Ahhh,.. but we've only told you the good part so far.
I typed this up earlier and was interupted during the course of which I inadvertently closed my page losing my work so I'll keep it "relatively" short.
Believe me this is only a light skim over what i have done in the last 36 hours or so.
After setting up the new modem and installing the software etc., I found that my 'puta never had an Ethernet Controller, so I spent the next half a day finding the files, as the original Motherboard CD that came with my 'puta never had any networking drivers
, Darn!!! and Golly!, as our American friends would say. My original plan being, to connect my 'puta via Ethernet and TLW's which is in an adjoining room via wireless.
I don't know if any of you have gone looking for drivers of late, but it's a real task. The once free driver sites have all seemed to become vendors of software that diagnose your driver needs and down load them from secure sites. The problem being that the software costs usually about $30, and there's no guarantee that it will resolve your problem. But with dogged persistence, drivers can still be found,... only after sorting through countless links to this damned software.
Eventually I found an updated copy of the drivers for my Motherboard and installed them, Beauty!!!... I have an Ethernet Controller at last and according to the Device manager, it is working properly. All I can say is, "D'ya wanna bet"?
Hah! absolutely no change whatsoever, so what's next I've checked all of the settings, I've Googled for all manner of problems and answers and I must admit that there were lots and lots of "solutions", each and every one of them different, not only that, none of them worked. To add insult to injury, my Email client has now refused to access the connection to the server, I tried Mozilla and Outlook Express and both come up with an Error 0x000CCC90, yep, more gobbledegook, but it appears that this code is supposed to indicate that I have my settings arranged for a secure server and this is not available. I checked my Email settings and guess what,.... No!, my settings are correct so I deleted both programs and reinstalled them,... nothing. My last thing was to Restore my settings to an earlier time, which I did, this took over an hour but had a singular lack of success.
I have been able to access the emails via a webmail client, but as yet i have no success on the home front with my installed programs.
The one good thing to come of all this was that I checked my WiFi connection with my Netbook, and got five bars of signal strength all over the house, and with a little messing about got online, so I guess I do have a backup if the worst comes to the worst. It's as slow as a wet weekend in Wagga Wagga, but what would you expect from a $300 laptop.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I possibly have a Motherboard fault, so it looks like a new 'puta might be in the offing. In the meantime I'm gunna stay at home and sulk
