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Control Panel/Mouse/Pointers Tab

Thanks :-)

Does anyone want to design me a e-commerce site? I have built a couple of my own but they are far from professional and I am lacking the time to learn correct optimisation techniques.

I need evidence that you know what you are doing or payment upon acceptance.

Anyone interested drop me a line.

Thanks.

Thanks Optimist and Robber. Prevaricating over the re-install though.

I bet you are :-)

Kernow

I'm not sure that a reinstall is the answer but if you do go down that route then buy a new, bigger and faster hard disk, install your new system on that and mount your existing disk as a secondary drive.

That way you will have a faster machine, no loss of dats and keep the old disk for local backups.

The other thing you should be able to do is drop a faster proccessor in.

Kernow

The other thing to remember is that if you are installing Win 2K from an old CD then your initial system will not have the up to date patches.

You MUST use an external firewall to connect to the internet at least until you have bought the system up to date.

Good advice. Still hestitating on a reinstall - I'll probably just buy a new system after Santa's been - this laptop is a bit dated @ 20Gb and 700mhz but is so reliable and pleasant to use (good old Sony) I'll clean it up and keep it for emergencies.

A little off topic, but I am frustrated by the standard "contacts" database that came with my Palm Tungsten E. Have tried agendus but it's simply another way of looking at the same info. Does anyone know of a good contacts type database? I'm looking for multiple categories eg xmas card list, personal contacts, work contacts, sometimes the same record fits both categories.

Might have to write my own :-(

"New worm, Santy.A, using Google to spread
It infects Web servers running a software package called phpBB

DECEMBER 21, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Antivirus companies are warning Internet users about a new, fast-spreading worm that infects Web servers running a popular package of online bulletin board software and uses the Google search engine to find vulnerable servers to infect.
The worm, dubbed Santy.A, uses a vulnerability in a popular free software package called phpBB to spread across the Internet, infecting computer servers that host online bulletin boards and defacing those sites with the words "This site is defaced!!! NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm."

..."

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,98453,00.html?source=x73

Just upgraded to a 1Mbps Service, Pipex. My connection icon still shows 10 mbps.Is this right.Its just that it used to show the same speed before the upgrade.Im using a Zoom adsl usb external modem

These are the results of a speed test
Downstream 944 Kbps (118.0 KB/sec) 1019 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 246 Kbps (30.8 KB/sec) 265 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Speed test is excellent. The 10Mbps looks like it relates to your home network. A USB modem wouldn't normally have a green terminal icon in the system tray. If you look amongst your program shortcuts though there is likely to be an ADSL diagnostics or statistics program to give you more info.

Thank Very Much Kayak.
Ps Merry Christmas
Thanks for all your help and others, on here over the year.
Now! Can you be as helpfull with my trading ? ;-)))))

A merry xmas to everybody and especially those who helped me get my new system up and running.

techy dudes...once someone has sobered up...is it possible to set your default browser to anything apart from IE??

i have Netscape, Firefox and IE on my machines, i would love to get rid of IE but at the very least I want to use Firefox as my default.

any ideas?

Treble, not something I've tried but if you're running 2000 or XP, under Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs there should be a tab Set Program Access and Default. Set option and untick Show This Program to stop IE being shown (it will still be there though).

Treble:

In Firefox, go Tools . . Options . . . General and see "Default Browser" option.

D.

cheers dudes

Does anyone know if USB hubs work OK. I have 3 USB slots on my laptop but could do with 1/2 more. Do USB hubs work OK and can you recommend a make.

Jeffmack

They do work but bear in mind that the bandwidth and power supply is split between all of the ports on the hub.

If you have several devices that use power you can get round it by using a powered hub. If you have several high bandwidth devices then put each on a seperate computer port or use an expansion card.