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Hi any one can help me with real player I got windows 2000 sp2 realplayers sound not seems to be working I tried the real player support page they just said it wont work they did give any idea to resole the problem any one got any idea please help me Thanks
Kingsley - London - Thu Nov 29 13:32 2001
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Laptops. Good? Bad? Indifferent? Beginner needs your advice, experiences, etc. All contributions welcome. Thanks.
Pru - Yorks - Tue Nov 27 22:23 2001
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If You Like To Hack Then They Are Great!
Michael Biggar - Dumfries - Sun Dec 16 21:22 2001
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laptops are very good ( i am typing this on one!) a lot would depend on what you intnd to use it for, a desktop is good if u need scanner, printer, camera etc but if space is limite and the money is not a problem then laptops are very good.
Johnathan Smalley - Birmingham - Mon Dec 03 21:02 2001
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Thanks Johnathan. Intended use is mainly word-processing. What make/model are you using? (Afraid money is ALWAYS a problem!!!) Rosie.
Bob - Doncaster - Tue Dec 04 16:58 2001
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I have a Gateway performance 750M PC. I am interested in buying a CD-RW. Can anyone suggest a good one. Cheers.
Bri - Lancs - Fri Nov 23 22:55 2001
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Plextor 16/10/40a. Burn proof. A delight to watch, but don't take my word for it, see how many negative opinions you find on the net about it.. Not many . I researched for about 2 months before going for the plex. I have had it now for four months,no coasters...nuff said..regards
Steve - london - Sun Dec 09 00:41 2001
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Hi folks, I am looking for some help with my playback on Realplayer. I have subscribed to Morpheus and have a few Mp3 files that I would like to playback whilst surfing. However, whenever any music plays whether it be via realplayer or music generated on the web or from my screensaver it sounds like an old 7" single that the cat has walked across. It jumps and sticks all the way through. Has any one got any idea's? Do I need to get some more memory as I currently have 128mb but do run a lot of graphic programs. Please help as its driving me round the bend !!! A big thank you in advance to any one that can provide a solution.
Carol Wright - St. Neots - Wed Nov 21 00:23 2001
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The problem may be hd space, because the reason your hearing the noises, is due to data transfer rate from hd to main memory, its true that more memory is better, and if you are using a great deal of graphic packages, then you would do well to upgrade to 256mb RAM. Check your hd size first, if there is more than 5gb free, then is memory prob. Its true also that diff, players will function diff..so try a few of those too. Hope that helps.
future - not given - Thu Jan 31 01:16 2002
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Have you tried using another player (such as MS MediaPlayer)? If it has the same problem then either the MP3's are suspect. Try MP3's from another site to compare.
Nick Cheesman - Alton - Thu Nov 29 09:42 2001
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Hi Guy's, I had ME installed on my box in a partition. Before I upgraded to XP I burned me on to disc's. Now that I have XP up & running I would like to remove the old ME partition from my hard drive. How do I do this? Any advise most welcome.
Jim Allan - Rosyth - Mon Nov 19 20:55 2001
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I recomend using a program called partition magic 8, which will allow you to repartition the hard drive without removing any data...
Oliver James Ibbotson Esq. - Sheffield - Fri Nov 23 01:39 2001
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Thanks Oliver, I got a copy of Partition Magic, problem solved.
Jim Allan - Rosyth - Mon Nov 26 22:09 2001
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Problems opening word doc in OE 5. Recently, I have been unable to open Word Docs which have been sent to me as attachments via email. When I click on them, nothing happens, and Outlook Express just freezes up. I have to control alt and delete to sort it out. Other attachments are fine. Any advice much appreciated.
Gillian Beale - Enfield - Sun Nov 18 11:20 2001
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Morning All, I wonder if anyone has come accross the error message; "Windows Registry Checker - Error accessing the system registry. Windows will restart and repair the system registry for you" This appears when I start up so I click Ok, the system reboots but the same message appears again. If I go through this process a few more time it eventually doesn't turn up so I can carry on. Any ideas what's happening here?
Kev Howes - Cambridge - Sat Nov 17 11:30 2001
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Consider this: Err Msg: Windows Encountered an Error Accessing the System Registry (Q193903) http://support.microsoft.com/ default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q193903 If it isn't this. Then it is either some program you have installed recently. In which case uninstall it and try your system again. Or bad RAM. In which case, try another stick of RAM.
TB - Sun Dec 09 16:09 2001
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Using Office 2000 with NT, when I select text and press Delete in Word I get a message on the status bar 'Delete Yes, No'. How do I get rid of this prompt? Thanks for your help
Patricia Wadsworth - Dagenham - Fri Nov 16 07:52 2001
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I know the answer now - Tools, Options, General and uncheck the two items that refer to WordPerfect
Patricia Wadsworth - Dagenham - Sat Nov 17 08:29 2001
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Widows 95. Is there any way to copy my email address book (hotmail) to a second hotmail address book, keeping the original in place, and also to the address book I use with my ISP? Or do I have to do it the hard way and start typing!?. Thanks to all who can help. Regards, Steve.
Steve - Leeds - Thu Nov 15 21:41 2001
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Please can anyone help? I have been trying to defragmentate my PC, but I am not having much luck. I have a large file in the C drive, and it was suggested that I defragmant it to make the PC run faster. I am on the broadband, so the PC logs onto the Internet as soon as the PC is switched on. To stop it doing this, I have un-plugged the connection to the cable box. I do not have a screen saver on, so therefore there is nothing on that should prevent the defragmentation taking place, but when I start it off, it gets to about 1 or 2% then goes straight back to the beginning again, it never does a full 100% blue line across the box. I have left it going all night, and still it only gets to 1%. Can anyone tell me please what I am doing wrong !!!!
Linda Haynes - Blackpool - Thu Nov 15 14:46 2001
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hi go control alt del. then end task all programs except: explorer and systray. the same if you want to run scandisk
graham grant - bognor regis - Sat Feb 02 00:02 2002
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Hi/ First of all do yourself (and everyone else reading this) a big favour and download a brilliant freebie called "End it All" from : www.ajpnet.co.uk/utils.html Whenever you want to defrag, do this: (1) run Scandisc first of all (2) Click on the End it All icon (best place is your taskbar) click on 'End it All' and then 'Exit' (3)Then start Defrag. In addition,if you like a nice clean shutdown,repeat the 'End it All' bit and then shutdown. Brilliant!!! As this programme seems to do the rounds of download sites,ending up a job to re-locate, copy it onto a floppy and in the event of a crash etc somewhere along the line, you still have it to reinstall. Hope I have been of some help.
Terry - Norfolk. UK - Thu Dec 06 20:35 2001
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Superb piece of software available that defrags. in appx 30 minutes on initial installation, and then appx 5 minutes thereafter each week or night. (compared to several hours overnight without it), is available on 30 day trial from http://diskeeper.com/trialware/trialware.asp This is the only trialware I have been impressed enough to purchase. If you purchase, DABS.com seems one of the best places to purchase when you take vat and p/p into account.
Mike - Stonehenge - Tue Nov 27 12:26 2001
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You'd be amazed at all the progs that are open/running at any one time. Ctrl/Alt/Delete to get to Task manager. End task everything except Systray and Explorer. You should find the defrag works ok. You'll have to restart afterwards. Hope this helps.
Viv - Bicester - Sat Nov 24 14:59 2001
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I came across this problem after running Rambooster and Inoculate. So now when I come to defrag, I just disable both of these prog, and it works a treat. You will probably find you have something running in the background that is causing the problem.
Tweaky - Knutsford - Sat Nov 17 22:44 2001
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HI, u may have to do a scandisc in order to find any errors on your hard drive. Make sure that scandisk does a full scan (surface as well as files. This will take a while but may then allow you to defrag when finished. regards Bill.
Bill Joseph - Catterick Garrison - Fri Nov 16 22:44 2001
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Try doing the defrag in Safe Mode. Shut down your computer and restart. Press F5 just after the computer starts and choose Safe Mode. Start Defrag from there
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Nov 15 20:12 2001
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Thank you very much Iain. I will let you know how I get on. Linda
Linda Haynes - Blackpool - Sun Nov 18 09:43 2001
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Just lately, when I try to shut down my computer it goes to a blank, black screen with just a cursor flashing in the top left corner and everything is frozen. I've tried esc. and ctrl+alt=del but nothing at all happens. This doesn't always happen - only about half the shut-downs ebd like this. I'm running Windows ME and I haven't added any soft/hardware or programs/downloads recently. Any ideas?
Thu Nov 08 12:37 2001
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Could be a combination of things. If you have fast shudown enabled, then disable it. If you have a sound playing on shutdown, disable it. Alternativly, could be a sound card problem. Got to start/run/msconfig. In the config sys you may have an entry that says something like device=c:\windows\cwdinit.exe/A Change this to read rem device=c:\windows\cwdinit.exe/A Hope that is of some help.
Tweaky - Knutsford - Sat Nov 17 23:11 2001
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a recent virus scan found js.seeker(trojan) .i followed symantec security response to cure it but failed to find backup1.reg or backup2.reg anywhere on my system.i have now found the culprit in my registry as my default page and start page but if i delete these i do not know what to replace them with.the site in question is www.sureseeker. i use bt internet is this the address that i need to enter.also(doh) i have no backup. can anyone help.
Wed Nov 07 21:01 2001
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Open Internet Explorer, click on tools | Internet Options. On the general tab, click default homepage
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Nov 26 12:25 2001
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I am wanting to upgrade from Pentium with MMX to higher (P4). A friend of mine who builds computers says to buy a Pentium chip, but the shop where I buy the parts is bending my arm to go for AMD Athlon. Which is better. I use my PC for allsorts. Games, internet, web design, word processing, graphics. Please help
Wed Nov 07 15:01 2001
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It is a personal thing, like anything, but I build systems, and usually use AMD, they are cheaper, and out perform the pentium is some cases. Whether it is for games or other, an AMD chip, is a good choice. You could go for a board that supports both Intel and AMD, this way, if you dont like the AMD you can always put in a Intel. Hope that helps.
future - Fri Feb 01 02:37 2002
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intel p4 i have it myself.and no probs
sam stabeler - croydon - Mon Jan 07 17:10 2002
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Intel. For graphics and games alone go with intel !!!! Slightly more expensive, but worth it in the end.
Thu Nov 08 03:40 2001
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Personally, I prefer the Athlon, it is usually a far more stable CPU, with better performance at a lower price. The Athlon XP 1.9Ghz performs better than the Pentium 2.0Ghz overall, and has less tendency to overheat.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Nov 07 21:18 2001
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Hi I have a problem with my HP deskjet 690c printer.Iam getting a message when I try to print that the colour cartrige is not inserted correctly. However it is in correctly, I have also tried to install a new cartrige but it has made no difference. Please could anyone help.
Wed Nov 07 11:45 2001
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Are you aware that HP users can use the HP Forums to find the answers to problems with their hardware: http://welcome.hp.com/ country/us/eng/ gateway_forums.htm
TB - Sun Dec 09 16:17 2001
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I have WindowsME. Since yesterday, when I boot up I get the following error "Sulfnbj has caused an error in KERNEL32.dll" I have replaced Sulfnbj from CABS, but still get error. How do I get rid of this error?
Sun Nov 04 17:17 2001
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Try doing a scanreg Go to Start | Run | Type in "Scanreg" and click ok
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Nov 07 21:37 2001
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Hi there, Can anyone help with this problem: My parellel port keeps disabling itself therefor preventing me using my printer! The trouble started after I instaled a cd rewrite, but this and everything else work fine.......HELP!!
Sat Nov 03 15:27 2001
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Try creating a new printer port. Go to Control Panel | Add new Hardware. You don't want to Windows to find new hardware, so click no, and scroll down to Ports. Click on LPT. Then reinstall the printer to the new port
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Nov 07 21:50 2001
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Please Help: I have just bought a new pc. I subscribe to freeserve anytime, and wish to transfer all 'freeserve anytime' details from my old pc to new pc. Also transfer my freeserve e-mail details. Many thanks.
Sat Nov 03 14:19 2001
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To the best of my knowledge FS doesn't use anything other than OE/IE in this case, consider the following source of information: OLEXP: How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data http://support.microsoft.com/ support/kb/articles/ Q270/6/70.ASP For everything related to OE/IE: www.tomsterdam.com Or if you require more specific help. Look at the following FS groups: news:freeserve.help.anytime, news:freeserve.help.misc, news:freeserve.help.unlimited, news:freeserve.help. windows.mail, news:freeserve.help. windows.misc,
TB - Sun Dec 09 16:24 2001
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I seem to have lost 2 of my drives! (both internal). These are my DVD and zip drives. Their icons have just disappeared from my computer (the drivers are still there) Ive tried running the new hardware program but it says no devices found. My CD writer, floppy drive and internal disk drive are ok.The other drives look like they are working properly (i can put CDs disks in) but they dont work. I'm running windows 98. Thanks in advance
Sat Nov 03 10:50 2001
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Sorry about this "simple" question but I have recently bought a PC (second hand) with a CyrixInstead (Cyrix MII)processor...the problem is I don't know anything about it's spec (my system properties doesn't tell me)! Can anybody help?
Thu Nov 01 20:52 2001
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Go to this site, do the download and find out a huge about your pc http://www.belarc.com/Download.html
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Nov 27 18:16 2001
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I used a site recommended in a previous web user (PC pitstop) which helps you tune your computer and found that when the results were given it included some spec on my computer which I couldn't find any other way.
Paul - Sutton - Mon Nov 19 20:57 2001
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Recently my pc went mad a few times all by itself. Without even touching the mouse it is clicking here and there and moving toolbars and icons all over the place very quickly and opens and closes programs! It sometimes stops when the mouse is moved or when it is left stationary. I thought it was a virus but have scanned using Norton and the Pc Pitstop website but no viruses reported. I have recently had an e-mail from artistdirect.com which i don't recognise but all other mail is familiar. The only other thing i have noticed is that my mouse is sometimes not responding, could it be this or am i not detecting a virus? Sound familiar to anyone?
Wed Oct 31 17:27 2001
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sounds like it could be a trojan of some sort,possibly sub 7,try this it might work. start,run and type regedit from there goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software Microsoft Windows Current Version\Run and look for winlnetmsg.exe or netctrl32.exe if any of these files are there delete them. there is also a number of sites to help with trojans,a search for trojan will bring up a lot.
Tue Nov 06 11:34 2001
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Hi all, I have a sisys usb wecam and I cannot find my software anywhere. I have also contacted the suppliers in the uk and they are not there any more. does anyone have software for the above or do they know where it can be found. Thanks
Tue Oct 30 01:45 2001
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Have you tried www.windrivers.com?
Tue Oct 30 16:18 2001
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Hello, i'm having trouble adding new fonts in windows xp, ive added them to the windows\fonts folder but they wont show up in the fonts list in word, e.t.c, help?
Mon Oct 29 13:35 2001
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are you just copying or moving them to the folder. if so, try going to file>instal new font then click 'browse' and select the folder where the font is saved and it will give you a list of fonts. simply click the font you want to install and then click ok/install on my windows 95 pc i sucessfully installed new fonts by copying them to the windows/fonts folder. i have not tried this method under xp yet if this method does not work i will have ago for you. good luck
Leigh Duffy - Pembroke - Wed Apr 10 19:23 2002
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Hi Guys, Didn't expect to have to come back to you all before you'd even answered my last query, but this one is seperate. I've just got hold of a windows 98 Cd (currently using 95) and was wondering about upgrading. Should I bother and if so how do I it? Will I get some instructions on my screen if I just "stick it in the drawer" and do I have to uninstall 95 first?. I've only got 2Gb so will it simply overwrite the relevant bits or is it more complicated than that?. No paper instructions for the computer or the new disk. Thanks to everybody who may be able to help,
Sat Oct 27 11:05 2001
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I hope you've got a good PC to run it. Take the MS recommended specs and double them (e.g. 24 Mb to 48Mb) - if that's not the PC you've got then 98 will crawl along. Good luck.
Tue Oct 30 16:16 2001
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Stick it in the drawer and follow the instructions. It will overwite etc.
Mon Oct 29 19:12 2001
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Hi guys, been a while since my last visit, good to see Iain and Nick are still around! Query: Windows 95, When clearing out temporary internet files, what will happen if I tick the box marked, Delete all off line content?. Will I lose things like unread email and so on?.I'm getting there via Tools/internet options. Thanks to all who may be able to help.
Sat Oct 27 10:31 2001
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Hi Steve. Still here. All you'll delete is any cached pages that you saved for use offline (if you right-clicked on a favourite and selected Make Available Offline).
Tue Oct 30 16:23 2001
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No, it won't.
Mon Oct 29 19:16 2001
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I need help,o n boot up I get message Error 5733 the Protocol Manager reported an incomplete binding. For more info contact your Network Administator. What does it mean, is it something to do with i cannot open links (like further info) when i visit web sites or on outlook express when i receive e-mail and there is a link i have to drag it to d/top and open there
Fri Oct 26 23:43 2001
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Can anyone help me please? This may sound a bit trivial, but can anyone tell me how to ge some things on the keyboard that seem to have changed themselves! I am running windows ME on a Time OEM Computer. For some reason my @ sign is now printing from the 2 key,and the " sign is printing from the 'key. My ~ is now printing from the | key and vice versa.....everything else seems ok. Any ideas? Thanks.
Fri Oct 26 20:18 2001
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Hi Julie. Sounds like ME has flipped into US keyboard mode. Goto Control Panel, Keyboard, Language and select UK (if set to US). Hope this helps.
Tue Oct 30 16:29 2001
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Is there a way that I can customise/edit which programs run when I switch on my computer? It seems to take an age to start up and I'm assuming that's because of the number of programs running at start up. Or could there be another factor? I'm running Windows ME. Thanks.
Tue Oct 23 08:06 2001
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To alter the programs that run on Windows startup do the following.. On the start menu, go to RUN type msconfig, this will bring up the system config utility. You will see a tab called Startup, go to that and you will see a list of the processes that run when windows boots up. beware that some programs will re-insert themselves into the startup menu (AIM and realplayer are good examples) to stop that happening you have to tell the specific program to not run at windows startup in its own preferences. do NOT shut down things like taskmon, load power profile, PChealth, or any stuff that is running form the Windows folder itself (you can see what folder they run from if you scrol across in the start tab) Hope this helps
Tue Oct 23 14:05 2001
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I have just installed jasc animation shop 3 trial and it has set itself as the default for picture files I now can`t use wallpaper and internet images don`t appear. Can someone help please - and fast!
Mon Oct 22 14:38 2001
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Open the program and click File > Preferences > File format associations. Either de-select individual file formats in the list or de-select them all and re-associate any, like PSP files, that you want to remain associated with the program.
Tue Oct 23 19:02 2001
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I recently downloaded the file swapping utility morpheus, so I could trial music and other things before I actually bought them. My problems began when i downloaded a file "FF7redXIII.bmp.exe" I had opened it, thinking it was a program. Nothing seemed to happen, but since then most of my file associations went wrong, .bmp and .wma and .zip. For .wma files, it just showed the windows sign (which looks as though its not associated with it), but when i double clicked on it, it turned into a .exe file (e.g. music.wma became music.wma.exe), and similar with .bmp files, but it showed the picture of it in the picture box above all the files and the same thing happened. So, i went to the view menu at the top, clicked on folder options and tried to make a new association. It said "this file is already associated with rnjfile". Since then I have deleted Morpheus, and a warning to people who have it if you dont have anti virus software: dont bother downloading it, you cant be 100% sure if things are safe to download!
Sun Oct 21 22:38 2001
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I agree with what you are saying, but the clue here is in the filename extension. If you see files that end with more then one file ext the aviod them like the plague! eg. bmp.exe as the file that you highlight.
Tue Oct 23 14:08 2001
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Heh, thanks for the help. Sorry for not being able to reply for a while. I managed to download AVG anti-virus free edition from http://www.grisoft.com and realised I had the I-worm and loveletter viruses on my PC. The mistake I made when I downloaded it was I forgot (dont we all) that I was looking in the executable files section rather than the picture files extension. (oh, by the way, I'm back on morpheus, but only for music etc. now)
Gary - Mablethorpe - Tue Dec 18 22:44 2001
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Since I've replaced my onboard sound with a soundblaster Live 1024 card my system intermittently hangs during start up. I can reset the pc then get the message about not having started properly and do I want to contine as normal, start in safe mode (which I can do but no problems are shown in device manager), create a bootlog.txt file etc. I can normally select normal and everything is fine! The problem doesn't occur all the time e.g. It will happen first thing in the morning but I could switch it off completely, several times during the day and it will restart normally. Any body I've talked to thinks it is a software/driver/set up problem. But how can I check this out. When it hangs I just see a flashing cursor on a blank screen. I'm using the latest win ME drivers for the card. Any help appreciated as its driving me crazy!
Sun Oct 21 13:58 2001
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Seems like you have added a new sound card that takes up the same IRQ (interrupt request) as another device in your computer. Most motherboards make different PCI slots share the same IRQ. In general windows can handle 2 or 3 devices on the same IRQ. But occasionally it stuffs it up and gets it all wrong. The most common things that stuff everything up are Sound and TV cards. When added they can conflict with other devices and cause the pc to freeze and sometimes completely restart intermittently. The only thing I can suggest is to refer to you mother board manual (You still have it don¿t you?) And see what PCI slots share the same IRQ and then swap around the sound card, network card and others until you don¿t get any freezing. If all you have is a sound card in your system then don¿t bother, as there is nothing else for the sound card to conflict with that you can change. Note: Your motherboard will quite likely have an AGP slot for your graphics card. If you have a graphics card in there you can¿t take it out and put it some other place, it only goes in there. It also will quite likely share an IRQ with 1 or 2 of your PCI slots, its best to try and avoid using those slots if you can. Further note: To see what IRQ windows has set for the device go to control panel and select, system, device manager, top option that says computer and interrupt request is already showing.
Thu Nov 08 03:37 2001
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Did you disable the onboard sound in the PC's BIOS?
Tue Oct 23 14:12 2001
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Yes, Andrew. I've also tried disabling the dos drivers/emulation in device manager as advised on the Creative web site. Still no joy. Can't understand why it doesn't happen all the time?
Tue Oct 23 18:11 2001
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Hmm, how did uninstall or disable the drivers for the onboard sound tiself before you put in the 1024? This does sound like some sort of driver conflict to me. Althoguh its a pain, you could try taking out the Soundblaster, reenabling the onboard (i am guessing that it is AC 97?) and then disabling it totally within windows, then shutting down, disabling on board sound in the BIOS, then putting your SB 1024 back into the machine and maybe reinstalling the drivers again.
Wed Oct 24 15:27 2001
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Onboard sound is Creative ct5880 (If that means anything to you) Reason I changed it was because it badly distorted sound on some of the games I had. Strange thing is the games now work a treat!! There was an uninstall option that came with the Creative software which I used. I'm not 100% certain but i'm sure the drivers were removed from device manager when I did this. How can I be sure that I'm totally disabling the onboard sound within Windows? Many thanks for your help.
Wed Oct 24 20:19 2001
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Please can someone help? I have Windows 98. For the past few weeks the system has started to shut down without a by-your-leave. I can be in Word, Outlook Express, on or off-line, any where in fact. The screen suddenly goes blank and the message "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer. Press any key to continue." appears. There is no pattern to this. Somedays it doesn't happen at all, sometimes frequently. The worst incident was a couple of weeks ago while in Word the system shut down 10 times in 10 minutes. There appears to be no viruses. Is there an answer?
Sun Oct 21 12:20 2001
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Have you added any new PCI/Expansion cards like a new sound or graphics card recently? As I had a similar problem when I added a new sound card. It caused my computer to freeze when in the middle of things or when I started the computer up I would get a windows protection error. The problem I found was that the new sound card shared an IRQ (Interrupt Re-quest) with another device and so they conflicted with each other. If you have added a new sound or graphics card my advice would be to remove it and see if your computer works ok then.
Wed Oct 24 05:10 2001
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I used to have a PC that would crash sporadically for no reason every ten minutes or son. It turned out to be a dodgy batch of new memory. Installed any new memeory recently?
Mon Oct 22 14:48 2001
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No. I haven't added anything new - er - except Publisher.
Thu Oct 25 00:51 2001
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I have just purchased a Sony Minidisc recorder and would like to record music off the PC,nothing too advanced to begin with just radio stations via Windows Media Player.I have a Sound Blaster Audio PC1 128 sound card.On the card at the rear of the computer are three minijack sockets.The speakers plug into the green one but I can't discover what the other two (pink and blue) do.I would like to record without continually removing the speaker plug and using that socket.Does anyone know what the pink and blue sockets are for please?I have looked at the Sound Blaster help files and there is no mention of it.I have Windows Me if that helps.
Sat Oct 20 20:12 2001
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Ian, The pink one is the line out socket and the blue is the microphone socket. If you are transferring files to your mini disc , use the line out socket(middle one)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 21 16:19 2001
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I had paint Shop Pro 7 installed, but after experiencing a few problems, I deleted it with the idea of reinstalling it from my cd. However, I have had nothing but problems. Every time I try to re-install I get the same error message 'Internal Error 2355'. I visited JASC's own website and did what they suggested - creating a new Temp folder, but this doesn't solve the problem. Can anyone help? For your info I have Pentiun III 700 and I run Windows 98 and Office 2000.
Tue Oct 16 22:31 2001
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Hi Jane. Did it remove the reference in Add/Remove programs? If so, try deleting the subdirectory in c:\program files relating to PSP. Hope this helps.
Wed Oct 17 20:25 2001
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i've just had a new TNT2 32mb PCI graphic card installed!it's working great but when i come 2 shutting down my monitor and pc want switch off. the screen just stays black how do i fix the problem?
Tue Oct 16 22:18 2001
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You might want to try downloading the latest drivers for your card.
Tue Oct 23 14:25 2001
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nope othing has changed i still cant shut down i have 2 push and hold the main on/off button for 5 secs in order 2 shut down!i have win98 SE. P3 733mhz 192ram 15gb hard drive.
Sat Oct 20 23:25 2001
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If you are using Win98 then try switching off fast shutdown (Run | msconfig). It will boot a little slower but may cure the problem. If not, please leave details of your hardware and operating system and I'll try to help further.
Wed Oct 17 20:30 2001
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To get my computer to start I switch it on & on comes the Tiny Logo. It stays like this until I press ESC once or twice & then goes through the prosess of starting up & loading everything. I can then use everything as normal. I'm using Windows 98SE. Many thanks
Tue Oct 16 21:52 2001
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Give Tiny a call (or go into the shop) and see if they can suggest a solution.
Wed Oct 17 20:34 2001
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I have recenly bought a new CD rewriter.However,the included software does not allow me to copy my collection of downloaded video clips onto a CD,it only allows mp3 audio clips.Can anyone suggest any reasonably cheap software I could buy to alleviate this problem?
Tue Oct 16 20:52 2001
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What program did your burner get bundled with? It sounds pretty rubbish to me, I agree with the above comment, use Nero if you can.
Tue Oct 23 14:17 2001
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Try Nero CD Software - this is very good and has filters for VCDs Super VCDs etc,. Hope that helps.
Fri Oct 19 09:34 2001
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When I shut down my pc (windows Me) The message "Its now safe to turn off your computer" is displayed briefly then the system and monitor switch off automatically. Does anybody know why it does this? The system can be rebooted normally with no ill effects.
Tue Oct 16 20:13 2001
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S, that is what it is meant to do... Be thankful, there are thousands of users out there that would die for such a well behaved computer
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 17 15:35 2001
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Point taken Ian. It's just that any PC i've had before,I've had to swith off the power manually via the power switch. Thought my computer might be possesed or something. Any how according to the microsoft web site apparently its a powermanagement "feature"? Thanks again.
Wed Oct 17 20:00 2001
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I remember those days too, and also remember burning the "Its now safe to turn off your computer" onto my screen because I forgot to turn it off, lol. Fortunately for us all, things have moved on since then!!!(or have they?)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Oct 18 11:36 2001
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Hi Folks, I have win95 and after recently playing about with `corel draw` etc. I found that all of my own files, located in my own folders have the corel logo attatched to them, i.e. the air ballon with camera in place of basket. how do i get rid of them? I have tried controlpanel/folder optians/file types and selected `image` but changes do not take effect. It seems that something within `corel` is overiding everything else. Suggestions would be appreciated.
Mon Oct 15 19:10 2001
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Hi Paul. Many graphics programs do this. While I'm not familiar with Corel, if it works in a similar manner to Paint Shop Pro you need to find an option within the program itself that sets the file preferences. Have a look in the "File" menu. The only files that you need to be associated with the program are actual Corel files. Any other types such as .jpg or .gif files should be de-selected.
Sat Oct 20 16:41 2001
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my friends daughter uses the PC for homework and games etc,.Whilst using word pro, whenever she types anything she gets messages containing abusive language. I can only assume that this is a virus. How can we get rid of it. Many thanks.
Sun Oct 14 20:06 2001
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Iain & Andy, Thanks very much for your advice. I will pass it onto my freind who will no doubt have the sense to follow it.
Mon Oct 15 20:05 2001
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Hi If it is a virus go to www.grisoft.com and download their free anti-virus software.You also get free updates when they are available usually once a month or when there is a new virus going round.
Mon Oct 15 12:34 2001
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Hopefully someone here can help me as i'm not exactly worldly wise on computers and you guys seems to have the answer to every problem going. When i am doing something on my PC e.g typing in Word or playing on games etc.. for some reason either Real Jukebox or Yahoo Player starts up by itself and i don't know why, can anyone help me?
Sun Oct 14 16:18 2001
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Sounds like your wav files have got associated with the wrong player. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Click on Sounds and Multimedia | Now click on the Audio Tab. In the Sound Playback, change to your sound card.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 17 09:57 2001
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Cheers for that, i've done as advised an i'll see what happens from here on in.
Wed Oct 17 17:59 2001
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Sorry I should have said in my question I was using Access 97
Sun Oct 14 12:02 2001
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Does anyone have any experience of inserting charts in grouped reports? I have a report which is grouped into sections. Each page shows a section which is then broken down into subsections. I want to put a chart at the bottom of each page showing the subsections for that section. However Access insists on showing all the sections and subsections on each page. When I try to link the master and child fields I get a message saying I can't link these fields in an unbound object, but surely if I am basing my chart on the same table that the main report is based on it must be a bound object? Any ideas?
Sun Oct 14 11:59 2001
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Does anyone know of software i can downoad to my PC which can re-organize my memory in order for my PC to operate faster.At the momment when i shutdown, it takes a while to happen and often get the maeesage to wait, end task etc. Thanks.
Fri Oct 12 20:45 2001
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Though I don't think a free memory tool is the answer here, it will help, but I DO NOT suggest MemTurbo. It is wasteful of resources itself, and has a weird little help buddy, a sort of male cheerleader thing. Most disturbing. :) I suggest RamPage. It's free, open source, easy, and unobtrusive. www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/
Tue Oct 23 14:28 2001
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If your computer is pretty slow, then there's this software you can download to speed it up: It's called memturbo, and you can download a trial from www.memturbo.com what it does is reorganize your memory, and also puts memory that is not being used back into the main memory supply.
Sun Oct 21 22:50 2001
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Hi Brian. Memory is erased when the PC is switched off. It is the hard disk that possibly needs reorganising or defragging as it's known. Right-click on the drive C in explorer and select tools then defrag. Takes a while if it is a big disk. Reboot and see if that improves matters.
Mon Oct 15 16:05 2001
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Nick, Thanks for your advice. I'll give it a go.
Mon Oct 15 20:09 2001
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I am running MS Office 2000 on an NT PC. When I open Word and click FILE>OPEN or FILE>SAVE AS it now takes 6 minutes to respond and the response time is getting longer. If I double-click Word files they open straight away and this problem doesn't occur with any of my other programs. Any ideas?
Fri Oct 12 08:41 2001
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This is a problem that Microsoft has identified as a problem. Go to http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp Scroll down to Windows NT. In the "My search is about" Click on specific article and type in "Q163525" for a possible fix.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Oct 14 15:35 2001
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More networking problems. On startup, two computers come up with the following message: "The system has detected a conflict for IP address with the system having hardware address 00:04:76:16:4D:70. The interface has been disabled". The machines now cannot access the internet. Nobody has knowingly made any changes to any settings. Can anyone help? Thanks.
Thu Oct 11 17:33 2001
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Sian, this is a common problem with NT4. 2 different clients, by chance, have used the same XID. The transaction ID (XID) is used to track each configuration sequence. Any response to a DHCP Discover packet should reference the same XID. Because 2 clients did send a DHCP Discover with the same XID at nearly the same time, the DHCP initialization sequence (Discover - Offer - Request - Ack) was completed by both in the same way, resulting in the error messages above. If there is still one computer on your network with access to the net, go to the Microsoft website and go to Downloads. Download the service packs to a shared drive and install from there.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Oct 13 08:59 2001
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Thanks for the tips. However, one of the affected machines uses Windows ME and the other Windows 98. Does this complicate the fixing process? Slightly off topic, but on my home computer when on the internet any CD in the drive tends to try and start up by itself every 15 minutes or so. Is there a simple explanation for this (and can it be stopped), or could it be someone attempting to hack into my machine? I have Zone Alarm installed and running in the background. (Lots of red alerts though)
Mon Oct 15 19:14 2001
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Might be worth doing an anti virus scan to see if a trojan has got itself installed... however maybe the simplest thing to do would be to remove any discs in the drive while your surfing. and reducing the number of programs running in the background. As for the network problem, it shouldn't matter which version of windows is running as I would imagine that they will both be using TCP/IP to log on
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Oct 17 07:16 2001
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A problem I have is that a friend ordered my computer for me and it has been set up with his name as the user and I can't seem to change it. OK, so it doesn't affect me using the computer but I'd rather have my name as the User! Any suggestions?
Thu Oct 11 13:51 2001
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An easier method would be to go to the start menu and select Log Off (user)
Tue Oct 23 14:21 2001
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Go to Start | Search ( or find) files and folders | Type in *. pwl. Delete all that you find and reboot your computer. When the computer starts up again, it will prompt you for a new password.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Oct 13 08:13 2001
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Iain, before I do this - will my BT/Internet connections be affected if I change the PC User name?
Sun Oct 21 11:49 2001
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No, but if you want the PC to remember your password for the Internet, then you will need to create your profile when you log on again.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Oct 23 15:35 2001
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