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Hi .i'm a newbie.,
I cannot get Windows Updates to work, the Url is in the address bar.It shows just a blank page with an hourglass and arrow.No spys or viruses can be detected.One other site that wont work is Smilies Central.I tried altering the SECURITY but nothing eventuated.
Wally.


Running XpHome SP1. intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. 512 Ram 60 HD Wally Ashton.....When did this all start ......AND I'm wondering if you have your auto updates turned on ?

What URL are you going to for your MS updates .......?

let us know
dl65 Well. It was OK up until I was infected by a virus .Everything is back Ok all except this.As far as updates go I cant get any now.
The Smilies wasn't working before this,though,I'm not worried about it.

I want to use some in-built services of windows LIKE CALCULATOR,notepad,MS-word or excel sheet in my
web application . To be more clear , when user clicks some link, new word file should be opened.
I have seen sometimes adobe file opens in browser itself.How all these results can be ACHIEVED.
also how to OPEN .exe files through web browser.mukund........LOL did you FORGET a homework assignment ......But on the offchance your for real .....why not click on windows help .......the anwsers are all there .


dl65

The Topic is 9 months old...Quote from: patio on January 07, 2011, 10:05:31 PM

The Topic is 9 months old...

If you don't want people posting anymore in this topic, perhaps you should close it then?

Is this just a marketing gimmick for Google Chrome? Google Chrome is already rolling out 10.0.628.0 Beta.

I'm using this browser, well, the ChromePlus version of it, and I like it.

But it's already at version 10 given its short lifetime compared to the other big name browsers out there Well, I have the latest version of Opera and it's version 11. Version numbering is pretty meaningless since everybody and their pet dog seems to have a different definition of what the different parts of a version number mean. Additionally there is a tendency for many companies to just skip 5 or 6 versions and hope nobody will notice.

Microsoft Word for Windows, for example, somehow made their 3rd installment version 6. "For consistency" Visual J++ had version 1.0, 1.1, and then broke new ground with version 6.0, despite it being what any sane person would call 2.0.

This sort of version indifference is exactly what causes products to quickly soar past double digit numbering, because the company can make the major version number increment whenever they *censored* well please. "Oh, we added a button... better increment the major version".

usually you change a version number when you essentially rewrite the program from scratch or otherwise perform Major version changes. This is why it gets the name Major Version Number. You should have the make Major Version changes to warrant a change. below that you have Minor Versions, which are reset to zero whenever you increment the major version number, and only incremented when you make somewhat smaller changes- like say, add a new dialog, or a new feature. Then you have revision, which pretty much reveals how many changes you've made, and then build number which is the number of builds it took to get it right, starting from the first build of a Major Version.

Some companies, like Google and whomever makes Opera (although Opera has been around long enough to actually have something that legitimately is in version 11) have decided, "you know what, to *censored* with versioning standards, let's have a trained monkey pull flash cards out of it's arse and then use those numbers as the new version. And then in traditional Google style they let it fester in beta for about 5 times longer then anybody else would sanely do, meanwhile actually CHANGING ALL THE VERSIONING NUMBER COMPONENTS. Here's a protip, if you change the version number during a beta, it's no longer a flipping beta. it's a freaking Drama sequence. a Beta version is a mostly complete piece of software t hat is ready for some real-world testing. If you go and make changes major enough to change the major version number you're not REALLY testing the same product, are you unless of course you follow the same "count the number of times we see the word "Shiny" in the changelog" and use that as a major version number that some software companies seem to follow, in which case congratulations you've just created a huge clusterfook.

Basically, my point is, Version numbers are not something you can compare between programs. Software Product A Version 8 is no more or less advanced then Software Product B Version 12, for all we know the latter is run by and developed by a bunch of mentally deficient monkeys with aspergers syndrome and the latter is created by a bunch of buddhist monks, it doesn't matter through because the version number is just a COMPARISON value you use to see "oh, hey, I wonder if I have the latest version" Because apparently there are people who say this about every bloody program. It’s understandable for browsers, and for a number of browser-based/web-based technologies, as well as things like the .NET framework, and of course the core of windows itself. But, seriously, the main reason you update a program is to fix bugs and add features, and hope that the bugs and security concerns that a new version adds (And they always do, unless the change is extremely minor) don’t outweigh the benefit of having the known vulnerabilities and the existing bugs eliminated. You don't just download or check for an update because "hey, there might be security fixed" because for one thing they never say what those "security fixes" are, for all we know it could mean that they inserted a backdoor or something. Second, it's not something you are going to personally benefit from, regardless of the number of articles you've read online about it, exploits and vulnerabilities are actually one of the lowest forms of getting control of a REMOTE system, and also the easiest to squelch. What you really need to watch for are the ones who take advantage of a flawed design- mostly in the implementations of protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, and so forth. No New version of any security system is going to help you catch and detect those, except for those that install a giant uncleanable filter to your ports under the guise of a firewall and then everytime a little speck of dust get's stuck to the filter it asks "do you want to let this through? What about this? Are you sure you want to do that? and then they just eat the speck anyway making the question moot.I completely agree, BC. To compare version numbers between different software makers is meaningless. As you said, Opera has been around a long time and they do use incremental number between whole digits. I believe my previous version of Opera was 10.63. Opera does not break their numbering into 3 parts, like Firefox (example: 3.6.13), so that also affects the pattern of change in numbering as subsequent versions are released. At least Both of them have actually gone through all the previous numbers, as well. Opera's current ver is 11. whatever, but at least they didn't entirely skip major versions for seemingly no reason. One good example of that is Microsoft, and it started about the time they decided that Years were somehow a better measure then a actual version number, or something. Office used to be sold as "Office Version Blah dot blah", 4.2 was the last numbered version of "Office", and it had (iirc) Excel 5, Word 6, PowerPoint 4, And Access 2.0 in various minor versions and they had all "gone through", except for MS word which somehow managed to skip along from 2.0 all the way to 6.0 for no reason at all (well, that's not TRUE, apparently they didn't want to "confuse anybody", which seems a bit backwards.). Anyway, with Office 95 they decided to basically make them all have the same version so POOF they all were version 8 (Office 7 might have made them all ver 7 but I haven't used that so I don't know). MS has done this time and time again and they claim it is "for consistency" as if releasing something like Visual Studio or Office with different versions for the constituent products will give our little tiny brains a hemmorage or something. Thankfully most of their products are either labelled and the actual version essentially ignored by all (like Version 4.0 (95) 4.1.1998 (98), 4.1.2222(98SE) 4.9 (ME) 5.0(2000) 5.1(XP) 6.0 (Vista) and the classic Windows 7, which is version 6.1) But I think rather then clarify anything they've only served to make things more confusing.

Of course this topic is more about version numbers themselves, and not just MS or how it versions things, but it was slightly related. Basically, comparing Version numbers between two products is no different from comparing the features of a word processor to video recording software.

I have been visiting a few WEB sites and everything works fine until sometimes when I click on an OPTION...nothing happens.
It seems that every time it doesnt work it is trying to read a Java Script.
I have gone into internet options and eveything to do with Java seems enabled.....Help please?is this winxp msoft has stopped supporting it?http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jspNo its windows 98, 2ND edition
It also used to work till fairly recently(Java scripts that is)go carried away in my reply....it refered to winxp.....not win9x......are you USING ie6??TRY firefox browser.......

Hi,

SUB: Password to access internet in LAN

I am working in Intranet, having internet connection, having USER name and password PROVIDED by the IT Dept in our COMPANY I once selected to remeber my password for intenet connection and now i want to have password to access but i COULD not find the way,

If it is POSSIBLE, i want to cahnge password,

Hopeful for some useful suggestionscontact your IT........dept........if you have been assigned a username/password......did you write it down...!!!

When I try to open a link in a WEB SITE I get a blank white window. Like in Hotmail when I get e-cards and try to go to the card it just brings a blank white window up. This ALSO happens when I try to open something as a print version.Are you using popup blocking software?

Try HOLDING down "CTRL" as you click on the Link.

Hi,

Ever since I downloaded SP2, when I put IE in fullscreen, the status bar stays down there. The only way I can get rid of it is by manually going into the View menu and UNCHECKING it. It used to do it automatically though when I hit F11 before SP2. Is there a place in the registry that I could edit so it doesn't stay there when I go to fullscreen? It's more of an annoyance than a real problem.

Thanks.see if this brings it back sfc /scannow TYPED in the run box...........back up reg first......type regedit in the run box .....Hkeys_Current_Users \software \microsoft\internet explorer now click the + sign for main......SCROLL down the list and see if the full screen is set to "no" if its not CHANGE it to no if unsure of playing with the reg FILES......then dont.!!Sorry for the late reply.

Thanks a lot, I think I found what I was looking for in the registry. I always back it up before I change it though.

I keep getting the warning "Explorer illegal operation". "invalid page FAULT in modula urlmon.dll. The pop up GIVES options of closing, when I do, I loose my desktop and all work and the computer then will have to START BOOTING up all over again. This happens a repeated number of times.
Another message that pops up. Script error, line 2, Char.1, invalid character, url-www.msn.com. I am asked do you want to run this script, yes or no.

Can you help....salty...Have a read .....
HTTP://support.microsoft.com/kb/q309476/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q254490/
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/erriexpl.htm

This appears to be a script error .....do you have all the latest updates from M/S ?


Hope this helps you .
dl65

Everytime I log off my internet provider, a message pops up stating that funky.ifs-irc.net has REQUESTED information and needs to connect, which connection would I LIKE to USE. Can anyone tell me if this is spyware or what it is?That is weard, I check out the site ifs-irc.net and it states its a IFS home page for "Independent Film Servers." You might want to run spybot or ad-ware, and also a virus scan on your computer to SEE what you come up with...

currently running win XP proffessional (no service paks) upon logging on to IE6.0 I get page can't be displayed. it doesn' matter what url I try to logon to...same. I have run adware, spybot, xoftspy. I executed the repair IE feature. IE works once and then back to the above.Quote

currently running win XP proffessional (no service paks)....

Hi,

I am USING a Toshiba LAPTOP which runs Windows Vista. I use Internet Explorer Version 7.0 and recently the internet stopped showing selected images on a great variety of webpages and if they can't be shown they display the typical red CROSS image. I have tried to find an answer including a faq on this site, but nothing has worked. There seems to be no consistency to the type of image this isn't viewable and I've no idea what might be causing the problem.

It might be a virus or something but I'm a bit baffled.

Does ANYONE have any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks so much
SarahTry installing IE 8 and see if the problem persists.

Hi, I have win 98se with what I believe to be the latest version of IE. a few days ago, I downloaded an update from Microsoft. (some kind of DRIVER) Anyway, whenever I save a jpeg or anything else, the title to what I saved is NOT visible in the "Save box" I would then save it again & it would say it already exist and would ask to overwrite it. When I leave the internet & look at it through windows, it's there. When I go back on the internet & save another jpeg/file to the exact location, nothing is there except what I saved BEFORE I downloaded the update. I tried to reset IE to its default settings but it doesn't help. I DON't remember the driver I downloaded so I can't delete it. Anyone with suggestions? Thanks HarryH :do you know what net connections have you got!have you got a an anti-virus ......firewall thing.... i know you just want to down the thing and its not doing it.....right!so what i would do is ..radical.....dont update win98se leave it alone!........bit of searching needed h...type c:\windows\options\cabs in the search program......or COPY and paste it...now scroll down the page.....go it so far! next to the reg32 icon.
...is one called setupm click this and it will re-install the SYSTEM without losing any files.......never lost a patience yet?.........win98 does not get to well with updates and.....ie6......Merlin, I went EXACTLY to windows/options/cabs - don't have those files you mentioned in that area. I have the following 3 files; Hhctrl.ocx, html32.cnv and SNMP. I also don't see the "setup" icon you're talking about. Do you have any further advice? By the WAY, I have Dial-up connection, Anti-virus program & firewall which worked quite well until I downloaded a stupid (update) driver just because I was trying just to maintain my system. Thanks in advance. Harry
in the msdos prompt type scanreg/restore.....and answer yes to the splash screen...and chose the last good cab file...........happy new year h.....take it easy mate...Hi Merlin, sorry - scanreg doesn't work - comes up with "failed" when attempting to restore. I think it's time for me to upgrade it to XP by reformating the hard drive - Any other suggestions? Or Anyone else with any ideas? Thanks in advance - Harryscan for trojans bugs etc.?? first.....now re-boot pc and hold down the f5 key safe mode......now chose start win form the command prompt.....now type scanreg/restore after the A:\ prompt.....answer yes to the splash screen and chose the last good cab file...Hi Merlin - Forget it - can't restore. I did find out that the jpegs are now being stored as JPE's. I earlier saved a jpeg and titled it "1", I then got off the internet, found it USING windows and it's labed "1(squiggly line)jpe". I then opened the jpe & saved it again to the same location, and now it is saved as a "file", I would then open it with iexplorer; which would then be saved as a "normal" jpeg. Is there anyway to get it back to saving a jpeg as a jpeg instead of a JPE? I was digging into the "view" area of windows but don't want to make things worse. Thanks in Advance - HarryMerlin - to clarify - It's saved as a jpe in the MS-dos name in properties whereas it SHOULD be " 1.jpeg" NOT "1~1.jpe" Harry

something has happened to my WIN XP that prevents SETTING the home page address via Control Panel, Internet Options, Internet Properties, Home page address. I can enter the address once (http://start.earthlink.net) and when IE as activated I get my earthlink start page. But the NEXT time I access IE, I will get "about:blank" as the opening page. Inspection of Control Panel shows that "about:blank" has replaced start.earthlink. "about:blank" has other malcious BEHAVIOR as when it opens it immediately initiates downloading unasked for crap. I have scanned my computer via McAfee Virsus Scan v4.5.1 and it turned up nothing. But obviously, something is wron.download shredder>>>http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html and this may help to prevent it happening again>>http://www.wilderssecurity.net/bhblaster.html or use firefox.awstokes.....Hummmmmm, sounds like you have a browser hijacker.......CWShredder will identify and reset your home page .....but if the hijacker is still lurking you should probably D/L and install hijackthis.....
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html

If you cant get RID of the pest ..post the log that hijackthis will generate and we can have a look at it .

dl65

I'm experiencing this problem when I search for IMAGES on google, only some of the images appear in search result while on IE all images load. And also when i was using the edit option on Photobucket on firefox, the image was reduce and when i tried to enlarge it I can't see the full image unlike on IE. I'm not sure how to explain it but those issues I mentioned above didn't happen before when I was using firefox. I thought NoScript add on that I have on firefox might have block something but that doesnt seem to be the case when i disable it. So if anyone have any clue then Im really appreciated. I screen shot the issues so you can understand better.

Thanks in advance

[recovering disk space - OLD attachment deleted by admin]Addicted2Apples,,,,
I seriously FEEL YAH!! The last week I have tried EVERYthing..and anything..
from uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe flashe player..java sun..zoom zoom out
...encoding..page comaptiblity..
I mean I have a saying " there's always 2000 soultions to a problem"..
Well, I think I'm at 112...tries...
AND IT"S driving me BONKERS!
I PLAY and pay to play competive tournament yahtzee for $$$ and Firefox does not display the whole score site on this website..
So..not only is it frustrating.. ITS costing me $$$..
Now I detest IE..yet..Im forced to use them ..but on there page ITS huge..I mean it takes me 10 minutes to scroll down the page..
So happy New Year..
and PLEASE ffrom the depths of my being...
let me know as soon as you have found some kind of any RESOLUTION..
I'll be sending you some of my brownies..!lol You like nuts or no nuts?
ALL MY BEST,,UPS

I'm running Windows 2000 and the past TWO weeks I've had a PROBLEM when trying to open a "print version" as in DIY and other sites. When in HOTMAIL I click on the help or try and open an e-card attachment and I get the same thing. THANKS

I have a problem with my Firefox browser not holding the number of page results RETURNED. Currently it is set to 10, but I WANT it to be 100. When I change it and save my preferences they do not hold and KEEP returning only 10 results. Can anyone help please?In GOOGLE search?

First time here so forgive me if SUBJECT has been worn out. When I do a search from Google (or ANYWHERE else) and the sites COME up and I CLICK on ONE I am almost always taken to the Perfectnav page. Why is this and did I do something recently to cause it. Thanks DannyljSpyware... Adware... Browser Hijack

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-2

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10319876.html?tag=lst-0-1

http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper/enterprise/?WRSID=236a9543b1c976adc1ccca4fa83e9258

The same thing has happened to me a few times. I think it is because I have more than one window open. I have also found that if I open more than 12 TABS in the one window it will freeze. I put this down to only having 1gb of RAM though and it not coping with the amount I had open.

Any IDEAS on this WOULD be appreciated.

AJHi,

I am just looking around this thread. I too have problems with Firefox (FREEZING FREQUENTLY) and I got some valuable info here. Thanks.

I want to find out if my son has been on bad websites i.e pornography and violent websites. I tried lookin in internet options web cookies and files but i couldn't find anything. He could have deleated them so is there another way to find this out. I have ie with windows xpChristina Lopez.......Ahha.....sounds LIKE perhaps hes up to no good......have you tried clicking on the history icon up on the Explorer toolbar ...its beside the favourites star , maybe hes not as smart as he thinks he is .......
If hes covered his tracks there .....P/M me and I'll send you a little program which will track each key stroke he takes.......or you could change your security levels so he couldnt get to those sites .........

let US KNOW
dl65 c:\documents and settings\username\local settings\history\history.ie5\index.dat for a LIST of EVERY website visited going way.... back

Hi all and seasons greetings,

Can anyone help please, when I VISIT some WEB sites with Internet Explorer I cannot some pictures, they just come up as boxes with a red CROSS in the corner.

Regards

RickonRefresh webpage or right-click and CHOOSE "Show Picture".http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q283807

I want to send my mum a new start page: Google.
as her start page isn't Google and she want it to be Google.
I have tried to explain her how to change the start page but,...
Well you know.
Is there any way how I can send her a register value like:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.be/

And the next thing but this isn't really necessary I would like to have it that way that she couldn't change it ACCEPT when she removes the register value (just in case).
The first time I went over there to change it but I don't want to do this over and over again.

Sow my Question:
Can I send her a register value that will automatically change her start page to Google and of possible that she can't change it accept when removing that register or when I (or someone else) give her a new register value.

Thanks in advance

Jonas For Windows XP Home Edition, you could try a .reg file with the following contents:

Code: (IE-Startpage.reg) [Select]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://www.google.be/"
To install the registry key, double-click the file.

It works with my computer.
It might work with other Windows versions but I have not tested it.
I do not know if you can lock the startpage or not.I attached a working copy.

I also included commented out parts on other things that might be helpful.

Good day.

Code: [Select]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Please note that ; is a comment I left the other things in here to MAKE it easier you you to change other things.
; Most of the discriptions are obvious.
; The one you are looking for is "Start Page"

;Another interesting thing you might want to look at is "Search Page" and change that to google, so that when she uses the search, it uses google.

;This is for IE 7. I don't know if it works/messes up on earlier versions

;Ive commented out everything but the start page, but uncomment if you want more control.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] ;Config for Internet Explorer

;"Save_Session_History_On_Exit"="no"
;"Show_FullURL"="no"
;"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
;"Show_ToolBar"="yes"
;"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
;"Show_URLToolBar"="yes"
"Start Page"="http://www.google.be"
;"Use_DlgBox_Colors"="yes"
;"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
;"FullScreen"="no"
;"Error DLG Displayed On Every Error"="no"
;"Error Dlg Details Pane Open"="yes"
;"NotifyDownloadComplete"="yes"
;"UseClearType"="yes"
;"Enable Browser Extensions"="yes"
;"Play_Background_Sounds"="yes"
;"Play_Animations"="yes"
Brontos

@Kip
I probably would have posted before you, but I wanted to see if I could help with the other thingsIsn't it just the same as kip accept with some COMMENTS added?
I have given her the one of Kip and it work fine. She has win XP SP2.
I hope this will be good enough.
But here the home page isn't locked.
It isn't really necessary but I know I'll have to send this document some more times.
As it will be messed up again after a while.(I keep asking myself how she does that if she doesn't EVEN know how to change the homepage.)
But thanks for the help so far.

Jonas Quote

As it will be messed up again after a while.(I keep asking myself how she does that if she doesn't even know how to change the homepage.)

Hi Net folks

I'm getting a MESSAGE that's GLUED to my screen and have no IDEA how to GET RID of it. Anyone out there who can help?

Many thankshttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html

I have a very annonying problem regarding my hotmail account!

When I log into my hotmail account, explorer tell me "done", but there is still a BLANK page.
Have ANYONE experience with this problem ?

Unfortunately, the hijackthis log was too long for this forum..

Regards
Geirmund Eidet
NorwayShagma......Well reading between the lines , I would say there's more going on with your pc than your telling us ......Why not try telling us what O/s your using and why you suspect a hijacker .......If you WISH to post the hijackthis log ....split it into 2 .......then post it that way .

let us know

dl65 Sure.

It's windows XP, SP2.
The problem accured not very long ago. I know that there has been smaller security updates on windows XP, that has been installed on the system lately.

I have searched for similar problems on the net, and found several cases, but no solution that works for me. I have tried running AdAware SE Personal, I have also tried a trick I PICKED up along the road, running regsvr32 on several DLL files. I'm using firewall and norton antivirus 2004. Norton finds none critical files on the system.
At the time I used Amiga, there was a utility called snoopdos, it was monitoring every move made on the system. COULD that be an option ? Is there anything like that made for windows ?

Regards
Geirmund Eidet
Norway

Dear sir, I am trying YO install IE7 on WINDOWS VISTA home preminum but operating system is not supporting will you please guside me to to install IE 7you need to PROVIDE more details. How are you trying to install it and EXACTLY what is happening?Windows Vista comes with Internet Explorer 7, so you ALREADY have it. So, why are you trying to install it? Are you really trying to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8?

My browser freezes when I try to view stored video. I can watch video from a direct site such as (cbs,abc,espn,etc..), but when I try to watch video from a site that displays user content such as (youtube,stage6 tudou, etc..) my browser locks up and NOTHING happens. Then after closing my browser I am not able to reconnect without restarting. I have scrubbed my computer free of all virus and malware INFECTIONS and am still unable to solve this problem. Any help will be appreciated.What browser are you using? TRIED Firefox?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox

Alan <>< I use IE and FireFOx. Same problem on both. Thats what makes it so weird.Please Help !!What do you mean by stored video ? ?It's not video that is from a direct source for example a tv show that is aired on abc being on abc.com. It's not that. It's only video that is user posted(?) It is just video that comes from soures like youtube,metacafe, veoh, that kind of video. Like or example today I was checking my e mail on AOL and I clicked on a story that opened a video from tmz.com. My browser immediately froze and I had to restart. They're like landmines. But if I go to abc.com and watch SOMETHING it works fine. It is just video that is not CREATED by the site that I am watching it on.

I was BROWSING, a window came up that SAID "internet explorer is trying to access the internet" i clicked no. Now it won't SHOW anything. Firefox will still display pages, just not I.E. where do i go to change whatever i set??

I have a GATEWAY laptop running XP service pack 2 with a built in wireless card. Just recently, I cannot get on the internet. Everything SAYS that my wireless connection is active, but when I open my browser(s) (Fireox, IE) , it says that the internet is unavailable. I have another similar Gateway and I am not having any trouble with it. Any ideas? Welcome aboard
Did you TRY to hard-wire it?I'm far from an expert, but this was the problem when we had visitors who couldn't use our internet connection. Did you check to see if Wireless Zero CONFIGURATION is running? Start menu ---> Run. Type "services.msc" -without quotes. If there is no "started" under status, then either start it by clicking on the "start" link to the right of the services list (if Wireless Zero is set to manual), or right-click on the Wireless Zero Configuration listing, and chick on "properties". There you will see "startup type". Change it to either automatic or manual, click on "apply". Then click where it says "start the service." HOPEFULLY this works. Good Luck!

Quote from: chunkyk on November 23, 2007, 04:23:05 AM

I have a Gateway laptop running XP service pack 2 with a built in wireless card. Just recently, I cannot get on the internet. Everything says that my wireless connection is active, but when I open my browser(s) (Fireox, IE) , it says that the internet is unavailable. I have another similar Gateway and I am not having any trouble with it. Any ideas?

Hi,
Im going to download Firefox , is there anything that i need to do before downloading it?
Do i have to get rid of IE after that or is there some way to disable IE?
Is there anything that i need to know before or after the download ?
ThanksNo you don't have to get rid of IE or even disable it. FF and IE can coexist quite happily. Actually I would recommend you keep IE around since you'll need it if you EVER have to visit Windows Update.
I cant think of anything you need to do before downloading it. All the fun STARTS after FF is installed and you begin to CUSTOMIZE it. Thanks Deerpark,
Im gonna download FF from Here.

So there is simply nothing that i need to do before downloading FF, good Ok downloaded firefox just now, its nice.

This is kind of long but I'm so confused and can't completely fix my PC. I have a Compaq Presario with WIndows XP service pack 2, CELERON 2.8 Ghz CPu and 760 MB RAM. Recently I started out of the blue having trouble with IE. No matter what I did It would not let me log on to secure sites anymore. I downloaded Firefox and it worked BETTER but wouldn't let me on certain sites so I reformatted and put things back like they came.

That worked great except IE kept giving me ERROR messages on Ebay and shutting down completely so I upgraded to IE 7.0. That worked fine for a day and then slowed down to a snail's pace. When it slowed down I downloaded FIrefox but it was the same way. I ran Ad Aware and SPYBOT and removed some things and that made it faster but it's still not up to regular speed. I don't know if a virus would cause this or what.

I have Wildblue Satellite Internet and my modem shows that everything's working fine. So do you think I have a virus, some malware or is my IE Software messed up??

Thanks for any help!!!

AmandaDownload HijackThis:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html
and post its log at Computer Viruses and Spyware forum.

try this one on......................and happy new year .

It takes 4 login attempts to connect to my account on a financial site. The first three redirect to page 2(not page 1) of their 'open a new account' page. HAPPENS with IE and Firefox the same way. If I log out and visit another site....then log in again...works the first time. If I close the browser and reopen in...back to 4th login situation.

This does not happen on any other online accounts that I have. Just this one company.

Their support people told me they never heard of this....suspect my browsers are corrupt with some redirecting issue......suggest I delete and reinstall both of my browsers, but I have not YET done so.

Any ideas?Visit our Virus and MALWARE SECTION and follow the instructions on posting your logs...

Hi all, this is a quite trivial question but one that for my own sanity i really do need answering...
i have an AMD Athlon pc and it is 2.4ghz, quite fast and reliable, however i use internet explorer 7 and i also use firefox occasionally so in order to keep my pc protected i have Zone alarm Pro firewall, I paid quite a lot of money for this as i heard it was one of the best, after a while i purchased Zone Alarm internet security all in one and again i found no problems with it (as such) but with all that said I am having problems with connection speed, when i turn on my pc it takes about 6 minuets to connect to the net, during this time the pc will not respond to anything except the task manager, so all i can do is sit and wait. when the pc is allready up and running and i have allready been on the net i can then connect faster....at this point it takes about 1-2 minuets, Is there any way that i can speed things up a bit? I have tried other firewalls and the built in firewall but it only makes for a small difference. Microsoft don't want to help me and said that i should concider a new pc with better capabilities, but i have only had this pc for 4 months and i dont THINK it is a bad one.
Any help on this PROBLEM would be greatly APPRECIATED thanks Have you tried uninstalling the Zone Alarm?I would try uninstalling ZoneAlarm as WELL. My laptop have experienced similar issues with ZoneAlarm. The computer would freeze for a couple of minutes the first time I launched an internet browser after turning on (or restarting) the computer and this turned out to be because of ZoneAlarm. (More precisely it was the vsmon.exe process).

I'm now using the Comodo Firewall on all my computers. It performs better in security tests than ZA, it's actually EASIER to use (in my opinion at least), and best of all it's free.It's little bit too late, but you made two mistakes:
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I paid quite a lot of money for this

Microsoft don't want to help me

I have tried other firewalls and the built in firewall

For example I open web PAGE , it openes fine ....then I TRY to open link on that page and I get : "Done" and below it SAYS "Error on page" and the page is completely empty , it doesnt happen all the time on every web page , but its been happening more often RECENTLY and its driving me insane!Please help!Welcome aboard

Can you get us an example of some particular web page, where it happens?
What browser, Windows VERSION?

I have firefox installed on my lap top with Win 7, every time I open the internet, I get firefox not responding with the busy icon just going on and on for long time, then I can not open any application and I have to switch off the computer from the main power switch. please help
my lap top is Acer Aspire 4720
Do you get the same PROBLEM with Internet Explorer?Is this while on a wi-fi or LAN connection? Was it working before? Any script warning message from being unresponsive?
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then I can not open any application

YES I can not open any application on the computer software, I can not do any thing and I have to shut it down and start again!!!

maybe you HAVE a virus..

I usually use firefox ANYWAYS, but IE is just faster to load.. Anyhoo.... I never had this problem before but lately my desktop and laptop BOTH have been having this problem.. I'll be using IE 7 and out of nowhere it will just close... no error, nothing, just close. Just curious if anyone has any ideas on this. I've had no reports of a VIRUS on either computer so I don't think that's the ISSUE unless it's a plug-in maybe? I was just wondering if anyone else has this issue or know what it is maybe it's a bug in IE7 or a plug-in INCOMPATIBILITY or a poorly written plug-in that I have on both computers. Any ideas?

Jay

Hi. I'm CURRENTLY using Mac/Snow Leopard. I've been using Firefox (I think I'm up to date) and only have Adblockplus as the addon. And then there was an update for ABP recently, so I updated it yesterday. I've d/led stuff from Megaupload PLENTY of times before without Firefox ever crashing.

So today, I was browsing yahoo answers and was d/ling one video from Megaupload like I always do.. but then it just CRASHED on me. This is first time I've encountered a crash for Firefox on this mac. I restarted Firefox and browsed like normal. I tried d/ling the same file again and it finished d/ling without any problem. I then d/led another vid (asian show) but it hanged...I've tried downloading this vid a couple of times before but it always hangs around 24 mb.

I then tried d/ling the next ep and this one always just d/ls 4kb and finishes even though it's a 700 mb file. So I skip that one and go onto the next episode and it downloads successfully. I then PROCEED to d/ling the episode after that one BUT when I click the "download window that shows the name of the vid and location where it should be saved to" Firefox just crashed.

So the last page I was on when Firefox crashed was Megaupload.
........


Anyways, I checked the mozilla support page for firefox crashing and it said to delete "downloads.sqlite" file. My question is, what is it? Is it ok to delete or it should be left alone?

I also just went to the "about:CRASHES" page on Mozilla to try and comprehend the reports.. but I do not understand any of the information from there.No need to double Post...

Topic Closed.

When playing a video online, I cannot hear sound. This happens at every website. What could be wrong?Anyone know why this could be happening?More info needed..
Windows version.
What browser? What version?
Can your computer play other then video sounds? Can you play music CD?I've got the same problem..
Sound works perfectly on Cd's, Itunes ect. But not on Internet browsers..

my Specs :
Amd athlon 64 5600+ x2 Processor.
ASUS M2NPV-MX AM2 Motherboard.
XFX 8800 GTS 320mb GPU.
2GB PC2, DDR2 5300 RAM
Windows xp home edition SP2..
Using IE explorer and Mozzila FF

Quote from: Acteh on October 18, 2007, 04:56:30 AM

I've got the same problem..
Sound works perfectly on Cd's, Itunes ect. But not on Internet browsers..

my Specs :
Amd athlon 64 5600+ x2 Processor.
ASUS M2NPV-MX AM2 Motherboard.
XFX 8800 GTS 320mb GPU.
2GB PC2, DDR2 5300 RAM
Windows xp home edition SP2..
Using IE explorer and Mozzila FF

When playing a video online, I cannot hear sound. This happens at every website. What could be wrong?

I do a lot of work on the internet so I'm pretty much always running multiple tabs. I just switched to Firefox because it seemed LIKE Chrome would lose its connection to the internet after a while of running multiple tabs. Has anyone else run into this problem? I ran all the necessary updates but it just randomly loses connection. Checked my wi-fi .. all good, and ran other browsers immediately after the error with no problems. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!Approximately how many tabs are open when this happens? Is Chrome stable with a small number of tabs open? Have you observed any relationship to length of time online with Chrome? In addition to the former.
What is the connection speed with the Internet. I've see similar problems when the connection speed is slowUsually it happens with more than 3 tabs open and after at least an hour. I have a broadband connection but I am running Wi-Fi. Don't know if that matters. Since all the issues I've had with Chrome I am really starting to fall in love with Firefox so I honestly don't know if I'll ever go back now.Quote from: garry6stephen on December 21, 2010, 10:46:46 PM

Actually Google Chrome requires high internet speed.

I think when you open multiple tabs, Google chrome automatically works slowly,

Define high internet speed.
Non-sense. That's simply not true.

One browser may load a webpage faster than other browser on same internet connection.

It just wont. This problem accured maybe 1 week ago and I dont really remember doing anything to the COMPUTER.. It cant play vids from youtube or any other video site. It says I am missing flash player. When I go to the adobe WEB site for flash player download if either says I have in installed either the download button doesnt work. I checked addons and java is enabled. Whan should I do :?Uninstall Flash, using this: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html
Download and install fresh copy from here: http://www.404techsupport.com/2010/04/27/download-the-latest-adobe-flash-for-firefox-and-ie-without-any-extras/ (no crap included)Thx for comment. Did it twice.. but NOTHING changed :/What IE version is it?
See, if you'll have same problem in Firefox.No the problem was only on IE. Nvm, I fixed it by installing the new 9 Beta. Now its cooler and it can play videos again ^_^. Only problem is that with my new IE somehow the slideshow gadjet stopped working -.-I am getting the same problem with firefox with two computors. It keeps saying I need to install the updated version of Adobe Flash. I have installed, reinstalled, and even uninstalled and installed and nothing seems to work?

You are saying that I should try IE? Quote from: disladders on December 06, 2010, 09:46:03 AM

I am getting the same problem with firefox with two computors. It keeps saying I need to install the updated version of Adobe Flash. I have installed, reinstalled, and even uninstalled and installed and nothing seems to work?

You are saying that I should try IE?

No the problem was only on IE. Nvm, I fixed it by installing the new 9 Beta. Now its cooler and it can play videos again ^_^. Only problem is that with my new IE somehow the slideshow gadjet stopped working -.-

MS states it will install over the top...can't find the article at the moment but i think it was on bink.nu...

Although I have gone to Tools/Internet Options/Browsing HISTORY... whenever I click the down arrow on the right of the address bar, I keep on seeing visited sites under a History header (a Favourites header with some of my favourites also APPEARS). Even if I click the X button on the right of each entry, they keep on appearing each time I click again in the down arrow and the drop down appears.I cannot ge rid of them. Any hint about how to get rid of that and why it happens?Guessing you are USING one of the latest version of IE select

saftey

then delete browsing history...

mark History (and which ever else you wish)

Then press the delete button.

You can also download and install CCLeaner .I have read many articles on this and for the most part nobody understands what is being ask.When you start internet explorer and hit the down arrow,some previous web sites show up.This is how to solve the issue.
1.Start Internet explorer
2.click tools
3.click internet options
4.click content
5.click autocomplete settings
6.click auto complete history
7.At this point I took the check mark out of address bar.close internet explorer and restart it.Now click the arrow down and you should not see anything.Hope this helps. OOPS line 7.Should have read delete auto complete history.Also,look at the boxes that are checked and make sure what you are DELETING.

I have just purchased netflix for my computer. But when i run movies its REAL skippy and does not stay in key with the sound. Is there a WAY to make it run RIGHT?? Thank you!

OS NameMicrosoft Windows XP Professional
Version5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS ManufacturerMicrosoft Corporation
System ManufacturerSony Corporation
System ModelPCV-RX741(UC)
System TypeX86-based PC
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1526 Mhz
BIOS Version/DateAward Software, Inc. ACPI BIOS Revision 1003VX, 5/16/2002
SMBIOS Version2.3
Windows DirectoryC:\WINDOWS
System DirectoryC:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device\Device\HarddiskVolume1
LocaleUnited States
Hardware Abstraction LayerVersion = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User NamePETIE-B4EYZEF64\Petie i
Time ZonePacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory560.56 MB
Total Virtual Memory2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory1.96 GB
Page File Space2.33 GB
Page FileC:\pagefile.sysAnd also I have wireless but the signal is ALWAYS very good or excellent. You have 1 Mg of RAM...
Are you talking about watching them online or after you have DLoaded them ? ?

This would then go to your connection speeds...Its via online, I can watch anime and cartoons but reg movies dont run right.

I run IE 7 on Windows XP and I am on DSL on my desktop. For some reason every TIME I log on to IE 7 it takes 30 seconds to a MINUTE for each page to load. At the same time my laptop at the house only takes 5 seconds or less to load each page so I know it is not the Internet provider. Seven days ago it stormed real bad and my machine lost power acouple of times. Could this have affected my system? The guys at Circuit City TELL me that I should back everything up and use my recovery CD. But surely there has to be a better way than that to fix my problem. What about the system restore?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Welcome aboard

System Restore would be worth to try. Pick up the earliest date.Do you have another browser? If so, does it run slowly too?Last night I RAN Mozilla Firefox and my internet moved quicker than ever. I guess there is just a problem with IE 7. I ran some spyware, ANTIVIRUS programs and they found nothing. Maybe I should just uninstall IE 7.Cannot be un-installed without major surgery as it is directly tied to the OS...
You can however just quit using it altogether.

The only real use it has is for Windows updates anyways...Quote

The only real use it has is for Windows updates anyways...

I use an Internet Brooker program that provides "Streaming Quotes" in real TIME for stocks of interest. When using MSN EXplorer as a browser, , the programm loads correctly BUT the Java Applet required for Streaming Quotes screen does not download.

However, when I use "Internet Explorer" as the browser, the Java Applet loads properly and the real time Streaming Quotes" screen appears.

Pop-up blockers are not the problem. There is a DOWNLOADED FILE "Microsoft XML Parser for Java.osd". I assume ithis file is associated in some way with the Java Applet, but am not certain and have not been able to determine if it is corupted. MSN Tech was unable to help.

Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Puzzled Prariedog

I may be mistaken, but I don't THINK Java works in MSN Explorer.perhaps you should try FIRST download the latest Java

or if it don't work try this........

https://support.msn.com/eform.aspx?productKey=explorer&ct=eformts

Good luck.

I'm using a desktop machine with Win XP Pro Sp3, Intel core 2 quad and 4 GB RAM. I was using IE6 quite happily, but after MICROSOFT's incessant BUGGING to upgrade to IE7 I finally caved and downloaded IE7. The download went OK and IE7 appears in "Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe". HOWEVER, I cannot initiate IE7 either by clicking on the icon or by clicking on iexplore.exe. When I do, the hourglass blinks for a fraction of a second and then - NOTHING! I can access the internet fine with Firefox.
Any IDEAS?Either uninstall IE7, use system restore to go back to before you INSTALLED it, or download IE8Thanks Allansure.

ok this is no regular Ban. I am using a library COMPUTER and IE. There is some way that you can ban someone from your site VIA IP and they won't even be able to LOAD the page... this is twice that it has HAPPENED to me... How do i get aroun dit or even find out if my IP has actually been banned?Start by explaining the ban and what happened...

And yes this can be done.Think you gotta get a new IP address, cause once they banned your IP your IP is permanently banned.
If your using a broadband then you gotta contact your provider and change it. Quote

Think you gotta get a new IP address

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Think you gotta get a new IP address

It's gonna be hard to force library to change their IP.