical updates is the cause.  

Anybody have anymore info regarding the latest batch of security
updates
breaking Mac services?  We've been running Mac's with our Win2000
server for

Hi there---
Where do I find good info on what the hell these news servers are? Never
heard of them or how they work.
Thanks and peace,

This has been an issue for some time, but really need a
resolution. We have several mac's connecting to an IOMEGA
NAS When they delete files and empty trash, next time they
attach to the server (Win 2003) the files reappear.

I just downloaded the OS 9.2.2 version from the Mactopia site and
compared it to the version Israel Marin kindly tracked down. They
appear to be the same, i.e. 2.5.1. So I think it's just a case of the
Mactopia page being well out-of-date (it says last updated August 2003

Last Friday our share on the Win2K server got a message
that it had exceeded 65,000 files and folders.  We have
cleaned it up since then but the older MAC's still cannot
see the share.  I have deleted the share, deleted File

I just successfully signed in to MSN Messennger 2.5 w/ Classic 9.2.2.
I like the interface on Mac Messenger, but abhor the instability it has
caused. Two or three crashes a day where I used to crash only once or
twice a week...

Anyone been able to get a screen res better than 800X600
and 16bit? That size is not very usefull. If I remote
desktop with a PC I can get up to the res of the client
I'm using.

I have tried installing MAC file services both on a
windows 2000 and 2003 servers. I am getting the same
error, it reads:
The file server for Macintosh service was unable to

I just tried to sign into MSN 2.5 and a screen came up saying that
there had been an updated version of MSN, and would I like to download
it? It also said that this new version had to be downloaded if I
wanted to continue using MSN.

Today after a virus attack (some type of gaobot) and updates of Microsoft
patches 841872, 841873, and 842526, Macintosh users (OS 9 and OS X) can
no longer connect to our W2K server running Services for Macintosh using
AFP. They can connect using SMB. Box is W2K Server SP4. I ...