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| Thread ID: 106324 | 2010-01-04 22:27:00 | Desktop PC not talking to router | bluenose (14548) | Press F1 |
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| 845887 | 2010-01-11 03:21:00 | What server do you update your clock from? What is the address or IP? To stay logged in, check the "stay logged in" box I use an app. called "dimension 4 v5.0. (Google it).It is used by thousands of 'Hams' around the world. The software contains url's for dozens of Standard Timeclocks around the world. I use Massey Uni in Palmerston North ntp.massey.ac.nz It small icon sits in the toolbar and I've just double clicked it and the PC clock has been adjusted by -0.02 seconds. So it proves that the port is sending and receiving. Still can't find stay logged in box. |
bluenose (14548) | ||
| 845888 | 2010-01-11 04:39:00 | Sorry, the box is called "Remember Me?" and is only viewable when you are logged out. I wonder if your PC has some strange issue with HTTP traffic, since time servers use NTP which is a different protocol... have you tried anything else, like FTP or HTTPS? Try browsing to ftp.entropiauniverse.com (FTP site for Entropia Universe game) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 845889 | 2010-01-11 05:02:00 | OK Agent 24. I thought it might be the "remember me" box but have to go and break bread with SWMBO now so I'll try it after. How do browse to those sites when browser doesn't even let me browse to the router? See you later. Thanks. |
bluenose (14548) | ||
| 845890 | 2010-01-11 05:10:00 | Well as you already proved yourself, you can access the NTP server and synchronize your clock so you must be getting some kind of Internet connection, even if you can't view the router page. And you said you could get emails, correct? This would be through POP3 which is also not HTTP. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 845891 | 2010-01-11 07:04:00 | Well as you already proved yourself, you can access the NTP server and synchronize your clock so you must be getting some kind of Internet connection, even if you can't view the router page. And you said you could get emails, correct? This would be through POP3 which is also not HTTP. No! I cannot 'receive' emails. What I said was that I can launch Mailwasher and it connects to Paradise but there is no email advice coming back when I know there is email for me. The Mailwasher page just sits on the screen complete except for the mail waiting notification. I have just been looking through the C\ drive and have come across a folder called 'found.000'. I opened it and it contains another folder called 'dir0000.chk created on 4/01/2100 at 9:01 p.m. I thought I had found something here but the folder was empty. I now remember doing a chkdsk (can't remember the / part now). And I thought AHH MISSING FRAGMENTS, but no it was empty. Might that give you any clues? There is quite a lot on Google but opinions differ. |
bluenose (14548) | ||
| 845892 | 2010-01-11 10:36:00 | Why did you run chkdsk? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 845893 | 2010-01-11 20:19:00 | Have you tried another browser? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 845894 | 2010-01-13 07:10:00 | @ Agent 24. Is the use of chkdsk with or without /f /r etc not recommended? @ SolMiester. IE and F/F as mentioned in my original post. |
bluenose (14548) | ||
| 845895 | 2010-01-13 07:52:00 | If your hard drive was faulty and you thought it was just filesystem damage, running chkdsk would probably cause more problems and make it harder for data recovery professionals. There is nothing wrong with chkdsk itself, it does what it's designed to do (fix errors in the filesystem) the problem is that it just doesn't always do what's best for your data. I was just interested as to why you ran chkdsk, if you had some other problem it could be related to the connection problem as well |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 845896 | 2010-01-23 04:05:00 | I bet you thought that I had forgotten about this thread. Well I haven't. The problem has been solved and I have been running the PC for a week now with no further problems. So here it is. In the earlier posts I mentioned that the only "autostart" that runs at Boot was Avast and that that auto updated on start. The problem showed when I booted first thing in the morning after the PC had been running ok the night before. Got the clue yet? It seems that for some reason the Avast update reversed the setting of "Web Shield" and I found out later when I couldn't receive email, that it had also reversed the setting of "Internet Mail". No I'm not going to update to Avast 5 yet, I'm just waiting for the teething problems to get sorted. For the time being 4.8 will be sufficient. So thanks to all who helped and made suggestions and showed a lot of patience. It was much appreciated. :clap |
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