UKNM: Re: More whingeing about Telewest/Surfunlimited (was

[Rita Campos]

-----Original Message-----

From: Sam Carrington [

samcsensei [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:samcsensei [dot] co [dot] uk)

]

Sent: 13 July 2000 09:24

To: Rita Campos

Subject: Re: UKNM: Re: More whingeing about Telewest/Surfunlimited (was


I would second that suggestion. Its a very aggressive and 'idiot proof'

install which just does a great deal to your system without prompting -

however I was still able to use all my original dial up accounts, and my

_local_ proxy server for my machines at home.


I wouldnt try and uninstall it without extreme caution though - I had to

nuke my system last week... ouch.


Rita Campos wrote:


> i installed Surf Unlimited from Telewest/Cable London about three weeks

ago

> (after about 2 months of comedy from their customer service team).  it

> started working about two weeks ago.  beware the proprietary shell that

> behaves like AOL c.1995 and overwrites all proxy settings for all other

> dial-up accounts you may have - my advice would be to install it onto a

> 'sacrifical lamb' box and copy the DUN settings.

>


[ ... snip ... ]


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    sam carrington  //  senior web developer  //  sensei.co.uk


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