harley: I've got an Anita Dobson disc. That should frighten it into submission.

BerniceC: But Bry's from north-west England so he needs all the help he can get.

Bry: You're a global mod - just go to any post that contains a link and click edit.

Try this:
Google

danoschek: Thanks for that link - things have speeded up nicely!

Rose: Thanks! I never bothered to install the Service Pack 2. It looked as if it was going to take up too much memory.
I had 98 but for the life of me I can't remember what it was like! I've been happy enough with XP.
I has 2000 at one time and I thought XP was better than that - or maybe it just was better suited to my requirements.

reza: pray tell how you got it for 80 cents!

Thanks, rabbitoid and Summertop. I guess that's a 'no' then! Time to break into the piggy bank.

Just as a matter of interest though, as I'm going to fork out, how much better than Windows 98 is XP? And which is the best Windows version of all (although I suppose it's horses for courses on that one).

Help please!
I have a computer with Windows XP and I have the disk, COA, number etc.
I then buy another computer without Windows.
Can I use the Windows XP disk etc I have on the new computer?

BerniceC: Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) is a software agent that builds a barrier between your personal computer and the Internet. KPF is designed to protect your PC against attacks from both the Internet, and other computers in the local network. Free for personal use.
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html


(I nicked that from the web)

That's a good enough reason! I'm having fun exploring the options.

So... what's the advantage Firefox has over IE?

Okay, I'm back - using Firefox! Everything is shiny, new and blue!

Thanks, Rosieruggles! I've got XP at the moment and have been leaving it on standby. Whew!

As you're here Rose, what should you do when you finish a session on the computer? Should you turn off the computer or put it on standby eg overnight? Yeah, I'm thick!

You're either in a parallel universe or have been abducted by aliens. There's a good book about that on Ebay...

Press 'alt' then tap a few numbers out on the numbers block on your computer.
Eg - alt + 14 = ♫

Have you tried the Yahoo toolbar, Niki?

On your top bar click 'View' - then 'text size'.

No doubt someone will put it in Suffolk dialect for you, harley. Compooter tawk like.

My left sock had a hole in it. Does that count?

rabbitoid: I've already got that feature. I discovered it while.....never mind.

Penguins would be good!

I think that problem is solving itself with Webtv as well. There are members back here playing again as normal.

Thanks, Radiant - and thanks to everyone that helped and provided ideas.

Well we counted them out - now we have to count them back again! Apart from webtv users, I'm sure there are a lot of pc users that have the same problem as Eriisa and myself had (Eriisa still might).

Typical! After all that, I just logged on with the normal brainking link.

Aragon: I knew that.

ROFL! Yeah, right!

Now to get Sally back.

Nice one, Filip!!!

Hey, Backoff, your mummy-in-law is/was having the same problem as me.

Oh right! Yes, I did that chatty. No luck though. According to my computer BK doesn't exist except for the info page.

See y'all.

Er...what does re-booting involve? (I'm a computer dunce!)

I've tried 3 URLs. The bk2 one, which obviously doesn't work!
http://www.brainking.com/game/LoginPage
http://www.new.brainking.com/game/LoginPage

No joy - and I don't know how to resolve it.

<Since BK1 has been back I haven't been able to access the log-in page at all. I get a 'page cannot be found' notice. (I'm currently using a webtv-type thingy).

I have Window XP and Internet Explorer (I have tried Mozilla but still no luck).

I've deleted all cookies.
I've deleted all temporary internet files.
I've deleted history.
I've tried a 'restore' - back to before Saturday and BK2.

Nothing works.

What am I missing? (don't say it!)>

If you have any idea of the problem, please let me know (in plain simple language please!).

Thanks.

A good virus scan and removal is Housecall