Can anybody help me with this problem - I trade with GNI Touch - for some reason I recently have not been able to access this when using BT broadband although it hasn't been a problem before. This is the case even when I use a different PC, however I can connect to Touch through a different ISP (not broadband) - any suggestions?

Balmoral - I had this problem, using 128K ISDN perfect, 2MB broadband - nothing. After tearing my hair out I deleted the network driver (I'm using a small wifi network) but my pc is hardwired; loaded the latest driver and perfect!

Pls don't ask me why but it worked for me.

thanks Captain Scarlet - will try it

I remember someone posting (could have been here or on the other side) that their new notebook was overheating. It turned out that the Celeron processor is known to run quite hot. I've noticed the same with my HP (Celeron) notebook - the fan is working a lot of the time.

I'm going to buy a new notebook soon... and I wouldn't want to get another one with a Celeron chip. The two alternatives at the moment seem to be Pentium 4 and Athlon. Are there any known issues with these? Athlon notebooks are quite a lot cheaper than the equivalent Pentiums - are they as good? I've also seen Centrino mentioned - is that a separate chip or a version of Pentium?

Thanks for any answers and advice that help to clear the fog!

PeterG in terms of performance for the pound AMD normally win, however recently the intel chips have reversed this trend with the HT versions. However for notebooks this isnt really a major issue as CPU power isnt usually the main requirement. I cant advise on any particular products but I woud not be concerned about the heat to much, heat is a product of power and as long as the chips are able to withstand it its not an issue.

The mobile version of each manufacturers chips are pretty good, although I think there was a problem with the AMD and Windows XP when first launched.

Help needed.
When I try to apply the blaster patch downloaded from Symantec I get the message 'setup has dected that the version of the Service Pack installed on your system is lower than what is necessary to apply this hot fix. At minimum you must have Service Pack 2 installed'..
What is a Service PAck and how do I get an up to date one installed..
HAs anyone else had the same problem and found a work-around?
Any advice will be greately appreciated..
TIA
Shammy

Shammy, service packs are collections of fixes which are applied in one go and bring your system up to date to a certain point in time. You get service packs from Windows Update. There will be a service pack for Windows and one for Internet Explorer, start by downloading the Windows one (SP4 for Windows 2000), and then move on to all of the other items shown to you in Windows Update. It is very important to keep your system up to date. If you download all of the fixes from Windows Update you will not need to install the symantec one as it will already have done that.

thanks Kayak, will do as you recommend.

edited...all sorted out now..but will have to review my policy of 'if it aint broke, dont fix it'!! thanks once again

Shammy,

Why do you need to review your policy? If it werent broke, you wouldnt get infected and they wouldnt need to do the service packs ;)

J.

Spaceman, thanks for your response (776). Looks like I'm going to get an HP machine with Athlon.

This has to be one of the most useful services on the web at the moment:
http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/Welcome.do

J.

This is a better service imho: http://www.spamgourmet.com/

Insider
Bit of a long shot but worth a try.
If you have WindowsXP it might just be worth trying to do a system restore to before the problem started. Programs, accessories, system tools, system restore

croc,
i'm on isdn, no broadband in my part of the wood yet. It seems that loading traders thread takes much longer than used to and frequently it freezes half loaded, this is quite recent. I notice that the files for the site are loading direct from your ftsedow site. is this new or have i not noticed it before.

would appreciate your comments
roger

RogerD
No changes recently but the charts do come from various sources. If any one is slow it would take sometime to load. I ahve not had the page freeze but I will monitor it tomorrow and check it is o.k
Thanks
David

Kayak,

Too much like hard work, you need to sign up for the addresses and deal with usernames and passwords. Mailinator is much simpler, read how it works properly :)

OK, I did, and I assume you will now go off and read how spamgourmet works, and properly :-))

Problems with mailinator: totally open to anyone reading your message (no password), message is only kept a few hours (so you'd better know exactly when that message will be sent), really only suitable for one or two messages from a given source, someone else could happen to choose your same name and read/delete your mail, no attachments allowed, and probably more if I read the FAQ properly :-)

Advantages of spamgourmet: you do have to sign up, but only once at the beginning, not for each email address. If you sign up with the prefix "xyz", anything *.*.xyz@spamgourmet.com is automatically forwarded to your mailbox. No going to a different site to pick up your mail, no passwords, just give someone fred.122.xyz@spamgourmet.com and the reply will turn up in your normal mailbox. Attachments allowed, mail doesn't get deleted, no one else can see it/delete it, up to 20 messages (you can choose the number) from a given source, even a few days/weeks later ... :-)

Kayak,

Yeah, I did read it properly :P

Yes, mailinator is totally open, and yes, messages are only kept for a few hours, and it says somewhere that it is not for creditcard payments or anything that would be 'confidential'

And yes, someone could chose the same name, so personally I would go for something like:

asdflksdjjh23424h2432438qeworjhdfe@mailinator.com

The whole idea is it is simple to use, and open, simplicity is the key...

I may even donate one of the domains I own....

J.

Pop Ups - Starting this morning my machine is being almost continually swamped with pop ups. I seem to remember a recent posting from Croc explaining how to prevent these. Would appreciate it if anyone can copy that again. Thanks, Andy

Jon, I can see that this is going to run on and on so if you want to continue could you email me on trashjonsemails.0.net@spamgourmet.com, thanks.

:-))