William Robb wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "mike wilson" >Subject: OT Computer help > > > > >>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? >> >> > >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. > >
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. > > >>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? >> >> > >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. > > 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....... > > 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.