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can you tell me how i find out what motherbord i have in old pc that iam doing up as i need to find the mannual ty
phil - leeds - Sun Feb 17 21:32 2002
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Try this, Phil Belarc Personal PC Audit (587kb Freeware), it's either that or trying to identify it from the BIOS number. I know which I prefer!!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Feb 18 16:47 2002
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I am considering buying a CD Rewriter.Is there anything I should be looking out for to get the best purchase.What is the difference between CD-RW and CD-R?What are the best brands?Internal or external?Any information gratefully received.
Ian Broadhead - Wakefield - Sun Feb 17 14:20 2002
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This site helped me; everything I ever wanted to know about cds, (and much I didn’t!) Hope it helps you. www.computerhope.com/help/cdr.htm
Maxine aka Mrs Mopp - Pontefract - Wed Feb 20 16:44 2002
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CD-RW stands for Compact Disc rewriteable and means that the blank cd's that you buy can be recorded onto as many times as you want. CD-R or Compact Disc Recordable only allow recording once. Internat drives are generally cheaper but they do mean you'll have to get into the innards of your PC. External drives are more expensive but can be connected by USB and can be up and running in moments.
Greg Campbell - Inverness - Sun Feb 17 14:36 2002
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When i switch on my pc i recieve an message saying, "windows registry checker has found a problem with your program files. Windows will restart and correct the error" I was wondering why this is happening and how to stop this from happening.
Craig - Aberdeen - Sat Feb 16 10:28 2002
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Goto start/run and type in scanreg press ok, this will check your registery to see if there are any errors, if there are, then it will ask if you want to use the back up copy, this will work as long as the backup copy is ok, however, you may have to install programmes that you installed after the last time the registery was backed up..if all goes well, and the back up works, I would suggest that you backup the registery after each successful installation of your software.
Future - Sun Feb 17 14:02 2002
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Last week I bought a second hand base - Dell, with DVD drive and CDRW. It was working perfectly in the owner's home, and I took it home by taxi. I connected it to my monitor, keyboard etc, and once booted up, the DELL page came up, followed by Microsoft ME, then NOTHING! The picture just rolled and rolled. With a bit of fiddling about I managed to get the computer running in safe mode, but that's not what I bought it for...I want to be able to use the drives. Please some of you buffs out there, help me!
Edmarie - Aberdeen - Fri Feb 15 23:10 2002
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It worked perfectly before you bought it, and now it doesn't..whats the only thing that has changed?..YOUR monitor!...Try looking in My computer (right click),'Properties' then device manager and removing the monitor and reinstalling it so it can detect your monitor
CynetBefore - Burnley - Sun Feb 24 10:18 2002
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First of all, run Scandisk, then defrag. Also, after that, try runnning Scanreg, to see if the registry is corrupt. Depending on how you transported the base unit, it is possilbe that the hard drive heads were knocked, and this could have caused them to land on data thereby corrupting it. So run these tests first, if that doesnt work,then try doing system restore, from a working previous backup.
Future - Sat Feb 16 02:04 2002
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Thank you for your suggestion, which I've tried. Everything appears to be in order. I should have mentioned that when I first boot PC, holding down control, I get a lot of info, the last line of which states "ERROR. 0210 stuck key". Is this the problem, and how do I rectify it? (my hair is turning greyer by the minute!)
edmarie - Aberdeen - Sun Feb 17 08:53 2002
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The reason that your getting the error 0210 stuck key, is because you are holding down the ctrl key, while the computer is trying to boot, the BIOS does a POST...Power On Self Test, and it tests for things like stuck keys, and as your holding down the ctrl key, it thinks the key is stuck. The information you are seeing, is two things, the BIOS info, ie, what you have in your puter that the BIOS knows about, and the other is what drivers and and other programmes that are being launched.
Future - Sun Feb 17 14:38 2002
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I'm most grateful for your help - would reformatting the hard drive and re-installing Windows 98 or ME, be any good? Does the fact that I am able to use Word, Access etc in safe mode mean that there isn't anything TOO wrong with my machine, or am I clutching at straws?
Edmarie - Aberdeen - Sun Feb 17 23:26 2002
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If you did the scanreg, that should say if the registery is corrupt, also, you can run SFC and see if that finds any corrupt files. You can run both these programmes from safe mode, start/run then type either name, and run one of them at a time. Now, as for reinstalling 98se or ME, you must make sure that you have the appropriate mother board drivers, video drivers, sound drivers, and modem drivers. If you do not have these, then there could be problems, however, you maybe able to get the said drivers from the DELL website, and also, 98se or even ME may have them already.
Future - Mon Feb 18 01:47 2002
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Thank you very much for all the help - I have successfully reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled Windows ME. There were a few blips along the way, but I apart from the sound, which I'm working on, everything is hunky-dory! I LOVE my "new" computer!
edmarie - Aberdeen - Sat Mar 02 00:52 2002
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I'm most grateful for your help - would reformatting the hard drive and re-installing Windows 98 or ME, be any good? Does the fact that I am able to use Word, Access etc in safe mode mean that there isn't anything TOO wrong with my machine, or am I clutching at straws?
Edmarie - Aberdeen - Sun Feb 17 23:26 2002
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The reason that your getting the error 0210 stuck key, is because you are holding down the ctrl key, while the computer is trying to boot, the BIOS does a POST...Power On Self Test, and it tests for things like stuck keys, and as your holding down the ctrl key, it thinks the key is stuck. The information you are seeing, is two things, the BIOS info, ie, what you have in your puter that the BIOS knows about, and the other is what drivers and and other programmes that are being launched.
Future - Sun Feb 17 14:10 2002
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When attempting to open my inbox I got the dreaded illegal operation....will be shut down. The dtails were MAPIST32 caused invalid page fault in module kernel 32dll @ 017f:bff7b9a6. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. P.S. how can I find out which version of IE I am running.
Keith - Oldham - Fri Feb 15 12:55 2002
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Keith, I'm hoping that the error message is for MAPISP32 rather than Mapist32. If I am right, then this is caused by installing Messenging client on a clean hard drive or you have recently installed a messenging program other than MSN messenger, such as ICQ.

To solve the problem, Restart your computer to ensure that the Windows Messaging program is no longer in memory. Rename the Mapi32.dll file in the Windows\System folder to Mapi32.lld. To do this, right click on the Mapisp file, and click rename, change the file extension after the stop from dll to lld. Reinstall the Windows Messaging client from the Tools\Oldwin95\Message\Us folder on the Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM. Restart your computer. If you are still having problems, go to Dr D's and type in MAPI32. Choose the correct download for your version of Windows and save to C:\Windows\System Reboot your computer.

You can find out which version of IE you have installed by opening IE and clicking Help then About>
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 15 13:42 2002
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Thanks for eply Iain when I went to Dr.D's and downloaded the file,it only made matters worse I was'nt even able to open the inbox and got a message saying not enough memory and to close some windows. In a panic I cleared out & reinstalled everything and touch wood everything seems to be working now. Thanks anyway, I still owe you a good few pints.
Keith - Oldham - Sat Feb 16 12:39 2002
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I'm having problems restarting a laptop. (Running Windows ME, 6MB HD, 64MB memory, 600MHz Celeron). Instead of restarting as normal, it just 'hangs' with a black screen with little white dots all over it. There's a single flashing cursor in the middle but you can't type anything and nothing happens when you press Enter. The only way I can restart the machine at this point is by switching it on and off, and then by going through Scandisk. Apart from this the machine seems fine. Can anyone help?
Sian - Midlands - Fri Feb 15 11:43 2002
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Sian, try re-installing your display adapter driver
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Feb 15 12:11 2002
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well future I would like to thank you for all your help with the defrag problem i had and i did everything you said but no errors were found so i have still got the same problem.Being a novice, short of throwing the blooming thing out of the window i am now lost as to know what to do. Do i go for a new drive or is there anything else i can try?In answer to Iian yes i did a thorough test.
allan hicks - swindon - Thu Feb 14 19:16 2002
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Alan, Scandisk only generally does one attempt, unless you modify the ini file, and do the test from DOS mode. The article that Iain suggests, tells you how to do this. However, I prefer to use NORTON DISK DOCTOR, but if you do not have that, then Scandisk will do. If Scandisk does find any errors, and it marks them bad, the message should stop, but, I suggest that you run Scandisk on a daily basis for a few weeks, to rule out physical damage.
Future - Fri Feb 15 01:34 2002
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Allan, I have the solution : Click the link to take you to the M$knowledge base solution for this Q160043
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Feb 14 19:44 2002
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I,ve just turned on my computer after being away for a while and have found that i have no sound or sound icon in the system tray. would appreciate any help. many thanks.
colin - cliftonville - Thu Feb 14 18:03 2002
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To get the osund icon in your taskbar go to the control panel and choose multimedia. The first tab will be audio. Choose your soundcard in the pulldown menu and tick the box that says show soundicon in taskbar. It should appear beside the clock so click on it to open the properties and check that mute isn't on and that the sound levels are up. Hope this helps.
Greg Campbell - Inverness - Sun Feb 17 14:45 2002
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appreciate the help Greg, it's working fine now, thankyou
colin - cliftonville - Sun Feb 17 21:22 2002
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I,ve just turned on my computer after being away for a while and have found that i have no sound or sound icon in the system tray. would appreciate any help. many thanks.
colin - cliftonville - Thu Feb 14 18:01 2002
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I was advised in one of my other messages to defrag my system in safe mode.I did this and at 17% i got a message which reads as follows"Windows could not access part of this drive click help and carry out instructions for running scan disc it is important to fix this problem you must run scan disc and choose thorough option" ID no DEFRAG 006.After scanning disc drive c for some 6 hours a message comes up that scandisc did not find any errors so please anybody give me some idea of what can be done?i must emphasise that all this scanning was done in safe mode. also since coming out of safe mode i have been getting disc write error messages "unable to write to disc drive c data or files may be lost
allan hicks - swindon - Thu Feb 14 01:16 2002
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Are you doing Scandisk and checking the Thorough button on the left?
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Feb 14 06:01 2002
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Hello. It is possible that your hard drive has sustained physical damage, in which case the only real alternative is to buy a new one. However, before that is decided, have you run a virus check? Some viruses can cause error messages such as the Read/Write error message your gettig now. You were correct to run Scandisk and Defrag in safe mode, the reason for this is because when in normal mode, there are programmes that are running, and access the hard drive, therefore the conetents change, and so scandisk and defrag restart, where as in safe mode, you usually only have explorer and systray running, and so scandisk and defrag can run correctly. Now, after you have run a virus check, and cured any viruses found, run Scandisk again, thorough. If that fails, then if your running windows 95/98, start your puter, and press F8 a menu will appear, giving you a few options, choose command prompt, then when you see the c:type this. scandisk c:/nosave/nosummary/surface/autofix and press return/enter. This will scan you drive and then do a surface scan, and if it can,it will fix the errors and mark the block bad, so that data cannot be written to it again. However, it is possible that your data is already corrupt, and so, you may have to re-install windows, and all necessary software/drivers that you have. Sadly, there isnt a lot you can do to get this data back, but scandisk will try to move any data that is good to a new block. It may take a long time for scandisk to complete, depends on your hard drive capacity, but usually on a soak test I would leave it on all night, although, you shouldnt need to for that long.
Future - Thu Feb 14 05:55 2002
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Hello, does any one know, who made the KA6/100 mother board. It is a baby AT. Also, is there any software, that can tell you what motherboard you have.
Future - Wed Feb 13 13:50 2002
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Thank you Iain!
Future - Wed Feb 13 18:31 2002
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Try this, Future, Belarc Personal PC Audit (587kb Freeware) I think it's an ABIT Motherboard
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Feb 13 15:06 2002
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Hello, the following error message keeps occuring, and although there is a patch for win98se, there doesnt seem to be one for ME..so any help on how to get around this, would be appreciated. IFSMGR(01)+0004C0D ERROR: OD: 0028: C0374C1 VTDAPI(03)+000002C6 Error: OE: 0028 C02CB692 VWIN32(05) + 00000BF4 Error: OE: 0028 : C02A3B7C Any help would be grateful.
Future - Tue Feb 12 23:05 2002
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Thank you Iain, I informed the relavent person to do as you advised, but they told me they already did. Apparently the problem only occurs with Excite Super Chat. So I will tell them to email excite, and see if they can shed any light on it.. Thank you again for you good advice Iain.
Future - Wed Feb 13 13:19 2002
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Do a system restore, Future
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Feb 13 08:07 2002
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I opened an e-mail attachment titled simply "re" and subsequently semmed to have inherited the PARITY VIRUS. Macafee for some reason didn't pick up the attachment being a virus. My PC would only start in safe mode, i ran a full Macafee scan which deleted the file containing the virus, hovever to get full use of my pc again i had to uninstall Macafee, and i now need to remove the virus from the PC's memory. It seems to have affected the a-drive. Can anyone please help.....i'm at the end of my patience on this one..
Russell - Glasgow - Tue Feb 12 11:13 2002
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I think that when you have re-installed all your software again, and Mcaffee, make a rescue disk, then if you encounter a virus again, you can use the rescue disk to boot with, and clear the virus, without having to FDISK and FORMAT again. You could also try using a different virus programme, such as Inoculate.
Future - Wed Feb 13 13:30 2002
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You will need to get yourself a CLEAN boot disk. You will probably have to download your version of Windows bootdisk from Bootdisk.com on a different computer, unless you created one when you first installed Windows. Insert the bootdisk and choose the start pc without cdrom support, when the DOS prompt appears, type in the following: FDISK /MBR (note the space)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Feb 12 13:46 2002
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I'm back! I've got theme park world for my Windows XP pc wth an Athlon XP processor and GeForce 2Ti card. The problem is, the first time I loaded the game up, it ran for about 3 mins and then just closed down. When I net tried it worked for about 1, and now it either doesn't load at all or for about 45 secs. Compatability mode won't work. Any ideas or problems like this? I can't seem to find the list of games that Microsoft made showing which games won't work with XP. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Alex - Bournemouth - Tue Feb 12 10:13 2002
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I am having trouble with my graphics cards when i try to play games!. I am using a PPGA Celeron Processor Mainboard "GA-6WMMC7" which has an intel 810 AGPset integrated graphics card. I dont seem to have an AGP slot on my mainboard but i want to up grade my graphics card, short of having to change my motherboard for an AGP is there another option, i have heard about PCI Cards but im not sure whether they are man enough for the job in hand, PLEASE HELP, many thanks.
GRAHAM - CORNWALL - Mon Feb 11 23:15 2002
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Your Giga-byte motherboard is supporting a 4Mb Display cache, and an upgrade to a 16 or 32mb PCI card would do your gaming a world of good. A PCI card would not be as fast as an AGP card, but it should certainly not be discounted, especially if you are on a budget
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Feb 12 07:36 2002
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OOOOOPS, sorry Iain, poor spelling
Graham - Cornwall - Wed Feb 13 00:24 2002
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Lain, once again thank you for your quick reply, and yes it is a Giga-byte motherboard, Graham.
Graham - Cornwall - Wed Feb 13 00:22 2002
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I have been trying to defrag my c drive but when i get to 19% i get an error message telling me that i have some errors which need fixing and that Norton Disc Doctor will be able to fix it. when i run Norton Disc Doctor it gets to 71% then goes back to 0.all systems running in background disabled before running this so i am unable to fix the problem.can anyone please help?
allan hicks - swindon - Mon Feb 11 22:48 2002
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You need to run your diagnositc software in safe mode, because other programmes are writing to the hard drive, therefore the contents change, and so the scan has to start again. So start your puter in safe mode, and then run your norton disk doctore.
Future - Tue Feb 12 23:11 2002
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thanks for info have done all that you have said but still having problems see my new message
allan hicks - swindon - Thu Feb 14 00:58 2002
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Hi! I've got a problem with my CD-RW. Recently, I put in a blank CDRW disk, and, before I had managed to do anything to it, the computer locked up. I restarted it, and then, to my surprise, the computer hadn't recognised either my CDRW drive or the DVD drive. Therefore, I used the system restore tool, yet, still no success. The drives are definatley not recognised, and I cannot find a problem with the power supply, though it seems that no power is going to the CDRW, and even the old paper clip in the hole will not work. Any advice or solutions?
Alex - Bournemouth - Mon Feb 11 16:47 2002
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OK- got the problem fixed now. It seems that the CDRW was constantly running, and ended up over-heating. I just had to leave the PC off for a minute. Don't let your CDRW get the better of you! You have been warned...
Alex - Bournemouth - Mon Feb 11 17:07 2002
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Hi Folks It's me again, Firstly i am having problems playing certain games on my PC where the game pauses, i took Iains advice earlier and tried to reduce my Directx accelerator Ver 8.1 but nothing changed. On reading the web-user magazine it suggested that if all else fails then check for the latest drivers???? what is the driver...is it the direct x software or the Award softaware AGP graphics in BIOS. Secondly whenever i am on the net browsing my connection disconects after say 20 mins but i have disabled the connection time in my isp settings and this should not disconect automaticaly but i get the message on my screen to re conect??
Stuarty - Airdrie - Mon Feb 11 00:50 2002
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Stuarty, Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | System Click on the "Device Manager" Tab Go to the Display Adapter and click the "+" sign to the left of this to expand it. It should tell you which Graphics card you have. Once we know what graphics card you have installed, we can go about finding the driver.. It certainly hurt to install the latest DirectX software as well, but I would suggest that we get the Graphics driver first, so post back with the result.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Feb 11 08:33 2002
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sorry, should have read WON'T hurt!!!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Feb 11 08:35 2002
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Iain, hope you will be able to follow & understand....on carring out your instructions the info you require is VIA Tech VT8361/VT8601 Graphics Controller 4.12.01.3106 provided by VIA technologies, Inc. On selecting the properties for this i noticed a button for update driver, so i clicked on this and it replied back saying that i had the latest driver version. The location of the file was located in my hard drive c:/DRV/DISPLAY/KPLEW9X.INF which accesed the net by runing a DLL as a App??? acording to zone alarm. The Driver file details are provided by Trident Microsystems, Inc with the same ver Number. Hope i have explained myself clearly Iain.
Stuarty - Airdrie - Tue Feb 12 00:46 2002
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Go to Viatech , follow the instructions there for version 4.13
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Feb 12 06:23 2002
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Iain, i have dowloaded the software to my computer and i have a couple of questions for you or help me understand....firstly i was given the option to download the file in either HTTP or FTP ???? what is the difference between these two? i have downloaded the HTTP version for WINME and secondly when reading the instructions on what to do when the download is complete is tells me to extract the files that are compresed to my drivers folder??? is this C:/DRV? then i have to select the SETUP.EXE file. Once i have executed the setup file is the updated driver automatically installed. The reason being is when i checked the version in the system display adaptors it is still version 4.12 and not 4.13. So could you explain to me what procedures i have to complete when i download the zip files.
stuarty - Airdrie - Wed Feb 13 11:36 2002
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Stuarty, Thew reason it hasn't changed is because you have yet to install them. Have you got Winzip or another file compression utility? If not, go to Cnet.com and download it from there. Once downloaded, install it. Open Windows Explorer, click on the Drive where you have saved the new driver file RIGHT Click on the file that you wish to extract and click on "Extract to" Click "I agree", An applet will pop up. In the Right hand(Folders/Drives) Choose which drive you want to save it to, and which folder by clicking on it. Now click new folder in the bottom right and give the folder a name. Remember the file name and location Then click "Extract" Now go to the new file which you have just created. Inside the folder that you have just created should be your set up file. Now click on Setup in that folder and it will install the new drivers
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Feb 13 12:04 2002
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Iain, My driver is now updated to ver 4.13. Thanks again.
Stuarty - Airdrie - Wed Feb 13 23:34 2002
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I got a problem with my new Digital Camera Jenopik 350e when i plug it into my USB port my Win98 picks it up but then just freezes saying ADD NEW HARDWARE (not responding) so after I manage to get out of that I look in the system and its got the camera and says the driver is working fine but when loading up the software supplied it says the camera dosent exist. When i try removing the driver the computer does the dreaded blue screen!! I have tried customer service at Jenopik and they are awful also tried updating drivers and that dosent help either! Has anyone had trouble with Jenopik cameras on Win 98? If so or you can help, can you please let me know by e-mail its getting pretty desparate as needed the camera while on hoilday. Thanks
Mark Doney - Oxford - Sun Feb 10 21:23 2002
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Sometimes when I try to open a file, I get an error message 'Windows cannot find NETSCAPE.EXE.This file is needed to open files of type Netscape Hypetext Document'.An item in Webuser suggested altering the settings for 'HTML Document' in the Folder Options. However 'HTML Document' doesn't appear in my list of Registered file types!
Richard Cook - Hull - Sun Feb 10 21:18 2002
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Richard, An html document is one designed for use in a web browser. At some time Netscape must have been a default browser. Try this: Open Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. Click the Programs tab. Click the Reset Web Settings button.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 21:55 2002
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You're right, Netscape was my default browser at one time.I've done what you suggest & it worked. Thanks!
Richard Cook - Hull - Sun Feb 10 22:22 2002
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Any ideas on how to cure the error message . . . . 'Rnaapp' - 'This program has performed an illegal operation an will be shut down', if I hit close twice it goes, but returns. The strange thing is that everything seems to working ok. (Windows 98 installed) Cheers - Mike
mike - Reading - Sun Feb 10 18:25 2002
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Mike, trying running SFC, this should check for any corrupt files, and prompt you to replace any found corrupt. Then run scandisk, and defrag, do this in safe mode. One of the problems with error messages such as the one you describe, is that, although it says RAAPP, it could be in another file that RAAP calls, and so may not actaully be RAAP. Try the above then repost if prob. persists.
Future - Sun Feb 10 18:36 2002
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Iain can you help!Ihave found an error which keeps reoccuring in my system log. The Source-Loadperf The error message is as follows: The performance countername string value in the registry is incorrectly formatted. The bogus string is 2348. The bogus index value is the first DWORD in data section while the last valid index values are the second and third DWORD in data section. If you dont know the solution yourself i would be most grateful if you could point me in the right direction.Running WINDOWS XP by the way many thanks
WOODY - leeds - Sun Feb 10 14:45 2002
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thanks Iain but i have had to completely install XP all over again not nice i can tell you - will be downloading for days.
Michael Wood - leeds - Tue Feb 12 17:25 2002
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Woody, has this only started in the last couple of days? If so, Close everything down using Ctrl Alt Del, except Explorer and Systray. Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools and do a System Restore, pick a Restore Point before the problem started.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 17:23 2002
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Does anyone know, where I can d/l some software to check for spy ware on my puter?
Future - Sun Feb 10 02:49 2002
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Thank you Iain.
Future - Sun Feb 10 12:05 2002
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Future, use Ad-aware, available from www.lavasoft.de/aaw.html (833kb Freeware)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 07:17 2002
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Hi. Can someone help with a problem please. I have just downloaded Grisoft's AGV anti-virus,when attempting to update it,a message appears "file corrupted download will be deleted." I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program from scratch 3 times but each time I attempt the update same thing happens. Anybody out there tell me what I'm doing wrong. The actual program seems to be working ok so does the message refer to the update file. Thanks.
Keith - Oldham - Sat Feb 09 23:33 2002
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I had the same problem initially, Keith. It seemed to be solved by going directly to the website and downloading the update from from there.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 07:55 2002
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Thanks for prompt reply Iain but I tried that. I've since deleted the entire programme again but now I seem to have upset the registery or something. The computer now boots up but shows a black screen instead of scrolling through all the steps and I seem! to have gained about 5mb of disc space I did'nt have before.
Keith - Oldham - Sun Feb 10 09:20 2002
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I have absolutely no idea why the driver load up screen is showing. As for the hard drive size reporting, it might be worth running a thorough Scandisk with auto-fixing errors checked. If you are running Win95 OSR2 (95B) and above, and your HDD has installed with FAT32, then as a result of a bug in FAT32, disk space gets reported incorrectly. Scan disk should sort the error out.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 10:23 2002
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I am running win98. However on pressing run & using sfc I have come up with 2 corrupted files i.e. user.exe and setupx.dll in win/systems. it's recommended that the original installation disc is used which means right back to square 1. By the way thanks for the tip about sfc elswhere on here. Mz. Turner must have had you in mind "You'r simply the best.". Thanks.
Keith - Oldham - Sun Feb 10 14:30 2002
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Go to Dr D's and type in setupx.dll download the correct version for Win 98 to C:\Windows\System
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 16:53 2002
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Thanks Iain. I think I've got everything working correctly now (I hope)having done a complete reinstall will check out Dr D's just the same. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing but thanks to you, I'm getting more & more proficient at fixing glitches. Thanks again for the reply.
Keith - Oldham - Mon Feb 11 22:29 2002
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Aaargh! It's happened again!! All my saved jpeg's (and other saved images)have all disappeared and left me with the Windows (top left-hand corner turned over) icon instead of the jpeg/gif/tif etc icon as it was previously saved and I can't remember how to restore the corresponding icon again? The correct extension for the saved image format is retained and I can open the image in MSPaint but cannot then save the image with the jpeg (or whatever) icon. Can anyone please advise? Thanks in advance.
Allan Stevenson - Belfast - Sat Feb 09 22:42 2002
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You really do need a paint package such as PSP, the icons you are seeing is because MSPAINT, is an MS programme,and so the default windows icon is used. As for file assocaitation, the folder optins are found... star/folder options.. then file types .choose the file name you want, then edit, then where it says actions, choose open, then browse, find the programme that youwant to open the image with, and then double click on it, then close and close again, then ok, and it should now work.
Future - Sun Feb 10 19:00 2002
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Open "My Computer". Click the file that you want a different program to open. On the File menu, click Properties. Click Change. Click the name of the program that you want to open the file, or click Other to select a program that is not listed.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 07:37 2002
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Thanks again, Iain. I've been able to convert my images to tif's and they've saved ok, but when I then open them up to save as jpeg's, they are saved with the jpg extension but still with the Windows icon. Any idea how I can change the icon to the 'default' jpeg icon? In advance, cheers!
Allan Stevenson - Belfast - Sun Feb 10 16:35 2002
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Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | "File Types" Tab Highlight the jpg extension click Advanced, click change icon, choose your icon :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 16:47 2002
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Iain, have been able to change the extension (and icon) successfully by renaming the extension as a tif and saving it in this format, but cannot change the extension to jpeg as it saves only with the aforesaid 'cursed' Windows icon!
Allan Stevenson - Belfast - Sun Feb 10 18:25 2002
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Which image editors do you have on your system. What is happening is that at the moment the jpg extension has not been associated with a particular program. Open "my computer", open your c:drive, click view, go to Options, highlight jpg, then click edit. Click Edit again, Choose the image editor that you wish to open your jpg with by clicking browse and pointing to it. Ps it's not always a good idea to change extensions, as it may cause a corruption to the file
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Feb 10 18:46 2002
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Iain, am running Windows98SE and on following your instructions, I can open up Folder Options but cannot find "File Types" as you suggest - Can only find "General" and "View" tabs. Which tab do I select and what are my next steps? Thanks.
Allan Stevenson - Belfast - Sun Feb 10 17:40 2002

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