How to fix Error 106

Error 106 – How to Fix!

For those that don't know I'm in to my Techie stuff and like to find ways to fix things on my own so I thought I would share for those that find things difficult!

My Mum’s computer is running Windows XP and it’s very old. Quite often it throws up an Error 106 message and it won’t connect to the internet. So I checked out how to fix it and have done a few times – if you’re computer does the same thing, this is how to fix!

Error 106 usually occurs when trying to connect to the internet to browse a website. Generally when there is a problem it has something to do with the network. It blocks your access to the internet completely.

If this happens this is what you should do:

• Restart your computer – you never know!
• Reset the computer to its last working point. For instructions on how to do this on XP see here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084
• If neither of these work then you are going to have to get a little technical
• Click on start button > Run
• Type in inetcpl.cpl then enter
• Uncheck all LAN and Connection boxes
• Click on start button > Run
• Type in ipconfig/release and press enter
• Change the IP address to 0.0.0.0
• Type in ipconfig/flushdns and hit enter
• Type in ipconfig/renew and hit enter

Hopefully, all being well, this will have sorted your problem. If not, feel free to comment and maybe someone will be able to help!

Bowling, Pizza Hut and good times :)

One of the things you can always rely on is that it will always rain on a bank holiday weekend in the UK.

Another thing you can always rely on is that you can have fun with friends no matter the weather provided you have money to spend.

I never really have any money to spend but sometimes I throw caution to the winds! Then end up broke at the end of the month.

Anyway, we decided to take my niece bowling for the first time!

Believe it or not she's only four, those are her shoes on the left!

So we first we hit up Pizza Hut in Taunton, despite it taking half an hour to get a table the food and service was pretty good.  

Didn't get out of there until gone nine o'clock! 

For those of you without access to a four year old, you may not appreciate how they work when they're tired.  They are grumpy, irritable, stubborn and rude.  They do not at any point seem as though they've run out of energy.  

Maya turned out to be pretty good at Bowling! 

I don't really have a point to this blog - just wanted to post that picture really! 

In other news, those of you that voted UKIP should be ashamed of yourselves for not better educating yourselves.  

There's also a petition going around about the fact that BBC hasn't paid any attention the Green party moving way up in the polls which is a huge shame.

There's a fourth power player at the table and it is the wrong one!!

Pop Up!

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend a day of the Pop Up! Business School.  http://www.popupbusinessschool.co.uk/

If this great resource is coming anywhere near you then get in there and get involved!!

I went in without any real plan for a business, barely even had an idea, I've come out ready and raring to go and wanting to create my business right away. I still don't have a plan but they've shown me that all you need is a great idea and you could have a business making hundreds of thousands of pounds in less than a week.

The success stories of people who had amazing ideas and just needed this push are constantly flowing from the mouths of the amazing leaders!

And if you're put off by the word 'school' then never fear, its the best kind of school you could ever hope for.  Skiving off to have a fag, checking your facebook or twitter and talking in class are all perfectly accepted, you take the day as you want to at you're own speed!

I could only make two days of the school in my area and they still managed to massively inspire me!  So if you have a chance, go and get involved!!

Under Kicking Intelligent People

That's what I think UKIP really stands for.

As I get older I am becoming more and more interested in Politics but one thing I really care about is being informed.  So, in the spirit of staying informed I decided to telephone UKIP last year and ask about some of the policies that I care about.

I started off with Wind Farms which I know they stand against - they had a very reasonable response, they don't believe that selling our land to german companies to bring fuel to other countries is the way forward and they believed in other means of renewable energy.

When she was telling me all this she made the mistake of mentioning their policy on gay marriage.  It was negative.  I was so incensed that I hung up the phone immediately.  On closer inspection, what they're actually against is forcing priests and vicars who don't believe in gay marriage to perform the ceremonies in their churches and therein lies the problem with UKIP.

They're far too hard and fast about everything - instead of, we believe in gay marriage but it should be the church leaders choice whether they marry them or not, its WE ARE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE.

The world isn't black and white and this is once again being reflected in their European Manifesto.
'Under EU rules, anyone in the EU can
come to the UK and live, claim welfare
and government services they have
not contributed to.'
I'll admit that this doesn't seem right - but surely that's our fault for having the most giving and easy to claim benefits system in Europe? What goes for us must go for the rest of the EU too but what stops thousands of us migrating to France is that we wouldn't get the same treatment.  That's not because of the EU, that's because of our idiotic government from before the coalition who were so desperate to get the world to love them and were willing to pay them to do it.  It's also the fault of the coalition who have repeatedly said that they're going to sort out our benefits system but haven't.

My personal belief is that if we're going to be in Europe, we should be in it.  Listen to what our peers in other countries are saying, stop half arsing it.  We're either in or we're not.
The damage that will be done to this country over the next 100 years if we pull out of the EU will be huge, we'll watch as the rest of Europe grows without us.
But if we keep trying to hold on to some form of independence (in all the wrong places) we're never going to reap the benefits either.

It's about time someone came on to the television and told us the goddamn truth.  I'm fed up of trying to wade through the propoganda.

If anyone's interested, here is UKIPs European manifesto.
http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/themes/5308a93901925b5b09000002/attachments/original/1398869254/EuroManifestoLaunch.pdf?1398869254

From 23 to 25

WOW this blog is a long time coming!

I haven't blogged for over two years now so it seems like I definitely need to update!

So, a quick run down.

Since 2012 I have:

• had five different jobs
• had 0 boyfriends (although a few flings ;))
• Completed my PG Certificate in Communities, Enterprise and Engagement
• Attended the University of Brighton
• Had 0 holidays
• Become a fully trained and graduated Community Organiser
• Got my head back in to politics
• Gone back to Church several times...the jury is still out though
• Had a brief flirtation with the gym
• Had surgery on my right shoulder to stop it dislocating (WOOHOO!)

All in all, a busy couple of years!  I am looking forward to what the next two years might bring!