On 07/05/11 14:14, AG wrote:
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Dear ListI am pleased - & very relieved!! - to report that for the first time in several days now I have been able to reboot the machine and it retains connectivity!! This is great news, and although I still don't know what the cause of the problem was, but suspect that a configuration file or two was being over-written, at least now I can be productive again and have confidence in using the machine reliably.
I want to thank everyone here who has contributed so much to helping me through this issue, and without alienating anyone else, I'd especially like to thank Camaleón for having stuck through this with me with sage advice and spot-on recommendations. If these lists had an award for most helpful members of the community, Camaleón would get my nomination. Also thanks to Brian, Klistvud, Hans and the others who made suggestions, helped me think through the issues and didn't get frustrated with my computing naivete.
All the best, & I hope that one day I might pay these good favours forward to some other poor schmuk who finds themselves overwhelmed by a mysterious computing issue.
AG