11/11/2011

[macsupport] Digest Number 8547

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1a.

Re: Software Sharing - 2008 Microsoft Office for Mac

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:54 pm (PST)



Sounds like normal Apple network protection. The standard Apple protection routine checks the network on program start for a matching license already running and will not run if that license is already running somewhere else on the same LAN. Apple apps have been this way for a very long time.

The license terms and the protection mechanism are two different issues. The license may say you can install on a desktop and laptop but it also likely says these must be owned and used by the same person. The mechanism only allows you to run one copy at a time on the same LAN, which if you are following the letter of the license is all you would need. Adobe has the same license, but uses different protection mechanism which would actually permit what you are doing, even though it violates the agreement.

You can likely run two copies of Office 2008 if you are on two different LANs (say one person at home and one at work). In a pinch, I've disconnected my laptop from the network when I needed such an app to run an app that is also running on my desktop.

Cheers,
tod

On Nov 9, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Steve wrote:

> We have two Macs at home on a TimeCapsule Wifi system
>
> I bought a 2008 Microsoft for Mac and placed it on both computers thinking that I could run it on both computers. I was wrong, it could only be run on a Laptop and desktop.
>
> I bought a second 2008 microsoft Office, deleted the version from my girlfriend's computer and loaded it on.
>
> We STILL cannot run 2008 Word at the same time. The system thinks that we are running the SAME version of the software.
>
> Anyone have an ideas?
> Steve
>
>

Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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Re: OT: ereader selfpublishing

Posted by: "Guy Kudlemyer" gwkuddles@comcast.net   truckersroost

Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:02 pm (PST)



Oneal:

I am in the same boat, having just recently been published in book form.
When I inquired to my circle of author friends, I was informed that
amazon.com has a tutorial located *somewhere* on their website for this
purpose. I've not yet been able to locate it (but then again, I haven't had
time to look deeply for it, either...)

If you are successful in locating the information that you desire, I, for
one, would be eternally grateful if you would post it here for the benefit
of the rest of us!

Best of luck to you on this endeavor!

Guy
Thurston, OR

> From: Oneal Neumann <wardell.h.s@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Mac Support Central <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:47:35 -0500
> To: Mac Support Central <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [macsupport] OT: ereader selfpublishing
>
>
> I would like to go the nontraditional route and selfpublish in a nonbook form.
> I would like to make my manuscript available for purchase.
>
> Has anyone experience with this? I presume that I would have to obtain
> software (beyond Word, which I have) in order to upload a product to a
> provider.
>
> Not that I would necessarily ultimately want to end up there, but how could I
> get a business like Amazon to sell my ebook?
>
> I‚m just starting to explore this. Thanx. Oneal
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: OT: ereader selfpublishing

Posted by: "Tim O'Donoghue" tjod@drizzle.net   timodonoghue

Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:19 pm (PST)



Not too specific, but this might be of interest in general for Amazon.

On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Guy Kudlemyer wrote:

> Oneal:
>
> I am in the same boat, having just recently been published in book form.
> When I inquired to my circle of author friends, I was informed that
> amazon.com has a tutorial located *somewhere* on their website for this
> purpose. I've not yet been able to locate it (but then again, I haven't had
> time to look deeply for it, either...)
>
> If you are successful in locating the information that you desire, I, for
> one, would be eternally grateful if you would post it here for the benefit
> of the rest of us!
>
> Best of luck to you on this endeavor!
>
> Guy
> Thurston, OR
>
>
>> From: Oneal Neumann <wardell.h.s@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Mac Support Central <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:47:35 -0500
>> To: Mac Support Central <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [macsupport] OT: ereader selfpublishing
>>
>>
>> I would like to go the nontraditional route and selfpublish in a nonbook form.
>> I would like to make my manuscript available for purchase.
>>
>> Has anyone experience with this? I presume that I would have to obtain
>> software (beyond Word, which I have) in order to upload a product to a
>> provider.
>>
>> Not that I would necessarily ultimately want to end up there, but how could I
>> get a business like Amazon to sell my ebook?
>>
>> I�m just starting to explore this. Thanx. Oneal
>>
>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: OT: ereader selfpublishing

Posted by: "Tim O'Donoghue" tjod@drizzle.net   timodonoghue

Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:19 pm (PST)



� and here;s the link:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2016532151_amazonbooks18.html?cmpid=2628

On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Tim O'Donoghue wrote:

> Not too specific, but this might be of interest in general for Amazon.
>
> On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Guy Kudlemyer wrote:
>
>> Oneal:
>>
>> I am in the same boat, having just recently been published in book form.
>> When I inquired to my circle of author friends, I was informed that
>> amazon.com has a tutorial located *somewhere* on their website for this
>> purpose. I've not yet been able to locate it (but then again, I haven't had
>> time to look deeply for it, either...)
>>
>> If you are successful in locating the information that you desire, I, for
>> one, would be eternally grateful if you would post it here for the benefit
>> of the rest of us!
>>
>> Best of luck to you on this endeavor!
>>
>> Guy
>> Thurston, OR
>>
>>
>>> From: Oneal Neumann <wardell.h.s@gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: Mac Support Central <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:47:35 -0500
>>> To: Mac Support Central <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [macsupport] OT: ereader selfpublishing
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to go the nontraditional route and selfpublish in a nonbook form.
>>> I would like to make my manuscript available for purchase.
>>>
>>> Has anyone experience with this? I presume that I would have to obtain
>>> software (beyond Word, which I have) in order to upload a product to a
>>> provider.
>>>
>>> Not that I would necessarily ultimately want to end up there, but how could I
>>> get a business like Amazon to sell my ebook?
>>>
>>> I�m just starting to explore this. Thanx. Oneal
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Group FAQ:
>>> <http://www.macsupportcentral.com/policies/>
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>>>
>>>
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>>
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Re: OT: ereader selfpublishing

Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca   epsongroups

Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:09 pm (PST)



Oneal,
As part of the answers to your questions, you can become an Amazon
vendor anytime, and there is no charge to sign up. You would need a bank
account for them to be able to get your money from Amazon, who clears
all the transactions for the purchasers and sends you the money. I would
use a separate savings or chequing account specifically for that. If you
do eBanking, the cheapest account should suffice. I started to get set
up, but have not completed the process at this point. I was going to
sell off a whole bunch of used books and CDs we have and will still
pursue that. Know too, that Amazon.ca and Amazon.com are different
entities with different rules, and categories of products you can sell.
Amazon.ca has only a small selection of those product lines available at
Amazon.com. Another venture to try is to sell your ebooks on eBay. That
way buyers deal directly with you, though you need an eBay membership
and PayPal account to process payments. With PayPal, you don't need a
bank account but will need a credit card (to pay for any fees or
purchases exceeding your PayPal balance). PayPal will also send you a
Mastercard debit card that you can use to get your cash at ATM machines
or as a credit card, to the limit of your account balance....

Email me off llst if you have other questions that may be OT for this
list...

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Re: faster DNS 21% via namebench

Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca   epsongroups

Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:56 pm (PST)



While I can't give you a percentage increase in browsing experience,
both for Firefox and Safari, adding the servers listed by namebench and
openDNS made a significant difference in speed. While Firefox had slowed
to a crawl, even for loading specific websites, these changes had what I
think a significant improvement in performance. I also deleted that
preference file, and can't say one way or the other.... someone else
commented that it would be rebuilt - ok - so make it part of the
housecleaning routine to delete it more frequently and you'll be happier...

Thanks for the suggestions!

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Re: faster DNS 21% via namebench

Posted by: "Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen@earthlink.net   dougyelmen

Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:51 pm (PST)



thanks, Randy. i followed your advise. made things a little snappier. still haven''t changed my DNS. want to talk to Comcast first.
thanks again, Randy.

doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlink.net

In a world as crazy as this one, it ought to be easy to find something that happens solely by chance. It isn't.
Kevin McKeen
The Orderly Pursuit of Pure Disorder.
Discover, January, 1981

On Nov 10, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Bill B. wrote:

> At 6:06 PM -0800 11/9/11, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>> And try moving this file to the trash:
>> [hard drive icon] --> Users folder --> [your user name] --> Library --
>>> Preferences --> com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist
>>
>>
>> You might be shocked by how fast your browsing is after doing all that.
>
> Why? Won't the pref just be recreated?
>
> Bill
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Re: faster DNS 21% via namebench

Posted by: "Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen@earthlink.net   dougyelmen

Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:55 pm (PST)



it is True, Jurgen, that you can always delete a plist, and it will be automatically replaced by a new one.
but, i don't understand is changing my DNS as it is dynamic, and constantly changes. so, there is a piece
of that puzzle i need to understand first.

i use Chrome almost exclusively. much faster than Safari or FF. it took me a long while to switch
from Safari.

doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlink.net

In a world as crazy as this one, it ought to be easy to find something that happens solely by chance. It isn't.
Kevin McKeen
The Orderly Pursuit of Pure Disorder.
Discover, January, 1981

On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Jurgen Richter wrote:

> While I can't give you a percentage increase in browsing experience,
> both for Firefox and Safari, adding the servers listed by namebench and
> openDNS made a significant difference in speed. While Firefox had slowed
> to a crawl, even for loading specific websites, these changes had what I
> think a significant improvement in performance. I also deleted that
> preference file, and can't say one way or the other.... someone else
> commented that it would be rebuilt - ok - so make it part of the
> housecleaning routine to delete it more frequently and you'll be happier...
>
> Thanks for the suggestions!
>
>
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Re: faster DNS 21% via namebench

Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com   randybrucesinger

Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:37 pm (PST)




On Nov 10, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Bill B. wrote:

> Why? Won't the pref just be recreated?

Yes, of course. That's the entire point. To get a fresh, new,
uncorrupted copy of that preferences file.

___________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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iPhone 4s: printing to an ethernet or bluetooth or USB printer?

Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca   epsongroups

Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:17 pm (PST)



I love my new phone and can see it taking the place of my mac for some
duties. To make it even more useful, what app can someone suggest to be
able to print directly to a printer on an ethernet network, or wireless
Bluetooth printer. I have a Canon 560... I did buy the ACTPrint app and
this is great for getting documents TO the phone, and I could print to a
printer from there BUT it is asking for and cannot find an "air printer"
= what's that? Is there another app I have to acquire to print to my
existing printers, or what? I don't have an airport base station,
(though my two macs have airport and Bluetooth built in) and no other
wifi except my dsl router. I'm not about to get another printer just
for that.... so far I have been unable to figure out how to set up a
BluetoothPAN network to communicate with the phone. I keep getting a
message that the network is unavailable, even though the phone is paired
with my Mac Pro... another question for another day.

Thanks for your patience with my noob iphone questions....

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Re: Notice of moderation policy change

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:50 pm (PST)



Once the genie is out of the bottle, how do you put it back in?

I quit several yahoo group lists years ago and it took almost 9 years to get rid of all the spam from those yahoo lists. In the last year, I have signed up for 3 yahoo lists and I can track the source of the rise in spam to this email address, to iomug and apple-iphone yahoo lists. The spam that came from a spammer who gathered e-ddresses from apple-iphone is sending the filthiest porn I have seen in a long time, using a Hotmail e-ddress.

I'm thinking about dropping this e-dress after about 13 years because of the extra spam from these two yahoo lists.

So once a spammer gathers the e-ddress from this list and start spamming, how are you going to un-do that? Granted a lurker can also be a spammer.

Brent

On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:20 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:

> I'm disappointed too. The policy was introduced for a reason, and I don't
> understand why we would have a backlog.
>
> But anyway, let's see how this works; we can always go back if we need to.
>
> Otto
>
> On 10 November 2011 04:06, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > While I understand the decision, I am sincerely disappointed.
> >
> > 90% or more of the spam I receive can be traced back to two of the three
> > yahoo group lists that I belong to, but not to MacSupport. Some that
> > started in October is some of the most disgusting I have ever received.
> >
> > After 11 years, I may finally have to abandon this user name.

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Re: Notice of moderation policy change

Posted by: "Michel Munger" michel@macsupportcentral.com   mmungermtl

Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:19 pm (PST)



Errrrr. There is something you may not get here.

At Yahoo Groups, individual addresses such as yours are protected
against indexing by spammers.

The only thing a spammer can do is join the group and post a spam
message. Then be removed by one of our moderators.

What happens to your email address elsewhere on the Net, however, is
another thing.

Michel (Group owner)

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N.A. Nada said:
> Once the genie is out of the bottle, how do you put it back in?
>
> I quit several yahoo group lists years ago and it took almost 9 years to get rid of all the spam from those yahoo lists. In the last year, I have signed up for 3 yahoo lists and I can track the source of the rise in spam to this email address, to iomug and apple-iphone yahoo lists. The spam that came from a spammer who gathered e-ddresses from apple-iphone is sending the filthiest porn I have seen in a long time, using a Hotmail e-ddress.
>
> I'm thinking about dropping this e-dress after about 13 years because of the extra spam from these two yahoo lists.
>
> So once a spammer gathers the e-ddress from this list and start spamming, how are you going to un-do that? Granted a lurker can also be a spammer.
>
> Brent

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Re: Notice of moderation policy change

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:35 pm (PST)



> Errrrr. There is something you may not get here.
>
> At Yahoo Groups, individual addresses such as yours are protected
> against indexing by spammers.
>
> The only thing a spammer can do is join the group and post a spam
> message. Then be removed by one of our moderators.
>
> What happens to your email address elsewhere on the Net, however, is
> another thing.
>
> Michel (Group owner)

Thank you Michel.

That was my impression: that my address has never been harvested via Yahoo.
But I had no knowledge of the inner workings, so I said nothing.

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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com

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Re: Notice of moderation policy change

Posted by: "chas" chasm@texas.net   schuetzen

Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:02 pm (PST)



On 11/10/11 10:19 PM, Michel Munger wrote:
> Errrrr. There is something you may not get here.
>
> At Yahoo Groups, individual addresses such as yours are protected against
> indexing by spammers.
>
> The only thing a spammer can do is join the group and post a spam message.
> Then be removed by one of our moderators.
>
> What happens to your email address elsewhere on the Net, however, is
> another thing.
>
> Michel (Group owner)

Actually, there are several ways any person can lose his email privacy on a
YHG elist.

a simple one is someone including the list address in a TO line and other
members in a CC line. in a BCC, isn't going to happen.
another is cross posting a message from another list or source with the
mailing address in the bottom lines of the message - why uploaded messages
from other sources (subscribed, other sources) should be carefully checked to
make sure that your address is removed (sanitizing the message). and then
there are headers, etc and so on.

We as listowners can only do so much with the software capabilities provided
to us by the host. The member who submits private email, and so on, MUST
take the time to be sure that REPLY TO, and other header and footer lines are
clean.

fwiw,

chas hamilton, YHG list owner since 1997 or thereabouts.
and of hosts which were bought by YHG along the way like ONELIST and Egroups,
etc.

Chas

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Re: Notice of moderation policy change

Posted by: "Don" y-groups.96705@hawaiiantel.net   don.96705

Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:09 pm (PST)



Michel

I support what you are doing to eliminate spam. However my experience does not match yours RE: address indexing.

Almost a year ago I joined the [ASP-Developers] group. Its one of those join first then find out what we are groups. Interesting group page but NO messages readable by nonmembers. After joining I found out the postings are very long Arabic messages with interspersed english language commercials for Cisco certification training in Egypt.

Took me about 18 hours to unsubscribe. I sent zero messages to the group.

I still get email for that group. Fortunately they are so dumb they include [ASP-Developers] in the subject line so a message rule deletes the spam as it comes in.

Individual addresses ARE NOT protected against indexing. Maybe its only moderators but somebody has access to individual addresses.

Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Mac Pro 2-2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
OS X 10.7.1
6GB Ram

On Nov 10, 2011, at 18:19, Michel Munger wrote:

> Errrrr. There is something you may not get here.
>
> At Yahoo Groups, individual addresses such as yours are protected
> against indexing by spammers.
>
> The only thing a spammer can do is join the group and post a spam
> message. Then be removed by one of our moderators.
>
> What happens to your email address elsewhere on the Net, however, is
> another thing.
>
> Michel (Group owner)

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Re: Notice of moderation policy change

Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com   nikyzf

Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:47 am (PST)



A few of us are also members of apple-iphone. I wonder if we all get that
spam. I do, and I agree, it's the worst I've ever received.

Otto

On 11 November 2011 01:50, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:

> Once the genie is out of the bottle, how do you put it back in?
>
> I quit several yahoo group lists years ago and it took almost 9 years to
> get rid of all the spam from those yahoo lists. In the last year, I have
> signed up for 3 yahoo lists and I can track the source of the rise in spam
> to this email address, to iomug and apple-iphone yahoo lists. The spam that
> came from a spammer who gathered e-ddresses from apple-iphone is sending
> the filthiest porn I have seen in a long time, using a Hotmail e-ddress.
>
> I'm thinking about dropping this e-dress after about 13 years because of
> the extra spam from these two yahoo lists.
>
> So once a spammer gathers the e-ddress from this list and start spamming,
> how are you going to un-do that? Granted a lurker can also be a spammer.
>
>

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Re: Firewall In Lion

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:59 pm (PST)



Harry, was this install a clean install or an upgrade install?

My upgrade install has the firewall turned on, like it was in 10.6.8.

Brent

On Nov 10, 2011, at 8:40 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:

> Jim,
>
> In one of Pogue's missives, he complimented Apple for the security measures they took, firewall on for instance. Seems those days are gone for some reason. Maybe an oversight.
>
> I own Little Snitch anyway, so I wasn't too worried about it.
>
> Harry
>
> On Nov 10, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Jim Hamm wrote:
>
> > Harry, yes, the firewall is turned off by default. Not sure of the
> > logic of why Apple does this....JC
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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Re: Firewall In Lion

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:07 pm (PST)



I never looked at my upgrade install. The clean install defaulted OFF. I would imagine an archive and install would hold the settings of the system that it was replacing. That's usually the way it is.

Harry

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On Nov 10, 2011, at 8:59 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:

> Harry, was this install a clean install or an upgrade install?
>
> My upgrade install has the firewall turned on, like it was in 10.6.8.
>
> Brent

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Re: Lion / Bootcamp??

Posted by: "Katrin" kaekka@gmx.de   kaekka

Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:50 am (PST)





Hi Kim,

I've had the same problem. A genius at the German Apple Store in Oberhausen told me, that Lion comes with Bootcamp 4, which does not support Win XP anymore. BUT: If you have Windows XP already installed with Boot Camp 3 under Snowleopard and upgrade to Lion afterwards, then Bootcamp 3 will not update to Bootcamp 4. So you can keep your Win XP Bootcamp partition but you won't be able to install Windows 7.
I updated to Lion after being told and I didn't have any problems with my Windows XP Bootcamp partition at all!

I also found this:
"OS X Lion - Technical Specifications
Boot Camp
supports existing Boot Camp installations with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. New Boot Camp installations require Windows 7 (sold separately)."
(http://support.apple.com/kb/SP629?viewlocale=en_US)

Maybe another solution would be the free App rEFIt (my daughter uses it, but she upgraded to Lion with an already existing Win XP Bootcamp partition, too). I think you can still set up a new Windows XP partition using this instead of Bootcamp, but I'm not sure about it. You can find it here: http://refit.sourceforge.net/

Katrin

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Kim VanderLaan <kimvndlaan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope someone here might have a definitive answer for me. I have yet to upgrade to Lion. One of the things holding me back is the fear that I might lose my Boot Camp partition.
>
> I am currently running Windows XP service pack 2 on my Boot Camp partition. I only use this to play one particular game (that no longer updates), but I really do not want to lose it.
>
> From what I have read, Windows XP is no longer supported with the version of Boot Camp that comes with Lion. Is it possible to install Lion over Snow Leopard, while leaving the current Boot Camp partition alone so it still works the way it does now?
>
> My game works fine under this version of Windows and I don't know how well it will work with a different / newer version (I know some people had trouble when they upgraded) and I really don't want to have to buy another Windows disk.
>
> Can anyone give me a definitive answer?
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Kim
>
>
> *****************************
> Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share does provide us with an accurate reading of the percentage of reasonable people in our society.
> -- Roger Ebert
>

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