3 small questions, kinda basic

[Corissa Bowman]

>-----Original Message-----
>Have a new system w/XP-Home loaded.
>
>Question #1 - How to turnoff the pc speaker (noise when
connecting to ISP)?
>
>Question #2 - IS "Partition Magic" version 6.0
compatable with XP (NTFC
>file system)?
>
>Question #3 - A msg - Icon in systray says "Local area
connection, a
>network cable is unplugged". Since i'm on a modem, how
do i get rid of
>that icon in the taskbar?
>
>Since i just got this XP, i'm sure there will be more
questions in the
>future.
>
>Thanks,
>
>clif
>
>.
>I can help you with the 3rd question because I had the
same issue. Go to Network Connections (Start ... Control
Panel ... Network & Internet Connections ... Network
Connections) and disable your Local Area Connection. You
don't need this if you're using a modem.

I'd imagine there's an option in the ISP software to turn
off the speaker though.

[clif]

Thank you, Corissa. Thats two down, one to go.
BTW - #2 was a "NO". vs 7.0 and 8.0 will do it but not 6.0

clif

Corissa Bowman wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Have a new system w/XP-Home loaded.
>>
>>Question #1 - How to turnoff the pc speaker (noise when
>
> connecting to ISP)?
>
>>Question #2 - IS "Partition Magic" version 6.0
>
> compatable with XP (NTFC
>
>>file system)?
>>
>>Question #3 - A msg - Icon in systray says "Local area
>
> connection, a
>
>>network cable is unplugged". Since i'm on a modem, how
>
> do i get rid of
>
>>that icon in the taskbar?
>>
>>Since i just got this XP, i'm sure there will be more
>
> questions in the
>
>>future.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>clif
>>
>>.
>>I can help you with the 3rd question because I had the
>
> same issue. Go to Network Connections (Start ... Control
> Panel ... Network & Internet Connections ... Network
> Connections) and disable your Local Area Connection. You
> don't need this if you're using a modem.
>
> I'd imagine there's an option in the ISP software to turn
> off the speaker though.