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I had that error (file download) yesterday using firefox , cleared the cache and came back on without any problems.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0
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I have sent an email re the probs with a link to this thread, so fingers crossed we'll get some more help. As I'm currently only able to access MSE through my browser history I am reluctant to clear my cache (I think that's what provides the data in the browser history isn't it?)
Kaz xJanuary '06 Grocery Challenge (4th - 31st) £320.Week 1 - £73.99 Week 2 £5.10 (so far
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Someone burst my bubble and I lost the plot so no idea what I spent now...Other Jan :- Petrol £20.41, Clothes £8.50, House £3.
I will try to work it out.
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Thank you CIS for pointing me in the right direction.
Cleared the cache on my corporate firewall, and all is well again.
Now....why did it happen in the first place......corruption on the forums that then got cached to peoples machines (and probably AOLs whole user base!)??0 -
The site served up a corrupted page, and as the browser generally goes to the cache before downlaoding the webpage again from the internet, because of it was hitting the malformed page in the cache and failing.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0
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Yes, and obviously the MSE site had a problem to serve up a corrupted page at that time.
Still, fixed now, it just my experience of quality systems that makes me want to investigate it back to the root cause!!0 -
It's probably the same problem that others are experiencing and the Forum Team are aware of it, see this thread.Torgwen..........
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If you have aol and you do NOT want to use the aol software to login and use the internet, follow this below:
NOTE: this info below is from another person and all credits go to him/her. I am just sharing this info to help other aol users.
Setting up a connection with AOL so you can remove their software:
1. Make sure you are disconnected from AOL via their software.
2. Start -> Connect To -> Show All Connections.
3. Double-Click "New Connection Wizard".
4. Hit "Next".
5. Make sure "Connect to the internet is selected" and hit "Next" again.
6. Select "Set up my connection manually" and hit "Next".
7. Select "Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and password" and hit "Next".
8. In the "ISP Name" box enter something to describe it to you. SOmething like "AOL Broadband" will do you.
9. Enter your User Name in the box - Something like "KeSmi747@aol.com" then enter the password you use to connect to AOL in each of the boxes below. Hit "Next".
*** IMPORTANT - you must get your username right and the standard format is the first two letters of your first name, the first three letters of your last name, then three random numbers, not forgetting that you also need to include "@aol.com". The example above is what Kevin Smith's AOL username might be. ***
10. Hit "Finish".
At this point you can stop and simply connect to AOL by going Start -> Connect To -> AOL Broadband, but I recommend taking the next few steps and having your connection always on.
11. In the box that comes up hit "Properties". (This box can also be brought up by going Start -> Connect To -> AOL Broadband)
12. Goto the "Options" tab and increase the "Redial attempts" to 100, then change the "Time between redial attempts" to 1 second.
13. On this same screen uncheck the box labelled "Promt for name and password, certificate, etc." Hit "OK".
14. Open Start -> Connect To -> then left-click and drag "AOL Broadband" to your desktop to create a shortcut.
15. Right-Click the new shortcut and select "Cut".
16. Right-Click the Start button and select "Open".
17. Open "Programs" then "Start Up".
18. Right-Click in the blank space and select "Paste".
That's it - now when you log into windows your AOL connection will automatically connect itself and stay conencted0 -
Quincy wrote:If you have aol and you do NOT want to use the aol software to login and use the internet, follow this below:
NOTE: this info below is from another person and all credits go to him/her. I am just sharing this info to help other aol users.
Setting up a connection with AOL so you can remove their software:
1. Make sure you are disconnected from AOL via their software.
2. Start -> Connect To -> Show All Connections.
3. Double-Click "New Connection Wizard".
4. Hit "Next".
5. Make sure "Connect to the internet is selected" and hit "Next" again.
6. Select "Set up my connection manually" and hit "Next".
7. Select "Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and password" and hit "Next".
8. In the "ISP Name" box enter something to describe it to you. SOmething like "AOL Broadband" will do you.
9. Enter your User Name in the box - Something like "KeSmi747@aol.com" then enter the password you use to connect to AOL in each of the boxes below. Hit "Next".
*** IMPORTANT - you must get your username right and the standard format is the first two letters of your first name, the first three letters of your last name, then three random numbers, not forgetting that you also need to include "@aol.com". The example above is what Kevin Smith's AOL username might be. ***
10. Hit "Finish".
At this point you can stop and simply connect to AOL by going Start -> Connect To -> AOL Broadband, but I recommend taking the next few steps and having your connection always on.
11. In the box that comes up hit "Properties". (This box can also be brought up by going Start -> Connect To -> AOL Broadband)
12. Goto the "Options" tab and increase the "Redial attempts" to 100, then change the "Time between redial attempts" to 1 second.
13. On this same screen uncheck the box labelled "Promt for name and password, certificate, etc." Hit "OK".
14. Open Start -> Connect To -> then left-click and drag "AOL Broadband" to your desktop to create a shortcut.
15. Right-Click the new shortcut and select "Cut".
16. Right-Click the Start button and select "Open".
17. Open "Programs" then "Start Up".
18. Right-Click in the blank space and select "Paste".
That's it - now when you log into windows your AOL connection will automatically connect itself and stay conencted
Any hints for someone on aol dial up?0
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