Windows XP SP3 is coming next week

diogenysos: Tried that lol

diogenysos: thats one of the sites i have tried and the different Passwords i have tried is crazyyyyyyyy

I do not think in the end its a BIOS Password, its either a Power on one OR something that they may have installed when it was in the shop as a display

diogenysos: Nope it says at bottom of screen <f2> to enter setup & <f12> to enter boot menu.

<f2> does show you set up, but as it does, the 'Enter Password' box comes up again
<f12> does not appear to do anything
<f8> will not work
well in fact i have tried all of them and the other normal ones Esc, Ins etc....

A friend of mine gave me a Advent Laptop he had a problem with. It was an ex shop display one that used to have shop software running. Anyway, when he brought it they unlocked it for him and removed anything of theirs. It has been running fine for months, then last week it just froze, so he switched it off.
Now when it starts it jumps up with 'Enter Password'
Now he has not set one anyway.
So the question is what is this password ? I am guessing it is a Power on Password or BIOS related anyway. Either way i can not get past it.
It will not let me into BIOS, so can not alter boot sequence to goto DVD first.
I have removed CMOS battery for 12 hours and its not helped.
There are no jumpers on the Motherboard, so thats not an option.

Any other ideas folks ?

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By tshahian · 12:24, March 24th, 2008 · Mozilla Community

The finalists have been chosen and voting has begun! We received close to 2,000 submissions from a growing global community of over 3,400 members on the Flickr contest group. Picking the top 5 was a very challenging task as there were many amazing designs to choose from. But the final decision is up to you!

Please take a moment and help us select the official Firefox 3 t-shirt by voting for your favorite design on the Mozilla Store. Voting will end on Sunday March 30th at 11:59 PM (PST). We’re excited to see which design wins!

Vote for Designs HERE

Snoopy: I know, this is the first version they have recommended for general users though (yet its not said on MozillaZine yet), although it is not the final release

Works fine for me, im flying through my games

I got this update from PC Pro this morning, Firefox 3.0 will be out in June

I am trying it right now, and boy is it fast

This has not been announced yet by Mozilla, even though that PC Pro press says they are going to. It is not the final edition and many Extensions do not work with 3.0 yet. If you would like to test it without losing your current setup (as normally it would over right your current one) download this HERE and run it on its own

I just downloaded some more FREE software that comes with my monthly Windows Advisor update (well worth subscribing if you live on your PC like me).

If you like the Vista start menu set up, but are running XP, then why not download Vista Start Menu

The Windows Advisor itself is great. You can learn absolutely everything about the inner depths of Windows itself, and how to modify your Registry to make your PC work for you

Well, this is something to do with Computers

Poor old Microsoft, wonder if they can afford it

volant & Erissa: The spider lol Here he is Spider, he just follows the cursor , i added the Tree frog as well, he does the same and eats the flies you give him as well ......oh little things please little minds lol

I think it has some great games there i have Chess, Poker, Frogger, Space Invaders, Helicopter, Hangman, Suduko at the moment, but there are hundreds

volant: I started with 5 Tabs, but then got carried away and started adding pointless stuff

Now i have just two. One for important stuff (News, Sport, Weather, RSS etc.....oh and the Spider, he is great), and one tab with a few nice games on for when i can not get on here lol

Does anyone else use igoogle ?

I been playing about with it for a couple of hours now, and its very useful to put everything you need on one page

Us in the Firefox fellowship Know how great Firefox is

Here is the latest from PC Pro News:

Firefox makes gains on Internet Explorer

Christoph Daum: That looks pretty neat, just looked it up on ebay, only $9.50

Seems cheep for such a useful gadget. So, you plug a keyboard, mouse and one monitor in to it, and up to 4 base units, then you can switch between them ?

How do you switch between them ?

I subscribe to a website called Lockergnome, and amazing place that keeps you (well me anyway lol) in contact with technology.
Most the stuff i look at on there, or via there free newsletter is Computer related.
Just a thing that i got in todays newsletter was an article about a problem i am sure many of you multi-computer users come across.

I repair and build computers, so when i am sitting here i have at least 3 PC's on and obviously keyboards to access them. So this short article Attention Keyboard designers was quite interesting and very true

If you find that interesting, why not subscribe to the newsletter, it very interesting

coan.net: hmmmm i do not know to be honest, i am not there right now. Its an Epsom 3 in 1 Printer, Scanner & Fax thingy lol

diogenysos: Well i think we have found the problem
It seems if she boots without her printer connected, its fine (but still slow), but why the printer should be causing a problem i do not know
Anyway, i have to go to hers to sort a few things today, so i will have another look

coan.net: Snap, thats the only conclusion i could come up with, thats why i told her to unplug the Ethernet cable.
The only other thing she has is a printer, just waiting for her to call back.
Crazy things these PC's

Now i think i am quite good with Computers, as i spend all day working and repairing them BUT todays problem is a good one i may have to look at tomorrow AGAIN, even though i have just spent 2 hours sorting it out (so i thought)

My sister has a PC with XP running on it at her home. She rang me to say when it boots, it gets to the select user screen, but when you select someone it just sits there, shows egg timer for a bit, then nothing, just stays where it is. It will not let you go past there

She brought the base unit to me today. I managed to get it to boot past there BUT very, very slowly. She had not run a disk clean ever and it had just about 2gb of rubbish on there which i got rid of.

Anyway, after that i downloaded CCleaner & Auslogics Disk Defragmenter so she could run these 2 great programs every so often.

I connected it to my cable, booted it up and logged in as normal, it was fine, just a bit slow if anything, but she does not have much RAM so thats ok.

It worked fine......Now she has taken it home, plugged it in, AND it stuck in exactly the same place. It will not let her get past that select user screen (With or without cable connected).

Problem............Why is it doing it over her house and not here ???

ellieoop: Never seen the problem before, but i had a look about for it (Google is great for finding errors answers lol)
Have a look at this page ip address conflict
in essence just follow this start > run > type cmd from the command prompt type ipconfig /release then hit enter.... when that finishes hit the up arrow and make the "release" into "renew" then hit enter, exit from cmd

coan.net: When i downloaded it i also downloaded the Web Security which runs in the background as the article i read does recommend it (but i guess that for people who have no such software installed)

I also have the software that runs with my Broadband package, thats running all the time as well, but i do not trust it. They want me to upgrade to a paying version.

Thats partly the reason i was interested in the review in the first place

I have used Spybot S & D for a while now, and it has always worked well

I have recently read an article in WebUser magazine on SpyWare programs where they have tried out the latest about (free and paid for).

Its funny that the 2 that came 1st and 2nd are both free ones, with SpyBot coming 2nd.

The one that came top was Spyware Terminator, which i downloaded and tried yesterday. Its easy to use, fast and has some great features.

It was close between this and SpyBot, but they think that SpyBot's user interface is better suited to Windows 98 than XP or Vista

Anyway, give Spyware Terminator a go, it appears to do everything needed

Question: How many have people have downloaded Firefox now ?

Answer: Roughly 400,000,000

coan.net: I thought about that, but i have changed nothing lately. What makes it funnier (or worse to try and sort) is today it is as fast as ever, yet i have altered nothing.
Process of elimination says that it may be something one of the Add-ons is getting hooked up on OR something else is taking up the RAM that Firefox needs, but when i look at all the running processes there is nothing and Firefox has all it should need.
So whats the problem lol

diogenysos: Yes my friend, i think i will give that a go
Best i make a list of my Add-ons first

............has my Firefox started running so slowly ?
It is taking between 30 & 40 seconds to load a page. I know Firefox uses a lot of RAM, but this is getting crazy. It just seems to stop when loading a page and i get the dreaded (Not Responding) at the top of the page.
I have no clue whats causing, it. I have tried cleaning old files etc... out (but i do that every day anyway), but no effect. There is plenty of room on my hard drive and i have nothing else running.
The WORSE thing is that I.E. is fast as hell, when i just run it.
Its just Firefox, when ever i run anything else this system is fast as anything.
Anyone any ideas why it is on go slow ???

Bernice: (Part 2) Just to add a shortcut......

1. Right-click on the icon you created and choose Properties > Shortcut
2. Click in the box that says Shortcut Key. The cursor will appear after the word None. Hold down the Key combination you want to use for the shortcut (e.g. CTRL - ALT - X). The shortcut will replace the word None
3. Click Apply and OK.

Windows will now shut instantly you use that key combination

1. Right-click anywhere on your desktop and choose New > Shortcut (a dialogue box will open)
2. In the item location box type: %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00
3. Click Next
4. Give the shortcut a name You choose, mines Bye Bye
5. Click Finish

A new icon will appear on your desktop. Just double click it and Windows will shut down immediately

If you are into computers, well more to the point Firefox and have not read the brainking Fellowship Board, we now have:

The Firefox Fellowship

This Fellowship is here for uses on brainking to discuss anything at all about Firefox and other Mozilla products.
It will be kept up to date with all the latest happenings in the world of Firefox, the latest releases, new extensions & themes and any other information about it.

Also, for the member here, we can talk about any problems you may have, advice can be given or found out (via MozillaZine), advice on altering your about:config (Configuration Console) and hopefully creating your own Extension in the future (i am working on one now).

Oh, and as we are on brainking, we will have the odd few Tournaments

Come and join The Firefox Fellowship

Is anyone else here using/or know anything about Extension Developers Extension for Firefox used for creating Firefox Extensions (Add-ons) ?

If so, could someone tell me what information is needed (and what can be left out) in Extension Builder when editing the install.rdf file ?
(GUID and Version number are already there)

I know i have to make sure Firefox (not worried about T'bird & Mozilla suite) is ticked & Min / Max versions are included, but how much of the rest of that info is really needed to create the build .XPI file ?

I think i may create a Firefox Fellowship to discuss Firefox and all its different aspects.

Family Man: Well, i do not know what could be causing it then, Accuweather is running fine, but you could try to make sure you have the latest version or uninstall and reinstall it.

Have you got a decent virus scanner ? If not you can download AVG from grisoft for free from HERE

Family Man: Well i have exactly the same set up, and mine is loading fine, so presumming you have all the latest updates etc the problem is not that.
I guess its your PC, is it only effecting accuweather or anything else ?

Family Man: Have you tried holding down your left CTRL key and use your mouse wheel to increase / decrease ?

Just a short article for all us Firefox people, Microsoft's Media Player for Firefox - Plugin

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Fencer, how about getting brainking to the top of Google search ? Try netconcepts, may be able to get us up there

HTTP ERROR: 501

Method M=&MXB=&M=31&SUBMIT=++++MOVE++++&MA=6&NGI=2288720GET is not defined in RFC 2068 and is not supported by the Servlet API

RequestURI=/en/GameList

Powered by Jetty://

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HTTP ERROR: 501

Method G=2445293&CAT=3&CODE1=2445293&CODE2=0&CODE3=0&CODE4=0&BM=&MXB=&M=11&SUBMIT=++++MOVE++++&MA=6&NGI=2288719POST is not defined in RFC 2068 and is not supported by the Servlet API

RequestURI=/en/DoMove

Powered by Jetty://

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As to why i have started getting these Error messages. It happened a couple of times yesterday, and lots today. Seems to happen more the faster i try to play. As far as i know i have not changed anything, apart from updating my virus scanner lately.

Confused.com

15 Feb, 2007 Lockergnome General, Blogroll, Technology

Being curious by nature, I thought I would take a look at Firefox 3, the next release of Firefox which is in Alpha stage 2, and not ready for public testing. But since I have a test box to throw the latest Firefox on, I thought why not.

Note: Alpha release are development software and are not meant for the general public to play with. So wait until the software is released to beta.

Well as the website states, the interface is Firefox 2. And nothing more, nothing less so far. But there is one thing I noticed right away. Whether it is planned or not, this browser is fast. Very,very fast. And during use, the memory problem that has effected other versions seems to have been tamed. I opened multiple versions of Firefox 3 and and multiple tabs and there was not that HUGE memory burst and cpu thrashing that I have seen before.

It seems that the developers are making some efforts to improving the overall performance of Firefox 3, and not just some cosmetic changes. Good job Mozilla team.

I’m looking forward to the beta of Firefox 3.
Estimated release date of final version - end of 2007. Bring it on

For those that keep up to date about things, just a very little article about Firefox.
Also, the site lockergnome is a great one to join (for free), you get a newsletter most days full of computer/internet stuff

Is there any way to get the Tab button on your keyboard to work as a tab in a typing box here, rather than it jumping to the next field ?

Czuch Czuckers: I have been through every add-on they do (i think lol) and tried alot like BBW.

Now i only really use:

Greasemonkey, for use with hexkids script.

Resizeable Textarea, lets you make the text boxes we type in here any size you want, great for writing large stuff.

Forecastfox, like BBW says, great weather add-on.

del.icio.us, great for storing bookmarks, and also able to access them from any pc.

Gmail Manager, great if you have a Googlemail account.

Perma Tabs, lets you make tabs permanent.

Some others that i use just for fun:

Footiefox, Clear cache button, Colorful Tabs, Fireform, No Go button, Searchbar Autosizer

BerniceC: Yes, i have done all the usual stuff, but day by day the space gets smaller & smaller. Much more and nothing will run.

And now for something completely different LOL

Seriously, why is the space on my C: drive shrinking by the day, even though i am even deleting programs off it now to try and get some more?
Got rid of emails, temp files, you name it.......
Defrag wont even run now as i have less than 15% free.

clueless36: I know last night the site went back to giving me white pages after submitting a move, but no error messages about like before. Its as if the lines (maybe the site) were too busy. I have broadband and dont normally have any problems, or when i do at least others do.
Last night after submitting a move. the game would go and done would come up in the status bar, then it would just sit there. Then after 10secs, 30secs or more it may carry on. In the end it stopped coming back, but if thats a site or line problem i do not know.

xmas is soon: Firefox is great. The problem is with less than 512 Ram you may get problems as more things run.
XP uses alot of Ram itself, in fact if you have less than 256 i dont think it will even install.

"Snoopy": What size memory do you have ?
It will struggle to run properly if you have Windows XP running it & only 256 of RAM.
Also try to keep to only one window, with a max of about 8 Tabs. That helped me.

"Snoopy": It was me that told Rose about it, after you told me you used it. I thought it may solve some of her problems.

If she is having problems with Seamonkey (wonder if they are related to ME lol) as well, i wonder if it could be anything else. Thats all her browsers that she has hassle with.

What operating system you using Rose ?

Hrqls: It was not me that had the dice/boats problem. I kept getting game where either one or both dice were missing. Seems ok today (at the moment). I was getting parts of a Ludo board beside mine & my opponents name in games, where the little graph is. That was the latest thing.
I look after my PC, clear it virtually every day, scan it & defrag it weekly, and my virus scanner and firewall are working fine. Funny enough, it only happens on this site, no where else i go. So as much as people say its not brainking, will someone tell me why it ONLY happens on this site ?

Hrqls: I use my Compaq Presrio, Windows XP home and use Firefox mainly, but do use I.E. sometimes. As i said it has only started last couple of weeks, since others have mentioned it as well i know its not just me. Maybe as it is others as well its microsoft, lets blame them