Computer help please
® Cam (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 15:21 GMT

My PC sometimes takes ages to connect to the internet. When I press ControlAltDelete to check
programs, it says 'AOL Not Responding'. It sometimes takes 10 minutes to connect. Is this caused by
lack of RAM? Might I be running too many other programs?

Re: Computer help please
harpie (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 16:03 GMT

Ditch AOL!

Re: Computer help please
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 16:33 GMT

Cam dear I use AOL and there are a few things you need to do regularly!

Go to my aol at the top click on preferences then www when the box opens then click on delete
Temporary Internet files, check the box that says delete all off line content. Then click on
Settings, check for newer versions of stored pages, click never. Then go down to the bottom and on
ammount of disk space to use set this low to 90mbytes. Then go to the bottom and check clear
history to 0 and delete all history.

Do you store many e-mails if you do keep the numbers down.

Now connection do you use BT to connect you?

make sure you have the correct number to dial up, this is the most likely cause of slow connection
you are using the wrong number to dial up.

frank

Re: Computer help please
® Cam (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 16:37 GMT

Thanks Frank. It's a BT landline, I update the dial up number often and I don't save any aol e
mails(I don't use the account really).

I'll do as you say. The AOL screen comes up, without the Welcome news page, and it just stays like
that for ages.

Re: Computer help please
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 16:41 GMT

You using windows 98! Do you also clean out your files?

Re: Computer help please
® Cam (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 16:47 GMT

Yes I'm on windows 98. Clean out files? You've lost me. Temp folders?

Re: Computer help please
® Cam (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 16:49 GMT

I've gone to aol preferences and clicked delete temp internet files, and it appears to have crashed
aol, or it may be taking a very long time to do it.

Re: Computer help please
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:15 GMT

if you have a lot of files it will take time


Does anyone know of any service providers that you can pay a 1 off monthly payment and get your
internet call charges included that works with NTL? or is AOL my only option?
(

Iceman
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Re: Computer help please
® paul in cardiff (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:15 GMT

ntl its self!!!

Re: Computer help please
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:17 GMT

I thought that, I asked for NTLworld a year ago, I'm still waitting

Iceman
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Re: Computer help please
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:18 GMT

Agree with harpie...

Re: Computer help please
® paul in cardiff (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:20 GMT

what about broadband with ntl, 20 quid about?? On 24 7 then its great

Re: Computer help please
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:28 GMT

30 I think and it's not avilable in the area yet


Iceman
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Re: Computer help please
® tisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 19:31 GMT

Have a lok at this Ice

http://www.msn.co.uk/inter
netaccess/default.asp

Re: Computer help please
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 20:05 GMT

that's for that Frank but that will not work with NTL, it's part of BT the deal that you found

Iceman
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Re: Computer help please
¿ TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 12:03 GMT

Ice Freeserve disc can be obtained from any Dixons shop also Tiscali on
http://www.tiscali.co.uk seems to be popular
with some.

Re: Computer help please
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 13:44 GMT

Frank, the problem is their all in deal thst includes the cost of the phone calls do not work on NTL
phone lines *ONLY* BT and it's the cost of the calls that is the problem for me

Iceman
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Re: Computer help please
® Tintin (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 13:52 GMT

Why not use NTL as an ISP then??

Re: Computer help please
® Iceman (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 13:57 GMT

as I said before, I've been waiting a year for NTL to sort out NTL world for me and still nighting,
they are slowly allow people on to it so as not to kill the system, and I don't know how much
longer I will have to wait

Iceman
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