Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters February 15th
This week’s online newsletter includes:
* Adding a Large SATA Drive to an Older Computer
I needed to add a 1 terabyte SATA drive to an computer that had PCI slots (not PCI-E slots). Although it had an available SATA data port, the motherboard or driver would not recognize a drive this large — and the computer would not boot…
* The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips.
* Email Problems: Sending Multiple Email Copies Accidentally
Whan a reader sends emails with big attachments, they go twice…
* Problem Networking XP and Vista Computers
It’s never as easy as it sounds… Microsoft could make it easier by releasing patches to older operating systems so that they’d automatically work with the new ones, but that’s not really in their best interests…
* Followup: Stopping the Windows XP "Found New Hardware" Wizard
In last week’s email newsletter, I wrote about how to stop the Windows XP Found New Hardware Wizard, which continues to show up each time you boot, even if you’ve disconnected the problem hardware. This week, a reader offers another solution…
* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…
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Terry,
I am having the same problem, but with a cable modem. I had this problem before and got it resolved. Since I just had to format my HD and start over. I just can’t remember how I did it. It had something to do with a timer I had to change. I had to give the e-mail server enough time to send the e-mail before it requests it again.
Do you know about this timer?