Andy Metropolis
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Location: Just back from visiting Micky Mouse
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Just pluged my T Mobile web and walk box of tricks into new lap top but it does not seem to recognise its pluged in. Green light flashes but it is not showing in network connections. Any ideas
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DG
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 8:22pm |
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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The software should be on the modem, I have the T-Mobile and all the necessary drivers and operating software are on it in the form of a flash drive.
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 8:25pm |
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Andy Metropolis
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Location: Just back from visiting Micky Mouse
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Just been told software has not been installed  When I insert the disk it asks me if I want to burn a disc. It runs Visa which is new to me ?
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 8:27pm |
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Bornidle
Joined: 14 Aug 2008
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tis when you go for a drive with no clothes on ,and stand up through the sunroof at the traqffic lights  If at first you don't succeed
skydiving is not for you.
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 8:49pm |
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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Is the modem a small white box which plugs into the PC and has a SIM card in a slot on the side. If so the modem also has onboard memory so acts like a memory stick, which has all the drivers etc on. The software should install when you plug in the USB. I did get a CD as well, but this wasn't needed as it installed from the USB modem.
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 8:51pm |
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Bornidle
Joined: 14 Aug 2008
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A USB flash drive consists of a NAND-type flash memory data storage device integrated with a USB (universal serial bus) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, much shorter than a floppy disk (1 to 4 inches or 2.5 to 10 cm), and weigh less than 2 ounces (56 g). Storage capacities typically range from 64 MB to 64 GB with steady improvements in size and price per gigabyte. Some allow 1 million write or erase cycles and have 10-year data retention,[4] connected by USB 1.1 or USB 2.0. USB Memory card readers are also available, whereby rather than being built-in, the memory is a removable flash memory card housed in what is otherwise a regular USB flash drive, as described below.
USB flash drives offer potential advantages over other portable storage devices, particularly the floppy disk. They have a more compact shape, operate faster, hold much more data, have a more durable design, and operate more reliably due to their lack of moving parts. Additionally, it has become increasingly common for computers to ship without floppy disk drives. USB ports, on the other hand, appear on almost every current mainstream PC and laptop. These types of drives use the USB mass storage standard, supported natively by modern operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix-like systems. USB drives with USB 2.0 support can also operate faster than an optical disc drive, while storing a larger amount of data in a much smaller space.
Nothing actually moves in a flash drive: the term drive persists because computers read and write flash-drive data using the same system commands as for a mechanical disk drive, with the storage appearing to the computer operating system and user interface as just another drive.
A flash drive consists of a small printed circuit board protected inside a plastic, metal, or rubberised case, robust enough for carrying with no additional protection — in a pocket or on a key chain, for example. The USB connector is protected by a removable cap or by retracting into the body of the drive, although it is not liable to be damaged if exposed. Most flash drives use a standard type-A USB connection allowing plugging into a port on a personal computer.
 If at first you don't succeed
skydiving is not for you.
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 8:51pm |
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Andy Metropolis
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Location: Just back from visiting Micky Mouse
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Thanks guys. Just plugged it into my other lap top running XP and went into set mode as Countrywide describes and in My Computer the icon is there. Put it back into Visa machine nothing but hre green light is flashing on the box
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 9:05pm |
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SN
Joined: 03 Jan 2006
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Back on topic
1. Vista is crap
2. These mobile broadband dongles are really really really temperamental
Can't do anything about #1 
As for #2, when the dongle is in, can you navigate onto the 'new removable disk' and find the autorun or setup.exe which SHOULD have autorun - if you can, you can double click it to run it manually
When you DO get it sorted, do remember which USB port you have it in, as in every instance I've seen, it seems to matter (including my laptop).
Including myself, out of 5 people I know who have got one of these, only 1 did not have any trouble - and that 1 was not me Steve N | 2006 TDV6 S Auto in Buckingham Blue | Member of the top ten club | Am I online?
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 9:07pm |
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Bornidle
Joined: 14 Aug 2008
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found this on a forum :T-mobile have informed me today that I can't use my card as the software doesn't work in Vista, 
http://www.3g.co.uk/3GForum/showthread.php?t=51681 If at first you don't succeed
skydiving is not for you.
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 9:09pm |
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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Mine is on a XP Advent Netbook, I haven't tried it on a Vista machine.
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| Sun Oct 12 2008 9:14pm |
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Andy Metropolis
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Location: Just back from visiting Micky Mouse
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Thanks boys looks like it will be going back tomorrow. Will keep you updated on progress
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