HELP!!! Nasty IE problem has me stumped.
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I did that before, but it was older OS (98 and 95, I think) and it was a pain in the butt. You had to have a null cable and setting up a master and a slave, etc.vraiblonde said:
I'll give that a shot and see if it works. I have plenty of USB cables, but I'm not sure if I have an ethernet cable lying around.
Jazzy, without going back to the beginning, don't you have a Dell? Whatever the case, can't you pull out your paperwork and call for IT support, even if it isn't Dell? I had, what sounds like a very similar problem a little over a year ago. A virus got me... I had to reinstall my O/S... I lost everything - luckily you haven't... I know you've probably already thought of all of this, just remembered that we went through a safe mode for data retrieval (which none of mine could be saved) then scrap and dump.... :shrug:
jazz lady said:Actually, both of them are Dells. The desktop is about 2.5 years old. I guess I could ask them. Not sure what happened, but it has sure messed my internet connection up. Fortunately, everything is still there and is now backed up.
That is how the problem "showed" itself - with IE shutting down... Then, a total inability to access it, then total pc lock-ups, etc...
Definitely give them a call - you can probably repair or reinstall, then have smooth sailing w/walk through support! Just note - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIME WHEN DOING IT! It takes a while...
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Penn
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I repeat: what Vrai said - if both of your computers have an ethernet port, there is a crossover cable(available at Staples), normally yellow in color to differentiate it from the other ethernet cables, and it can be used to transfer date/files from one machine to the other.jazz lady said:Actually, both of them are Dells. The desktop is about 2.5 years old. I guess I could ask them. Not sure what happened, but it has sure messed my internet connection up. Fortunately, everything is still there and is now backed up.
Doh!
I won't have time until later on in the week. I'm running behind as it in getting done what I needed to get done today. I'm sure I'll be up for another couple of hours finishing stuff up.virgovictoria said:That is how the problem "showed" itself - with IE shutting down... Then, a total inability to access it, then total pc lock-ups, etc...
Definitely give them a call - you can probably repair or reinstall, then have smooth sailing w/walk through support! Just note - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIME WHEN DOING IT! It takes a while...
That goes without saying.
I think I can "borrow" one from work very easily.Penn said:I repeat: what Vrai said - if both of your computers have an ethernet port, there is a crossover cable(available at Staples), normally yellow in color to differentiate it from the other ethernet cables, and it can be used to transfer date/files from one machine to the other.
Doh!
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