[TechAssist] Re: Do you leave your computers on all night?

  • From: "Edward Gaidies" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 15:32:02 -0400

Jim;
Make sure it is a "Router" with it's own Firewall program. Some people
confuse a Hub with a Router, and are in for a surprise, especially on DSL.

-Ed-
Tel-Tek Electronics
Midland, Ontario
Canada.
teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:59 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Do you leave your computers on all night?


>
> Mine stays on 24/7 with DSL but I do have a router and I just started
> closing Outlook Express at night. I transfer files between home and shops
at
> night so I need them on.
> Jim Myers
> Since 1972
> Telrad Electronic Services Co.
> Fort Wayne, IN 46815
> jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 260-432-4486 Fax and Voice
> Fax is always on
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gemini Computer & TV" <geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 12:49 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Do you leave your computers on all night?
>
>
>
> Kevin,
> Go to www.google.com and do a search by inserting your own email address
and
> see what you find.
>
> Bob Waterman, CET® #RI-28
> Master Technician License #9109
> Service Manager
> Gemini Computer, TV, & Security Alarms
> (508)695-7302
> (508)695-7769 FAX
> geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> geminitv@xxxxxxx
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kevinstv" <kevinstv@xxxxxxx>
> To: "TECH-ASSIST" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:43 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Do you leave your computers on all night?
>
>
> > Hi fellow techs,
> >
> > Just wondering if people on techassist are leaving their computers on
all
> night, and if they are, would this contribute to what is happening right
now
> on techassist?  It seems like the hackers are "looking" into our computers
> and getting old emails etc and adding viruses to them.  I know that if you
> are on high speed internet people try to hack in more than if you are just
> on dial-up.
> >
> > Kevin Wilks
> > Kevin's TV and Video Repair
> > Penticton BC Canada
> > kevinstv@xxxxxxx
> >
> >
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