Hi Dave many thanks for the checkover yup, holt.htm is merely a homebrew start page (sorry should have mentioned that first off) still...
Hi good people when opening a local GIF using IE (my default), IE first flashed the words "Blow Out" quickly, then consented to open the GIF -...
the DLL's the same (FC /B) the EXE's different (9088 bytes plays 9056) (realised I had a backup with the old versions in it ;) ) best...
891711 seems to be on offer again at Windows Update... ?reworked maybe - or perhaps just insisting on a restart after applying the patch......
many thanks for looking, BB... those are the same two I see now. No idea at all what happened the first time round... very strange. this...
Hi Christer thanks for reply (speedy again :) nice one) I've tried revisiting WU and now all's working smoothly ?? what gives? ...only...
Hi just visited Windows Update, said I needed two critical updates (presumably new batch out as this machine needed none yesterday) so, on...
wow - one solid commonsense gift there - nice one best wishes, HJ
10 days now since putting the 15 second delay and no recurrence yet - although the problem was intermittent anyway :o just about starting to...
rotten luck Dave only... sounds like a description of what sometimes happens from failure of electrolytic capacitor if it really was down...
Hi monk have found some stuff at Microsoft but it's intended for XP pro, am hoping that it isn't too different for XP home == Control...
ahhh, that seems to give the game away, doesn't it - looks like modem settings instead - was starting to think that way re-reading your post where...
keep software compression enabled if it's that way on the old computer which tesco worked on that was the less likely of the two possibilities...
Hi monk the "software compression" option is found from the networking tab, there's a button marked "Settings" under "Type of dial-up server...
gosh - a plethora of peculiar protocols! this page was useful, in conjunction with the list from the link in Ben's post; at last, some...
Hi (Kerio) firewall just prompted me about an incoming connection "unknown event" indicating it was using "Protocol No: 50 "; (application at...
Hi monk what OS are you using pls? (should have asked that first off, shouldn't I ;) ) and what "route" did you take to find the options which...
Hi monk the aol software is probably best left alone if you are not planning to use it - it has its own system :rolleyes: and tends to...
best way to be prepared is to make sure that you have a SUD (aka Start Up Disk, Emergency Boot Disk) which works! safe somewhere handy in case you...
Dave, suspect you have a problem on the +5 supply, have you got (or scrounge) a meter? convenient place to check is the 4 wire PSU connectors...
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