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Draheid

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And you have a problem with that, Karuuna? :O

Zachsmom

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
and with the church watching !!!

Jmm

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Excuse me, do I have any say so in this? LOL

Karuuna

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
JMM, Actually, you get ALL the say so, or say-NO, as it were.

Karuuna

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<cough, cough> um, Drah, I'll Email ya, okay?

Jmm

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awwwww, what the heck, go for it Karuuna. After all there's nothing on TV tonight anyway. lol

Karuuna

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 06:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OH my heck! Who would have thought equipping the church would be so, um, entertaining, to so many?

Zachsmom

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 06:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
equipping the church

is that what they're calling it now and days? myimage

Karuuna

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zmom! You go stand in the corner right now, young lady! And don't come out till Tess tells you to! nono

Squaredsc

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 07:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
omg i thought this was the computer advice thread. you all are off the heezy.

Tess

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahem!

There are some very unangelic things going on in here. Zmom! back to poker for you.

Kar and Drah--carry on. :)

Karuuna

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Carry on? And I thought Tess would help me get things back on track!

Fanny

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
:)

Weinermr

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Off the heezy, on the heezy... Who can tell?

Squaredsc

Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
roflmao!

Bigd

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 08:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
my brother uses Outlook Express; Windows XP; and Bellsouth DSL internet service. I cannot get his email program to retain his password. Every time he goes into Outlook Express he has to enter his password, even though all the boxes to retain the password without without having to type in again are checked. Any suggestions?

Draheid

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 08:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BigD: Can you IM me from that computer? I might be able to 'walk/talk' you through what you are trying to setup.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thank god we got back on topic, lol.

Karuuna

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 04:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No kidding, SquareD... I was thinking I'd have to do months and months of penance...

Nathalia

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all...some may remember me from BB. I am having trouble running my disk defrag. It just keeps relooping and I have to shut the computer off. This has been going on since the last time I loaded Real Player around BB time. I tried deleting Real Player because I thought I heard that would take care of the problem but it hasn't. Any suggestions??? Also...one more question. Sometimes when I go to a web sight I get a message that says my IP address is broadcasting over the internet and I am at a security risk. I would appreciate any help! Thanks!

Draheid

Friday, January 31, 2003 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nathalia: My guess would be that you have some program(s) running while you attempt to defragment your computer. Specifically, the program(s) running are accessing the hard drive that is being defragmented. Some examples: Screensavers, Seti@Home, firewall with logging enabled, etc. Any time there a program accesses the hard drive while defrag is running results in defrag starting over.

What you can do is press <Ctrl><Alt><Del> which will bring up a list of programs that are running. Select a program and click 'End Task' to end that program. (Note: you'll have to do this several times) The only programs required to be running are explorer and systray in most instances. If however, for some reason your computer becomes unstable or unusable, you may have to reboot.

Before proceeding to the next step, please write down what settings you change and reverse the process after you have finished defragmenting your computer.

Next you'll need to disable your screensaver. To do this, click 'Start - Setting - Control Panel' then click on 'Display'. Now select the 'ScreenSaver' tab. In the pull-down menu, select <none>. Finally, if there is a section in the bottom of that box that talks about 'Power Management', click the button there and turn off power management as well.

Now you should be able to run defragment without interruption. Be sure to reboot when it is finished for everything to reload and run properly. Then restore your screensaver settings.

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The message that appears on some websites about your IP address being broadcast is just an advertisment. They are not really detecting your computer, simply trying to get you to click on their link, usually trying to sell you something.

If you are concerned about the security of your computer, I suggest you go to GRC.COM and run the 'ShieldsUp!' test routine to see how vulnerable you might be. If you find that your connection to the internet is not secure, you can go to Zonelabs.com and download a free personal version of ZoneAlarm firewall software. If you decided to use ZoneAlaarm, once you've downloaded and installed zonealarm, go back to GRC.com and test again to see that it is working.

I hope this helps.

Jed245

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 05:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nathalia: Another thing ya might try is restarting your computer in safe mode and doing the scan disk :o)

Marysafan

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 09:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a Dell 4300S that is one year old. Recently we have been unable to print because we cannot get the information from the computer to the printer...yes we did try to replace the cable. Now I cannot transfer photos from my digital camera to the computer (I get a check the port settings messages....port settings have been check and rechecked).

I should also add that we took a lightening hit several months ago and had to replace the modem but every thing has been fine until just recently...any suggestions before I sit for hapf the day on hold to Dell? Your help as always is GREATLY appreciated.

Draheid

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 12:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Marysafan: If the printers and camera are both using the same port, I would guess USB, and neither are suddenly working, it would seem to indicate that the USB port(s) could certainly have suffered from the lightning as well as the modem. Even if the printer and camera connect with different ports, the entire 'interface' bus could have been damaged by the strike.

If you could provide a little more information on how each device (and any other devices) connect to the computer and what if any are still working.

Marysafan

Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 12:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hubby says the printer is connected to LPT1 and the camera is connected to USB. So It appears that I may have to replace something. Thanks for your help.