Internet

..can the dreaded Vista. All trouble and heartache.

Use your old 'XP' install disks and do a fresh install. Should work OK on your new Toshiba, ..then login to MS 'update' and set up your machine for automatic update 'downloads. Do update process where you can get some cheap bandwidth as you will chew up quite a few megs. Leave 'auto update' setting on machine, with 'Ask me first' options set.

Any issues, Google search words 'best' and '46' and that will take you to a FREE highly reputable site with sensible, safe, help. "www.techsupportalert.com"

Hey Stephen,
Had the same issue with our new laptop. We asked for an XP downgrade pack when we bought it & they gave it to us foc.

Cheers
Jason

Thanks guys will follow that up today. Wife going to Castle Hill to pick it up as they were out of stock at Penrith. Will give them a ring this morning and see what the go is. What was/is your major issues with Vista compared to XP ??? Regards Steve M

Hey Stephen,

Vista takes up more space which slows the computer down considerably + it's not as user friendly.

By the By - I lived in Emu Plains for 20 years (Now at Bargara - well, we will be when we get back from our 6 month trek across to the west coast & back - April to October)

Lov'in the freedom
Cheers
Jason

Hi Jason, yes I have heard it takes up a lot more space and slightly slower, we had a few upgrades done, bigger ram, and driver so will see how it goes, got that done this morning straight away when she got the new one so will have a play tonight. I will still be running the old toshiba laptop as well for now and wife can use the it just for downloading her music/movie's etc. Dont want all that crap on the new one, too many popups and crap come through with it all. We have a seperate/external 500g drive so everything gets transferred to that.Good old Emu Plains eh, nice area as well as Leonay. Might win Lotto tonight so we can move from the area (Glenmore Park) like a bloody rabbit warren now, and god help us when all the kids grow up wont be able to move let alone park any cars in the streets. We have 33 kids in our street half at the age of getting L plates luckily my cars are well out the way locked up less chance of getting hit lol. Will be like a dodgem car track in the next few years, god knows where they are going to park them all. AHHH hope my numbers are lucky ones. Good luck you lucky buggar, Im jealous. If you around this way drop in plenty of room. Regards Steve M PS thats if you can get up the street. LOL

Hey Stephen,
The 500g hard drive is a great idea & with the extra storage space on the LT you may not notice the vista issues.

Good luck with the young'ns in the street (& the numbers).lol
Cheers
Jason

cowpat
You can only have Sat internet at a permanent fixed location.

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Jason,
Just wondering if you have found major differences between optus 3g and telstra next g in terms of coverage??
Cheers, Andy and Mandy

Hi Again,

The Telstra card does have a little better range. Will have a more accurate idea when we start heading west (end of June). We have both networks as part of our Internet Businesses (so we can work & travel at the same time)

Cheers
Jason