Date:         Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:52:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: NVC at all - computer questions
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dear all
if i were starting a new computer today i would not purchase MSOffice at all

Google offers all the things that Office does and for free
openoffice is ok ... but only moderately so ...
it is cumbersome it comparison to what google offers ...
each time open office opens it tells me i have updates ready ... and it
tells me by replacing the browser i am looking at with an update page... so
now i always open a blank browser before opening open office... but that is
not what i do now anyway as google has all that either openoffice of
MSOFFICE offer
google docs google presentations ... i mean really the list is endless
...and the best part is google hosts the stuff on their computer freeing up
valuable space on mine

joy because this is a new computer and has nothing of importance on it yet
..
i would simply reinstall windows ... but i know there is a better fix then
that cause windows installed some kind of internal check and repair program
..i just cant think of it right now ...

as for running photoshop on the xp machine ...
simply click that you will register by phone when installing ...
that will be the end of those questions ...
it should update as per normal so long as the #'s that installed it on the
other machine allow it to install on your machine ...

gosh i like my mac lots and lots
yours

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Steven Smith <kewsps@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Joy, you might try GIMP for a Photoshop replacement. Haven't used it much
> myself, but Photoshop is getting to expensive for my needs, so I will
> probably start getting to know GIMP better in the near future.
>
>  Email: Are you trying to use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook express? I use
> Outlook Express which is built into windows and should be listed in your
> programs menu. The problem you are mentioning sounds like an old familiar
> one that went away for me when I started using Outlook Express.
>  Good Luck,
>  Steven
>
>
> http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-and-their-open-source-alternatives/
>
> Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>  Hi all,
>
> It's Friday, and I'm stumped on some irrelevant stuff, so I thought I'd
> email you folks and see if anyone can help.
>
> I just got a new laptop - IBM compatible, running XP, which is the same as
> my old (falling apart) one. I'm trying to deal with loading software on
> it,
> and having various problems:
>
> 1. I have a legal copy of Office 2003. I loaded it on the new machine.
> Word and Excel work, but when I run Outlook it tells me the MAPI32.DLLfile
> is corrupted or not compatible, and that might be because I had installed
> another messaging system. I haven't. I reinstalled Office, it does the
> same. The new computer has a trial version of Office 2007, and I did
> unthinkingly start that version of Outlook, thinking it would essentially
> turn out to be a legal update of my 2003 Office. (Foolish me!) I don't
> know if that's why 2003 won't work. Does anyone have any suggestions on
> this?
>
> 2. I have a pirated copy of SPSS which I assume I can't move over to the
> new machine. Does anyone know of freeware statistical packages that can do
> basic work (cross tabs, comparative means, etc.) on SPSS (.sav) data
> files?
>
>
> 3. A friend suggested I use openoffice instead of MS Office. Alas, it
> won't solve my Outlook problems, but I'm still considering it. Has anyone
> used it? What do you think?
>
> 4. I also have a pirated copy of Photoshop, which I also assume I can't
> move
> to the new machine. I could buy Photoshop, it's nothing like as expensive
> as SPSS, but are there freeware packages that do similar things?
>
> Any advice would be most appreciated!
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
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