barretec

I believe that yo can get Windows emulation software to run on a Mac. That would be a good workaround although you would have to get hold of a copy of Win XP.

The other way would be to get an old headless computer running XP Pro and access it via remote desktop on your Mac.

barretec, Might "also" be worth you C&Pasting post 6594 on the dedicated Apple thread which can be accessed from the search on here that I set up last year.

Optimist, thanks for the reply however I was trying to avoid emulation but might seem the only option or of cause trade via the phone. I have no need for windows so it seems a bit OTT just to trade a few times a month.

Stan, I raised the mac issue on that thread and it was picked up by Moneyam support, I must say I'm concerned re their lack of urgency in addressing what seems a minor detail, in fact another posted even told them what the problem was. I'm sure if it occurred during Vista or XP installation it would have soon been rectified.

barretec:

MoneyAM was developed to run on the Mac as well as Windows (or any other box with a standard browser and Java, such as Linux). So all should be well, but it seems that there has been a change to Safari of late that caused some minor problems.

As for your CFD provider problems, I find myself speechless at the number of brain-dead developers that are let loose on financial site software. Internet Explorer is such a heap of cr@p that, once you've got something to work with it, it can be the devil's own job to get it to work on standards-compliant browsers. Ask any web developer that isn't married to Bill Gates . . .

I can't speak for MoneyAM, but I understand that they've had a number of difficult issues to deal with of late which seem to be the problems of success. I happen to know that their systems have had to be upsized to deal with much greater loads during all this market volatility. I'm sure they will get to your issue -- after all, the number of Mac users is going up!

Regards

MM

stockwatch not working. Says i'm not subscribed !

edit: problem fixed -thank you

Hi Ian

i am getting the following message suddenly:
Sorry!
Your subscription does not include access to this feature
To access this feature you will need to upgrade your current subscription.

my sub is same - no change - no advice to change????
help please

rgds

Interesting - and free for good basic - alternative to adobe, for anyone who doesn't know it, which I find quicker and much more user friendly, and according to the boffins at avast, more secure too:http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Thanks for that Harwick.

If all you want is a PDF reader, check out Sumatra PDF. It's a fast but basic viewer, and will run as a standalone program.

Thanks to you too Optimist.

I have an Asus S5 laptop running XP Pro.

I have just bought some 4gb SDHC camera cards.

None of the card readers I have bought for those cards is recognised in any of the USB slots - but all work OK in the USB slots of the XP Pro PC in my studio.

When I plug these card readers into the Asus I see Other Devices and a yellow exclamation mark in System Devices in the Control Panel.

Oddly my older CF card readers work with no problem.

I believe I am up to date with my Service Packs and will double check in a mo'.

None of the three card readers I have bought have driver disks as they are supposed to work without one under XP Pro. So they do on one machine. Any clues as to how I can get them to work on the Asus please?

Thanks in advance for any help.

TP

TP fwiw - I have a intergral sd card reader and a free gift usb sd card reader. No problems with either on my ASUS. Sorry - no advice to offer.

Was anybody affected by an internet outage yesterday afternoon? My Sky broadband went down at 3:07pm and wasn't back until this morning. Dora from Delhi in Sky Technical Support claimed it was a global outage to do with the earthquake, but when I pointed out that the earthquake had happened over 12 hours before the service went down, she seemed pretty clueless.

Pipex at home Hil and NTL / Virgin at work, both fine throughout the whole period.

Thanks, Seymour. I asked the question because none of my friends or family had a problem and I couldn't find anything about a major outage on the internet.

Next question: Why do I hate Batty Bits in call centres?

hilary. My Sky broadband was ok all afternoon.
All my Sky contacts have always been in Glasgow, can't understand a word. Have they changed?

Bolshi,

The ones in Scotland are OK, but I seem to remember from when I moved to Sky that they also have call centres in Ireland and the Far East somewhere (Malaysia maybe???).

Yesterday I got the one in the Far East. They're as nice as pie out there, but about as much use as a pork sausage at a bar mitzvah. I normally ask them what the weather's like in London today.

hil,

"I normally ask them what the weather's like in London today. "

We got on well when we were just back from a holiday in Rajasthan. Lots of things to chat about when the help advice asked for an (inevitably slow) re-boot!

TP

I'm trying to send a screenshot and it seems I need Paint as part of the process. But I haven't Paint listed in my Accessories list. Any ideas anyone. I'm running
XP Pro. TIA

TOK

You should be able to get by with any graphics application, most of which are better than paint.

If you do need paint, Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs / Click the Add or Remove Windows components and drill down the Accessories where you will find it. Check its box and keep clicking OK.