lol.. my rating is a semi-colon?... damnit! I knew I should have taken that '4301 - Advanced Terminologies of Keyboard Symbols' course..

because, like this topic, it's that sort of rhetoric that gets responses, and people don't like for their presence to go unnoticed. If it isn't arguementative than people wouldn't bother responding to it. Whether their responses are in an approving manner or not. You don't approve of statements that you know, and presume everyone knows, to be true. This would have to be a pretty factual statement though.. like mathmatic orientated.

not really.. I could look it up though, if I wanted to pretend I did :P

haha.. I didn't understand why you would bring politics into this until I read her profile..

what exactly does a super liberal liberal mean? That's like sympathizing with a sympathizer, which is that much less relative to empathizing.

I'm just kidding, I know you are just emphazing how much cooler you are than the average liberal .. haha

in regards to the instruction on the ehow.com site for changing your IP address.. most of those instructions assume that you are not using a home network or router and that you don't have a static IP address.

Also, it is better to use 'Repair Connection' or simply 'Repair' over the command 'ipconfig /release' and 'ipconfig /renew'.. as those commands are actually integrated with the 'Repair Connection' function as well as other commands that optimize and flush certain network cache, and account for third party services that are running on your computer.

to use Repair, simply right click your Network connection icon, located at the bottom right of your desktop, otherwise known as the Startup Tray, and left click 'Repair'.

Alternatively, Click Start > Control Panel > Network Connections > Right Click the connection that says 'Connected' as a status > Left Click 'Repair'

Again, this will not work if you have a static ip assigned to you by your ISP, and/or if you're on a home network.

EDIT:

This command may come in better use than the ipconfig /release or /renew commands, and is worth mentioning.

in your command console( Click Start > Run > type 'cmd' > Press Enter).. type "ipconfig /all", for a full display of all the information of your network connection status, from all your status-'connected' network connections (meaning, if you have both your wireless and LAN network connections connected.. it will show information on both, seperately).

as Billyclub said, it's important for us to understand why you 'think' you need to change your IP.

If your objective is to 'mask' your actual IP address, you will require the services of an anonymous proxy server.

You can find more information on these servers and their function/service at http://www.publicproxyservers.com/

Understand that you are effectively using these servers as a median between your computer and the internet, just as you would your router. They do not replace your ISP. You will need access to the internet to gain access to their server.

Here is some general information on IPs:

Your external IP is provided to you by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). There are two types of services they provide in this instance: Static IP and Dynamic IP.

Static IPs, which is an IP address that does not change, are generally for commerical usage or hosting a server/website. Because of the unchanging IP property of Static IPs, you could register a .com name, which must be associated to an IP address, and not worry about the .com name being associated to an IP address that may or will change. Once you have your Domain Name (www.repochicksbusiness.com) setup to your IP address, you can host a website from your 'configured' computer/server. If you are attempting to change your Static IP, you will need to contact your ISP and inform them that you would like to change your Static IP address.

Dynamic IPs are changing IP addresses. It's event driven, meaning.. the IP address doesn't change will it's in usage, or while you're connected to your ISP. So to change this IP address, simply turn off your modem for a period of time longer than 5 minutes. When turning off your modem for a period of time and than turning it back on, you may recieve a new IP address. I say 'may' as a disclaimer, because it really depends on the availibility of open IP addresses and the amount of time you have your modem off. Obviously, if you turn your modem off for a year, you are more than likely going to get a new IP address.
I would presume that there are network Polices that your ISP have implemented that should change your IP address in this fashion, as
people tend to turn off their modems because they are attempting to change their IP address, or are troubleshooting a connection problem.. thus it makes sense that your ISP would force the IP change. Also, I wouldn't worry about them running out of availible IP addresses, as it's just extremely unlikely.

Your ISP tracks what IP they have assigned you using your computer modem's MAC Address, which is a unique value. If you have a router, you would 'clone' the MAC address of one of the computers that connect to your router inorder to ensure that the MAC address that you are registering with your ISP is, again, registered with a unique value.


This pretty much covers all the usages of IP: privacy in browsing, reconfiguration of Static and Dynamic IP addresses, and I even touched on the role of IP in DNS (Domain Name Service.. i.e. '.com' names) registering.

If I seem to wordy, and off-topic.. it's because I don't know of which of these reasons you would want to change or manipulate your IP. Hopefully, I covered your reason for asking.

That's odd.. I thought I posted a reply in this thread.. I guess it didn't take.

Do this...

Click Start > Run > type "dxdiag" > Press Enter

*note, you may be prompted for a digitial signature.. blah blah.. go ahead and press the Yes button.

You should now see the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Please tell me what your information is for "Processor:" "Memory:" and "Page File:" (both used and availible)

A couple things you should know (or should review) about speed and performance of your computer. When installing a program.. you are writing data to your Hard Drive.. so the 'Free Space' and 'Fragmentation' of the data is important. Although, this isn't actually considered 'making you computer faster'.. as it is really just maintaining the device to function properly. You should always, remove any application/data you don't need, intend to use, or intend to preserve, and defrag your computer.

Your processor(s) and System Memory are the two main factors to making windows run faster.

IF your processor is too slow, you may want to consider overclocking, I don't fool with overclocking myself. (except for generic bio settings such as .. quiet mode, or best performance, and I think normal... which is what I use) If you are going to overclock.. there are utility programs that you can use to do this, that also show you your core temperature... as overclocking will make your CPU run hotter.. On that note, it's important to know what sort of environment you keep your computer in, and how well your 'cooling system' performs (there a multitude of factors that make up the cooling system.. i.e. heat sinks, CPU fans). You COULD do this by trial and error, but it's best to crunch the numbers, or present them to someone who knows more about overclocking.

System Memory is comprised of RAM (Random Access Memory) and your Paging File System. If you are infact low on System Memory, You CAN allocate more HARD DRIVE space to your Page File System as an alternative to buying more RAM (though it is not recommended over buying RAM, because it performs slower).

I would like to clarify an issue on how RAM works, as I am seeing misinformation in regards to RAM. It does not hold or 'store' data when your computer is off. RAM has a constant electrical current running through it that makes up the representation of data, when that current is interrupted it no longer exists. This property makes it easy to manipulate the data, as you don't have to write to the device, as you would your HARD DRIVE. In turn, when you remove a process from running in memory.. there is no trace in that memory of the data that existed there.

I suggest downloading CCleaner to remove all your temporary, non-essential data, and to be used as your registry cleaner. (remember to make backups of your registry, when prompted)

I also suggest downloading SpyDoctor, to run as your anti-spyware/anti-virus software. There is a freeware version that is included in the GooglePack software download.

I've lived in San Antonio, briefly.. and in Kingsville, Texas.

nogames is correct.. the pc repair person probably updated all your drivers.

On another note, Gypsy, what's with the chest shot? haha

disclaimer: no actual money will be given out for your rates

I would have to say I do, but I guess I'm partially attracted to crazy.

...and before I get spammed with crazy people's messages, I mean I'm attracted to a bit of the individualism mentality, along with an oddball sense of humor.. not crazy dramatic psychos that collect human parts as trophies, or people that abduct other people, and setup elaborate deadly challenges, just to test their fortitude..

There are a couple ways to check to see if your problem is your ISP actually..


Method 1:

Click Start > run.. > cmd (or Command, if cmd does not work)

You will see a command consule screen

in your command consule, simply type "ping" and press enter

here you will see a list of parameters to include with the command named "ping", I'm showing you this because I want you to know how to stop the contant pings before you start. (ctrl+C) Now type "ping www.google.com -n 100".. when it finishes, or when you stop it, you will see "Packets: sent = 100, recieved = ?, lost = ? <% lost = ??)"

BTW, Anything below 100ms is fine. as 1000ms = 1 sec, so you're fine at .1 seconds.

if your packet loss is 0%, your ISP is not the issue. If it is a significant amount (above 20%) do this next step

NEXT, type "tracert www.google.com -w 5" > press enter

You see every computer/hub/modem that your packets go through in the process of connecting to google. You are basically sending a echo request along your ISP network and out to the internet (3 times for each component)

Now you know where, if at all, there is an issue in your ISP. (If it is lossing packets on the first line, thats the address to your "in-house" modem.)

(added after edit)

ops, I forgot to include Method 2:

doesn't matter, the first method is the better method.

The 2nd one uses the DCHP service (which you can think of as simply a website... although it's not exactly accurate) on your modem to view any issues or conflicts, such that an event message would display in the modem itself.



Good luck!

I can't be sure what solution you actually require here, I could list out what might be causing these issues, but that would just cause more confusion, and is simply not worth the effort.

First, does it only do this when you are using a browser, or are online? Or does it perform slowly irregardless of whether you are online or not?

Here are a couple recommend programs and steps to perform.

download CCleaner, use it to delete your temporary files (and there are many areas of temporary stored files on your system, not just in IE) and cookies.

You can download it at http://www.ccleaner.com/download

(donate if you choose, although it's not required for the download)

next, run an anti-spyware, anti-malware program

I recommend Spyware Doctor, although there are many more out there. You probably even have one on your computer already.

you can download Spyware Doctor at http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/download/


Next, I would like you to check your system information. Start > Run.. > type in "dxdiag" > press enter, or click 'okay'

you will be prompted with dialog asking to allow signature.. blah blah.. choose which ever you like. (maybe you will be prompted.. depends if someone has done this before on your machine)

You will than see a dialog form that displays your system information.

Memory and PageFile are important here.. how much Memory does it say, and how much Page File?

IF you have too many programs running at startup, that hog system resources. The best way to disable them is by disabling Services and Programs at Startup, and then restarting your computer

I would suggest disabling unused, or unneccessary services and programs on startup, but if you don't feel comfortible doing it, please wait for your friend to take a look at it, and ask him to do it.

To disable startup programs (which can be in any number of folders) the simplest way is by Clicking Start > run.. > type "msconfig" > press enter, or click 'okay'

You will see a dialog form, named "System Configuration Utility", with several tabs, click on the "startup" tab. Uncheck all the programs you don't want starting on startup (these are programs that start when you log into your computer). Be careful, some of these programs may be security programs, such as McAfee and Norton.

After you are done, click on 'Apply' and than 'Okay'.

You are going to be prompted with a restart computer request, don't restart yet. (note that when you do restart, you will be prompted with a System Configuration message at startup)



Now, Click Start > Run.. > type "services.msc" > press enter, or click 'okay'

You will be prompted with the dialog form, named 'Services'. On the right, you will see a detailed list of services... you can look at the description of the services here, or .. Right Click on any of the services > Click Properties.. and you can see the Decription in the popup dialog there as well.

BE VERY CAREFUL in services you disable here. You can change the startup values of these services to Automatic, Manual, or Disabled.

Run CCleaner.exe again, and use the Registry Cleaner utility.. you will be prompted with creating a backup of your registries, and you should do it.

Registries, Bulk temporary stored data, Resource hogging programs, and low paging file/ memory (which is directly relative to resource hogging programs) are the main features that impact the performance of your computer ( without regards to malware/spyware/viruses )



However, this could just be your ISP acting up.

I should probably stop responding, as you are just not comprehending my meaning...

I am not disagreeing with, or stifling people's legitament opinions.

any opinion that is STATED AS A MATTER OF FACT, and not as an opinion.. REQUIRES THE FACTS...

how do you people NOT UNDERSTAND THAT??

if he were to have said, "In my opinion, IE sucks." than I might be wrong for 'stifling his opinion'

but because he stated it as a MATTER OF FACT, with no facts.. it is understandible to DEMAND the facts.

AND YES, it does qualify as HARMFUL to state a misleading MATTER OF FACT statement. Hench, THE POINT of me even responding to it. I don't care whether he thinks a browser sucks, it's the principal of misleading someone who is open to suggestion. His remark is nothing more than a slander. BY DEFINITION...

I'm also aware that I wrote more than a two line response to (AGAIN) reitterate my points.. so you're likely going to scim through my post, and misinterpet my statements.. AGAIN..

so...

I'm not coming back to this thread, anymore. If you can't comprehend meaning in writing, you are just not worth discussing these matters with.

Send me a message if you would like to get the last word in.. I don't care.



so because you don't like it? it sucks?

or did you mean, because you don't like it, you THINK it sucks?

one is a state of being, the other is based on your perception.. so enough, my final point has been made. I'll just go back to trouble shooting people's computer issues now, because I'm apparently alone is understanding the implications of how a person expresses their opinions.

I never said opinions shouldn't be heard; infact, I encourage more specifics from people's opinions, So I obviously support hearing them.

that statement was in reference to the difference of entitlement and right. I put an example in there to explain the difference.

Here's another example, A judge is entitled to make a ruling. Where as no one would hold a judge accountable for the act of ruling (i.e. he is required to make a ruling, and no one would expect him to have the choice not to make a ruling). People will still hold the judge accountable for WHAT he ruled. It's the difference of expression an opinion and the opinion itself, but reversed. In this example, the act is the entitlement, and the type of ruling is something you can hold the judge accountable for (i.e. whether he over turned the jury's decision, or disregarded legally submitted evidence). You can have a judge thrown off the bench, btw. You can choose not to elect an official judge. This is the way of things. It's not going to change unless people's perception of entitlements and rights changes.

yeah, these quotes tags are a bit messed up, that's for sure...

rather, I keep messing them up by put "{" instead of "["

haha.. sorry

again, I hate being put into the position of defending IE... so, I'm not going to... infact, the main idea of my statement had little to nothing to do with IE. It was about making general statements with no substance..

and in regards to your greenbean analogy.. it's not a good analogy for the context of my statement, and the one prior. As in your analogy you gave a specification (taste), and since your analogy reference is an opinion based 'solely' on interpetation in relativity to how that person likes or dislikes greenbeans, it's an irrefutible arguement to suggest otherwise. If I can take your analogy further, If a person were to say, "Greenbeans suck!"... wouldn't you need further clarification of why it sucks? Or would you just make presumptions. What if he never tasted them? What if he thought they sucked simply because he read on an OpenSource supporter community tech website that they did. Not ever having researched why? THAT, would make that person ignorant. ( not neccessarily a uniformed or uninformed idiot )


I didn't allow for an explaination, when the lack of explaination triggered my rant. But than again, since the point of my rant was to point out making statements with the lack of explaination were trivial and uninformative, and not neccessarily to the point of gaining further clarification on such as statement. I would say, irregardless of whether he has legitament claims for why it sucks, he was still suggesting so in an uninformative manner, and should probably make that correction in future statements.

I'm not sure if I can make this point more clear, It's not what you know.. it's how you communicate it. If a person has knowledge on a topic, they usually, and rightfully, offer that knowledge. These kind of statements on this topic, namely browser preference, are ALL TOO COMMONLY GENERALIZED, and lack specifics. That is the reason for my rant.

By the way, I already remarked on the Topic poster's article reference on that 'security flaw' of IE. I'm also going to reference your own statement in Queen's post a week back when she claimed that Macintosh was virus free... It's a program, and the only reason you hear more warnings about Microsoft's IE flaws, is because it's a target of the OpenSource community and his highly utilized, so it's a market ploy. It's a point of perception, where most people who make these discoveries are attempting to find them. It takes the attempt, to find it. People are just not attempting, or reporting the flaws in these other Browsers as frequently. EVERY program is vulnerble to security flaws. Like the articles suggested 'flaw', there are many IE flaws that are dependent on a circumstances(i.e. a system that was already compromised and a feature that is being utilized) inorder to utilize an exposed security flaw. The fact of the matter is IE's security is constantly being tested, and reported. These other browsers are not. Instead they are focusing on features and speed, which makes them highly appealing. Don't take these things on face value, try to be a little more skeptical in what you read. Research a bit.





did you just disregard my statement here, I don't have a preference. I see them as tools. When I program Jscript, I use IE. When I program Javascript, I use Firefox. When I program ECMAscript I use both.

When I check my mail, I use Firefox. When I check myspace I use IE. I use them both frequently.

And as far as what I've read, both Opera 9.5 and Safari 3.1 are much faster, reliable, and secure than both IE 8.0 beta and Firefox 3.0 beta, but they aren't as utilized, or have the community support for that matter, so I don't code with them in mind. Hench, I have no need to use them, and don't.

And, I am now looking forward to checking out Google Chrome, because I'm thinking it's going to take the market right out from underneath Firefox, IE, and Opera. Safari is pretty well safe I think, as it's the fastest browser out right now, and it isn't a 3rd party browsers (except the windows version of course).

That WAS my way of ignoring it

That's what I meant by 'regarded as zealous follower with identity complex'. It's a form of trivialization. Still, it wasn't saying this is what he was, just how I regard generalized statements with no clarification.

You confuse rights with entitlements. The difference is accountability. People are not entitled to express their opinions, just merely have them. For, to be entitled to express your opinion, is to be held unaccountable for the act of expression... which is unrealistic. In an example of rights versus entitlement, when a police officer says you have the right to remain silent, you can choose to do so, but don't think by choosing to do you aren't going to held accountable for remaining silent. If you were entitled to remain silent, not only would you HAVE to remain silent, but you would NOT be held accountable for it.


With that said, knowing people WILL be held accountable for expressing their opinions. Generalized statements are not welcome in any form of communication, mostly because it's difficult to discern the reasoning of such a statement.

Communication is a tricky thing. A person doesn't state their opinion with the intention of it simply being ignored. I can agree to disagree with a person, but first I need clarification (their reason for their opinion) before I can agree, disagree, or agree to disagree with them.

I know he is entitled to his opinion, my response was just my way of saying I would expect more reasoning in stating such an opinion in regards to this topic.. this isn't a topic about favorite colors, or an equally 'suggestive' topic.

Perhaps I would see things differently if I stopped using Internet Explorer for 4 years.. perhaps Internet Explorer sucks and I just don't know it because I see it as a tool, and not a banner of cooperate greed, or whatever the 4 year absence of IE, enlightening process, suggests to me.. perhaps rights to say what I want is not as covered under your belief, Perhaps I am wrong for expressing my opinion that a person's opinion should be more thoughtout. perhaps I'm wrong for critizing what I would consider a completely biast and irrational perspective on something so progressive oriented.

Look, to summarize..

If you have an issue with me NOT ignoring generalized opinions that I disagree with on the basis of generalization, than YOU should learn to follow you own advice, and ignore my statements...
that way you won't seem like a hipocrite, which you are being, by definition.


Now, I think we've gone off topic completely.

So I'm simply going to ask quiet_2008, what would you change about IE to make it not 'suck', as I haven't the first clue of what makes it suck?

btw quiet_2008, my ranting in these posts were not so directed at you as it is to the countless number of people that not only share your opinion, but also make statements to which I gain no clarification from. I really don't mean any disrespect to you personally, and I would have removed the first section I wrote, if not that I felt obligated to post it, because it was my original reaction. I'm not looking to censor myself, or make excuses for my reaction; However, in regards to making excuses for my reaction, at the time, I did just get finished reading several buzz yahoo articles and the posted remarks, which were all Firefox Linux anti-microsoft rhetoric, so that's where my frame of mind came in at the time I read your post.

Again, I have and use other browsers frequently, for I develop(but hardly ever publish) websites... this is not a prefered browser debate for me.

so you got an internet explorer error message when using firefox? Or do you mean you've tried both browsers, and both presented this issue?


I don't have Yahoo mail, or I would have attempted to check it by now, as a process of elimination.




what was the news message, who sent it?

connecting to your provider doesn't neccessarily rule out an issue between them and a service on a website.

But I don't suspect your ISP would block common server services, or uncommon server services for that matter. So it's highly unlike this is a provider issue if your connection is stable, but not impossible.

This could, infact, simply be a yahoo network issue. They could have revised code to retrieve data from their e-mail server service, and unintentional wrote bad code. They could also be working on updates to their services. In other words, it will be corrected. Be patient with them, they are probably looking through various tech support forums for related issues and solutions as we speak.. haha

Still, I would like to know what the news message contained..

[qoute]
I haven't used IE in about four years. It sucked then and hasn't gotten better


-THIS is what I wanted to say:-


"when people make these kinds of statements, I can't help but think.. so what, where's the beef?

You felt it was worth announcing how 'cool' you are to follow the popular anti-microsoft trend by making generalized statements (offering NO Specifics of how it 'sucks'), and offer no RELATIVE comparison.

By your own statement, my 5 year old nephew has more relative experience on this matter than you can offer. As you have not used the program in four years, and can not make a relative comparison."

-BUT.... I realized that was too personable and could be considered offensive.. so, this is my respectful response:-

"I'm not a FAN of any browser, or operating system for that matter. They are programs. It can't 'suck' by any means, in either the literal, or implied, manner."

-This is what I would like people to clarify in the future:-


"I would like people who make generalized statements on these manners to list what they expect a browser to do, and not do.. when you can tell me the function of these programs, and where a particular browser, like IE, fails to function properly, by your own specifications.. then your opinion, in this respect, will be worth noting. Until then, you'll be regarded as a zealous follower with an identity complex."


That pretty much covers things...