Re: [CGUYS] External Digital Receiver and OTA signals

2008-02-22 Thread Richard P.
To the person who asked this question originally, for what it's worth, we were at a friends house where they are getting excellent HDTV OTA reception from 62 miles away, although they do live on a very high hill. Richard P. I'd like to hear from people who have antennas that can pull in HD

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread Admiral Harris
What kind of adapter? How is it connected? Is this Win98 SE? Is the utility able to see the wireless router? - Original Message - From: Stephen Brownfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98

[CGUYS] Podcast limitation with iPods

2008-02-22 Thread Stephen Meskin
I have been told that iPods will not accept podcasts directly but from iTunes. Is that correct? I would like to be able to download archived podcasts that are available on many sites. What should I be looking for in an iPod or similar devise? I'm new to this technology. Stephen Meskin

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread Stephen Brownfield
He is running Win98 SE! It is a wireless PCI card. What utility under Win98 SE would let me know if it sees the wireless router? I know how to do that under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it under Win98 SE? I don't think that it sees the router. I believe that may be the problem.

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread Brian Jones
Uninstall the IP stack, and reinstall it. I have seen this happen when a virus scanner or ad scanner removes a worm that has attached itself to the winsock. The links are not repaired, and the packets are lost in transit. There is also a winsock repair utility that I have used successfully

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread Tom Piwowar
First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you end up at Google. I work with individuals with disabilities. One young man needs to run Windows 98, because that is the newest system that will run some of his adaptive software. The home he lives in has

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread mike
Think I would try uninstalling and reinstalling driver (restarting between) before you mess with the stack. Mike On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you end up at Google. I work with

Re: [CGUYS] Podcast limitation with iPods

2008-02-22 Thread Tom Piwowar
I have been told that iPods will not accept podcasts directly but from iTunes. Is that correct? I would like to be able to download archived podcasts that are available on many sites. What should I be looking for in an iPod or similar devise? I'm new to this technology. You are getting your

Re: [CGUYS] Podcast limitation with iPods

2008-02-22 Thread mike
An ipod will accept any mp3 file. 99.9% of all podcasts are mp3 so you are fine. Don't forget, there were podcasts quite a while before itunes picked them up. Mike On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Stephen Meskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been told that iPods will not accept podcasts

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread John DeCarlo
Win98 had a utility called 'winipcfg' I believe. That would pop up and tell you things about the IP connection, what the IP address was, etc. On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Brownfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He is running Win98 SE! It is a wireless PCI card. What utility under

Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

2008-02-22 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Stephen Brownfield wrote: He is running Win98 SE! It is a wireless PCI card. What utility under Win98 SE would let me know if it sees the wireless router? I know how to do that under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it under Win98 SE? I don't think that it sees