Recent content by Crash999

Thanks Linney, that's helpful- especially the list of various starts for Windows. Cheers!

Debonair, The last program installed before fitful woe syndrome began was MS Office. I must admit that the copy I installed is a bit 'dodgy' as I live in Thailand and most of the software here is that way. Problem is I can't uninstall it... It freezes when I try to do so. I'll try to use...

A bit more info... I'm not at home now so I can't see exactly what they are but from memory they are: 'Cool Internet Options' 'Loxinfo' (the local ISP) 'Carepaq' (basically an ad to promote an extra-cost additional warranty) And one more that I can't remember... They're all Compaq...

My relatively new Windows XP system seems to have died a fitful death. What's unusual about this is that it's a very new system (less than a month) and I haven't installed much software on it. The first time I had a problem I booted up my PC and noticed that programs would seem to run but would...

I just bought a new Compaq which comes preloaded with a lot of bloated OEM type stuff. I'm slowly going through and getting rid of those things I don't need. However, there are 4 icons that keep putting themselves back on my desktop and in my start menu every time I reboot. These are ads from...

Great suggestion... and AH HAH!!! I can't ping the server for whatever reason - I can ping pop.iawhk.com but not smtp.iawhk.com. Time to email our IT manager and ask him to double-check the SMTP information. *fingers crossed*

Yes I'm sure that this SMTP address is correct as I have used it before from other computers. The port information is also correct - those were the first things I checked. Nothing like ZoneAlarm or any firewall products installed.

Hello! Ok here is the error message: The host 'smtp.iawhk.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'pop.iawhk.com', Server: 'smtp.iawhk.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D The...

I have been using computers for many years and consider myself to be fairly proficient. However, I've had some problems in the past six months that have mystified me. It began about 6 months ago when I suddenly could not send mail. I was doing everything as before, hadn't installed a thing...

Hi Dan, For what it's worth I'm facing the same problem and I have traced it back to installation of McAfee's Virus Protect. Office 2000 will hang at the splash screen, however if I leave it at that point for a very long time then Outlook 2000 will start and will give me an error message...