Recent content by Mel66

Hi Everyone, Before I had Broadband I used a program called "On Speed" in an attempt to increase my dial-up connection speed, and it did work OK. I now don't need "On Speed" so I deleted it. I now find that I can't send any messages in Outlook Express, I'm running version 6. I've tried the...

Hi Guys & Gals, I'm running WindowsXP on my PC, and have IE6 and Outlook Express - Version 6.00.2800.1123, updated with xpsp1. Recently I find that I can't send e-mails from my Outlook Express account. It receives New Mail OK, but when I try to 'Send' a New Message I get the following Error...

I am an IT journalist and the mag I write for has done extensive test on a variety of Antivirus programs. AVG Pro. came out tops, closely followed by their 'freebie' version. I personally use the 'Free' version as it more than does the job. The worst programs in our test were those by Norton...

I am an IT journalist and the mag I write for has done extensive test on a variety of Antivirus programs. AVG Pro. came out tops, closely followed by their 'freebie' version. I personally use the 'Free' version as it more than does the job. The worst programs in our test were those by Norton...

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the help. It was all very interesting and useful. I chose to use the one supplied by 'schtek' to solve my problem,and, no more annoying message. Great! Once again thanks to all for your time and effort, much appreciated.

I have been looking at MS 'Power Tools', and played around with the 'Icons' utility, to remove the 'tails' form the desk-top short cuts. Well, it did the job but completely ruined my desk-top layout. I tried 'Restore' but it didn't make any difference, so there was nothing for it but to 'rebuild...

Hi Daniel, I followed 'Jonny Rotten's' advice, i.e. ran 'ipcofig/all' to get all Local Area Connection detals. The problem was with my router network config, and I needed to reset the network configuration and assign the local IP addresses manually instead of using dhcp. My manual, together with...

Thanks everyone for all the info. Bring on the hammer!! Mel66

Please see "JonnyRotten" details. It did it for me, Mel66

Hi Guys and Gals, I heard somewhere that too much defraging wears out your HD. I use 'Diskeeper Lite' about once a week as I am an IT Journalist and test loads of utilities which I get rid of after thet've been tested. So does too muck wear out the HD, or is it an urbam myth? Thanks, Mel66

Happo, Thanks for your help and the web address.Found how to do it on http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11675 and it solved the problem. Thanks again, Mel66

Hi jimp56, Have tried connecting directly to PC's USB2 terminal: no improvement. Any other ideas please? Hi Rob/Tamed Tech, Thanks for your help. I haven't got an Ethernet facility so it's got to be USB2. Has anyone got any more ideas to solve my problem? Thanks to everyone who responded, Mel

Hi Rob, Thanks for the swift response. The router is a closed unit and there is no access to the 'works', as it were, from properties. Any unauthorised acces would I assume invalidate the warranty. Regards, Mel

Hi Rob & Stu, Thanks for the swift response! Rob, there is no error message at all. It just fails to reconnect.I'm using 'PlusNet'.The modem is a "Voyager 205 ADSL Router. Stu, Please see above. Also, it's a USB2 connection via a powered hub.The PC's Power settings are set to "Do not...

I have just got connected to Broadband. Yes, we're a bit slow in the West Country! Everything is OK, but I have great difficulty in trying to reconnect/enable Broadband when the PC is unused for some hours, and have to reboot to reconnect which is a bit of a pain. This happens whether or not the...