zep - I did google it, copied to a doc and saved it for reference. I check out a few things about changing the battery and what can happen. It said you can lose your custom bios settings. I have no idea what those would be - will look that up later. hmmm... I guess I could shut it down and see what happens... it'd have to be off 24 hrs to lose a day on it - right? so it'd take a few nights off to lose a day... I'm not sure how that'd work since the time on it was correct. maybe I should ask Dell that question!

As Mikie mentioned, dial-up routers are pretty are rare these days and the ones that do exist are going to be used or rather expensive. She probably doesn't really need one. If she is going to use dial-up, you need to find her an ISP that provides dial-up service. I don't know who they are any more but Google should be able to help. She doesn't need to contact the phone company unless she wants DSL. If she happens to be on one of the restricted minute phone plans, she'll need to change that. Dial-up is just like a voice call and would count toward her call allowance. Unless the laptop has a built in modem, she's going to need an external one that connects via USB. With that setup, there will be no need to worry about wireless networking.

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me connect our tv to our cable dvr, a dvd player, and a vcr via an rf modulator and a switchbox. I have spent three days trying to figure it all out. The tv is an RCA model F25216WT it only has a coaxil connector in the back that is why I have the rf modulator. The cable dvr is from Time/Warner cable and is a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300. The DVD player is a CyberHome CH-DVD 300. The VCR is a Mitsubishi HS-U500. The RF modulator is a TERK. The switchbox does not have any labeling on it to identify it. It has three input a/v connections in the back for three different devices. It also has an output a/v connection, two coaxil connections-one for in antenna and one out to tv. There is also an in a/v connections on the front. After being without the tv and cable for three days my husband is getting antzy. We babysit our grandchildren and they are getting bored playing games with poppa. I have managed to get the tv/cable to work but that is it. The cable company won't come out because it isn't their responsibility to hook everything else up. Can anyone help with this please?

Connect yellow, red, and white cables from the video and audio output of the DVD player to the matching colored audio video inputs on the TV. Turn the power on to both of them. Put a DVD into the DVD player and push the play button. Select the TV's audio video inputs with either a button on the TV's remote control or on the front of the TV. Should work.