Step by Step Help?

[bryant]

Originally Posted by billyo

i live in so.fla. and there are some parts in our area that high speed are not yet available, i have a friend that live in that part of town and he couldn't even get a cell phone connection ( dead spot )

Most of Maine is exactly like that, dead spots, nuttin' but dial up, etc.

[Beavis]

what about satellite internet, i would pay anything not to have dial up !


plus you could take your laptop to most places in any large town and get free WIFI internet.



Michelle you said you bought the laptop from MTU pre installed, so whats to install ? you should just be importing music.

[billyo]

i live on a new development and the only thing could get was direct tv and bellsouth tel. dsl connection, from what i heard from people who had sattellite internet connection and also based on my tv reception, you can only get a good connection when the weather is clear, when it rains my tv reception goes out of whack, i got high speed cable now and all my comps. ( 7 total ) are connected to a home network and , some get a faster connections than others..

[Michelle]

I think I've figured it out..how it's supposed to be done. And even where to store the music to bring it up during the shows ...>HOWEVER.....my computer program is now not working like it should and I'm getting an error message. I can't even type in the disk type as it says I have an error ....so I have no choice but to wait for MTU to contact me.

Thank you to everyone who took some time out of their day to help me out.
much appreciated.....When it's fixed I'll let you know what was wrong.

Michelle

[ddouglass]

Michelle,
Go to the Support area of their web page and download (save) the version 4.06 that you have installed. I know at dial-up speed it will take some time to do it. After it downloads run the setup program and re-install it over what is already there. That should fix the program problems.

[Michelle]

Ok....I can do that....Can I save it to a disk from my regular computer....and then put it on the one I have from MTU? OR can I install (which I am thinking yeah why not...) aol on the MTU computer and then just hook up from that? ....but to have a disk already made for a situation like this would be best.

THANKS!!

[Beavis]

you can save the file to your hard drive or to a cd.

if you do it on another computer then just burn a copy to a cd and put it in your cd-rom, then pop it in the laptop and drag and drop the file to the laptop.


do you know how to drag and drop files ?

[Michelle]

I know your expecting a 'no' ....but I have to say I can do that much. I'm not that bad....and I think I originally was downloading the cd's correctly (stopping at 2) ...as I didn't have a clue what to do to store them---well I knew I had to ---but I didn't know what file or type of file.....

You know when your on the computer and someone sent you something --your computer isn't reading it and 'you have to personally go thru and see what file you need to open the document in--then none of the ones you try work and there are about 3 dozen--That is how I felt. .....

I'm in a happier place right now. My truck is working.....it was of all things 'the battery'. and I was looking to really buy a 'new' vehicle...quickly.

[Beavis]

have you imported any music ?

[billyo]

saved hoster downloads to my documents, then open my documents and right click on the download, then send it to your cd/dvd drive, open the drive , insert a cd then click on copy..

[Michelle]

I did....the 2 cds originally ...when I got my laptop....then didn't know what to do with them and my laptop sat for a long time....
then I had 'nowhere to go' for a few days and thought I'd try it again as the thought of me not being able to utilize what I had made me sick.
....but it won't let me download any music at all but maybe after I try the remedy above ....I'll let you know....
Thanks

[Beavis]

are you trying to download cdg disc's or are trying to import files from your hard drive ??

[Michelle]

import cdg disks....and then have them stored in my hard drive....to just 'pull up' for a show. You need to do both but I was just really confused where to 'store them on my hard drive'
but a couple people on the forum have advised me and so I feel more comfortable....
where do you store your music after importing?

[Beavis]

in the c: drive.

[Beavis]

just pop the cd in you want to import, start hoster up first, then on the tabs up top select import from cd. give it a minute to look the cdg over.


i dont have the program on this computer so.....

[billyo]

how big of a space do you have on your internal drice ( c: )my recommendations would be to saved it on an ext. drive, just incase something happens to your int. drive, you dont have to re-import all your songs over again, once you did all the steps on how to import disc..on the bottom right corner next to exit box..save to : click on that and a box will popped up , choose folder, on the search box where it says look in, click on the arrow and look for your ext. drive and click on it..thats where all your imported songs will be saved.


note:
once youre done importing all your songs you have to rebuilt your song database

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Michelle

Ok....I can do that....Can I save it to a disk from my regular computer....and then put it on the one I have from MTU? OR can I install (which I am thinking yeah why not...) aol on the MTU computer and then just hook up from that? ....but to have a disk already made for a situation like this would be best.

THANKS!!

And yes you can put AOL on your MTU computer too. In fact that wouldn't be a bad idea as you will need to be able to keep up with Microsoft as well as MTU updates.

[Michelle]

Hi,

well....I downloaded the hoster 4.6 files...made a copy to my disk and also have it on my desktop. I tried to load it....usually it would start to read something as soon as you put it in the drive...it didn't soooo, I went in to the run program and brought it up the hard way....
well....it won't work.

It says....

Setup.exe
Setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvienience.

PLEASE TELL MICROSOFT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM...

just yet another setback I suppose.

[ddouglass]

It sounds like you may have deleted something of Windows that is causing this problem. It is Microsoft's Installer that seems not to be opening.
I would add this to your ticket and let MTU help you as they or someone may have to reload the computer from scratch.
I will let them know tomorrow morning that you need help desparately. I normally won't do this as they would rather we try to solve it through here if possible, but this is getting too deep into it and not going anywhere.
I don't think even a restore would be able to help with this.

[Beavis]

hey michelle

why dont you try a system restore, do you know how to do that ?


try a point from last month or when you bought your laptop.