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Set your clock & see if it stays the battery might have not been making a good connection .In effect you cleaned the contacts by removing & checking it.

Restart it again & see what it says.

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You might put inthe correct time& date see if it stays.If it doesn't then check your battery like btw1953 said. on the other if your cd is a cd burner® then you should be able to DL to it like a floppy & use it the same way. You may have to go into your bios & make the cd instead of the HD as your first start up device so it will do the flash from the cd.I have always used a floppy but I think that would work. were you doing something to your bios before you started getting the error message?

Supreme1; You can probably find the lowest price for a router by shopping online even Ebay if your willing to take a chance on a uesd one.

moonlancer: What you did was hit your back button on your browser after the first test & took the same test again.This cached your test.It never hurts to delete your temporary files though.Don't delete cookies or it won't put your test into your stats.I guess we posted at the same time.If the speed your supposed to get is 5Mbps then the test is correct.

donjunior1: I don't even understand what your post is doing here its almost like you put it in the wrong topic.I don't think a XP disk is going to help Randon since her OS has ME .Of course a complete new install of XP might correct the problem.But on older PC's sometimes the new drivers in XP are wrong for the older PC.Some people don't have a home PC to make money so the web host is more than they want to spend .An external HD to store your OS & software is a lot more pratical.Then you can just put your important data back in if you need to . Randon obviously donjunior1 just wanted to put his 2 cents in & wasn't trying to help.

I can even do that with my dial-up.

I liked the old bulldog logo or was that a hell hound?

I putting these links here for Randon.& to see if they go where they're supposed to. http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?action=download&driverid=58729 http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=58729 http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=dosearch&qm0=Intel%AE+Direct+3D+2x+AGP+%28shared+memory%29+&qa5=4&qa7=1400&sm=s

here is a link to several NDT tests. http://e2epi.internet2.edu/ndt/ndt-server-list.html

I've sometimes ask so many questions I have been a pain to the seller.It keeps you from buying what you don't want. Its a good test too if the seller doesn't respond well to questions before the sale they don't respond well after the sale either.

my AVG updates every morning automatically in the background with no problem.Mine is version 7.0.308

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I haven't bought any software on Ebay.What ever you buy its really buyer beware because Ebay won't do hardly anything to help if you don't like what you get.Regardless of what they say they will.Some sellers will work with you if there is a problem some won't.The Ebay arbitration costs as much to use as what you are fixung to buy.Reading the feedback on the sellers can be a guide to see if there have been any problems or if buyers were satisfied.

I use AVG & like it.

From my generation it means radical but really means good.Kind of like when people use bad for meaning good. for instance "thats a bad ride you got" That don't mean your car is a clunker thats fixing to fall apart.

just- : much better

Mine was the same as php & netmasta

Orignal_Cronicus:Cable nut will let you make several settings .It has recomended settings based on your OS & connection type.But you can make your own custom settings file.It will put your custom settings into your registry by using the save to registry button.This is just easier than going into the registry to make the changes.I would DL it & take a look at it to see if you want to use it.You can always delete it or uninstall it if you don't like it.

Randon: I am putting this here to add to what I PMed you . Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/system information once there select components l.click the + components/then display this should give a lot of information on your cuuuren display & what driver it is using.You can copy & paste that for me to look at.After that select the tools pull down.Select the direct X diagnostic tool/l.click the display tab.It should say no problem or give you a list of problems.While there use the test direct draw test & the test direct 3D test it should say the tests were successful.

I downloaded & installed iSpeed .All it will give me is "Request timed out." It must work on ping which my ISP blocks. So it will not work for me.

It said I was to heterosexual to even try to take the test & blocked me from trying.

php : Thanks I'm downloading it now.I will install it sometime this afternoon.I still beleive the max is 1500 at least from everything I've read .Setting it higher should cause packet loss unless something defaults to 1500 even when it is set higher.

Orignal_Cronicus : Do you have a link for the iSpeed software?