Recent content by snail1

I have DSL and Zonealarm, every time I reboot I get this message. Even if I rename the 'network' I still get this message. I think it is normal if you have broadband internet, to let you know the internet is found and for you to verify that you want to be connected to it.

Hi; Background: I recently loaded MS Office Pro. 2000 on my new computer (HP AMD Athlon 64 3800+;Win XP). I have been using this on a Win 98 machine. When I copy text/page from other source (internet), then open Word and paste the info I will get the hourglass pointer and the hard drive will...

Thanks to all replies. Last week I cleaned the inside with compressed air, paying particular attention to the power supply and processor fan & fins. I powered up and the thing ran non-stop with no problems for a week before I shut it down! This may well have been the problem, although it...

To edfair; I would have thought that the power supply switch and the power cord would gve the same result but they don't. I have tried several times to just unplug the machine for several minutes and then power up and it never works, but every time that I flip the power switch off & on it will...

Thanks to all; I think I'll replace the power supply and test it a while and we'll see how it goes. It's really too good a machine to just discard if it doesn't take much to fix it. Thanks again.

Thanks IPnewbie; Actually this machine has a 400W power supply and pretty good hardware (AMD 1.33) for an older machine, I have replaced it with a new machine. I just wanted to see if anyone knew whether or not other hardware problems could cause the power supply to shut down. If my only...

Hi; I've got a 6 year old PC running Win98 that dies (no power) sometimes. I mean no fans, no lights, no beeps. When it looses power the only way to restart the computer is to flip the on/off switch on the power supply from 'on' to 'off' to 'on'. Simply unpluging the power cord will not make it...

I have used the Ubuntu Live Cd on 2 different computers and then installed Ubuntu on one of those computers and the graphics worked fine. Both of the 2 computers were using older ATI AGP video cards. Just as a statement, all of my hardware worked great except for one sound card which I didn't...

The Internet Zone slider is set to high, but it has always been set there. The log file has been denying connection to the modem's IP address, no programs are listed. I have the number of log incidents set to 50, so today's connections are all I am seeing. I just booted up this morning and I...

Suddenly, I have to turn ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 off to access the internet every time I boot my computer. After I once get online I can disconnect and re-connect at will, unless I reboot. I have been using ZAPro for about 6 months and this problem just started. I used to be able to connect with my...

In case anyone wants to know, the 'options\text\print' settings were set to 'brochure'. When I tried to change this I found that I couldn't! The file had been saved and all of the settings were saved with it. I contemplated turning off the 'save settings w/file' but I think I'll wait awhile...

I get the full document printed on the right half of the page & nothing on the left half of the page in Text/word processor, the other programs print correctly? I went to page preview and set the page to 1 column (default appears to be 1 row; 2 columns), I have checked the printer settings and...

Thanks BlackburnKL; I'll try that. Sometimes I'm too busy looking at the forrest to see the trees (i.e.- I try to make thimes harder than they need to be)! snali1

WP8's envelope sizes will not print corectly on some sandard sizes. When I make a "custom" size file so that standard envelopes print correctly it seems to be trial & error! My problem is that when I create a "new" custom size, if it dosen't work as I need it to, then I...

I found years ago that if you can sometimes "almost" signup on AOL (stop short of giving your credit card #) and many modem problems will clear up.