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Computer goings-on...
This morning, when I started Alice and Borg (the two machines at the shop), they immediately "saw" each other and I could access the files on one machine from the other.
About an hour later, they spontaneously stopped "seeing" each other, as evidenced by error messages to the effect that no such other machine existed on the network. Then Borg proceeded to stop seeing itself in its own Network Neighborhood.
I am beginning to suspect network hardware. The cheap hub I bought is tops on the list.
After many frustrations with McAfee antivirus, I sprang for the pro version of AVP, published by Kaspersky labs. It immediately found an infected file on my system, which arrived with some suspicious mail and had never been run. (Whew!) It turns out the file is infected with I-Worm.Magister, which appears to be a bad one, from its description.
I applied for an Internet merchant credit card account today and it should be "live" tomorrow, if the sales flack can be believed. I also upgraded the store's hosting to "Merchant Hosting," which costs a small fortune, but the deal is that the bank will waive the application fee ($299) if that's my level of hosting. The back of the envelope tells me it will take a year for me to break even, so I elected the higher level of hosting.
Now, to create a web page for the store.
Cheers...
About an hour later, they spontaneously stopped "seeing" each other, as evidenced by error messages to the effect that no such other machine existed on the network. Then Borg proceeded to stop seeing itself in its own Network Neighborhood.
I am beginning to suspect network hardware. The cheap hub I bought is tops on the list.
After many frustrations with McAfee antivirus, I sprang for the pro version of AVP, published by Kaspersky labs. It immediately found an infected file on my system, which arrived with some suspicious mail and had never been run. (Whew!) It turns out the file is infected with I-Worm.Magister, which appears to be a bad one, from its description.
I applied for an Internet merchant credit card account today and it should be "live" tomorrow, if the sales flack can be believed. I also upgraded the store's hosting to "Merchant Hosting," which costs a small fortune, but the deal is that the bank will waive the application fee ($299) if that's my level of hosting. The back of the envelope tells me it will take a year for me to break even, so I elected the higher level of hosting.
Now, to create a web page for the store.
Cheers...
Re: Not to be a constant Microsoft basher, but....
Thanks for the idea.
Cheers...