William Robb wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mike wilson"
>Subject: OT Computer help
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>>Hate to be a pest but......
>>
>>New machine is up and running (eventually: the "reset" button was stuck
>>in, so it took me two days to work out why there was no "POST") and I
>>have, somewhat against my better judgement, installed XP Pro. I am
>>beginning to realise why so many people liken it to tinnitus or toothache.
>>
>>So:
>>1. How do you get "Explorer" (not IE) to open with the "folder" pane active?
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>Not quite certain what you mean by this. Dig around in the View tab of Folder
>Options and see if
>you can suss it out.
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If you press the "folders" button in the button bar at the top (this is
the computer explorer - used to be called "file manager") you will gat a
sidepane opening that shows you all the folder hierarchy for that
machine and any network it is connected to. I want that there when I
open Explorer, not having to press another button every time I open the app.
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>>2. How do you stop the irritating messages ("Your computer may be in
>>danger!" [of being thrown out of the house] "Wireless network is
>>connected. Signal strength - very good" "Click on the balloon to make
>>it go away") from appearing?
>>
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>You pretty much have to go through the security center and turn stuff off. It
>would help if you
>could be a little more specific about the alarms. The computer may be at risk
>warnings generally
>relate to the firewall or antivirus protocols. If you have the firewall turned
>off, then you
>need to go into security and tell the computer you have a firewall solution.
>If you have no
>antivirus installed, you need to go to the security section and tell it that
>you have a
>solution.
>The easiest way to make the wireless thing go away is to use a wired network
>and disable the
>wireless network connection in Network Connections. There may be other
>methods, but I don't have
>my machine on a wireless network, and so haven't had to do more than turn off
>wireless.
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It's all turned off and other things are taking care of the potential
problems. Better things, that I can specify to do exactly what I want.
But, like a child removed from its lollypop, the OS keeps wailing away
in the background.
>Win XP Pro is a good OS, presuming you don't want to get caught up in the Cult
>of Mac, and want
>to use a computer without having to be a pocket protector wearing geek.
>Unfortunately, the security stuff is in place because we don't hang script
>kiddies by their
>entrails after killing any children they may have procreated to make sure they
>don't pass on
>their genes to future generations.
>If you really want to be babysat, try Vista.......
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Looks like I am a pocket protecter sort of guy. There is no hope for
me, as I always suspected. There is even less hope for dorks who know
that hiding behind a router is at least as good as any security software
but can't enable their product to realise that situation and turn its
whinging off.
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