Once again more instances of nasty spyware/scareware rubbish that seems to be every where at the mo....
Should be banned from the net....
Gary xx
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Hi hope you all had a good xmas and got loads of new gadgets...
Whats the best thing you've had??
The one device you can't believe you managed without before??
Cheers Garyxx
Wii Fit...kept the whole family from 2yr olds to 70yr olds entertained all Xmas, worth it's weight in gold ;-)
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File sharing on pc's and laptops sharing wireless networks.....
Is it possible to only share files with certain people using the network?? but still allowing others to connect to it??
For instance, Could I set something up so that I could file share with deks laptop and vise versa but not sharing files with my sons pc or the likes of parents who often connect to my wireless network with their own laptops??
So if I was sending rude pics to deks lappy the family would not see them
Or is it a worthless feature not worth bothering with lol
ops:
Thanks Tan x
Is it possible to only share files with certain people using the network?? but still allowing others to connect to it??
For instance, Could I set something up so that I could file share with deks laptop and vise versa but not sharing files with my sons pc or the likes of parents who often connect to my wireless network with their own laptops??
So if I was sending rude pics to deks lappy the family would not see them
Or is it a worthless feature not worth bothering with lol
ops: Thanks Tan x
Sex God
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File sharing on pc's and laptops sharing wireless networks.....
Is it possible to only share files with certain people using the network?? but still allowing others to connect to it??
For instance, Could I set something up so that I could file share with deks laptop and vise versa but not sharing files with my sons pc or the likes of parents who often connect to my wireless network with their own laptops??
So if I was sending rude pics to deks lappy the family would not see them
Or is it a worthless feature not worth bothering with lol
Thanks Tan x
The easiest way i can think of without arseing round with network permissions is to use bluetooth, some lappys have it built in or you can buy a bluetooth usb dongle from ebuyer for about £4. just switch it on, search for a device.
Sex God
Thanks meaty will have a play around later I know the printer and my laptop have bluetooth built in not sure about the pc or deks lappy though 
Sex God
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Thanks meaty will have a play around later I know the printer and my laptop have bluetooth built in not sure about the pc or deks lappy though
This is the dongle thingy i was on about
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File sharing on pc's and laptops sharing wireless networks.....
Is it possible to only share files with certain people using the network?? but still allowing others to connect to it??
For instance, Could I set something up so that I could file share with deks laptop and vise versa but not sharing files with my sons pc or the likes of parents who often connect to my wireless network with their own laptops??
So if I was sending rude pics to deks lappy the family would not see them
Or is it a worthless feature not worth bothering with lol
Thanks Tan x
Get TrueCrypt (it's free) from here... create an encrypted drive on an existing partition, share the drive and as long as only you and dek know the password to the encrypted drive, it's as safe as (pre-credit crunch) houses. Obviously, you'll both need to have TrueCrypt installed. Keeps your files safe from any prying eyes that might get onto your pc/laptop too. All our 'private' files are on them so the kids wouldn't get too much of a shock if anything unexpected happened to us !! If you need any help, let me know.
Sex God
Help!!
The power input on my laptop has failed. It's out of warranty. Is it fixable? How much would it cost (roughly)?
Was the burning/soldering smell a bad sign?
The power input on my laptop has failed. It's out of warranty. Is it fixable? How much would it cost (roughly)?
Was the burning/soldering smell a bad sign?
Sex God
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Network file sharing is fairly simple to set up as long as you know all your passwords....Anyone else just using your wireless internet would not have permission to file share with the networked computers.....
Ah but my son is on the network to lol
Sex God
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File sharing on pc's and laptops sharing wireless networks.....
Is it possible to only share files with certain people using the network?? but still allowing others to connect to it??
For instance, Could I set something up so that I could file share with deks laptop and vise versa but not sharing files with my sons pc or the likes of parents who often connect to my wireless network with their own laptops??
So if I was sending rude pics to deks lappy the family would not see them
Or is it a worthless feature not worth bothering with lol
Thanks Tan x
Get TrueCrypt (it's free) from here... create an encrypted drive on an existing partition, share the drive and as long as only you and dek know the password to the encrypted drive, it's as safe as (pre-credit crunch) houses. Obviously, you'll both need to have TrueCrypt installed. Keeps your files safe from any prying eyes that might get onto your pc/laptop too. All our 'private' files are on them so the kids wouldn't get too much of a shock if anything unexpected happened to us !! If you need any help, let me know.
Thanks sounds complicated but will definitely look into it thanks
Sex God
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Thanks meaty will have a play around later I know the printer and my laptop have bluetooth built in not sure about the pc or deks lappy though
This is the dongle thingy i was on about
Bought a couple just waiting for em to arrive
Thanks :kiss:
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File sharing on pc's and laptops sharing wireless networks.....
Is it possible to only share files with certain people using the network?? but still allowing others to connect to it??
For instance, Could I set something up so that I could file share with deks laptop and vise versa but not sharing files with my sons pc or the likes of parents who often connect to my wireless network with their own laptops??
So if I was sending rude pics to deks lappy the family would not see them
Or is it a worthless feature not worth bothering with lol
Thanks Tan x
Get TrueCrypt (it's free) from here... create an encrypted drive on an existing partition, share the drive and as long as only you and dek know the password to the encrypted drive, it's as safe as (pre-credit crunch) houses. Obviously, you'll both need to have TrueCrypt installed. Keeps your files safe from any prying eyes that might get onto your pc/laptop too. All our 'private' files are on them so the kids wouldn't get too much of a shock if anything unexpected happened to us !! If you need any help, let me know.
Thanks sounds complicated but will definitely look into it thanks
It sounds more complicated than it is
Sex God
]Help!!
The power input on my laptop has failed. It's out of warranty. Is it fixable? How much would it cost (roughly)?
Do you mean the little pin in the back is wobbly and you can't get it to keep powered/charging easily? if it iis then it'll probably be £30-40 to fix
Was the burning/soldering smell a bad sign?
Errrr, could be :shock: mine did the same thing and is now sat in a cupboard waiting to be dismantled and sold on ebay for spares, best have a word with whoever you see about the power repair...anything over about £80 total (unless it was an expensive laptop and only just out of warranty) and i think it's worth considering a new lappy fro the sales, which is what i'm doing when i get my arse in gear :mrgreen:
The power input on my laptop has failed. It's out of warranty. Is it fixable? How much would it cost (roughly)?
Do you mean the little pin in the back is wobbly and you can't get it to keep powered/charging easily? if it iis then it'll probably be £30-40 to fix
Was the burning/soldering smell a bad sign?
Errrr, could be :shock: mine did the same thing and is now sat in a cupboard waiting to be dismantled and sold on ebay for spares, best have a word with whoever you see about the power repair...anything over about £80 total (unless it was an expensive laptop and only just out of warranty) and i think it's worth considering a new lappy fro the sales, which is what i'm doing when i get my arse in gear :mrgreen:
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]Help!!
The power input on my laptop has failed. It's out of warranty. Is it fixable? How much would it cost (roughly)?
Do you mean the little pin in the back is wobbly and you can't get it to keep powered/charging easily? if it iis then it'll probably be £30-40 to fix
Was the burning/soldering smell a bad sign?
Errrr, could be :shock: mine did the same thing and is now sat in a cupboard waiting to be dismantled and sold on ebay for spares, best have a word with whoever you see about the power repair...anything over about £80 total (unless it was an expensive laptop and only just out of warranty) and i think it's worth considering a new lappy fro the sales, which is what i'm doing when i get my arse in gear :mrgreen:
It's been fixed once - under warranty. Apparently that was the problem. The fix was a patch rather than a proper job. Needs a new motherboard now Grrrrr. But still cheaper than a new laptop.
:D:D:D Sex God
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]Help!!
The power input on my laptop has failed. It's out of warranty. Is it fixable? How much would it cost (roughly)?
Do you mean the little pin in the back is wobbly and you can't get it to keep powered/charging easily? if it iis then it'll probably be £30-40 to fix
Was the burning/soldering smell a bad sign?
Errrr, could be :shock: mine did the same thing and is now sat in a cupboard waiting to be dismantled and sold on ebay for spares, best have a word with whoever you see about the power repair...anything over about £80 total (unless it was an expensive laptop and only just out of warranty) and i think it's worth considering a new lappy fro the sales, which is what i'm doing when i get my arse in gear :mrgreen:
It's been fixed once - under warranty. Apparently that was the problem. The fix was a patch rather than a proper job. Needs a new motherboard now Grrrrr. But still cheaper than a new laptop.
:D:D:DIf you paid for a repair and got a bodge then ask them to sort it out for free, if they say no then have a word with trading standards. they moght not be able to sort them out but they will be a pain in the arse for the lazy sods that did the piss poor job n the first place
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IE is far more vulnerable and I never use it, have been with Firefox for years. Not sure how to make the font darker, I suspect its a Ctrl + another key, will investigate for you. I have recently started using Google Chrome, much faster, just as secure as Firefox and it looks cleaner and is more easily navigable. The font is dark from this end. Might be worth a look for you Cherry. Or try Opera, like the old Netscape Navigator or at least it was, may have been enhanced now, not used it for a bit but the fonts were clear in that
Thanks I'll go check Chrome out right now! :thumbup:
In edit - the text in Chrome is darker, you are right, Varca. But the text in Firefox is bigger - not sure yet which is easier to read... thanks for the advice!
How the internet works in semi- rural Cheshire
So my computer has plenty of memory available, been defragnented, is virus free, browsing history deleted, cookies deleted and its actually responding quite quick for a change. So it seems to me, that this is how the internet works in rural Cheshire
1]. I type in my desired website address or search engine requirement
2]. This information then passes along some very dodgy telephone wires to my front door
3]. Just before the front door, the information is intercepted by a very old Franciscan Monk who lives as a hermit in the cupboard by my front door
4] Said Franciscan Monk transcribes information requirement onto the shell of a snail, using wonderful, fully illustrated calligraphy that you would find in a ancient tome.
5] ‘Fully Loaded’ snail sets off down my drive, only to be attacked by the local blackbird.
6] Blackbird tries to eat snail, but in his excitement drops shell
7]Dropped shell lands on the back of a goat being herded to market by the local drover
8] Snail shell falls off goats back, right outside my local telephone exchange
9] Snail crawls into telephone exchange
10] Where information is processed by the speed of light and onto the superhighway
11] Information is gathered
12] whole process is reversed to get the information back to my PC
So my thoughts are this
I pay for a service from BT to provide broadband at speeds of up to 8Mb with unlimited download facility.
Am I paying for something that I haven’t a cats chance in hell of achieving?
Can my computer actually tell me what speed service I am getting or do I need to buy / download software to do that??
Look forward to your responses
Andy
So my computer has plenty of memory available, been defragnented, is virus free, browsing history deleted, cookies deleted and its actually responding quite quick for a change. So it seems to me, that this is how the internet works in rural Cheshire
1]. I type in my desired website address or search engine requirement
2]. This information then passes along some very dodgy telephone wires to my front door
3]. Just before the front door, the information is intercepted by a very old Franciscan Monk who lives as a hermit in the cupboard by my front door
4] Said Franciscan Monk transcribes information requirement onto the shell of a snail, using wonderful, fully illustrated calligraphy that you would find in a ancient tome.
5] ‘Fully Loaded’ snail sets off down my drive, only to be attacked by the local blackbird.
6] Blackbird tries to eat snail, but in his excitement drops shell
7]Dropped shell lands on the back of a goat being herded to market by the local drover
8] Snail shell falls off goats back, right outside my local telephone exchange
9] Snail crawls into telephone exchange
10] Where information is processed by the speed of light and onto the superhighway
11] Information is gathered
12] whole process is reversed to get the information back to my PC
So my thoughts are this
I pay for a service from BT to provide broadband at speeds of up to 8Mb with unlimited download facility.
Am I paying for something that I haven’t a cats chance in hell of achieving?
Can my computer actually tell me what speed service I am getting or do I need to buy / download software to do that??
Look forward to your responses
Andy
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M8-me try this to see what speed you are getting at different times of the day, The yellow icon is the recommended server to use and you will get a thing like this
Im paying for 10mb (10 000 kb/s)
(check the ms ping also mine is 18 but when my mam had problems hers was 150 ish and slow and getting disconnected all the time)
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Thanks & Tankinky
I basically think i'm stuffed
my upload was at 350kb/s
My download was at 1462kb/s
I pinged at 86ms
So does that mean The Franciscan Monk theory is correct?
Am I only getting or thereabouts?
so i should be paying for something less right??
Just a thought but is it possible you are sharing your physical connection and that is depleting the speed drastically? A friend had this problem and had the provider come out to look and they had to put in a separate cable/line and now he gets what he should be getting.
Ooo theres a thought. Thanks V, i will get hold of BT ithink and see what they say.
It is just so painfully slow at times
Andy
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Sex God
Yup you are only getting 1.5 mb speed (at the time you took the test)
It is worthwhile to try the test a few times at different times of the day
Definately phone BT though and tell them your not happy and give them the test results, It may be a fault on the line
Is anyone else in the house using the same internet connection (wireless etc?)
It is worthwhile to try the test a few times at different times of the day
Definately phone BT though and tell them your not happy and give them the test results, It may be a fault on the line
Is anyone else in the house using the same internet connection (wireless etc?)
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I have a technical question... actually I have several!
1. Firefox... sometimes when I use Facebook it comes up with a "404" google thingy saying page not found?
2. The sound doesn't work on my telly unless I'm on channel EXT2. But I have to turn over to EXT1 so that I can see the cable guide. It's really really annoying!
3. My wireless box seems to have stopped working. I think it's something to do with the lead for it rather than the actual box cause the lead for the broadband thingy works in it as well but obviously one lead for two thinks doesn't work. Can you get a new lead for the wireless box or am I just as well to get a new one?
I think there's something wrong with my hoover too but I'm not sure that's a technical hitch!ops:
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1. Firefox... sometimes when I use Facebook it comes up with a "404" google thingy saying page not found?
2. The sound doesn't work on my telly unless I'm on channel EXT2. But I have to turn over to EXT1 so that I can see the cable guide. It's really really annoying!
3. My wireless box seems to have stopped working. I think it's something to do with the lead for it rather than the actual box cause the lead for the broadband thingy works in it as well but obviously one lead for two thinks doesn't work. Can you get a new lead for the wireless box or am I just as well to get a new one?
I think there's something wrong with my hoover too but I'm not sure that's a technical hitch!
ops::mrgreen:
