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We have a WNR2000 (forgot the version, guess it is 3 or 4) at home. It's nice, and it has done a good job so far.
As most of modern routers do, this thing has the option of automatically installing Firmware-Updates, which ain't bad - There are too many routers with bleeding security holes out there. What is not nice is the fact that the bloody thing resetted itself to factory settings as the FW Update was installed 
Stored IPs: Lost
WLan settings: Lost
Any other possible settings: Lost
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Didn't it warn you to save config? My (old) Netgear ADSL/Wifi router did when I updated firmware a while back.
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Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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There is a fairly old backup. The deal is that the new routers allow you update the firmware automatically (They don't tell you that there is an update, but install it immediately), which is pretty useless if you have to import your settings after it happened. Would it be *that* difficult (for the Firmware) to export the settings to a local store on the router and re-import them after the update?
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OK. Mine was old and wise enough to require manual update. I hear you, though.
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Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Marco Bertschi wrote: WNR2000
Its old, you better use WNR2014
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No - The 2000 describes the model, and not the manufacturing year (the WNR2000 is also sold as N300).
V4 is the fourth revision of the model, and I bought the router about a year ago.
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Boy: I have Windows 8
Girl: Oh you are so obsolete
Boy: Why what Windows do you have?
Girl: I have Windows 98
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Where is that facepalm emoticon again ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Marco Bertschi wrote: automatically installing Firmware-Updates
Is this not a ... security hole ? I mean, if I can externally access your router in some way to install another firmware on it, it does not sound safe 
~RaGE();
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Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I guess it is rather the router which pulls the firmware from a Netgear server and then installs it, which is considerably save (at least for home routers).
And by definition, even to configure it you need to access your router "from external" since you can't hook a screen / keyboard to it 
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OK, this means sense. I'd still be rather informed if my router would suddenly decide to upgrade itself...
Marco Bertschi wrote: you can't hook a screen / keyboard to it
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: I'd still be rather informed if my router would suddenly decide to upgrade itself...
Yep, something along the lines "This router will upgrade itself within the next 5 days. You'll need a backup because our programmers did not manage to implement a proper upgrade mechanism."
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36 updates were installed on my Windows 7 64-bit computer yesterday and for some reason, the start up time has gone up considerably. Anyone else facing this?
And, even in Outlook 2010, if I flag an email for follow up, there is a message that Outlook 2003 could not find category for follow up (or something like that). Funny.
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Time to move to Windows 8 and Outlook 2013 
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I didn't like Windows 8 on the desktop, but now that I have a touch laptop using 8.1, I can finally use it properly, and I LOVE Windows 8 now!
My only complaint is the lack of apps and the poor quality of apps when I go into tablet mode!
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You should review what updates were installed. Most likely is either a KB update affecting/being adversed by some add in (most common cause), or could be a new component added to Outlook, such a Hotmail connector, which may perform additional work (looking up for Hotmail accounts, contacting live.com etc.). Hard to say without hands-on the local machine.
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Oh, California. 'Nuff said.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Can't you share a link of a naked woman performing Kung-Fu?
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Google/Youtube for A Chinese Torture Chamber Story kung fu
NSFW but funny
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Yes...
Life is all about share and care...
public class Life : ICareable,IShareable
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whatever he´s doing, it is not Kung Fu.
(Or any other form of Martial Arts for that matter :-p)
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Oooooh, I had so high hopes for this post, and boy was I disappointed! 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Presumably his battery had run out and he was trying to get charged?
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