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"Carey Holzman" <> wrote in message
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> I thank you for showing me true human nature. I help hundreds of people,
> not a single one has had any negative consequence of said help, and yet
> you find the time to warn people about me?
>
> What did I ever do to you to justify this attack?
>
> Whether you like it or not, I will continue helping people.
>
> Carey
>
I second that Carey. I quite often flick through these newsgroups and know
that if you are on the case the problem usually get sorted. Perhaps the OP
should put more energy in helping rather than criticising someone who puts a
lot of time and effort into helping others with problems.

As I mentioned, leave it to human nature to find something bad about
something good, even if they have to make it up.

Thanks, Tony. I appreciate your support.

Carey

"Tony" <> wrote in message
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> "Carey Holzman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> I thank you for showing me true human nature. I help hundreds of people,
>> not a single one has had any negative consequence of said help, and yet
>> you find the time to warn people about me?
>>
>> What did I ever do to you to justify this attack?
>>
>> Whether you like it or not, I will continue helping people.
>>
>> Carey
>>
> I second that Carey. I quite often flick through these newsgroups and
> know that if you are on the case the problem usually get sorted. Perhaps
> the OP should put more energy in helping rather than criticising someone
> who puts a lot of time and effort into helping others with problems.
>

I too have checked this site out. As well meaning as it
may be, it does create a major security risk on XP PC's.
By all means follow the advice to get your network working
but I agree that it is a good idea to reinstall a firewall
and allow only your own network PC's to connect as soon as
you have got it right.

Steve
>-----Original Message-----
>Wireless Networking can be a nightmare if it doesn't work
>out of the box and so it is frustrating and you get
>deperate for help. (Which is probably why you are in this
>form) But be very careful what advice you accept!
>
>One common site offered asks you to uninstall your
fireall
>(not just disable it) dowload a "registry patch" <joke!>
>and effectively activate your guest account with a blank
>password to be accessed via a network. In doing so,
>anyone with your email address (such as from their guest
>book) can obtain your IP address when you are on the net
>and sign in to your PC as an anonymous guest. Sure you
>might get some useful help... and these people may not
>even do anything mailicious, just browse through your
>files and copy a few mp3 files etc. but do you really
want
>to risk it?
>
>Certainly firewll programs such as zone alarm and norton
>internet security can (WILL) cause grief unless they are
>configured not to block your networked PC's. But NEVER
>uninstall these programs completely. Instead I suggest
>you write down all the steps you want/need to try and
then
>disable the firewall until you get everything working. I
>also suggest you disconnect from the internet until you
>first get all PC's talking to each other and sharing
>files/folders you want. (Make sure they are in the same
>workgroup by the way.)
>
>Two of the handiest trouble shooting helpers are
available
>from the command prompt in your start menu.
>
>These are:
>
>1. Ping /? This will bring up parameter instructions
>which will allow you to ping the IP addresses of your
>router and each PC on your network. A response means you
>have a connection. Time out means communication isn't
>happening or being blocked by something (such as Nortons
>Internet Security)
>example: ping 192.168.0.1 (<- this is a default
>address for many routers).
>Right clicking on the LAN/Wireless networking icon in the
>taskbar and viewing properties and 'support' tab will
show
>you the IP address of the PC. Only once you can
>successfully ping each address (including the PC you are
>on) will you be able to make progress.
>
>2. ipconfig /all This will show you the all current IP
>related settings for the PC. In most cases they will be
>assigned by the DHCP functionality on the router (if you
>have one) ipconfig /? will give you other parameters
>including the ability to release the settings and attempt
>to get new ones. Again, only once each PC has an IP
>address (usually in the same range) will you be able to
>progess in setting up your network.
>
>Good luck in getting your network running smoothly.
>
>mags
>.
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