optimist was connecting to btyahoo and on the cd said switiching off firewalls and antivirus recommended - was not happy myself. no option to switch off the ms firewall in norton as far as i could see. have not got spybot yet but will run virus scan , thanks.
what about one firewall or two?

Maddoctor

If you have to have anything but a default configuration then two firewalls will be difficult to manage plus they will use CPU and system resources. My personal predudice would be to use the MS one but I doubt there is much in it.

Optimist , thanks

Docproc , blue mat working :- ))))

md

Noted with interest....

Let us know if it eventually fails, please.

I would like to fit an hard drive to a spare computer of mine, so I could give it to my grandchild.
Is it esy, can you fit more one hard drive?

AB, its pretty easy as long as the computer is relativeley recent. Yes you can fit more than one but it depends on the space available in the computer case and the nukmber of connectrors on the motherboard for hard disks. Normally you can fit at least 2 hard drives. You do need to think about how the second drive will be used as it might be better to dump the first and just put in a new one, depends why you want to add a hard drive.

With regards to my earlier post about cd & dvd not autoplaying (and other problems).

I've found some information that refers to GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft Management Console. When I type it in (from the Run command) my pc informs me that the gpedit file is missing.

Is this file essential? If I haven't got it where can I load it from?

Group Policy applies to Domains so if your computer is stand alone then you may not have that facility.

Thanks O. Another dead end :-(

7thFloor

There is a similar user rights editor the the machine but I don't think it will help you. If you do suspect that the problem is user related then try creating a new Administrator user and running under that for a while.

I'm not able to try this out on my machine as I have Nero installed which seems to totaly take charge of the CD drive. Have you installed something similar?

O.

I haven't re-installed my cd burner on my drive yet (It's Pinnacle's Instant CD burner). Co-incedently I've just read, on another problem/bulletin board site on an un-related matter, how a burner can sometimes overide autoplay features.

7th floor, sorry i dont have time to look this up at the moment but there is a problem with it thats known about, try searching Microsoft.com, I had to do something similar recently.

Will look up for related problems at MS tomorrow. Have a bit of a do to go to soon and wife is looking a bit ..... y'know!

Thanks

Sorted! (I think)

I've deleted the Windows Media Player and re-installed an updated version from MS. That sorted the DVD Decoder error messages when running the WMP.

My new hard drive was part-configured at the manufacturers. Installing the Pinnacle CD/DVD burning program does disable the auto-run function. Pinnacle says that its to prevent conflicts when writing disks (Optimist - just like Nero then).

evening all,

how do i encrypt my wireless access point please,it was very easy to setup !!!!i guess the next stage is the hard part......

Thanks for all the help.

Mega...

Mega

Are you using 802.11a or 802.11g?

Optomist,

802.11B 11Mbps using Win2kpro on Access Point and Winxp home on laptop if that makes sense !!!!

Thanks for the help.

Mega...

Mega

I can only give you rough details as I have not used a Win2K access point.

On your W2K box open the wireless network adaptor properties, click the wirless tab and open connection properties. There should be boxes for Network Authentication which should be set to shared, Data Encryption which sould be set to WEP and a box for the network key. It may be possible to set the length and format for this which can get tricky. You need to enter a long (around 40 characters from memory) random string. It's best to choose this string before you change anything, save it to a text file which you can then copy to your other machine.

You then need to set your XP machine to the same settings and hopefully you will have a secure connection. Once you have it working you may be able to specify which Physical or MAC addresses your Access Point will connect to. You can find the address of your XP machine by typing "ipconfig /all" followed by enter in a command prompt window.

Yo may also have the option of hiding the SSID of the access point which makes it more difficult to detect the network. I don't use this as it has caused me problems and anyway any decent hacker will still find your network.

Remember that it is possible for a determined hacker to crack any 802.11b security if they are in range of your network.

Optimist,

Thanks for the info,is it a case of encrypting to stop people using your internet connection foc or gaining info from your pc or both ????

Mega...

Mega

Both but the most important is data security. If someone managed to tap into your network, they could read any info sent between the computers and depending on your firewall settings they would also have access to your hard disks. If you were to lockdown your computers to stop access you would lose file and printer sharing.

Allthough it is possible to crack the WEP encryption, a knowledgable hacker would have to get within 100metres of you so don't worry too much but use 802.11g for better security.