Hello All: I just returned from a place where I had to use an existing network to access the internet. Numerous settings had to be changed in my laptop and I've got most of them changed back but still having a problem getting gmail through outlook express. I deleted the gmail and reinstalled it and it is working but it's extremely slow. The network I was using operates on a proxy server and I'm guessing that might be the culprit. Any ideas as to what might be slowing the download this much?
Many thanks in advance, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vikas Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Access India" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 7:37 PM Subject: [AI] Remote access keeps you in touch > Remote access keeps you in touch > > Dec 8, 2006 > > Imagine you are miles from home and you suddenly realise you have > forgotten to send an important document stored on your computer. What can > you do? > > It is an increasing problem because we are now far more dependent on our > computers than ever before - in fact a lot of us can't do our jobs or even > live > our lives without our PC. > > In pre-worldwide web times, sharing information remotely was close to a > black art. Networking was in its infancy and we used floppy disks to > transfer most > of our data - at that time swapping files between computers was something > you did with both PCs in the same room. > > One of the first types of remote access was called Laplink. It enabled you > to plug two computers into each other with a serial lead. > > It was like plugging into a modem or a printer. You could look at the > files on the other computer and move them across. It was essentially a > transfer facility > and not much more than that. > > Laplink is one of the few products that has ridden the technology wave and > managed to survive the transition from MS DOS to Windows XP. > > Now it is the internet that has been pressed into service to make our life > easier. Today there are a host of services that allow you to go online and > connect > to a computer far away. > > We're going to start to get good internet bandwidth and infrastructure > everywhere we go, because we won't be able to work without it. > > One of them is LogMeIn which allows you to access your computer from any > web browser anywhere in the world. It creates a virtual desktop that you > can access, > display and use in a web browser. > > Your remote computer contacts your home computer, wakes it up and promptly > takes it over. The remote machine completely controls the home machine, > but the > only information being sent across the internet is the mouse keyboard and > screen data. > > This also means you can use any of the applications already on your home > computer, remotely. > > Michael Simons of LogMeIn says: "You may have a contract on a USB stick, > you're in an airport lounge and it doesn't have Microsoft Word but you > have it > on your home or office computer. > > "With our product you can simply plug the USB stick into the computer > you're sitting at and then use Word on the remote machine." > > You view the data on the home computer until you are finished and then you > break the connection - the only downside is that your home computer is > still > connected to the internet. For some people this creates security worries. > > Rupert Goodwins, Technology Editor of ZDNet UK says: "If you're going to > have to access your computer remotely then that computer has to be there > all the > time. > > "So the internet's on, the computer's on - there's a way into your > computer. It's got security, so it's not an open door, but if you do not > set it up properly > it can be quite a security gap. > > Microsoft built remote access into Windows XP. It will also be part of > Vista and the forthcoming version of Mac OS X for Apple user. > > Mr Goodwins says once people start using remote access it becomes > addictive. "We're going to start to get good internet bandwidth and > infrastructure everywhere > we go, because we won't be able to work without it. > > "So if we go to places that don't have internet infrastructure they'll > suddenly be provided with all the things we've got access to, so our own > revolution > will push the revolution elsewhere. This could be one of the big things > that breaks down the digital divide." The BBC is not responsible for the > content > of external internet sites > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6161813.stm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype ID: dl_vikas > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
