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To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/21/2002 8:04:40 PM
From: At_The_Ask	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I wish that had happened to me and i would have been too busy to buy all those poots last week.--NG- Sounds to me like a DNs problem. Either the setting is wrong or your sat providers dns server is hosed and they don't want to admit it.

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/21/2002 8:51:39 PM
From: Earlie	Respond to of 436258

Mis: You are a "bear" for punishment. But at least you got it back up and running. The membership in the Anti MSFT Monopoly League grows by the day. (g) Best, Earlie

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/21/2002 9:08:20 PM
From: Henry J Costanzo	Respond to of 436258

Try dumping your PC and moving to MAC OSX????

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/21/2002 10:21:06 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 436258

why not switch to Mozilla?

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/21/2002 10:40:16 PM
From: Bid Buster	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

mish, by chance is your sat provider starband? and are you networking AND using zonealarm? if so i got your fix.

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/21/2002 11:18:34 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I use Opera as a primary browser (similar to IE but I like it's layout more) and IE as a backup. If I get the error message you described, I just call up the other browser to see if it's the network or the application. A few pages only display correctly with IE so it is worth having it around for the odd page now and then. Anyway, sorry about your problems -- I hate to add anything to my system any more because of the lost weekends it can create. --Ben

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/22/2002 12:50:48 AM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 436258

Here's another nightmare for your reading pleasure: cnet.com

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/22/2002 7:27:47 AM
From: Jack Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Mishedlo: You are learning the hard way, as I did after much pain. Here's what I have adopted as my computer survival guidelines: 1. Never buy a computer from Dell or Gateway or any box off the shelf in stores. Have a custom outfit put one together for you. I use Motherboard Express, but there are others. They will guide you to the proper motherboard, processor, peripherals which will work best for you. You will never have to worry about Dell's special drivers, etc. when things go wrong in the future. You can go directly to the hardware or software maker's website and get the latest drivers directly from them. 2. Get a second hard drive and use Drive Image (Powerquest) to create an image of your C drive on the second hard drive. Do this at least once a week. If big time screwups occur, you can format your c drive and restore EVERYTHING, programs, data, registry entries, from Drive Image in about 20 minutes. All you will lose is what was changed since your last Drive Image was created. Norton Ghost will do the same thing, but I think DI works better with win 2K. 3. Back up important folders and data daily just by copying them to the second HD. Then you can restore them and really be up to date after the Drive Image backup. 4. Don't use IE as your primary browser. I prefer Netscape, but Opera has good reviews. (When I tried Opera a couple of years ago, it didn't work well with win2K, so I stick with Netscape). Use IE only as a backup browser. I feel for your pain, having gone through many such problems in the past. Best wishes, Jack

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/22/2002 8:51:12 AM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

one word= APPLE

To: mishedlo who wrote (199062)	10/22/2002 9:18:21 AM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I just had the same thing happen to me last night. No idea what is going on but I am using Satellite as well for access. I am using my Netscape right now to get on line and my Outlook Mail works fine, I just cant get anywhere on IE6. I haven't had time to mess with it but if I figure it out, I will let you know. So far, what I know. When I ping in Command Prompt, I get 50% packet loss. FTP, Outlook Mail and Netscape work. I didn't change, update or do anything to make IE6 change settings. I wonder if DirecPC changed something? Good Luck, Lee