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Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have check misconfig but will check again.
I did find that restore/archive file..can I delete that?

Buttercup

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks DraSon! My friend is very kind and lets any neighbor who wants to utilize his network resources do so :) However, he may still have the connection encrypted somehow and forgot to tell me about it before he left. I am currently working at his house and have access to his host computer. I will call him and ask how to get the information. In the event I can't get a hold of him right now, is there a way I can look it up on his computer?

Buttercup

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: In order to see the C:\_restore directory, you will need to configure windows explorer to also display hidden & system files. You should not attempt to delete that folder as it is an integral part of the windows system restore. You can disable this feature in windows/ME which should remove the folder for you and/or allow you to delete it by following the instructions located here

You should disable this feature, then perform the virus scan and Ad Aware scan once more, then enable the restore feature again following the rest of the instructions on that page.

Hope this helps.

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ButterMom: I'm not sure if you would be able to obtain the necessary information even though you have access to the 'host' machine. Most configure programs encrypt the information as soon as it is entered and will not display it again. The only way to enable you to access would be to change the 'key' and then use the new key on your computer as well. Without knowing how the router is configured, I am unable to give you the instructions on how to access the setup utility for the router. Most likely it is just a matter of opening internet explorer on the host computer and browsing to the router usually by entering this url: http://192.168.1.1 however this might also be different if your friend has reconfigured that port as well. Short of completely rebooting the router and forcing it back to the default configuration, the only other alternative is to get the necessary information from the person who initially setup the device.

Wish I could help you more with this. Let me know what you find out please.

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dra...you are just the best! I will give that a try!

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 12:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP


well, I have the cleanest damn puter, but still have the problem!!!

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: Does the problem exist in other programs besides Internet Explorer? Are there any specific symptoms that you see in one program and not in another, perhaps? Is the problem constant now or just occasionally? If occasionally, are there any specific 'patterns of use' you can recall prior to having the problem?

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The scrolling problme seems to be worse here and at another site...just typed this whole sentence without seeing the letters!
Not that I can recall! I have checked, cleaned, delleted everything that I can think of..wierd typing and not seeing letters! LOL

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: I'm stumped. I can't imagine how you could continue to have this problem. I can't think of a single reason why it would only happen at one or two websites and not as bad or not at all at other websites. The last thing I can think to suggest is to download another browser and install it to try out or reinstall Internet Explorer and see if that helps any. The really is no other explanation that I can think of.

Let me know if either of these ideas are viable for you.

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Noooooooo...you can't tell me that!!! WOW! this is weird, I just typed a reply to Ducky and had no lag problems, but NOW I am having it with this reply...it's this damn thread!!!!
I may just uninstall IE and see what happens! Do I lose all my bookmarks if I do?

Juju2bigdog

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe an exorcism?

<slinks off>

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: The easiest way to save your favorites and recover them later is to use the import/export utility in Internet Explorer. From the 'File' menu, click 'Import/Export', select to export favorites, to a file, browse to a location to store the bookmarks.html file and let the wizard complete the process for you. You can do the same for your cookies file. After you have uninstalled and reinstalled IE, open the new version and do the same thing except to import both favorites and cookies.

Hope that helps.

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Juju might be on to something! LOL

OK..dumb question Dra..after I uninstall IE..how do I get it back?

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: Well, you need to actually go to Microsoft's website and download it (or the loader) first - then uninstall and finally run the loader/installer. The only alternative is to download Netscape (or another browser) to download the loader/installer for IE.

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 06:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ok..a little confused. I download it and then uninstall it?
is this what I download? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.asp

will 2 programs show up in my add/remove programs if I install first?

Draheid

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 07:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually Texannie, you need this specific file: ie6setup.exe

Once you have this file, you should be able to uninstall IE, restart your computer to be sure all files are uninstalled, then run this program to begin reinstalling IE6SP1.

Note: This is just the next level from the link you provided above.

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Dra for all your help..this is just the most ridiculous thing!!!

Texannie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I swear it's a plot! I can't uninstall IE!!! I got nervous and install Netscape, and now I nothing shows up in my contro panel but the scrolling problem seems to have gone away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what in the world have I done?
i think Juju is right!!!!!

Juju2bigdog

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<spreads holy doggie water around Texannie's computer and chants in dog-tongues>

Texannie

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Chant LOUDER JuJu!!!! LOL

I spent an hour on the phone with Gateway this am getting back my control panel! LOL
I am back with IE, still have the lagging prob, can't remove it. If I used Netscape the prob seems to disappear, but I can't get my mail.
I swear I am sitting her giggling in quiet hysteria!!!!!!

Draheid

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 07:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: A couple of thoughts this morning.

A) You could go ahead and run the ie6setup.exe loader and have it overwrite your existing IE with the newer version to possible correct/repair whatever is wrong.

B) In IE, open 'Tools - Internet Options' and click through every tab and on each click the 'Default' button for everything you find to reset any changes that might have been made and return IE to it's supposed ideal settings.

I don't know if any of that would help but at this point I doubt it will hurt anything. It might be worth a try.

Let me know.

Texannie

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dra..you are so sweet and patient! I did that and still have the lag probs.
When I went to add/remove programs to try to uninstall IE, I got a window that popped up with the following options
add component
repair IE
restore previous window config

if you click on the restore option there is an advance tab that you can click that gives the following options
1)restore previous IE and compoents selected below
Outlook express
web publishing
shockwave
2)delete the backup of IE this will free 8MB but you will no longer be able to uninstall IE
or
3)remove the folder that contains window setup files

Juju2bigdog

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<chants louder, dances faster>

Texannie

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
wow!!! message made it. my puter froze up right as I posted it!

Juju...more!!! more!!!! LOL

Draheid

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie: At this point, I would simply run the ie6setup.exe program and allow the system to install the latest version of IE over the old one. This would retain all of your settings and configurations but should also replace any bad or missing components at the same time, hopefully eradicating this problem finally.

Hope that helps.