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Post by seanrua on Feb 9, 2014 17:03:08 GMT
Something weird seems to be going on. I couldn't get logged in earlier to ask about it.
Anyway, I'm here now.
On the computer I often use ( it's not mine), I noticed there are three or four other names up for connection, besides the one and only one I use.
Some of these have a padlock symbol and are no problem.
However, one is called JULIAN.
The name means nothing to anybody concerned, so we tried to disable it. Got a feeling somebody is doing a bit of free wi-fi.
Don't really care about that, but I'd like to be able to close it down. Problem is I cannot find a way to do this.
Evertime I look, the "connect box" is ticked, so I untick it.
The thing is as tenacious as a terrier and cannot be shaken off.
Any ideas, please?
sean rua.
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Post by Pollik on Feb 9, 2014 17:22:08 GMT
Your computer is giving you a list of network connections near you, that your laptop can see. All those that are not the one you use, all those belong to someone else. The padlock symbol means that you cannot connect to them unless you have been given the password. If Julian doesn't have a padlock, you might find you could connect to it and get your own free wifi...not that you you would do that, I am sure.  Anyway, from what you are telling us, Julian isn't freeloading off you...he has his own connection. |
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Post by edina on Feb 9, 2014 17:27:14 GMT
Something weird seems to be going on. I couldn't get logged in earlier to ask about it. Anyway, I'm here now. On the computer I often use ( it's not mine), I noticed there are three or four other names up for connection, besides the one and only one I use. Some of these have a padlock symbol and are no problem. However, one is called JULIAN. The name means nothing to anybody concerned, so we tried to disable it. Got a feeling somebody is doing a bit of free wi-fi. Don't really care about that, but I'd like to be able to close it down. Problem is I cannot find a way to do this. Evertime I look, the "connect box" is ticked, so I untick it. The thing is as tenacious as a terrier and cannot be shaken off. Any ideas, please? sean rua. It sounds as if it is a wifi point within range of your computer, so if it is not locked and you are running decent AV software, I would log onto it and use it. I presume you are using windows, so you should be able to right click it and select "ignore" if you don't want your computer to use the connection. Whatever you do I think your computer will still show it as an available wifi source if it is within range; it could be a mobile phone hotspot and will disappear when the phone moves away. Sorry Polly - didn't mean to stand on your toes! |
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Post by seanrua on Feb 9, 2014 19:45:03 GMT
Thank you all so much for the kind replies!
So it seems Julian may not be a problem.
Yes, thr wi-fi modem router thing is password-protected. In fact, I have this written down as sometimes connectivity has been bad. One time I had to get my son-in-law in Switzerland on the case, bc all I could get was "Julian" and it then said something about "incorrect password".
If I remember correctly, I had to get into Controls and type in the password. This isn't as easy as it sounds, as right-clicking on Julian doesn't work and second, this thing is Windows 8 and unless I can get the "chimes" to show themselves I cannot get into familiar territory.
Boy, what it is to not know what you're doing!!
Thanks again to all!
If I make an important discovery, I'll be back.
sean rua.
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Post by Pollik on Feb 9, 2014 19:59:08 GMT
If you find out that Julian is rich, single and very old or ill, would you pass him on to me?
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Post by seanrua on Feb 9, 2014 20:41:04 GMT
Too late, Polly,
Julian is no longer there. As suggested, he must be mobile and temporary. I did notice a white LDV about when I wrote in. Gone now.
sean rua.
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No idea who it can be, really.
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Post by Firefox on Feb 9, 2014 20:50:25 GMT
Sometimes an open network still requires a PW. BT openzone is like that. On Windows 7, open networks are marked with little black exclamation marks in yellow circles. You can connect to log on, but need a PW for full network access.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2014 0:28:21 GMT
Also some operating systems will remember an old connection unless you tell it to "forget " it or delete it in the settings.
You need to get a teenager to explain it all, they've grown up with computers and it's second nature to them.
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Post by seanrua on Feb 12, 2014 10:19:07 GMT
Thanks again for those further posts.
Yes, I need a teenager when it comes to this sort of thing!
Btw, Julian vanished and never returned; and everything else is working fine right now.
On another old machine, that I sometimes use, things went haywire but I managed to find a useful place in "Network Options". Here I decided to "enable" all providers or users, and this seems to have done the trick.
That old machine is jank and full of all sorts of pollution and ads, so problems are expected.
This "enable" switch freed it up the last occasion, but I'm sure 'twill play up again.
sean rua.
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Post by Firefox on Feb 12, 2014 10:46:45 GMT
Actually, I'm going to sing the praise of the wild campers. I reckon for 30-80 year olds they are generally quite a computer savvy lot. I've always worked with computers every since the ZX80 came out when I was 16. The world of mobile computing moves very fast though. Look how Nokia and Blackberry lost dominant positions in just a few years, by not following the latest trends. I'm looking forward to the demise of the overpriced Crapple. No empire lasts forever and something will happen to blow them out of the water |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 20:11:45 GMT
It used to take half an hour to load space invaders using a cassette player which made wierd and wonderful noises, and then at the 25 min stage, it would crash and you'd have to start all over again
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Post by Firefox on Feb 12, 2014 20:33:02 GMT
My cassette player never worked at all to load programmes  But I did programme space invader in 1k. It had one invader who came down the screen flapping his arms up and down just like the real thing. And 3 laser base lives too. I also had the famous 16k ram pack. With no working cassette player, I could spend hours typing things in and then lose it all when the ram pack wobbled. Those were the days of proper computing! We used to go in WH Smiths after school where the new machines were available switched on to try out. Then we'd type in 10 PRINT "WH SMITHS SUCKS" 20 GOTO 10 RUN Then you could stand back at a safe distance watching it churn out this message while some other fanboys who didn't know about the break key would come along and try to make it do something. Or a member of staff would walk by and erase your programme whilst looking around for the culprit! A slightly more sophisticated effort was to run a short programme poking random things into the system memory blocks, again standing back and watching the screen do strange things or weird noises be emitted until eventually you randomly poked something really critical, and the whole thing crashed in a puff of stars |
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Polly
Hi we nearly always freecamp - old age pension gives loads of leisure time but too little money to pay camp site fees. 
The van has solar panel, large water tank So we are pretty self sufficient. Jon