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January 10

IP question 1of2

Why does my ip adress keep changing, while there are some people who remain with the same ip address all the time? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.23.98 (talk • contribs)

Different ISPs have different mechanisms and policies for IP address assignment. Ask your provider. They might have static addresses available for a small extra fee. --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 05:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you are a casual home user, you might be better off with a dynamic IP address. Please weigh the pros and cons of having static IP address. 69.150.163.1 (talk) 01:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you're on dialup, depend upon it you'll probably never have the same IP across different sessions (Times you dial in). If you have broadband, it's at the discretion of the ISP. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 13:22, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP question 2of2

What do you do when you can't enter a site because "A proxy ip adress is detected". I didn't use a proxy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.23.98 (talk • contribs)

You might not be using a proxy, but your ISP might be using transparent proxy and so forcing you to use proxy. Only option is to change your ISP. — Shinhan < talk > 10:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Or, since the first question indicated you have short-lived IP address assignments, someone else had your IP address recently and they got themselves on a proxy list. Contact the owner of the service you're blocked from and tell them their proxy list is not maintained well and it's causing you trouble. --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 21:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to publish or host a website after creating website

i have created a website using PHP and MYSQL with apache server on my pc. after creating a website, what to do with that website, to put it on the internet. so that everyone in this world can open my website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.40.210 (talk) 07:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What you need now is a web hosting service. As per the article: A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Webhosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation. The services you receive and the cost all depend on the host, you may want to shop around and look at different hosts until you find one that suits your needs. Lanfear's Bane | t 09:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[ec]If you want to host it on your own computer, here is an excellent tutorial for that. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't recommend it as a permanent solution, though. You'll have to keep your computer on 24/7, you'll have limited bandwidth, you'll have security problems... You can get a reasonable hosting service for less than 4$ per month. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't care about your website being particularly fast or being up all the time a good hose I use is Dreamhost. I used a referal code that got the cost down to about $20 a year for the first year of hosting (and a web address) by getting me $97 off, which is quick97 (I don't know the guy that owns the code, and he doesn't make money off it as far as I can tell, as that's the max discount you can offer with the referal scheme, leaving you with $0.00 from their signup). Of course if you need your site to be up 100% of the time (although I have never been unable to access my site) or you need it blisteringly fast then dreamhost is not the way to go. TheGreatZorko (talk) 09:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just realised how much like an advert this sounds but they're the cheapest I could find with that code and all I needed was a place to host my blog and images, and give me a unique email address TheGreatZorko (talk) 09:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As long as we are mentioning specific examples of hosting providers, Go Daddy is worth a look. Their prices are cheaper than most, and I haven't had any real problems with them. The only catch I've seen is their aggressive marketing ("You've registered a domain for 3$? Great! Now how about adding some nice features for only 20$?") -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another frustration I've had with GoDaddy (out of an overall positive experience) is their high-level spam filtering. ("You actually want that email from a friend overseas? Sorry, you'll never know it existed, and we won't change anything to allow it through.") jeﬀjon (talk) 17:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think its pretty much across the board that IT thinks it can block any e-mail coming from east Asia. Kushal^t 21:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC) {{worldwide}}[reply]

I have a brilliant idea. Just buy the domain and host your emails at Google's gmail! Here's the place to go after you register your domain name. [1] Kushal^t 17:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

linux

how do i remove the grub loading line...which appears when i boot onto my suse enterprise linux 10.1
i have both linux and xp on my machine,linux loads first how can make windows to be the one that load first bcoz any tyme linux gets corrupt i cant acess windows unless i have the cd.
is it possible to overclock my ram?how do i go about it
incase i want to totally uninstally linux(operative word-TOTALLY) how do i do it.rem i dual boot.
is there any tweak on xp that greatly increases a pc s speed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.49.92.142 (talk) 12:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can answer 5. - switch back to Linux. --Ouro (blah blah) 17:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Boot into Linux, do sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst, and move the Windows entry above the Linux entry. (remember to do a backup first)
Yes, but why would you want to? If you think overclocking your ram will give you a performance increase then you're clearly not ready for overclocking.
Just delete the partition. GRUB is not part of Linux.
Per Ouro, switch to a very light-weight Linux distribution like Damn Small Linux or Xubuntu and it wil be lightyears faster than your adware-infested junk loaded Windows (otherwise Windows isn't THAT slow). --antilived^{T | C | G} 21:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not overclock unless you know exactly what you are doing. Kushal^t 21:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

am shocked

i have a hdd of 80 gb but only 33 gb is working.i know what am saying and i aint crazy.the hard disk was fine last week and its been fine for the 4 months av bin having it.i have done nuthing to it.what cud be wrong,its running on xp.its a seagate hard disk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.49.92.142 (talk) 12:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did you partition it? I am pretty sure your hard disk has not suddenly shrunk. So relax.

I think I remember there is a Microsoft Management Console which you can go to. Start > Run > Type "mmc" and hit enter. Please let us know what the disk information says.Kushal^t 13:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Simply opening mmc won't get you there, you have to add the diskmanagement thing in there. Alternatively just do diskmgmt.msc in run. --antilived^{T | C | G} 21:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, antilived! I don't own a Windows-based computer anymore so I have to write from memory. Kushal^t 21:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It'd be helpful if you defined a little more clearly what the problem is. Where does it say 33 gb? Specifically what does it say? --24.147.86.187 (talk) 22:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Printer cable...

Hi, I have a USB printer and a Parallel print server... I need to find a cable that allows me to convert the USB to parallel (that actually uses the same type of USB cable that my printer calls for) If someone knows of a place to find one that would be great. Just so you know, I didnt buy the wrong print server on purpose... was an accident :) Thanks --Zach (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

eBay has a whole catagory just for USB to IEEE 1284 (Parallel) cables... Vespine (talk) 21:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! Only problem with those cables is that they go to a computer, is there a piece that converts to different USB ends? The end on my printer is the squarer one (forget what its called at the moment...) Thanks again... --Zach (talk) 20:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

help identifying IDE connectors

I have come into possession of 2 notebook hard drives, and I'd like to stick them into some sort of external enclosure. However, I'm not sure which external enclosures support these disks because they seem a little weird to me. I'm no expert in laptop computer parts so. if someone could help me identify them and give me some recommendations of a cheap, good quality enclosure that works with these, I'd be very grateful.

if there is any identifying going on, perhaps the images can be posted on some article or something. Coolotter88 (talk) 23:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That one on the left looks like some kind of specialized header slipped over a standard 44-pin "2.5 inch" IDE connector. If the header will unplug, you can plug an easily available 44-pin to 40 pin converter onto the drive and then plug that into your mounting box.

You're not showing a lot of the drive on the right but it looks like it's the same situation.

Atlant (talk) 00:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, xD I forgot that the one had a special adapter thing. Coolotter88 (talk) 00:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]