Recent content by Legendiva

Thanks. I did locate the info on the 'disguising of password'. This wasn't always generating the 10-dot line; different dot pattern at times. The only thing I was able to isolate is the strange small rectangular symbol which appeared before the area code of the access numbers I had entered...

And it keeps getting weirder.... I noticed that in the DUN Connections I create( in any or all, usually but not each one each time, so far ) a small rectangular symbol appears in front of the area code of the numbers I have entered. I was not able to connect when this symbol was preceding the...

Need help with an XP DialUp Mystery: Although I am Computer Consultant, experienced with setting up and troubleshooting DUN; I am not yet all that familiar with WinXP/XP Pro. My husband's brand new Laptop, running XP, has been coming up with a problem I have never seen before: it creates its...

Had one of our systems damaged by a Power Surge after the Electric came back on after a storm ( WAS on a good Surge Protector too! ) 1) Power Supply shot ( my husband tested it ) Put an alternate Power Supply in. Powers up normally to Screen which shows Memory test, lists Floppy, CDROMs, etc...

Forgot to add: I have not been able to find the answer on HD limits; does anyone know if there is a HD size limit for this ThinkPad? Thanks, Legendiva

I just installed a new HD in a ThinkPad 600E. Bought used, no Diskettes for Boot or Utility. 1) How do I get past the built-in IBM Diagnostics, to get the HD recognized and Formatted? Do I need a Utility, or is there a way to get around it? Thanks, Legendiva

Finally got the problem fixed ( by way of a freaky co-incidence! Nothing I tried helped! ) I was installing the Software which came with a Kodak Photo Paper Pak, and IT discovered that the following needed to be reinstalled and proceeded to do so: MDAC Microsoft Data Access Components Ver...

1) Firewall: ( No, I have do not use Firewalls on any of our systems; and none of them are networked. )

Laptop was dropped. HD has quite a few damaged clusters ( I ran Scandisk (Win98) for hours; some fixed, but it never finished when tested for days. Obviously a damaged drive. ) Ran the built-in IBM Diagnostics, and the HD shows up as OK ( which it definitely isn't ); but I also got the...

wasn't able to post a reply all day; this Reply screen page would lock up my system at the '10 items remaining pageload point, over and over'. Seems to be OK now. 1) By saying 'Malware and Spyware' is present, I meant that that computer has more than one of those type of invaders in it. I...

Encountered a weird problem, or set of problems on my husband's system: Quicktime was apparently associating itself to .exe files. Virus scans show no infections. Malware and Spyware is present however. Removed Quicktime, and did following Registry deletion...

Thanks! I will check out your recommendation. About the Search Engine Submission by Hosters: I have run into a few who claim to offer Search Engine Submission as a part of their overall Hosting Package. Some offer this option for an extra fee ( never experienced any of this so don't know how...

Sorry, I forgot to mention the OS. I was intending to use only Win98SE on both drives. My husband's system: he has some special progs for Video Editing and Karaoke/CDG progs, and I wanted to put those on one separate HD ( the 60GB ), in addition to using it for storage of those video, audio...

I have hit the most problematic second HD installation I have ever encountered. Beginning to think I won't be able to pull this one off. Win98. Mobo BIOS will only autodetect HDs up to 35GB. Boot Sequence is A,C,SCSI. Current HD is a 13GB. Tried to add a Western Digital 60GB. Tried every...

My next phase of investigation is, of course, good old WebHosting. I have been pretty shocked by some of the pricing that I have seen; but just started checking this stuff out, recently. ( For personal and business sites, looks like there is a wide choice. It seems to be more tricky, however...