[T3] I was gone but now I'm back.

["Toby Erkson" <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

Almost 900 emails later and I'm back.  I upgraded (ahem) my Windows 2000 Pro
operating system from service pack 3 to service pack 4.  And promptly lost my
ability to access the internet, and thus email.  Hal helped me with some major
networking and virus cleaning on my system but alas it wasn't a virus or worm
slowing my system down, it was Microsoft :-(  Anyway, I now have a good
firewall installed (Kerio...it is free) and another friend, Ed, installed a
nice anti-virus/worm software package on my system (Norton anti-virus).  So I'm
not worried about infections, transmitting or receiving.  I discovered that if
I keep my network cable unplugged until the Windows logon screen, then plug it
in after logging in, I have normal network connectivity.

I'm not about to go thru 837 emails, which is roughly since mid-August, so if
anyone had any questions directed to me please resend.

     Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing
     http://www.icbm.org/
     Portland, Oregon

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