cheers mac,i will download a copy later.

Mega

Some advice please,just had a phone call from my eldest lad saying his computer has a message on it from Microsoft saying they have picked up his xp OS as being a pirate copy and politly asked for him to update to a legal copy,this is the tricky question and are there websites that could provide a code so that the message from Microsoft goes away so that one does not have to part with the folding stuff :-)

Rick.........

If it's a genuine copy of XP, he should phone Microsoft and get it sorted.

If he is using a pirate copy, there may well be fixes to hide the message or even more recent copies of the OS but the system has to pass the Genuine Microsoft validation test in order to receive updates. If he doesn't keep up to date with the service packs and security updates then he has a potentially very insecure system

Mega,

May I suggest that you Google what you're looking for?

Ladies and gents and Hils :-) good advice and even better that google keyword :-))

Mega..........

I noticed that the last time I did a Windows XP update (Monday I think) that the update was Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130). Perhaps they've got a few new tricks up their sleeve?

Bolshi i am certain thats what it was,of course we had no idea that it was not a valid copy :-) so we are taking certain steps that it never happens again !!!

Forgot to say that idea that Hils suggested works a treat :-))

Just to test how open Microsoft are I tried Hilary's search words in their search engine. It came up with similar results.

The Publisher and Kayak,
Re post 6468. Unable to connect to internet via a wireless connection when away from home.
Thanks for your replies. Finally sorted it via Kayak's suggestion re 'obtain an IP address automatically' and 'obtain DNS server address automatically' are both ticked.
If ever your in god's country (Yorkshire) I owe you a half pint. Don't you believe the tales of our generosity, we are a tight fisted lot really.
But seriously, much obliged.
Greek.

Greek,

Now there's a fine offer.

Altho' I live in SW6 these days I was born and bred in Yorkshire.

Sunk more pints of Hull Brewery than I care to think.

But hadn't realised you had internet up there :)

TP

OK, I will make it a pint as it's not worth coming that far for a half.

Cheers Greek.

Thanks Greek :)

Maybe that will work for me. I have a Belkin Router/Modem and I am having a problem connecting to the Internet.

Sometimes when I access the Router it is showing as connected but the World is not illuminated on the Router to show connection to the internet. Also the ADSL sign on the router keeps dropping. Pipex tested the line and said it was OK.

The router has been powered off many times and no settings have been changed.

Any ideas

Jeffmack

Check the ADSL connection settings on your router. On most Belkin routers there is a Dial on demand check box. Make sure that this is unchecked.

Im trying to get my SKY E mail to work in Outlook without any luck.
Tried the settings off SKY web site Pop.tool.sky.com etc, which wont work.
Tried pop.sky.com. Mail sent but does not arrive.

Anyone got it working in outlook?

Iain, POP is probably only for receiving mail, probably need smtp settings for sending. When you say its sent but not recieved what are the details?

have you seen this Sky email setup

Iain. I can use my Sky email addresses for sending and receiving via BT Yahoo. I don't usually use O/E.

I opened O/E up & tried to send & receive a message via my Sky A/c and got "An unknown error has occurred. Subject '', Account: 'pop.sky.com', Server: 'smtp.sky.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550 Spam', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69".

Iain. By the way, my setting for Sky emails are i/c pop.sky.com & o/g smtp.sky.com

It would appear that you need to set the incoming server to pop.sky.com and the outgoing server to smtp.sky.com. However, if you are using an ISP other than sky then you may need to set your outgoing server to that recommended by your ISP.

Sky now use Google Mail and the settings have changed.

O/G

smtp.tools.sky.com
use SSL
Port 465

I/C

pop.tools.sky.com
Port 995

Use your full email address as username

You'll also need to check their webmail regularly as they put a lot straight into spam so it never reaches Outlook