Best bet for a fire wall is ZoneAlarm I would say. It's either free for the standard version or pay for a pro version which includes other useful features.

Just my opinion though!

Stephen.

i dont bother i got anti virus the norton one but as i get my internet connection through my husbands computer he gets it first via a network card
but i do scan though once a week :twisted: :twisted:

Just upgraded to a new computer running XP, am getting straneg behaviour now on this website, not all the icons appear when I load a page, sometimes it's the reply bbuttons, sometimes the avatars, other times it's the new post icons in a forum. Any ideas what's wrong?

Andy I quite often get red X instead of the pic. It's most annoying but don't know how to stop it.

Hi Chris & Rob .....

tried what u suggested Chris, re finding mysearch stuff in progs. There was nothing there but ........ I did find something that said Windows Search or something like that, I clicked it and a number came up to type in to prove I wasn't a bot or something like that, so ...... being the genius I am lol I typed in the number, and deleted that programme .... no more mysearch.com hijacking my home start up page :D :D

Thanks for the help guys :D

URGENT! If anyone sends me an e mail with an attachment please enter "Paradise" into the subject title somewhere. Otherwise I'll be forced to delete just to make sure they aren't a virus.

I'm receiving e mails with attachments with webmaster.com written as the sender, and unless I recognise the particular topic, and know for sure its safe, I delete it straight away.

:twisted: :roll:

Dottie, this could be due to the virus emails going around, although not too sure. I've had several, not from anyone on here i hasten to add. I passed them onto a friend, without opening them, who in turn sent a Malware Notice to the email address from which it came. If you would like me to do the same for you, contact me via pm on here, or via my hotmail addie and my friend will send a Malware Notice to whatever site they are coming from. Unfortunately, you will need to fwd the email to me, but you can do this just by hitting fwd and sending to my addie. There is no need to open the email.

Caz when I receive another one like this I'll forward to you straight away ok - Thanks for your advice :)

Dearest Chris and Rob! :wink:

I have a very perplexing problem - somehow the title to my agony page seems to have changed it's self :? to :-

Original Sin't Agony Page.

instead of:-

Original Sin's Agony Page.

now I have confirmed with several sorces that it has always been the latter - so I am extremely perplexed :?

Also I really thought that the person who started a trh==thread could change the title - but i can't seem to do this. Any ideas?

Yeah - i noticed that too Sin.....

Weird 8O

:twisted: My fault :oops:
I had to merge another one post thread to the agony page earlier this evening.Whenever a mod merges threads, they have to type in the thread title wanted.I mistyped it :lol:
I've fixed it now :mrgreen:

:lmao: damn Mousie!!!!! how dare you give me simple expalination I keep trying to get fox Mulder on to these boards and everyone keeps foiling my plans :twisted:

Not exactly, you may enter a new title. :p
If you don't, the target threads title appears on the forum index.

:lmao: you wanna say that aagin so I can understand it - how many times do we need to have the discussion that technology is above me :??:

Does this actually mean I can give Foxie babe a call now?

Nope. :p
Again, if a mod merges some thread into an exisiting thread he may enter a new title, he doesn't have to.
On the other hand, if a mod merges two threads into a new thread he must enter a new title.
Bring Scully along, I'll explain it again. Slowly. Very slowly. :))

Can anyone help me. I have a picture I want to use as my Avatar but it is too big. How do I go about resizing it and has anyone got any website they could then put it on.

I would really appreciate it.

Not a problem Dottie, anything to help a fellow addict lol.

This problem is driving me nuts!!

I can suddenly (on about Thursday) no longer send any e-mail via my KasimInfo.com Outlook Express programme. My computer appears to send it but people don't always receive it (I check it with my AOL account and it never arrives there). I can receive e-mails fine though.

My ISP is AOL (which I detest but I'm signed up with for a few more months) but whenever I log onto Virgin.net, I can send my KasimInfo.com e-mail with no problem.

I've had this setup for about 2 years and not had any problems. I can't keep logging onto Virgin as I have to pay for each call and I've tried AOL support 5 times today but each time they are more interested in selling me broadband....so I won't be able to send e-mails far faster than I can't send them now!

This is probably due to AOL enforcing their anti-spam policy.
Does it work if you use the AOL software?

I can send AOL e-mails through AOL fine but if it was anti-spam software, why does it let me receive e-mails with no problem and yet not send them?

Sue

The SMTP (~outgoing) server in your Outlook account, is that an AOL mailserver or some server of your kasiminfo.com host?

It's set as the KI.com one but I tried it using an AOL server too with no luck.

SueW

Looks like they are blocking port 25 (SMTP) in order to prevent spam relaying (your emailer connects to the smtp server through tcp/ip using port 25).
You should ask AOL tech support if that's the case.

That's what my hostcompany said but AOL say they aren't!

The strange thing is that on some settings I can send e-mail to some IPs but never to my AOL account!

Did you check if your hostcompany's mailserver is blacklisted as a spam relay? Google.

Send me an email as a test.

I hope I'm not too late, Black Dog. You can send me your pic if you want and I will resize it, put it on my webspace and send you the address so you can link to it. Just send me a PM

Yvonne

Thanks for the offer Yvonne. I've just sent you a PM

Dear Someone who knows more about computers than me

my AOL internet keeps losing connection! Today I was on it for fifteen minuites and it lost the connection, then ten. Either that or the internet freezes about three times a day and every now and then the computer refuses to shut down. Whats wrong?

question about PMs
 

I have tried to send a PM, but it shows up in my out box instead of in my sent box. Does this mean that I haven't actually sent it to the other person? If so, what do I need to do in order to send it? I hit submit already. Thanks for any help anyone can give me. :D

You have sent it.

It will sit in your outbox until the person at the other end reads it, at which point it will transfer to your sent box. Just don't delete it from your out box or the recipitent will log on to find no message!!!

Oh help please :cry:

I want to send pms and post messages but it won't let me because when i log in, and when i want to post a message it says i have to login. But i am! What can I do? :cry:

It is a cookie problem!!!

R. is poorly and needs you to send him lots of chocolate chip cookies and he will make everything better!!!!!

Failing that, what internet browser do you use?

AOL.

What is a cookie?

Try to connect to the web using the AOL software, then minimize it and use a different browser. IE or Mozilla.

I don't have another browser :cry:


I am suffering withdrawel symptoms!

A cookie is a little file full of chocolate chips for if anyone ever emails you a glass of milk!!!!! (can you tell I studied computing??)

A cookie is a file that contains your username and password for the site so that when you visit the site, it can automatically log on!

To clear them in the AOL browser, follow these instructions:

1. Open the AOL account.
2. Click on the "Settings" button on the toolbar. ("My AOL" for older
versions).
3. Select "Preferences".
4. Select the "Internet Properties (WWW)" link on the left-hand side.
(Older versions will show a "WWW" box).
5. In the middle of the Internet Options box is a section called
"Temporary Internet Files".
6. Click "Delete Files". Place a check mark in the "Delete All Offline
Content Box".
7. Click "OK".

Then return to the site, log in and select the remember me option. Everything should work perfectly and you can send your fave Uncle Chris a present!!

one last panic attack: erm... I've never seen the remember me thing! where should it be?

ps thank you thank you thank you...

What kind of computer are you using and what is your operating system?

Top right hand corner of the forum screen, you have the options for FAQ, profile etc etc.

Click on login and you get a screen asking for User Name and Password, underneath there is a little checkbox saying Log Me on automatically - that is the little box i meant!!

so after i've done all that i go back on the site, type in my username and password, and just click the log me on automatically and just press log in?



eddie (who is a complete Frank spencer when it comes to computers)

Aye

THANK YOU HUNNY!!!!!!!! I COULD KISS YA!!!!!!!!!!!!


My name is back to front and so is yours. R's little april fools?

Chris why am I receving e mails that have my 'dotsameatloaffan@yahoo.co.uk' as the subject, I'm deleting straight away anyway, as I do not recognise the sender?

I seem to be clear for quite a while, then they start again, with the 'Viagra ones' etc., I mean do I need it :lol: not unless I've changed sex anyway :lol:

Personally Dottie, I would say you have Muliple Personalities and amnesia which means you are sending them to yourself and then forgetting which makes it a problem for Auntie Sin!!!!

Failing that, it is a common trick by spammers to mask their email address behind the address they are sending them to!! They do it so you cannot block them with filters.

All I can suggest is deleting them each time!!

One point tho, do NOT ever ever ever click ont he link at the bottom of the email that says "Click here to stop getting emails" or something similar. All that does it let them know you have a valid email address and cause more problems!!

Cheers Chris - I needed reassuring :) .

How do these strange people who

a) think I'm a man (Viagra) Um didn't tell anyone about the sex change :lol:
b) Do I want a subscription to a porn site - My lap dancing days are over :lol:

get hold of my e mail address :twisted: ppff!!!

I get the same I have Emma in my e mail address so it's obvious i am female

so why do i get emails saying

Viagra
Valium today!
Xanax!
Hi I saw your profile (?!? it is sent to another email address but they find their way onto mine!)

Just to let everyone know that I am receiving e mails today from webmaster@mlukfc.com - subject my e mail address failed delivery - attachment.

If anyone else receives these do not think it a good idea to open them :twisted: :roll:

Funny airhead i get those emails in my outlook express email addie as well ..... i just block them but they still find their way in :evil:

chris

we recently got broadband. ive downloaded kazaa but it wont connect to it as it says there is a problem with the firewall and a port????

any ideas??

Ben

hi Chris,

How do you manage to replace the url link by a shorter word or a picture without modifying the link itself?


Patricia

To run kazaa, you must leep open a port or door that other computers can use across the internet to access Kazaa. Firewalls block this in order to prevent anyone dodging gaining access to the PC. For Kazaa, the port is number 1214. Your firewall's help file or internet site wilkl be able to tell you how to unblock that port.

Hi pat,

To do thjis, you just need to type in the url ina different way:

Normally [ url ] http://www.smart.com [ / url ]
Displays the link as it is between the url tags.
e.g. http:www.smart.com

Using [ url = http://www.smart.com ] Smart Cars Rule!!! [ / url ]
will display the phrase "Smart cars rule !!!" as the link
e.g. Smart Cars Rule!!!

Using [ url = http://www.smart.com][ img ] http://tinyurl.com/2ehvh [ / img ] [ / url ] creates a clickable picture like this:

http://tinyurl.com/2ehvh

Hope this helps

Dear chris

I am an artist who wants to show off her art here (head growing bigger) but there ain't any on the internet. How can I post some here because I don't have a website to use to update it onto and forward it to the forum. How can I do this? Thank you for the cookie problem solved!

love eddie

Thanx Chris. :)) :up:


Patricia

Hi Chris

Still have major problems with computer.

We had it built 6 months ago and the company who did it have not given us any back up/original disks.

How can we search for viruses/crash the system and start from scratch without these?

We were going to buy a copy of windows ourself and install it - but we need to get rid of any problems and crash the system first.

PLEASE HELP - A DESPERATE FRIEND !!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHARON XX

Eddie, you need to find an image hosting site. http://www.villagephotos.com This is a nice one to start with.
Also, I suggest you take a look out for the Deviant Art website.

Also, if it's mainly furry art you're into, I may be able to provide a contact for someone who can help hosting it.

Hope this helps.

Ok, quick question here. How do I get pics to upload onto here? I know how to upload to my msn and stuff, but have no clue how to do it to get them on here :bicker: :nuts:

Chris need your expertise, I have Spybot 2004 on my computer, which keeps telling me I don't have any problems, but I've still got masses of pop ups and spam, all over the place. This has only just started, I haven't downloaded anything. Help!

Everythings okay now :D phew!!!!! as at 23.21pm

Ok, my friend is trying to create a membership on this forum but she can't use her email address....she has a membership (red_ruby) but hasn't been able to get her confirmation email which will let her on.

What should she do??

:twisted: Looks like Uncle Chris and Uncle Rob are being kept busy here :lol:

I'll try and answer Heli's question, as it's the only one I have any idea on (but i'll probablly be wrong anyway :roll: )

Your friend needs to use her e mail address.
The e mail address is needed on this kind of forum as a means of identification.It's impossable to join this kind of forum without it.It's just the way the software works.

What is the problem with her e mail addy?
Is it that it's inactive or that she just can't view it?

If it's that her e mail address in invalid, then the account conformation e mail will be bounced back to webmastermlukfc.If this happens the account is automatically deleted.

If it's that she can't access her e mail address, then the conformation e mail will still be in her in box.She would need to find a way to access the e mail to activate the account.
If she tried to register again with the same name, she would not be able to use the same name, as the account has still been created even though it hasn't been activated.

I believe it is possible to access an e mail address from another computer, but i'm afraid I haven't got a clue how it's done :? Hopefully someone with a brain will be able to give you more details soon :lol: .
If you still have a problem send a PM to R.I'm sure he'll be able to sort it out for you :wink:

Well when I posted my trouble, she was trying to make another one because of some reason and she couldn't use her hotmail account. It said something like you cannot use a hotmail or yahoo address...???

Oh ok...I guss I missed that....

so what should she do...??

use another e-mail account 8O

she was going to but then i told her to hang on see if there was another solution

Hi my brother tried to join the site recently but has been unable to log on as it keeps telling him he's been banned. He is using the user name 'wanderer'. He's emailed R but hasn't got any response at all. There is no reason why he should be banned as he's only just joined.

Crystal

Dunno why the "Wanderer" account got on the banlist. Look like a software bug.
I do however know that I didn't receive any email regarding this.

Anyway, he's unbanned now.

Thanks R. Don't know what happened to the email then.

Be prepared for the Wanderer.

Crystal

is there any possible way, that i can burn a MIDI file to CD? perhaps i could convert it with a certain program? www.midi.com in case you don't know what they are :wink:

The same as any other CD. But I'd have to know which program you're using.

I built a website ( a webcomic) on microsoft word a while back and it has been ressurected a week back. How can i get it uploaded to the internet without costing any money?

love, eddie

(If i give you a kiss and a beer would you point me to a very simple one that won't blow my poor little brains?)

XXXXXXXXXX

:hic:

Airhead,
Keenspace offers reliable, free webcomic hosting. This is a highly respected site and I'd advise you to contact them.

Dear rob

I tried to join up to keenspace and i clicked the verify button but it took really long to load up and i landed up waiting about 2 hours. Then it didn't even do anything. Whats up?

Try contacting them. I've not tried the service before. Sorry.

Anybody help me out here?
 

Help!!!! Just installed XP Home Edition on new tower. Now I can get into arcade section, but disaster .... the games won't load :cry: :cry: Anyone got any idea why they won't load. I did d/l and install Java as it doesn't come standard on XP for some reason :evil:

A lot of the games use Shockwave - try reinstalling it from here Shockwave Site

You need the shockwave player adn Flash downloads!!

Thanks Chris ........ am sure i had it on old tower so that's probably the answer to my problem *gawd am i blonde at the moment*

I have found an avatar but it doesn't have an url as its just a picture on the website. (well, its a link button) how can i get it up here? thanks!

Give me the site or the link to the page the picture is on and I will sort it out.

Right click and 'save image as' or 'save target as' and then upload it using ImageShack.
You can link to there then.
Hope it helped.

Aargh :cry: Chris, why do I keep getting a message saying 'Cannot run Installer' when I try to download the software for Shockwave?? *Knew I should have stayed with 98 instead of going with xP :roll: *

Not sure Caz.

Try right-clicking on this and choose "Save target as....."

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...wnload_now.gif

The when it has saved, try running it.

It worked fine on my XP.

Cheers Chris, will give it a try ... one delightful xP has finished it's downloads grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :evil:

Thanks for the help Chris ........ finally got it sorted and can now get back to being an arcade addict :lmao:

Ok...need your help.
I've got a little picture on my computer that I would love to use as an avatar. I have no idea how to put it onto my profile because I can't remember the website I nicked it from. I'm also not sure how big it is. It was accepted as an avatar on another forum but the profile section on this one doesnt have a browse option so all my attempts have been fruitless and i have been left swearing at my pictures section. :evil:

Any help at all would be appreciated!!!!




Jen x

http://www.imageshack.us/index.php

Image Shack is your friend. Simply up-load it here.
Use an image program to cut it down to below 100x100 pixels first though.

Erm...still very stuck. Image shack isnt helping because it doesnt take 'bmp' files. It is really starting to bug me so I'm gonna give up because I have a bast*rd of a head cold and I am very short tempered at the mo.



I quit!

Save the file as a .jpg file.

Help ....... anyone!!!

I have just got broadband on main pc, it is working fine at last :lmao: but for some reason it won't work on laptop. Laptop is running W98, but NOT W98SE. Someone said that this could be the reason i can't get my broadband to work on said laptop :cry: Any ideas how i can get it up and running, so i can use laptop upstairs, when i'm being a lazy mare :lmao:

I was doing a search last night and I must have entered a "dodgy" website (I was only searching golf balls - honest!) as I now keep getting new website pages opening up, all for Spyware. I've performed a full virus scan and my computer is clear so it is just some sort of spyware campaign.

I also have an Explorer error message when I first log on that says "Explorer has caused an error in UJBUI.DLL. Explorer will now close." That box stays on the top of my desktop the whole time but it seems to work okay if I just ignore it. I searched my C drive and can't find a UJBUI.DLL file and Microsoft.com don't have any info about it.

Control, Alt and Delete has stopped working too now.

Thanks...

SueW

The DLL file you found is (i believe) a dodgy file.

What software are you using for Spyware claning, firewall etc.

Chris

Sue, Check your PMs!!!

I've been sent a photo in a pdf (Acrobat Reader) file format. Is there any way that I can convert it to a jpeg so I can use it on my website?

Sue

Sue...I've been able to work out PDFs by using PhotoShop. Open PhotoShop and IMPORT the PDF and you should be able to sort the image and SAVE AS a jpeg file from there. Hope that helps!

jo

Just thought I'd let you know, our computer downloaded a weird program which placed many pornagrphic pictures on our computer, and prevented us from accessing the internet!!! we have had to take the computer back to basics, but at least we're clean :D

Neither one of us has opened anything suspicious, so haven't a clue where this has come from..

For warned is for armed, look out there is a Christmas nasty about :oops: :evil:

Okay.. funny, never noticed this one.. BTW, where is Aunty Sins page/topic???? Need that one also ahhaha.

Question:

My computer told me i got a virus. After a check with 2 different virusscans it told me there were no virusses on the computer. So.. can i trust those scans??

And another question... Any clue how i can put VHS recordings on my PC and burn them as a VCD or other format?? Got only a TV out card.


The Butcher


By the way... looking for people who can transfer cassette and VHS to CD and DVD (prefer Dutch people hahha)

Does anybody on this list know of a free ftp that I can download which will upload files in sub-directories too (keeping the directory structure)?

I want to move a large number of files to a server (I'm still on dial-up!) and I don't have the time to upload them one sub-directory at a time!

Many thanks
SueW
http://www.KasimInfo.com

Try this one: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

Hi can anyone help me?

I use Yahoo as my e mail address and to send attachments photo's etc.,

up until a couple of weeks ago it worked fine... :-)

now when I click on attach - nothing - no browse window - ZILCH! :O hence cannot upload anything........

Have e mailed customer care at Yahoo, haven't had the courtesy of a reply yet :roll:

would be grateful for any assistance

dottie
x

Hi Chris, sometimes I have the 'Bat' page and then it disappears :O , reverts back to grey,where do I click to make it permanent? :oops:

thanking you for your assistance ;)