Howdy!,

When I turned this XP pc Yesterday I looked at the Local Area Connection
and instead of seeing the usual DNS Server numbers it had one entry of 192.168.1.1 instead of the usual two IP Address(s) that it shows me.

Today when I turned it on the Local Area Connection settings showed
the regular settings, except it could send Data out but not receive
any Data.

I tried Restarting the pc without turning the Router or DSL Modem Off
and the Local Area Connection settings still showed the usual settings
but still it couldn't receive any Data.

So I Shut down the pc, turned the Router and DSL Modem Off, and then
Powered Down the UPS.

I waited 15 minutes and turned every thing On and this time when I
checked the Local Area Connection settings they all looked good and
I could Send and Receive Data. Finally.

Anyone have an idea why this XP pc BURPED yesterday and today?

Thanks!


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Hi! Ed,

On 31 Oct 17 22:01, you wrote to All:

When I turned this XP pc Yesterday I looked at the Local Area
Connection and instead of seeing the usual DNS Server numbers it had
one entry of 192.168.1.1 instead of the usual two IP Address(s) that
it shows me.

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Anyone have an idea why this XP pc BURPED yesterday and today?

Just as it is with the human gullet and the on-going battle bewteen good & bad bacteria, so it goes with our PC hardware. You most likely experienced an imbalance between different Chinese electrons. Now fixed through your accurate
analysis and well-thought fix.

Nice one, Ed!

Cheers,
Paul.

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11-07-17 16:21 Paul Quinn wrote to Ed Vance about Local Area Connection
Howdy Back! Paul,

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Hi! Ed,

On 11/06/2017 08:21 AM, you wrote:

fixed through your accurate analysis and well-thought fix.

It was more of Me being Paranoid when I see some change in settings which I don't remember making.

You don't say. I went through that cycle just this morning. You see something didn't work... a script file on my Linux machine (AKA, a
batch file). I know it should have worked 'cause it had worked at a command prompt, a line at a time during testing.

I have been itching for the chance to use that script for two days, Ed.
My chance came this morning, with the arrival of your note in fact.
When it came time to use it to update my news server settings (and
other things) from a remote site with that script, the last line of the configuration change failed.

I may have forgot to tell You that I live in the River Bottom and I carry
the Fog with Me everywhere I go, and it messes up People and Machines when
I am near them.

It seems that I had stealthily hidden a copy/paste error from the
testing command prompt! It had been sitting in a dark space in that script for two days, waiting for an opportunity to pounce! I was devastated.

I think MY Fog came in with my previous message and caused those hidden
Script Lines to wake up.

... A confident manner is important; Computers can sense this.

My computers try to destroy any confidence I think I have.......

I like to get my way. OTOH, I know where the kill switch is. :-D

At times I've panicked and reach back where the A.C. Connector is plugged
in and Unplugged it, to get ITS attention.

Try that sometimes, it works for Me!


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Hi! Ed,

On 11/17/2017 07:07 AM, Ed Vance -> Paul Quinn wrote:

At times I've panicked and reach back where the A.C. Connector is plugged in and Unplugged it, to get ITS attention.

Try that sometimes, it works for Me!

I did once, about two years ago. On my wife's old Linux PC I got spooked one morning, probably around 0900 (still before my first coffee), when I started up
Fire Fox. While FF was starting I noticed on a desktop application called Conky that an _outbound_ IP connect was being attempted to what looked like a hacker/smacker/hip-hop gee-whiz dangerous-sounding website!

Wham! I hit the big red power switch! (Not really big or red but you know what I mean.) I was in a full on panic. That was the first time the PC had been powered down in nearly four years.

When I sheepishly re-started the PC later, Linux was smiling at me. (I could tell it was having fun at my uneasiness.) No harm had been done. The website turned out to be linked to a FF add-on that I had installed a couple of nights previously. I just hadn't taken note of the support website on the first access. Oops. :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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