...I was trying to correct connection issues with the USB/Wireless adapter on my PC the other night, installed an updated driver, and now it's at a state where it finds the wireless router, but can't get out onto the Internet past that. Actually it WILL hit a couple of DNS servers, but that's about all. The routing table appears to be damaged/corrupted.

Please no further suggestions here. I've already done all kinds of uninstalling and reinstalling of stuff, and I've already decided that the last thing I can do is get another ATA100 drive (I've got a second, but it's ATA33) and reinstall Windows from scratch. Due to what the guys at the Tigerdirect.com outlet store did to the damn thing earlier this summer, attempting to reinstall Windows on the existing drive fails and fails miserably (it gets stuck in a loop).

Yes, I hear you say, why not Linux? Well it's never been proven to me that Linux WORKS with 802.11b wireless. Especially on a USB link. Besides, I'd rather have an independent machine for Linux, and not a dual-boot environment (and SCO can kiss my butt, but I digress).

So hopefully this weekend I'll be able to pick something up, install a new drive, and reinstall Win98SE. Please DON'T leave PMs - my mailbox is full. If you'd like to get in touch with me in the meantime, my e-mail address is available through my Pixies' profile.

-John

Sorry, dadaist! I didn't see this thread until AFTER I PM'd you.

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Communication is the key.

**hands dadaist a really big hammer**

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A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

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I can get and even bigger hammer

lol

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da, I know every word you wrote was English,,,,, but damn, the way you put 'em all together only 3 other people know what your saying.

I'm not one of the 3. But good luck in fixing your puter. Would it help to know there's a nice one on sale at CompUSA?

did anyone see the size of that chicken???

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Love...the slowest form of suicide.

Damn, where's that cat when you need directions?

If it's of any comfort my computers all work fine......not a single problem!!!

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FussyPucker

There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't...

Sarcasm: It's not big and it's not clever...........but it's funny as fuck!

The Special One!

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I spilled some water on my keyboard last month & it died,,,, had to get a new one. Glad to know if I spill coffee it'll be ok... Thanks Sharni,,,

actually keyboards are quite tough if you do spill anything on them just shake out as much water/coffee/whatever and leave to dry naturally and it'll be fine.

Spilling of drinks was a common problem where I used to work and we just used to hang the wet keyboards up to dry then reuse them later.

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FussyPucker

There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't...

Sarcasm: It's not big and it's not clever...........but it's funny as fuck!

The Special One!

Mine didn't like the taste of plain H2O I guess.... maybe if it'd been mixed with something. hmmmm..

Of course there was no saving it once hubby found out & threw it across the room into the wall where it kinda fell apart. hehehe -

*staring at the words dadaist wrote and thinking.......I wonder what it was that I found in the back of the fridge with all that fuzzy stuff all over it, in that old butter bowl that was dated from 1999?*

LOL! Good luck da!

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LMAO.......

You never heard me say "Why not Linux!

I would never talk like that to anyone