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Hello, while I am able to cure most of the problems I encounter with PCs, and most software, there are many that I cannot. Now, for some reasong, when I launch windows from cold, and I try to connect to the net, I am imformed that my modem isnt responding, so then I shut down, start in DOS mode, type then type exit, and windows restarts, then I am able to connect to the net, why is this happening? The only thing I have installed lately, is Norton Virus, which I know have uninstalled, but the problem still perstists. Any insight would be appreciated. Future.
future - Fri Feb 01 15:39 2002
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Future,There is a possibility that your Norton is already trying to dial out for an auto update, you might want to disable that feature to see if that solves the problem. If not, I would suggest that you re-install your modem drivers including the enumerator, or update them from the net
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 01 20:59 2002
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Thank you Iain, I have however, uninstalled Norton, but the problem still persists, also, I have the latest drivers for my modem. It is baffling, because when I shut down and choose start in DOS mode, then exit, when Windows restarts, it works. Thank you again for your help.
Future - Fri Feb 01 23:02 2002
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I can't get into 'Bios' I;m using ME. I try starting my PC and holding down the Del key but no success. I've tried holging down the Esc key, again no luck!!! What am I doing wrong?? Iain, thanks for your help in the past. Ialways read your comments. You deserve an OBE.
Bruno - Wallington - Fri Feb 01 11:23 2002
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Bruno, Some systems use the F2 key. (If that doesn't work try one of the other F keys, most likely F1)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 01 13:41 2002
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Please can anyone help? I have set my History to clear every 6 days, but it doesn't and I cannot understand why.....am I doing something wrong? When I set it, I always click ok, so I am a miss has to why it isn't clearing it. Thank you in anticipation Linda
Linda Haynes - Lancashire - Fri Feb 01 10:04 2002
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Linda, the history will be cleared after the 6th day, but as you use the net each day, a new 6 day period will start, so, if you started on say Monday, then the total history for that day, would be cleared on Sunday, then Tuesdays would be clear on MOnday, etc Hope that helps
future - Fri Feb 01 13:59 2002
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Linda, I am assuming that you have gone to Internet Options | General Tab and set days to keep in History to 6 days, then clicked apply? Internet Explorer History works on a First In First Out principle, so that any thing less than six days is kept in your history folder until the end of the sixth day. If want you want to do is clear clear your history on a regular basis, you will need to use task scheduler in Programs | Accessories | System Tools
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 01 12:06 2002
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Yes Iain, that is exactly what I have been doing.... Well, I have looked in the Task Scheduler, but there is nothing about History, or at least nothing that is actually called History, so I dared not really start clicking around, knowing my luck, the whole lot would disappear....:) So when you say it is kept until the end of the 6th day, should it then all clear? or do I have to set it up as a Task.....that all looked a little complicating to be honest Iain...maybe I will just keep doing it manually....it's hard I know....:) thank you again Iain....you are super...Linda
Linda Haynes - Lancashire - Fri Feb 01 13:00 2002
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No what would happen is that say for instance you had them for 6 days, on the seventh day, day one would be removed to make way for day seven. If you wish to continue doing it manually, go here http://www.webattack.com/download/dlcleanup.shtml for a freeware download (752kb) Very good at cleaning things up!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 01 14:28 2002
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Thank you again Iain.... Forever in your debt...Linda
Linda Haynes - Lancashire - Mon Feb 04 09:36 2002
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can anyone help i've recently purchased a packard bell computer running windows xp and now for no apparent reason i've lost all sound on the machine any suggestions would be appreciated.
dean - merthyr tydfil - Thu Jan 31 18:55 2002
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I dont know much about XP, MS OFFICE, or WINDOWS XP, except that a lot of people seem to be having a great deal of problems with it. However, like all versions of windows it requires the correct drivers for each device/periphral. Now, it maybe that your drivers have become corrupt, if this is the case, then remove them, and then re-boot, and re-install them. First though, check your speakers, make sure they are connected correctly, and working. Hope that helps
future - Fri Feb 01 14:08 2002
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Hello good people Can anyone help me with a graphics problem? due to my own stupidity I have just had to reinstall windows 98SE.the problem is that my graphics are stuck on 16 colours and resolution of 640x480 pixels I have attempted to update the driver for the vga but the wizard tells me that the best driver is installed. Does anyone have any whizz ideas?
Simon Clay - Naunton - Thu Jan 31 17:27 2002
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You need to know the make of your graphics card, so that you can get the correct driver from it, it may be that 98 supports your card, but you still need to know what card it is. Once you have found what type of card you have, you can go to DRIVERSGUIDE.COM to get the correct driver. In the meant time, try changing the driver in display/settings/advanced/adaptor, and change to svga, or pci svga, this may work it may not.....As I said you need to know the make of your graphics card.
future - not given - Thu Jan 31 23:38 2002
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Hi - I wonder if someone can help me. I recently bought a Packard Bell XMedia 5106. It had Word 2000 pre-installed. The problem is that I can't send e-mails as an attachment. When I try to re-install it a message comes up saying CABS32/??? not found. Also the machine came with a CD/RW but I can't get it to RW. I have to save everything to disc and then copy it over but then the disc becomes Read Only. I hope someone will be able to help me. I have written to Packard Bell but as yet I have received no response. Peterborough (which is my nearest PC World) is quite a long way to go and I don't see why I should pay the £1 per minute they are asking for me to ring up if it is a fault with the machine. I have tried to e-mail them also but they still can't answer me. The only thing they did say is that I needed something else to make the CD/RW work which I find amazing as it wouldn't be a CD/RW if I had to buy something else to go with it. Sorry for the long message but I am getting very frustrated now.
Sue Bradbury - Spalding - Wed Jan 30 18:18 2002
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Hello, the problem with your cdrw, is, I believe due to the software that you have for it, you see, to use the cdrw as a floppy drive, so that you can edit data on the cd, requires PACKET COPYING SOFTWARE, which makes the cdr/w behave like a floppy drive. If you dont have that type of software, then you can still save to cdr/w, but wont be able to edit, although of course with a cdrw you can over write stuff. By default, data that is written to a cd is read only. A programme called Direct CD is packet software, and has long as it supports your cdrw, it will allow you to use it has a floppy, like you have in the past. As for the email problem, that could be down to your ISP, not sure though.
future - Fri Feb 01 14:19 2002
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Sue, Question 2 first regarding your CDRW drive. A couple of questions for you, just establish some facts You have got your cd burning software installed, a program like NERO, CEQUADRAT, Adaptec cd creator? Are you using CDR discs or CDRW discs there is a difference , and if they are CDRW discs did you format them first? As for the Word problem, three things prevent a cd from being read; a faulty cd read; film or dust on the cd; dust on the cd lens. There is also the possibility that you have only been given a recovery disc rather than the full version, in which case PC world would have to re-install it for you
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Jan 30 21:57 2002
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Hi - Im not very techie but it was pre-installed into the machine when I bought it and it says that it is a CDRW. I use CDRW discs which I used in my previous CDRW on my old machine which worked perfectly. I can read the CD but I can't amend things on it and I have to save it to floppy first - I can't just save it to CD which I used to be able to do. The Word problem isn't really anything to do with the CDRW - it's an e-mail problem and also if I try to install security patches I get a message saying "Can't find CABS/32/Data1" or something like that. Word has a feature for detect and fix. I have tried this and it comes up with the same thing. My understanding is that the computer needs this CABS/32 as part of its running system.
Sue Bradbury - Spalding - Thu Jan 31 08:16 2002
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The to solvethe word problem you will need to insert your Office Disk, so that it can repair the problem. It does sound like the disks aren't formatted, and therefore the cd burning software is automatically burning to disc
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Jan 31 15:53 2002
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I have tried that and the problem I have there is that I can't get passed being asked for the CABS32/DATA1.
Sue Bradbury - Spalding - Thu Jan 31 19:13 2002
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Hello, I hope you can help me, with a problem I have encountered, and I am not sure what is wrong. The problem is, that a General Read Write failure ocures, and always in the windows\system directory. I have run NDD, and it repairs the error, and marks the block bad. Then a few days later, or even a week, it does the same again, same area. I have tested for viruses, there are none, and I have FDISK, and REFORMATED it, installed OS 98se, but and then scanned for errors, it marks bad blocks, but still then get the same G.R.W.F. I am wondering if it has sustained physcial damage. Any help is grately appreciated.
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 17:34 2002
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Fortune, you might want to have a check on this M$KB Article. It involves playing in the Registry, but I have seen from your posts that you're no novice. Q no.127055 How to Cause ScanDisk for Windows to Retest Bad Clusters http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (Search Windows 98) Under normal circumstances, I probably would have suggested that you count your losses and SLave your old drive to a new one. See how you fare! Good Luck
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Jan 30 18:08 2002
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Thank you very much Iain, for you advice. I generaly run NORTON DISK DOCTOR, for I feel this is a better diagnostic tool than MS SCANDISK. I will try the url that you sent me, and hope that can cure the problem. You seem a very talented guy, as I have observed your posts, your knowledge is greater than mine, regarding software. Thank you again for you help!
future - not given - Wed Jan 30 21:00 2002
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Future (not fortune) Sorry!!:(
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Jan 30 18:10 2002
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Hello, I hope you can help me, with a problem I have encountered, and I am not sure what is wrong. The problem is, that a General Read Write failure ocures, and always in the windows\system directory. I have run NDD, and it repairs the error, and marks the block bad. Then a few days later, or even a week, it does the same again, same area. I have tested for viruses, there are none, and I have FDISK, and REFORMATED it, installed OS 98se, but and then scanned for errors, it marks bad blocks, but still then get the same G.R.W.F. I am wondering if it has sustained physcial damage. Any help is grately appreciated.
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 17:27 2002
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Sounds like a duff drive to me. You could split into several partitions using the bit that works for Windows and the bit with problems for data but at the end of the daya, a new drive might be in order. Look up the drive manufacturers site and put in the serial number - might be under warranty still. Nick
Nick Cheesman - Alton - Sat Feb 02 18:42 2002
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I am having some problems with Windows ME.My find files and folders will not open when selected and when i try to open my Windows Explorer my Documents file opens up instead.Also,sometimes when i switch on my pc it tells me there is a boot failure so i close down. next time it is ok.I'm desperate for help.
mike terry - sheerness,kent - Wed Jan 30 12:40 2002
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No.2 first, the opening in my Documents is by default, however it can be changed. Go to your Windows Explorer shortcut, RIGHT click it and click on Properties, copy or type (preferably copy, so as to prevent typo errors) the following without the inverted commas:"C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,/select, C:\" It should at least show all the drives under "My Computer" on the left side...No.3 Open the side of your PC and ensure that all the cables are secure (make sure your computer is switched off and unplugged before attempting this) and make sure that there are no floppy disks in the floppy drive No1 Still working on:(
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Jan 30 15:23 2002
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The pasted item should go in the "Target" field (sorry! forgot to tell you where to paste it)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Jan 30 15:27 2002
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I dont know why your files are not opening correctly, but have you run a virus checker, if not, then I suggest that you obtain a virus programme, and check for a virus. As for the boot failure, it maybe that your hd is sticking. If this is the case, then it could be there is an underlying problem with your hd. You can enable S.M.A.R.T in your BIOS/CMOS, this should alert you if there are any problems with the drive. The hd spins up, and sends a signal to the BIOS/CMOS to say heyy, im here.....but if the drive is sticking, it wont spin up intime, and the BIOS reports a boot failure. Or some other message informing you that your hd isnt present etc. I hope this helps.
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 14:51 2002
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Hi,yes i have tried a virus scan and nothing has been found.I am going to try out the other info you provided. Thanks,mick T.
Mick - Sheerness, Kent - Wed Jan 30 18:04 2002
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hi can anyone help me. i was enjoying playing on pogo.com at the games section since instaling internet explorer 6 and aol as soon as i get into the room it says 'this programme had performed an illegal operation' and closes down immediatley this happens everytime i try to play it will access the chatroom but not to play.anyone any ideas?
gary chew - preston - Tue Jan 29 23:48 2002
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Are you aware that IE6 doesnt come with JAVA support, you need to download and install the patch for this. Im not sure where you can obtain it,but you could try sun micor systems. Do you allow AOL settings to connect you to the internatl?..If so, try creating a new connect, using DUN...Dial Up Network. Then use this to connect to your isp, then run IE, and see if that works. If it does,then the problem maybe with AOL. Next, you can run scandisk to see if there are any errors on your hd. I hope this helps.
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 14:57 2002
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Hi all, I keep getting the error:-Rnaapp has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.RNAAPP caused an invalid page fault in module WININET.DLL at 017f:630160b8. This only happens when offline, and when `ok` is pressed, it comes back one more time, then goes. This can happen anytime, and is now getting annoying. I think the error coincides with installing Explorer 6. I am using Windows 98se. Any help as to how to fix this would be appreciated, thanks.
Rob Pickavance - Cheshire - Tue Jan 29 12:35 2002
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I believe that the file RNAAPP.EXE is corrupted, or an associated file. However, it could also be amemory error, or lack of hd space.. If you have at least 128MBR RAM, and at least 5GB free hard drive space, then it is corrupt files. Visit the MS site, for more info on this problem. If after you have searched Microsoft, it still persists, then you may have to re-install 98.
Future - Wed Feb 06 21:56 2002
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You could try running SFC Sytem File Check. Goto start, run, type in sfc, and press enter. You will be prompted to search for corrupt, missing files, if any are found, you will be prompted to re-install them, so you will need your 98 cd. Secondly, run scandisk to see if there are any errors. It is best to start in safe mode to run scandisk. Good luck
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 15:06 2002
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Thanks for the help, but I tried what you said, but the error is still appearing. I have Norton Utilities, so that has run through the system too, but again, no luck. Any further help will be appreciated, thanks again.
Rob Pickavance - Cheshire - Wed Feb 06 19:36 2002
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Does anyone know of a utility that will allow me to run programs (that require the disk to be inserted into my ROM drive) without having to insert the disk? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Allan Stevenson - Belfast - Tue Jan 29 11:52 2002
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Yes, it would take up a phenomanal amount of hard drive space. And if you do this for a lot of games,then you will run out very quickly. But your orig, post was how to play a game, that needs the cd,but without having the cd in the drive, I do not know of any software that allows this. You must realise that the reason a cd for a particular game is required to be in the drive, while playing, is because not all data is transfered to the hard drive on installation, and so data that isnt, but is required by the game, will be on the cd, and so therefore, making it necessary to have the cd in the drive. Also, copyright is another reason for the cd being needed as well.
Future - Mon Feb 11 00:51 2002
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You could try copying the entire cd to your hd, and installing it from you hd. You will need to make a folder to store it, so that it doesnt just go anywhere. Please note:, some programmes do not allow you to do this.
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 15:10 2002
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Thanks, Future! Will this method not eat up a lot of disk space, though!?
Allan Stevenson - Belfast - Sat Feb 09 22:34 2002
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hi there, hope someone can help me out there! i recently deleted a picture someone had sent me and it left me with the following which appears on my screen when the p.c is turned on:a required.DLL PNGU 3263.DLL.was not found.anyone no whatthis means?? also i am using a pentium 11 and would like to upgrade it how do i go about that??many thanx if u can help.
julie reid - preston - Tue Jan 29 01:28 2002
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Have you recently installed or tried to uninstall Real Jukebox? This is a Real Jukebox Dll. You have two options, both as easy as the other. First method: reinstall Real Jukebox. (If you were trying to uninstall, do so through Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel) Method 2: Go to http://pacosdrivers.com/dll.asp Type in pngu3263 in the search box. Your download applet will pop up with two options. Pick the second "save file to disk". Save it to C:\Windows\System
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Jan 29 06:05 2002
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hi iain thanx very much for your help seems someone did remove the programme but not from the correct place!amazing what people own up too!thanx
gary chew - preston - Tue Jan 29 23:43 2002
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Hello Julie, You dont say what speed your PII CPU is, however, you maybe able to upgrade it to a PII 450. If you want a faster system, then you will need to change the motherboard, and CPU. If your video card, sound card,modem, are external to the mother board, then you can keep these, and buy a board that doesnt have these things on board, you can keep your floppy drive, hard drive, cdrom drive and RAM. However, if you go for a board that has video, modem, sound, usb, lan, onboard, and your case doesnt support this, you will need a new case as well. Hope this helps!
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 15:19 2002
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hi future, thanx for your help wish i knew half as much as u and iain!
julie reid - preston - Mon Feb 04 21:41 2002
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Hiya all, After just being told to give drivespace a go, when I attempt to compress I get informed I cannot compress because my C and D drives are FAT32 drives? Is this normal :) Thanks in advance
mo clayton - warrington - Mon Jan 28 23:23 2002
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Your welcome..
Future - Fri Feb 01 23:15 2002
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I do not recommend, that you use drvspace. It also slows down you system, and reduces performance. How drvspace works, is to creat one large file that contains all your date, if this file gets corrupted, then the chances are your data will be lost. I would suggest that if you can, buy a larger hard drive. There are some inexpensive 20gb hds,around, so it is worth shoping around. Hope this helps!
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 15:31 2002
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thanks for the advice future, I will be taking it :)
mo clayton - warrington - Fri Feb 01 21:51 2002
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A few days ago I deleted some unwanted games programmes and other *clutter* from the bin. And now the atapi ide interface cd-rom player does not work! The icon has dissappeared from My Computer,and, in add new hardware windows cannot detect it.The .sys file on the instalation floppy is still currently in C:\cdrom and in C:\windows the cd player icon is there but when I double click it the message-There is no CD-ROM player attatched to this computer.CD Player cannot start.- message comes up.I am running win95.Any leads gratefully accepted, Dave.
dave - Hull - Mon Jan 28 22:54 2002
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Ok, this is drastic, but as yo have tried to update the driver without success, then try this, but it is drastic, and may not work. goto start/settings/control panel/ the open the system icon, click on device manager, and locate hd controlers, if it isnt expanded then do so now, and then, click the second from bottom, and remove it, then the one above, remove it, then finaly the last one, remove, by this time, you puter may have already crashed, however, when you reboot, it should install drivers that will work, if this fails, re.post. Try at your own risk. Good Luck.
future - not given - Thu Jan 31 23:49 2002
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Dave, check your config.sys and autoexec.bat files. In the config.sys file, a line might say. Device=c:\cdrom\atapi.sys where cdrom is the folder where you .sys drive is installed. If this line is as the word rem before it, delete that word...rem, and then save the config.sys file. Then reboot, choosing step by step configuration, and answer yes to all the questions. In the Autoxec.bat, line mscdex.exe should be present, if it has the word rem in front of it, remove this word, and then save the file, and then reboot, and doing the step by step configuartion, as listed above. Hope this helps.
Future - not given - Wed Jan 30 15:54 2002
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Please Help this novice find autoexec.bat and config.sys(have found autoexec.-av, bac, old but not bat and the config.sys in C: was empty.
Dave - Hull - Thu Jan 31 16:00 2002
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Is the CDrom showing in Control Panel | System | Device Manager? If it is, click the + to the left, and click on the entry beneath. Highlight and click Properties. Click re-install Driver. If that doesn't work, Go to start | Search | Files and Folders | Type in "MSCDEX" (without quotes). If that is missing your CD won't work. Go to this site http://www.hellefors.se/ulf/cdrom.htm and download the driver for your make. If you don't know what make it is, scroll to the bottom of the page for the GENERIC Driver
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Jan 29 07:02 2002
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Iain, MSCDEXE is present in C:\windows\command; CDrom is not showing in device manager.(yes,I wish it was the other way round too!) I have just dissconnected the cd-rom drive, booted, shut down, reconnected cd-rom, re-booted ,hoping windows would detect new hardware but to no avail.
Dave - Hull - Tue Jan 29 20:36 2002
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Dave, a couple of things to try. First, Click Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | "Device Manager" tab. Click the Hard Disk Controllers and click the "+" to expand it, click your IDE controller, and then click Properties. Click the Settings tab. In the Dual IDE Channel Settings box, click Both IDE Channels Enabled, and then click OK. Click OK, and then restart your computer. If this doesn't work, Go back to device mangaer, expand your cd-rom, highlight the drive, then click remove. Reboot your computer.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Jan 30 08:08 2002
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Just a couple of small problems (sorry)...I can get to IDE controller and click properties but there is no settings tab,only General,Drivers and Resources tabs. In device manager there is no cd-rom to expand.(Hard disk controller expands to 3 branches, SiS PCI IDE Controller and 2 Unknown Device with an exclamation mark inside a yellow circle.
Dave - Hull - Thu Jan 31 15:17 2002
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Please, dont blame me, I only clicked once!
Dave - Hull - Thu Jan 31 15:26 2002
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We may be getting close!! You are missing your primary and secondary IDE controllers, hopefully, a generic driver will be installed on your hard drive. Go back to your Hard drive controller in Device Manager, highlight one of teh devices and click Properties, click the "Driver" tab Click Update (or re-install) driver. Let windows search for a better driver. Do that for both of the devices. Reboot your computer.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Jan 31 19:03 2002
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Sorry once again, Iain, after clicking "update driver" and leaving it to windows, the message - windows was unable to locate an updated driver for this device.(I also seem to remember the exclamation and yellow dots in device manager before the cd-rom went awol. Am still eagerly listening...
dave - Hull - Thu Jan 31 22:43 2002
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Dave, I think that Future might have the way forward. I have created a special web page at http://www.putasolutions. 150m.com Follow the instructions there :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 01 02:24 2002
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YEEEAAAH-HAAA!!! Your right to smile you knowledgeable sly fox you:) CD-ROM now up and running. What a brilliant piece of detection work. Future, thanks for your input, you and Iain should do a double act! After downloading autoexec.bat(missing) and config.sys(empty),from Iains website the cd-rom driver installed through dos no problem.Thank you so much for your effort:-)
Dave - Hull - Fri Feb 01 22:21 2002
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Woo hoo! Well done, and many thanks to Future for reminding me about himem, which was the bit that you were missing
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 01 22:39 2002
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So glad the problem is fixed, and your welcome...:)
Future - Fri Feb 01 23:12 2002
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Hi. Some help\advice would be greatly appreciated. When I attempted replacing a file that I deleted (a hoax virus),I found that some other files were either corrupted or missing so I decided to clear my system and reinstall everything using the discs I got with my PC. Now, when it finishes booting up,some shortcut icons on the desktop show as windows icons briefly before reverting to their original format. All the programs seem to be working properly so I am tempted to leave it alone although it is puzzling the bejazus out of me. Thanks.
Keith Taylor - Oldham - Mon Jan 28 18:32 2002
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Go to the following site http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui and download tweakui. Extract the program to it's own folder. Open the folder and right click the tweakui.inf and click install. Now open your Control Panel (Start | Settings | Control Panel) and open Tweakui. Click the "Repair" Tab. Find "Repair icons" then click repair now.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Jan 29 06:27 2002
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Thanks Iain. I'll try it. As for getting a job with webuser, they coud'nt afford you. He's a nice man, a very nice man..........
Keith Taylor - oldham - Tue Jan 29 09:33 2002
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Can someone please help me. When I receive greetings cards attached to an e mail with music or sounds as part of them,I can activate the cards without a problem but I can't get the sound to work.when I forward the cards to friends they tell me about how good they are to listen to so I am missing out. I have a tiny computer with M.E. installed. I can listen to on line radio,view and listen to video clips without any problem, so my speakers are working o.k. as I am fairly new to to computers I think it may be something simple to fix e.g. something needing activated but I don't know where to start.I would be very gratful if someone can sort this problem for me.thank you, john.
john stevenson - inverness - Mon Jan 28 17:23 2002
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It is highly likely, based on the fact that you can hear other sounds, that the card are using a MIDI format, and that your MIDI player has not been enabled. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Sounds and Multimedia Click on the "Audio" Tab Go down to the Midi Music Playback. Choose your preferred Device. If you cannot choose a device, first go to the "Devices" Tab, click the + sign to the left of Midi Devices and Instruments, then click Properties. Click "Use Midi features on this Device, then Apply. If there is no Midi Devices and Instruments showing, it means that a value in your BIOS will need to be altered. If this is the case, post back with exactly which Tiny system you have, and also which Souncard is installed.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Jan 28 17:49 2002
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Thank you Iain for your prompt reply.I am still unable to get sound on my cards.I followed through the procedure that you advised.When I reached the part where it says Midi Music Playback it reads Microsoft GS wavetable SW synth.If I click on the drop down box it reads Creative SBCI external Midi.I tried the second box but no difference.I then clicked the Devices tab and the Midi Devices and Instrument has a + sign at it.On the Audio box it reads preferred device Creative Sound Blaster PC1120 As I am fairly new to computers I don't know if this is the sound card that you were looking for.My PC is a Pentium 3 1000MHZ.Thank you once again for your help.If you can think of something else I can try I will be grateful.John.
john stevenson - inverness - Tue Jan 29 18:03 2002
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I have installed MS Office 97 Professional from a borrowed disc on our pc in order to use Microsoft access as part of my night school course. All the elements I don't actually require such as Excel, Outlook Express and Powerpoint load and work OK but the one element I need to use for two units only in my course "Microsoft Access" will not start. The message "Microsoft Access can't start because there is no licence for it on this machine" Why will everything else work but not Access. I only require it to work for a few days, after which I never need to use this software again. Our p.c is new and contains Works 2000 and I have no real use of outdated software on Office 97 other than to complete these units of course work. Any ideas how to get Access to work without telling me I need to spend over £100 on another Office 97 disc. Philomena
Philomena Barr - Lancashire - Mon Jan 28 12:57 2002
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hi, iam having ntl broadband installed soon,have done their check on the site and the results passed with the minimum required. under networking i have a warning that says nic driver software found but not physically present.number of nics 1.name of nic:serial infared port malfunctioning nic found:no unknown nic found:no.can anyone help me cure this? running om ME.thanks
pete - london - Mon Jan 28 04:34 2002

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