Archive through September 10, 2003
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Archive through September 10, 2003
Zachsmom | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:14 pm     are the network(workgroup) names the same on both computers? |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:19 pm     I just went back and ran the wizard on the Toshiba again. Hopefully this time it will show up. |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:31 pm     Good news and bad news. I now have the icon for the Toshiba in Network Neighborhood, but I think I might have messed something up on it because I can't get an internet connection now. I so suck at this stuff... |
Zachsmom | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:36 pm     hmmm..maybe we should wait until someone with XP experience can come along? I haven't ever worked on XP so I am at a loss! I feel really bad that I haven't been able to help you |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:39 pm     But you did help me.... I'm just clueless with this stuff. I just have to figure how to get back online and I think we'll have it! |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:43 pm     I'll fiddle around a bit and like you said maybe someone with XP will come around. I've only had the XP one for a couple of weeks, I just don't know my way around too much. But Thank-you! You did help me, I'm sure I did something wrong. |
Zachsmom | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:47 pm     have you done a share file on the XP? if you can, put something in it (word doc or an empty notepad.txt in it and see if you can see it from the 98 computer..then I'll feel like we accomplished something..lol. |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 05:57 pm     I tried to share a file with some screencaps in it. Then under network neighborhood -->Toshiba it tells me Toshiba is not accessible. |
Zachsmom | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 06:09 pm     hmmmm..crap.. SOMEONE WITH XP EXPERIENCE PLEASE HELP!!!!!! |
Tera | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 06:27 pm     Kealoha, do you have a firewall running like Zone Alarm? When I was setting up my network last night my firewall kept getting in the way. After I disabled it, everything worked like I wanted it to. If you do have a firewall you might want to disable it and see if that helps. |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 06:37 pm     I will check for that Tera, like I told Zachsmom, this laptop is pretty new and I'm not sure what all it has yet. |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 06:49 pm     Okay guys, it's up and running! Still don't know about the firewall, but I was clicking and unclicking things, changing things but I now have a connection again AND the file that I shared before showed up in network neighborhood! With all my clicking I must have done something right! Just don't ask me to tell you what I did cuz I don't really know! lol Thanks again guys...next time I need help I'll try not to take up the whole thread  |
Zachsmom | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 06:54 pm     LOL Kealoha! Sometimes I have no clue of what I did, but it worked, and I never make adjustments..lol YAY!!! and don't worry about how many posts you take, that's what this thread is for or should I say  |
Kealoha | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 07:01 pm     Again thank-you Zachsmom, my one question turned into a major mess and you came through! Just knowing you were there being supportive made me want to keep trying things. {{{{Zachsmom}}}} |
Zachsmom | Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 07:08 pm     awww shucks..anytime sweetie I probably would have been able to assist you better had I known XP. I just haven't installed it yet! |
Draheid | Monday, September 01, 2003 - 11:05 am     Zmom  |
Costacat | Monday, September 01, 2003 - 12:33 pm     A note for y'all with XP... Microsoft, in its inimitable wisdom, has enabled the firewall functionality. So if you want to share files, or share an Internet connection, you need to disable the firewall. To disable the firewall, right-click My Network Neighborhood on your desktop and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. In the Local Area Connection properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. Select the box to "Protect my computer and network..." to remove the checkmark. Click OK to save your change and exit this dialog box. TIP: If you have a cable modem router, your router probably already has a built-in firewall. So you are not opening yourself up to any intrusions by disabling XP's firewall functionality. You may want to check with the documentation that came with your router. Generally, the only IP address that is displayed to the world at large is the IP address for the router itself; your computer(s) is not available unless you directly open a port. (And if you don't know what I mean about that, then you probably do NOT need to open a port! <grin>) FWIW, I've got Windows XP on a laptop running a wireless connection; Windows ME on another laptop with a cable connected directly to my wireless router; and an HP 1200 laserprinter shared on the Windows ME system. So if any of you have problems with a similar setup, give me a shout. (And oh, yeah, I used to work for a computer security company! <wink>) |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, September 01, 2003 - 01:46 pm     <winks and grins back at Costacat in an effort to be friendly>
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Costacat | Monday, September 01, 2003 - 04:31 pm     . |
Costacat | Monday, September 01, 2003 - 04:32 pm     Costacat purrs back at the Big Dog!
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Texannie | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:17 am     Help! For some reason, when I am posting or reading on web pages, I am getting sort of hesitations when I type and sticky scrolling. I have checked my options and "enable smooth scrolling" is enabled..have checked, unchecked, checked and restarted. Nothing works..it's very annoying! |
Whoami | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 03:52 pm     Wow! No computer experts to the rescue yet? I am NOT an expert. But, I've had this kind of hiccup/sticky rolling before too. It usually seemed to happen when my memory was bogged down. Along with closing down any unnecessary programs running in the background, I'd clear out all my temp files, run Ad-Aware, and make sure my Pop-up Stopper was running. Don't know if that's the problem, but I'm sure a real expert will come along and give you a better solution. My question is, I'm thinking of looking into a scanner. What should I look for? I notice some are advertised with how much dpi it has (like I know what that is anyway). What is a good number? Is a higher number better, or a lower number? What other features should I be on the lookout for? Are any brands notoriously good (or even more important to know, notoriously bad). Also, I've seen a few of those "all in one" units (printer/scanner/copier) advertised a lot. My bil told me a couple of years ago that those units don't really perform any one function very well. I wondered if that's true. Again, are there brand names out there to look for or avoid? |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:19 pm     Texannie, when Bigdog's play computer got the BugBear virus, that is exactly how the mouse was acting. Wouldn't hurt to run your anti-virus scan. Whoami, as you may know, I am not a computer expert either. I suppose it depends on what you want to use the scanner for. I have an inexpensive Visioneer OneTouch, and it works well enough for my purposes, which is mostly just some occasional document copying and scanning photos to send to friends and relatives in e-mails. If you want to just do little stuff like that, you might even try watching the OfficeMax and Office Depot Sunday ads. They occasionally have rebate deals for free or practically free scanners. I can't exactly articulate why, but my inclination would also be to stay from the all-in-ones. Offhand, I would say they are expensive, and they do so many functions that if part of it went down, you could be missing out on using the other functions until you got it fixed. Juju2BigDra |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:29 pm     Okay, and now I have a problem. We went away for a week. I unplugged my computer and disconnected the phone line. Bigdog forgot to unplug his play computer, the Compaq 5170 P2, 300 Mhz, with Windows 98. The neighbors said we had some storms. Bigdog's computer is not starting properly. You start it, and it goes to the starting Windows screen but never boots to the desktop. It seems to go into sleep mode instead, where the little sliver moon thingie light is lit instead of the hard drive light which should be flickering and going on and off as the computer boots up. So then we hold the on-off button in for five seconds to get it to shut down, and are able to start it again in Safe mode. So then I attempt to restart it again, hoping it will clear up, only to go through this cycle all over again. I have not tried overriding the computer's suggestion to start in Safe mode and seeing what happens when I direct it to start in Normal mode. Should I try that? Suggestions? Edit: I directed Bigdog to follow the troubleshooting instructions in Windows 98 Help, but I'm not sure he has done it correctly, so I can always go back and slog through that if nobody has any quick suggestions. |
Weinermr | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:51 pm     Juju, Answering not as an expert, but as a fellow P2, Windows 98 user, I would restart and skip Safe mode, and hope for the best. I've gone through similar moments from time to time with my PC, and it always works fine after this kind of glitch. Assuming it starts up normally and Windows launches, I would run ScanDisk in Thorough mode, and perhaps then Defrag afterwards, just in case. JMO |
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