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Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure what a "cold" reboot is, but I shutdown and turn on my pc daily, and this has been happening for a couple of weeks, although until yesterday when I was trying to get it working, I'd only tried two or three times.

I thought it might be a glitch too, but I presume it can't be now, as it's been so long not working. Would someone test it works for them, in case it is that simple?
http://abc.go.com/player and then choose a tv show, then a list of available episodes should appear, and you click "watch now" under whichever one you want. When I click "watch now" nothing happens.

Thanks for helping.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm watching "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" and it's playing just fine.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Kitt, cold reboot is to totally turn off your computer and the turn it back on, so if you are doing that nightly that isn't your problem.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Thanks for testing Costa.

It's frustrating!

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Anyone know why Mozilla Firefox might run excruciatingly slow on a Mac? My dad has an older imac laptop, and safari will run fine. Firefox, on the other hand, takes forever to load anything. I've got the latest version installed. They have high speed, but not as fast as DSL. TIA.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Teach, did you by any chance just download and install the latest AVG? 8.0, I think. Lots of folks are having lots of problems with it.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
No - it's my dad's computer and in the Applications the only antivirus I see is Sophus.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, July 04, 2008 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Mame now I'm having the same problem you were having a while back with connecting to the server. I can get onto this site if go though the Big Brother link. Hope it goes away by itself.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
NYH I'm sorry you are experiencing the same probs. It happened again the other night, but I found out from Chaplin that the site was down, so it wasn't really my computer screwing up for a change. Or maybe the problem is now more widespread?

WHAT Big Brother link are you referring to? I'm thinking it might be handy to know that...

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Someone please educate me on Zone Alarm.

I've been using ZA Free for years. Every now and then I now get a pop up that says I need to update my ZA program. But the only thing it updates to is a ZoneAlarm Security Suite with anit-virus and all kinds of scans. And of course, it costs money (with the need to pay into it every year).

I have McAffe, that I get free with Comcast, and don't really need another anti-virus, or security suite.

Recently, a Windows Update downloaded that conflicted with ZoneAlarm and made my whole Internet connection get blocked. That update was KB951748, which I uninstalled after Googling and researching and discovering the conflict.

The supposed "fix" by ZA was to update via the link provided....which is, of course, that blasted Security Suite. That Security Suite also mucks with my e-mail and created a folder for stuff it didn't see as good. Don't know how to turn off that feature, as I prefer to decide for myself what e-mail is junk or not.

Are there no longer updates to ZoneAlarm Free? Is it even worth to get the ZA Security Suite (especially when I already have the McAffee Security Suite?).

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Who -

ZA put out a patch last week. Do it and then you can do the windows updates with no problem.

This is from Kim Komando's newsletter this past Sat. Hope this helps.

COMPANIES RUSH OUT FIXES FOR DNS VULNERABILITY
A flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) could allow attackers to hijack the Internet. The Domain Name System is used to direct traffic online. Attackers could use the vulnerability to direct users to phishing and other malicious sites.

Fortunately, many vendors released patches for the flaw. Microsoft included a fix in its monthly security patches. Unfortunately, some users have encountered a problem with Microsoft's patch. It conflicts with ZoneAlarm, locking people out of the Internet.

ZoneAlarm has since updated all of its software. The updates fix the conflict with Microsoft's patch. You can download the latest version of ZoneAlarm from its site. There are different updates for each ZoneAlarm product. Make sure you pick the right one. (Hint: ZoneAlarm Basic Firewall is the free version!)

Link

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I got hit with the Zone Alarm thing locking me out of the internet too. I uninstalled Zone Alarm and said the hell with it. But I think I don't really need it anyway, since I have a wireless router which somehow blocks any outside access to my computers, I am told. If I am wrong in that notion, somebody please wise me up.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
ZA also helps block your computer going outside (if that makes sense). I was told to use it even though I have a router.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
The problem is, every time I hit "update" for ZA, the ONLY thing it links to is the ZA Suite, which costs money. I can't seem to find a way to get the free (updated) one anymore.

The ZA Security Suite mucked up my Outlook again, to the point it froze up when it was loading.

Anyway, I just went ahead and uninstalled ZA. I updated my McAfee, and included their firewall instead. Seems like years ago, the McAfee firewall was mucking up my computer, which is why I canned that part of it, and kept ZA. But, so far, so good. May as well use it since it comes with my Comcast subscription, and as long as it doesn't muck up my computer.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
I think the reason it links to the ZA Suite is because that's what you have installed and you are updating from the ZA icon?

You can uninstall the ZA Suite and install the free one from the link I provided above (it's the last one in the list). From the link you can do a full install or just an upgrade to the free program.

If you're happy with McAfee stick with it.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Who --
Look to the far right of the page that you're sent to, there's a narrow area that gives you the button to click for the firewall update
za1

It will then send you here

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Just posting to say that I fixed the problem that I was having with the ABC online player (upthread).

The website said to check your pop-up blocker, and I had checked the pop-up blocker on the browser, and was still having trouble.

The problem was with Norton Internet Security, I had turned the pop-up blocker on in there. I turned if off, and now it works! So happy!

So in case anyone else was having the same problem, it might be the spam blocker that's the problem, not the browser.

Holly
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
TVCH question! I have my profile set to:

"When searching, open resulting pages in a new window."

Recently however, nine times out of ten, when I close the "new" window after reading posts, the search page, listing all the new posts, closes too, so I have to log into TVCH again. This has worked for me for years until a couple of weeks ago and it's really a pita. Anyone (mods?) know why this is happening and how to fix it, please?}

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Holly what browser are you using? It's not a TVCH problem, it would be a problem with your browser.

Merrysea
Moderator

08-13-2004

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
Holly, does your browser have tabs at the top? If so, are you clicking the 'x' just on the one tab? If you click on the top right corner of the whole page, all windows will close. (I know that I was so used to having a whole new separate window open that I am still getting used to having these tabs and will close everything by mistake.)

Holly
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Kar, I use explorer.

Merrysea, yup, I only close the top window but somehow for some reason the underpage, listing all the new posts, closes too. I just can't figure it out at all and it's driving me batty. It's like being booted off every few minutes, lol.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Is there a way to make a screen capture using Windows?

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
yes, Hermie ... Ctrl + Print Screen
Then paste it into an editing program or word or whatever ...

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Thank you!

Grooch
Member

06-16-2006

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
What is Light Scribe?

I got a new computer at work last month and it is now asking if I want to update it. I never heard of it before.