Also, my screen will occasionally go blank after I've tried to do any of the above, or if I'm trying to reach the board from my bookmark. ... Is it my computer, or are other people experiencing the same thing?
Several times while trying to move from one post to another or jumping from one board to another, the link will fail to respond, and no matter how many times I click it, the page will not change.
P.S.--In an unrelated matter, I'm curious as to when/if the board will be able to accept new members. Any idea, moderators?
....whenever someone tries to access the forum using an Url longer than http://www.dsboards.com/ or http://www.dsboards.com.
What difference does the / make in the address(s)?
We've discovered tonight from a member that their Norton Personal Firewall software has been causing the forum to behave screwy.
BTW...for anyone purchasing XP..when I bought the above mentioned Norton firewall, their book mentions that :I've got a Dell with Windows XP and with all this talk of firewalls, I checked to see what I had. My brother had to help me find out HOW to find out what I had. Mine just says Internet Connect Firewall.
"Windows XP includes a firewall (italics theirs, not mine) that can interfere with Norton Personal Firewall protection features. You must disable the Windows XP firewall before installing Norton Personal Firewall".
(natch...mine WASN'T highlighted/clicked off to firewall).Mine wasn't clicked "ON" either so I clicked that I wanted firewall in use. And, as my brother says, I don't use the computer for personal financial use or for work, so there would be no need to get another firewall. He said what came with the computer was good enough for what I do.
MB...uh...as far as the firewall you mentioned...uh, is free good...like, don'tcha kinda get what you pay for (no disrespect to our MBenefactor), but does anyone know what I mean?? ?!?
If I'm on, then click on the home icon, it gives me a sorry Patti, no go, new address is www.dsboards.com/ (hello, this IS the address).
Plus, since this kicks me out, I'm not logging out w/in my 60 minutes, so....
I have to wait to come back.
Again, this is if I'm logged in, accessing, but click home.
...can you run a ??thing?? to see when I'm on and how I'm logging out...okay,,,it's 3:28pm eastern time now; I'll try doing the thing/home.
we have no firewall here
But I was able to get right back in at once.
The one you suggested has now been installed.
Happy now?
You'll thank me for shrieking once you've seen just how many attempts to probe your computer it blocks.
Of course, if you had Norton Personal Firewall, then you could also block MB's nefarious attempts to access your pc via the DS Forums home page. ;-)
You'll thank me for shrieking once you've seen just how many attempts to probe your computer it blocks.
So...how does someone access your computer?
AND, what do they do once they're in there?? Can they take files, or delete them, or can they put files on there??
And BTW, have you ever checked the Symantec support pages for NPF? I browsed through them for Patti last night (trying to see if I could find a solution for her problem) and couldn't believe how many problems people can encounter using it. [shkdy]
ZoneAlarm's firewall also has its share of complaints
Face it, MB, the board is just special in more ways than any of us realized. :-)
Almost all of those are for version 3. I upgraded to 3 when it was first released, didn't like it, and almost immediately went back to using 2.6.
It's version 3.1 something. Am I going to experience problems with this version??
And BTW, have you ever checked the Symantec support pages for NPF? I browsed through them for Patti last night (trying to see if I could find a solution for her problem) and couldn't believe how many problems people can encounter using it. [shkdy]
By default, NPF is set up to block information about previously visited sites. If this operation is permitted for the DS Forums, then the home page is accessible either by entering the main URL or using the various navigation links throughout the site.
Do I win a prize? ;)
Untrapped Error:
./Sources/BoardIndex.pl did not return a true value at /home/virtual/site25/fst/var/www/perl/yabb/YaBB.pl line 234.
The only way I managed to get in here was by clicking on New Postings and doing a search for this board. Home doesn't work for me again. :(
I've been happily using the forum without a problem since I reconfigured Norton Personal Firewall until a few minutes ago
Hmm . . . ok, so I don't have it all figured out. I've been happily using the forum without a problem since I reconfigured Norton Personal Firewall until a few minutes ago when I got this message trying to access the home page:
Untrapped Error:
./Sources/BoardIndex.pl did not return a true value at /home/virtual/site25/fst/var/www/perl/yabb/YaBB.pl line 234.
The only way I managed to get in here was by clicking on New Postings and doing a search for this board. Home doesn't work for me again. :(
Fine. Just dash my hopes of being special. LOL