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I've watched my phone do exactly that thing, omnis. It will get no signal in a place where I know it should be getting great signal.
To get it to reset to the nearest cell tower (instead of whichever one it's locked onto), I flip it into airplane mode for a second, and flip back. When it tries to pick up signal again, it will grab the nearest tower, and get great signal again.
I had only theorized that this was what the phone was doing. It's nice to get some official-type validation of my big brain.
the thing that says its bunk is this. I'll do it (and ya, I do the airplane mode, as it's faster 'reboot'), and leave the phone on the desk. It'll show full bars after the 'reset'. Then, like 10-15 min later, I'll look again, and one blip or no service again. If its reset to the nearest tower, shouldn't it stay at full bars if the phone hasn't moved?
Quick dumb question-
How do I make 'invisible" folders visible in Windows. My boss saved something very important in a file called "temporary internet files" inside "Local Settings" inside her user folder. However, the "Local setting file doesn't show when I go in (It shows on the Save as Screen, and I can see the 10 different version of the document in there)
Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Show hidden files and folders
Thank you!
I can never remember how to do it! (I'm a Mac Girl)
I am an idiot.
I've been getting a message on my laptop from McAfee that I need to renew and I wasn't thinking, and uninstalled it thinking I had Norton on my laptop already. Except I don't have I Norton on my desktop.
So now that I have uninstalled McAfee is there anyway to get it back?
Did McAfee come with the laptop? If so, then it's probably on one of the restore disks that came with the laptop. Also, You could also just go to McAfee's site and buy it there. [link]
There are also some free antivirus programs that work pretty well, too, like AVG [link] or Clamwin [link]
Quick wi-fi question...
vwbug is at my house and her PC can't log onto my Apple Airport based network. I know we have the password correct but she keeps getting an error message. Any obvious ideas? (I tried taking the password off completely but Leopard wont' let me or at least I can't figure it out.)
do you have the option on the airport to say "these M.A.C. address's only". You might have to add the MAC address on her wi-fi card to the list.
Interesting site I just learned about:
www.seeqpod.com
you can search and listen to pretty much any song. Also works on the iPhone. Not sure about other mobile devices.
