Loading system from another computer

My folks have an old iMac flat panel with a CD drive. I would like to load the newest OS for them, but I only have it on DVD. Is there a way to link my MacBook Pro to the iMac and load it from there?
I'm doing this because the system currently loaded on the iMac, OS 10.4.11, will not recognize their Epson CX4800 printer. Any ideas would be most appreciated.

You cannot use System CD/DVDs from one Mac to another because they are *_machine specific._* If you do try to use them, you may cause damage to the comp.
You will need to purchase retail the Leopard CDs for your parents G4 Flat Panel iMac. The CDs can be obtained from Apple's online store.

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Trouble loading file from another computer! Help!

Alright, I'm currently making a Flash animation for a final
exam project in school. I started it yesterday and today I thought
it would be a good idea to work on it at home, so I transfered a
copy of the Flash document to my Kingston USB mass storage stick.
When I tried to load the said document onto the computer I'm
currently on a message box popped up saying "Unexpected file
format" and fails to load the file. The same thing happens when I
try to load another Flash document that I had also stored on the
mass storage stick.
I'm using Flash MX Professional 2004, and I'm fairly certain
that the Flash program at my school is either Flash MX Professional
2004 or Flash MX 2004.
Can anyone help me?

Koto Kokopelli wrote:
> Alright, I'm currently making a Flash animation for a
final exam project in
> school. I started it yesterday and today I thought it
would be a good idea to
> work on it at home, so I transfered a copy of the Flash
document to my Kingston
> USB mass storage stick. When I tried to load the said
document onto the
> computer I'm currently on a message box popped up saying
"Unexpected file
> format" and fails to load the file. The same thing
happens when I try to load
> another Flash document that I had also stored on the
mass storage stick.
>
> I'm using Flash MX Professional 2004, and I'm fairly
certain that the Flash
> program at my school is either Flash MX Professional
2004 or Flash MX 2004.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
I've seen this happen when users attempt to open a Flash 8
file in Flash
MX (pro or standard)

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Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
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Thus, if you get it to work restore to factory settings/new iPod, not from backup
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Unable to open 10g Database Control Webpage from another computer
Hi Gurus
I have just installed Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 on my PC Windows XP , created database and configured DB control
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http://USI2374993VND0.vlgdw2k.visteon.com:1158/em
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Get error: [code=DNS_NO_DATA] The IP address was not found during the DNS lookup. Contact your system administrator.
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Move the domain.sites file from one computer to the other.
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I am trying to load photos from my computer on to my ipad but keep getting the message "the device is no longer connected to the computer". It keeps popping up and I am stuck. This happened after I upgraded to the latest itunes software.

Greetings cdewinkel,
It seems your iPad is not staying connected to your computer during syncing. The following article provides a number of troubleshooting steps which may help. This article is intended for devices which are not being detected, but the troubleshooting steps are relevant to your issue:
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Also make sure that you can get to the Home screen.
Get help if you have one of these issues:
Your iOS device won't respond or turn on.
Your iPod won't turn on.
You forgot your passcode or your device is disabled.
Make sure that your Mac supports your device
See the system requirements for iPhone, iPad, or iPod.Check your USB connections
Unplug other USB devices from your Mac and try again.
Try a different USB port.
Try a different USB cable.
Learn more about using USB cables with your Mac.Make sure that your device trusts the computer
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Learn more about the Trust This Computer alert.Restart your device
Restart your iOS device or reset your iPod.Restart your Mac
Turn your Mac off and back on.Update your software
Check for software updates on your Mac.
Check for an iTunes update.
Check your security software
If you have security software installed, learn how to resolve issues between iTunes and your security software.
Get more help
If you still don't see your device in iTunes, contact Apple Support.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Bobby_D

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My daughter's iBook went down and is in the shop for repair and we want to access her Time Machine back up from another computer. Does anyone know if there is any way to do that?

Time Machine won't do it as far as I can tell.
However, you can access the backups through Finder.
Warning - you *do not* want to do anything but copy out files - no deletes, moves, renames, no nuttin... Doing so will screw up the backups for any future Time Machine use!
If the backups are on an external disk, then just navigate to the folder Backups.backupdb/yourMachineName there you will find each backup by date/time with the contents of the system at that time.
If the backups are to a Time Capsule you need to mount the backups - the sparsebundle file - first then examine the folder Backups.backupdb/yourMachineName.
Time Machine does have a 'Browse Other Time Machine Disks' option, but as far a I can exercise it it only looks at other disks with backups for the same machine.
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I have a very old G$ that I use for ProTools. I just bought a slightly newer G4 and I want to find out if it is possible to transfer my old OS 10.2.8 system from one computer to the other so I can run my old ProTools system without a hitch. Thanks!

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Need to know which newer one, some cannot run 10.2.x.
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Best way to get an exact bootable copy of your old drive to the new one is with Carbon Copy Cloner...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Relatively painless Archive & Install, which gives you a new/old OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space and no Disk corruption, and is relatively quick & painless...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
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Connecting to a database from another computer...

hi guys!
i just wonder if there is a simple way to connect to my database from another computer?
do you have to change something in this method?
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thanks! :)
Edited by: Shaor-1 on Dec 22, 2008 3:47 AM

hey!
is there no one who knows how to do this?
Here is my program that i want to change so it can connect to my mysql database but from another computer.
import java.sql.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class ListMovies {
        static String exist = "existed";
    static int ye = 2221;
    static double pr = 21.12;
public static void main (String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
go();
public static void go(){
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        while (movies.next()){
            Movie m = getMovie(movies);
            String msg = Integer.toString(m.year);
            msg += ": " + m.title;
            msg += " (" + cf.format(m.price) + ")";
            System.out.println(msg);
          Thread.sleep(1000*10);
            catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(ListMovies.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }    catch (SQLException e)
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
public static void loanMovie(String d) {
    Connection con = getConnection();
    try {
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        String insert = "insert into movie "
                + "(title, year, price) "
                + "values ("
                + "\"" + d + "\"" + ", "
                + ye + ", " + pr +");";
        int i =stmt.executeUpdate(insert);
        if (i == 1){
            System.out.println("Loan recorded");
        else
            System.out.println("Loan not recorded");
    catch (SQLException e){
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        System.out.println("CRAP");
private static ResultSet getMovies()
    Connection con = getConnection();
    try {
        Statement s = con.createStatement();
        String select = "Select title, year, price " +
                "from movie order by year";
        ResultSet rows;
        rows = s.executeQuery(select);
        return rows;
    catch (SQLException e)
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    return null;
    private static Connection getConnection() {
     Connection con = null;
     try {
         Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
         String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/Movies";
         String user = "root";
         String pw = "x";
         con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pw);
         System.out.println("****INFO****");
     catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
         System.out.println(e.getMessage());
           System.out.println("1");
         System.exit(0);
     catch (SQLException e) {
         System.out.println(e.getMessage());
           System.out.println("2");
          System.exit(0);
        return con;
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        try {
            String title = movies.getString("Title");
            int year = movies.getInt("Year");
            double price = movies.getDouble("price");
            return new Movie(title, year, price);
        catch (SQLException e)
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        return null;
    private static class Movie
        public String title;
        public int year;
        public double price;
        public Movie(String title, int year, double price)
            this.title = title;
            this.year = year;
            this.price = price;
BTW_
my computers ip is: 81.229.40.17
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Disable "This file comes from another computer"

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Barbara,
Both are legitimate concerns, I'll address each as best I can.
As for the the power issue, well that's going to be the case with any computer. We have many choices, most of them impractical for example take your house off the grid, put in your own power source (solar or wind powered) which clearly for most of us is totally impractical. The next thing would be a backup-generator like a hospital or other mission critical facilities (police & fire houses) have. While this is more practical again it's stretching the limits again for most of us. So the next thing is a healthy battery back up system that can maintain power to a computer for several hours if necessary. While they are still expensive they are far less expensive than the first two solutions. Of course you can set the energy saver settings to power on your computer after the power comes back on if even the UPS battery goes dead. I haven't tried this remotely however I think it might work.
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