Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
Tickle.com.Anyone else getting popups from these scumbags at various sites?
tc I got my new memory to work in slot 1.I decided to try it again after it had been in slot 2 for a few days.The puter booted up ok so I will keep it.It is samsung memory.
Bruce I got the external HD to work on the XP.(The W98 puter will be another problem as it does need drivers and it refuses to instal them from the CD)
I pulled the new HD out and put the old one in the enclosure and it worked so I am thinking the enclosure wont work with a 5400rpm HD.
Other users claim XP automatically detects this drive.And my XP knows it is there but says it is defective.Other users say no software needed for XP.
Dont know how to have the bios start it.I know how to press F2 at startup and check the settings there.
External hard drive question.I bought a new "generic" hard drive enclosure on Ebay.My XP puter says it is defective and wont work it.The LED on the external drive flashes red and green.I have two other devices that work off the usb port so I believe it is ok.I have plug n play enabled.Can anyone think of any setting I should look at?
West do you have any idea how high the S&P might go this week?Do you think it will back off for the long weekend?
Thanks Nemo.I have tried to cut as much fat as possible off my XP and also shut down some things for security.I wonder if pcdoc tries to fix that kind of stuff?
Tc "hibernate to disk" has been out of whack for a couple of years when i first added crucial memory.Also a new HD upsets it.I suspect it is an "optional" program and I can ignore it.
Thanks DVOM and Tc.I stuck that program in my documents folder.I then went back to spyware blaster and it started up no problem.
Boy was I innocent when I started this.I had the Dell product recovery CD.It would have everything in it ,right?I just had to go back to Dell to get the audio drivers.
Anyone know if I should fix the "hibernate to disk" program or just leave it.It has been upset ever since I first added memory but it doesnt seem to matter.
good idea. (eom)
TC,got any idea where I should place the extracted files?
Program files?
Windows?
All users?
Application data?
?????
Hey Bruce I wont learn anything paying someone else to do it.I feel I am slowly getting there.I am posting this message using the new HD.Its a seagate ST92011A 5400rpm and so far it seems fast and quiet and cool.
Thanks DVOM and Jalapeno.I downloaded video drivers from Dell and am getting a normal display and can now choose 256 colours and resolution has moved to 1024 by 768.
So I now have the icon for the video drivers on my desktop.Can I delete it or will that uninstal the drivers?
Yes,the problem is dopes like me dont know what must be reloaded.
Maybe someone can help with this.
I downloaded spyware blaster 3.1.I opened and installed the program.But when I click on the desktop icon to activate it I get the following-
"cannot find import.DLL may be missing,corrupt,or wrong version.File:MSVBVM60.DLL error1157".
At the moment I have a choice between 2 and 16 colours.Resolution is at the lowest setting and wont move.I am trying to download video drivers from Dell site.
16 colours
Ok,I figured out to hold the Ctrl key down at start up and the puter says it is in normal mode.I tried safe mode and it looks just like it is doing in normal mode.Anyone any clue what the problem is here?Screen resolution?
I got 256mb pc100 memory for my P3 inspiron 5000 from http://www.4allmemory.com/
The puter seems to recognise the memory and Dell diagnostics does not have a problem with it.However,if I put the memory in the number one slot the puter will not boot.Should I accept this memory?I have to keep 128mb I got from crucial in the number one slot.Shouldnt the puter work better with the largest memory in the number one slot?
Windows 98 se.I got a new hard drive for my P3 inspiron 5000.I have installed W98 on it ,got it connected to the internet,and got all available windows updates.But the display on the screen is weird.Eveything is large and the background colour is light green.Is it operating in safe mode?How do I check if it is running in safe mode?It doesnt give any choices at startup.
*****gold related PMU*****
Big turnover and price holding relatively firm.Take over fever is hitting the pm's.Could PMU be a take over target?
Yes,I downloaded the latest upgrade for free ZA and it seems to be a mite zealous.I would go back to the previous install if I didnt already delete it.
Is windows 98 a desirable system?My dsl was down for four days.During this time I had two laptops on separate phone lines using different dialup sevices.No router.They both had exactly same version of zone alarm.I switched the puters on the phone lines and ISP's several times.The zone alarm on one puter was constantly busy fending off scores of intrusions every hour and ended up with a score of over 200 high rated hacker attempts and several hundred of the not serious kind.The zone alarm on the other puter ended with no serious attempts and about 40 not serious.The puter with all the trouble is a P4 with windows XP.And having IE closed made no difference.With just my trading programs open the attacks continued ,but Quotetracker might be similar to running IE.
The puter that wasnt attacked is a P3 with windows 98.I am wondering if W98 made the difference.Do hackers have to scan for a particular operating system?Do they ignore older systems because they are more likely to find good stuff on XP systems?
Now I am back behind a router and everything is calm.
Thanks for the link.I got lucky and managed to meet up with the SBC tech.He tells me some bozo has switched my service somewhere .I now have another ordinary phone line,and I assume someone else has my DSL.
They wont fix it until monday afternoon.No scalping for me on monday.
Looks like zone alarm is fending off lots scum on this dialup.
DSL question.My SBC yahoo dsl died.Just suddenly failed after working all morning.On the modem the power light is solid green and the enet light is blinking green.The dsl and act lights are dead.Is this a good indication that the problem is not at my end?This dsl line is not the usuall four wires with a phone on two of the wires.This is a dedicated dsl line with only two wires ,yet when I connect a phone to it I get a dial tone and can call other numbers.Is this normal?I thought dsl was an" always on" connection to the internet.
Thanks cowboy.Looks like the ones with the 2mb buffer are the only ones that can be got at a reasonable price ie under $90.
How important is hard drive buffer size?I am contemplating buying a new seagate ST92011A for my oldest laptop.The info is that this hard drive can have either a 2mb or an 8mb buffer.Buffer is another name for cache,right?Should I insist on getting the 8mb buffer?
Bruce its a laptop.I have seen new laptops with 14inch screens sell for $600 but not lately.If I buy new I want a P4 with a 15inch screen.
Re:Will pc133 work in a pc100 puter?I just learned on a Dell forum that pc133 will work for me if it is low density,ie,16 chips =256mb.Apparently cheap RAM can be high density,ie,8 chips = 256mb and this would not work in my puter.
There are several links to other sites about using your hosts file to block scum.Here is one.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://accs-net.com/hosts/get_hosts.html
I found this site very interesting both from the security aspect and the possibility of faster surfing.
Yahoo finance.I am having trouble using yahoo today.Anyone else having trouble there?
Yeh Cowboy,you are right about it being old.I paid $2600 for it four years ago and now you can buy a better laptop for $800 or less.But it still does the job and I like the fact that the fan rarely turns on.I am interested in Linux and am thinking this might be a good puter to convert and more RAM might be good.
Thanks Ruellit.I think I will ask the question on a forum at the Dell site.
Bruce you have confused me.I am not looking to make the puter faster.Just looking for a good deal on RAM and pc133 is cheaper than pc100.But you seem to be saying that pc133 will not work if my puter is set for pc100 ,which it is.
My W98 Inspiron has nly 192mb PC100 RAM.Looks like I can get 256mb PC133 for $57 here
http://store.yahoo.com/memx/pc7-2455.html
Another memory question.My dell laptop takes pc100 144pin sodimm.I notice that pc133 144pin is significantly cheaper.Could I change my laptop to pc133?Could I mix pc100 and pc133?
Thanks eom
Medved Quotetracker.Anyone know the symbol for the next three months S&P emini?Present symbol is GLOBEX:@ESH4.
Hmmm,you dont have AGT on your list.
And now,something completely different.
http://www.meph.eu.org/pinguin.swf