Hello bloggers, it's TBSITW again.
Elaine has a new laptop and, in the process of setting it up, appears to have lost any internet connection. I can't go to help her in situ until Friday, so don't expect to hear again on her blog till after that at least.
All I can do to help is crawl around checking connections. The software side of connecting to the internet is a grey area to me (even though I was a computer programmer in the olden days!). So meantime a plea goes to "Elder Son", if he has a moment, to let Elaine know if he has any helpful hints on the subject.
Showing posts with label internet access. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet access. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Aaargh!
Just in case, I have been having a few problems accessing the Internet over the past few days. I think I know what the problem is, but am reluctant to grovel round on the floor to sort it out. The external modem has to be connected to the PC (obviously) and to the telephone socket via a splitter (also obviously, however those wonderful people at T***co haven't worked out that your computer might not be absolutely against the telephone socket.
My desk is, but the PC is below the right hand side of the desk.
Not exactly a million miles, is it?
However the two cables necessary to complete the connection are rather short, so I suspect that the modem now has rather a loose connection, and probably at the USB port.
As long as I can continue to work this is OK, but I may well be "missing in action" at some point.
When I log on I keep getting a message that the PC could not get a dialling tone.
Moving swiftly on, it has been a lovely day, bringing with it a very pleasant walk to Church.
Our minister has been preaching a series of sermons about the letters sent by Paul to the different Christian communities of the early Church. Today it was to the people of Ephesus; this city is now completely in ruins, but is a fascinating archaeological site. I had no idea that the Temple of Ephesus was one of the Wonders of the World, due to its size, which dwarfed mere humans, and its splendour, particularly for its statue to the Goddess Artemis, or Diana.
At the end of my last post, I had meant to mention that I had made 413 posts since I started! This is now the 414th!
My desk is, but the PC is below the right hand side of the desk.
Not exactly a million miles, is it?
However the two cables necessary to complete the connection are rather short, so I suspect that the modem now has rather a loose connection, and probably at the USB port.
As long as I can continue to work this is OK, but I may well be "missing in action" at some point.
When I log on I keep getting a message that the PC could not get a dialling tone.
Moving swiftly on, it has been a lovely day, bringing with it a very pleasant walk to Church.
Our minister has been preaching a series of sermons about the letters sent by Paul to the different Christian communities of the early Church. Today it was to the people of Ephesus; this city is now completely in ruins, but is a fascinating archaeological site. I had no idea that the Temple of Ephesus was one of the Wonders of the World, due to its size, which dwarfed mere humans, and its splendour, particularly for its statue to the Goddess Artemis, or Diana.
At the end of my last post, I had meant to mention that I had made 413 posts since I started! This is now the 414th!
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
How are the Mighty Fallen!
This morning I had to set my alarm for 7.15. Now this has been rather early for me lately as medication I have been prescribed for pain tends to cause me to sleep in (a nice change after not sleeping for days on end before). I set it because 2 weeks ago, the organic veg box man arrived at 8.20 to find me up and showered but not dressed. Oh the shame of it! I was determined this week not to repeat that! So what happens? You've got it. There I was up, showered, hair dry, dressed bed made and all my favourite blogs read before he arrived!
A very interesting box this week; apart from the consistent potatoes, carrots and onions, I got a purple cabbage (looks delicious), 3 leeks, 2 lettuce - and a PUMPKIN! I'll have to look up some recipes for that as I have never had one before - not sure if it may perhaps be too big for one, in which case I shall pass it on to daughter. Don't say "soup" please - my freezer is 'stappit fu' (this means, in polite English, full to the brim).
Then I had a home delivery from Tesco, and once again problems. One item not available was organic beetroot bunch and they substituted organic beetroot dipped in malt vinegar (yuk - hate malt vinegar), so that went back; and a further 3 important items missing altogether, so I had to go to the nearest Asda to get them. This is becoming a real bore. I lose my temper with either Asda or Tesco on a regular basis, but there is no other supermarket within reasonable driving distance.
Anyway, then cooked tea and went to one of the other flats to help another resident get connected to the internet.
"No problems" thought I.
Well, she had a Tesco disc, so I loaded it but the internet connection failed - on examination, she did not have a modem from Tesco. So I uninstalled the dial-up Tesco connection.
Then found that she had previously had installed an internet connection with BTInternet. So, I set out to renew it for her.
Well, it took ages to proceed from one page to the next, and then on 2 occasions it threw her out back to the desktop. Then in the end it failed to continue at all.
I confess myself stumped.
Not sure if I did it wrong (don't think so) or if it is the fact that it is an old pc with Windows 98, or if it is the fact that it was previously installed correctly and she let it lapse for months at least.
As it says at the top : how are the mighty fallen!
A very interesting box this week; apart from the consistent potatoes, carrots and onions, I got a purple cabbage (looks delicious), 3 leeks, 2 lettuce - and a PUMPKIN! I'll have to look up some recipes for that as I have never had one before - not sure if it may perhaps be too big for one, in which case I shall pass it on to daughter. Don't say "soup" please - my freezer is 'stappit fu' (this means, in polite English, full to the brim).
Then I had a home delivery from Tesco, and once again problems. One item not available was organic beetroot bunch and they substituted organic beetroot dipped in malt vinegar (yuk - hate malt vinegar), so that went back; and a further 3 important items missing altogether, so I had to go to the nearest Asda to get them. This is becoming a real bore. I lose my temper with either Asda or Tesco on a regular basis, but there is no other supermarket within reasonable driving distance.
Anyway, then cooked tea and went to one of the other flats to help another resident get connected to the internet.
"No problems" thought I.
Well, she had a Tesco disc, so I loaded it but the internet connection failed - on examination, she did not have a modem from Tesco. So I uninstalled the dial-up Tesco connection.
Then found that she had previously had installed an internet connection with BTInternet. So, I set out to renew it for her.
Well, it took ages to proceed from one page to the next, and then on 2 occasions it threw her out back to the desktop. Then in the end it failed to continue at all.
I confess myself stumped.
Not sure if I did it wrong (don't think so) or if it is the fact that it is an old pc with Windows 98, or if it is the fact that it was previously installed correctly and she let it lapse for months at least.
As it says at the top : how are the mighty fallen!
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