Having the husband buy a new OS to solve issues: $98.
Finding a router manual online: 2 hours of my precious time
Having history "mysteriously" deleted when the 16 yo has been online: Priceless
(all credit for the above joke is given to my dear husband)
What this means is: I fixed our ongoing problem! We have NEVER been able to get more than a random 2 of our 3 PC's online at once. Drove me crazy. I tried to view the router settings but it asked for a password that I didn't have. I finally found the manual online and saw the default password. Viola'! It was set for 2 connections! I changed that, we all rebooted and THREE FRIGGIN' PC'S ARE ONLINE AT ONCE! It's a couch potato Utopia.
This has nagged at me for weeks. I am that stubborn. I can't just be happy that we have 3 PC's and any 2 can be online at once. 10 years ago, I would have never dreamed of being on the "information superhighway", let alone surfing next to my husband, while the kids listen to online videos downstairs. It's an amazing world we live in. I'm as happy as a pig in mud!
5 comments:
Good news for the whole family!
Oooooohhhhh! Change that password! And, set up your router so it only recognizes the cards from YOUR 3 computers... and then tell it to stop broadcasting the name of your network... and, change the name of your network to something other than the default name <LOL>... Sorry, I'm a freak when it comes to security on our computers. Most hackers know the default settings AND the default passwords for most of these routers. (<sigh> I also run a hardware and a software firewall, a virus program and have 3, yes 3 adware/spyware programs that I run on our computers every week or so... I am a geek <bigger sigh> ... But, I'm a geek without viruses, etc <perking up>) <bg>
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You are more determined and tech-savvy than I could ever dream of being. Congrats!
Your dad read this entry, shook his head, and gave up. He didn't understand a word of it. I told him I'm sure your next entry will make more sense to him (poor computer-illiterate guy).
listen to asta. PS I run my anti spyware everyday. One question....can you just have 1 AOL account and be signed in on different names on all computers? Thinking of hooking up my second puter...
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