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Topic: Computer help?
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Faith 
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 253 of 297 (358214)
10-22-2006 10:11 PM
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Reply to: Message 252 by nwr
10-22-2006 9:49 PM
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Re: "Closed the internet"
Don't have a clue what modem I'm using. I guess it's part of the new computer package. I'll have to look it up.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 255 of 297 (358224)
10-22-2006 11:03 PM
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Reply to: Message 254 by nwr
10-22-2006 10:22 PM
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Re: dsl modem
How do I open a command prompt window? I did finally understand that you meant the modem AT&T sent. It says Speedstream 4100.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 257 of 297 (358227)
10-22-2006 11:21 PM
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Reply to: Message 254 by nwr
10-22-2006 10:22 PM
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Re: dsl modem
I got the info but I'm not sure why it's needed. Please explain. Thanks Dr. Jones. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 261 of 297 (358326)
10-23-2006 2:52 PM
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For Iano
As per email instruction from Iano, I closed AOL, and have the VNC up and running again. The IP according to the icon is 71.142.141.66. The link Percy gave won't give me a number today at all for some reason. I tried three times. My IE, or SBC, has AOL as a home page. For some reason it doesn't always load graphics. Most of the avatars and some of the buttons at EvC aren't loading. Edit: P.S. I'm going to be away from the computer for a while and my daughter may use it part of the time. But the VNC is running and if the number is correct she knows you may be looking at it. Never mind, I'm here for now. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 263 of 297 (358335)
10-23-2006 3:27 PM
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Reply to: Message 262 by Taz
10-23-2006 3:18 PM
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Re: For Iano / gasby
Tools -> internet options -> general -> settings in temporary internet files -> automatically (or everytime you visit the page, whatever you want). If that doesn't work, we'll try something else. Work for what? To get the graphics to show up?
In options, you can also change your homepage. AOL sounds like a pretty depressing homepage, don't you think? I'm making this transition from AOL to SBC DSL which was an AOL offer, which I don't understand at all. Why are they selling me something that gets me to leave AOL? I'm happy enough to leave it, except that I really don't like the new email format, it's hard to figure out. I'm sure I'll eventually change the home page but I also don't care. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 265 of 297 (358342)
10-23-2006 3:42 PM
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Reply to: Message 264 by iano
10-23-2006 3:28 PM
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Re: For Iano
That's what I did, Ian, I tried the link three times, besides giving you the number at the icon, and the link gives me absolutely nothing, no number, a complete blank. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 273 of 297 (358390)
10-23-2006 6:21 PM
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Reply to: Message 271 by iano
10-23-2006 4:06 PM
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Re: Faith/nwr
Sorry I had to be away from the computer a while, Ian, and will again in about an hour or maybe a little less. I guess you could talk me through turning off the firewalls now if you're there. Edit: I clicked on PC-cillin and it's obvious how to disable that one in two places, for internet security and for viruses -- aren't both the same thing? Anyway, they are two separate parts of the software. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Re: For Iano / gasby
Presumably they're going to try to sell you AOL for Broadband, or convince you not to cancel your AOL account, etc. I'm sure they'll be very happy to remind you - constantly - that you can still use all the AOL services you know and love over your new DSL connection. They've sent me a letter confirming that they've officially ended my AOL service -- although I can still use it the way I always did so far. I have no idea what this means. It's a separate icon on the desktop, with the IE icon -- no AT&T icon. They already sold me AOL for Broadband -- that appears to be what this is, although it's through AT&T, or SBC global -- it's a one-year deal, after which I pay full price if I keep it. Meanwhile I don't understand what's happening.
It used to be notoriously difficult to cancel AOL service. Maybe that's still true. The customer service people really go for the hard sell. This is the weirdest possible way to go about it if that is their aim. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 276 of 297 (358396)
10-23-2006 6:41 PM
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Reply to: Message 275 by iano
10-23-2006 6:38 PM
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OK Ian, I'm turning it all off.
Sorry Ian. I did disable PC-cillin for a few minutes WHILE I was on EVC forum. It's enabled again but who knows. HOWEVER, I'm now going to go off the internet and turn them both off for thirty minutes and you can do as you please. My daughter will turn them both back on in thirty minutes if I am out, which I expect to be. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 279 of 297 (358421)
10-23-2006 9:47 PM
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Reply to: Message 277 by iano
10-23-2006 6:51 PM
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Re: Faith/nwr
If you can disable all of PC-cillan then fine. That will disable the PC-cillin firewall. Better to poke around to find the firewall bit though and disable that alone. To be sure. But...
Figure out if you can do that first but don't do it yet. Confirm you've found where there is the option of disabling the PC-cillin firewall then get back here and confirm. Then we'll set a 30 minutes tryout. On my go you disable the PC-cillin firewall and the Window firewall as described. PC cillin has a disable-internet security button and a disable-virus protection button or soemthing like that. Two buttons anyway. I can disable both or one or the other. Windows security is pretty straightforward. Just let me know when. I should be here most of tomorrow. I closed AOL but IE is always "on" isn't it? Or do I have to maximize it for it to be open?
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 291 of 297 (358588)
10-24-2006 4:48 PM
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Reply to: Message 287 by Taz
10-24-2006 3:24 PM
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"paranoia"
All I've said on this thread was that I wasn't sure I wanted Percy to view the contents of my computer -- this is a matter of personal feeling based on the history of our interactions. Otherwise, all the precautions about time online with the firewall disabled etc. have been recommendations by others. I've been rather puzzled by your attributing this "paranoia" about such things to me. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Faith
Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: 10-06-2001
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Message 292 of 297 (358629)
10-24-2006 7:57 PM
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Hey Iano
Has anything worked yet? I left for a while, leaving all the firewall stuff disabled.
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