Archive through February 01, 2003
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Computer Problem - I need advice/help (ARCHIVE):
Archive through February 01, 2003
Draheid | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:37 pm     And you have a problem with that, Karuuna?  |
Zachsmom | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:37 pm     and with the church watching !!! |
Jmm | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:44 pm     Excuse me, do I have any say so in this? LOL |
Karuuna | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:45 pm     JMM, Actually, you get ALL the say so, or say-NO, as it were.  |
Karuuna | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:46 pm     <cough, cough> um, Drah, I'll Email ya, okay? |
Jmm | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 05:50 pm     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     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     equipping the church is that what they're calling it now and days?  |
Karuuna | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 06:20 pm     Zmom! You go stand in the corner right now, young lady! And don't come out till Tess tells you to!  |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 07:20 pm     omg i thought this was the computer advice thread. you all are off the heezy.  |
Tess | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 07:52 pm     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     Carry on? And I thought Tess would help me get things back on track! |
Fanny | Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:12 am     |
Weinermr | Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 11:13 am     Off the heezy, on the heezy... Who can tell? |
Squaredsc | Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 01:44 pm     roflmao! |
Bigd | Friday, January 31, 2003 - 08:50 am     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     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     thank god we got back on topic, lol. |
Karuuna | Friday, January 31, 2003 - 04:41 pm     No kidding, SquareD... I was thinking I'd have to do months and months of penance... |
Nathalia | Friday, January 31, 2003 - 04:52 pm     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     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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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     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     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     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     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. |
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