After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:15:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really
screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system
restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch

SP2 has screwed up scores of computers where I work... it had been
blamed mostly on our co-use of Novell.... perhaps not...
--



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Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where
Southport,NC is located.
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Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide


What's weird though, is that I had already downloaded and installed SP2 when
it was first released, quite a while ago. I was surprised that my update
message told me that it was included in some new updates for my computer. I
figured it would know that SP2 was already installed, but ....
nooooooooo.......

It installed it again anyway and screwed the computer up. The first time I
installed it there was no problems at all.

I still hate computers. Lawn mowers and pressure washers are a lot more
user friendly.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..
After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really
screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system
restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch

If it's XP SP2, that might be the cause. IBM decided not to deploy SP2.
And since SP2 has virus detection and a firewall, if you have one too,
it is bad news in general.

del cecchi

"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..

I hate computers.



Or as we call them around my house, "Confusers."

Eisboch wrote:
After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch


Seeing you use your computer on the boat & travel all over the place, I
assume with myriad connections Mr E;.... taking a deep breath he-)
.............. have you considered using one of the Linux distributions??
You can have a dual boot machine so keeping your MS windows even as the
default boot if you like, then boot Linux if & when it suits you.

I venture you'll use windows less & less once you see how good open
source is & you'll not even know about all the online troubles MS people
have.

While I'm out on this wobbly limb (can hear the chain saws trying to be
started, glad they're 2 strokes:-)) we use fedora2 but it's still got
some rough edges, so I'll suggest starting with say the latest mandrake,
it's really user friendly & has all the stuff.

Till MS get longhorn finished the latest Linux distributions with the
2.6 xxx kernel are definitely ahead in the game.

Anyway, everyone pays through the nose for MS then winges & wines about
it when there's a free & "possibly" better alternative they haven't even
tried:-)

K

It probably changed or cleared the numbers for the server you log into.
Forget where they are set up. Call you DSL people to get the numbers and
where you plug them in.
Bill

"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..
After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system
restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch

Go to www.woodyswatch.com and subscribe to Woody's Windows Watch. Any time
you see an update available from MS, wait two weeks before downloading and
installing it. Read what you see in the newsletter. 9 times out of 10, they
report problems with the updates and suggest you wait till MS fixes them.
There's also a Woody's Office Watch newsletter. The site sends no crap mail
at all. When there are no problems with updates, the newsletters contain
some interesting tips.

Sometimes they're hideous mistakes, but sometimes they're just annoying. At
some point in 2003, they released a security update for Internet Explorer.
All of a sudden, people couldn't open email attachments. The update simply
changed one of the existing security options (Tools / Options / Security),
but since so many people think their computers will explode if they click on
the menus or read instructions, a ****load of users were stumped. The
Microsoft newsgroups were (and still are) swamped with messages about
inaccessible attachments.

Microsoft's explanation? At the time of the update, one of the major email
viruses was making the rounds. Their solution was to shut off attachments,
with the hope of forcing users to think about the situation and get to know
their software better. Great, but they made no announcement about his at the
point of download.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..
After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system
restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch

......which is a great reason to take screen shots of those screens after
you've entered the right info and tested. Shift-PrtSc - now a picture of the
screen's in the clipboard. Switch over to a blank MS Word doc or Excel sheet
and hit Edit, Paste, and you've got a record of your settings.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
It probably changed or cleared the numbers for the server you log into.
Forget where they are set up. Call you DSL people to get the numbers and
where you plug them in.
Bill

"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..
After my last test, I logged off, then could not log back onto my DSL
service.

Whatever was included in the latest Windows update download really
screwed
this computer up.

After scratching my head and ass for a while, I finally did a system
restore
to the settings of yesterday. Now everything seems fine again.

I hate computers.

Eisboch

Hehe!!!!