OT chat between computers

On 8/31/2014 12:53 PM, Paul wrote:
GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 8/30/2014 9:43 PM, BobbyM wrote:
On 8/31/2014 10:25 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

On 8/30/2014 6:53 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 8/30/2014 4:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:25:31 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a
desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the
LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through
out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow
communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it
would be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer,
Don't turn off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request,
and my
wife can do the same thing to answer.

We have been known to send an e-mail (we have separate accounts).

It's simple to use.

We use email but neither one of us has the email program open all
of the
time. The chat type program would alert the computer use when a
message
arrived

Skype would be nice as if the speakers are active but I believe you can
also set it to activate a popup.

You can call each other on the same LAN with no difficulty and have
voice as well as a picture if your boxes have cameras in or attached to
them.

Skype can also function as a text messenger, without the need for
speakers or video.

Right you are BobbyM, I had not seen your earlier posting on the subject.

The only question is, can you avoid any "Microsoft Account" prompts
when using it for the first time ?

My understanding is that you must have a Microsoft account if you want
to install the "modern skype" app. However, if you install the Skype
desktop client from the Skype website, you do not need a Microsoft
account. I can't verify this however; as I used a Microsoft account to
set up Skype on a Win8 computer at work. Didn't want to use my personal
Skype account plus I wanted the person who will replace me someday to be
able to use the same email account & Skype user name/account. I use
Win7 at home & it's not an issue there; I'm still using my original Skye
account.

Paul wrote:
GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 8/30/2014 9:43 PM, BobbyM wrote:
On 8/31/2014 10:25 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

On 8/30/2014 6:53 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 8/30/2014 4:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:25:31 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a
desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the
LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through
out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow
communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it
would be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer,
Don't turn off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request,
and my
wife can do the same thing to answer.

We have been known to send an e-mail (we have separate accounts).

It's simple to use.

We use email but neither one of us has the email program open all
of the
time. The chat type program would alert the computer use when a
message
arrived

Skype would be nice as if the speakers are active but I believe you can
also set it to activate a popup.

You can call each other on the same LAN with no difficulty and have
voice as well as a picture if your boxes have cameras in or attached to
them.

Skype can also function as a text messenger, without the need for
speakers or video.

Right you are BobbyM, I had not seen your earlier posting on the subject.

The only question is, can you avoid any "Microsoft Account" prompts
when using it for the first time ?

Paul

On Win7 and Win8x - one has the ability to use a MSFT account or a Skype
Account on the Skype Desktop client.



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...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:59:23 +0900, BobbyM wrote:

On 8/31/2014 12:53 PM, Paul wrote:
GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 8/30/2014 9:43 PM, BobbyM wrote:
On 8/31/2014 10:25 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

On 8/30/2014 6:53 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 8/30/2014 4:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:25:31 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a
desktop wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected
through the LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used
through out the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow
communications between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop
it would be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the
printer, Don't turn off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request,
and my wife can do the same thing to answer.

We have been known to send an e-mail (we have separate accounts).

It's simple to use.

We use email but neither one of us has the email program open all
of the time. The chat type program would alert the computer use
when a message arrived

Skype would be nice as if the speakers are active but I believe you
can also set it to activate a popup.

You can call each other on the same LAN with no difficulty and have
voice as well as a picture if your boxes have cameras in or attached
to them.

Skype can also function as a text messenger, without the need for
speakers or video.

Right you are BobbyM, I had not seen your earlier posting on the
subject.

The only question is, can you avoid any "Microsoft Account" prompts
when using it for the first time ?

My understanding is that you must have a Microsoft account if you want
to install the "modern skype" app. However, if you install the Skype
desktop client from the Skype website, you do not need a Microsoft
account. I can't verify this however; as I used a Microsoft account to
set up Skype on a Win8 computer at work. Didn't want to use my personal
Skype account plus I wanted the person who will replace me someday to be
able to use the same email account & Skype user name/account. I use
Win7 at home & it's not an issue there; I'm still using my original Skye
account.

Skype desktop account works for W8.1.

It seems crazy to tie the App to a Microsoft account, but then
W8...crazy....

Cheers

Dave R



--
Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box

On 08/30/2014 11:53 PM, Paul wrote:
GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 8/30/2014 9:43 PM, BobbyM wrote:
On 8/31/2014 10:25 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

On 8/30/2014 6:53 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 8/30/2014 4:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:25:31 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a
desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the
LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through
out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow
communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it
would be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer,
Don't turn off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my
wife can do the same thing to answer.

We have been known to send an e-mail (we have separate accounts).

It's simple to use.

We use email but neither one of us has the email program open all of
the
time. The chat type program would alert the computer use when a
message
arrived

Skype would be nice as if the speakers are active but I believe you can
also set it to activate a popup.

You can call each other on the same LAN with no difficulty and have
voice as well as a picture if your boxes have cameras in or attached to
them.

Skype can also function as a text messenger, without the need for
speakers or video.

Right you are BobbyM, I had not seen your earlier posting on the subject.

The only question is, can you avoid any "Microsoft Account" prompts
when using it for the first time ?

Paul



Only if you installed and set it up yourself.

--
Caver1

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:25:31 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote in
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a
desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Try this
http://www.r2.com.au/page/products/show/tonic/
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and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one.
Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those
newspapers delivered to your door every morning.

On 30/08/2014 21:25:31, Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop wired
to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN. The other
computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it would be
nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer, Don't turn off the
Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my wife
can do the same thing to answer.

..-- . / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / .-- .... . -. /
... - ... / -.. .- .-. -.- / --- .-. / ... . -- .- .--. .... --- .-. . /
..-- .. - .... / ..-. .-.. .- --. ... / -.. ..- .-. .. -. --. / -.. .-
-.-- .-.. .. --. .... - / .... --- ..- .-. ...

--
mick

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:30:55 +0100, mick wrote:

On 30/08/2014 21:25:31, Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop wired
to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN. The other
computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it would be
nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer, Don't turn off the
Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my wife
can do the same thing to answer.

.-- . / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / .-- .... . -. /
.. - ... / -.. .- .-. -.- / --- .-. / ... . -- .- .--. .... --- .-. . /
.-- .. - .... / ..-. .-.. .- --. ... / -.. ..- .-. .. -. --. / -.. .-
-.-- .-.. .. --. .... - / .... --- ..- .-. ...

I don't know if Google Translate handles that. All I know is ... --- ...

Hey, who knows, it could save my life someday.

Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:30:55 +0100, mick wrote:

On 30/08/2014 21:25:31, Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop wired
to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN. The other
computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it would be
nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer, Don't turn off the
Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my wife
can do the same thing to answer.
.-- . / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / .-- .... . -. /
.. - ... / -.. .- .-. -.- / --- .-. / ... . -- .- .--. .... --- .-. . /
.-- .. - .... / ..-. .-.. .- --. ... / -.. ..- .-. .. -. --. / -.. .-
-.-- .-.. .. --. .... - / .... --- ..- .-. ...

I don't know if Google Translate handles that. All I know is ... --- ...

Hey, who knows, it could save my life someday.


I like this protocol.

"knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
mmmm twice on the pipe if the answer is no
oh my sweetness clunk clunk clunk
means you'll meet me in the hallway
oh twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show"

Courtesy of Tony Orlando and Dawn.

Paul

On 31/08/2014 17:57:58, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:30:55 +0100, mick wrote:

On 30/08/2014 21:25:31, Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN. The
other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out the
house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it would
be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer, Don't turn
off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my wife
can do the same thing to answer.

.-- . / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / .-- .... . -. /
.. - ... / -.. .- .-. -.- / --- .-. / ... . -- .- .--. .... --- .-. . /
.-- .. - .... / ..-. .-.. .- --. ... / -.. ..- .-. .. -. --. / -.. .-
-.-- .-.. .. --. .... - / .... --- ..- .-. ...

I don't know if Google Translate handles that. All I know is ... --- ...

Hey, who knows, it could save my life someday.

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html

--
mick

On 31/08/2014 18:06:08, Paul wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:30:55 +0100, mick wrote:

On 30/08/2014 21:25:31, Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it would
be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer, Don't turn
off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my
wife can do the same thing to answer.
.-- . / ..- ... . / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / .-- .... . -. / ..
- ... / -.. .- .-. -.- / --- .-. / ... . -- .- .--. .... --- .-. . / .--
.. - .... / ..-. .-.. .- --. ... / -.. ..- .-. .. -. --. / -.. .- -.--
.-.. .. --. .... - / .... --- ..- .-. ...

I don't know if Google Translate handles that. All I know is ... --- ...

Hey, who knows, it could save my life someday.


I like this protocol.

"knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
mmmm twice on the pipe if the answer is no
oh my sweetness clunk clunk clunk
means you'll meet me in the hallway
oh twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show"

Courtesy of Tony Orlando and Dawn.

Paul

:-)

--
mick

Keith Nuttle wrote on 8/30/2014 4:25 PM:
I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it
would be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer,
Don't turn off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my
wife can do the same thing to answer.

We use Pidgin here. It's cross platform if that's of any value. It
handles multiple IM protocols, AIM,ICQ, MSN, Yahoo etc. You just need
to setup an account on their respective webpage like AIM is
https://www.aim.com/ click setup at top. I don't use AIM software,
just their account. Last time I used AIM, it was too full of ads.
Pidgin is Open Source and has no ads, just a simple chat. Use your aim
name and password in pidgin.

My wife and I have the same issues. We're 5 feet apart but she has a
hearing issue. But I can grab links of webpages and post notes to her
in the chat program even when she isn't on line. When she turns on the
pc, her chat window will pop open and she'll see all my notes. We find
it great for sending links back and forth. Easier than trying to
explain a long URL syntax.

Any chat program would work, as I noted there are several. And if your
friends have accounts on any of the protocols, you can chat with them
using one chat program like Pidgin. You have to have separate accounts
for each account like AIM, ICQ, Yahoo etc. but that's simple to do. I
have friends on all 4. I can use a multi-protocol program like Pidgin
to talk to all of them in one program rather than loading 3 different
ones.

Pidgin: http://www.pidgin.im/
Trillian: https://www.trillian.im/
.... I have an issue with trillian, it requires an account for trillian
itself, and then you need the individual accounts for AIM etc. The side
effect is, if you reload trillian and login, it will then see all your
other account info. As nice as that is, it just requires extra logins
to remember.

As others have said, skype does do chat, but I find that like using an
elephant gun to kill a mouse.

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 19:53:19 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

On 8/30/2014 4:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:25:31 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I have a simple LAN in our house. Upstairs, one computer is a desktop
wired to the lan. The printer close by but connected through the LAN.
The other computer is a laptop connected wirelessly and used through out
the house.

Is there a "SIMPLY TO USE" chat program that will allow communications
between the computers?

Frequently when my wife is on the desktop and I am on the Laptop it
would be nice to send simple messages; Please turn on the printer,
Don't turn off the Desktop I am sync files, etc.

I want it simple so I can click and icon, type in the request, and my
wife can do the same thing to answer.

We have been known to send an e-mail (we have separate accounts).

It's simple to use.

We use email but neither one of us has the email program open all of the
time. The chat type program would alert the computer use when a message
arrived

There is an answer for that.

I have my e-mail program open whenever the computer is on with no ill
effects.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:37:18 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


I have my e-mail program open whenever the computer is on with no ill
effects.



Ditto!

I tried sending URLs by email to my sister. Doesn't work. She still
manages to search on keywords that are completely different from the
names I give her.
There seems to be no way to reliably pass accurate information to a
human being without the possibility of corruption at their end.

Sad, isn't it?

I've had no issues with sending links. Course we're both on win8.1 and
using Chrome, so duplicity in software may help one hell of a lot.

John wrote on 8/31/2014 8:38 PM:
On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:59:45 +0100, John wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:48:12 -0400, Big Al wrote:


I tried sending URLs by email to my sister. Doesn't work. She still
manages to search on keywords that are completely different from the
names I give her.
There seems to be no way to reliably pass accurate information to a
human being without the possibility of corruption at their end.

Sad, isn't it?

I've had no issues with sending links. Course we're both on win8.1 and
using Chrome, so duplicity in software may help one hell of a lot.

You obviously have a human at the other end who can listen and read
and manage to cut-and-paste from email to browser, or manage to simply
copy the linkie keystroke-for-character.
That is not a boom we are all blessed with.
J.

"... booN ..."
Prue is freeding badly again.
J.

With a good chat program the receiver does not have to copy and paste,
they just click on the link you send them.