I am trying to transfer audio files from my mini-disc to my PC, but can get no sound from my PC speakers. I am connecting the mini-disc phones socket to the PC line-in socket, but still no sound. The system I use is Windows XP. Have checked that both my cable and mini-disc player are working okay on other PCs. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Iris - Dundee - Mon Aug 05 20:58 2002
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Hi Iris There is a good chance the "line in" volume control is the problem.Right click on the speaker icon, that controls your volume.It is at the bottom right of your screen near the clock. Then left click on "open volume control" Now look for the "line in" volume control, this should be turned up. At the bottom of the volume control make sure the "mute" box is not ticked. If you cannot access the line in control from your speaker icon, do it this way. Left click Start--left click Control panel--left click Sounds,speech--left click Adjust the system volume--In the "device volume" section left click "Advanced", then find the "line in" volume control. Just check the settings as I mentioned earlier. Hope this helps! BOBO
bobo - motherwell - Sat Aug 10 23:54 2002
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Hi Iris, I'm not 100% sure here but here goes. Have a look at you MD player. Is there a Line-Out socket (similar to the phones socket). I know that my MP3 player has both Line-Out and Phones sockets, but I dont know about MD players. If there is, plug your cable into this socket and then the other end into your PC's Line-In socket. Hopefully this should work.
Karl - Stoke - Mon Aug 05 22:50 2002
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Karl, thanks for your quick response - much appreciated. have checked and double checked connections between mini-disc and PC and confirmed they are 100% ok. Problem seems to be in my PC. Is there something which has not been switched on ?
Iris - Dundee - Mon Aug 05 23:43 2002
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I keep getting a blue screen with a message telling me ther are no spare stack pages, I am told to increase the setting of MinSPs in system.ini. it also says that I have 5 SPs already allocated. Can anyone tell me how to increase the setting? I am a bit new to this computing and haven,t got a clue what it means
peter j - bognor - Mon Aug 05 20:06 2002
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Hi Peter. Me neither but this page will tell you what to do: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q149083&
Sam - Wed Aug 07 21:30 2002
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My computer all of a sudden shuts down and then the hard drive start to beep at me. I can't reboot it or turn it off at the hard drive, I have to through the main plug at the wall. Any idea what's wrong with it.
Pat Ewart - Inverness - Mon Aug 05 18:26 2002
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Difficult to tell without looking at it but it sounds like either a bad power connection or a faulty power supply. Try switching off any pwer management you may have switched on as it may be falsely thinking the PC is idle. It may require a qualified engineer to look at it. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Nick Cheesman - Alton - Fri Aug 09 09:59 2002
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Difficult to tell without looking at it but it sounds like either a bad power connection or a faulty power supply. Try switching off any pwer management you may have switched on as it may be falsely thinking the PC is idle. It may require a qualified engineer to look at it. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Nick Cheesman - Alton - Fri Aug 09 09:23 2002
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I recently downloaded a screensaver, but I cannot now delete the thing. I am still left with a chunk of download entitled Johncast.exe I tried the removal tool from Norton Works to no avail, it said I didn't have the right to delete this file.Can anyone help please?
Peter Johnson Smith - Cardiff - Mon Aug 05 16:01 2002
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Hello Peter, Does this programme appear in your Install/Uninstall panel? If so try deleting from there. You could also try deleting manually to the recycle bin to see what effect, if any, it has on other programmes. A bit risky this because of the file sharing between programmes. It is as you probable know possible to restore from the recycle bin but it’s still risky. Backup everything before proceeding with anything like this. If your computer is working efficiently otherwise and the screen saver no longer appears its best to ignore this completely.
Joe - London - Mon Aug 05 18:13 2002
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Thanks Jo, I Tried install/uninstall no trace of the blighter. But, as you suggest, everything is running smoothly it is probably best to let sleeping dogs, well folders anyway, lie
Peter Johnson Smith - Cardiff - Mon Aug 05 18:35 2002
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Hi Peter, I have a nifty little programme called “Ultra WinCleaner 2000” which I think I acquired free from a computer magazine cover. This is simple to use, has a very good uninstaller, allows me to clear out old unwanted files, take a snapshot of my hard drive and backup my registry. You probably could get a more recent version free from the Web if your PC is becoming cluttered. If not you could try it on a free trial basis.
Joe - London. - Mon Aug 05 19:49 2002
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Joe Thanks for even more help. The free trial downloa of WinCleaner does not let you delete anything it just show you what the program is capable of.I will keep a look out for such a disk,though. Regards
Peter Johnson Smith - Cardiff - Thu Aug 08 08:15 2002
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two weeks ago my im pacbell pc crashed,wouldent load up windows,the supplied recovery disc dident work not even the master cds wouldent work after hours on the support line they sent an engineer armed with a pacbell super boot disc,though ihad to remove all the stuff i upraded graphics card and ram and now its working sort off,but stillmy biggest problem is it wont shut down properly help please ive also added a cd rewriter i wont to play online gaming but my pc isnt up to it yet and when on stanby wont reboot from mouse
darren knight - salford - Mon Aug 05 13:05 2002
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Did this happen before you added the rewriter? If not then you'll need the latest driver for your version of Windows for the rewriter. If it's a problem since the support engineer reloaded windoes then get back onto them and get them to sort it out. Good luck.
Nick Cheesman - Alton - Fri Aug 09 10:02 2002
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thanks for the a dvice nick ive got a ll the latest drivers for all my devices im running catch up and big fix and my systems running im using a program called rampage to help my online gaming but about 2 1\2 hours my speakers start crackling and sometimes it crashes soon afterwhen i return to xp the crackling stops ive added ram and graphicstnt2 32mb from intergrated 4mb graphic and im getting frame rate of between12-30 ps im going to back up my hard drive using norton ghost whats the cracklin overheating ive got visual specs low to ease ram burden anyway thanks for help
darren knight - salford - Mon Aug 19 23:14 2002
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I have bought Rayman Gold, I am running windows xp on a pentium 4, I think I have found out why I cannot install Rayman, its because rayman is a ms dos programme, how do i do this, in a plain and simple way.
Tracey - London - Mon Aug 05 12:59 2002
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Tracey, There may be a compatibility problem here. I recommend you check this out with the manufacture of Rayman Gold. I haven’t got XP myself so I’m no expert but I understand from the grapevine there may be different compatibility modes available.
Joe - London - Mon Aug 05 17:42 2002
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I am running windows xp on Pentium 4, I have the following problems. I installed Rayman Gold, when I pressed play it came back saying, The NTVDM CPU has encountered an unhandled exception,and told me to close. The other problem I have is that for some reason when I go to System Restore it will not go back to previous months and all of restore points were gone. can somebody please tell me how I can rectify this, You are my last hope. Thanks
Tracey - London - Sat Aug 03 21:39 2002
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the tray at the bottom of my monitor disappears and i can't even shut down my computer...........any ideas ?
colin steel - kilmarnock - Thu Aug 01 19:11 2002
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Sounds like you may have enabled auto hide.Go to start,settings,task bar & start menu,now uncheck the auto hide box. Hope this helps. JKF
john fagan - newport,south wales - Sun Aug 04 17:13 2002
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the tray at the bottom of my monitor disappears and i can't even shut down my computer...........any ideas ?
colin steel - kilmarnock - Thu Aug 01 19:11 2002
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You may have accidentally minimised it. To return it to normal drag your cursor over the bottom of the monitor until it changes to a double-sided arrow, then left click your mouse and hold it down whilst dragging it up the screen. Release the mouse at the desired spot. Hope this helps.
Joe - London - Thu Aug 01 20:10 2002
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Also pressing the "windows" key will make it pop-up if it has been set on auto-hide. Does your desktop look "normal" (are the icons in the right places), if not the desktop resolution may have changed.
Tim Baker - London - Thu Aug 01 21:22 2002
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Is there any shareware software out there that will inform me of an incoming phone call while I am online and allow me to disconnect and take the phone call if I wanted to.... I have heard of such software but as yet haven't found any. Can anyone help/point me in the right direction?
steve - UK - Thu Aug 01 17:25 2002
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There is a lot of Call Waiting Modems/Call Alert hardware on the net. I just located a couple on MSN Search i.e. Phone Call Alert for Web Surfers. http://www.hammacher.com/publish/64697.asp There are also companies who provide this service (at least in the states) i.e. BusMe.com http://www.buzme.com/setup/select_service.asp Hope this helps. Do let us know how you got on, as I might like to install this facility myself.
Joe - London - Thu Aug 01 20:53 2002
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If you upgrade to a V92 modem then this will allow you to answer calls whilst still online.
Liam - Liverpool - Fri Aug 02 22:14 2002
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Words of caution, not too many ISPs support the V92 standard yet and have no plans to do so. They appear to be concentrating on Broadband instead. Will it still work effectively Liam?
Joe - London. - Mon Aug 05 15:19 2002
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George, Found this site, which appears to be dedicated to problems with Nero. http://www.nero.com/en/index.html#c1002822798638
Joe - London - Thu Aug 01 09:21 2002
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Help Please. I accidentally selected Quickview as my default viewer and now I cannot open any .jpg email attachments or other photos. When I try to open these I get the following message:- 'C.\WINDOWS\Temporary.bmp not found' and the only way I can view is to right-click on Quickview but then I cannot edit. I have tried clicking the 'View tab' and 'Like current Folder', also 'Reset all folders' but to no avail. Any ideas please!!
David - Brighton - Wed Jul 31 19:45 2002
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Your image files may have become "associated" with the Quickview program. If you hold down SHIFT and right click on one of your image files, a menu will open up. Select "open with....". In the list that appears choose your regular image processing software, then >apply>OK, hope this helps
Tim Baker - London - Wed Jul 31 23:05 2002
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Hi Tim Thank you for your suggestion. I tried it, but it does not appear to work. Perhaps it's because I am running on Windows 98 and the option 'open with' does not appear on the menu. Any other ideas please. Many thanks David
David - Brighton - Thu Aug 01 19:30 2002
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Try Windows Explorer. View/Options/File Types You can edit your file associations from there.
Joe - London - Thu Aug 01 21:13 2002
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Hi Joe Many thanks for your help.Using your suggestion, I managed to open with Print Shop Photo Pro as I could not remember what the original setting was. It takes a bit longer, but it works! Thanks again David
David - Brighton - Sun Aug 04 19:45 2002
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I'm out to buy a CD Burner; anyone point me in the direction of any articles or points of knowledge before I take the plunge, cos I'm really quite clueless?!
Raph - London - Wed Jul 31 16:06 2002
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At the risk of breaching etiquette, another computer magazine recently contained a very good feature titled 'Burning Issues'. Content includes : "CD Rewritable drives have all but disappeared,CD Rewritable drives are the norm ".Beyond there depends on how much you wish to spend.
George - Choppington - Wed Jul 31 22:54 2002
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I can spend around Ł170. Was looking at DVD burners as well but these see to be out of my range. My trouble is that my hard drive keeps failing and needing replacement so I need a reliable backup solution. I'm also confused as to the benefits/disadvantages of internal vs external drives. I take it internal is better? There doesn't seem to be a "CD burning for idiots" place out there.
- Thu Aug 01 14:16 2002
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"CD burning for Idiots",oh yes there is,I'm in that category,welcome to the club. First things first,you don't necessarily need to spend all of your Łl70.Secondly,internal v external,the advice I have read is externals are slower but you don't need to open your computer case ,and they are more expensive.However Plextor have produced a compatible version of external,pricey I think but a visit to Plextors site will be worth a visit.Internals, there are many from Ł40 available.I bought a Liteon CDRW,check their site.I have no experience but am perfectly happy as Nero software's Wizard does all the work. Finally,if you have XP,then it has it's own built software making life easier still. Good luck.
George - Choppington - Thu Aug 01 20:27 2002
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P.S. Scroll way down this page to about July 7th,there you will see some very good advice Joe and Liam gave when I was looking for a rewriter.
George - Choppington - Thu Aug 01 20:41 2002
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Perhaps you may also like to take a look at “How Stuff Works” These pages are dedicated to CD’s: http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm Question 655 This site covers everything from the Internal Combustion Engine to Nuclear Bombs and just about everything in between. Other information is available here: DVD Writers FAQ's And here: Ricoh - MP9060A DVD/CD-RW Combo drive review IT Reviews
Joe - London - Thu Aug 01 21:44 2002
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If you go to www.scan.co.uk/todayonly you can pick up a Plextor 40x12x40 CDRW for Ł90 (this is a very good model) or you can pick up other models for much cheaper such as an Acer/Benq 32x10x40 CDRW for Ł49 or you can pick up a Pioneer DVD Recorder 104 DVDR/CDRW for Ł222. Good luck
Liam - Liverpool - Fri Aug 02 15:11 2002
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Thanks guys; very helpful. One last question; I'm looking at a TEAC drive (recommended by a magazine that shall remain nameless) which writes CDR at 48x. The trouble is I can't seem to find any discs to suit it. The highest I've come across is 32x. Is it unwise to use discs these in this drive, and what would happen if I did? Would 48x discs cost more? Is there really any point in owning one that writes at 48x when I have to dig for the discs? Thanks!
- Mon Aug 05 16:25 2002
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I quote from written advice "The faster a drive is the higher it costs,it's worth thinking about whether a 32 speed drive that can write an entire CDR in 2 mins is worth paying much more for than a l6 speed drive that does it in 4 mins" Faster drives require blank CDs designed for high speed and cost more than others. Hope this helps your decision.
George - Choppington - Mon Aug 05 20:43 2002
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The performance and speed of writers is improving dramatically. Yet as you have gathered the writer can only write as fast as the media( CDR or CDRW ) allows. However poised with the option of a 48x or a 32x I would opt for the faster writer simply because it will not just write faster but also be able to read faster and re-write faster.48x media will be readily available soon therefore driving down the cost and as you will see writing speeds do not stand still for too long. Less than a year ago 8x speed was pretty much top of the range. I appreciate what George is saying about the difference in time not being a big issue but if you are using CDRW then the speed can be a factor when choosing a drive especially if you writing and re-writing alot.
Liam - Liverpool - Mon Aug 05 21:26 2002
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please help me ! my computer seems to freeze/blur after 10 mins or so, sometimes it takes longer but as soon as this happens i cant do anything other than turn my comp off and reboot it. i havent got a clue about computers really , so please keep any answers basic if you can, cheers.
cole - london - Wed Jul 31 07:54 2002
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This is information I stumbled across which may help:- Lockups and crashes If your computer "hangs" on start-up, or after Windows loads. What can you do? 1: First, undo recent changes. If you've added or removed new hardware, altered CMOS settings, or installed new software, there's a good chance those changes are the cause of your problems. 2: If your PC has been running well and has not been altered it won't just die suddenly, (in general ). 3: So if your problems can't be solved by obvious solutions - like plugging in an unplugged power cord - try returning your PC to its original, untroubled configuration. But Remember, problems do sometimes arise without provocation. Hard disks crash, chips burn out, and monitors eventually expire. Software, too, can be corrupted. A power failure or an accidental press of the reset button can shut Windows down improperly, damaging key files, and that can lead to all kinds of trouble.
Joe Brennan - London - Thu Aug 01 00:03 2002
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Message to Steve Harman Hi Steve, My apologies you’re message was so far down the thread I missed it completely. If you follow this link http://www.vnunet.com/forums/thread.jsp?forum=10&thread=3291 there is a lot of stuff relating to a problem not dissimilar to yours. You will need plenty of time though. Good luck.
Joe Brennan - London. - Tue Jul 30 22:11 2002
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Joe, many thanks friend. Problem solved, and no re-occurrence up to now. thanks again. I now have a problem with WM player - every time i try to play anything, all i get is WmP has caused an error in CSLOA.DLL wmp will now close. Plus my PC will not it seems allow me to download wmp7.1 .
Steve Harman - Bournemouth - Mon Aug 05 21:47 2002
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I understand CSLOA.DLL is a file installed with the AOL software. Do you have AOL on your computer? If so take a look a Microsoft’s Knowledge base Question 306404 here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q306404&
Joe - London - Mon Aug 05 23:43 2002
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Joe, Thanks agin sir for your advice. I have now got rid of AOL completely and now using ntl b/band.WMP now plays but cannot play anything from BBC. It appears that i need Realplayer to play this, and realplayer will only give a free download at the moment if you sign up for sooper dooper RP and give credit card details, so i'll have to give that a miss for now. Once again, thanks for your help. - steve.
Steve harman - Bournemouth - Tue Aug 20 14:18 2002
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Hey all; can't start Windows 98! The last user had a problem "she can't remember" which involved a reboot, and now the system says (via a rescue disk) that a partition file is missing. Does this mean we've lost everything on the hard drive, and is there a way out of it? Much obliged if anyone can help.
D. Eseperate - London - Tue Jul 30 18:05 2002
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Hi. A possible solution would be to locate a copy of Partition Magic 7.0 and use it to reset the partition table. This is no help if you cannot get Windows to load though, so I would suggest using an emergency boot disk to get to DOS and copy any important files to floppy disk (Hoping that they are small enough to fit) and reloading Windows 98. This should then allow you to use FDisk before formatting the hard disk to allocate all partitions correctly and set them up properly. It sounds like the last person has deleted some of the OS files relating to the partition structure of the disk, and this may be a major problem. I hope all goes well, and you get your PC back. Ray
Ray Hogan - Gillingham, Kent - Sat Aug 03 05:45 2002
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pleeeeze help,when l turn my computer on the monitor will not come on it just keeps clicking eventually it comes on and my screen size is reduced for a couple of days,this problem only happens once every couple of weeks heeeelp thankyou
sandy - sunny redcar! - Tue Jul 30 11:42 2002
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Just a thought but have you checked you’re monitor cable connections to make sure they are firmly in place. The clicking you mentioned could be electrical arcing perhaps. Switch off at the socket before testing.
Joe Brennan - London. - Tue Jul 30 13:38 2002
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yes lve checked all the cables,the clicking l mentioned is when l turn the monitor button on all it does is "click" there is no other activity.thanks
sandy - sunny redcar - Tue Jul 30 16:13 2002
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Here are a few more tips I stumbled across, no guarantees you understand but it’s worth reading. Hope you find a solution. Do not open you’re Monitor, I understand it can be extremely dangerous. Your Screen is blank CHECK THE OBVIOUS. Start by checking all your cables -monitor, keyboard, and others - and Of course don't forget the power cords for both the computer and the monitor. It's best to completely unseat them and reattach them to ensure you have a solid connection; a connector that looks and even feels like it's firmly attached may not be. And don't forget to check your anti surge protector if you have one. Some surge protectors come with fuses or circuit breakers that can be triggered by an intermittent power surge. Most surge protectors have a small button that you can press to reset it and get the power flowing again. You might even try another power cord to make sure that hasn't gone bad. IS IT YOUR MONITOR OR YOUR PC? If your Monitor gets it's power from the wall socket and NOT from your PC then you should see a green or orange power light, you now know that the Monitor is getting power, if there is no green or orange light you will have to check the power cord and fuse connecting your monitor to the wall socket. If your Monitor gets it's power from your PC then the easiest way to find out for sure what works and what doesn't is to connect a working monitor to your PC. If the test monitor works, your monitor is bad. Alternatively, you could connect your monitor to another PC; if it works, something in your PC is at fault. If your monitor is defunct, you may find someone who can repair it, but usually a New Monitor is needed. You could make this a reasonable excuse to upgrade to a larger or better model. If your Monitor is OK then the problem is in your PC, Listen carefully to your system as it powers up, and look for a green power-on light on the front of your PC's case. If you don't hear the whir of your hard disk spinning up and the hum of your power supply fan - which should be visible on the rear of your PC - then you're not getting power to the PC. The likely cause is a bad power supply that will need repaired or replaced. If you suspect the power supply is bad and you're comfortable tinkering with your PC's innards, you can replace it yourself. Otherwise, take it to the shop or your local guru. But before you do, try reseating your PC's expansion cards: Sometimes the cards can partially work their way out of their slots on the motherboard.
Joe Brennan - London - Tue Jul 30 19:09 2002
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Running Me on a Presario 5000. My system went belly-up so I`m having to start from scratch. I`ve tried to add extra users to the pc but they have n`t appeared on the sign-in page at start-up.Any ideas? Also Dw has caused an error on DW.EXE. Any help gratefully received.
Daz - Rushden - Mon Jul 29 19:46 2002
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Hello Daz, 'Dr Watson' or DW.EXE is a Windows error reporting application. More about this here:- http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/two/admA05.htm
Joe Brennan. - London. - Thu Aug 01 00:43 2002
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Hi people! I have downloaded video clips from a file sharing network and would like to transfer them onto a CD. Can anyone give me an idiots guide to doing this as I am in dire need of some extra space on my hard drive.(I am using Nero 5.5) Would I be able to play this back through my PC or would I need a DVD player? Any help much appreciated.
GORDON BOYD - GLASGOW - Mon Jul 29 19:40 2002
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Hi Gordon, In answer to your question, if you wish to watch on your computer you only need to burn the file in Nero as a CD-ROM (ISO). Just use the pop up wizard. If you wish to watch on a DVD player, you will need to convert the file to either VCD or SVCD if your DVD player supports this format. More info can be found at www.vcdhelp.com Hope this helps you in some way.
Dave C - Salisbury - Mon Jul 29 22:14 2002
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Thanks Dave! I'll have a go and see how it goes.
GORDON BOYD - GLASGOW - Tue Jul 30 18:45 2002
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when trying to open a website from an e mail message i get a pop up box with the following message. program not found. windows cannot find SOffice.exe.this program is needed for opening files oftype 'URL:HTTP.Protocol'can anyone please give me any info as to what to do?
allan hicks - swindon - Sun Jul 28 20:26 2002
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Hi Alan, I don’t know if this is any help. Possibly soffice.exe relates to Star Office. This link will take you to their FAQ’s where a problem of this nature is listed. “I cannot open a linked document on a Web page in StarOffice 6.0 software?” Click here.
Joe Brennan - London. - Tue Jul 30 14:07 2002
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Thanks Allen and Sam for the address. Just one more question!. I've downloaded 2 files hypertrm.dll and hticons.dll to my programs folder could anyone tell me where they really belong. Thanks.
Keith - Oldham - Sun Jul 28 14:01 2002
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Can anyone tell me why my dvd-rom drive is listed as a cd rom. i have been unable to play any dvd for months so decide to try and fix the problem..when i go to device manager i have 2 drives a re writer and samsung dvd drive, on the properties for dvd drive at the very top it gives the name of the dvd drive but for device type it says standard cd rom.this is after resetting the whole pc to factory settings.the drive will play normal cd's but not dvd.i have also gone into add new hardware and i can even find my make listed.can someone suggest something..anything, HELP...christina
david - droylsden - Sun Jul 28 10:13 2002
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I may be way off course here,but I had a similar problem some time ago.Fiddling about I had removed the DVD driver without realising it. I was fortunate my local Computer shop loaned me a Power DVD disc.That cured it,if you don't have such a shop try going to the Cyberlink website,fingers crossed.
George - Choppington - Tue Jul 30 22:34 2002
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Does anyone know wat dbeverify.exe does in win 98? Thanks
Andrew - Sat Jul 27 20:26 2002
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It may be connected with Mantadb Utilities. If so more information here: http://www.mantadb.com/faq.htm
Joe Brennan - London - Sat Jul 27 21:52 2002
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Wow, what can i say! Well, I have a Pentium III with 400 odd MhZ , a 6gb hard drive and 63mb of RAM. I also have set myself 1.2gb of virtual memory due to my low amount of RAM. Well, the problem seems to be getting worse, and I have had to get FreeMem Pro, which frees up RAM, but even that isn't fixing it completely. Well, usually my PC works fine with many applications open and programs, but now, its limited to just a few applications including ones in my task list. Things have gotten so bad, about 80% of my restarts are because my PC has crashed, and I can't afford to open up any other programs. If i get it up and running, take a look at my RAM Graph. In this graph, i had just msn messenger running and netscape, then i took away messenger and nothing happened. I took away Netscape, the RAM went up a little, and i have to constantly free RAM using Freemem Pro It appears that something is eating the memory, as i have scandisked and defragmented, and am not sure what to do next. Of course, more RAM is priority, but i cant get it for another few months. To put this into perspective, when the pc starts up with only my anti virus(grisoft), my intellipoint program, freemem pro and msn messenger, freemem pro tells me i have basically no RAM left(below 1mb). Also, is there any program which will allow me to check which programs are taking up how much RAM??? Thanks in advance
Chris Provan - Glasgow - Sat Jul 27 17:43 2002
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Hi. You don't mention what Operating System you are running. If you are running Windows 98 you should be OK with 64Mb Ram, but anything newer than that (Like ME, 2000, XP etc) requires at least 128Mb RAM, although under 256Mb RAM is still dodgy. The operating system is the biggest eater of RAM, and it may be that your OS is just eating all the available memory in which case you will not be able to do anything other than buy more memory (I would advise buying as much as your pocket will allow up to 1Gb). If you are positive that the OS is not the cause of your memory loss, then try hitting CTR+ALT+DEL and this will then show you a list of all the applications running at that time. As for applications that show memory usage, the only one that I know of that shows what programs are using what memory is Norton Systemworks. This suite is also a damn fine purchase for the fact that it can also remove unneeded programs, find Windows problems, defrag etc etc a load better than the standard OS can. I hope this helps a little bit. Ray
Ray Hogan - Gillingham, Kent - Sat Aug 03 05:34 2002
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hi chaps, being a bit naive with PC's, i wonder if anyone can help. My PC keeps freezing on a regular basis. My ISP is AOL and i'm running windows ME. When i try and follow the instructions given for repair of IE6, i click on add/rem once and i get - Error in setupwbv.dll, missing entry:IE6maintenance. Any ideas what i can do now please?
Steve Harman - Bournemouth - Sat Jul 27 15:08 2002
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Steve, You may find a solution at this site here.
Joe Brennan - London - Sat Jul 27 15:59 2002
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could you tell me how to wrap my typing round a picture or a graphic in Microsoft word. when i try the type will only work below the object. thanks a mill. ken
kenneth morgan - Coventry - Sat Jul 27 14:16 2002
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I'm no expert, Ken, but if you're using Windows Me like me, you could try opening the Draw toolbar from the View menu, then (having clicked on the graphic in question) select Text Wrapping and the appropriate type from the sub-menu. Then simply click and drag the graphic onto the text and it should fit round it. Hope this helps.
Lynsey - Glasgow - Wed Aug 07 22:51 2002
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Hi,Lynsey thank you for taking the trouble to answering my question, such a long time elapsed from my post that I was able to suss it myself. thanks again kind regards, ken
ken morgan - coventry - Thu Aug 08 13:51 2002
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Sorry, Windows Me should read Word 2000 - I've been sitting at this computer far too long... ;)
Lynsey - Glasgow - Wed Aug 07 23:04 2002
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Hi can anyone tell me how to turn of windows instant messenger in xp because every time i start up the pc i am singed in and i would like to have it so i can sing in when i want not when the pc starts up hope someone can help thanks.
max - belfast - Sat Jul 27 13:44 2002
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Max, you will have to sign in to it, then go to tools, options, preferences tab and untick both "Run this...." and "Allow to run...."
Eddie - Croydon - Sat Jul 27 17:58 2002
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Max, I’m sure Eddie sorted the problem for you however there is more information on this subject here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q302089&GSSNB=1
Joe - London - Thu Aug 01 09:02 2002
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can anyone give me the e-address of a utility programme called wash &/and? go5.5 (no its not a wind up or shampoo as far as I know). its a shareware program for fixing faults on PC's. Any other similar prog. addresses would also be welcome.Thanks
Keith - oldham - Sat Jul 27 11:11 2002
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keith, try www.ashampoo.com on the right hand side you'll find winoptimizer.hope thi helps
allan - Sat Jul 27 16:12 2002
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Hi Keith. A search on Google turned up http://www.funsite24.com/tool.htm I can't vouch for the site or the downloads though... proceed with caution! :)
Sam - Sat Jul 27 12:14 2002
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Sorry, forgot to add - and how would I do it? Thanks
Chris - Lancaster - Fri Jul 26 18:03 2002
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Much of my daily work is spent communicating with other offices and depts through email and our firm's Intranet. As the bulk of the work involves to-ing and fro-ing between different systems with different passwords/pins etc., would it be possible to set-up a single Intranet page with a number of hyperlinks to the most frequently used sites on those systems, and be able to click straight through to them without having to enter user details every time? I'd appreciate a quick reply if possible. Thanks
Chris - Lancaster - Fri Jul 26 17:57 2002
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Can anyone help! I have just gone in to open my email and now all i get up is: MSimn Illegal operation etc etc then it cloes down. Does anyone know why this is?
Terry - London - Fri Jul 26 01:37 2002
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I assume you are using Outlook Express. From what I read at the site, it is possible you may have created a message rule. Open Outlook Express. Click on Tools/Message Rules/Mail. In the Menu that opens check to see if you have ticked any of the checkboxes. Hope this helps.
Joe Brennan - London - Fri Jul 26 09:58 2002
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I cannot open Outlook, when i click on the icon, the message comes up MSIMN, Illegal operation, then it cloes down before it even loads up, ?
Terry - London - Fri Jul 26 10:08 2002
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Terry, There are lots of possible solutions to this type of problem at these sites if you have some time to go through them. Do let us know how you make out. Try this and this.
Joe Brennan - London - Sat Jul 27 00:14 2002
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I am considering buying a new PC. I am sure I have read in the past about cables and software that allow you to transfer everything on one PC to another. Does anyone know about this, and if so could you provide links to where I might buy them? Cheers in advance...
Allan McPhail - cumbernauld - Thu Jul 25 23:05 2002
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I think you are looking for Laplink. This is the address:- http://www.laplink.com/products/ Not used it myself and I’m sure there are other similar products available, hope this helps.
Joe Brennan. - London - Fri Jul 26 09:25 2002
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I would be grateful if anyone could help me.When i try to run my scandisk,so i can defragment my hard drive,i keep getting a message,scan-disk has re-started 10 times,windows or another program is writing to it,try shutting down some programs as this will let scan-disk to run.I have closed as many programs as i can and still getting the same message,i would be grateful if any one could help me with my problem.
allan - glasgow - Thu Jul 25 19:55 2002
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Have you closed down all programs (using ctrl-alt-del)EXCEPT for Systray and Explorer? Also make sure to disable any screen-saver you may have running. If this doesn't do it try running defrag in Safe Mode. Press F8 key as PC boots up.
Tim Baker - London - Thu Jul 25 21:23 2002
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Hi!. Help would be appreciated please. When running system file checker a message comes up - user.exe and setupx.dll possibly corrupted. I have gone to DrD95 website and downloaded the setupx.dll file to my program files folder. I dont think this is where it belongs and I cannot open it being a PC novice dont know which of the multiple choices to click on. Also can anyone please tell me how to rectify the user.exe file as I have completely rebooted twice but the message still crops up when I do the SFC check. Thanks.
Keith - Oldham - Thu Jul 25 19:20 2002
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Using newly installed CDRW with Nero for first time I inserted disc before activating Nero,up popped XP's own Wizard.Staying with it I copied some pictures,or at least the Wizard did,so simply.Afterwards checked Help and Support but compared with Nero there seems few options on offer,so went searching in all Programs for more detail but no menu listing.Where is it hiding ? anyone know ?,or does the Wizard only come out when a disc is inserted.
George - Choppington - Wed Jul 24 19:30 2002
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the wizard only appears, as far as I know when you choose the 'write these files to a cd' option which needs a cd in the drive,so yes,it only comes up when you have a disk in so if i were you I'd launch nero first then put thge disk in. you could uninstall XP then re-install nero and the cd-rw drive, always supposing it was an upgrade though oh and you will have to re-install any other programs you have installed, always supposing that XP is just like 95 as to uninstall + progs installed while OS is installed, which is to uninstall them (the programs you installed while OS installed). then supposing you can uninstall. I know this is a long post, but i really think it will help you with your problem. regards,and hoping it fixes it, sam p.s. also check windows update.
sam stabeler - croydon - Thu Jul 25 17:27 2002
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Thanks Sam, so my guess was right.Next time Nero first then disc in,XP allows this,I was curious as to how much the XP support provided. Having found the XP Expert Zone via another website I have learned XP's program is limited and recommends third party software for more options.
George - Choppington - Thu Jul 25 20:05 2002
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p.s. For the record, if, like my self,anyone is new to computers and XP in paticular,then I would recommend logging on to Windows XP Expert Zone.I have not searched the entire site but have seen enough to be assured.
George - Choppington - Thu Jul 25 20:25 2002
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could you give me the website address george for the xp expert zone, thanks.
george mullen - port glasgow - Wed Sep 18 02:01 2002
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Hi I have windows xp and used the restore point today. I used it a couple of times only to end up back were i stared as i though it was the best of all setting. But when i checked my disk space it has used up 3% how can i get this back can you delete restore points and if so how hope someone can help thanks.
max - belfast - Tue Jul 23 18:08 2002
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Hi Max. If you click on START/PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/DISC CLEAN-UP. Allow the clean-up to run then you have a report on the files that can be deleted. Before you press ok, click on MORE OPTIONS. At the bottom you have SYSTEM RESTORE, by pressing clean-up all but the most recent restores will be deleted. BEFORE you press clean-up make sure your system is running as you wish it because the files cannot be returned.Hope this helps Tony.
Antony Abbott - Blandford Forum - Sat Jul 27 17:26 2002
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Hi Everyone, my PC had 64meg of memory and i've just put another 256meg in.When i went to control panel and then system it still reads as 64meg.I put the 256 in dimm slot 1 and the 64 into slot 2.I'm running windows 98.Thanks in advance
Kev - Hebburn - Tue Jul 23 16:25 2002
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try switching the 256meg PC133 for a PC100 256meg this should solve it. regards, sam
sam stabeler - croydon - Thu Jul 25 17:35 2002
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Hi Kev You do not mention what motherboard you have so presuming you are using one that does not need two identical banks of memory installed ( mostly Rambus Memory requires this)try this first. Take out the 64MB memory and put a blanker in. Restart your PC then run Scan Disk. Restart the Pc and go to My Computer and click on properties to check that the memory has been installed.Next go to the bios and check the configuration of the memory to enable error checking( only if its ECC memory) and also to check that the Mhz is correct. Hope this may help.
Liam - Liverpool - Tue Jul 23 17:05 2002
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Hi Liam, thanks for the reply mate.Heres an update.I have a SIS530 mainboard socket7 (please bear with me, i'm a bit thick with computers) I don't have a blanker so i can't try what you said.I did take the 64 out and put the 256 in by itself but the computer would not even boot up. The only other thing of relevance is that the 256 is PC133 and the 64 is PC100.Thanks for your time
Kev - Hebburn - Tue Jul 23 20:46 2002
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Kev, Done alittle bit of fishing for you. If you have tried the memory in both slots it is probably the wrong type. Mixing PC100 and PC133 is probably not the best thing to do. I know some will work on the lowest FSB speed, but not yours. Oh, by the way PC133 is the bus speed on your mainboard. Here is the link to your SiS530 and here is a link for the correct memory upgrade and general information on how to mix and match memory Have a good look and get back to the guys if you have other problems.
NickG - Portsmouth - Wed Jul 24 01:19 2002
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Kev, In addition to the advice given by Liam and Nick above here is a site with lots of information on upgrading your random access memory. It has a dropdown selection Menu to help you select the type suitable to your computer as well as instruction diagrams. http://www.legge40.freeserve.co.uk/RAM.htm
Joe Brennan. - London - Wed Jul 24 08:07 2002
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Hello, when I launch Outlook Express 5 it stops responding straight away, unless i'm already online before launching it, in which case it works fine. Any thoughts or suggestions?
John - Stockport - Mon Jul 22 19:48 2002
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Hi John, There appears to be a lot of problems of this nature with OE and IE. I’m afraid I’m unable to offer you a definite fix or guaranteed solution. However, assuming you are using IE5.5 or IE6.0, you might try the following possibilities I stumbled across recently:- Open Outlook Express. Click Tools, Options and "Synchronize OE settings with IE". Check to see if that cures the problem. No joy, Go to control Panel click on Add/Remove and scroll down to your Internet Explorer and highlight it, then press delete ONCE. In the box that opens click on REPAIR. Once repaired and your back at the Desktop. Click IE, sort out your Language and Home page, and then go to Outlook Express. Once again click Tools, Options and "Synchronize OE settings with IE". Also check Windows Update for any Critical Updates for IE. If that doesn’t work you might find some answers at the Microsoft support site (http://search.support.microsoft.com) Or here:- www.tomsterdam.com/insideOE/problems
Joe Brennan - London. - Wed Jul 24 09:51 2002
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Hello Joe, Thanks for the suggestions but no luck i'm afraid. It looks like i'll just have to log on first.
john - Stockport - Wed Jul 24 20:23 2002
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I originally had windows 95 on my pentium 233 when i upgraged to windows 98 i lost my fax software, i have tried to reinstall it but was not successful, can anyone help please
lesley lawton - Nottingham - Mon Jul 22 09:17 2002
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Hi there, My friend recently got married in Canada and posted her photos on her web site for us to admire!! I right clicked them to save... but for some reason 3 seem to have an error. They preview fine in "My Pictures" but when I go to open them it says invalid file ?!?! I saved tham all as .jpg... and have even deleated them, and resaved them, but still with no sucess. Anyone got any ideas what is wrong??
Michelle - Ireland - Sun Jul 21 17:37 2002
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Can anyone help please? I want to upload a photo (Jpeg)onto a website but the file size is apparently too big. I feel sure it must be easy to reduce the size of the photo but don't know how. Any help much appreciated.
Glenn - Leicester - Sun Jul 21 17:26 2002
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If you have any sort of image editing software you should see an option to optimise the image. Increasing the amount of optimisation will reduce the file size although you might have to reduce the physical size of the image to get the number of kilobytes to an acceptable level. If you don't have any software (and the image is under 200kb) you can edit it online at http://www.myimager.com/ Just go to the site, select the image on your PC, select Quality in the Optimize drop-down menu and then select a quality level from 1 to 99, 1 being the smallest file size but the lowest quality. You can also crop and resize the image in the same way. When you're happy with the result, right click and save the image to your PC. If you want a free image editing program you could try Irfanview which you can download from http://downloads-zdnet.com
Sam - Sun Jul 21 18:33 2002
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Hey all; am looking for a new power cable for my HP 2100C scanner, but don't know anything about reliable spare part retailers. Any ideas? Ta!
TTY - London - Sun Jul 21 16:25 2002
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Help please----- I have recently had my pc repaired with hard drive reformatted & Windows XP upgrade installed. I am now attempting to reinstall Office 2000 and have received the following error message ' Error1335---The Cabinet File 'Office/Cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indcate a network error or an error reading from the CD-ROM or a problem with the package.' Can anybody help please. Thank you
marilla - southend - Sat Jul 20 23:38 2002
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Marilla, You may find an answer here:- http://support.microsoft.com/
Joe Brennan - London - Sun Jul 21 08:59 2002

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