Welcome back bro... and hey, send some free parts! :-) ---Troth ----- Original Message ----- From: The Keyboard Cowboy To: PCTechTalk - Freelists Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- I'm back......... Hi group!! Well, I'm back........ I've been having lots of problems the past week or two....unable to download anything, bad IE screens, etc. I finally decided that WinXP must have had some corrupted files and it was time to reload. Since this computer was due to become a server at the end of the year, Tuesday night I had my computer guru over and we decided to tear down the current computer and move parts to another newer unused computer. Surgery was done late Tuesday and Wednesday morning I loaded software........only to find I had the same problem!! I finally determined that the problem was not Windows, but my router which was 7-8 years old <mega frustration!!!>. I bought a new DSL router (8 port this time) and started loading software again. The next little bug was my modem was different and for some reason the paging software I use for the fire department and WinFax wouldn't work -- fixed that by swapping modems (good thing I have lots of parts here). Additionally, I could not send E-Mail!!! I could receive but not send. After much fiddling around, I finally found out that my phone company had changed my ISP connection for outgoing mail...........GRRRRRRRRR >:~[ All is fixed now and I am running a 1.8 gigHz P4 with 512 meg DDR RAM and three HDs with 150 gig total space. Not bad for free huh!!?! At Christmas I plan buy a new super fast computer and this one will become a server. Bottom line, I'm back and everything is running just fine. If I missed anything important, please resend. I admit I dumped lots of mail without reading because I simply didn't have time to catch up to the weeks total e-mail. now I'll hit the books again........the EMT-B class is intense as it's an accelerated class. Regards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona --------------------------------- Friday, 9/19/2003, @ 10:01:08 AM EST --------------------------------- If you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. March down there and turn it on yourself. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk