Dear Mr. Gates .... (page 2)

baltar447

Ok, the whole thing about reformatting your PC just because you need to ONLY use ipv4 is crazy, who told you that? IPv6 can be unchecked from the network adapter you are using and presto, it is disabled.

talesin

hahahahahahaha

baltar447, that was pretty rude, but I'll be gentle with you.

So, to answer your question "who told you that" (and ignoring the 'crazy' bit) ...

Okay, whatever. Don't you think I tried that? DUH.

So, after reading some forum advice (like geeks.com one of the best) and trying to solve the problem,

I called tech support for my IP,,, they walked me through it (already SHOWED as disabled), and STILL had only a speed of 2-4 mbps D/L, instead of the 14-15 I have now.

and THEN, my friend, who is a college-educated, working-in-the-field techie,,,, took my tower home and said "darndest thing I ever saw, couldn't get rid of it so I wiped your hard drive and re-installed the O/S".

Now, it could be that the virus had something to do with it, but we'll never know.

Soooo,,,, let's not portray everything as so cut-and-dried.

This topic was created to make a poke at Microsoft, and to help people, not make them feel stupid.

tal

*been using the net before the WWW was created, when all we had was DOS and dial-up* Klass

Heaven

Havin' a Time - Donny Dunphy.... LMAO!

baltar447

I was rude? Really? Your reply was incredibly rude and condecending.

talesin

Let's look at what you said, baltar447 ...

Ok, the whole thing about reformatting your PC just because you need to ONLY use ipv4 is crazy,

so that's not rude and condescending?

who told you that?

answered your question

IPv6 can be unchecked from the network adapter you are using and presto, it is disabled

doesn't always work, see my post above

t

baltar447

Without being "rude" You could have just given more information without getting offended.

And NO, that's not rude and condecending. I may be arrogant but I'm not rude.

baltar447

I am VERY patient with end users, my frustrations have always been with other IT people who just aren't any good at what they do.

baltar447

So if any of that animosity and frustration sounded like rudeness to you, then I'm sorry.

HintOfLime

Oh, and by the way,,, the automatic update from IPv4 to IPv6 cut me off from my ISP as they exclusively use IPv4, and was impossible to uninstall IPv6, so I had to wipe my new PC and reinstall the O/S.

Ok, the whole thing about reformatting your PC just because you need to ONLY use ipv4 is crazy, who told you that? IPv6 can be unchecked from

the network adapter you are using and presto, it is disabled.

Or... just click on the appropriate button on this page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852

As far as Microsoft being 'evil'.. I think all the big companies are pretty self-serving. Because of the huge customer and business install base, Microsoft tends to be the most scrutinized, and they have by far the most to lose. It's not like Facebook, Google, and Apple haven't been making their own headlines for anti-consumer and anti-competitive lately...

- Lime

Finally-Free

I was rude? Really? Your reply was incredibly rude and condecending.

That's why I quit giving free tech advice to anyone other than family and very close friends. I refuse to take the shit without some dollars to go with it.

W

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