Odds & Ends: Default Folder & CD burning?; DVD tray eject; checking for damaged fonts; more

Default Folder 3.1.2 and Toast Titanium conflict? A reader writes: "Hi I installed Toast Titanium 5.0.1 and Default Folder 3.1.2 on three G4/466's with Matshita CD-RW's running 9.1. When I try to burn a CD, the computer freezes completely as soon as it starts writing the Lead-Out or reaches the finishing stage. Reverting to Default Folder 3.1 resolved the problem. Oddly, conflict only happens with G4's with Matshita CD-RW's. The previous 466 MHz G4's with Sony CD-RW's don't seem to be affected nor my new QuickSilver G4/733 with a 24x10x40 internal CD-RW."

DVD drive tray eject on boot: another possible cause Kevin Pedersen writes: "Using a Pro Optical Mouse (sold under the brand names Inland and BTC) on my PowerMac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) results in the DVD tray ejecting whenever the mouse is inserted or the computer starts up. The problem only seems to occur with Gigabit Ethernet G4 CPUs." We have also covered this subject previously.

Type 2 and Type 11 errors due to damaged fonts In response to our item yesterday on errors with Eudora, Eli Siegel offers this general solution that may solve some type 2 and 11 errors. Eli writes: "I have found that in most cases a type 2 or type 11 error is caused by corrupted fonts. To verify this, use ATM deluxe, select all fonts, and use the Verify function. If it finds damaged fonts (shown in red), remove them from ATM and/or delete them from your system. Replace them with fresh, undamaged copies."

Update: Ken Ebersole replies: "If you use ATM to find your bad fonts, you may still be able to use them (because they are not always bad, just out of spec for ATM) if you take the fonts and put them in the System Folder's Fonts folder."

IE for Windows blocks QuickTime Robin Walker found that Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 for Windows is incompatible with QuickTime: "It will not play QuickTime movies, or work with any other function that requires the QuickTime plug-ins. QuickTime plug-ins play QT movies in other versions of MSIE up to and including MSIE 5.5 SP1, but SP2 just gives a blank frame or broken graphic icon. This has been verified here with Win98, WinME, WinNT, and Win2K. The same problem with QuickTime is reported to be present in the previews of MSIE 6.0 for Windows. The QuickTime plug-ins continue to function correctly in Netscape and other browsers." In addition, MacNN has posted an item which appears to confirm Robin's observation. It states that "A note from Apple engineering staff to the QuickTime VR mailing list says that 'IE 5.5 SP2 [for Windows] will not use the QuickTime plug-in no matter what you do.'"

Update: Jim Gaynor writes: "IE 5.5 SP2, apparently, isn't singling out QuickTime. It seems that Microsoft dropped support for plug-ins written to the Netscape standard, and is now only supporting ActiveX plug-ins. Here at the University of Washington, several groups have been told not to upgrade, as certain plug-ins that are used for our in-house databases break under IE 5.5 SP2."