Archive through September 30, 2003
TV ClubHouse: Archive: Computer Problem - I need advice/help (ARCHIVES):
Archive through September 30, 2003
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 10:31 am     Dra, you know I love it when you talk in code. I see Zmom has caught on to that fact too. 447 back atcha Zmom. |
Jed245 | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 05:11 pm     For anyone that doesn't understand what Clec's POP's ISP's T-1 T-2 or T-3 is (can't wait to see it though) I think what dra is reffering to might be summed up like this. Your modem limits how fast information travels to and from your computer. So if your modem is 56kbs (kilo bytes per second) ya got 56k speed. :o) Also, your computer has to talk to other computers (the servers) to access information. If your the servers are busy with lots of people online it's gonna be slower. If an ISP (internet service provider) is offering faster then dial up speed at dial up pricing with a dial up modem... er then they reserve a little space to cache the pages you most visit. So in theory you see the pages you want to see faster. Another fast dial up service is not provided by your isp (internet service provider), but, by a third party company. This is likely gonna be software that you download. The software is nothing special it's banner ad removal, pop up ad blocking, Using a local host to provide improved caching of the websites you visit, making return visits faster. In the case of the club house the starting page would load faster, but, a new message search would be the same as any other 56k user out there. The people that provide the software often have dedicated servers to route through, which is often faster then your isp. They also use data compression. So the webpage they send you is compressed into a smaller size. The theoretical result is... no ad's being downloaded which saves you time. And locally cached webpages for faster "surfing" Your download speeds, and peer to peer speeds will remain the same. Overall it won't increase your speed any at all. But, if you can get it for the same price your paying now for dial up. It will make revisiting pages faster. handy if you often goto a page that doesn't change often like yahoo.com. However almost useless if you need to do a search or download. :o) That's the basic idea anyway :o) |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 06:43 pm     Thanks, Jed. |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 10:49 pm     Thanks Draheid and Jed!! That does help. I don't do enough online that it would make a difference by what you've posted. I'm resisting cable and dsl right now because we really can't afford it. My son is bugging the heck out of me because he wants it for his game cube or P2, whichever one of those, or both that go online. That would be 3 computers that would have to be networked between two floors, and I don't want to deal with that either. I've read some of the problems here that people have had with that..  |
Texannie | Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 09:24 am     I had a google search task bar underneath my address task bar, but now it's disappeared! Can't figure out how to get it back, and if I click on the 'search' bar on the main task bar, my puter locks up...what's going on? |
Texannie | Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 09:28 am     NEVER MIND!!! LOL found the site to reinstall it. |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 08:32 pm     Dra, thought you would like to know this. You may recall I bought two SmartMedia card readers for the memory cards from our new digital camera. Bought one through ebay before I found one on sale and rebate at Office Max. Bought the Office Max one the same day. Got around to messing with both of them today. Both readers say you don't need to install drivers for Windows ME and later. We have Windows ME on my computer and Windows 98SE on Bigdog's play computer. I tried them on my computer first. Tried the one that was more expensive and seems to be better made, called Dazzle. First off the computer didn't seem to recognize it. It did recognize that I had plugged something into a USB port, but it kept saying I had illegally disconnected. I sort of expected when I plugged it in, the computer would saY, "I have new hardware. I will locate drivers for it." It didn't. Then it froze up the computer. So I restarted and decided to install the drivers. THAT froze up the computer too. Finally got them installed, restarted, plugged in, same old story, you have illegally unplugged a device, when I had not unplugged it at all. I was not optimistic, and abandoned messing with that one. Next I tried the other one, just plugged it in, like it said. It immediately told me it found a new piece of hardware and would search for drivers for it, found them, set them up without me doing anything, slam, bam, thank you ma'am, and I was in business. Worked like a charm. So then I took the bad boy down to Bigdog's play computer, installed the drivers, restarted, plugged in the USB card reader, and it immediately told me it found new hardware, did its little hardware thingie, and read the card like a champ. Go figure. |
Texannie | Sunday, September 28, 2003 - 08:36 am     Well, the stupid "my search" bar isn't staying on my puter. I downloaded it, but when you do a restart, it's gone again. What is going on? Also, I changed my security settings to password protect websites, and now that has stopped working. |
Texannie | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 08:11 am     No one??? |
Draheid | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 08:39 am     Texannie: Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, it's been a crazy weekend here. The only thing I can think of is to uninstall the add-on, uninstall IE, and reinstall them both. It sounds as though there may be some component missing or corrupted that is causing the problems and I don't know of another way to fix it easily. I know this probably isn't what you were hoping for. Be sure to download the 'installer' for IE before you uninstall the previous version. Alternatively, you may want to download and install Netscape just to have an alternative access to download IE or other components if necessary. Hope this helps. |
Texannie | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 09:35 am     Thanks, Dra..was just coming on to post. I got the search bar thing working, something got clicked in the tool bar that shouldn't have. Any clue as to why my security setting isn't working? How did the Texas lunch go? |
Draheid | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 09:40 am     Texannie: Actually it was more of a bowling & birthday party for Spygirl and it went very well, IMO. (See the Road Trips thread for details and pictures). I'm not clear on what security settings aren't working for you. You mentioned you changed it to password protec websites, do you mean that you enabled cookies to remember your username/password for some websites or the auto-complete function? If it's the cookies you've enabled, it's possible that you may need to clear the ones already on your computer and log into each site again to reestablish the correct cookies. If it's the auto-complete, you may need to clear that also and reenter the information by going to each site again. If neither of these ideas sound right, please let me know what settings you are having trouble with and I will try to figure out what the problem might be. |
Texannie | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 10:01 am     It was in Content, Content Advisor. |
Draheid | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 10:14 am     Texannie: I would suggest you clear everything in Content Advisor (including all allowed sites, etc) and set it again to your preferences. It's possible someone has actually approved a 'global' site address or similar that is keeping the function from working correctly. Hope that helps. |
Lumbele | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 10:59 am     Ok, I got a real poser for ya (it must be because even Drah and Jed were stumped). New/old computer with XP Pro. When I go into the Trivia thread the 3 diff. colours will not show on my puter, just black. And in spite of a poster's efforts to hide some spoiler info by posting invisibly I just got that served up in black and white. My settings are not to ignore settings at web pages. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas? |
Skootz | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 03:57 pm     HELP PLEASE Hope this is the right spot for this - still a bit of a newbie here I cannot receive any emails from my server using outlook express. I can send out but not receive. I keep getting an error that connection to my server has failed. My IP replaced the server this weekend and everyone's email is working except mine I was told it was at my end the problem. Any body have any suggestions as to what I need o do to correct this problem. I can get my email from the internet site..but not the same as my Outlook Thanks Edited to add: I am using Windows 98 |
Twiggyish | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 04:28 pm     1. Lumbele, I'll poke around and see if I can find anything. The default color settings in your display dialog box will do that..but it sounds like you've checked it. 2. Skootz, that sounds like your outgoing mail is not properly configured. Ask your IP tech to go through the proper settings for it. It's in Outlook Express under TOOLS ==> Accounts. You may need to fix that part or repoint it. They can help you. |
Draheid | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 04:48 pm     Lumbele: I did spend some time again today trying to duplicate your particular problem with no success at all, I'm sorry to say. I will continue to explore options and let you know what I find out.
Skootz, check with your ISP and find out what both the incoming (POP3) and outgoing (SMTP) server is supposed to be set to. Then in Outlook Express, click on 'Tools - Accounts'. Click on the 'Mail' tab to see your mail accounts. Usually you will only see one entry there, click on it then click 'Properties'. On the next screen, click on the 'Servers' tab and check to see if the incoming and outgoing are what your ISP has provided you. Also make sure your account name and password are entered and 'remember password' is checked if you want it to be able to check and send mail automatically. Under most ISPs, both of the entries will be identical, however your ISP may be different. Hope this helps. Either way, please let us know. |
Halfunit | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 04:54 pm     And most importantly Skootz - YES - this is the right folder for your question! (Which, in my book, makes you a non-newbie now.) |
Skootz | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 05:00 pm     Draheid, my ISP changed these settings for me to see if it would help any..and it doesn't I have posted 2 times to the outlook express newsgroup, but no one is answering me. Any other ideas? Halfunit....you guys are great here..you make me feel so welcome |
Skootz | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 05:40 pm     HEY...it is me yet again..well, I may have solved the problem I used fix it utilities and it decided to recover information that I fixed recently and saved..so I recovered my data in my computer back to Sept 18 and guess what...I now have my OE file back and I can receive emails {doing the happy dance} ....however, (there is always one of these) I have a problem with Norton anti-virus..it says I have an error and need to uninstall and reinstall...it scan my incoming email so I will to check into that before I do anyting drastic. |
Lumbele | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 04:47 pm     Thanks again, Twiggy and Drah! DH used his profile on my computer and the colours work for him. Knowing me it is probably something totally simple, just some 't' or 'i' I was supposed to cross or dot. Danged if I know which one though. |
Draheid | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 04:56 pm     Lumbele: Have DH log in and check the settings for screen resolution and color 'depth' in the display settings. Then compare those to what you are using in your profile. To get there, after logging in, right-click on the desktop then left-click on 'Properties'. Click on the 'Settings' tab and note the settings there. You might also check the settings in other areas of the Display Properties such as under the 'Appearance' tab and see what might be different there as well. If the settings are different, you can change them in your profile and hopefully clear this problem up finally. Hope this helps. |
Lumbele | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 05:36 pm     .
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Lumbele | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 05:38 pm     Thanks, Drah. Will rope him into it as soon as he is back from being AWOL. |
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