Reader Mohamed Musthafa wrote to ask how to share his Internet connection more effectively: Mr terry Please help me. MY problem is i am using my friend s internet connection to use internet , he gave his user name and password also his mac address i change my computers mac address to his address now [...]
Speeding Up a Slow Dialup Connection
Reader Teri Scott wrote me to ask about her slow dialup Internet connection: Hello, I have a desktop and a laptop and live in a remote area so the only internet I can get is dial-up. We recently moved and in our previous home, my desktop and laptop connected consistently at about 36.8kps. Now my [...]
The Computer Keeps Dialing
Reader Harold wrote to ask: I am have problems finding it but I just know that you have dealt with the problem of a computer dialing the internet and how to track down the program that is causing it. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks, Harold I responded to Harold: First, do [...]
Preventing Sending Duplicate Emails
Recently, one of my Terry’s Computer Tips subscribers wrote to ask: Hi Terry I am running windows XP home and using Outlook Express as my mailbox. My problem is that on occasion (not every time) but enough of the time to be real annoying, I send out duplicate emails. Even when I send photos from [...]
Internet Access – Traveling Without Your Computer
If you’re on business and are visiting one of your company’s other locations, you can probably use a computer there to check your business email. Depending on the company’s Internet Acceptable Use Policy, you may or may not be allowed to check your personal email. Tech Tip Remember that the Internet Acceptable Use Policy is [...]
How about a Free Internet Service? Part 2
In my part 1 article How about a Free Internet Service?, reader Walter Scott wrote that he was trying out the NetZero Free Internet Service for his new notebook computer. Walter was looking for a method to make his Internet connections when visiting family or staying in a hotel that did not a good wired [...]
Inexpensive and Free Dialup Internet Service Providers
With AOL stepping back from the dialup market in the US, what’s left? In most areas, there are local phone companies and other local companies offering dialup services. You might be interested in them for multiple reasons, including supporting your local businesses. Some even have arrangements to use the large dialup networks that the large [...]
Free Dialup Account | Free Internet Dialup
Netzero is offering Free NetZero Internet Access for 10 hours per month. Sign up here. If you travel — now you can have dialup access for free. If you have a cable Internet connection — now you can have a backup for those times when your cable goes out. If you have a DSL connection [...]
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