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To: mr.mark who wrote (14631)	1/8/2001 1:14:30 PM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

Thanks, thats just what I wanted. The truth. dawgy

To: mr.mark who wrote (14631)	1/8/2001 2:03:52 PM
From: Logain Ablar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

Hi Mark & Thread: I have a problem that is more network and internet service provider access versus PC but any help would be appreciated. The problem is I am unable to access the internet via AT&T access software due to their server not being able to converse with my PC due to a conflict with my PC’s hookup with an office network. It used to be fine before I had my office set up for file and printer sharing and now I can’t access the internet unless I use AOL. It’s a PPP issue (I’ve deleted the AT&T software so am unable to write the exact wording but it was PPP). I believe it’s an issue with the TCP/IP configuration. Of course AT&T said it was an internal network issue and to contact my network administrator (which is me and we use NT 4 with the last service pack). I spent 3 days with AT&T to no avail. Since I’m clueless on the matter (and had an outside consultant come up and hook up the office and he doesn’t know what the problem is) I switched providers to SNET & AOL. AOL does work and while in set up I highlighted the modem vs. TCP/IP. Of course it takes AOL twice to log on but I can live with this (just not AOL long term). I’ve just singed up for SNET service (since I hope to use their DSL from my home @ some point) but am now running into the same issue as with AT&T. I've deleted AOL twice just to make sure it wasn't conflicting with the SNET software / servers (hate losing the bookmarks each time). Does anyone know if this issue is related to using a personal account with a PC which is hooked up to a network (so the software is programmed to think it’s a business). Or has anyone seen a similar issue hooking up a home network and know how to fix it. Thanks for any help in advance. Tim

To: mr.mark who wrote (14631)	1/8/2001 5:06:02 PM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110645

Speed improvement in memory, disk, and CPU... If I were to attempt the rather ambitious task of improving the speed of today's PCs, I'd look toward optimizing Windows. Most people agree that the burden Windows places on PC hardware is considerable, and that in their haste to bring software to market, many firms do not take time to optimize the code they deliver. This leaves consumers running code which causes their machines to perform quite a bit of needless work. One approach to reducing this waste would be to re-write the most wasteful routines. A suite of files, each replacing some chunk of inefficient code would bring improvements to the CPU, disk, and memory performance. The difficulty lies in creating this code. As far as I know, parts of Windows would need reverse engineering, a practice which I think is discouraged by Microsoft. Even if this approach was used, it would require considerable time and effort from very talented programmers. Trouble is, those talented programmers could most likely be more profitably employed elsewhere. Just my thoughts. Cheers,PW.