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Zachsmom

Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sq, go to your internet properties (Tool, Internet Options) Advanced Tab, scroll down til you see Microsoft VM, Make sure "JIT Compiler for virtual machine enabled" is checked. You will need to restart your computer afterwards.

Squaredsc

Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
k, thx 'mom. im going to do this now.

p.s. it was already checked.


Squaredsc

Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yay it works!! thx to ladyt and 'mom.

Lumbele

Friday, November 21, 2003 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My yahoo mail is all nutty.
I can sign in, enter whatever box and start reading my mail by clicking "next". Then suddenly it stops loading mail and stays in that hated perpetual loading stage. Any ideas, any co-sufferers or is it just me?

Ddr1135

Friday, November 21, 2003 - 3:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lumb, I've been having trouble too. Must be Yahoo.

Landi

Friday, November 21, 2003 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
dra, are you going to be online tonight? my dell is wacking out thanks to my dh and dd! i need MAJOR help. i can get online and chat and stuff, but nothing major with windows. i can't system restore to fix anything and it won't let rundll work! let me know if you're going to be around

THANKS!
landi


Lumbele

Friday, November 21, 2003 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Ddr, that's a relief. With this new XP thing I never know if I am just not getting it or if the problem lies elsewhere. Sorry you are having trouble, too though.

Texannie

Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok..two questions.
1. Why is my puter freezing up on me all the time??? grrrr I have done all the maintenance and stuff...still does it.
2. Cleaning up my start up items...can I eliminate any of these?
Quick Time Taks
GRA
Load Power Profile
BCMDMMSG
VSO Check Task
TK Bell Exe
Devldr16.exe
Scheduling Agent
True Vector
Load Power Profie (not sure why it's on there twice)
SSDPSRV
*Statemgr
MCVsRte

Texannie

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone?????

Zachsmom

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
how much memory do you have?

Lostintheglades

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
To tell you the truth, many of those in your start up aren't familiar to me at all. Power Profile is really only needed if you're on a laptop to conserve battery power. I would remove them all to a different folder. If you find somethings don't work then start from there.

Draheid

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: Please check your folder for a detailed response.

Sasman

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie, what i usually do in such a situation is to google each of them separately. I almost always find good information this way.

Texannie

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 2:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Sas, didn't think of that! LOL
Dra, got your message..thanks! The schedulingagent is all one word, so that's good right? No virus? Do I need it? I am running ME, so what do i do about the devldr16.exe?

Also, what would make my puter suddenly start freezing up all the time? Especially at one site?

Draheid

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: Re: SchedulingAgent, that 'should' be part of Windows scheduler and not the other problem I mentioned. Unless you need it though, you could stop that process from loading and not have any problems. Typical scheduled tasks are things like scandisk, defrag, etc. so if you have any of these set to run automatically then you do need this.

Re: Devldr16.exe, I would suggest you visit the Creative Labs website and see if they have updated drivers package for Win/ME that you can install. Look around there also for any tips on fixing problems related to this program. Try Creativelabs.com and look in 'Support'.

Re: Freezing up, My first thought for a site that tends to freeze your computer would be a Java related probelm. I have been to a few sites that are heavily loaded with java applets and they often seem to take forever to load. They do eventually load but while waiting, the computer appears frozen. Unfortunately I don't have a good suggestion for that as I have the same problem with a couple of sites and haven't resolved it yet. When I do, I'll let you know. (Unless someone else is familiar with this and has a solution to offer of course.)

Hope this helps.

Texannie

Monday, November 24, 2003 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Dra for all your help!

Lostintheglades

Monday, December 01, 2003 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not really a problem but I plan on getting myself an early Christmas present so I can get rid of my network cables. (The darn kids keep finding me by following the gray cable....)

Which Access point/Router should I get. Right now I'm using a Linksys DSL router but I really only need one wireless connection for my laptop right now since I can only afford to upgrade one pc at a time. Linksys makes several kinds but I want to be able to use both cable and wireless right now and I saw one by Netgear which says you can use both cable or wireless.

Any suggestions???

Draheid

Monday, December 01, 2003 - 5:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lostintheglades: I was hoping for someone who is actually using wireless to come in and comment but I guess they're either busy or haven't seen your questions.

I would suggest you stick with a brand you're most fmailiar with. Linksys makes a great line of wireless products and you could integrate them into your system a little easier then adding a different brand into the mix.

802.11b is the predominant (ie. least expensive) currently on the market but this only runs up to 11-mbps under ideal conditions. The range is somewhat limited.

802.11G is the newer technology offering up to 54-mbps and/or greater range although it's usually much more expensive.

As I understand, you're wanting to connect a desktop PC wirelessly, which means you probably won't be able to find a 'kit' that has both the WAP (Wireless Access Point) and network card in it as they have these for laptops.

The most important consideration, IMO, is the location of the wireless access point relative to where you'll be using the computer. The higher you can set the device, the greater your range will be.

Hope this helps.

Lostintheglades

Monday, December 01, 2003 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Dra!

Since I already had Linksys products I did exactly what you suggested. I picked up the 802.11G router and had to buy the PC card for my laptop seperately. Just got it all installed so no more triping over my cable as I cruise through the house with my laptop. Compu USA had some good rebates...when I get those I'll have only spent 140.00 on the whole thing so that's pretty good considering the original router was around 200.00 when I bought that several years ago. Right now I only needed the one wirless connection as the other cables are pretty well hidden.

Thanks for the help.

Draheid

Monday, December 01, 2003 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lostintheglades I'm glad you were able to get things setup and it's working well for you. I understand about the cost of the router, I also paid close to $200 when I bought mine several years ago.

In case you aren't familiar with the security features of wireless networking, I would like to suggest that you enable the wireless encryption on your system. This is mainly to help prevent someone from casually accessing your network using an unsecure wireless adapter from nearby. It's not a common problem, even less likely since you're using the 'G' version, but it is a possibility and worth looking at IMO.

Congratulations on getting such a good deal on everything too.

Something else to think about, with many of the newer game consoles (PlayStation/2, Gamecube, X-Box) having adapters that allow you to connect them to the internet, you might consider a wireless adapter to go with any of these that you have as well.

Good luck and enjoy your new 'freedom'! :)

Lostintheglades

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 6:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Dra....The linksys actually comes with a naming convention as well so for now I just changed the name of the network until I become more familiar with the encryption. Any suggestions or how to's are appreciated.

Fluff

Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have this new laptop and I'm confused. I have an ethernet card. Am I supposed to stick my phone jack in the modem, and their phone jack into the modem and into my phone? Excuse my ignorance, but this is all new to me.

Also, I have MSN explorer, but everytime I sign in, it says it has to update the explorer and then restart the computer. Then abruptly, the update never finishes and the computer restarts in the middle of nowhere. It does give me a minute warning before it does this. Other times, I keep getting error reports.

One more question. I purchased this laptop with Windows XP Home. So you mean to tell me that only Windows XP Pro has Microsoft Word, etc? LOL! I seriously thought all of that would be on here. *shaking my head*

Draheid

Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fluff:

1) The ethernet card is to connect to a network DO NOT PLUG THE PHONE IN THERE!!!

2) Your MSN problem sounds more like the problem people have been having with someone trying to hack your computer because of an insecure setting (based on the 'minute warning' you are getting). I would suggest you use Internet Explorer, click 'Tools - Windows Update' and allow it to check for any security updates recommended and install them. This should include the 'fix' for this problem as well as any other known problems.

3) Windows XP is only the operating system, both home and pro versions. Neither of which include any additional software such as Word. Unfortunately you have to purchase those seperately. I would recommend you look into the 'Academic Version' of Microsoft Office. You can usually purchase that for around $150 (vs the retail package, which is identical, for around $600!) (Sorry)

Hope this helps.

Fluff

Monday, December 08, 2003 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My friend said the reason my internet doesn't work properly is because I do not have the actual cd to download it. I just went to the control panel to set up an ISP. Could this be the problem?

Draheid

Monday, December 08, 2003 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fluff: I'm not sure what you're asking. It looks like you are connected already. Are you having problems with the internet connection or MSN specifically? Could you describe exactly what is happening and what you're doing at the time it happens?