Ok update - the bunny's gone wireless - managed to set it up, 2 hardwired and 1 laptop, get it working and secure - only took 5 1/2 hours, mainly due to son's laptop being new and MSVista!
Vista as far as I can see is a pain, existing discs - ISP etc - wont work, had to go to ISP site and get Vista versions and that took time. So in short if I can manage a Netgear anyone can LOL but I will say it was a case of following instincts more then instructions as frankly they are 'woolly' and not as expected having installed DSL external modems etc. So the instructions could do with being revamped to stop people being put off that its harder then it really is.

Stockbunny

I'm glad that you've got it sorted. However, you have probably gone the long way round. One of the many advantages of using an ADSL router is that your computers only have to connect to the network which all versions of windows do (almost) automatically. You should not have to install anything from your ISP unless they are one of the very few that insist that everything goes through their proxy server. If that is the case, change your ISP.

In my experience, you are better off uninstalling any software that your ISP provides. In most cases, it's main function is to get you to look at their adverts.

Govnor

It's an Internet Explorer bug as far as I can see. The content on certain webpages triggers the tab to steal focus. Try Firefox, or even better Opera which pioneered tabbed browsing.

How can i put a photo of myself which is on my AOL profile, as my buddy icon which shows up when i IM or use a AOL message board.

A OL online help couldn't give me a answer

miner49er, Thanks

aldwickk

edit, setings, expressions, browse

then select a picture

Haystack,

I have just got this reply from one of the AOL message boards.

Well, maybe no-one will remember, but I did use a personal photograph to create it. I have that photo in Picasa and AOL Pictures, so I can't remember which one was used, but I'm guessing the AOL Pictures version. I accessed the Buddy Icon site through AOL.com (the American site, not the UK one) using Firefox, not the AOL client software (spit, spit!!!!). It took a bit of fiddling, but it eventually stuck, so it is possible, at least theoretically. This was less than three months ago I would guess.



Hi you are correct :o)

If you use AIM you can use the Buddy Icon Maker plugin....here's one I made earlier (it SHOULD show in the New Board format, don't think it works in the old board format though)



I have gone to the buddy site but am having trouble uploading AIM and signing on.

Haystacks,

Yes, your way is much more simple only thing is i need to reduce the pic to 7168 bytes. Icon size

aldwickk

Here is a download which you can use to downsize your picture - Irfanview

Ok i will have a look at that . What i did in the end was to get the pic from my AIM pic gallery which had a icon size photo and send it to my pic folder. Anyway thanks for all your help.

Anyone know of a motherboard with 2 PCI-e slots or AGP and PCI-e slot together even a prebuilt PC will do upto 4gb or 8g and future proof

HI Guys :>)
OK got a pest on the system a Dialer.Generic according to Norton which it doesn't seem to be able to remove, odd thing is according to scan its high risk but checking it on Nortons site its classified as low risk - slight inconsistancy there! Norton isn't zapping it, downloaded and ran AVG which didn't even pick it up. Seems to be lodged in a programe file onlineservices BT but can't track it down via search option on computer. Gone into windows explorer found online services BT in programe files but still no sign of this thing - any thoughts? Cheers

My initial thought is - Don't let a BT progam anywhere near your computer.

If you are using aa ADSL/firewall/router then you should not need any ISP software on your computer and in my experience the main reason they ask you to install it is to get some commercial leverage over you.

Having said that, it is probaly almost harmless though I'd report it to BT and get at least one more opinion from an AV provider.

Optimist - thanks yet again you're a hero :>)

I've got a problem with my scanner. It's an Epson Stylus Dx3800 although I don't think it matters what the machine is. When I scan an image, I do a preview which is OK, then do the scan, and I get a message:

EPSON JPEG PLUG IN
Unable to write to file

Does anyone know how to clear this problem? I've uninstalled all the s/w and re-installed from the web, then uninstalled and re-installed from the original disc, and the same message is displayed. It may be something to do with the settings, but I'm completely stumped now.

I don't know if this has been covered elsewhere but I am constantly getting IE7 problems - effectively it just stops working and not responding so I have to close and re-open. I have recently upgraded my PC and moved to Vista (despite all the negative comments I have read on the BB) - but it also used to happen when I was running XP on my other machine. I've got all the updates from Windows so that doesn't seem to have an effect.

Anyone know of any good fixes (and yes, I know, I should run Mozilla Firefox - but that gave me problems on XP as well.) Maybe it's something to do with my set up???

PS - it took me a couple of go's at posting this because IE froze on me whilst typing. But it is intermittent so it'll probably be OK for a couple of days now - but never mind, anyone with any ideas I'd be very grateful. TIA.

Same thing happens to me too - also a Vista.
Wondering if it's a flash problem, not that I understand these things.

mg, not any help to you but I occasionally use IE7 rather than Firefox on XP home, and it very regularly crashes on me (pretty well every time), whereas Firefox is as stable as anything, and if it does crash, when you re-open it it remembers where you were and will restore your session. Handy.

So that would be my fix :-)

edit, I think it's a flash problem as that seems to be what it's trying to do when it crashes.

SC

It sounds as though the Epsom software can't handle JPEG for some reason. Can you save JPEG files from other applications? Can you save to a different format from the scanner software?

If you can, then a possible workaround is to save the file in TIF or BMP format and then convert it with your graphics application.

Another workaroud, if your graphics program is TWAIN complient then you should be able to import a picture fom the scanner and save it with that program.