Give it a shot, Reset WINSOCK entries Reset TCP/IP stack Go Start > Run (Start search in Vista) then type in: cmd Click OK (in Vista, while holding CTRL, and SHIFT, press Enter). At the Command Prompt, type in: netsh winsock reset catalog On the keyboard press Enter. Do that again and type in: netsh int ip reset reset.log Press Enter. Restart the computer. Note: Resetting the Winsock using netsh winsock reset catalog command in SP2 removes all the third-party LSPs and restores Winsock to factory default setting. Existing programs that uses their own LSPs need to be reinstalled again. Example: Google Desktop Search. ---------- Go Start > Run (Start search in Vista) and type in: cmd Click OK (in Vista, while holding CTRL, and SHIFT, press Enter). In the Command Prompt window type in following commands, and press Enter after each one: ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew Note the space before the forward slash / Restart the computer.

Good point... There is a label above the slot that identifies it as a hdmi port. A number 6 was also identified. I then went back to the external ports option and label video 6 as hd. hd was one of the choices it gave me to use. After that I was able to point the tv to slot 5 and the Roku displayed the first screen. For the benefit of others who might be going down this same path at some time...If the label does not identify the slot then as kudzu9 suggested... simply try each slot in turn until you click on one. The label though makes it a lot easier. Another problem poped up next and this was simply a case of the online Roku install procedure falling a little short of leading a new customer through the process. The install process accurately identify the att wireless name. In case you need to know what your wireless name is... it is, in my case, labeled on the router. After I selected the att choice it then asked me for my password. One would think that they wanted the password that I setup for the wireless. No, not the case... it came back each time I tried saying the wireless could not be located. It would have been helpful if their on screen instructions asked for the router number instead of the password. I found this numeric number also pasted on the router. Bingo... every thing worked and I completed the process. I then had a cocktail and vowed never to install another new system again. Once again I got some very good help from the att support staff as well as the vendor where I bought the tv from. They still had my purchase on line and was able to pull up the manual which helped a lot. Now it is on to looking at the channel lineups and see what is there. Btw, I have now watched 2 movies and the 3 mbps process did not break up once.

You better double-check on using a Tivo without active service. As I remember, without it, its a doorstop -- no recording at all. A great place to get started with Tivo is ebay. I bought 2 for $40 each. When I activated service, one of them had a lifetime subscription! A extra nice bonus was since I now own an activated Tivo, the second Tivo only costs me $7/month. Tivo's do not have built in Ethernet. They have 2 USB ports. You need to get either a wireless USB network adapter or a wired Ethernet network adapter. Tivo's web site will tell you which ones are supported. Others may work, but Tivo will help you if you have trouble getting a supported adapter to work. A Tivo without a netowrk adapter is just not as much fun. I now have 3 Tivo's (2 wireless, 1 wired) on my home network. This means I can record 3 shows at the same time, transfer shows between them and my computers, schedule recordings on all Tivo's from work or the road, play games with other Tivo users over the Internet, subscribe to Internet only shows (like Rocketboom), and yes, more :) (Curiously, Tivo 3 sits in a closet -- connected to basic cable but with no TV attached. All scheduling is done over the Internet and shows are transfered to Tivo 1 or Tivo 2 for viewing.) You CAN transfer video from your computer to your Tivo. You need to download the free Tivo Desktop software. (I think you also need to enable TivoToGo, but this is also a freebie.) This software announces your computer to your Tivo's and you can "pull" video to a Tivo using your Tivo remote. If the video is not in the correct formnat, you can download a free converter from videora.com. I used this recently when I missed the second half of ABC's "The Path to 9/11." I downloaded it off the Internet using utorrent.com's free BitTorrent client, converted it using Videora's Videora Tivo Converter and copied it to a Tivo for viewing. The recording was from England, which broadcasts PAL instead of NTSC which means different resolution and frame rate, but Videora handled it with minimal audio "slip." Be aware that just because it's available on the Internet doesn't mean you aren't violating copyright. I figure that since it was broadcast and I would have recorded it, no harm, no foul. And finally, yes you can take the disk drive out of a Tivo or other DVR and put it into a computer. They are just plain old IDE drives. The only difference is that they are supposed to be quieter and do seamless spiral reading better, but I've replaced all of the drives in my Tivo's with 300gb drives from Costco or Fry's. 300gb means about 280 hours of TV so it's rare that something "disappears" before I get around to watching it. Since you can get a 300gb drive for $70, I wouldn't bother taking the time to put a used 40 or 80 gb drive from a DVR into a computer.

from the way he describes it, he is using a VOIP phone to get dialtone over the internet, NOT traditional POTS service. a NID only applies to POTS service and certain other telco supplied special circuits. since he is using his internet jack, i assume he has FTTC or FTTP or at the very least a dry pair DSL service. none of these require a dedicated NID. the old surge suppressors are a legal demarc point. they are not used anymore now that it is legal for the customer to test his own wiring, but still not "quite" legal for the customer to mess with the telco wiring. on the old suppressors, you almost have to remove the telco wiring with a wrench in order to test your wiring, on a NID you simply unplug a phone cord, or in some cases open the cover and it auto disconnects. in either case, the OP needs to disconnect the wires that come from the pole or ped to his house. but make sure you do not disconnect the ones that supply your internet connection. with no telco provided dial tone, sometimes the normal phone pairs are used to provide service for the dry pair DSL if that is what you have.