Welcome to the realm of PCTech! I have been collecting useful tips and troubleshooting procedures over the years for problems that will not be solved over the phone by your ISP or PC manufacturer. The articles that I'll publish under this domain will branch off in many diferent directions, so i'll try to keep the tree of links simple to the point where you'll be able to find whatever you are looking for. If you have na issue that is not in the content of available solutions, you can allwais post a request on this page and i will try to provide you with a working solution of the problem as soon as possible.

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Here is how to set up your e-mail address,  how to change how often OLE sends and receives messages and how to enable the viewing of pictures in Outlook Express 5.0 and 6.0:

How to set up an e-mail account in Outlook Express 

How to change how often Outlook Express sends and receives messages

How to Enable Viewing of Pictures and Attachments in OLE

iis anyone readning my posts i haven't got an responds  am a caring,kind hearted person that just needs some help i am  disabled and low income anyone know of any help i am in need of help i can't pay 900.00 that is back owed for my car does anyone know of any programs that can help

     In general none of the ISP providers are obligated to help you with this - if you can open a web page, that is as far as their tech support will go. Your PC manufacturer will NOT help you with this issue. And your last resort - Microsoft, will charge you for live tech support approximately $35/h... So, to avoid hours of arguing with tech support reps, here is what you have to do to fix this type of problem:

    DELETE THE TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES To delete the temporary Internet files, follow these steps:

    CONFIGURE SECURITY, CONTENT, AND ADVANCED SETTINGS IN INTERNET EXPLORER To configure security, content, and advanced settings in Internet Explorer, follow these steps:

To delete the Cookies in IE 6.0:

• click on "Tools" and select "Internet Options"

• Click on "Delete Cookies":

• Click "OK":

• After the hourglas is gone, click on "Delete Files":

• Click "OK" without checking the box next to "Delete all offline content":

• After the hourglass is gone, click on "Delete Files" again :

• Put a check mark next to "Delete all offline content" and click "OK":

• After the hour glass is gone from your screen, click "OK" on the "Internet Options" window, close IE and reboot your computer.

Before you are able to do this you will have to obtain the following information:

•  Your e-mail address
•  Your user name
•  Your password
•  The incoming server name
•  The outgoing server name

After you get the above information here is what do you have to do:

• Open Outlook Express
• Click on "tools" and click on "Accounts"

• Click on the "Mail" tab

• Click on the "Add" button and click on "Mail"

• In the "Display name" box type whatever you want people to see when they recieve an e-mail from you and click "Next".

• In the "E-mail address" box type your complete e-mail address and click "Next".

• Enter the incoming and outgoing mail server names and enter them in the text boxes. Click "Next".

• Enter your password in the text box next to "Password" and make sure that there is a check mark next to "Remember password". Click "Next".

• Click "Finish".

• Click "Close".

After you click "Close", you should be able to click on "Send/Recieve" button on the tool bar of OLE and get the messages that are stored on the incoming mail server.

Please, let me know if you have any questions :)

Here is how to do this, explained in simple words:
 
    1. Click on the “Start” button on your desktop.

    2. Click on the “Run” option in the “Start” menu.

    3. In the text box next to “Open” type “cmd” (for Win XP or Win 2000 Pro), or “command” (for Win 95, Win 98, Win ME, Win NT 4.0).

    4. Press “Enter” or click “OK”.

    5. The “command prompt” window will open on the screen.

    6. In this window type “telnet ‘YourIncomingServer’* 110”.

    7. Press “Enter”

    8. You should get “+OK InterMail POP3 server ready.” or a similar message.

    9. You will have to type word “user”, press the space bar on the keyboard one time and type your “user name”**

    10. Press “Enter”

    11. You should get “+OK please send PASS command”.

    12. Now type the word “pass”, press the space bar on the keyboard one time and type your “password”***

    13. You will get “+OK ‘user name’ is welcome here”. Now you are logged on to your POP3 server through telnet.
    Now you should be able to type "list" in the same window. This will display the number of the messages in your mailbox and their individual size.
 
      * - ‘YourIncomingServer’ - the name of your incoming mail server will be provided to you by your Internet Service Provider. For example - if you are a customer of Cox Communications your incoming mail sever could be ' pop.west.cox.net '; if you are a customer of Earthlink, you mail server could be ' pop.earthlink.net'. To obtain the correct name of your incoming mail server, please call your ISP's technical support line.
 
.......  to be continued

To make sure that your Internet Explorer is not trying to use dial up connection:

1. open up IE
2. click on "Tools" button in the tool bar in the upper left-hand side of Internet Explorer
3. select "Options" from the menu that opens up
4. click on the "Connections" tab of the "Internet Options" window
5. put a "dot" in the radio button next to "Never dial a connection"
6. click "Apply"
7. click "OK"
8. close Internet Explorer
9. restart your computer

Now try using your explorer again - this time it should use your existing LAN connection.

Some of the security settings in OLE have to be changed.

Here is how to do this:

• open OLE
• click on "Tools" button in the upper part of OLE
• select "Options" from the drop down menu
• go to the "Security" tab
• remove the check mark from "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus"
• click the "OK" button
• close OLE
• open OLE

Now you should be able to open pictures and attachments.

If you need me to post pics along with the instructions, please send me a message :)

Welcome to the part of my aidpage where I will try to help you to resolve whatever issues you might have sending and recieving e-mails with Outlook Express:

Problem solutions for Outlook Express

Set up an e-mail account

To change how often Outlook Express checks or sends messages you have to:

1. open OLE
2. click on the "Tools" button on the tool bar on top of Outlook Express
3. in the "General" tab of the "Options" window by default there is a check mark next to "Check for new messages every 30 minute(s)"
4. you can change the number "30" to whatever number you want - if you delete "30" and type "5" in the box, your Outlook Express will send and check for new messages every 5 minutes.

Please, let me know if you need me to post pictures or if you have any questions.

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Hello there! I'm new to this but I'll see if I can do this right the first time.

I'm 48 years old and have worked in the computer business for more than 25 years. That's about as long as you CAN work with desktop computers because I was involved from the beginning of the PC "revolution!"

I lost my job last year when my boss was caught stealing from the government agency we worked for. I guess he thought if he got rid of the computer person (me) he might be able to get away with it and things would settle down for him. Well, they didn't. I was highly involved in the investigation and he eventually went to jail for a couple of months, will serve 4-5 years probation as well as house arrest. restitution, etc. Meanwhile - I'm still out of work. I do have a Whistleblower suit pending, and think a nice settlement will eventually be made, but that could take another year or two. But at least I should be able to help others then. :)

I was able to hang in there quite well for a while, but had to give up my COBRA insurance in November of 2006. In December I found breast cancer. I have some other serious health issues that add to the mix, but I just recently found a doctor to help with that, thank goodness. So all in all, I'm doing pretty well - but I do get quite sick and extremely tired from the chemo. I'm halfway through that now and then will have more surgery. I've had two major surgeries so far but they haven't been completely successful. And of course I haven't been able to work and even if  I could physically it certainly wouldn't be fair to a prospective employer what with not knowing when I'll be 100% again - though I'm SURE I will be - I'm beating this thing! Meanwhile, I've been looking for part time flexible hours but haven't found that yet, either.

So I could use some help. I've had a little help from family and friends, am getting about $425 in Social Security each month for my two boys (their father retired). But now my savings are gone and the credit card bills are piling up. I'm concerned I won't find work before my mortgage goes into default. I just got denied Social Security Disability (amazing, huh?).

If anyone could help with basic living expenses, even gift cards to help with basic household stuff like toilet paper, toothpaste, cat food :), shampoo, etc., it would be so appreciated. Of course, if I could get a mortgage payment ($604) or an electric bill ($220) taken care of that would give me another month's breathing room.

I am prepared to help oithers with any computer services they might need. I have all the MS Office software, can program and fix databases, write great resumes, can troubleshoot and advise on any computer problems, I can evaluate configurations if you need help deciding if a used computer is a good buy, can give basic written intructions on routine computer maintenance - basically I can do anything you need with a computer!

I hope someone can help a little and hope I can help someone else! Let me know! Thanks and may God bless you.

Sheree in Florida

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