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Microsoft Office 2011 Can Not Complete Installation Of Update.

Microsoft Office 2011 Can Not Complete Installation Of Update.

Problem: You are notified that there is an update to Microsoft Office 2011 for your Mac.  You proceed through the steps but get stopped up by one or more programs that will not close.  My problem was that the Microsoft Office Installation program could not close two programs.  They were hidden as start up applications explained shortly. Solution:  Write down the offending programs.  We will go look for them in a rather unlikely place. Go to the Apple menu (upper…

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How To Extend New Airport With An Older Airport Extreme

How To Extend New Airport With An Older Airport Extreme

Disclaimer:  The following how to explanation intent is to provide you my road map for incorporating an older Airport Extreme and pair it with a new Airport Extreme with the new 802.11ac technology.  My Extreme also included an internal hard drive, called Airport Time Capsule.    This post was composed August 2013.  As time goes on this tutorial will become out of date due to system software changes, Airport Utility changes and hardware upgrades.   My point is that you should take…

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Time Warner Cable Modem: Motorola SurfBoard SB6141

Time Warner Cable Modem: Motorola SurfBoard SB6141

I read an article in the LA Times some time in November 2012 where it revealed that Time Warner Cable was now charging a rental fee for its Internet modems.  The article went on to say that the customer can buy their own modem but it must be an approved model.  I went to the Time Warner web site but could not find anything about which modems were approved.  I had to contact them by Internet typing chat.  The fellow…

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World Of Warcraft

World Of Warcraft

World Of Warcraft is simply a stupendous, jaw dropping, eye popping, hugely expansive role playing game. Words can not properly describe this game. You must try it out and take a week or more to experience it. A monthly fee is required. To get started takes a lot of software loading and it is intimidating for most people to get started. We recommend that you find a friend who goes on line to help you begin to level up. We…

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World Of Warcraft Billing Problem

World Of Warcraft Billing Problem

My past reviews of World of Warcraft has rated this game very high.  As I find with a lot of very large companies, as they grow larger they get less customer friendly.  I recently found out that my WOW account credit card information became inaccurate because my credit union issued me a new card and they change some of the account digits and the account expiration date.   I was notified by Blizzard that my card was no longer working and…

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Scrivener ONLY Types Red (or some other color).

Scrivener ONLY Types Red (or some other color).

Scrivener is one of the best creative writing software programs.  Its power is most pronounced when the writer has problems bringing together lots of project components.  The cork board method really works for some people and I am one of those person’s.  With any powerful program, one occasionally comes across a problem that vexes.  The following e-mail exchange should cover one problem that was driving me nuts.  (March 18, 2012, Scrivener version 2.2) ———- Scrivener customer support, I think I…

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Managing Macintosh Mail Aliases

Managing Macintosh Mail Aliases

A long time ago when I had a .Mac account, I decided to create an alias for a community web site.  I do not remember when but all of a sudden I viewed pop up small windows showing that there was a problem with one of my aliases.  I resolved this issue by deleting a number of SMTP servers.  But I also wanted to manage the aliases that I had set up. Alias Modify Procedure Open Mail and select that…

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Macintosh Mail Rejects Password For SMTP Server

Macintosh Mail Rejects Password For SMTP Server

A long time ago when I had a .Mac account, I decided to create an alias for a community web site.  I do not remember when but all of a sudden I viewed pop up small windows showing that there was a problem with one of my aliases.   There may be TWO issues to contend with to fix this problem.  I will only address the SMTP Server issue in this post. First issue: Here is the major clue to…

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iCal Will Not Load

iCal Will Not Load

For a very long time I found that my iCal was unusable.  Every time I opened it up I would get the spinning color wheel of death.  Because Apple shut down mobile me and they threw up a splash screen on my Control Panel that said “MobileMe Sync has been disabled because an iCloud account is active.  Use Mail, Contacts, & Calendars to manage Sync”.  I have an iPad and wanted my Mac laptop to be synchronized to it.  I…

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