skybytch 273 #1 March 6, 2002 I keep clicking on Get Msg in my mail program but I'm not getting any msg's. pull and flare,lisa---Mondays suck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #2 March 6, 2002 ummmm....it's called no one loves you so they aren't emailing you.....Here in the industry we call it user error. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites R00tj00se 0 #3 March 6, 2002 This is known as Computer User Non-Technical (work out the acronym for yourself). My, geeks are funny aren't they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #4 March 6, 2002 Lisa.... wait long enough and maybe some one will send you mail. We do love you, but if you post pictures of your boobies, there will be a lot more mail for you to read. OR this could just be another Can't Understand aNything Technical situation....... Actually their mail server is probally offline for a bit. Check back in an hour.Cause I don't wanna come back down from this cloud... ~ Bush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skycat 0 #5 March 6, 2002 I don't know how many times when I was doing tech support for the nortel PBX that they would say things weren't working and it turned out they didn't plug something it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #6 March 6, 2002 Quoteit's called no one loves youFunny that's what my coworkers tell me too.... pull and flare,lisa---Mondays suck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites indyz 1 #7 March 7, 2002 Quotethey would say things weren't working and it turned out they didn't plug something it.I get the same crap all of the time here at the University. "The Zip drive doesn't work and I can't get the disk out." Long story short, she had managed the plug the parallel cable in correctly but forgot about the AC adapter. She thought I was a genius when I pulled out my trusty paperclip and got the disk out. That helped her solve the error message she got on her other computer when she tried to access a Zip drive (with power, this time) with no disk in it. --BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jumperpaula 0 #8 March 7, 2002 Quote ...but if you post pictures of your boobies, there will be a lot more mail for you to read Amen to that! Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Magistr8 0 #9 March 7, 2002 This is so embarasing. But in WinME how do you setup your two computers to read each oethers drives?Please note that I am trying to do this over the phone and have never used winME. I would assume1) plug in cable2 network neighborhood3) pick and choose the filesWho ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites indyz 1 #10 March 7, 2002 Over the phone between two WinME boxes? You need to get networking going between them, which as far as I know, isn't possible with the software that comes with ME. The simplest solution would be to buy a product like pcAnywhere from Symantec.--BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Magistr8 0 #11 March 7, 2002 That last post was confusing for the reader.I am helping a friend over the phone do his networking and wanted to know what to tell him. I'm pretty positive that those are the steps to take having used every other OS but ME. Why I never bothered to learn I blame on terrible reviews from mags and my buddiesWho ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites indyz 1 #12 March 7, 2002 Networking under ME is identical to 98 as far as I have noticed.--BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Magistr8 0 #13 March 7, 2002 That is exactly as I thought. So then then steps above will work for 95, 98 as well as ME. This is now no longer a question but a fact. Pardon my brief mooment of ignoranceWho ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skycat 0 #14 March 7, 2002 he has to make sure file sharing is on, I had to do this last year when I rebuilt Derek's box. Ended up needing to put his info on my machine until the other one was rebuilt. This should be under properties of the drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kris 0 #15 March 7, 2002 I assume you are using ethernet. If you don't have an ethernet hub or switch you will need a crossover cable (RX & TX pairs swapped) plugged in-between the two PC's.From there, just set them up with a unique private DNS address (10.15.15.2 for PC1 & 10.15.15.3 for PC2 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0) for each PC. Do not use DHCP.Enable File Sharing in Control Panel > Network and then go to the properties of the drive you want to share and enable sharing on the drives / folders you want to share.Or you could be easy and set them up on the same workgroup name and enable IPX which is a pretty decent protocol but buggy to troubleshoot.There are a lot of good FAQ's on the net on "peer to peer" networking. Do a search on Yahoo for that phrase and you will find what you need.Kris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #16 March 7, 2002 WinME? Yuck.To be totally unhelpful:WinME NetworkingTake shotgun.Shoot both computers.Scatter pieces of each one in the remains of the other one.Sorry. I just don't like WinME. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #17 March 7, 2002 Geeks with guns..... (sad)"Don't die until you're dead" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #18 March 7, 2002 No! Not the gun control thread again. PLEASE!Anything but that. Well, anything that doesn't involve Clay, Skreamer or sheep. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ScottishJohn 25 #19 March 7, 2002 I reckon that if I was allowed to take a gun to work then the "Lusers"wouldn't bother me with stupid dumb ass questions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #20 March 7, 2002 QuoteWell, anything that doesn't involve Clay, Skreamer or sheep.Add boobies to that list and this forum would shrivel up and die! WillPS notice you left poodles out of that list - Woo-hoo!! Party on!!! "Don't die until you're dead" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skreamer 1 #21 March 7, 2002 Know EXACTLY what you mean, John. Cracks me up when they do something stoopid and then try and get shitty with me and want it fixed RIGHT NOW!!! When they ask nicely and politely I try and help them, when they give me attitude I go for a looooong tea break... "Don't die until you're dead" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #22 March 7, 2002 QuotePS notice you left poodles out of that list - Woo-hoo!! Party on!!! It is so hard to keep track of your "girlfriends" and Clay's. Let me repeat this to help me remember:Clay - SheepSkreamer - PoodlesClay - SheepSkreamer - PoodlesClay - SheepSkreamer - PoodlesThere, now maybe I'll be able to keep them straight. Amusing, that the word "straight" can be used in connection to sexual preferences involve sheep and poodles. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #23 March 7, 2002 BOFH with a gun? Now THAT'S scary._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com Yahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ScottishJohn 25 #24 March 7, 2002 LOLHe wouldn't need one , I'm sure he could cause more pain and suffering with a few well chosen commands i.e. rm -R Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #25 March 7, 2002 I think you meant:su rootcd /rm -r"Daddy? What does 'Formatting Drive C: mean?'"ICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com Yahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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R00tj00se 0 #3 March 6, 2002 This is known as Computer User Non-Technical (work out the acronym for yourself). My, geeks are funny aren't they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 March 6, 2002 Lisa.... wait long enough and maybe some one will send you mail. We do love you, but if you post pictures of your boobies, there will be a lot more mail for you to read. OR this could just be another Can't Understand aNything Technical situation....... Actually their mail server is probally offline for a bit. Check back in an hour.Cause I don't wanna come back down from this cloud... ~ Bush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #5 March 6, 2002 I don't know how many times when I was doing tech support for the nortel PBX that they would say things weren't working and it turned out they didn't plug something it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #6 March 6, 2002 Quoteit's called no one loves youFunny that's what my coworkers tell me too.... pull and flare,lisa---Mondays suck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #7 March 7, 2002 Quotethey would say things weren't working and it turned out they didn't plug something it.I get the same crap all of the time here at the University. "The Zip drive doesn't work and I can't get the disk out." Long story short, she had managed the plug the parallel cable in correctly but forgot about the AC adapter. She thought I was a genius when I pulled out my trusty paperclip and got the disk out. That helped her solve the error message she got on her other computer when she tried to access a Zip drive (with power, this time) with no disk in it. --BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #8 March 7, 2002 Quote ...but if you post pictures of your boobies, there will be a lot more mail for you to read Amen to that! Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #9 March 7, 2002 This is so embarasing. But in WinME how do you setup your two computers to read each oethers drives?Please note that I am trying to do this over the phone and have never used winME. I would assume1) plug in cable2 network neighborhood3) pick and choose the filesWho ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #10 March 7, 2002 Over the phone between two WinME boxes? You need to get networking going between them, which as far as I know, isn't possible with the software that comes with ME. The simplest solution would be to buy a product like pcAnywhere from Symantec.--BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #11 March 7, 2002 That last post was confusing for the reader.I am helping a friend over the phone do his networking and wanted to know what to tell him. I'm pretty positive that those are the steps to take having used every other OS but ME. Why I never bothered to learn I blame on terrible reviews from mags and my buddiesWho ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #12 March 7, 2002 Networking under ME is identical to 98 as far as I have noticed.--BrianHomepageAIM: suprmath Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #13 March 7, 2002 That is exactly as I thought. So then then steps above will work for 95, 98 as well as ME. This is now no longer a question but a fact. Pardon my brief mooment of ignoranceWho ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #14 March 7, 2002 he has to make sure file sharing is on, I had to do this last year when I rebuilt Derek's box. Ended up needing to put his info on my machine until the other one was rebuilt. This should be under properties of the drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #15 March 7, 2002 I assume you are using ethernet. If you don't have an ethernet hub or switch you will need a crossover cable (RX & TX pairs swapped) plugged in-between the two PC's.From there, just set them up with a unique private DNS address (10.15.15.2 for PC1 & 10.15.15.3 for PC2 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0) for each PC. Do not use DHCP.Enable File Sharing in Control Panel > Network and then go to the properties of the drive you want to share and enable sharing on the drives / folders you want to share.Or you could be easy and set them up on the same workgroup name and enable IPX which is a pretty decent protocol but buggy to troubleshoot.There are a lot of good FAQ's on the net on "peer to peer" networking. Do a search on Yahoo for that phrase and you will find what you need.Kris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #16 March 7, 2002 WinME? Yuck.To be totally unhelpful:WinME NetworkingTake shotgun.Shoot both computers.Scatter pieces of each one in the remains of the other one.Sorry. I just don't like WinME. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #17 March 7, 2002 Geeks with guns..... (sad)"Don't die until you're dead" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #18 March 7, 2002 No! Not the gun control thread again. PLEASE!Anything but that. Well, anything that doesn't involve Clay, Skreamer or sheep. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottishJohn 25 #19 March 7, 2002 I reckon that if I was allowed to take a gun to work then the "Lusers"wouldn't bother me with stupid dumb ass questions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #20 March 7, 2002 QuoteWell, anything that doesn't involve Clay, Skreamer or sheep.Add boobies to that list and this forum would shrivel up and die! WillPS notice you left poodles out of that list - Woo-hoo!! Party on!!! "Don't die until you're dead" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #21 March 7, 2002 Know EXACTLY what you mean, John. Cracks me up when they do something stoopid and then try and get shitty with me and want it fixed RIGHT NOW!!! When they ask nicely and politely I try and help them, when they give me attitude I go for a looooong tea break... "Don't die until you're dead" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #22 March 7, 2002 QuotePS notice you left poodles out of that list - Woo-hoo!! Party on!!! It is so hard to keep track of your "girlfriends" and Clay's. Let me repeat this to help me remember:Clay - SheepSkreamer - PoodlesClay - SheepSkreamer - PoodlesClay - SheepSkreamer - PoodlesThere, now maybe I'll be able to keep them straight. Amusing, that the word "straight" can be used in connection to sexual preferences involve sheep and poodles. Justin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #23 March 7, 2002 BOFH with a gun? Now THAT'S scary._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com Yahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottishJohn 25 #24 March 7, 2002 LOLHe wouldn't need one , I'm sure he could cause more pain and suffering with a few well chosen commands i.e. rm -R Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #25 March 7, 2002 I think you meant:su rootcd /rm -r"Daddy? What does 'Formatting Drive C: mean?'"ICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com Yahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
