DSL update and another issue

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

To refresh those who helped me fix my protocol problem...,

When we tried installing the DSL modem, there were no protocols to bind the

adaptor to. Through several attempts Mike told me that I had a bunch of

missing .inf files. Now, all .inf files from those .cab files that also

were copied from the ME disk are on this machine and the Windstream guy is

coming to try again tomorrow sometime between 1-5 pm.

 

I'm now having a start-up issue that's driving me insane. The boot process

gets all the way up just before the desktop, then a BSOD appears saying that

the computer needs to be re-started. So, I do and the start-up menu comes

and I'm able to boot to safe mode. I let it scandisk and then reboot and by

some miracle it boots into regular mode.

 

I've uninstalled Spybot because I've heard that it could cause this problem

but that didn't work, I reduced the size of SR because that can cause this,

but that didn't work, and I've uninstalled some unofficial patches from

MDx's site and that didn't work. A modem driver file that I've disabled

from start in msconfig hasn't gone away. Is it possible that I've got a

driver issue?

[Guest Mart]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

> ... then a BSOD appears saying that

> the computer needs to be re-started.

 

Is that all it says - no error code?

> .. A modem driver file that I've disabled

> from start in msconfig hasn't gone away.

> Is it possible that I've got a

> driver issue?

 

Quite possible. (But not necessarily the modem)

 

You could try Starting in Safe Mode (F8 key) and select option 4 -

Step-by-step Confirmation - from the menu.

Answer Yes (y) to each request, being sure to create a startup log (2nd

request)

Note whether the 'disabled' modem driver is included - and for the time

being, answer 'yes'. Try again later and answer 'no' - Any difference?

 

Take a look at the BOOTLOG.TXT file - located in the root folder (C:\) using

Notepad. Any clues there? (look towards the end of the file)

 

Mart

 

 

 

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:g6hpc7$ja3$1@news.datemas.de...

> To refresh those who helped me fix my protocol problem...,

> When we tried installing the DSL modem, there were no protocols to bind

> the

> adaptor to. Through several attempts Mike told me that I had a bunch of

> missing .inf files. Now, all .inf files from those .cab files that also

> were copied from the ME disk are on this machine and the Windstream guy is

> coming to try again tomorrow sometime between 1-5 pm.

>

> I'm now having a start-up issue that's driving me insane. The boot

> process

> gets all the way up just before the desktop, then a BSOD appears saying

> that

> the computer needs to be re-started. So, I do and the start-up menu comes

> and I'm able to boot to safe mode. I let it scandisk and then reboot and

> by

> some miracle it boots into regular mode.

>

> I've uninstalled Spybot because I've heard that it could cause this

> problem

> but that didn't work, I reduced the size of SR because that can cause

> this,

> but that didn't work, and I've uninstalled some unofficial patches from

> MDx's site and that didn't work. A modem driver file that I've disabled

> from start in msconfig hasn't gone away. Is it possible that I've got a

> driver issue?

>

>

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

 

Is that all it says - no error code?

 

Correct. I removed the modem driver and let Windows find it again, but this

morning it did it again. I'll do what you suggested and report back later.

 

--

So says the cat

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Just did it Mart, but it didn't create that bootlog file you said it would.

 

I checked msconfig again and found two disabled entries of load power

profile. I enabled the one nearest the bottom and had to go into the

registry to get rid of the other. After getting rid of the invalid reg

entry it booted fine. That's the other thing about this problem, it'll do

it up to three to four times, but on some restarts it will boot normally.

It seems to be at its worse when the machine is first turned on in the

mornings.

[Guest Mart]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Hmm... Firstly, it's very odd that it doesn't give an detailed error

report/code (other than tell you to restart your computer) at your BSOD. I

just wonder if it really is a BSOD or more likely the 'completion

report/command' following a (bad?) driver installation utility.

 

Secondly, you say that it didn't create the bootlog.txt file.

 

Assuming you tried the step-by-step confirmation AND you opted to create the

startup log, I am at a loss as to where it can be (or why it's not there!)

It *should* be in the C:\ folder (along with autoexec.bat and config.sys,

etc.). I don't have an answer to that issue. NB - There may also be a copy

of bootlog.prv (the previous copy of bootlog.txt) in the C:\ folder but

you'll have to rename it with a .txt suffix to read it in Notepad.

 

Under the circumstances, check Device Manager in SAFE MODE and look for

duplicate (modem?) drivers and/or yellow exclamation/question marks. If any,

'Remove' any/all items shown and reboot and re-install (fresh copies) of any

drivers requested.

 

Sounds like you *may* just have a bad/corrupted driver installation.

 

BTW - I don't think you need to mess with the two power profile entries.

IIIRC they are there by design.

 

Mart

 

 

 

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:g6k8f0$6fb$1@news.datemas.de...

> Just did it Mart, but it didn't create that bootlog file you said it

> would.

>

> I checked msconfig again and found two disabled entries of load power

> profile. I enabled the one nearest the bottom and had to go into the

> registry to get rid of the other. After getting rid of the invalid reg

> entry it booted fine. That's the other thing about this problem, it'll do

> it up to three to four times, but on some restarts it will boot normally.

> It seems to be at its worse when the machine is first turned on in the

> mornings.

>

>

[Guest Mart]

Re: DSL update and another issue - an after-thought

 

Re: DSL update and another issue - an after-thought

 

> ... on some restarts it will boot normally.

> It seems to be at its worse when the machine

> is first turned on in the mornings.

 

Hmm ... FWIW - Something else I've witnessed but never managed to

technically *prove*.

 

Cold (first boot of the day) starts on *some* 'older' HDD's appear to be

sluggish - like the bearings are cold. Second and subsequent bootings have

'warmed-up' the bearings and the drive runs at the correct speed. My

personal method of 'proof' has been substitution of the HDD.

 

Mart

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

Under the circumstances, check Device Manager in SAFE MODE and look for

duplicate (modem?) drivers and/or yellow exclamation/question marks. If any,

'Remove' any/all items shown and reboot and re-install (fresh copies) of any

drivers requested.

 

Would that also include removing the modem from WDM Modem Enumerator as well

as "Modem" in device manager?

[Guest Mart]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of drivers

'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all modem drivers in

Dev Man in Safe Mode.

 

Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.

 

Mart

 

 

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:g6kfp5$j0h$1@news.datemas.de...

> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

> Under the circumstances, check Device Manager in SAFE MODE and look for

> duplicate (modem?) drivers and/or yellow exclamation/question marks. If

> any,

> 'Remove' any/all items shown and reboot and re-install (fresh copies) of

> any

> drivers requested.

>

> Would that also include removing the modem from WDM Modem Enumerator as

> well

> as "Modem" in device manager?

>

>

[Guest Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa]

Re: DSL update and another issue - an after-thought

 

Re: DSL update and another issue - an after-thought

 

Mart wrote:

>> ... on some restarts it will boot normally.

>> It seems to be at its worse when the machine

>> is first turned on in the mornings.

>

> Hmm ... FWIW - Something else I've witnessed but never managed to

> technically *prove*.

>

> Cold (first boot of the day) starts on *some* 'older' HDD's appear to

> be sluggish - like the bearings are cold. Second and subsequent

> bootings have 'warmed-up' the bearings and the drive runs at the

> correct speed. My personal method of 'proof' has been substitution of

> the HDD.

>

 

Had that with a chipset fan for quite a while - made a dreadful racket 1st

boot of a chilly morn. In those days I'd regularly remove the fan, invert

it, peel back the label that covered the center and give a quick blast of

WD40 at the bearing race. However I would think once an HDD is doing that it

would be a good idea to replace it asap.

 

Archie

[Guest Corday]

RE: DSL update and another issue

 

Some ISPs have stopped trying to install DSL on old OSs. Their current

software is incompatible. You might need an old router and software.

--

Corday

 

 

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" wrote:

> To refresh those who helped me fix my protocol problem...,

> When we tried installing the DSL modem, there were no protocols to bind the

> adaptor to. Through several attempts Mike told me that I had a bunch of

> missing .inf files. Now, all .inf files from those .cab files that also

> were copied from the ME disk are on this machine and the Windstream guy is

> coming to try again tomorrow sometime between 1-5 pm.

>

> I'm now having a start-up issue that's driving me insane. The boot process

> gets all the way up just before the desktop, then a BSOD appears saying that

> the computer needs to be re-started. So, I do and the start-up menu comes

> and I'm able to boot to safe mode. I let it scandisk and then reboot and by

> some miracle it boots into regular mode.

>

> I've uninstalled Spybot because I've heard that it could cause this problem

> but that didn't work, I reduced the size of SR because that can cause this,

> but that didn't work, and I've uninstalled some unofficial patches from

> MDx's site and that didn't work. A modem driver file that I've disabled

> from start in msconfig hasn't gone away. Is it possible that I've got a

> driver issue?

>

>

>

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>

 

Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of drivers

'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all modem drivers in

Dev Man in Safe Mode.

 

Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.

 

 

Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs a

newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.

 

To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to the head

you've given me.

 

And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.

[Guest Mike M]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL modem

then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me compatible

drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone using or considering

using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest waste bin and consign their

usb modem to history and then buy themselves a combined adsl modem/router.

These are not expensive and require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC,

allow more than one PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for

any other machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will

come with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection) firewall

with even the more basic NAT (network address translation) providing

vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than any software

firewall a user might have installed.

--

Mike Maltby

mike.maltby@gmail.com

 

 

SSJ04 Mewtwo <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>

>

> Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of

> drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all

> modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode.

>

> Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.

>

>

> Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs

> a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.

>

> To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to

> the head you've given me.

>

> And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.

[Guest msnews.microsoft.com]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well.

I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since getting

broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine connected to it

via wireless and the other XP was wired to the router, that was me <g>

I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the cable

from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP now connects

via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is still going strong

and in use <g>

 

--

Joan Archer

http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

 

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

news:#QRqrFY8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL modem

> then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me compatible

> drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone using or considering

> using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest waste bin and consign their

> usb modem to history and then buy themselves a combined adsl modem/router.

> These are not expensive and require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC,

> allow more than one PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for

> any other machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will

> come with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection) firewall

> with even the more basic NAT (network address translation) providing

> vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than any software

> firewall a user might have installed.

> --

> Mike Maltby

> mike.maltby@gmail.com

>

>

> SSJ04 Mewtwo <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>

>>

>> Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of

>> drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all

>> modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode.

>>

>> Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.

>>

>>

>> Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs

>> a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.

>>

>> To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to

>> the head you've given me.

>>

>> And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.

>

[Guest Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?

 

I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a

wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the

wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to make

the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired

router with the wireless disabled; and that anyway while wireless *used to

be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger.

 

Archie

 

 

 

 

msnews.microsoft.com wrote:

> I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well.

> I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since

> getting broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine

> connected to it via wireless and the other XP was wired to the

> router, that was me <g>

> I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the

> cable from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP

> now connects via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is

> still going strong and in use <g>

>

>

> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

> news:#QRqrFY8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL

>> modem then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me

>> compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone

>> using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest

>> waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy

>> themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and

>> require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one

>> PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other

>> machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come

>> with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection)

>> firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation)

>> providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than

>> any software firewall a user might have installed. --

>> Mike Maltby

>> mike.maltby@gmail.com

>>

>>

>> SSJ04 Mewtwo <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>

>>>

>>> Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of

>>> drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all

>>> modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode.

>>>

>>> Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.

>>>

>>>

>>> Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now

>>> needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.

>>>

>>> To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to

>>> the head you've given me.

>>>

>>> And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.

[Guest Mike M]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa <dracrumpen@rrrripfarten.net> wrote:

> Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?

>

> I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works

> as a wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable

> also, the wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure.

> So I want to make the point that you can get a wireless router and

> use it solely as a wired router with the wireless disabled; and that

> anyway while wireless *used to be* really insecure, now the favoured

> encryption is much stronger.

 

As you say wi-fi with either WPA or WPA2 is far from insecure. Even with

the known insecurity of WEP it is better than nothing. I am using WPA2

with a long pass phrase and have no fears of others being able to access

my system anytime soon without my permission.

--

Mike M

[Guest Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mike M wrote:

> Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa <dracrumpen@rrrripfarten.net> wrote:

>

>> Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?

>>

>> I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works

>> as a wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable

>> also, the wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure.

>> So I want to make the point that you can get a wireless router and

>> use it solely as a wired router with the wireless disabled; and that

>> anyway while wireless *used to be* really insecure, now the favoured

>> encryption is much stronger.

>

> As you say wi-fi with either WPA or WPA2 is far from insecure. Even

> with the known insecurity of WEP it is better than nothing. I am

> using WPA2 with a long pass phrase and have no fears of others being

> able to access my system anytime soon without my permission.

 

Yes, I've kind of gotten into long pass phrases/words. It's a good job I've

got Password Safe now, or when I wanted to change the router config I'd have

to reset it back to default. Maybe next time I'll remember it, but it'll

probably FIFO something else! Anyway I'm confident nobody could crack my

access codes unless they'd started before the Universe began. I'm probably a

bit of an anorak about it!

 

Just as I was about to sign this 'me in 95' I realized I once threw '95 away

and possibly swore to you I'd never install it again! Well, this *is* in

VPC. Though *I'm* not convinced that justifies it! I think I must be a bit

OC. But that *is* the definition of an anorak anyhow, isn't it?

 

Me in 95

[Guest Mike M]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

> Me in 95

 

Wow, I never realised you could install virtual machines on Win 95 <vbg>.

I tend to run Me in XP when required <g>

 

I ought to use something like Password Safe, so many of my passwords are

the same. My WPA2 key being an exception and whilst the pass phrase is

pretty simple it has a twist at the end.

--

Mike

 

 

Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa <dracrumpen@rrrripfarten.net> wrote:

> Yes, I've kind of gotten into long pass phrases/words. It's a good

> job I've got Password Safe now, or when I wanted to change the router

> config I'd have to reset it back to default. Maybe next time I'll

> remember it, but it'll probably FIFO something else! Anyway I'm

> confident nobody could crack my access codes unless they'd started

> before the Universe began. I'm probably a bit of an anorak about it!

>

> Just as I was about to sign this 'me in 95' I realized I once threw

> '95 away and possibly swore to you I'd never install it again! Well,

> this *is* in VPC. Though *I'm* not convinced that justifies it! I

> think I must be a bit OC. But that *is* the definition of an anorak

> anyhow, isn't it?

>

> Me in 95

[Guest Mart]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Jeepers! A lot can happen in just 36 hours..

 

Thanks to Mike & Shane (aka Alter Ego) for jumping in and well done to

Mewtwo for moving into the 21 centuary and joining the XP brigade. I hope

all is now well. But don't abandon the WinMe Groups, come back and visit

sometime.

 

Mart

[Guest Dr Suse]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mike M wrote:

>> Me in 95

>

> Wow, I never realised you could install virtual machines on Win 95

> <vbg>. I tend to run Me in XP when required <g>

>

 

Ha ha! You got me there!

> I ought to use something like Password Safe, so many of my passwords are

> the same. My WPA2 key being an exception and whilst the pass phrase is

> pretty simple it has a twist at the end.

 

I won't ask what it is <g>.

 

 

TCitH

[Guest Professor Heiroglyph]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mart wrote:

> Jeepers! A lot can happen in just 36 hours..

>

Yes

> Thanks to Mike & Shane (aka Alter Ego) for jumping in and well done to

 

 

Alfonse Terego can be born and grow to adulthood!

 

 

Hiram

[Guest msnews.microsoft.com]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Hehehe don't ask me, I just hit reply group like I always have done, it took

me by surprise when I saw the name and found it was me <g>

My router is wireless and wired always has been, I first connected via wire

with my XP machine and the other XP and WinME machines were via wireless,

now I have a new machine with Vista that is connected with the ethernet

cable and my old XP and the WinME via wireless. The other XP bit the dust,

it was my husbands so he got my XP. <g>

 

--

Joan Archer

http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

 

"Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa" <dracrumpen@rrrripfarten.net> wrote in message

news:uVEb6bZ8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?

>

> I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a

> wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the

> wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to

> make

> the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired

> router with the wireless disabled; and that anyway while wireless *used to

> be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger.

>

> Archie

>

>

>

>

> msnews.microsoft.com wrote:

>> I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well.

>> I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since

>> getting broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine

>> connected to it via wireless and the other XP was wired to the

>> router, that was me <g>

>> I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the

>> cable from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP

>> now connects via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is

>> still going strong and in use <g>

>>

>>

>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

>> news:#QRqrFY8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL

>>> modem then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me

>>> compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone

>>> using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest

>>> waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy

>>> themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and

>>> require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one

>>> PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other

>>> machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come

>>> with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection)

>>> firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation)

>>> providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than

>>> any software firewall a user might have installed. --

>>> Mike Maltby

>>> mike.maltby@gmail.com

>>>

>>>

>>> SSJ04 Mewtwo <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>

>>>>

>>>> Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of

>>>> drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all

>>>> modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode.

>>>>

>>>> Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now

>>>> needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.

>>>>

>>>> To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to

>>>> the head you've given me.

>>>>

>>>> And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.

>

>

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

 

 

Thanks to Mike & Shane (aka Alter Ego) for jumping in and well done to

Mewtwo for moving into the 21 century and joining the XP brigade. I hope

all is now well. But don't abandon the WinMe Groups, come back and visit

sometime.

 

I'll try to drop in from time to time to see what other problems have

befallen ME users.

 

BTW, now with XP Home firmly installed I was able to get Ad-Aware back and

ran a scan...,27 objects found...,SpyBot is not overall the best spyware

scanner.

[Guest Mike M]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

> Hehehe don't ask me,

 

You still don't seem to have edited the display text although you've now

added your own spoofed e-mail addy so you're half-way there. Good to see

your new box is still holding up. <g>

--

Mike

 

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msnews.microsoft.com <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote:

> Hehehe don't ask me, I just hit reply group like I always have done,

> it took me by surprise when I saw the name and found it was me <g>

> My router is wireless and wired always has been, I first connected

> via wire with my XP machine and the other XP and WinME machines were

> via wireless, now I have a new machine with Vista that is connected

> with the ethernet cable and my old XP and the WinME via wireless. The

> other XP bit the dust, it was my husbands so he got my XP. <g>

[Guest Alfonse Terego]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:

>

>

> Thanks to Mike & Shane (aka Alter Ego) for jumping in and well done to

> Mewtwo for moving into the 21 century and joining the XP brigade. I

> hope all is now well. But don't abandon the WinMe Groups, come back

> and visit sometime.

>

> I'll try to drop in from time to time to see what other problems have

> befallen ME users.

>

> BTW, now with XP Home firmly installed I was able to get Ad-Aware

> back and ran a scan...,27 objects found...,SpyBot is not overall the

> best spyware scanner.

 

Depends what they found. All mine ever found were MRU lists, which aren't

spyware or any-ware come to that. I tested Ad-aware recently against Spybot

and SuperAntispyware and Ad-aware found nothing. Spybot found my hosts edit

(I put MSN and toolbar.google.com in there) - which of course is just it

being paranoid. SuperAntispyware found five tracking cookies on other

profiles (I use a custom cookie handling .xml, but no-one else wants it so

restrictive, so they still get the odd tracking cookie). Ad-aware found

nothing. Of course, this doesn't mean Ad-aware is totally crap. None of the

positives were anything to be concerned about. But back when I used to run

Ad-aware as a matter of course - and did less MRU list clearing than I do

now - all it ever found, apart from the odd tracking cookie, were MRU

entries. About 27 of them.

 

Alf

[Guest msnews.microsoft.com]

Re: DSL update and another issue

 

 

OK Mike you'll have to fill me in, what am I doing wrong. This is all in WLM

the same as I was using in XP before going Vista so I've obviously got some

setting wrong somewhere <g>

--

Joan Archer

http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

 

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

news:#wbJg4j8IHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hehehe don't ask me,

>

> You still don't seem to have edited the display text although you've now

> added your own spoofed e-mail addy so you're half-way there. Good to see

> your new box is still holding up. <g>

> --

> Mike

>

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> msnews.microsoft.com <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote:

>

>> Hehehe don't ask me, I just hit reply group like I always have done,

>> it took me by surprise when I saw the name and found it was me <g>

>> My router is wireless and wired always has been, I first connected

>> via wire with my XP machine and the other XP and WinME machines were

>> via wireless, now I have a new machine with Vista that is connected

>> with the ethernet cable and my old XP and the WinME via wireless. The

>> other XP bit the dust, it was my husbands so he got my XP. <g>

>