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Which Search Engine Do You Use The Most?

Just wondering which search engine do you guys use for research or plainly looking up something in the web. Google? Yahoo? Lycos? Hotbot? Dogpile? Or do you know of any other search engine in the web, share it with us. I used to go with Yahoo or Lycos. Now, i just Google.

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P2P programs(merged)

Do you use P2P programs? If so, what program are you using? Most P2P programs have been known to carry adware and third-party software that installs itself in your pc and slows it down. Before, i tried using Bearshare, WinMX & Kazaa Lite.

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How To Change Your Ip Address.

1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen2. Click on "Run"3. Type in "command" and hit okYou should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.4. Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"5. Type "exit" and leave the prompt6. Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop.7. Click on "properties"You should now be on a screen with something titled "Local Ar

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Whats Your Best Spyware Remover?

I didnt know where to post this so i posted in this section. so, i have spyremover. but it seems to be getting outdated and i wanted to know what other ones are out there, freeware or paid programs. anyone have any good spyware removers? thanks!

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What Speed And Package U Getting From Your Isp?

I am from South East Asia and the country is called Singapore. We have three major ISP for my country. I am using 1500Kpbs and upload of 128kpbs. The plan is unlimited/

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School Firewalls

Our computer tech just blocked my ways of getting around the schools firewall to get to hotmail and my friends band site. Is there any way that I can still get around the firewall for free??

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Best Antivirus

We have small office (about 20 PCs) and limited Internet bandwidth, so i want to install that AntiVirus on each computer.I don't want when AntiVirus update the virus library connect directly to Internet from each computer because that just waste bandwidth.I want have a server that automatic download new virus library (use crontab, etc). If that not possible, manually download is ok.. as long can do update through a local PC / Server.I read a lot of topics about AntiVirus in some forums and m

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Msn Messenger 7.0 Or 6.2?

I know that everyone in this whole world that have an internet connection has msn messenger to chat through,nut theres version 7.0 and, version 6.2 which i am using right now. version 7.0 is in beta version iright now and i wondered how much people like it and using it now.i prefer 6.2 in reason of its reliability and stableness. i got its msnplus plugin with its handwriting add-on, which is in version 7.0 ready built into it. i figured out without msnplus, msn will be boring. who will you vote

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Is Bittorrent Safe?

Your knowledge and opinions on Bittorrent please. I've used it till recently when my father discovered of its use and shut it down. He is extremely paranoid of any P2P program (had to play system admin one too many times) and won't allow any on the network. He thinks that anyone can get into his personal files and data by me using Bittorrent. Is his assumption true? I know some of the torrents include spyware etc but then again, can't any download? Is Bittorrent itself safe to

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How To Bypass Websense?

i just wanna ask u all how can i bypass websense in my school;s computer lab..i tried using proxy servers but they are blocked too.......please i really need to know it...

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THE END OF THE INTERNET.

YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE INTERNET.

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Wired LAN Vs. Wireless LAN

I am not sure what is best Wired LANWireless "Post me any of your thoughts about WIRED V WIRELSS#I need to know!!!!!!

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Need Help Changing MTU Settings For XBox

G'dayIm trying to get my xbox 360 work on xbox live and I'm using a rather hybrid connection. Instead of buying the extra wireless adaptor I've connected my laptop to it (via an ethernet cable) and then bridged the laptops wireless and wired connections.All the network checks work fine on the xbox EXCEPT for the MTU settings, the 360 says it should be at least 1364, but mine is set too 1500, I called up the xbox live tech support and they said it might be to high, but I cant for the

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Which Is Faster? Dsl Or Cable?

OK! Which is faster? DSL or CABLE? Seriously.. I can't tell Some people say cable is faster, but other people say that now dsl matches the speed of cable or it's better or something So.. I'm kind of confused... I have DSL and it's pretty fast, while my friend has CABLE... which.. her's is a bit slow.. (maybe its her computer??)Anyway, someone help me out Which is faster? DSL or CABLE?...(if only i had t3.. that would solve everything.. *sigh* )

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Bittorrent!

Do you use Bittorrent? If so, what client do you use? I currently use ABC (Yet Another Bittorrent Client) and find its really good. New features are still being implemented on the sourceforge project, which is pretty neat. So, do you use Bittorrent and what client do you use?

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Spyware And Adware Removal

Just wondering what kind of software you all use for removing spyware and adware. I use Ad-Aware SE Personal and Spyware Doctor. They both do a very good job at cleaning the system up. Not only that, but they are freeware. I run these just before I go to bed and I am really happy with both programs. I reccomend both of these programs to everyone. I am including links for both programs. Take my word for it. The few megabytes of space these programs take up are well worth it.DOWNLOAD.COM :: Spywa

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Free domains

Was wonderin if there are any free domains that work with AstaHost and I can link them to my site when I set it up. Thanks

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Paypal Without A Card...

okay i opened an account in paypal.. but for some reason they are not accepting my visa electron debit card..i contacted them also.. they replied almost a week later saying that that card cannot be added and i should contact my card issuer bank for more info...ok i don't want to go through all the trouble of complaining to the bank and all... as it is, it is an indian public sector bank and i will have a hard time with them..what i want to know is that can i still accept payments with this a

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Lan Problem

I have been TRYING to get my self networked with a fairly small network. I have a D-Link Wireless Router (I can supply specs if needed) and I keep trying to ket my main PC to talk to my laptop. I tried the Microsoft Network Setup wizard and it's a flop. Nothing seems to work! I want to be able to open my E:\ for sharing over the network so I don't have to keep unplugging the USB cable. Also, I would like to network in my printer too as unplugging and re-plugging USB cables is st

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Popups

Ok I get alot of pop ups on my computer,and yeah and wanted to know is it possible to get rid of them. Cause every popup starts a new virus,so any ideas. I really would appreciate it very much tahnks.

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What Are The Risks Of Unsecure Wireless Networks

Hi, I was just wondering what problems persist for a wireless network if they are unsecured. I know the internet connection could be used by an unauthorised source but what else could an unauthorised source do?

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Which Email Address Do You Like The Best?

The one I like to use the most is Yahoo. I heard Gmail isn't as safe as it as cracked up to be. I know for sure that AOL, AIM, and NETSCAPE mail services take too long to load and will lag your computer.Which one do you like the most?

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Internet Connection Sharing Problems

Hello, I am having some trouble setting up Internet Connection Sharing. Here is my setup. My internet is through a neighbor who is sharing there internet with me wirelessly, so I don't have any type of broadband modem, just a wireless card on my desktop PC. I have a linksys WRT54G router connected to the desktop PC and tried following the guidelines for home networking, and works fine, but no internet connection now. When I unhook my router then my internet connection comes back. Its as

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What's On Your Lan?

Here is an interesting question: What's on your LAN?Mine has:3 Laptops1 Tower (currently awaiting new hardware so it really isn't on the LAN)1 Printer1 External USB Hard disk1 Windows 95 computer acting as a storage serverYes, that last item really does say Windows 95, lol. I get old computers from my school (well I have to bid on them) really cheap and I have nothing to do with them so why not use them as a network storage server! I have 5 more in my basement waiting to get configur

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Listening To Music Over A Home Network

Hi!!!well, my brother brought to my atention this product:Sonos: http://www.sonos.com/It allows to control music in different zone of a home network.But i oposed to it because of it's price. so i'm trying to search for altenative solutions to this problem: ¿How can i listen to the same music in diferent pc stations at a same time? and the other problem: ¿How to stream music within my wireless network? (to listen to the music i play on my pc in my boombox per say)Can anyone co

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How To Get Around Firewalls

Howdy.yesterday i stumbled accross an awsome new way to get around firewalls at school/work it is totally awsome. all it does is alow u to access the internet privetly and not have the stupid network administators find u out.If u want instructions on how to do it, PM me.P.S. IT IS TOTALLY LEGAL!!

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Increase Your Bandwidth By 20%

Increase your Bandwidth by 20%Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth! Get it backA nice little tweak for XP. M*crosoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)Here's how to get it back:Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Pac

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Connect Using Wireless And Wired Line

Hi, is it possible for me to use both my wireless and wireline connections at the same time? I'm primarily online using my wireless PC card for the laptop. But sometimes I want to transfer some big files over to the other laptop I have in the house. Doing this through the wireless card takes ages since I'm also using the internet and the wireless transfer is limited to 54Mbps...in the ideal world I want to use a network cable and connect between the two laptops using that method. That

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Apache Server On Xampp

Hi... I downloaded and installed the newest version of xampp. But when i try to start the Apache service it does not get started. The MySql and FileZilla services start without any problem. But the Apache service does not start. It returns with a message saying Apache service not started [-1]. I tried by stopping the windows firewall but didn't have any luck. If there is anyone who can help me out here i would be really great full. Thanks in advanc

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Wireless networks

Wireless network are very interesting, because you don't have a cable between your computer and an other computer/gateway/router.Have a wireless network is good I think if you don't want to see or put a cable trought the wall. It is even more intersting for laptop's to have for exemple internet in the garden. Wat can be better than read your emails in your garden in a nice sun.The wireless technology is OK, it works good. And it can go far enough.The only problem is that you have to

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free .info domain

In case you don't already know,.info domain are getting cheaper and cheaper. Some of the registrars are even offerring them free for one year. I got some of my .info domain from domainsite.com for free. But appearently they are charging 0.99$ for one year now. You can get them for free from www.domaindiscount24.com till the end of the month

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How To Create Your Own Proxy Site (free And Easy)

Tired of your school blocking every new proxy site you find? Here's an answer. Check out http://www.proxybuilder.com. After you fill in the information you want for your proxy site, it will give you the download link for your files. Then all you have to do is upload the files you download to your web host and you've got your own proxy website. If you find a free hosting site, you can make as many of these as you want! NOTE***If your site gets blocked, just make another account with

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Cracking Wireless Access Point Password?

Is it possible to crack the system setup password for a wireless access point - wirelessly? I understand how to use tools like aircrack and airsnort to crack the network password used by clients, but this will only grant you the client password to access the network.If there is a way to gain access to the system setup password of a wireless router, please explain the process to me, so that I can take all possible precautions to try to avoid this happening to my new wireless network...Thanks.

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Sharing Printer On Another Computer

I have 3 computers that are all connected wirelessly and are able to share files. All have files and printer sharing enabled also.I have my laptop here that's connected to a USB printer. I shared the printer and just called it Printer. I tried to connect to this printer from one of the other computers and added it via Network->Server option. I typed in \\laptopsComputername\Printer and it automatically changed the shared name to the actual printer name I have on my laptop.

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Changing your IP?

Is it possible to change my IP? I didn't think it was but apparently you can do it without contacting your ISP. I heard you run cmd.exe, then type ipconfig/release, then close it, wait awhile the type ipconfig/renew. Is this possible? If not how can I do it, can I just unplug my modem for a day then I might have anew IP?

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Windows Security

Windows XP iis not secure in internet nowadays. I would like you to tell me the reasons for that.

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Which Downloadmanager Do U Use?

Well i use Internet Download Manager and Flashget to download from the net.... What do u use? I guess flashget is the best n it had never let me down in getting stuff where other client doesnt connect..

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What Is 'www1'?

I've seen a few times now: an internet adress starting with http://www1.~~~.(example is the site of DELL)What's the difference between www1 and regular www? And what is the benefit of it ?

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Sharing Files In Windows Xp Home

when trying to access another computer's shared files on my home network i recieve an error message "[file path name] is not accessable. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access denied"anyone know why I am getting this message?

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What Network Chat Program Do You Use ?

HHHHHHHHMMMMMMWHICH NETWORK CHAT DO YOU USE FOR SENDING MESSAGES.I USE VYPRESS CHAT OR NASSI FOR SENDING MESSAGES TO THE OTHER USERS OF NETWORK.WHICH ONE DO YOU USE?

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Dialup On Wireless Network

I just purchased a D-Link wireless router, a DI-524. On my computer i connect through dial up to the internet. I have been trying to figure out how to share this connection through the router, but i haven't been able to because the router is made to hook up to an external modem through a WAN port. If there is a way to share my connection through this router, please help me with how.

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Problem: Network Connection Fails Every 2 Mins

From time to time, my internet connection falls out;It's been happening since i installed XP again. In the beginning it was 2 minutes after you started up the pc. Happily, now it's jsut when you download a big file or so.Does anyone know how to solve my problem??Thanks,Michiel

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XP 1-way File Sharing Problem

Well I hope this question has not been asked too many times but I am having problems getting two XP machines to do file sharing. Actually this might not be the run of the mill question as I have already checked everything I know and I am still dead in the water. Here is my setup.Setup:PC1, Win XP, my main computer and the one that most likely has the problemPC2, WinXPBoth computers are connected via a Linksys firewall/router and then connected to the Net via the routerProblem:PC1 is able to se

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How Do I Improve Wireless Speed?

We've setup a 54mbps wireless network, yet, the computers only work at a max speed of 9-11mbps. Is this the usual speed? I know overhead takes some of the bandwidth but seriously..In addition, the router is just on the other side of the wall and I use the laptop by the router too.

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Problems Connecting Wirelessly

I have a friend who's trying to connect a Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop to the internet. We tried almost everything I can think of including using a wired cable to connect. It won't allow us to connect to the router no matter what. We already tried using another working router, reparing it (ipconfig) and even using another wireless card/adapter for it. All fail to connect successfully. Running some spyware and virus scans now to be sure they are not causing any problems.The laptop has a bui

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Hacking A Network

Hey,I can pick up other Network systems on my wireless route...I was wondering can you hack the WPA Key of because they are all securedAnd im wondering if theres anyway to connect to them without using a pass?If there is please tell me it will be interesting to try it out Thanks

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How Can I Increase My Buffer

most of the time when im watching films on the internet they pause and wait for the buffer to catch up. i have been told by a friend that i have to increase my buffer size if this is possible does any-1 know how?

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Broadband Modem Sharing

I like to share our broadband modem and access Internet from the second computer. The 2 computers are not connected to each other. I am considering setting up a network of these 2 computers using a wireless access point and 2 wireless network cards. I assume the access point and the braodband modem will be attached to one of the computers and the other computer will be able to access Internet through the access point. Is there any other way of sharing the modem eg. using adapters/ extensions, li

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Cable Internet Connection Requires Aol To Go Online?

Just took a look at one of my user's computer and found a very strange problem. For some odd reason, he must sign into AOL in order to use his internet. I would understand if this is required if he is using AOL as his main connection, but he is using a dedicated cable service line. The same thing is happening to his other computer (requires him to sign onto AOL first before he can connect).After playing around with it for a while, Internet Explorer connected without AOHell's assistance.

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P2p Actuality

What think of the actions of the mpaa against different the waiter from P2P? I think that the Net surfers less and less will buy products, because the people who sell to them are those which will attack them in justice.

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How To Transfer Files From One Computer To Another

Hi friends, I have two computers both having windows XP pro operating system and i have one LAN cable and i connected both computers through LAN terminals and i'm unable to transfer data from both computers.So what setting i have to make for doing this?Thanks,sunny

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How Do I Use Linux To Create A Switch From Multiple Ethernet Ports

I have a Linux box with three ethernet ports (NIC cards). I could easily give it more. I have one ethernet connection to the outside world at college. College's ethernet policy is amazing, as they give us IP addresses that in theory are fully routable from the outside world (haven't had a chance to try it out). Unfortunately, I have another computer, my primary laptop, that is connected to the internet, and no switch or router.I was wondering how to use my Linux box as either a switc

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Need Help On Remote Access...

Hi, I have been at this for a while now and give up. I Googled and Googled...but tried everything I can understand. I want to have remote access to another user's computer (like my relatives who need help). Let's just use Windows XP Home as the main OS for now...I want to know how to do this on my current setting first and hopefully I can pick up from there and know how to do it on another machine. This is how I'm connecting online and the software/hardware specs:1. Westell Versa

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Server Slow On LAN, Fast On The Internet

Hey,Here's a weird problem I've encountered. On my test server running CentOS and Apache2 w/ the Apache2 Manual installed and accessible from the web, everything seems fine. So I access it via my home network on which the server is located and the manual loads like I'm on a 56K connection. To give you an idea of the speed, it's just a tweak faster than using MySpace during peak hours. MySpace is still slower than my server though. But today at school, I try it and the thing loads

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Networking Computers Without Modem?

I don't know if that is the right title but here goes. The computer I'm on is connected to the internet via dial-up and has a printer connected to it. My computer has no internet connection, but has many graphics programs and things that I would like to transfer the the internet connected computer. I had the computers networked when I had highspeed internet and a cable modem, but I'm not sure how to network them now that their both not on the internet. So my question is, how do I

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GmailFS

Has any1 here managed to get GmailFS working ?i follwed the instructions here http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gma...filesystem.htmland it works to a degree, but the files are very unstable !i wondered if any1 here has had any luck ?

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Un-caping

I've herad something about un-capping... they tell me is an "easy" way of making my cable internet service faster!!!!i have a 3com cable modem model: 3CR29220Can anyone tell me how to un-cap my modem????is it legal????

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Shut Down

I've been googling around with no apparent answer so I decided to post it here, maybe you all can help. I've got a home network, and when I say a home network I mean my laptop and desktop computer have wireless adaptors and basically I only use it to connect to the internet on my laptop via the desktop PC. I would like to create more interaction with the computers but WinXP nor the software I got allow me to do this.One thing I'd like is to be able to shut down the desktop from my la

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What Are Mac Addresses?

I'm feeling a bit dumb here, but could someone explain to me exactly what a MAC address is and what it does? Is it broadcast like an IP? Who can find out my MAC address? Why would they want my MAC address? Etc. Any help here would be great. Thanks.

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How To Control Home Computer Remotely?

I usually work in the company at night.and I want to control my home FTP server and other programsthat run on my home computer. And I want to transfer filesbetween these two computers.I have tried "remote desktop" which comes with windows xp.Are there any other software that can do this job??

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Free Blog Hosting

Do you know free blog? I know 3 : - blogger- canalblog - skyblog- modblog (thanks sky)

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Poor Man's Wifi

In the March issue of Popular Mechanics, there was an article about PC modding. Inside there, they showed a pic of a homemade WiFi antenna, and gave a link to this site with instructions.Well, yesterday at my friend's house, we made a prototype, but we need to remake it, because we couldn't find a hosering, so we just attached the USB WiFi adapter to the sieve with wire, and the cord is hanging down (if we had the hosering, it'd be going through a hole in the back of the sieve).So,

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Best LAN-Messenger

hi again.im searching for the very best LAN-messenger. desired specifications:- free- simple- no need to turn it on to receive messages (or auto-turn on)- simple. I also heard something about a built-in messenger in windows, that works with commands in start – run. Please tell me all you know (about this subject )What do you use, and what is so great about it. And don’t forget to post a link where I can download it.

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Zonealarm Alerting Lot Of Hack Attempts

ZoneAlarm is going crazy on me. Since reformatting my C: drive, it's been rampant on the alerts and intrusions. I know have OVER 1000 BLOCKED INTRUSIONS in 4 hours.This is scaring meThe number has gone up by 300 since making this screenshot.Can someone explain?

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School Network

Our high school just got the new version of Novell ZenWorks, and it has some awesome features. I'm a computer tech at the school, so I get to use many of these features. I think one of the more scary features is the remote control. The admin can control any computer on the network. He can turn them on, log them in, and even lock the local mouse and keyboard. It's really fun to spy on people in the library and computer labs, and lock people's workstation controls, although I have had

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Wireless Router

Hey boys and girls! this is my first post on these boards so please be nice 2 me!I have recently purchased a SMC Wireless route and its working fine!My only question is:Is it possible to make a network over the router, or can it only be used to route the internet to other computers! I would like to share files on my main computer with other computers in my home network and havnt been successful in finding a way to do so yet!Any help would be apriciated greatfuly!Mentalsat

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Wi-fi In Hotels Safe?

Hi, I will be leaving for 5 weeks starting tomorrow. I just have a question about the wi-fi in hotels. Are they secure (I mean it's never 100%, but does it have any security at all)? If not, is there anything I can do on my end to secure my internet activities? Like at home, I enabled the WEP protection (since I don't have WAP) and that helps me keep some peace in mind. I have a firewall already, but not sure if that's enough since all the incoming and outgoing data will be ope

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Share Broadband Internet Connection

I'm trying to share the internet connection with no success.I have Internet with CableAccess. I'm using a SB5100 Motorola Modem.I have a hub, and old one (but working really fine).I connect two computers and the modem to the hub. I have proof some configuratiosn, but none of those works.I set the two computers using dynamic IP (thus my ISP config uses DHCP), but just one computers has internetThen I tried to set one as a default gateway, and config the other with a ststaic IP, first with

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Living Room PC Getting Low To No Wireless Signal

For some reason my new custom built PC get low to no wireless internet signal in the living room. My sister says that she gets a lot of disconnects (last time I asked, about 10 disconnects throughout the day). It loses the wireless and after a while (no time table) it will connect back. The router is in the bedroom less than 30 feet away but there's like a wall or two in between.It shouldn't have caused this much problem though because I tried it on my OLD Windows 98 PC and it doesn&#

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Questions About Setting Up An Internet Server

I'm working on a new comany (Medium buisness) as Computer tecnician. After some weeks of work i've decided along with my superiors to set a DataServer ( Store Data ) and a Internet server. Well my first step was to buy a Pentium 4 Dual Core 3.0 with 2Gb Ram and a SATADRIVE with 250 GB. Now i'm "stuck", because i dont know witch is the best way to set a internet server. I mean the main objective is a full control of websites access, using a proxy and a repository for Antivir

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Gigabit LAN

Well in about 3 months, I'll be moving back into a house with my college friends.The house is full of computer science majors (including me) with a bunch of gaming computers (not me).We already have a network setup throughout the house, but it is my task to upgrade the whole thing.The first piece of equipment to be replaced is the current Wireless Router which will be upgraded so a Linksys Gigabit Switch (10/100/1000) with 5 ports. 4 of the 5 ports are gigabit, while the last one is 100mb.

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ICS Question About DSL Sharing

A quick question about Sharing a DSL question.Let's say I have computer A, and computer B. I can connect to my connection (it's a login/password connection) with computer A. After enabling ICS, computer B shares the internet. Works fine. Now, I disconnect from computer A, and use computer B to connect. Computer B connects fine but does not share with computer A. When trying to enable ICS, i get error # 799 about the IP address. I disconnect from computer B, then reconnect with com

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How Much Would A Home Wireless Network Setup Cost ?

I am planning on networking my laptop and my mum's computer via a wireless network. I was gonna do it over the internet but then thought it would be to slow, so I decided to check and see what you guys would suggest.So what is the best way to network them? Even if it isn't wireless, what would be the best way?And roughly how much would it set me back?

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Cable Modem Keeps Rebooting

Everyday my cable modem keeps disconnecting me. I get disconnected at least 3 times a day. I tried reformatting my computer to see if any viruses is causing it. After reformatting it worked but after upgrading it to service pack 4, it happened again. Is it the computer that's causing this or the cable modem. The cable modem is pretty new, it's only 4 months old. Can someone help me with this?

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Question: Multiple NICs Multiple IPs - Possible ?

Question for the networking gurus here...Supposing I want to stack in a bunch of ethernet cards into the same server / workstation:Can I assign a different IP address to each card - so that it's possible to make the same machine a part of different subnets ? That's my main objective, i.e. make the machine be hooked simultaneously to different subnets.What is the maximum number of Ethernet cards I can stack in (apart from physical system limitations - read FREE SLOTs)Can anyone point me t

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The Importance Of Limiting Bandwidth ...

A very important criterion in choosing a host for your Website is bandwidth. Most of us will ask about it, right after they ask about "space". But do we really understand what bandwidth is, and why most hosts put a limit on it?First, what is bandwidth?Put simply, bandwidth is the amount of data allowed to occur between a certain computer and the rest of the Internet. As such, there are many types of bandwidths. For example, I use DSL service to log onto the Internet. My DSL subscr

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Wireless Networking Components

Hi all,i have just recently upgraded my home network to a wireless connection. I have a older laptop (maybe 2 years) that doesn't have a built in wireless lan. i am trying to work out what i should do for a wireless lan adapter. Should i get a USB connector or a PCMCIA card?i borrowed a friends PCMCIA card and put it into my laptop so see how the range was! it was really, really bad! my friend also lent me his psp to test the signal sstrength. The PSP could get 100% strength while th

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Share Internet Using Router And Modem That Uses Usb?

Today I was trying to setup shared internet for someone and was having lots of problems with it. They are using AOL DSL and had their ISP's modem. They have a Linksys router (forgot what model...WRT something) and I tried almost everything I can think of to no avail.Here is the problem. The modem connects to the computer using USB ONLY. It has an ethernet adapter in the back of the modem but it will not work (needs the USB either way). After playing around more for over an hour, I came to so

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Router Problems

my router now needs restarting 2-3 times a day compared to once every 2-3 days like it used to, is there a way how to improve this?

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Internet Through LAN

"With The Name Allah Almighty , the most beneficient and Merciful."Aslamo Alaikum! All FriendsI have just registered to The Site and im New One here.I hope Best for All of You.Here i m to discuss with you some thing about Internet sharing on local area network..I have a network of 10 pcs in my office..we provide internet facility on 10 systems though a http page logon system..The Intenet is provided by a main server running Linux operating system..All Authentication is done from th

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Wireless Safty

Just a post for people thinking about going wireless... what do I think about it? I feel its safe. If you get the right router people will be able to get in but be in hacker limbo unless there extreamly skilled, and those people probably wont hack you but go after bigger fish (unless you are a big fish)What do you think?

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Stupid Msn Messenger Down!

is anyones MSN messenger down? its going down again! with no notice at all! anyone have any trouble 18:15 GMT. its very fustrating while your having a chat with your mates and then your offline! hurry up Google Messenger! the email is working really good so far! cant wait for it to come. dont fail us like msn messenger!

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Want To Connect Computers..

Hey all,I plan to have a LAN party with my friends next week. There are three of us. I have a hub. we have one PC and 2 laptops. The operating systems are Win XP,ME, 98. Will it make a difference.?? Can i connect all three event though no two have the same OS??

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Why Is Broadband Cable (CAT5) So Expensive ?

I've been getting into doing wired networking for my house and I've just been wondering why Cat5 cable is so expensive? I just got a 15 cable a month or so ago and the crap took $30 out of my pocket when just the other day I asked one of my buddies for some cat5 from the place he hangs out and BOOM 25 feet of cat5 for F-R-E-E! I have to admit that it isn't the best looking thing in the world but still why pay so much cash just for looks?

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Can We Get More Than One IP On A PC With Dial-Up

i wana to ask that can we get more than one ip using dail up internet is it possible

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Wireless: Bypassing Mac Filtering

Sometimes you scan the neighborhood for the wireless connections, you see open connections but can not connect to them. Well this is possible because they use MAC filtering to secure up their network.I will try to explain how to bypass this protectionNOTE: This is for EDUCATION purpose only to show you it is possible to bypass this security. I am not responsible for unauthorized use of these information.Requirements :1- You need some tool for sniffing the traffic. I suggest using Aircrack-ng (ht

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Age Of Empires II (Multi-player Over LAN)

We got bored and decided to whack it on for some old multi player fun against cpu's but I can't get multi-player to work, either can't see the room, or you can (but only from one end when creating on either) but it won't properly connect to the game.Right now I'm running Windows XP Home SP1 and he is running Windows 2000 Professional SP4 (I think).Were hooked up through a Siemens Speedstream 4200 (from our ISP) for ADSL internet, it has both an Ethernet and a USB port, I use

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Wi-fi Speeds.

I'm going to by Wi-Fi AP.There are many standarts of Wi-Fi. I'm thinking of speeds 54 (802.11g) and 108 mb/s (802.11g). Is it real 108 mb/s (13.5 MB/s) or not? What will work better in a flat? And if I buy AP with 108 mb/s speed can I will be set speed slow to make connection better? Or nothing will change? And what you can say about D-Link 2100 AP ?

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Usb Lan Network Cards!

i bought one off of eBay for $20 and it kicks ass!!!I just installed the driver and plugged it in and it picked up the signal from my roughter and i never even had to open up my computer.Cards similar go for around $60. lol. haha. my ass. this thing is awesome.Then i got a new computer that had VISTA and i could install the driver because it wasn't for VISTA.So i used my girlfriends computer to go online and go to the companies website and they had a download for the VI

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Anyone know about google mail

today I hear from my friend.Google mail can to make drive on your computer and it very large up to 1 GB!!but i hear,I must invited from old member to register google mail.if anyone have account on google mail,invite me please now i will find data of GMail .

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Aol Is Overrated

AOL is overrated. it is really stupid and there are too many features that no one uses on it. and really they spelled their own bankruptacy because they made AIM avaliable for download because that is the ONE good thing AOL did. and because AOL is wasting space, it is REALLY slow, slower than everything else out there. i dont know why people still use it.

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Sharing Between Computers...

How do I enable file sharing between my two computers that are on the same network? I am running Windows 2000 Professional on both computers.

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Having Problems Setting Up A Home Network

I'm trying to setup a home network at my house but I'm having some problems.I make a new network and everything, and I can see the computers but I can't access them. It says that I don't have permission or something.I have a desktop computer that is connected to the router using ethernet cable and a laptop that has wireless connection.Any ideas on what am I doing wrong?

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Sending Files With Wifi?

I'm having problems trying to send files between computers on WiFi.I know you're supposed to locate the computer in the network connections, but when I press 'View Network Computers' I always get nothing.I need to send some big files to my desktop so I can burn them onto DVD. Does anyone know how I can do this?

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Why Do Black Hackers Target The Average User?

Hey guys,In the last thread, i started a topic on best free security software. I then asked, why are regular people victtimized? Kyro stated earlier that they do it for money, but thats not always the case. Their are people who do it for the hell of it, or because they believe they will ruin microsofts reputation. Don't they realixe that the average person won't just stop using windows and switch to linux? What are your views? Can we one day stop them, or should we keep on running from t

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Bizarre Networking Issue

I have 3 PC's all XP, networked.All 3 have internet access and are part of the same work group.PC #1 can access shared folders on PC#2 and PC#3.PC #2 can only access shared folders on PC #1.PC #3 can only access shared folders on PC #1.PC #2 and 3 can't access shared folders on each other.Any thoughts?

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How Do I Create Static Routes In Windows Xp?

Here's my setup:My PC connects to my Internet facing wireless router via a USB-pluggable wireless NIC, the IP address of which is 192.168.1.2 (netmask 255.255.255.0).The IP address of my router's LAN port is 192.168.1.1.The NIC which is embedded in the motherboard has remained disabled so far.Everything works OK, but I recently got a hold of a crossover cable, and I started using it to connect a laptop to my PC.So I enabled the embedded NIC on the PC and gave it an IP address of 192.168.

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Issues With Accessing The Internet

My ISP is quite special. I have a cable 512k connection from them, but it's shared between 10 users and in addition they won't troubleshoot it for me if i have more than one computer connected. No wonder the IT infrastructure is 4th rate here. Anyways, my problem is that I can't open any web page whatsoever. It just returns a page not found. But if i type in the IP address, the page loads fine. This is something I don't understand much about, and I'm not getting any help from

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Networking With A Wireless Network Adapter

So my question is this,I have a desktop pc connected to the net through a wired modem.I also have a free (as in not used) wireless network adapter build in to the desktop pc which I want to share with a laptop.The goal is to have a live internet connection on the laptop.What are the steps I need to follow to achive my goal.Thnx in advanceEDIT: additional info, I have winxp installed on the desktop and windows vista installed on the laptop

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Two Connections For Faster Internet?

When dialup was common, I heard about people connecting two phone lines so it was faster. Could I do that with broadband, the router delivers 12mbps, but I get about 2.5, and I have a extra cable.

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