d2k i will send you a PM.

Cheers, Spaceman. Will wait with baited breath now. Presume your back from Aus. Bit of a culture shock! Weatherwise :-(((

d2k, didnt message arrive?

Not as yet, Spaceman. Just tested PM service with TP and its OK.... :-)
EDIT.Just sent you PM, with e-mail address, Cheers d2k

can you email your phone number to "removed in edit" and I will call you?

You around Spaceman? :-))) Finally got your original message!!!! Snailmail!! Will try call you around 4pm. If your not around dont worry.!!

What's up with the charts?

2nd day in a row they've been ok first thing in the morning, only to stop loading later on.

Please can anyone help me out, when I download something to read using
Adobe 5.0 all I get is 0&Xs
Thanks.

TM

Right! Ive installed My Fax Modem.
First question. Can I only send a Fax using the Dial up option not my Broadband connection?
The Modem came with FaxTalk Which refuses to install properly.
Ive Installed Fax Services from my XP PRO Disk. This seems to work. Do I have to compose fax then connect to my dial up then press receive Fax? This is the only way, so far that I have been able to get them to transmit.
In Word the only option in "Send" is now Send to Fax recipient or PowerPoint The E-Mail recipient option is always grayed out.Ive checked options and Mail as Attachment is ticked.
Sorry if its not to clear. Any assistance would be much appreciated.
Iain

FaxTalk is quite an old program I believe, it is probably not compatible with Windows XP. You have fax facilities in XP anyway. The normal way to send a fax is to print it to the "fax printer". If you select File/Print you will see that a fax printer will have appeared in the list. Send it there and it will magically go through the fax software, which will ask you for the recipient fax telephone number and then dial the number automatically. Send to fax recipient should also work. I don't know why the email option has been greyed out. Possibly it can't find your email program, ensure Outlook Express is selected if that's what you're using. To receive faxes you will need to turn on the receive option. Look in Control Panel/Fax for that and other fax stuff.

Im using a HP PSC 1200 All-in-one if that helps.Meantime ill check on File/ print etc.
Thanks Kayak.

Another Question!!
Ive had my new system built for me and asked for 512mb of RAM.
On system information it reads under Memory:

Total Physical memory 256MB
Total Windows Memory 1393MB
Does this mean I have 256MB of Ram?

Iain

Try the 'Belarc Advisor' - a simple programme to download, which can be used to prepare a full inventory of your machine's hardware and software. Excellent.

Available from

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Iain, yes, that will be right. However you might like to just open the box and check that all the memory sticks are correctly seated in their slots as sometimes a bit of jiggling is all that is required.

Many Thanks as usual.
Iain

Just downloaded the "Belarc Advisor"Excellent and VERY detailed.
Re My RAM.The result is:

256 Megabytes Installed Memory.Though it also say`s"512 kilobyte secondary memory cache"

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Time to open the casing and check the slots

Iain, you have 256MB not 512 the 512 referes to cache on the CPU and is in Kilobytes not Megabytes.

Cheers Spaceman:Ive been in a "Bitter"Chat this evening with the chap who built my system:-(

Got a question on PC internal DVD \Writer. Thinking about purchasing one. I presume that they will still Record/ read etc. onto CD rom as well as DVD material. What else should I be looking for-- Suggestions very welcome.

Yes, they will also write to CDs. Not much to say apart from comparing the statistics that are usually given: speed of read and write on CD and DVD as high as possible, compatible with as many formats and recording modes as possible. A large buffer, low access time, and buffer underrun protection are probably more important though. You will also need software to read and burn CDs/DVDs, normally but not always bundled. There are often good deals for new items on eBay if you're not too bothered about having last month's specification. Here are details of a Sony device from Dabs just to give an idea of what can be quoted.

Read Speed 40x (CD) / 12x (DVD)

Write Speed 40x (CD) / 4x (DVD-R) / 8x (DVD+R)

CD / DVD Rewrite Speed 24x (CD) / 2x (DVD-RW) / 4x (DVD+RW)

Supported CD Formats CD Text, CD Extra, CD-DA (audio)

Supported Recording Modes Disc-at-once, track-at-once, packet writing, session-at-once

Supported Media Types CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R

Buffer Size 2 MB

Buffer Underrun Protection Power-Burn

Access Time 200 ms (DVD), 160 ms (CD)

Kayak;Those were to be the next answers I needed:-)Didnt know They wrote to CD as well.Does that mean A DVD RW will also be a CD RW?
I thought I would have to buy both.