I'm pretty much an idiot in the computer area, so go easy on me.
I'm trying to go from a 7100/66 to a G4. The G4 had been at my step dads office for quite a few years without use and has been given to me.
All hooked up which was pretty easy. Desktop shows up and for a while nothing would open until I used the spacebar for some reason. Then when they did open I get a message that says....the application could not be opened because "whatever" created it could not be found....
It's not talking to our Motorola cable modem (Time Warner Cable). Clicking on internet tells me my software isn't configured properly. ??
I'm wondering if this computer was "networked" at his office and all the applications are on his current G5 ?
Some stuff works like photoshop and adobe. Nothing I'm interested in though, that is mom related stuff. We were thinking of dumping most of the crud that we don't want and starting over with mostly internet in mind. E-mail, games, surfing, etc. Oh yeah, it says OS 9.2 when starting up and our 7100/66 says OS 9.1. Looks like some serious upgrading is in order and the 7100/66 is just too out of date. I think.
Well, that's enough for now.
Thanks,
Marty
P.S. I'm not even sure if I know what some of the terms mean. Applications ? Extensions ? Maybe Macintosh for dummies would help ?
I'm trying to go from a 7100/66 to a G4. The G4 had been at my step dads office for quite a few years without use and has been given to me.
All hooked up which was pretty easy. Desktop shows up and for a while nothing would open until I used the spacebar for some reason. Then when they did open I get a message that says....the application could not be opened because "whatever" created it could not be found....
It's not talking to our Motorola cable modem (Time Warner Cable). Clicking on internet tells me my software isn't configured properly. ??
I'm wondering if this computer was "networked" at his office and all the applications are on his current G5 ?
Some stuff works like photoshop and adobe. Nothing I'm interested in though, that is mom related stuff. We were thinking of dumping most of the crud that we don't want and starting over with mostly internet in mind. E-mail, games, surfing, etc. Oh yeah, it says OS 9.2 when starting up and our 7100/66 says OS 9.1. Looks like some serious upgrading is in order and the 7100/66 is just too out of date. I think.
Well, that's enough for now.
Thanks,
Marty
P.S. I'm not even sure if I know what some of the terms mean. Applications ? Extensions ? Maybe Macintosh for dummies would help ?