yes, the think most people forget is to disable teh MICROSOFT firewall on the network cards.. then is done in the network adapter properties.. and click advanced.
run the ICS on the computer with the internet connection.
turn off zonealarm (tempararily) to check that its working ok..
i love the way peopel like to find software to make hardware do things they were not supposed tooo... id be less worred of a few pounds to buy a cross over cable than install and run some unknown software
If the computer is connected to the internet perminantly that hosts the mail server, make sure you secure the relap server (this is try for any mail server) as you will become an open relay very quickly if you dont.
the easiest way to do this (assuming you do not need to be able to send messages from outside your network, is to disable port 25 (SMTP port) from being accessed from outside your network. Otherwise use the built in security features.
also make sure you have a firewall.. and that the smtp server that is in IIS is not left as on open relay.
you can use IIS as a base to host vertually any type of file...
if you install the .net framework after installing IIS you have have to activate asp.net manually... search and runt he file C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe -1
good luck
PS.. i recomend asp.net over eberything else.. and also c# not vb.net is my personal choice
it is nice and easy... if you get a router with a modem built in.. make sure it has a firewall enabled... otherwise if 1 computer connects to tinternet, and the otehr computers connect thought it.. make sure that computer has a firewall on it.
Firewalls are not optional unless you want an early grave.
also, make sure that peopel know how to unshare directories that they dont want other people to have access to.
finally.. what is your plan for data backup..
if you are using winxp pro these is microsoft backup built in.. use this to backup the data on each computer on 2 other computers.. just in case.. and then burn to cd
well.. in theory u can use the same instalation but i would not recomend it.
move all data off one hard drive,and use that to do a clean instilation.
BEFORE you take the machine apart, make sure that all the data you want to be available from your current windows profile is not on a section ofthe hard drive that is protected your your login...
could be some dodgy software.. or when a virus scan is taking place... do u have a firewall.. if not.. you might be an open relay spamming the world for the benifit for a spammer...
although running at 100% does not harm anything... it means that your computer is doing someing..
open task manager..a nd go to prcoesses.. can you tell me what processes are running above 0%, their names and % of cpu and memory size
if you did any ms updates recently, it could have updated your graphics card driver.. so check for latest drivers.
Also, go into your graphics card properties and check the refreash rates.. if you are on LCD monitor set it to 60-75Hz, on normal monitors, set to 75-85Hz
also, check all cables are in as its the most likely problem..
if you have system restore thing enabled, and you have a virus at the point that you create a restore point, then that virus will be stored forever.. even after you do a virus scan.
If you think you are infected, you have to discable system restore to do the virus scan, then re-enable it BUT you will loose all your restore points.
for sypware.. teh best one available is adware at www.lavasoft.de and its free
there should be an option to allow access for 5 mins, that is how it is in outlook 2003 and i remember outlook xp being the same.
outlook xp is not overly stable... i know its not a great answer.. but if u can upgrade to outlook 2003 its sooooooooooo much better for a whole host of reasons.
i can vouch that the hotmail intergration is seemless (im on msn premium - and its pretty good)
to be honest, you really need to sit down witha woob like Wrox ASP.NET for beginers, and user a basic editor like asp matrix, which is freely downloadable from www.asp.net
as for the debuf.. at the top of the page.. make sure in the <%@ language=C#%> you include <%@ language=C# debug=True%> jack www.ansariltd.com
From my experience, if you are manipulating very large strings, such as imported from a 2MB text file you have to use StringBuilder.
To give you an example, to import a csv file of 30,000 records, when i used a string to store the data took over 2 mins to process (and used a lot of computer resources.
with StringBuilder, it tool just a few seconds to process.
It seems to me as if gicio might indeed be using it for large strings, and is just providing these small "test" strings as an example to learn how to use it.
