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Problem solved - called a sneaky 0114 tech support num from "saynoto0870.com" and it turned out that the outage caused my mac addy to be deleted from the system... in other words, virgin were sending a signal to nowhere...
thanks for everyones help anyway
Ta
Yeh i did think he was taking the piss initially but his follow up comments just didnt help... Yeh i was talking the Astra VXR not the corsa VXR engine as he talked about 2litre in another of his posts.. oh its all rubbish and crap.. delete this thread :)
Oggy: thanks ill try that tomorrow when house mates have finished with Sky for the night and report back then.. cheers
Day: Legit / cloned... no idea what you chaps mean there... sorry..
Dansta: ah, day filled you in.....
hi all... Any clues on this before i call the rip off tech support tomorrow.... our virgin BB has been down since the "national outage" on the 18th... been using our crap Sky BB in the mean time due to being busy with xmas etc....
What do people advise? i dont want to be bent over by...
Mines not working at the mo'.. hasnt been since the "national outage" on the 18th... been using our crap Sky BB in the mean time due to being busy with xmas etc.... What do people advise? i dont want to be bent over by calling their tech support line and telling them i dont need to Adaware etc...
Rubbish - even @ 10 extra horses my comment still stands (seems it is in fact a peak of 5 from the comments), Price per increase?. Spend it on making the car handle that bit better OR use the money as a fair big chunk towards a DECENT engine upgrade i.e: bodies..
I've been all the way up to cit-ren and its a proper graveyard for clios, friggin things everywhere!.. never seen so many Dead Vee's!.. Anyway, these guys treated me well but ive heard some horror stories... they also know how much stuff is worth too... they had a 182 interior in there recently...
Those pics cant be from tron at all!... im pretty sure the clio wasnt even around back then and also the real give away is in the 1st and 2nd pics.. Look closely and you will see a "5" and a "4" on the reg plate!!! this means that it was registered in 2004!!!! Tron is about 20 years older...
right - fixed it... there is actually a SP2 fix available but i didnt need to use it..
i repaired the TCP/IP stack
"netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt"
then the Winsock
"netsh winsock reset catalog"
rebooted and woo... unsure if i should apply the fix from microsoft too as its fixed...
KDF : i THINK i have tried that but will give it a go in a bit thanks..
Chrisjk : its nVidia yes... ive seen no sign of a built in firewall,..i will take a look - off top of head, do you know roughly where it is?.. actually chris, i see your point there but how does that explain why my...
"Right!".... and that is said with distinct venom in my voice... My new pc almost had the pink fist of death!
I'm ALMOST there with my new build... installed everything, ported all old stuff over.. Before i start, i THINK my problem is due to a dodgy xp install (nemesis) and its screwed up my...
will do mate... Spent all night reinstalling Windows... woo can finally play ut3!... and damn, there are loads i want to play.. COD, orange box, ass creed! argh... cheers for your help too Ras
Sod the entry above - i was talking rubbish..
Problem solved!!! - I have a faulty pair of 1gig sticks.... tested in a similar spec PC and no worky!...
Thanks for peoples advice and input
right, one final thing before i take it to "an uber"...
On the mother board there is, what seems like a small socket near the CPU which would accept 8 "pins". looks like a much smaller version of the main 24 pin mobo power supply socket.. 4 of the the pins are blanked off from the factory...