I started off being really interested in this thread and in particular, your post "Moi".

b-u-t.................

I should have left well alone and stayed in my own web of insignificant, ignorant Bliss!

I will go back and read this over, and over, and over, and over, and.... ... you get the picture! Hopefully soon I'll begin to understand.

Thank you Moi for putting the info out there for dummies like me to wade through.

LMAO....you are NO dummie...

I a very bad explainer...

and to think, I used to teach computer stuff...*shakes finger at self...

But maybe something will happen if you can get through all the gibberish that I've typed. I am not a conventional explainer...I come with spits et al...LOL

well, I'd better go spend some time with da wife instead of with this modem. The modem isn't as snuggly as da wife.

good luck to anyone that can decipher...LOL

Oh my god, I thought I KNEW COMPUTERS!!! You lost me when you started talking about Internet signatures. lol

I'll learn though, I'll learn!!!

Thanks much

Melody

Mel here is the cablevision website where you can take a look at the online connection options for her-
http://www.cablevision.com/

here is a listing of dial up providers -
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...rs&btnG=Search

some general laptop/notebook info - shows & tells about connectors
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Noteboo...on.2559.0.html
If they are getting her a new one it will most likely have Vista on it-
here is the Msoft site that you can explore all about Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...it/mobile.mspx

If you click the "see it now" it'll play a demo explaining some of the features.

Maybe her kids will take care of getting it set up online for her??


some other easy ways to get her online would be to have her bring it over to your house and plug it into your connection temporarily - or go to a wifi hot spot just long enough to get it set up for a dial up if that is her preference.

for dial up - Go to the website of the internet service provider she chooses and if needed download their software { I've used Netzero & parents still use it}

for the cablevision call or go online to find out more about connecting - they might even send someone out if you need help setting it up.

I don't know if cost is a factor for her but that is something to look at also and any fees, commitment times etc.

Cost IS NOT A FACTOR FOR HER. She has taken 3 cruises this year already.

I'm just trying to picture a 77 year old and me, the 60 year old, in her kitchen, plugging in her laptop and going: ???????????????? I might just say "let's call this guy I know". He owns a computer company and he sells computers and he has an IPHONE and two laptops.He does not live near us but he pops up from time to time.

If anyone knows how to do this, he will. I just wanted to try and figure this out for myself.

This should be very interesting.

I will tell you when she gets it.

I do thank you soooooo much.

Regards.

Melody

sorry mel..i just skimmed the last few posts.

with a laptop, if her internet service is by cable and she wants to be wireless, then she can use a service like aol for broadband.( it's like $10 a month or something) she just hooks up the wifi router like you got.

that was how it was explained to me by aol.

that is the only reason to use aol if someone has cable internet.

but check with her cable service. they may offer their own router. most do.

Hi.

I know her. She's not calling her cable company. She just wants to get a laptop, plug it in and go on the internet. She's 77 years old, still works but has never been on the internet. I can just see her getting on the phone with Cablevision and getting wireless routers.

So when she gets the laptop, I assume it will come with the necessary software and a built in modem. She'll call me up (this is assuming she didn't get one of her children to do this, but honestly, it's the grandkids who have the computers, not the children).

So I'll go over and we'll plug in the laptop to the electrical outlet (you have to plug this in right??) Don't want to waste the battery that's inside it.

So after we plug it in, I'll just bring up whatever internet provider software that she has already loaded on the laptop. Then we'll set up her account.

She doesn't need to involve cablevison, or anything like that, or get a router, right??

All she needs is to plug in her laptop, turn it on, bring up the internet software and create the account and go online....right??


Please tell me I'm right.

Thanks much

Melody