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aychamo
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Two small computer problems :)
Hey guys, I'm having two small computer problems.
They are on a 1.6(ish... I can't remember)ghz Dell Dimension desktop. I just reformated after a long time and reinstalled Windows ME.
First problem is that my outlook express is not resolving (or finding, or whatever) my mail servers host name. I know for sure that it is mail.cox-internet.com, but it can't find it. It is weird, because on my same network my laptop can access the mail server (exact same settings in outlook express) perfectly, but the desktop wont. Can this be some network protocol setting or something? The web, etc, works fine, just the mail server won't connect.
This second problem is a really annoying one. This happened when I FDISKed my partion and reformated. When my computer reboots, it does the BIOS stuff and then shows the primary disk, 2ndary disk thing, then my CD ROM drive, and then it says "Hit <DEL> to continue" and when I hit DEL it goes on and boots up windows. It *never* displays an error, it just wants me to hit DEL for fun apparently. Maybe it's because the computer is a dell? :). I'm assuming this has somehting to do with that I FDISKed my computer. It boots up fine, just with that small problem.
I would really appreciate some help with this, it's just a few small hitches I'm dealing with, nothing big :) Thank you in advance,
AYCHAMO
Hey guys, I'm having two small computer problems.
They are on a 1.6(ish... I can't remember)ghz Dell Dimension desktop. I just reformated after a long time and reinstalled Windows ME.
First problem is that my outlook express is not resolving (or finding, or whatever) my mail servers host name. I know for sure that it is mail.cox-internet.com, but it can't find it. It is weird, because on my same network my laptop can access the mail server (exact same settings in outlook express) perfectly, but the desktop wont. Can this be some network protocol setting or something? The web, etc, works fine, just the mail server won't connect.
This second problem is a really annoying one. This happened when I FDISKed my partion and reformated. When my computer reboots, it does the BIOS stuff and then shows the primary disk, 2ndary disk thing, then my CD ROM drive, and then it says "Hit <DEL> to continue" and when I hit DEL it goes on and boots up windows. It *never* displays an error, it just wants me to hit DEL for fun apparently. Maybe it's because the computer is a dell? :). I'm assuming this has somehting to do with that I FDISKed my computer. It boots up fine, just with that small problem.
I would really appreciate some help with this, it's just a few small hitches I'm dealing with, nothing big :) Thank you in advance,
AYCHAMO