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Title: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 16:38:54 Hello
I've just today moved into my new house in Bath. I am using the existing internet service set up by the previous inhabitants, a Virgin media service. I can log-on fine, and use the internet (obviously), but I am told it has not yet validated me, and i am a bit worried and confused how to do this. Can somebody help me with this matter please? Yours Faithfully David Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: jonny72 on Monday, February 1, 2010, 16:43:29 What is saying it hasn't validated you?
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 16:45:52 a little pop-up baloon in the corner
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: mexico red on Monday, February 1, 2010, 16:47:12 It means your safe to download kiddie porn, go for it.
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 16:50:28 wahooo!
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Sippo on Monday, February 1, 2010, 16:51:59 Are you sure its a virgin media balloon? It maybe spyware. can you take a screen shot of said balloon?
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: jonny72 on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:00:34 Not sure how Virgin Media could push a pop up balloon like that to your computer.
Is it coming from windows or your browser? Sure its not windows saying you haven't validated it yet? Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:02:23 yeah its windows saying it
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Sippo on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:04:37 Sounds like the windows validation balloon possibly. Have you a dodgy copy of your OS, or have you done a windows update recently.
You can uninstall it via the control panel. Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:05:44 I've done nothing to my OS for 3 years
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Sippo on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:09:08 So what does the balloon actually say?
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:13:31 [url width=800 height=500]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m290/abbottd/baloooon.jpg[/url]
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:14:05 Not sure why i took a print screen of paint, but you get the jist
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: jonny72 on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:22:44 That message is for your wireless LAN.
Might mean the settings are wrong, or security isn't set at the highest level. Something like that. Are you using a new router? Is it set up correctly? Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:28:10 I don't know :( Literally moved in today, have no idea
I think the old housemates set it up when they moved in, about 5 months ago Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:34:03 Fixed it now :)
Unticked the "Enable IEEE802.1x to the availiable network" and it worked :) Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:42:12 I know your address now. I'm going to send a big man round to bum you.
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Monday, February 1, 2010, 17:48:37 Not again
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Fred Elliot on Monday, February 1, 2010, 22:30:23 I was really hoping I was going to see some porn tabs along the bottom. You disappoint me Dave
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: 4D on Monday, February 1, 2010, 22:34:24 Gonna have a house warming Dave? We all know where to book the cab to :)
Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 00:18:20 I was really hoping I was going to see some porn tabs along the bottom. You disappoint me Dave Haha, I was actually planning to drop in a bunch of innapropriate tabs and references next time i had to take a legitimate screenshot, to lighten the mood. Damn, it's not going to be as funny now :( 4d, everyones welcome to my house. Whether i let them in is another matter. This is a private forum anyway isn't it? No enemys in here Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Sunday, February 7, 2010, 17:55:45 Hi again
Two of us have laptops, one a mac, connected to the internet. A third though is trying on her macbook and although it is connecting to the network, it won't let her on the internet. Any ideas? Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: jonny72 on Sunday, February 7, 2010, 18:00:33 Have you ensured the network connections are exactly the same on both the Macs?
Are they all set to DHCP for the IP address ("Configure IPv4" on a Mac), or set manually to different IP addresses? Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Bogus Dave on Sunday, February 7, 2010, 19:06:37 No ideas what any of that means.
Went offline for a bit and mr housemate who knows what he's doing sorted it out Title: Re: Internet Help Post by: Talk Talk on Sunday, February 7, 2010, 20:21:46 Went offline for a bit and mr housemate who knows what he's doing sorted it out Does the 'it' refer to the Internet problem or your female housemate? |