Uhm, well, it depends what firewall you have...

Norton Internet security2003

Iain, sorry, I don't know Norton, but look at the help files or manual to see how to enable outward ports or indeed whether you need to. Port 1057 needs to be open.

Formatted drive and tried again no firewall etc Loaded MM5 After loading Win XP PRO.Still doesnt load!
Grrrr.Cant work this out

Iain

Did you download the latest version from CMC?

Usimg my old disk mm5 v5.0.Ill try downloading from cmc

I tried that first but it did not work. Although they automatically update the software they can't make the jump from the original to the current version.

New Problem!Does anyone have an address for KAZZA- LITE or the programme itself.Seems most download sites have been moved:-)
Could you let me know on Internal mail.

According to Google:

www.k-lite.tk

Seymour Clearly,

kazaa is a free program running on an open network, these people are trying to make you 'join' something which is so beyond the idea of the P2P network its insulting...

J.

It saves me a packet on those thumping tunes for my Young guns;-)
That why i want Kaza-lite.Had no probs whatsoever on my other machine.Its Ad free.Oh, and it also USED to be Free.

Iain,

have you checked your email? :)

I have now.Replied

Oh, I have no idea about it - just trying to help.

any one having explorer problems ?

Question for those with Windows XP know-how...
Please can anyone tell me if it is possible to create a back-up
system floppy disc on this system, one that you can load and use
to boot up the system if the hard disc goes ga-ga.
The system has a system restore from the hard disc itself,
but I have been told it is stupid to rely on that alone
and the only sensible thing (without my computer I can't work)
is to create this system back up floppy. i've looked & can't find
a facility to do this, but I'm not exactly a windows wizz.
So can it be done and if so please how????
Thanks and drinks on me in the tea-rooms!

stockbunny

Your friend is correct in advising you not to rely on system restore the problem is what else to do.

The answer to your question is NO. Let me know how important your computer and data are to you and I will come up with some suggestions.

Optimist - much thanks for answering my question and
ouch, that's not the answer I wanted, but never mind.
Both are very important frankly...

Stockbunny

Although modern PCs are very reliable it will let you down at some stage. There is also the not insignificant chance that you will be burgled and the lesser possibility of your house burning down. So you need to have contingency plans. The problem is they will all cost you money.

Although you can't boot WinXP from a floppy you can use the installation CD to boot to a command prompt that you can use to try to repair the system if you are knowledgeable enough but it is unlikely to be able to cope with major problems and will give you no access to your programs.

The installation CD can also be used to try to repair Windows. This is essentially a new install but retains most of your settings and programs. It may not keep service packs and windows updates, which will have to be reinstalled.

If the repair does not work you would have to do a fresh installation. This would not overwrite your data but you would have to reinstall all service packs, programs and updates.

All of these solutions may well take several hours to sort so you really need a second system.

The cheapest way is to fit a second hard disk in your computer change the boot device in the BIOS and install a second copy of WinXP on that disk and backup your data to the second disk. You will then be able to use the alternate O/S in the event of disk failure.

A better way would be to have a second PC networked to the first and back your data up to this. You could also consider putting a networked computer which need not be a high spec) in the safety of your attic and using that to copy your data to.

I hope this gives you some ideas to start with.

Stockbunny, just to expand a bit on the above in a slightly different manner.

The important thing is your data however deciding what is data is not easy, its easy enough for things like word documents and excel spreadsheets but gets harder with things like emails and stock history data. It is worth spending some time finding out where all your data is held and setting up a strategy to safeguard it. I do this by copying it to anopther machine on my home network and making periodic copies to CD-ROM's. I also copy some important files onto a server that contains my web pages and which is provided by my ISP.

I do not use XP because I am not happy with the registration requirements and the fact that I frequently reinstall my PC software, I use Windows 2000 which I believe is still the best Operating System in the windows family. I also use Ghost which enable me to make an exact copy of my hard disk and which can be reinstalled with a floppy disk boot (which can be from a windows 98 floppy, in fact a w98 floppy is an essential PC tool in my view)

For a home user in the worst case following the loss of a hard disk or PC you may well be faced with several hours work to recover but your data is the most valuable.

Ensure that you have all you installation disks available and keep a record of what you have installed. If you have to do a complete install, install the Operating System fisrt and enable your Web connection, then do a full update to apply all OS patches from Microsoft (Windows Update), this should ensure that you dont have any bad security holes on your new installation. Then install any virus and firewall software you have, when this is all OK reinstall your apps and check that they work. You may have to download some updates for your apps which is why its worth keeping a note of what you installed and when, I tend to check each app for updates each time I do a reinstall but thats because I am lazy. Whne you have the OS and all your apps running you can restore your data, as I said above this is easy for word/excel but can be harder for the rest.

This probably does not make you feel any happier but it is worth knowing what to do in an emergency when things have gone badly wrong, its not as hard as it sounds and you will find people here happy to help if you ever have to do it.

On last thing, someone mentioned above keeping a completly different PC as a backup, if you can afford it its well worth doing but I also recomment that you keep a modem available so that you can connect to the internet if you lose your connection (assuming you have Broadband) its amazing how dependent we are on internet connections and having a dial up connection for emergency use is very valuable not just if youe BB goes down but also for looking for help when you have a major problem, the web is a fantastic place for technical assistance 24 hours a day. I keep a dial up account (pay as you go) with Viorgin Net and Tiscali for this sort of emergency.