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Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Juju! But this one comes with a printer too!

The last laptop I got from e-bay had something wrong with it (kept shutting down), so I won't be doing that again.

Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Order is complete. It all came up to about $1067. I hope this works out.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ever since I upgraded from Netscape 7 to Netscape 7.1 I am having a very annoying intermittent problem.

Sometimes when I am reading a page, all the non text on the page goes black. Eg on this page, all the clipart and the icons, and scroll bars will go solid black, all the tabs around the page names (ie I am using tabs instead of separate windows for various threads) will be totally outlined in black, large black blobs will appear in the right hand side scroll bar area...and the computer really slows down.

I took a jpg prnt screen of it. I will try to put it here but I think it is too large

corrupted

I am almost 100% convinced it is related to netscape 7.1 download although I also have AIM and Norton 2004 as new downloads since the problem started.

Anyone have a clue what this is all about??? It is really annoying as I have to reboot everytime it happens.

ETA I was right . It is too large...When I try to get it to 65Kb in Ulead, it doesn't appear legible.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got my card working and I am now back online!!!!!

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jan, e-mail it to me please to draheidfromtvch at yahoo dot com (remove the spaces and use the characters) and I'll see what I can come up with. As you know, I also use NS 7.1 and I am having no problems with it at all. The only caveat I'll add to that statement is that I set everything on my computer to 'classic' mode - theme, netscape, etc. so I'm not sure if that will or should make any difference.

Let me know.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 4:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dang, Fluff! Well, too late now. The ebay one also had the printer, same everything. But, yeah, you do take a greater risk with ebay than Walmart. If it doesn't work right from Walmart, back it goes with no hassle.

Congratulations!

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oooops just got back online and found your answer, Dra. I will do that right now. Thanks so much, as usual :-)

Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Juju.

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
To all of our resident computer geniuses, I pose this question:

My DS has a tower running Win98 from his darling Grandmother. I will need to add a Monitor, Keyboard and mouse to get him up and running (and away from MY computer!) But I have a few questions:

1) I run WindowsXP -- he would be running Win98 (unless I can load XP on his computer -- with the age, I'm just not sure)

2) I have a cable modem from Charter. His room is upstairs and I would like to "share" my cable modem with him. What would I need to do this? Would a wireless router work? Especially since he is one floor above where my PC is (holes are already in the ceiling from previous things like XBox)

3) If that works, would my screen show what he is doing? Or can we work independantly of each other. For example, can I browse TVCH with all of you great folks while he is playing the latest war game online with friends? (or doing GOD knows what!)

Any suggestions from the gurus out there?


Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Friday, February 27, 2004 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Luvmyjrt:

1) You could probably upgrade to Windows XP if the system has enough memory. 256MB is about the practical minimum, but it will run better with 384MB or 512MB. I upgraded a P3-700MHz machine from Windows 98 to XP a couple months ago and it is running faster and better with the new OS.
What is the speed of the machine?

2) Both a regular router (since you already have the holes) and wireless router will work. Draheid likes Linksys, I like Netgear, either will work for not too much money.

Main feature it needs is address translation, so both of your machines will use the same IP address when acccessing the internet. Most solutions will have this and will allow you to hook up 4 or more computers.

3) You would be completely independant of each other and may only notice some slowdown if one of you is using more of the bandwidth. At times my cable modem is supporting 3 computers and an online game system and seldom to I notice much of a difference for regular browsing (like TVCH).

Draheid is all about the models, so decide if you want wires or not and see what he recommends.
<...puts his money on Linksys...>


Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just had AGV anti-virus come on a couple times with a warning while using the internet. I have NEVER had Norton do that. Yay AGV!!!

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I JUST installed Norton 2004 within the last month. So far, knock on wood, I have NEVER encountered a virus in 7 years of internet use. Given that, is it worth my while uninstalling Norton and replacing with AGV?

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Probably not, as long as you're paid up and keep your virus definitions up to date.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Sponge :-)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 9:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jan, I got disgusted because Norton did not catch THREE sets of trojans that infected my computer on three different occasions in the past two months. Up until the past couple months, I have never had a virus in the six years I have had a home computer. Up until then, I was very happy with Norton. So now I am trying out AGV.

I did not uninstall Norton, just turned it off. Even though it is turned off, I got a popup yesterday telling me to do an update, which I did.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks JuJu. I am still thinking about it but Thanks for taking your time to explain it tome :-)

(PS I hope you have a great trip to Hong Kong. What world travellers you guys are!)

Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So, my puter came yesterday, very early!

Anyway, for those who've had AOL, do you notice it to be a bit slow? Also, do you have problems loading java things, like Yahoo Pool? LOL

Also, does anyone know if a Celeron is compatible with NetZero or Juno?

TIA!

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fluff: The processor is irrelevant to connections with any provider including NetZero or Juno. You should be able to use either of those. I would also suggest you look into access through the university. Most colleges and universities offer their students free dialup access when they don't reside on campus.

Hope that helps.

Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you.

Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Next question.

How can I rid AOL off my computer (uninstall it)? I can't delete it for some reason, and I want to use my other instant messenger name on AIM, but it won't let me. It only lets me use the one I have registered with AOL.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fluff: You should be able to open 'Start - Settings - Control Panel' then run 'Add/Remove Programs' and select AOL for uninstall. This should clear the program from your computer. You will probably also need to then download and install AIM. Alternatively, you could just download and install AIM and run that to access your other screen name. The two programs can be installed on the same computer without any problems.

Hope this helps.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra..just wanted to let you know that so far so good. Since I changed to Classic mode on Netscape last week, I have NOT had the problem I described above. I am keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for your help again :-)

I didn't even know there was a classic vs modern look to it. As far as I know the default for me was the modern look.

Fluff
Member

07-25-2002

Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Draheid! You're such a lifesaver!

As soon as I figure out how to get the java thing on my puter, I can come back to the chatclub!

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK I admit it. I am jinxed. THE INSTANT I MADE THE ABOVE POST (well maybe not the instant, maybe 60 minutes after) the problem started up again !!! I jinxed myself.

It seems to happen if I have more than a couple of windows or tabs open. I think I will try deleting AIM..sigh

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a question, not computer related, but techie in nature.

I purchased 2 DVD's from Amazon UK, and they shipped from Great Britain.

They won't play in my DVD player, but will play in the desktop PC.

I know there are country codes that are sometimes set on discs.

How can I get them to play in the DVD player? ( Or did I just blow $60? )