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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
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Tried those things and it didn't help. Off to get V3.0 [I've been using V2.0.0.14] Thanks for the advice!
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Alex Cockell
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Originally posted by Nats:
Although I'm an IT geek (just passed an exam to prove it this morning as well! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ) I can't help my Mum on this one. She has XP and broadband, and wants to be able to send a fax from her PC.... Anyone know any good utilities for this? I can virtualise a server but can't send a fax... ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) ....
You could always get her to subscribe to a service such as
This... fax gateway. She sends a PDF via email - fax is derived
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Sparrow
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As someone who suffers from a bit of RSI in my hands I'm always looking for keyboard shortcuts instead of using the mouse. I've found the one for moving backwards a page when internet surfing (backspace) but is there one for moving forward again after you've gone back? Seems to me that there should be one but I haven't found it yet and I don't like having to take my hand off the keyboard and use the mouse every time for that action.
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Jengie jon
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This recommendation also works with Firefox.
Jengie
[eta] and here are even more [/eta]
[ 29. June 2008, 18:18: Message edited by: Jengie Jon ]
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Pearl B4 Swine
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Instant Message help wanted
I have Yahoo! instant messenger, and now have a problem. After chatting normally for maybe 20 minutes, the person on the other end says, "Aren't you going to answer? Is something wrong? " or similar. Then I type, "I AM typing & talking; can't you see my posts?" Then the other person says something like, "Well, I guess you've gone away. Maybe we can talk tomorrow. Bye."
From my end, everything looks fine. I see both sides of the convo. This happens now every time we chat. [I only have 1 person I IM like this, so I don't know if its just her/me, or a bigger problem.]
About a month ago I got Vista windows. Should I try to uninstall yahoo IM & reinstall? or dump it & get some other kind of IM ?
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Sparrow:
As someone who suffers from a bit of RSI in my hands I'm always looking for keyboard shortcuts instead of using the mouse. I've found the one for moving backwards a page when internet surfing (backspace) but is there one for moving forward again after you've gone back?
I've generally used Alt and the cursor keys for this. (Far too many things are mouse-driven.)
On another question entirely, if I want to keep my anti-virus software, which has just launched a new release, apparently I have to upgrade my operating system to Windows Service Pack 2. I'm currently on Windows SP1. I've never upgraded an operating system, and feel nervous about doing so. How risky is this?
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Lumpy da Moose
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It has its difficulties, doing a service pack, but it is fairly infrequent that there's major problems. First, assuming you're using system restore, make sure you set a restore point, something an upgrade to SP2 or 3 should do automatically if you have it switched on. I don't use system restore myself, but that's just me.
Make sure to get a full downloaded version for redistribution (about a 300+ MB download for SP3) and do the update from that. Don't do the on-line one-- if your connection gets interrupted, there could be problems. If you have SP1, don't bother with two-- just get SP3. I have installed 3 with no problems.
I'm guessing you have AVG-- I'm still getting updates on my SP1 machines even though I'm still using v.7.5 and not 8 (8 is on this laptop I'm writing on).
If you have a fairly standard mainstream machine, I don't think you'll have problems with a service pack update.
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Wesley J
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With all due respect, I still have SP2, as have most businesses I know. And for the time being I shall stick to it, as there appear to be a number of bugs and incompatible software issues. This just from my own XP-ierence.
Glad if it works for you, Lumpy. ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
Instant Message help wanted [...]
About a month ago I got Vista windows. Should I try to uninstall yahoo IM & reinstall? or dump it & get some other kind of IM ?
Invisible Pearl
I'm afraid I can't help you there, Pearl, as I don't do IM. (Except Skype, and that only rarely.)
Uninstalling and reinstalling sounds worth a try. Have you got Yahoo! Messenger version 8.1? (Info here.) - This looks like the latest stable version for XP as well as Vista.
Try to get someone else to sign up and to experiment the IM with you and perhaps check by phone if it works.
There should also be an FAQ section somewhere which you could check, or alternatively google (take this, Yahoo! ![[Biased]](wink.gif) ) with e.g. 'Yahoo IM' and 'problem'.
Hope you'll find your way around. - Perhaps someone else more knowledgeable can help here? Ta. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Re the latest Microsoft Security Update of 8 July 2008, KB951748, described in 'Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-037 – Important'.
This vulnerability has also been published in the media, e.g. on BBC News. The update is for Win 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, however not needed for Vista.
After installing the MS patch, I lost all access to internet both via broadband and dial-up, on different browsers (Firefox 3.0, IE7) and machines. I had to uninstall it again via add/remove programmes, and internet is back now. Phew!
Anyone else experienced this? Found a workaround? Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be any comment on this issue from MS, here.
Just curious.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Ok, seems to be an issue with Zone Alarm firewall. - Hm. We'll see what they come up with. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Pheonix
Twisted fire starter
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The only issue I have seen with XP SP3 is that windows updates can stop working properly (most noticeably with Office updates). However, a simple re-register of the important DLL's is often enough.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Wesley J
What sometimes happens is that ZoneALarm looses all its internet access rights. Resetting these to Firefox and such works wonders.
Jengie
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Mr. Spouse
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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
What sometimes happens is that ZoneALarm looses all its internet access rights. Resetting these to Firefox and such works wonders
I've given up on the free version of Zone Alarm as it's too restrictive for certain programs that I run (including but not limited to file sharing).
I was recommended to try COMODO Firewall, which is also free and much more flexible. Unlike ZA you can open specific ports and provide precise access rights for programs.
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Mr Clingford
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Originally posted by Wesley J:
Ok, seems to be an issue with Zone Alarm firewall. - Hm. We'll see what they come up with.
Thanks for the heads up; I read this yesterday so when I couldn't access the internet this morning I was ready.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Originally posted by Mr Clingford:
quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
Ok, seems to be an issue with Zone Alarm firewall. - Hm. We'll see what they come up with.
Thanks for the heads up; I read this yesterday so when I couldn't access the internet this morning I was ready.
Which was my intention. Glad to be of some assistance, kind Sir. <bows>
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The problem's now been solved, with Zonelabs issuing a ZoneAlarm upgrade, see (and download from) here.
I've now upgraded all machines with (in my case) free ZoneAlarm v.7.0.483.000, and also downloaded the infamous MS patch KB951748 again, and all's working ok now. So, problem solved.
(I seems this has caused quite a stir on the web, in fact, with people resorting to steam-driven computers and means of accessing the net!)
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Ann
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My DH's pc got internet blocked yesterday and he had to resort to our daughter's *nix machine to find out what the problem was. He told me and I noted down the KB number. When I was on my machine, Windows popped up with some updates and I noticed that one amongst them and unchecked it.
Today, I switched on my pc and guess what - no internet. I checked the installed updates and, blow me down, Micro$oft had installed that KB fix behind my back and against my express orders!
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Eutychus
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I have just resurrected a spare old computer lying around, basically for Internet browsing for visiting guests.
I have reinstalled XP on half of it, but it won't download upgrades (such as SP 4, which I apparently need to make the free version of AVG anvirus work). Can anyone help here?
On the other half, I've installed Ubuntu. (My idea is that failing proper antivirus protection with XP, I'll just run the thing on Linux to browse the internet). Rather than have people trip over my Ethernet cable, I have a Belkin USB plug-in wifi antenna which works fine with XP but I have no idea how to make it work with Linux. Any suggestions/workarounds?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Originally posted by Sparrow:
As someone who suffers from a bit of RSI in my hands I'm always looking for keyboard shortcuts instead of using the mouse.
Sparrow, have you ever tried voice-to-text software? How useful it is depends a lot on what you do, but I find it a life- (or at least wrist-) saver. I use Dragon Naturally Speaking.
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
I have a Belkin USB plug-in wifi antenna which works fine with XP but I have no idea how to make it work with Linux. Any suggestions/workarounds?
Start by finding out what the thing actually is. Run 'lsusb' from a command prompt and you should be able to identify the chipset. Google from there.
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Sparrow
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quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
quote:
Originally posted by Sparrow:
As someone who suffers from a bit of RSI in my hands I'm always looking for keyboard shortcuts instead of using the mouse.
Sparrow, have you ever tried voice-to-text software? How useful it is depends a lot on what you do, but I find it a life- (or at least wrist-) saver. I use Dragon Naturally Speaking.
Thanks - yes I know about Dragon etc, but I don't really need anything so drastic. At home I limit my PC use and spread it out so I'm not using the mouse for hours on end.
At work however, I sit right next to two other people and I think voice to text might disturb them too much. I try to plan my work so I take lots of breaks from the PC and do other things, and I have an ergonomic keyboard. I've had the problem for some years now but it hasn't got any worse since I started taking these measures.
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Jengie jon
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Any bright person here got an idea about what may be up. I fell foul of the ZoneAlarm Microsoft problem. I should be back up and sometimes am but not regularly, so something other than the patch must be messing things up! Any idea?
Jengie
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Doc Tor
Deepest Red
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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Any bright person here got an idea about what may be up. I fell foul of the ZoneAlarm Microsoft problem. I should be back up and sometimes am but not regularly, so something other than the patch must be messing things up! Any idea?
I'm guessing that you have to:
deinstall the Windows update
install the patch issued by Zone Alarm
reinstall the Windows update
make sure the Windows firewall is off
AFAIK, the Windows security update is actually a good idea (randomises the DNS to fox an incoming attack), so is worth having. But probably not at the expense of not having a firewall.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Done that several times over. This happens regardless of the patch being installed (its uninstalled at present and I could not get on at home before I came to work) and I have upgraded the ZoneAlarm.
Actually I suspect it is a modem problem so am going to try a fix I seem to remember from installing it.
Jengie
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Pheonix
Twisted fire starter
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This is probably a bit too techy for here, but I don't suppose if anyone knows if there are any patched RPM's for bind 9.4.2 suitable for FC7? Its either that or I try compiling one, or see if can get away with nicking one from CentOS 5 (same paths for everything so *should* work).
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Doc Tor
Deepest Red
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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Done that several times over. This happens regardless of the patch being installed (its uninstalled at present and I could not get on at home before I came to work) and I have upgraded the ZoneAlarm.
Actually I suspect it is a modem problem so am going to try a fix I seem to remember from installing it.
![[Frown]](frown.gif) Hard lines. It would be a bit of a coincidence if the modem started playing up just as the Windows/Zone Alarm conflict happened. Have you rolled back to a System Restore point, or used the Windows de-installer? If you have a good System Restore point, it might be better to use that...
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Do you want the full list.
One computer totally un-usable suspect corrupt hard drive, due to whirring sound. Unfortunately this means I am without printing at home.
Palm decided to blank screen until I reset it. Fortunately that worked.
Oh computer at work decided it did not like the network as well. However they assure me that it wasn't me who upset the main login server.
However I know at one stage a program while trying to sort things did a reset on the modem so am suspicious of that.
Jengie
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Well progress is being made. I changed my modem for el cheapo that came with the Broadband package. Guess what it works. Now just to sort out the way forward.
Jengie
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AdamPater
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Microsoft keeps offering me a Malicious Software Removal Tool. I'm suspicious of giving MS access to my software (hey, I like Linux...). Am I too paranoid? Is there any Rumoured Risk about this thing?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Are you sure it's from Microsoft? One of the Eutychites got something like this as a popup on a Vista machine, but it didn't match what the existing security installation was telling me.
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I'd be very careful, even if it really is from MS. Mr. Otter's work laptop ended up with a Windows update that included some kind of anti-malware software that he did not want or need. It scanned the computer, claimed to have found a virus or somesuch, then asked if he'd like to pay to register the software so it could remove the whatever - and made the computer pretty much a paperweight in the process. IIRC the software had Vista in the name (this computer is running XP).
I asked him to please not throw the laptop across the room as he was threatening (this happened Friday night, IIRC), as I really didn't want to pay for the laptop. And then I prescribed dark chocolate for Mr. Otter.
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leonato
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Windows update produces a perfectly genuine malicious software removal tool every month mainly to check for recent worms and viruses. I have never had any problem with it, as it has never found anything.
I think it is probably wise to accept it if any only if it comes up as an option when you are doing a proper Windows update.
[ETA] Otter, if something appeared asking you to pay for registration that sounds more like spyware or a virus than anything genuine from Windows.
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Otter
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Originally posted by leonato:
[ETA] Otter, if something appeared asking you to pay for registration that sounds more like spyware or a virus than anything genuine from Windows.
It could be, although the non-MS anti-malware software that was already installed on the machine didn't twig to it. Not proof of course, but Mr. Otter does have a good track record, and MS . . . less so, IMO. In any case, he and the network admin have beaten the problem into a semi-comatose state
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Help! I've lost my icon!
No, this isn't a question for Ecclesiantics. I've always had an Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar at the bottom of my screen. I apparently clicked on something I shouldn't have, and *poof* -- it's gone. How do I get it back there? (I still have one on my desktop, but I like to have one I can click on when other windows are open.)
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Ship's Roundhead
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamPater:
Microsoft keeps offering me a Malicious Software Removal Tool. I'm suspicious of giving MS access to my software (hey, I like Linux...). Am I too paranoid? Is there any Rumoured Risk about this thing?
No, there are not rumoured risks, there are real big risks.
For example I spent over three hours at a neighbour's house on Saturday on his computer getting rid of a thing calling itself "XP Antivirus" which is deliberately faked to look like a Microsoft program and lies to you about non-existent viruses on your computer to try to get you to give them money.
It is itself a virus. It is a complete scam. If you hit its "uninstall" button it reinstalls itself under a different name and puts its software in a different directory on your disk. It takes over your Windows wallpaper. It starts automatically when you reboot.
No honest company sells anything through spam. If they try to sell you stuff through it is unsolicited email or pop-ups and redirections on other people's websites and most especially through installing unwanted adware on your computer tehn you know they are up to no good.
Such spam is 100% evidence that someone is out to cheat you. NEVER reply to them, never follow their links, never pay them any money at all for anything.
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L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.
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The Machine Elf
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Pigwidgeon - If you're showing the 'Quick Launch' toolbar, right mouse button drag the Internet Explorer icon from the desktop to the 'Quick Launch' toolbar (normally just next to the start button) and when you release choose 'create shortcut' or 'copy'. If you're not showing it, show it (right-click on the task bar, select 'toolbars', and click on 'quick start'). If you're showing it, but it's been resized too small to show an icons, resize it bigger, then lock the taskbar (right click on taskbar again). Or something else might have happened.
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Doc Tor
Deepest Red
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Help! I've lost my icon!
It's a sign from above. Repent of your former Microsoft ways and embrace Firefox like you would a long-lost lover. ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Pigwidgeon
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Thank you, Machine Elf!
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Doc Tor:
It's a sign from above. Repent of your former Microsoft ways and embrace Firefox like you would a long-lost lover.
I just knew someone would suggest that. But Machine Elf's suggestion worked, so I'm a happy camper. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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quote:
Originally posted by ken:
quote:
Originally posted by AdamPater:
Microsoft keeps offering me a Malicious Software Removal Tool. I'm suspicious of giving MS access to my software (hey, I like Linux...). Am I too paranoid? Is there any Rumoured Risk about this thing?
No, there are not rumoured risks, there are real big risks.
For example I spent over three hours at a neighbour's house on Saturday on his computer getting rid of a thing calling itself "XP Antivirus" which is deliberately faked to look like a Microsoft program and lies to you about non-existent viruses on your computer to try to get you to give them money.
It is itself a virus. It is a complete scam. 8<.....
yep - it's a pig that one. A trojan pig. I fell for an attachment that could easily have been valid, and after I'd opened the file (something I tell everyone else not to do!!! but my excuse is that a message from the alleged sender was quite likely) I had a suspicion I might have been caught, and so I did a search for the product on offer, and found various websites offering help. Then I spent a big part of Saturday removing it. I am glad that I didn't use the uninstall option - I didn't know that it might cause yet further problems.
However.....
just now I went to use that PC and when I select a user it starts to login then says saving settings and I'm back at the screen with the accounts to select. Regardless of the account I select it does the same - starts the login then says saving settings and then logs out without ever getting to the desktop screen. I'm sure I used that PC earlier this week with no problems.
I suspect I got rid of something that I shouldn't have - I hope that the "help" I used wasn't itself a virus of sorts.
Thankfully I have an alternative PC available to me, so I've done a search and can't find any help there - so does anyone have a suggestion? Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately?) I go on shore-leave for a week at 8am tomorrow, so probably won't be able to try anything before I go, but will be keen to fix it when I get back.
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This is probably a bit too techy for here, but I don't suppose if anyone knows if there are any patched RPM's for bind 9.4.2 suitable for FC7? Its either that or I try compiling one, or see if can get away with nicking one from CentOS 5 (same paths for everything so *should* work).
Have a shufti at this set of fedora patches.
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Timothy the Obscure
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My antique desktop machine has suddenly developed a modem problem (yes, I still have dial-up). It dials and connects, but Firefox won't load any pages, and while Device Manager says the modem is working properly, it also says that the port is in use by another application, even when nothing else is open. In an additional twist, it says the modem is connected to COM3, but system information doesn't admit that any such port exists (the only communication port it recognizes is COM1). How do you configure port assignments in XP (I vaguely remember doing it Windows 98, but XP help is, typically, useless).
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Wesley J
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Sometimes happens, Timothy. I've got broadband, but have been using my 56K modem as fax and answerphone for many years, and as an emergency backup if broadband should be down. Every few weeks, my computer (Windows XP SP2) decides to not recognise the modem, for reasons unknown, and exactly the way you describe.
Reinstalling the modem drivers and/or other software (I've got mine on a CD-ROM that came with the modem) will help.
Hope this might work out for you as well. Good luck!
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Originally posted by daisydaisy:
I've done a search and can't find any help there - so does anyone have a suggestion?
Whategver it is, try to fix it with the computer out of the network. Pull the cable, turn the wireless base station off.
Maybe reboot into windows "safe" mode.
If you see the nasty message try to kill it before it "saves" the settings - maybe CTRL-ALT-DELETE and shut down processes through the Task Manager.
Check out programs automatically started at boot time and see if you really want them.
From there on in, other than "get a good anti-spam/virus/adware/spyware tool there isn't much I can say
I did over my neighbour's machine manually, not using a tool. But its a very long-winded way of doing it. (though it more or less lmost always works) My general approach to it is to look at the Event Log first. look forf error messages, try to estabouish when the Bad Thuing (whatever it was) happened. Even spam often leaves a log trail on the C: drive. Then I search the machine for files and directories updated at or near the time of the incident, especially for any recently installed or updated executable programs in system directories
I also look for hidden files and directories, for system files posing as other things, etc. etc. (line commands "dir", "find", and "attrib" are good for this - not unfoprtuneatly the real pukka Unix "find" command but Microsoft "find" which is basically a castrated "grep" but can be used to filter the output of "dir")
I also look through the Registry for keys I don't recognise. This is unbelievably tedious and depends on having spent so much of your life eviscerating operating systems that you can spot what fits and what doesn't.
And even then its not safe just to delete what looks bad - always check first on one of the many sites that describe what programs live in Windows and what don't.
In a world that includes Vista that pretty much boils down to "Don't try this at home, folks!"
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Alex Cockell
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
I have a Belkin USB plug-in wifi antenna which works fine with XP but I have no idea how to make it work with Linux. Any suggestions/workarounds?
Start by finding out what the thing actually is. Run 'lsusb' from a command prompt and you should be able to identify the chipset. Google from there.
Try here -
Ubuntu Launchpad knowledgebase
and here - Ubuntu community help pages
They should give you a hand...
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Alex Cockell
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Originally posted by Foaming Draught:
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Originally posted by Pheonix:
This is probably a bit too techy for here, but I don't suppose if anyone knows if there are any patched RPM's for bind 9.4.2 suitable for FC7? Its either that or I try compiling one, or see if can get away with nicking one from CentOS 5 (same paths for everything so *should* work).
Have a shufti at this set of fedora patches.
FD (.debs rule )
Agreed - SO much easier with sudo apt-get update, sdo apt-get upgrade...
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basso
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Pah. 'patch' rules.
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Eutychus
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Thanks for the ubuntu advice, I hope to have time to look.
In a different problem, brought here from the technical support thread:
My usual ISP's DNS server crashed yesterday, and since it's come back up some but by no means all sites (including the Ship) are not accessible and/or take an eternity to load. The other site I've noticed this with also has links to ads. When the Ship eventually comes up, I don't have the ads (maybe this is a feature? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) but then again, I can't post...) This is true whether I'm accessing the net from my desktop or my laptop.
From this I gather that there is a DNS/IP conflict. Can anyone tell me whether I have any hope of doing something about this from my end?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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The whole thing has suddenly come back. Great Are The Mysteries of The Internet.
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I spoke too soon ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) The Ship was fine for about an hour, and then mostly refused to load. This site and one other seem to be affected. Everything else works fine. Can someone tell me what could cause such an intermittent problem?
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