Stormtrooper
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no. The podcasts used to be on my iTunes, but I stopped listening to them, unsubscribed, and deleted the podcasts off my computer.
The Technology Troubleshooting Thread
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Muffin Top Merkley
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Well then I really am at a loss.
I ended up having to restore my iPod to its original settings due to other issues I was having with it. The real kick in the pants was that I deleted all of the music that was on my computer about a month ago so now my iPod only consists of 13 podcasts.
I ended up having to restore my iPod to its original settings due to other issues I was having with it. The real kick in the pants was that I deleted all of the music that was on my computer about a month ago so now my iPod only consists of 13 podcasts.
Find'er Woo'er Ryder
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I recently had to restore my labtop back to factory settings (damn internet porn) and it says boot mgr is missing. What does that mean and how do I fix my computer?
On another computer I have, it starts up and everything is fine, but when I connect to the internet nothing happens. It's like it is blocked
On another computer I have, it starts up and everything is fine, but when I connect to the internet nothing happens. It's like it is blocked
There's a disc we use to fix this, but I can't remember where to get it. If I remember, I'll look for it tomorrow. Is your computer Windows XP, Vista or 7? You might also try and see if your machine has a Startup Repair built in, and use that to fix it.
Make sure your proxy settings are not set, and make sure your DNS settings are correct.
Find'er Woo'er Ryder
:( lost ma Mayhem Title
Ok I'll try those out. I have windows 7 on both.
Find'er Woo'er Ryder
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Does anyone know a free virus removal download?
First off if this is in the wrong section I apologise.
Anyways I am asking a quesetion about my nintendo wi-fi
So a couple of days ago I got my (nintendo) wi-fi back working but for some reason whenever I go to connect to people the person who is trying to connect with the other gets disconnected from wi-fi. The error code that comes up is 86420 which tells me to try and insert the IP address manually and it come up with IP address, Subnest mask and gateway (and to turn of my firewalls but I have already done that) and I don't know where to find the subnest mask and gateway numbers (if they are numbers?) because that is the only reason why I think I can't battle other people. So can anybody help me where to find them? Or do I just need the IP address? Or do you think it's something completely different?
Anyways I am asking a quesetion about my nintendo wi-fi
So a couple of days ago I got my (nintendo) wi-fi back working but for some reason whenever I go to connect to people the person who is trying to connect with the other gets disconnected from wi-fi. The error code that comes up is 86420 which tells me to try and insert the IP address manually and it come up with IP address, Subnest mask and gateway (and to turn of my firewalls but I have already done that) and I don't know where to find the subnest mask and gateway numbers (if they are numbers?) because that is the only reason why I think I can't battle other people. So can anybody help me where to find them? Or do I just need the IP address? Or do you think it's something completely different?
Check my thread about free software, you can find some there. I recommend MSE.
Connect your computer to the router (wi-fi network). On your computer, go to your command prompt. If you're using Windows Vista or Windows 7, click the Start button and type "cmd" in the search bar. If you're using Windows XP, click the Start button and select "Run" and then type cmd.
From the command prompt, type "ipconfig". That will give you the IP Address of the machine (which is likely the same one your nintendo is picking up, explaining why it's kicking you off...well kind of explains it), as well as the subnet and the gateway. The subnet is likely going to be 255.255.255.0 and the gateway will likely be the first three numbers of the IP address and then "1". So if you're using a Linksys product, the IP address will be something like 192.168.1.100 and the gateway will be 192.168.1.1
That should tell you what you're looking for. By setting the IP address statically, you want to make sure you do not use the same IP address as another machine on your network.
Remember a few months ago when I mentioned I was considering replacing my Wireless G home network with Wireless N? I did that a few weeks ago, and the setup took me a total of 20 minutes to have everything working. No issues installing at all...but a few questions:
Is the logic to maximize speeds the same with Wireless N as it is with G? IE, Switching to different channel, setting the MTU to a manual setting, turning off IPV6, etc? I know using Wireless N only mode will help, but GF's cell phone can only handle G, so I have to leave it on mixed mode for now. Leads me to next question.
Can I link my Wireless G router to the Wireless N router, so that I have two routers broadcasting, with the G router broadcasting 802.11g, and the N router only broadcasting at 802.11n, so that it doesn't have to slow down? I guess what I am asking is if I can go cable modem --> N router (for me) --> G router (for her). If so, would I simply connect the G router into one of the ethernet ports of the N router? Would I have to configure the N router as a gateway or anything, or would it treat a G router connected as just another internet capable device? Would I have to have the N router set for mixed mode anyway to get it to work, making it a futile gesture and not worth attempting?
For reference, the N Router is a Linksys E1550, single band ~300mpbs, and the G Router is a Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT installed.
Is the logic to maximize speeds the same with Wireless N as it is with G? IE, Switching to different channel, setting the MTU to a manual setting, turning off IPV6, etc? I know using Wireless N only mode will help, but GF's cell phone can only handle G, so I have to leave it on mixed mode for now. Leads me to next question.
Can I link my Wireless G router to the Wireless N router, so that I have two routers broadcasting, with the G router broadcasting 802.11g, and the N router only broadcasting at 802.11n, so that it doesn't have to slow down? I guess what I am asking is if I can go cable modem --> N router (for me) --> G router (for her). If so, would I simply connect the G router into one of the ethernet ports of the N router? Would I have to configure the N router as a gateway or anything, or would it treat a G router connected as just another internet capable device? Would I have to have the N router set for mixed mode anyway to get it to work, making it a futile gesture and not worth attempting?
For reference, the N Router is a Linksys E1550, single band ~300mpbs, and the G Router is a Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT installed.
20 minutes? Really? Did you set it up manually or with the disc?
That stuff won't make much of a difference. Any speed improvement you notice will likely be more perception than reality. The IPv6 might help some, but since more and more websites are introducing IPv6, the benefits of turning it off will eventually pale next to having it on.
First of all, if your router is running in mixed mode, Wireless N devices SHOULD operate at N capabilities. Any N capable devices shouldn't be slowed down by mixed mode, any more than it would under any other traffic demands. In answer to your question, I'd have to spend some time thinking about this, but my initial reaction would be no, it would not be advisable, if possible.
You would not be able to plug the G router into the N router and achieve what you're trying to accomplish. In order to achieve what you want to accomplish, you would need to create two separate networks. There are two problems with this. First, your modem probably only has one Ethernet out, so you'd have to have a switch placed in front of your two routers, between the routers and the modem. Second of all, if your devices were on two different networks, they wouldn't be able to talk or transfer files back and forth, which would kind of defeat the purpose of upgrading to the N router. If you used both routers with the same network name, then you would be just as likely to have your N devices connect to your G router as your N router, which not only defeats the purpose, but also would slow down your N device.
Here's an article I skimmed which has a graphic that may help explain what I mean.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/24428-howtotwoprivlan
Disclaimer: I'm not as strong in networking as I am in software, so if you're not satisfied with my explanation, I'd do some Google research.
I went the disc route. I am not nearly smart enough about networking to manually do it. GF's computer is connected physically to the router via ethernet cable, so I used the installation CD on hers since it required a physical connection to router, while loading up the adapter installation CD simultaneously on mine. By the time the router was finished being configured, my wireless adapter was good to go. There were absolutely no hiccups at all, in what can only be described as a minor miracle. I have had router setups that took many hours + angry words with Tech Support too...I just got really, really lucky this time.
It's actually very easy.
Connect a computer to the router (even if it's wireless connected). Open a web browser and type in: 192.168.1.1
That's the default IP Address on Linksys routers. From there, you can go in and change all the settings you want. But really the only ones you need to worry about are the network name (SSID), your network password and your router password.
It takes 2 minutes to do. Like I said, you can do it right now on your wireless machine if you want. You don't have to change any settings, just see what's in there. You should have been asked to set a router password, but if not, the default username and password for the router is admin.
I connect to the router that way all the time once it's set up. (I have even done it from my cell phone a few times) I can do the maintenance configuring manually, but I used the disc to set the router up for the first time, to assign the SSID, user/pass, etc. First run kind of thing. Either way, it was fairly simple getting it to work in Windows 7.
Muffin Top Merkley
Be a man!
I will be teaching a course on Emergency Communications on Tuesday, and would like to include some audio clips into my Powerpoint presentation. There is one clip that I have that is in four 1-2 minute clips that I would like to combine one after the other so it is one clip. (The four clips put together is the entire conversation.) Is there any way to put the clips together as one file?
Use Audacity, there's a link in my Free Programs thread. Shouldn't take you too long to figure out from there.
Muffin Top Merkley
Be a man!
I can't seem to find Audacity in your thread, but Google pointed me into the right direction.
Thanks.
For some odd reason when on any web browser, I'm unable to get to Facebook. I can get to any other page in a heartbeat but for some reason when I click on the Facebook bookmark, type the address down, click whatever links come up on Google or Yahoo!, it just will not connect to Facebook. On all browsers, it reads "connecting" and can stay there for hours with zero response. But it can connect fine via phone.
The browsers I used were Firefox, Google Chrome and IE8. And I have also deleted the cache data and such from each browser.
The browsers I used were Firefox, Google Chrome and IE8. And I have also deleted the cache data and such from each browser.
This is when it is good to have a Linux virtual machine, much easier to nail down the problem. When you say you can connect to facebook.com on your phone, are both your incapable computer and phone on the same network? Are they both using the same Internet source?
Can you reach it by typing in the IP address 66.220.149.11 into your URL bar?
If not, can you ping facebook.com from your command prompt? Just type "ping facebook.com". If not, can you "ping 66.220.149.11"?
No. Tried all of them. Looking around, I've read be that the problem may be the DSN servers. Something I found out via this link:
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/5707-problems-connecting-to-facebook
However, I don't know how to change those settings on my PC since it's Windows 7 and not Vista.
If you can't access Facebook via the IP address, or even ping the IP address, then the problem is not a DNS server. That's what I thought it might be at first, but if you're not even pinging the IP address, it's not DNS. DNS translates an IP address into a much easier to remember domain name. So instead of typing in http://66.220.149.11, you can type in http://facebook.com. But if you're not able to do either, the problem is not DNS.
Is your mobile phone accessing facebook.com using the same Internet source as your computer? If not, you might be getting blocked at a firewall/content filter. Try using a proxy to access faceook.
If your phone IS using the same Internet source, then the problem is with your machine, and there are a couple of other things we can do. You'll have to let me know though.
After some restarting and retrying, I got the page via the IP address you gave to me. 66.220.149.11 But so far, it's the only way I can access the page and it's a thing that works some times only. Like an on again, off again sort of thing.
If you can access via IP, then it might be a DNS issue. However, after we change your DNS server and see if it works, you definitely need to do a couple other things.
1. Change your DNS server:
-Click the Start button, and in the search bar, type "view network connections".
-Open the View Network Connections option.
-Right click on the adapter you are using (if you're using Wireless, use that, if you are connected with a cable, use Local Area Connection) and click "Properties"
-Highlight "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click the Properties box.
-Towards the bottom of the screen, click the radio button next to "Use the following DNS server addresses" and in the boxes, you want to use "8.8.8.8", which is a Google DNS server.
-Press OK on that screen and the original, and try accessing facebook.com again.
-If it works, great. Advance to the next steps. If not, then advance to the next steps, it's just not great.
2. Browse to C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc. In there, you should see a file named "hosts". Right click on it and open it with Notepad. Don't edit anything in there, but you should see something similar to this:
Code:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhostEvery line should have a # sign in front of it, except for 127.0.0.1 localhost. If you have anything else in there, without a # sign, let me know.
3. You should probably run a virus scan. MSE is free and does a great job, many times better than Norton or McAfee, or even AVG.
EDIT: I'm going to bed now, but I'll check on you tomorrow morning.
This was under the localhost line:
The "::1 localhost" didn't have the # and after running a system scan with MSE nothing turned up.
1. Did changing the DNS server work?
2. Additionally, do you have Adobe Creative Suite products on your machine? Do you know why all those adobe links would be there?
3. Did you do a full scan with MSE?
4. Have you tried accessing facebook through proxy?
therockiswwf
The voice of Michael Cole's headset
I have two really nasty viruses (no idea how I got them) and I can't get rid of them.
Trojan:
Win32/Sirefef.AB
Win32/Sirefef.P
There are many other variations of this virus but these two are the recurring ones.
I think I got this yesterday. I have Windows Security Essentials (Windows 7 Professional computer) and the virus scanner catches them and deletes them everytime but they comeback everytime I turn on my computer (the virus scanner requires a reboot to get rid of them so basically its a never ending cycle).
The viruses managed to turn off my firewall, the action center and my virus scanner. I have been able to turn the virus scanner back on but no luck with the Firewall or the action center. I have worked at getting rid of this virus all night but obviously I have had no luck.
Also from what I can tell this is a relatively new virus so maybe people havent found a way to get rid of it yet. One fix many people are saying is to do a clean install (or something like that) but I don't have a windows 7 dvd (which I think you need). My dad got this from a an out of buisness sale (Its a laptop which came with Windows 7).
I tried to get help from Microsoft but they want me to pay them 100 bucks just to see if they could fix it so screw them.
Trojan:
Win32/Sirefef.AB
Win32/Sirefef.P
There are many other variations of this virus but these two are the recurring ones.
I think I got this yesterday. I have Windows Security Essentials (Windows 7 Professional computer) and the virus scanner catches them and deletes them everytime but they comeback everytime I turn on my computer (the virus scanner requires a reboot to get rid of them so basically its a never ending cycle).
The viruses managed to turn off my firewall, the action center and my virus scanner. I have been able to turn the virus scanner back on but no luck with the Firewall or the action center. I have worked at getting rid of this virus all night but obviously I have had no luck.
Also from what I can tell this is a relatively new virus so maybe people havent found a way to get rid of it yet. One fix many people are saying is to do a clean install (or something like that) but I don't have a windows 7 dvd (which I think you need). My dad got this from a an out of buisness sale (Its a laptop which came with Windows 7).
I tried to get help from Microsoft but they want me to pay them 100 bucks just to see if they could fix it so screw them.
