Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 21st 08, 12:53 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 90
Views: 2,703
UPS in blackouts
My computer is connected throiugh a UPS and a surge protector. Until
recently wherever there was a blackout the computer kept running and I
had time to close down. For the last week we have been...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 18th 08, 03:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 17th 08, 01:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
Wireshark still won't run.
Mike
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:30:52 GMT, Marty
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:52:52 +0000, MikeM wrote:
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 17th 08, 12:52 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
The PC-Cillin scan found a lot of trojans that weremn't picked up by
Spybot. When it finished I rebooted and now only the local network
activity monitor is solid. Other computers on the network are...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 16th 08, 01:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
Since my last post PC-Cillin has has quarantined many copies of
Adware_MemWatch.
I have run AdAware and Spybot. Spybot didn't find anything but AdAware
found 25 tracking cookies, as usual when I do...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 16th 08, 10:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
A couple of hours ago I ran the free version of AVG. It didn't find
anything, but while it was running PC-Cillin gave 3 warnings of Adware
Cydoor that I removed. Since then the activity monitor has...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 16th 08, 10:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
No
Mike
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:39:39 +0100, "SteveH"
wrote:
MikeM wrote:
For the past few days the internet activity monitor has been solid
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 16th 08, 06:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
I have checked the task manager several time. Usually the only entries
with activity are the usual ones that have been there a long time. I
don't know what most of them are, but I assume they are...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
October 16th 08, 03:14 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 21
Views: 752
Continuous internet activity
For the past few days the internet activity monitor has been solid
green whenever my router is switched on and connecting to broadband.
When I first noticed it the duration was nearly 4 hours. I...
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Forum: Printers
May 14th 08, 11:28 AM Posted to comp.periphs.printers
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Replies: 2
Views: 213
250 gm ve 285 gm paper
I have been using Kodak ultra glossy 285 gm paper and would like to
know if there is a quality difference as well a gloss difference
between the above and the 240 gm glossy paper. I have read only...
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Forum: Printers
April 29th 08, 09:40 AM Posted to comp.periphs.printers
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Replies: 0
Views: 163
Printing too light
I have been using my HP Photosmart 3110 since last year. Until
recently There hasn't been a problem but now it prints everything a
bit light. It works out ok if the image is a bit dark but any...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 5th 08, 12:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 144
Mybook premium es problem-solution
Just in case anyone has a similar problem. My WD MyBook Premium ES had
problems copying files to other drives. I have been moving directories
containing several hundred phots each to another drive....
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 1st 08, 01:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 1
Views: 170
HDD question
The second HDD in my computer started to disappear occasionally. When
it was present in Explore it seemed to act normally, but the several
disk checking programs found no problem with it. The ...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 23rd 08, 12:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 6
Views: 191
HDD won't format
I tried right clicking on my computer. It is booting off the new
drive, I have deleted most files from the original C: drive and now it
is out of the computer. While it was a slave drive after I...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 23rd 08, 06:54 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 6
Views: 191
HDD won't format
I installed a new WD HDD and the WD software set it up and copied the
C: drive to it successfully. Now Windows won't let me format the
original WD C: drive. I will be getting an external caddy for it...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 29th 08, 10:23 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 139
External HDD confusion
The backup drive is for digital photos.I used DVDs for the photos I
took on an overseas trip in 2006, so not likely to be replaceable,
and when I needed to retrieve some of the backup files they ...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 29th 08, 06:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 139
External HDD confusion
Last year I looked at some user reviews of external hard drives. All
brands had their supporters as I expected but overall the My Books
seemed to me to get the thumbs up. Maxtor drives seemed to get...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 27th 08, 01:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 171
email adds
I have PC-Cillin 2008, Spybot, AdAware and a firewall in my router. I
thought I was as safe as I could make it, thouggh I didn't expect my
system to be impervious to those who know how to get around...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 27th 08, 03:26 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 171
email adds
A couple of days ago I received an advertising eamail that was sent
from my main email address to the same email address. Does this mean
it has to have been sent from my computer, or at least from my...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 12th 07, 10:12 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 402
Random rebooting
In the past week my computer has rebooted 4 times. There is no
warnuing, no error message, it doesn't shut down first, just reboots.
A couple of times it has happened when I was away from the...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 4th 07, 04:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 6
Views: 364
.NEt Framework problem
Sorry, I forgot. XP SP2
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:16:36 -0600, Frank McCoy
wrote:
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt MikeM wrote:
I have been...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 3rd 07, 11:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 6
Views: 364
.NEt Framework problem
I have been unable to update, or uninstall, .NET Framework 1.0 for
over a year. Every time I close down the computer it tries
unsuccessfully to install the 1.1 update before finally powering down.
I...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
November 28th 07, 06:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 348
Accessing websites
Can't display this webpage
Mike
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:21:27 -0800, Bill
wrote:
http://64.233.187.99/
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
November 28th 07, 06:28 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 348
Accessing websites
I tried the AOL address and got the reply 'www.aol.com' is not
recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or
batch file
Mike
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:09:59 -0500, Paul...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
November 28th 07, 02:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 348
Accessing websites
IE will only access Yahoo & Microsoft. Any other site I try to access
I get the message it can't open the site. I can access email and
newsgroups and have updated several programs...
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