Recent content by Paullandon

Thanks, using the /etc/hosts file implies a fixed IP address, nothing wrong with that, except for any laptops plugged in to the network. I think that idea would mean switching off DHCP on the router or would I get it to allocate 192.168.x.y ranges? ICS allocates 192.168.0.1, am I stuck with...

Sorry, I should have made it clearer. Rereading my post, it is my fault. By "sending it to the printers" I meant emailing it to the company that produces thousands of leaflets. The best way of describing the problem is that a word (.doc) file does not appear the same on 2 different PCs, and my...

Actually I am an Office user also :-) I know of many more bugs than this one, many of them serious. Many of them have workarounds once you know why they happen, which is what I am seraching for here. If I cannot find a workaround for this I am at the point of changing software. This problem...

I am regularly laying out 1 page leaflets using using Word 2003 SP1 and then sending them to the printers. The prolem is that they display completely differently on his screen and printers than on mine. This has caused some big cock-ups to get printed. One problem is where he has different...

I have 3 XP Pro machines successfully networked via an ADSL+Router, but I currently am not using the ADSL modem here (that's another subject). There is also a USB ADSL modem on one of the machines. At the moment the router is allocating 10.0.0.x addresses and the networking is fine. As soon...