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joe_tlj   06-20-2005 at 05:36:25 PM

I am downloading SP2 for windows XP.
Problem: I have tediously slow dial up.
Solution: Leave the download going over night.
Problem: My dad disconnects my ICS by disabling
the network so he can browse the web. I awake
to find that 30-50mb did NOT download overnight.
Solution: Hide the network connections from easy access.
– Too brutish
Solution: Ask dad to re-enable network when done with internet
– He’s chronically absent minded
Solution: ?

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mpasternak   06-20-2005 at 06:56:18 PM
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High speed

directly dialing the ISP on your computer?

nothing.. he who pays the bills gets to do what he wants

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Riser   06-20-2005 at 07:36:36 PM
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Order the CD from Microsoft with Sp2 on it.

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folken   06-20-2005 at 10:01:52 PM
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If you dont want to order it from microsoft just get a download manager so you can pause the download and then resume it when the connection comes back. I'm sure sp2 is on bittorrent somewhere.

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joe_tlj   06-20-2005 at 10:26:14 PM
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Well, thanks to all who took the time to respond.
But there is an uderlying problem here that will not simply dissapear when i have finished downloading SP2. I want the network to renew itself every so often, to automatically enable the apropriate connections. Or maybe something that would dynamically prioritize bandwidth so that the ICS pc takes a bigger chunk of dialup as needed.

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mpasternak   06-20-2005 at 10:41:24 PM
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no can do.

it just doesnt exist to my knowledge. if it's your dad's computer that has the ICS set up. you're under his control.

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folken   06-21-2005 at 01:29:14 AM
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Sneak in and install vnc server on his comp. Then when he gets off it at night (if it is still on of course) just take over the comp and reinable it :)
Other than that or physically goin in and reinabling ICS there is no way to force it to be on after it is disabled.

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Rob423   06-22-2005 at 03:33:53 AM
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modem service = 15$? cable = like 30-39$...

From your typing you sound old enough. Why not get a job and help your old man with the payments throw him 20-30$ a month.. which is NOTHING these days... and get a part time job and then everyone will be happy. Also these days the cable company's especially mine (comcast) gives you the first month or 2 free... that will give you plenty of time to save up.

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folken   06-22-2005 at 03:52:24 AM
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SBC DSL is down to 14.95 a month for a 1.5MB connection. That is an unbeatable price, lol.

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Rob423   06-22-2005 at 06:06:02 PM
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wow deffinetly... im paying like 39$ for crappy cable modem which runs decently, but being such a C-P-U i need more!! so im lookin into the Verizon Fiber optic Serivce, i made a post about it in this section. the prices are amazing. Just haven't got into my area yet.

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folken   06-22-2005 at 09:28:21 PM
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I'm definatly going for fiber service as soon as it gets to me. It will be a while though, I'm behind the redwood curtain in northern cali so stuff takes forever to reach me. I'll just have to suffer w/ my 3mb dsl for $24.95 a month and 300kb/s downloads, lol.

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Rob423   06-23-2005 at 06:08:47 AM
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yo verizon offers this service to Cali... go on the verizon website and search for there Fiber Optice Internet Service (FIOS)

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joe_tlj   06-23-2005 at 08:52:59 PM
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Ok, let me just state that is no, nor will there ever be, cheap braudband internet out here in the berkshire backwoods. There just isn't enough people out here for anything but dialup and $70 a month, $200 installation, satelite. The real fusterating thing is that my dad knows almost nothing about computers, exept how to check his email, check accuweather, and dissable my network. He is constantly leaving the network down, even when I'm not downloading anything, because he thinks that the ICS is slowing him down. I need one of those machines from PAYCHECH to zap his memory up to the time he learned how to disable the network. And I have VNC, which rocks by the way, but tends to stop working when the network's down.

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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by joe_tlj on 06/23/05 03:08 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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folken   06-24-2005 at 12:35:41 AM
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Satellite is getting cheaper and cheaper but you can forget playing games on it. I installed a direcway satellite system for one of my friends and it downloads at decent speeds (~80kb/s) but the latency didn't go under 1000ms for anything I pinged.

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joe_tlj   06-24-2005 at 06:25:33 AM
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Yeah, I did some reading on satellite meself. There are some real horror stories out there. Doesn't seem worth it.

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Rob423   06-24-2005 at 03:53:57 PM
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wow that is horrible... You better stay in school get a good job and MOVE somewhere where the internet demand is flowing like pepsi! lol

Good Luck to ya!

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addiarmadar   06-28-2005 at 10:36:53 PM
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Could DL a torrent of SP2. That way when the internet is lost, the torrent will pickup were it left as long as the torrent is still running.

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vagabond   07-04-2005 at 06:15:18 PM
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My recommendation, had the same problem as you except I'm in Germany. For a long time no one wanted ADSL so everyone was stuck with 56k or ISDN. For a good while I was stuck at 256k. What I did to get the SP2 from Microsoft is I ordered it online. Saturday I believe. Three of them. 2 English versions, 1 German. I really didn't think they'd come. The first english one came Monday and the other two came Thursday the following week. What you get is a clean SP2 already backed up to CD! I used my copies to slipstream my XP versions. All of them. I have XP Pro SP2 english and german. I also have XP Home SP2 german.

I wish I could get the IE SPs and Outlook Express SPs on CD also. :o(

I've got T-DSL flat 1000 right now but I went and ordered flat 6000. Can't wait!

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