I have some suggetions.
Posted By: Curious girl on 2008-06-01
In Reply to: Problems w/Computer - Lucy
There is some maintenance you could try that every MT should do. I have learned how important it is.
1. Install updates as they become available from Microsoft. Access these by connecting to the internet, click on tools, then click on Windows Updates and download whatever updates there are for your operating system. (You should do this once a month.) You would not believe how important this is. My computer completely quit responding at all due to the fact there was an important update it needed and I didn't have it. When I downloaded it on the updates page, the computer worked perfectly.
2. Delete temporary intenet files. Connect to the internet, click on tools then click on internet options. Then delete cookies and delete files. (You should do this once a week.) If you have never done this, it will take several minutes for them all to be deleted.
3. Perform scan disk for errors. (Do this once a month.)
4. Perform a disk defragmentation as you mentioned for the C-drive. (Do this once a month also.)
Regular maintenance does make a big difference.
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I need a land line and I need it now-suggetions?
I moved and I can't get a land line for (perhaps) another week. I've already lost a week's income because of the promblem (THANK YOU, CHARTER!!). I need a quick fix. I am open to any and all suggestions to getting set up on Friday with a land line or VoIP, even if it is with Vonage for a week until I get my land line phone to work with my DAC phone. I just moved into this apartment on Monday, but I let Charter know on 1/4 that the previous tenant had turned in her keys, but until she pays the outstanding balance -- heck, she probably hasn't even gotten her final bill yet!!!), they put a "freeze" on phone service. I got that unfrozen yesterday by going into their main local office with my lease agreement, but I have already lost a weeks' pay because of this and I need a quick fix. They installed my ISP and TV today. I REALLY need to work this weekend.
I am probably in real jeopordy of losing my job.
On top of this, when my son and his roommate came over last weekend to help me pack, they told me they had both lost their jobs to a family of Indians who had come in and bought out their store's owner. By our State's examination, only one passed the English literacy exam so she is the only only who can answer the phone. Since the 4 Indian brothers need the managers' positions and they bought 4 stores, 4 managers (my son any his roommate and 2 others) are out of jobs and another 25 or so have left because of the new managers' incompetence.
Please offer help in getting a land line so I can work. I am feeling so overwhelmed and it is hard to think with this kind of pressure. I'm thinking of installing Vonage's VoIP for a week until Charter can get their act together and I get their service. It's hard to reach other services like ATT when I don't have a phone to contact them. Charter changed their protocol for getting land lines last week (just my luck) and did not tell my installer/sales rep of the changes. They are telling the independent distributers it is because of having to reset 911. I call that baloney.
Can I get a cell phone? How would that connection fit together? OMG, I am so in panic mode. Please kick around some ideas so I don't have to start job hunting after 1 week after moving. 
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