Is your ethernet connection set to use DHCP? If so, at every boot it will search for a DHCP server and if one isn't found in about 15 seconds, it assigns itself a 169.x.x.x number.…

That might well be it, time is about right and the TCP/IP control panel was set to DHCP THX

Margrave, Do you work for Apple? I compliment you on your deep, in depth knowlege of the MacOS platform and familiarity with TechSupport. To the point - switch off the unnecces…

One more tip to speed up your iBook's startup is to hold down the command(Apple) and option keys while opening up the Memory control panel. At the bottom you'll see a section on "S…

I want to print out my taxes on my old HP LaserJet 4+, since it would take up all the ink in my Epson printer. So I went down to Fry's and got a Belkin USB-to-Parallel port adapte…

Infowave's PowerPrint may do the job.

All the software you need is included with MacOS 8.6. I'd remove any and all extensions and/or control panels you have installed for this cable. Get the up to date LaserJet insta…

I tried jcarr's suggestion with the Desktop Printer Utility, but the computer isn't recognizing the USB printer. Maybe that's not the best description ... in Desktop Printer Utili…

Dear Tom! I�ve read about just the same problem with the Laserjet a couple of months ago. Now I found this VERY well hidden at the Belkin site "FAQs" (http://www.belkin.com/support…

Well ... Groucho seems to have gotten me the closest so far. I disabled that extension, and the LaserJet 4 Plus printer does show up in the Chooser, under MacJet/USB. However, th…

I have run into this problem and spent several days trying to figure it out. This is what I found. The only solution that worked with out modifying the printer was to purchase In…

cnujeff speaks logics. As I mentioned in my previous mail I�ve met with this problem before and when I heard that a cable (!!!) could make compatible a Laserjet 4 with the Mac I wa…

After waiting all day, there's been no response from the CAIDesign people. And I found out why. My dad send me this reply to an email he received regarding the whole situation: "…

Purchased Infowave PowerPrint USB to Parelell with my iBook. Tried printing to several different printers that were compatible with the software and nothing worked. Could not even …

Hi. One friend has a n ibook. he uses the palm desktop to keep his agenda and connects normally to the internet. But yesterday, he configured the faxstf and tried to send a fax. It…

Hi, I am an iMac tech for apple and have seen this quite a few times. Fax STF is a pain in my ass... The sure way to fix the problem is to disable to STF extensions and restart.…

Whatever happened to that great application, Apple Telecom? That program (and the patch that made it work with my PC card modem) was hands down the *best* fax software I have eve…

I keep on getting errors in the verify stage of the CD Burning process. Using Disc Burner, it gives me the error message - 7925. In Toast 5.0.1 it complains it can't read the index…

I have the same but slightly different problem. Disc Burner works perfectly, it's just that everything fails varification in Toast 5. Is there a problem with the burner or is it …

An iBook that has been working flawlessly for 11 months, suddenly won't turn on tonight. The power button gets no reaction whatsoever. I assumed the battery must have run down and …

The answer to this problem with the iBook of one of my students was provided by 'ever-ready Bugs'--it was a PowerManager which needed to be reset and exact instructions are given a…

I have heard that the motherboard / ROM of the iBook was designed to support DVD drives, but that Apple left the drive off to further distiguish the iBook from the PowerBook G3. H…

If you do it, let us all know how it works out!

I have a mat****a in mine.... I'm not sure if they are putting different ones in...

I got the DVD software decoder from the iMac DV to run of my iBook and power mac G3 by hacking it a little. DVD works fine on the G3 but I dont have a DVD drive for the iBook. Anyw…