Tony - thanks again, yes, looked at the external option. But my electrician says the cables aren't weatherproof and would probably need replacing...
Many thanks, everyone, for rapid, exhaustive and useful guidance! I imagine this thread will also be of a lot of help to other network newbies...
We live in a tall, narrow terraced house built in reinforced concrete, and wireless networking won't reach from one level to the next. So I plan...
Great, Mike - that's really helpful! Just for clarity: By "using only it" are you recommending using "only the Windows FW" or "only the...
Thanks for input, Nikolay. Yes, that was clear. My misunderstanding was that I thought two firewalls running simultaneously would conflict...
OK, I'm running both now, and I'll report back with any problems I encounter. Many thanks for your input, guys.
Solved Thanks, Mickzer - you're right, of course. Sorry I didn't remember to get back to this thread and confirm.
Thanks, James. I'll try that.
Every time I power up my XP machine, I get the little red shield in the lower-right corner and the bubble "Your computer may be at risk...."...
Hi! Every time I turn on my XP machine, the little yellow shield shows up in the lower-right corner: "Updates are ready for your computer "....
Reolved! Thanks, SurferDude, yes, I knew there was a chance of running aground, but thought it was worth a try, because at worst I'd finish up...
Many thanks, Matt and Pete, for swift replies! As it happens, I do have an original XP CD, albeit Home Edition, for my other machine, but no...
I inadvertently pulled out the power cord on my wife's Compaq Evo N610c, running XP Pro SP3, during a defrag. It had been having charging...
Fortunately, they sometimes get caught: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7353003.stm
Bubba - I had something similar: see my post at http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=69074 The problem has now gone away, and I don't...
Vicki - these are known as "419s" - you'll find a detailed description and advice on handling them here: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
Now that I've done it all :mad: I think I've found the faster solution I needed: right-click the file, from the pop-up menu select "Open with..."...
Hi Zander, and thanks for the idea. I've browsed around the options for OpenOffice, as you suggested, but didn't find anything useful. I've...
(In the following, I'm translating back from my Italian system, so some expressions may not be exactly word-for-word what you see on a US-EN...
Thanks for that (and for previous guidance!), Master! Having suffered from impacted wisdom teeth myself in the past, I'm not willing to go...
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