The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99205   Message #1973318
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
20-Feb-07 - 02:45 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Bit Rot Hassles
Subject: Tech: Bit Rot Hassles
Well, looks like I got hit... shouldn't have mentioned it in the other thread - thanks Murphy!

Trying to change ISPs - (dialup) - and discovered that while I CAN create a new dialup icon - It doesn't seem to work properly - AND the Troubleshooting dialogue seems trashed too.

Win98SE... of course... I have the Original CD, but of course if I do a full reload, I lose all updates... (unless someone has a CD full of them!!!)

It may just need a Reg Hack (can handle if I have details!) or a reload of specific files (don't know which ones...)

The hassle is that I used to be able to just dial up and it would connect OK - remembering the username and password automagically.

Now that doesn't work for the new one (but the old ISP still does that way!), and it can only handle logging in if I fire up the 'open window after connect' and type that info in manually. It used to pop up a screen on the first connect, you typed in the info, then it allowed you to tick 'remember this', and you never saw that again...

The troubleshooter opens to the first page (the linked 'More Help' page), then refuses to respond any further - only blank right hand screen (inside the troubleshoot app). It also doesn't go anywhere if you try to play with it manually either - for any topic.

Robin