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Start up trouble. I have a PIII 450 MHz 128MB SDRAM 13Gb PC running Windows 98. On starting up I get to my desktop background image and sometimes some of my icons and task bar load and other times none of them load. When I press Ctrl Alt Del I get either explorer not responding (hence no icons or taskbar) or something else not responding. Pressing Ctrl Alt Del again will not restart my PC and I usually have to revert to the dreaded reboot button. This can happen up to 4 times before I can use my PC. I've tried running System Checker and Norton Utilities but these show no problems, Any idea what I can do next? Also I'm thinking of changing my operating system to XP because I won 'Microsoft Office XP Professional' in a prize draw and I've only got 3.7Gb space free and thought that if I installed this it would clear up the redundant programs that I don't use or have uninstalled but that have left little bits behind. Any help would be appreciated. Carole
Carole Coleman - Chippenham - Tue Oct 29 17:53 2002
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I'm going to point you in the same direction as I pointed Alan, and that is towards the Aumha Shutdown and Startup Troubleshooter, In my humble opinion the finest diagnostic website.
I will repeat the warning that I gave to Alan and that is that you follow the instructions in order
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 18:44 2002
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Thanks Iain for the quick reply. I checked the link out but that seemed to cover Shutdown/Restart errors. I couldn't find any useful info on start up problems. Had trouble starting up again tonight. I got the black screen with the cursor in the top right hand corner. Ctrl Alt Del got me started in safe mode. I ran system checker and it told me that the following files had been deleted/altered WINDOWS - ACCSTA\T.EXE. WINDOWS/SYSTEM -ACCWIZ.EXE, ENABLE2.VXD, ENABLE3.DLL, ENABLE4. VXD, MAG_HOOK.DLL, MAGNIFY.EXE & OLEACC.DLL. Any idea if these files are important and if so where do I restore them from? Any help greatfully received. Carole
Carole Coleman - Chippenham - Wed Oct 30 18:32 2002
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Put your Windows cd in your CD ROM Drive
Go to Start | Run
Type in SFC
Click OK This may take some time and at several stages, you will be asked if you wish to replace particular files, Click Yes to all that appear.
Are these files important?Yes and no, ENABLE2.VXD, ENABLE3.DLL, ENABLE4. VXD, are absolutely essential, the others are to do with accessibility for disabled people.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 30 18:46 2002
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Thanks Iain. Did as you said. Ran SFC. All OK now. I'd removed accessibility via add/remove to save space hence those files appearing. I think I'll stop tinkering with my PC to try and improve performance/space I seem to be causing more problems than I'm solving.
Carole Coleman - Chippenham - Wed Oct 30 19:47 2002
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Carole, don't give up tinkering. I can assure you that the rewarding feeling when something goes RIGHT far outweighs that despair that one occasionally feels when it looks like you are going to have to do that re-format.
There is also that feeling of relief when you repair that damage you thought was irrepairable.
Nah, much more fun to tinker!!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 30 20:49 2002
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PS Nice prize, but I would do your cleaning before you install Office XP, it's quite a big program
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 18:46 2002
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You can tell I've just discovered this discussion area - Using new digital camera, I've taken pictures and worked out how load them on my PC using the memory card, these get stored to my hard drive but worry they take too much space, tried saving them to a floppy disc but to my surprise, there was only room to save one picture to one floppy disc. Can I save pictures on a CD? And can I just go and buy blank CD's for this purpose? Cheers for any info..
Vannessa - Tue Oct 29 14:22 2002
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Welcome to the Web-User Discussion Forums, Vanessa
Digital pictures CAN take up an awful lot of room especially if the camera has a high resolution and if the images are saved as Tifs
You can save images to cd as data without any problems, (obviously, you need a cd rw drive and the software)
CD-RW MAY be what you need as you can treat these just like massive floppy disks once formatted.
My first concern is your hard drive space. The first thing I would do is download a program called Irfanview
(this program is FREE)
Once you have downloaded it, I suggest that you look at a simple tutorial on how to use this great program effectively, covering tasks such as Viewing, Resizing and cropping images. You may find also that if your camera takes pictures as TIF or BMP files that by saving them as Jpgs, you can save as much as 60% in file size
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 15:30 2002
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Thanks for the welcome and the advice on the Irfanview program. The pictures saved to my hard drive have saved as Jpgs automatically so its good to know I'm making the best out of something I wasn't sure about. Would it be possible for you to go into a little more detail about the CD RW drive and perhaps recommend any particular types? Thanks again
Vannessa - Wed Oct 30 07:54 2002
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First the bad news (I like to give bad news first, it gets out of the way) Compaq does not do a cd-rw drive for this particular model, and a solution will cost about £100 inc. P&P and VAT.
The other thing is trying to find one that will work with a P266 laptop.
The good news is that I did find one at slightly less than that (£92.24 to be precise!) I keep spending your money!! sorry! The Acer 4406EU 4x4x6 is a USB external Cd rewriter, requiring a Windows 98, a P166 processor and 32MB ram, which we know yours has at the very least.
It comes with Nero burning software (essential!) and all the necessary cables (again essential!!)
People will be saying that you could get faster drives, but I will remind them that we are talking a Pentium P266 laptop here, and a faster drive would be totally wasted!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 30 10:17 2002
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Thanks for the info in your reply - don't seem to be having much luck do I - only purchased a laptop because I didn't have room anywhere to house a 'normal' PC (with seperate monitor, base unit etc). Look like spending more money. Thanks for finding a Cd rewriter that is compatible, I'll upgrade my memory first before going on another spending spree.
Vannessa - Thu Oct 31 09:28 2002
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I'm a novice to the digital imagery world - have recently purchased a digital camera and can work it reasonably well, but am having trouble with my new scanner, I think it is user error and am expecting different results when using particular options, can anyone tell me briefly how to scan a picture and how to scan a document successfully please? The scanner is a Hp scanjet 3500c series Cheers for any info.
Vannessa - Rotherham - Tue Oct 29 13:53 2002
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My laptop runs very slow, its a Compaq 1234, what do I need to upgrade to make it go faster? Cheers for any info.
Vannessa - Rotherham - Tue Oct 29 13:42 2002
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Vanessa, can I ask a few questions?
Are you using this for your scanning and your digital photography?
Which version of windows have you got installed?
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 15:47 2002
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Hi Iain - thanks for your replying. Yes I am using my laptop for scanning and digital photography. I have Windows 98 installed. Cheers Vannessa
Vannessa - Wed Oct 30 07:45 2002
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OK, Vannessa, First things first, We need to know how much memory you have installed.
To find out,
Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | System
On the General tab, there is a Manufactured and supported by Section and at the bottom, it should give you the amount of RAM installed in your laptop, I am hazarding a guess at either 32Mb (for a system that has not been upgraded) or 64Mb for a system that has been upgraded)
Windows 98 allegedly runs ok on 32Mb, but in my experience 64Mb is bare minimum. Unfortunately, your laptop can only be expanded to 96MB maximum.
The trouble is that graphics programs and hardware that use graphics require a substantial amount of resources and you will certainly need to increase your RAM in order to be able to work effectively. I have been doing a search for RAM for Presario 1234 and have only found one reseller at Pcupgrader, put in the part number KTC-P1200/64 to bring up the 64Mb memory at £32.41 (inc P&P and VAT)
In the meantime, I suggest that you should also do some maintenance. Click the Tips before you start
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 30 09:37 2002
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Thanks for the quick and most helpful reply. Have checked the memory on my machine, worst fears rang true, only 32 RAM. Checked out the Pcupgrader site and it did confirm your findings, think I'll be making that purchase sooner rather than later. The tips for maintenance were good, I've got into the habit of doing a little house keeping but the tips offered are more in depth. Thanks
Vannessa - Thu Oct 31 09:15 2002
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My screen area settings within properties is set at 800 x 600. If I have been on the internet and close down for the day, the next time i use the computer the settings have changed to 640 x 480. I change them back to normal click apply etc. etc., but this happens continually. Can anyone offer help to rectify this?
John Jamieson - Armadale - Mon Oct 28 19:13 2002
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John,
The first thing to try would be re-installing your graphics card (Display adapter) driver. Shout back if you're still having problems
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 08:28 2002
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Hi, I downloaded and ran a game from the internet. It started in MS Dos(and didn't work), now every time I switch on it trys to start in MS Dos and then freezes ! It says "Windows is starting your DOS based program" then it freezes !! Does anybody know how I can get rid of this?? Program is not in the add/remove list. Windows starts in Safe mode OK. Any help greatly appreciated
Jamie L. - Fife, Scotland - Mon Oct 28 08:44 2002
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Jamie
Three questions for you
What game?
Which site did you get it from?
Which version of Windows
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Oct 28 09:17 2002
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Hi Ian, Firstly thanks for prompt reply. answers: 1) Poker 2) www.oldgames-fr.com/ 3) W98 Cheers
Jamie L. - Kirkcaldy - Mon Oct 28 13:26 2002
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Give us a clue, Jamie, I put poker in the Search engine and came out with 5 different ones, I appreciate you might NOT want to say which one, but a cryptic clue would be better than none, please?
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Oct 28 20:05 2002
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Ok Ian, filename: spoker.zip, ........I know, I know. I started in safe mode and deleted all the files it unzipped. Now my AMR AC link modem has packed in !!!! Coincidence or virus? Modem has been working fine for 2 years! Gonna get a PCI one today. Thanks for any help Jamie
Jamie - Fife - Tue Oct 29 09:35 2002
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Jamie,
I found that simply deleting the folder solved the problem. It doesn't install anything to the registry so doesn't need an uninstaller. You may have missed a file or two
Hint: When unzipping a zip file, always create a special file for your Winzip (or similar Program) to unzip it to. Some programs may have hundreds of files zipped together, and it is easy to miss a few should you ever decide to delete or uninstall a program
As for the modem, coincidence, to be honest. Very few virii actually strike hardware, especially modems, because modems are the prime method of redistributing the virus .
A virus that isn't passed on is pretty close to useless, or in the very least blooming poor programming!!!
Try re-installing the drivers, though to be honest you would be better off with a PCI modem rather than an AMR.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 11:11 2002
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I have a year old computer that has windows 98 and BT anytime. For the first few months all worked well. Then I stopped being able to use the BT anytime shortcut on the desktop so I have to use dial up networking. Then for a while I could access my hotmail account via the favourites list in microsoft outlook. Now I can use microsoft outlook to access my homtail account but it has to be via the history window in the tool bar. When I click on favourites and hotmail nothing happens. Its as though every few months my computer decides to alter something fundamental in the way I access the internet.
Jan Russell - Birmingham - Sun Oct 27 22:11 2002
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OK, let me get this straight, Jan, you have two main problems.
Your dialler software doesn't work
Your Shortcut to hotmail doesn't work
Two quick question regarding the Hotmail problem, We are talking Outlook rather than Outlook Express, and if so which version of Outlook?
BT have been making a number of changes over the past few months.
Go to the Dialup software page and download the BTAnytime dialler software, and save it to your hard drive,
Remember where you save it to
Now go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Software
Uninstall Bt dialler
Now go to Network connectionsRight click your BT connection and click Delete
Now return to where you saved the downloaded dialler software
(You haven't forgotten have you?)
Double click it to automatically set up your connection again.
Put in your username and password and off you go again
Post back with the Outlook details
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 27 23:12 2002
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Thanks for the reply. I have tried installing a new dial up connection via the link you have put in but it gave me a BT open world connection which did not recognise my bt anytime password and user id. I am using outlook 2000. Any more help would be greatly appreciated. Jan
Jan - Birmingham - Tue Oct 29 20:14 2002
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Jan,
this page links to all the BT dial up packages. Make sure that your caps lock is off!!
I would be tempted to use the repair feature in Add/Remove for Office 2000
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 20:53 2002
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Hello All Whenever I de-frag my HDD, the process is continually interupted with the message "Drives Contents Changed - Restarting" It will do this even though I have closed all unecessary programmes and even in safe mode. It takes an age to complete but eventually will struggle through to the end. I am using WIN ME. Any ideas on how to sort this ?? Thanks Keith
Keith Waudby - Rugby - Sun Oct 27 14:31 2002
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This may be caused by programs running in the background. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to find out which programs are running and click End Task to close them. Also try emptying your Temporary Internet Files folder. Hope this helps
Charlie Smartmouth - Mon Oct 28 15:47 2002
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Hello All Whenever I de-frag my HDD, the process is continually interupted with the message "Drives Contents Changed - Restarting" It will do this even though I have closed all unecessary programmes and even in safe mode. It takes an age to complete but eventually will struggle through to the end. I am using WIN ME. Any ideas on how to sort this ?? Thanks Keith
Keith Waudby - Rugby - Sun Oct 27 14:28 2002
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Keith,
Havea read of M$KB 186978
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 27 15:03 2002
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Thanks Ian I sort of did the trick. It managed to re-start itself on two occassions but then went through to the end without a problem. At least its a lot better than it was. Keith
Keith - Rugby - Mon Oct 28 20:04 2002
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I should know the answer to this, so don't laugh..what is the easiest way to see the size of a file,folder, or a program which is handy to know before emailing attachments or transferring to disc/floppy.Op Win ME.
Mel - Manchester - Sun Oct 27 13:33 2002
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There are a number of ways, but the quickest and easiest is to open Windows Explorer
Right click the file in question
Click Properties
The Size on Disk is the one to use
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 27 13:57 2002
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Thanks Lain, I was wondering about the "size on disc" thing and now I know.Cheers.
Mel - Manch - Sun Oct 27 23:01 2002
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Lain???
- Mon Oct 28 09:45 2002
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Advice would be appreciated please. I have DirectX8 on a disc I got with a magazine. At the moment I am running a rather ancient version 6. Do I need version 7 or can I get a complete update by installing version 8 over my current version. Thanks.
Keith - Oldham - Sun Oct 27 12:05 2002
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Just install DirectX 8.1b, from Micro$oft, (for Windows 98 onwards only)or directly from your disk. There is no need to install 7 as 8 fixes all the bugs.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 27 12:33 2002
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Once again many thanks.
Keith - Oldham - Sun Oct 27 19:44 2002
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When adding a network card to a PC do they generally fit all motherboards ????
Roger Greenwood - Leeds - Sat Oct 26 21:25 2002
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Most ethernet cards are PCI starndard these days, some older oners use ISA cards but these are increasingly rare these days
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Oct 26 21:39 2002
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Still having problems with cd copying.Drive froze on me last night. Anyone know of any way to test cd/rw.Checked drivers etc all up to date. Tried disabling DMA but did not make any difference.
Keith - perth - Sat Oct 26 21:20 2002
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Ok spoke with HP. New cd/rw wining its way to me as we speak.Drive is dead RIP.
keith - perth - Mon Oct 28 19:12 2002
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Hi guys, I've got a problem with updating the drivers for my graphics card. I bought a new game this week, but everytime I try to run it, it cause my PC to crash. I called the customer helpline and was told to run dxdiag while on the phone. I then had to give my graphics card driver number, and the person I spoke to said I needed to update my drivers. So I went onto Nvidia's website (thats who made my GC) and downloaded the drivers. I then closed all other programs and launched the update. I restarted my PC, but when I tried to run the game it still didn't work. I then ran dxdiag again, and found that the driver numbers hadn't changed. I'm very confused here, can anyone help? BTW, I'm running Win98, and my PC is well above the rec spec (1.0g athlon processor, 256mb RAM, the graphics card is Nvidia TNT2 64) TIA.
Karl - Stoke - Sat Oct 26 13:14 2002
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You might have done this, but get hold of DirectX 8.0 or above, you can get it from Microsoft Website or from one of the mags with free Cd's, most new games require DirctX 8.0 or above, hope this helps.
Garry - Tamworth - Sun Oct 27 11:38 2002
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Hi all, I'd like to backup up all my files once a week onto cd. What's the best/easiest way of doing this please? (oh and I don't mean all my software just the files i.e. .doc .xls etc) Cheers
Kev - Cape Town, South Africa - Sat Oct 26 07:38 2002
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Kevin, It would be helpful if you gave som e info about your Operating System, There are many ways to skin a cat, but some are easier than others
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Oct 26 08:15 2002
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Sorry, Win98 is that the enough cat!:)
Kevin - Cape Town, S.A. - Sat Oct 26 12:59 2002
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Oh definitely Kevin, in fact we could go as far as a whole leopard , but we don't want to be caught by the NSPCA, now do we?
The best thing I can suggest is you have a quick read of this article on general backing up, and M$KB 270670 for backing up Outlook Express Data (ignore post below!)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 27 08:19 2002
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Oh definitely Kevin, in fact we could go as far as a whole leopard , but we don't want to be caught by the NSPCA, now do we?
The best thing I can suggest is you have a quick read of this article on general backing up, and M$KB 270670 for backing up Outlook Express Data
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 27 08:16 2002
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Hi Iain I have 2 problems hopefully you can help me with.(1)when I go to control panel a box comes up headed Virus Scan:Avsmcpa.dll saying specified resource language ID cannot be found in image file but when I click on OK it clears.(2)Im trying to uninstall CSNW from my system but I cant find it anywhere in Uninstall Programs and it wont allow to add another user while this CSNW PROGRAM is running.HELP!!!!!!!!!
wendell - Thu Oct 24 17:04 2002
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Wendell,
To the first part, Basically McAfee needs to be uninstalled MANUALLY
Go to McAfee Search and type in Avsmcpa.dll
Find your Version of Virus Scan and Windows and follow the instructions for re-installation
I have no idea why you have Client Service for Netware on your PC in the first place, unless you are playing with your works computer?
You will need to be signed on as administrator, or as someone with administrators rights
Go to Control Panel | Network and Dial Up Connections
Right Click your network connection,
In the General tab, You should see a window titled Components checked are used by this connection
Highlight it, and click Uninstall
Restart your computer
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 25 10:11 2002
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Hi Iain! thanks for your advice I managed to delete Macafee virus ok but I cant seem to uninstall Client Service for Netware.Ive done exactly what you advised but when I go into control panel & then Network Connections after rightr clicking I dont get a window up so Im just stuck.What have I done wrong?
wendell - Tue Oct 29 10:27 2002
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Did you right click on the network connection you use to access the Internet and choose Properties? There should be an icon that says Btopenworld, freeserve or which ever ISP you use to connect to the Internet, Right click that and click Properties, and follow the instructions above for removing the Client Service
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 29 11:21 2002
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All sorted Iain,thanks again for your help.
wendell - Wed Oct 30 08:32 2002
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I posted the other day mentioning my PC is running really slow.........it would appear to be my Virus software that is causing this, I am currently running with McAfee. When I switch it off things run nice'n'smooth, but obviously I don't want to be going online without it! Any Suggestions ??
Craig - Glasgow - Wed Oct 23 23:59 2002
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Try another AV, Craig?
If you want a free one, go to grosoft and download AVG.
Personally, I think it is the best of them all, and doesn't interfere too much!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 25 09:45 2002
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Grosoft??? Sounds like a kind of compost!
Bruno Kirby - Fri Oct 25 10:55 2002
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lol!! ooops!!
(the 'i' and the 'o' are next to each other, and I never pretend to be a typist!) That, of course, should be GrIsoft, but the link works!!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 25 11:17 2002
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Help! I've recently tried to copy some files to CD.Running windows XP home.Every time I try to copy files or music to disc windows media does not respond.I have also tried using HP Record now but still get message that it is not responding.Tried clicking on CD/RW icon in my computer but again get message that it is not responding.
keith - perth - Wed Oct 23 11:31 2002
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Keith,
Make sure that you have the latest software installed. (both items)
You might want to consider disabling the internal cd burning software that comes with XP
If you are still having problems, then you may just want to disable the DMA for the drive
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 23 11:55 2002
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Cheers Iain. Just did a system recovery and everything going dandy.
Keith - perth - Wed Oct 23 18:43 2002
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Ended up cd/rw was defunct. Replaced by HP within last two days of warranty
keith - perth - Fri Nov 08 21:58 2002
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I am a 'competent' PC user with a reasonable grasp of software applications but would like to learn more about hardware/operating system (in other words, I would like to fix problems as they occur rather than calling for help !). Does anyone have any recommendations: books or web site (print off) guides ?
Richard - stourbridge - Wed Oct 23 08:02 2002
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The major problem with software and hardware is that so many occurences appear to be unique, and that your computer is the only one demonstrating behaviourial problems.
In 9/10 of instances, this isn't the case, and a bit of research will start to pay dividends.
The best thing you can do is join a number of newsgroups or forums, such as Virtual Dr and just have a look at the questions asked, and read the replies. You will start to see patterns forming, and soon you will be able to make your own diagnoses, and be posting messages.
Sites such as computerhope and winguides are perfect for finding more obscure information.
To be fair, there is little point in printing off entire websites, simply because, if they are any good, they will run into the hundreds of pages, which means you would never find the information again. The other question I would ask is why buy a book when you have the worlds' biggest searchable reference library at your fingertips. One other important thing to learn is searching effectively, just typing in Searching the internet effectively in a search engine is a good place to start to get info, but once you have learned more advanced searching techniques, it is surprising how much more becomes relevant
One final comment is that even the most experienced users in the world have questions that they need answering, so don't be afraid to ask!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 23 09:27 2002
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Thanks Iain. Good advice (as ever). I'm finding that merely browsing this part of the WU site is a good learning tool. I'll have a look at the other references you have mentioned. Thanks again.
Richard - Wed Oct 23 21:42 2002
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Hi people! Just downloaded a complete album from a filesharing site. Would like to divide it into the 15 individual tracks as it should be,at present it is only showing as 1 track(a pain when trying to locate a particular song) Any help appreciated.
GORDON BOYD - GLASGOW - Tue Oct 22 19:55 2002
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You will have to download each track separate. Some albums do this.
ken mcconkey - south shields - Mon Nov 11 10:08 2002
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Whenever i try to print a web page i lose the right hand side (about 2 inches). I just know this is something simple but for the life of me i can't seem to sort it, i'd be grateful for any advice.
terry - bletchley - Tue Oct 22 11:24 2002
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cheers Iain,problem solved. Terry.
terry - bletchley - Thu Oct 24 18:25 2002
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Terry
Try this, open Internet Explorer,
Go to File | Page Setup
Set Paper to A4
Header set to:
&w&bPage &p of &P
Footer set to:
&u&b&d
Margins set to
7.5mm all round
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 22 21:04 2002
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Ta,mate..thats another of my probs solved without me even having to ask.
Mel - Manchester - Sun Oct 27 23:56 2002
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hello folks. i am having occasional problems with my hp deskjet656c printer. after a print command it often sits and does nothing at all and i have had a message once that i think mentioned that it could not access/find a port. this problem happens either on or off line. i am running windows me. hope someone can shed some light
allan main - carlisle - Tue Oct 22 00:24 2002
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Hello, i have had this rather annoying problem whilst on the internet for a while now. Every few minutes whilst browsing on Aol or intenet explorer the page loading freezes for a minute or two, sometimes opening up a new window seems to kock start the page loading again, but this does not always work. Any advice on this would be helpful. One more small problem i have had over the last couple of days is that i can no longer hear the computer dialling upto to the internet anymore. Any ideas? Thanks alot
Phil - Worthing - Mon Oct 21 16:24 2002
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I am running Win 98SE and am having a few problems since I reformatted the hard drive. I tried to download Incredimail but got the following message Could not create ISpooler interface. Class not registered. Can anyone help?
Gill - Cannock - Mon Oct 21 14:10 2002
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I recently cleared the Klez virus from my PC, but it seems my system is running very slow now ? Also I am trying to update my virus software, currently McAfee. I managed to run the "auto update" after downloading from McAfee website, but when trying to run "Auto Upgrade" it fails giving the following message in the log : auser U4I6D6 The .ZIP Update to .DAT version 4167 failed because the new .ZIP archive (dat-4167.zip) cannot not be downloaded. I have searched for this file and cannot find it, nor can I find it on the website. Can Anyone Help ???
Craig - Glasgow - Sun Oct 20 19:14 2002
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Craig,
Try clearing all your temporary Internet Files and your TEMP folder
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 22 09:28 2002
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Can anyone help me? My computer is running very slow this day. It used to be very fast. I always delete temp files etc but does not slove problem. What else could I do.
Francis - London - Sat Oct 19 03:06 2002
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Hi I would suggest scandisk and defrag.I guess you don't have a 3rd party software like norton utilities which would speed up the process so here goes. You need to close your virus checker and disable your screensaver then start>programs>accesories>system tools >disk defragmentor. For more info check windows help under defragmentor. This will tidy up your hard drive and make programs easier to access. You could always run a virus scan just in case!! In IE go to tools>internet options and delete temporary files and cookies and make sure you have only 2 or 3 days of history That should help
john-boi - Sheffield - Sun Oct 20 22:25 2002
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A simple query, I think. In Explorer how do I change the name of my 2 CD-ROM drives (both are displayed as "Compact Disk") to something meaningful. It does not seem to let me do it by the "normal" right click|rename function. Thanks, Geoff
Geoff Fowler - Newbury, Berks - Fri Oct 18 14:54 2002
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Thanks for that short, erudite answer
Geof Fowler - Newbury - Fri Oct 18 17:23 2002
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Who did the what now?
- Tue Oct 22 15:41 2002
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Simple answer - you can't!
Fri Oct 18 15:39 2002
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Hi Iain, I want to burn a CD of an audio cassette, can you help, do I need special burning software ? and how do I record the audio from the cassette to my HDD. The software that I have is EZCD Creator 4 and Platinum,and Nero 5.Thanks in advance.
M Westwood - Thu Oct 17 22:38 2002
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Nero offers a feature on Wave Editor that can convert your analogue audio to digital files and clean up the sound. You can then record these digital files onto CD-Rs to make your own customised disks.
Attach an audio cable from your receiver, pre-amplifier, or cassette deck to your sound card input.
Start the software by double-clicking the Nero icon on your desktop or by selecting the software by clicking Start | Programs | Ahead Nero | Nero Wave Editor.
(Dragging the Nero Wave Editor file onto the desktop will put the icon there.)
Click on Audio on the toolbar at the top of Wave Editor, then click on Record.
A Sample Format Settings notation appears. The default should be at the CD standard of 44,100 Hz and 16-bit. If not, pick those settings in order to make your disks compliant with the CD standard. Click OK.
The Recording Console appears. Adjust your input levels so that the meters do not extend into the red zone. Recording a digital signal too loudly will cause sound distortion. Input levels can be adjusted either by a control on your cassette deck or a control on your sound card software.
Record the audio by clicking on the red dot on the console. Click on OK to stop the recording. A waveform appears on the Wave Editor screen.
Edit the sound wave by clicking on it and moving the line cursor to your edit points.
Trim the beginning of the audio by moving the line to the starting point you want and highlighting the part you want to change. (The left-most play arrow at the lower left of wave editor plays only the highlighted part. The next play arrow plays the entire file.)
Choose the scissors icon to cut out the selected section or Volume to mute it or fade it in or out.
Trim the end of the audio the same way.
When the audio file sounds the way you want it, click File | Save As
Select the folder you in which you want to save the file and select type of file as—
For CD audio select PCM WAV FILE. Click Save.
For MP3 audio select m3PRO, click Options.
An mp3PRO screen pops up with options for the range of MP3 encoding rates that determine quality. Uncheck the Enable MP3 PRO box and select at least 128kbit for the standard MP3 quality level. Click OK, then click Save.
You can convert CD files to MP3 by bringing them onto Wave Editor as .wav files and saving them as .mp3 files according to the steps above.
Repeat the steps above for each audio file you want to transfer.
drag these files from the folder to which you saved them and to drop them in your new compilation or use the Compile an Audio CD option
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 18 01:40 2002
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Thanks Iain, I knew You could help Me. cheers
M Westwood - Fri Oct 18 09:10 2002
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Help please!!Do not know what I have done of late ,but keep getting illegal operation boxes. On startup allworks fine but "Spool32 caused invalid page fault in module Spool32 EXE at o16f 00402015" is showwing in addition to normal desktop . I can close it and continue ok. At shutdown I now get either "Rundl32 not responding" or "ZAPRO caused invalid page fault in module VSUTIL at o16E--01306afe".Am still learning but is it poss. to explain in simplr terms what I could have done and what to do now .I can only shut downnow by Ctrl-alt--delete once only and then using the box to chut down I cannot go into standby . Would be grate ful for any help.Thanks.
Lawrence Brennand - Southport - Thu Oct 17 18:17 2002
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Reference ZAPRO take a look at this forum Hopefully what they suggest will help. As for your other problems, Iain may be along later to help you.
Dave C - Salisbury - Thu Oct 17 22:50 2002
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Lawrence,
It seems that you have a couple of issues
Firstly, I would suggest that you follow Dave C's advice regarding ZoneAlarm and reinstalling it.
The other problems seem to be related to a faulty printer driver. I would un-install your printer and re-install it
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 18 01:14 2002
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Just a few words to thank Dave C of Salisbury and also Iain Wolstencroft of accrington for their help.Have done as advised and all is smooth at the moment . Hope someday to be efficient enough to offer help as well as to receive. Incidently,Iain, I am an old boy of Acc. Grammar ,lived in Acc. until 25 years ago.(58 now)My old mum still lives in Clayton le Moors. Can remember watching Acc. Stanley--used ti win in those days .Cheers. Lawrence
Lawrence Brennand - Southport - Mon Oct 21 09:48 2002
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Accy Grammar School is now a housing estate. How things change! Glad everything is sorted!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Oct 21 11:38 2002
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someone has put the taskbar at the side of my screen, how can i put it back to the bottom?
terence - milton keynes - Thu Oct 17 15:32 2002
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Left click (hold) on the taskbar, drag to bottom of your screen then release.
Dave C - Salisbury - Thu Oct 17 17:41 2002
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Hi, I have a major problem - well to me anyway and one that's my fault. I have some Excel files that i have for my buisness which i password the shhets as well as the workbook for security purposes. the problem is that i use the same password for acertain group of files and because i haven't used these particular files for about 6 months i have forgotten the password!. I have searched the net and came up with some brute force dictionary programs but these do not work for me and do not tell me what my passwords are for the sheets & workbook. Can anyone save me please.
Sammy Lewis - Ainster - Thu Oct 17 01:19 2002
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Hi`ya Sammy, you may try to find them in the Files & Folders from the Start Menu, go to start,find, click Files & folders,click ( Find Now ) button this is a list of everything in your H.D. it may jog your mem if you see them, OR, you could search for them from the My Computer icon on your Desktop, Right click it & choose EXPLORE hope either of these work for you.
Eric Bishop - Scunny - Tue Oct 22 06:47 2002
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I don't know whether this will work but you could try this software though I won't be holding my breath
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 18 10:05 2002
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Does anyone know if there is any software which will let you burn music and pictures in that order,Iam using Nero' software bundle. Thanx
Dave - Portsmouth - Wed Oct 16 23:58 2002
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I use "Iomega Hotburn" to burn my cds. It has an option of "mixed mode". for best result burn music first and anything else afterwords.
UMA - Enniskillen - Mon Oct 28 23:12 2002
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Win 98, 2nd ed. I have just added extra sdram to my machine taking it to 256mb but have experienced a decrease in performance rather than an increase. My pc has picked up the ram which was purchased from Crucial using Belearc Advisor to determine the correct type. I have shut down all apps and the majority of progs running in the background but something is eating about 40% of my memory. I was advised to add [cache] in system.ini with min and max values of 16mb and 32mb respectively but this has not aided. Any ideas? Anymore info needed?
Mat Gould - Ipswich - Wed Oct 16 22:13 2002
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Mat, I would suggest you take a look at the reply, I gave to Bill, just a little further down this page, on Memory leaks.
I would also be looking at increasing the Virtual Memory, and doing a bit of basic maintenance.
Give a shout if you're still having problems
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Oct 18 09:47 2002
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Cheers Iain. I will take a look at that document. Sorry about the delay in responding - it takes ages to load this forum on dialup!
Mat Gould - Ipswich - Wed Oct 23 09:00 2002
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I've been using Grisoft's AVG Anti-virus software (free edition) for over a year now and it regularly picks up infected files and e-mails. However I've just downloaded the latest update and checked for the much-hyped Bugbear virus on their database but with no match. Does this virus go by another name, or does AVG fall short of other (subscription) anti-virus programs? Any advice would be much appreciated. I did consider e-mailing Grisoft, but presume such a query would amount to technical support, which is not available with the free edition. Thanks in advance.
Glyn Jones - Sheffield - Wed Oct 16 18:35 2002
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Update 393 had the definition for bugbear and in fact, AVG was onne of the first with a repair, as well as a special repair tool
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 16 18:41 2002
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Thanks Iain, you've restored my peace of mind!
Glyn Jones - Sheffield - Thu Oct 17 21:05 2002
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