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Sam and Alastair Beadle <samnali@delfloria.deletethis.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

> OK I give up - someone tell me about Mac OS (7.5.7) extensions.

Ther is no OS 7.5.7 Do you mean 7.5.1? If so, as a first step, look at
the free updates to 7.5.3 and 7.5.5
> 
> After getting our Mac we had several clashes - some fiddling around and we
> got rid of all the problem ones. Now my daughter has got a new program
> that clashes with - guess what - our PPP extension - eek! So at the moment
> we have to start up, reset the extension (and virtual memory - it causes
> some of her games problems too) - then restart. THEN repeat it before we
> can use the internet.
> 
> So - the questions:
> 
> Is there any way of resetting all these things in one easy step - a script
> sounds good but the Extensions manager is not scriptable (as, I have
> found, are a lot of other programs and controls).

You can just script the finder to move extensions etc about, but I
wouldn't recommend it. Which PPP extension are you using? You should be
able to find one which doesn't clash, be more precise in your
descriptions, FreePPP, MacPPP, OT/PPP? 
> Why does the extensions manager not control all of them? If I turn them
> all off and look in the extensions folder it is still full of stuff. Files
> like Apple Guide files and so on I can understand but many of them are
> real extensions!

Some are necessary. Some aren't really extensions from some viewpoints,
eg the file sharing extension. Again, it depends which OS version you
are runnig, for that matter what kind of mac?
> 
> Er - that will do for now - any ideas people?
> 
> Alastair (I have a degree in computing so dont worry about getting
> technical - but this really has me baffled!)


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