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re: Cannot find server
Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 2:36 pm
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Posted by j. Crawford (10 messages posted)


Thanks for the advice. It turned out to be a faulty modem. It was "leaking" packets. Brighthouse provided a new modem and all is well. Thanks again. J. Crawford


On Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm, Ed wrote:
>Try this. Boot to DOS (using a bootable Win ME floppy from >target=_blank>http://www.bootdisk.com) and type the following at the C:\ prompt
>-
>
>SCANREG /RESTORE
>
>Note the space before the forward slash in this command.
>
>Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the
>registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being
>from before the problem arose.
>
>By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can
>go back to before the problem arose.
>
>When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored,
>restart the computer normally.
>
>Ed
>
>
>


Written in response to:
re: Cannot find server (Ed: Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Cannot find server (Ms. Eagle: Friday, May 4, 2007 at 8:34 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Cannot find server (j. Crawford: Fri, Apr 27, 2007, 7:13 am)
*re: Cannot find server (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Apr 29, 2007, 2:56 pm)
-re: Cannot find server (Ed: Thu, May 3, 2007, 1:50 pm)
-re: Cannot find server (j. Crawford: Thu, May 3, 2007, 2:36 pm)
*re: Cannot find server (Ms. Eagle: Fri, May 4, 2007, 8:34 am)
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