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If you have seen this error, chances are you have read, called and otherwise researched everything you can think of to solve it, and discovered, as I have, that it’s a pretty common and unsettled question.  Until now. 

 I experienced this problem, and like most power-users, I messed around for a while trying to fix it myself.  I thought, “I’m smart enough, this shouldn’t be a biggie”.  After wasting a bunch of time, I started calling all the vendors involved (Microsoft, Palm, Verizon, my ISP).  They all suggested solutions that further frustrated me:  Reboot your computer, replace your router, check your external phone lines, restore your Treo, reinstall your operating system, and so on.  I am not kidding, sometimes I just had to say no.  I sit 3 feet from another computer configured exactly the same way, and the error is only haunting me.  So I just KNEW they were, for the most part, as clueless as I was. Read the rest of this entry »

This is an intro post.  Getting material together to give fresh ideas about what it takes to have the best tool for the least damage to your purse.  Sometimes this means Free.  Sometimes it means Figuring out what those mysterious buttons do.  And sometimes it might just mean Protecting what you already own and know.

I will undoubtedly reveal, as I ignorantly break every PC rule, that I’m not a seasoned blogger.  More like a lurker.  But I have decided that I, along with a few trusted people that I actually know by Face, have some stuff Read the rest of this entry »