Article View: alt.games.diablo
Article #542389Re: OT (sort of) - Very frustrating
From: Mark P. Nelson
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:56
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:56
35 lines
2343 bytes
2343 bytes
Bingain <bingain@doYouYahoo.com> wrote in news:b6iWi.86$f85.82@newsfe08.lga: > ArtDent wrote: >> I don't know if I should weep - for joy AND sorrow - or scream. >> I finally got dsl. >> Yay! >> Somehow tho, installing it's software totally fouled up my sound. >> Boo! > > I'm now on cable but I've used DSL before, from two different > providers. I never install their proprietary software (both DSL > and cable) after the first attempt, because they always screwed > up something. I've figured that you don't need their software. > As long as you can get your static IP address and/or gateway IP > address assigned, you're set to go. Windows' Internet connection > wiz will get everything set up. > > > Bing > an once frustrated DSL/Cable crappy software victim > > Agreed--NEVER install the software that comes with your DSL contract. Art, if you have a roll-back point, I would use it and just set the networking up from Windows, using the wizard. Mark. -- While I'll admit that anyone can make a mistake once, to go on making the same lethal errors century after century seems to me nothing short of deliberate.--V.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<Xns99DB5AFFDCD19mpndisorg@207.115.33.102>Path:
mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr23.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!ae25bdc4!not-for-mailReferences:
<13iiv2gq7vti87f@corp.supernews.com> <b6iWi.86$f85.82@newsfe08.lga>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr23.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!ae25bdc4!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.games.diablo,alt.games.diablo2 Subject: Re: OT (sort of) - Very frustrating From: "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> References: <13iiv2gq7vti87f@corp.supernews.com> <b6iWi.86$f85.82@newsfe08.lga> Organization: ItIsToLaugh Message-ID: <Xns99DB5AFFDCD19mpndisorg@207.115.33.102> User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.107.51.53 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr23.news.prodigy.net 1193932593 ST000 69.107.51.53 (Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:56:33 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:56:33 EDT X-UserInfo1: Q[R_@SRDTRREB^PXKBHB^QLAUSXB@DTMNHWB_EYLJZ]BGIELLNTC@AWZWDXZXQ[K\FFSKCVM@F_N_DOBWVWG__LG@VVOIPLIGX\\BU_B@\P\PFX\B[APHTWAHDCKJF^NHD[YJAZMCY_CWG[SX\Y]^KC\HSZRWSWKGAY_PC[BQ[BXAS\F\\@DMTLFZFUE@\VL Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:56:33 GMT Bytes: 2275 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit