Recent content by mdm708

I'm a little worried that it would work, but only very very very slowly. I have a 400mhz CPU / 190MB RAM PC on a network and that still struggles with the Word documents. mdm708 [Iffy computing. Stupid username.]

Thanks bcastner - it worked! mdm708 [Iffy computing. Stupid username.]

Does anyone have a possible reason why computers are so much cheaper on eBay than in retailers, both online and on the high street? Surely the profit margins aren't over 100% ! Thanks mdm708 P.S. Thanks to everybody for your input so far, especially jkt911 for the tip about the credit card.

Instead of getting the usual Internet Explorer error pages, I now get diverted to a different, advert-loaded, slow-loading URL at www.internet-optimizer.com/Help/NavigationError/ . I don't know why, but I think there is something on my system making this happen. This greatly slows down my...

My old 1997 400mhz Pentium 2 is struggling, even though I have upgraded it in every way I can afford, and am considering buying a whole new base unit, but am unhappy about retail prices. One day I noticed that eBay were selling them at under half PC World's prices. Can anybody with nay experince...

MANARTH: Here is the result from the 'route print' command on the XP Computer (sorry for the delay, for some reason it won't just copy+paste): ================================== Interface List 0x1...........................MS TCP Loopback Interface 0x10003 ...00 20 af b5 9b 4d ...... 3Com...

MANARTH: On the Win2K computer: C:\>route print =========================================================================== Interface List 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface 0x1000003 ...00 c1 26 11 7a 95 ...... Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC 0x2000004...

I did it, but when I try accessing the Internet from the XP computer (without rroadband) I just get 'this page cannot be displayed'. mdm708 [Iffy computing. Stupid username.]

I'm sorry - which computer should I add this command to? mdm708 [Iffy computing. Stupid username.]

What payment plan are you on? - Anytime - your phone number should begin with 080* eg my number 0808 991 6001 (which works fine for me), Hometime - 0844* beginning, where you pay nothing for calls in the evenings and local call rates any other time No Ties - 0845* beginning, where you always...

Crundy: This sounds good - I have a firewall running on Win2000 - ZoneAlarm. However, my computers can can still share documents and access each other's resources (eg printers) when the broadband is disconnected. However, I am very inexperienced with DOS and type-in commands: how would I go...

Before I moved to Broadband, 0808 991 6001 was good enough for me. Have you tried this number? Also try putting that magic 1470 before it if it doesn't work. Thankyou for your help mdm708

tetaguila: I have been on analogx.com and - to be honest - I don't understand a word! Thanks anyway. Crundy: Yes, I have tried the XP network setup machine; it completes the wizard and doesn't fix the problem. Thanks anyway. manarth: I will reinstall the ICS if I cannot fix the problem (and...

P.S. The broadband is working fine on the Win2K computer. Thankyou for your help mdm708

The following pongs worked with 0% loss: Win2K with Yahoo Win2K with XP Computer XP Computer with Win2K The following did not work: XP Computer with Yahoo (predictably) I can verify that I read in another forum that Freeserve Broadband provide dynamic IP addresses. Will this affect the...