local IT guys?

GrimmJeeper · Dec 11, 2007

anyone local who can come take a look at my kids PC it wont connect to the internet anymore and im tired of talking to india for 4+ hours and getting nowhere. i pay in :cheers: or i'll take you out to a killer mexican place for dinner

Brendan_91XJ · Dec 11, 2007

GrimmJeeper said:
anyone local who can come take a look at my kids PC it wont connect to the internet anymore and im tired of talking to india for 4+ hours and getting nowhere. i pay in :cheers: or i'll take you out to a killer mexican place for dinner

Bring it by my place, we can see what I can do to it.
If nothing else, we can have a couple beers and you can get your sons hoody.

GrimmJeeper · Dec 11, 2007

Brendan_91XJ said:
Bring it by my place, we can see what I can do to it.
If nothing else, we can have a couple beers and you can get your sons hoody.

thanks for the offer but the problem is getting it to connect to my wireless network. it was working fin up until last week, the kids say they didnt do anything but you know how that goes, they click yes on whatever pops up without reading it just to make it go away. you should see how many search toolbars they have on IE :shocked: it can see the network, but it wont connect. see my other extensive thread here: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=936008

i was just wondering if someone around here could come take a look, because i dont know wtf im doing :eeks1:

cal · Dec 11, 2007

I can swing by and fix it, but my schedules tweaked for the next couple of days. If you dont have it fixed by thursday afternoon give me a call.

Brendan_91XJ · Dec 11, 2007

My Home is wireless as well..

IslanderOffRoad · Dec 11, 2007

what brand router and wireless card are you using?

password protected?

GrimmJeeper · Dec 11, 2007

2wire 1701HG wireless gateway router, linksys wireless usb adapter on pc2.

pc1 is connected directly to the router via ethernet cable. for some reason the router is trying to assign a static ip to pc2, but it should be set up to use dhcp. the wireless connection on pc2 is all set up to have the ip assigned by the router, and has dhcp enabled.

GrimmJeeper · Dec 11, 2007

problem solved, looks like spyware and malicious software ruined the networking parts of the registry and winsock. now the kids get a lesson in DONT CLICK IT IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS DAMNIT :skull1:

djblade311 · Dec 11, 2007

You should setup up user profiles if using NT/2K or XP with limited permissions so they can't install anything like that.

GrimmJeeper · Dec 11, 2007

the guy that set it up was supposed to do that, i know the permissions are limited on the pc, but i dont know how limited. nor do i know how to set it up.

SanDiegoXJ · Dec 11, 2007

If you're using XP home edition, there isn't really that much you can do. If you have XP Pro, you can lock the desktop down to what icons you want them to use and that's it.

Or get them vista....nothing works on it anywho =)

Gerr · Dec 12, 2007

SanDiegoXJ said:
If you're using XP home edition, there isn't really that much you can do. If you have XP Pro, you can lock the desktop down to what icons you want them to use and that's it.

Or get them vista....nothing works on it anywho =)

actually on vista I had my wife locked out of so much stuff she begged me to set up her old computer on her own desk so now my computer is actually MINE party1:

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