For the lat week or so, every time I launch Firefox (v 69.0), I was directed to a web page with the message:

“It seems that an issue caused all filters to be removed and we were unable to restore a backup. Therefore we had to reset your filters and Acceptable Ads settings. Please check your filter lists and Acceptable Ads settings in the Adblock Plus options…” It was working fine before.

I clicked on “Adblock Plus options”; but there was no save button. How do I get rid of that interruption by AdBlock???

TIA

Since my laptop is very old, I guess the cheapest way to get around a non-working Wi-Fi is get a USB wireless adapter.

Thank you to all responders for your input.

Does factory reset on the smart phone WIPEs the phone user’s data – so that no one/software can recover the data?

If no, how do I wipe out the data on my phone before giving it away [calendar, contacts, etc.]?

One phone I have is the older Nokia Windows phone. I have others that run on an old version of Android (4.x?).

TIA

You are right. I have an old laptop running Win 7 pro. The Wi-Fi adaptor no longer works; but the ethernet port does work. So I am looking for a gadget to enable my laptop to get onto hotel’s Wi-Fi network when I travel.

Does this adapter do what I am trying to do? And I simply plug this into the USB port?

This old laptop has USB 2.0 ports. What kind of internet speed would I get with this adapter?

TIA

Thanks. I’ll look into it.

Many hotels nowadays offer wireless internet only. Is there any gadgets/adapters that can convert wireless signals to wired ?

TIA

Yesterday, I accidentally activate something in the Ease of Access Center. I have no idea whet I did. BUT now, every now and then, there is a loud screeching sound that could last 10-20 seconds.

Would appreciate if someone can tell me what I did. And how to stop it.

@phat200 said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

@dangeruss said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

@phat200 said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

@dangeruss said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

We are using an IP blacklist. Spammers must be using the same VPNs you guys are.

If that is the case, I would expect to get the Error message ALL the time. However, I am getting the Error message some of the time. I have no problem now. My same VPN is on while I am typing this reply.

You are probably bouncing between servers. If you want to send me the IP you’re on while you’re blocked, I can unblock it.

You can go to whatismyip.com to get your IP.

It is not working now. It seems to go on/off every other day.

Is there a private message that I can use to send my IP to you?

TIA

Funny thing. I have to disconnect from my VPN to login to post the above reply. Then I log out and reconnect to my VPN and I noticed that I don’t get the error message any more. I recheck my IP, it is the same as before when I was getting the “403 Forbidden” error message. [I am typing this message with my VPN connected.]

So it appears that the problem may not be the IP ??

@dangeruss said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

@phat200 said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

@dangeruss said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

We are using an IP blacklist. Spammers must be using the same VPNs you guys are.

If that is the case, I would expect to get the Error message ALL the time. However, I am getting the Error message some of the time. I have no problem now. My same VPN is on while I am typing this reply.

You are probably bouncing between servers. If you want to send me the IP you’re on while you’re blocked, I can unblock it.

You can go to whatismyip.com to get your IP.

It is not working now. It seems to go on/off every other day.

Is there a private message that I can use to send my IP to you?

TIA

@dangeruss said in You no longer allow VPNs?:

We are using an IP blacklist. Spammers must be using the same VPNs you guys are.

If that is the case, I would expect to get the Error message ALL the time. However, I am getting the Error message some of the time. I have no problem now. My same VPN is on while I am typing this reply.