re: Telewest Broadband Install Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 11:51 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Larry (1297 messages posted) I'll wager that you're using a USB connection between the broadband modem and your PC. That's the way most if not all ISP's set them up and thus they can load their proprietay software to make it work. Bad idea. I NEVER use that setup as it usually causes problems and adds unneeded software overhead. Practically all broadband modems have an Ethernet port, and so should your laptop. Get an appropriate length CAT5 Ethernet cable. Power down the modem and connect the two that way, removing the USB cable of course. Wait a couple of minutes then restart the modem so it can grab a new network address. Next boot up your laptop and use the Internet Connection Wizard. Tick the button that you connect through a LAN (which is actually the connection from the modem to the laptop, a Local Area Network). You'll probably have to reboot the laptop after that too so that the laptop can get it's new address from the modem. All should work well from there. No additional software needed. Lastly, uninstall the ISP's Blueyonder USB software as you won't need it anymore. Another added benefit with this type of hookup is that if you ever need to go to Safe Mode for troubleshooting, you'll be able to select "Safe Mode with Networking" and have Internet access to do whatever downloading or whatever you need to do because Windows will load your Ethernet driver in Safe Mode. Windows won't load USB drivers in Safe Mode so you'll be stuck without Internet access. On Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 1:02 pm, Bill wrote: >Hi, I am trying to install Telewest Blueyonder Broadband software. >It tries to link to Blueyonder then gives this error: > >Error: Unexpected database error occurred. >Error number: 00.03.30.0188 > >Anybody know what this means? Written in response to: Telewest Broadband Install (Bill: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 1:02 pm) Responses to this message: re: Telewest Broadband Install (Barbara Handley: Monday, June 4, 2007 at 3:31 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Telewest Broadband Install (Bill: Wed, May 30, 2007, 1:02 pm) re: Telewest Broadband Install (Steve: Wed, May 30, 2007, 4:56 pm) re: Telewest Broadband Install (Bill: Wed, May 30, 2007, 9:28 pm) re: Telewest Broadband Install (Steve: Wed, May 30, 2007, 10:04 pm) re: Telewest Broadband Install (Larry: Thu, May 31, 2007, 11:51 am) re: Telewest Broadband Install (Barbara Handley: Mon, Jun 4, 2007, 3:31 am) re: Telewest Broadband Install (Peteris Grinbergs: Sun, Jun 10, 2007, 1:29 pm) re: Telewest Broadband Install (C K: Sun, Jun 3, 2007, 7:29 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum