PC world had a recent very good article about laptop batteries that changes many of the things we have come to believe about batteries.\

http://www.pcworld.com/article/191574/long_live_your_laptop_battery.html

To "resynchronize" the Numlock status when Windows seems to keep turning it off:

Make sure bios is setting numlock on
log off
make sure num lock is ON
restart without logging back on
after logon, make sure num lock is on,  If not, turn it on then restart again.

 

It's easy to reset your your browser back to be internet explorer by default.  Click Here to read the article

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www.opendns.org

DNS Servers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

'm using nslookup on Windows. Why does each response point to your server at resolver1.opendns.com, with address 208.67.222.222, instead of to the domain in question?

nslookup, on Windows computers, appends the default local domain name of the Windows machine to the query. You can work around this by appending a trailing period to the domain(s) you request.

Example:
Instead of nslookup www.craigslist.org
you should use nslookup www.craigslist.org.

Note the trailing period after the .org — critical.

First back up all data on your computer as this procedure completely wipes out your system.  Turn off the computer and unplug any printers/peripherals (except the mouse, monitor and keyboard).

   1. Power the computer on.
   2. When the Dell screen appears press and hold the <Ctrl> key on the keyboard, press the <F11> key, then release them both at the same time.
      The Dell PC Restore by Symantec window appears.

Follow the onscreen instructions.

Caution:  This will probably delete data.

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Turn checking for 2nd router off:

type in Homeportal/mdc in browser
Find the setting under firewall for checking for 2nd router and uncheck

also may have to uncheck excessive session if problems arise.

Use PPPoE with username: sbcyahooreg@sbcglobal.net
Use PPPoE with password: sbcreg
Go to page: help.sbcglobal.net/register

Slipstream 5100 modem does pppoe and can be configured with:
192.168.0.1  You need the modem access code (on bottom) to configure.

Port PCanywhere
PCanywhere uses a range of ports.
When connecting, PCanywhere first sends a UDP packet to ping whether the system is alive. If the user doesn't know the IP address, PCanywhere will ping the entire local address range with these packets looking for servers. These scans are frequently seen by home users from their neighbors.

These UDP pings are sent to both ports 22 and 5632 (in hex, 0x0016 and 0x1600 respectively). The intended port was 5632, but a programming bug swapped the bytes in order versions.

PCanywhere will not work through a firewall because the UDP packet must go through in both directions.

22 (UDP)
Used in older versions, though newer version still use it for backwards compatibility.
5632 (UDP)
Used to "ping" the host in order to check its status (whether the target host is running PCanywhere, and if the service is currently busy).
5631 (TCP)
Remote control runs over this port
65301 (TCP)

By default SBC blocks many people from using port 25 (SMTP relay)  You can request unblocking by visiting this site:

http://helpme.att.net/article.php?item=4640

Not enough server storage
Not enough server storage is available to process this command.

Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications and retry.

These error messages can indicate the IRPStackSize bug on the other machine (the server that has the share). On that computer open the event log and check for event ID 2011. If this is present, it is a strong indication for this particular bug.

To repair it, you have to reset the IRPStackSize parameter back to its default value of 15 on the server where the share is.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
 \SYSTEM
  \CurrentControlSet
    \Services
     \lanmanserver
      \parameters

Check for the presence of a value named IRPStackSize. If it doesn't exist, create it as type DWORD. With base set to decimal, enter the value 15.

Reboot the computer.

One frequent culprit is Norton AntiVirus, which tends to change this parameter.

Check also this Microsoft Knowledge Base article. It does not mention Windows XP, but applies to XP as well.

Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011 (Q177078)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177078