Webuser Forums: RHR - General PC (57)

My Ntlworld takes three times before it actually connects tot he internet. Also,when im actually connected, i get either the interent not responding (cant go to web sites and email),or a bad connection rate,thje worst of which is 14.4kps. can anyone help with this?
Tue Sep 18 18:24 2001
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If you are a NTL customer and they have broadband in your area, why not try converting to this. There is a 64k modem available for £5/month which gives on average 6Kb/s with the advantage of always on connection.
Tue Oct 09 10:23 2001
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Can anyone please tell me how to get rid of all the words (cookies?) which come up when I type in the first letter (eg I type 'd' and get a choice of 'dave' and 'dog'.) I want to clear all these and start again. Cheers.
Sun Sep 16 09:04 2001
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Open "C:\Windows\Cookies" and delete everything that's there! Also, delete all that's in the Temporary Internet Files (also in C:\Windows\). That should do the trick!
Mon Sep 17 12:22 2001
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You can tailor the AutoComplete feature to save and suggest only the information you want. You can choose whether to use AutoComplete for Web addresses, forms, and passwords, or not use it all. And you can clear the history for any of these. On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the Content tab. Under Personal information, click AutoComplete. Select the check boxes for the AutoComplete options you want to use. To clear existing fill ins: -On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the General tab. Under History, click Clear History. Also Go to Start | Search (Find) | Files and Folders | Type in "cookies" Then click search. The cookies folder will be found. Open it up, Right click and the Select all. Right click again and delete. Go back to Search Files and folders and and type in "*.tmp" delete in the same manner
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 17 12:12 2001
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You can tailor the AutoComplete feature to save and suggest only the information you want. You can choose whether to use AutoComplete for Web addresses, forms, and passwords, or not use it all. And you can clear the history for any of these. On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the Content tab. Under Personal information, click AutoComplete. Select the check boxes for the AutoComplete options you want to use. To clear existing fill ins: -On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the General tab. Under History, click Clear History. Also Go to Start | Search (Find) | Files and Folders | Type in "cookies" Then click search. The cookies folder will be found. Open it up, Right click and the Select all. Right click again and delete. Go back to Search Files and folders and and type in"*.tmp" delete in the same manner
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 17 12:12 2001
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Hi there, Can anyone help me,I ran my system file checker and found that my user.exe file is corrupted,but I can't find where it is to replace the corrupt file.
Sat Sep 15 18:32 2001
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Go to Start | Run | Type in "SFC". When the dialog box pops up, you may choose either to replace a particular system file (if you know exactly which file is corrupt) or let the checker scan all system files (recommended). When the checker finds the damaged system file, it should prompt you to restore it (2nd Option). Insert the installer CD and proceed.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 17 13:28 2001
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Hi. I have Zone Alarm on my computer, which I find very good, but one of the windows that it puts up on my screen very often is "do you allow backweb.exe to act as your server" What is backweb, and is it usful, or is it a virus?
Fri Sep 14 10:19 2001
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BackWeb.exe allows you to subscribe to various Internet "broadcast channels". Each channel delivers real-time content such as news, wallpapers, screen savers, and software updates. I can't see any reason for it to be allowed server rights, so would click no. I would imagine it has been installed alongside REALplayer, though I can't be positive on that one
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Sep 15 14:37 2001
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can anyone tell me what spool32exe is and why does it come on when i boot up?
Wed Sep 12 20:34 2001
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Spool32.exe is the command required by your computer to print anything. If it shows at start up, it suggests that it has been corrupted. The easiest way to deal with this is to delete your printer and reinstall. Go to Start | Settings | Printers. Right click your printer and delete, reboot your computer, and Windows should find and reinstall your printer
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Sep 13 14:15 2001
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I am looking for drivers for a voodoo1 card, anybody have any good ideas? Rich
Wed Sep 12 17:48 2001
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Try this site: www.driversguide.com
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Sep 13 14:18 2001
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I share my PC with my kids, I have set up user profiles for each of us as the kids wanted to download wallpapers from the net and use them in their profile. The problem that I have got and would like remedied is the matter of screen savers. My daughter has a "cats" saver, my son another and I dont want either of them, but as soon as the screen saver is changed in one user profile it is automatically changed in all profiles. How can my PC allow for each user to have their own screen saver, rather than one that is adopted across all profiles. Help!!
Tue Sep 11 22:38 2001
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If you have Windows ME you can change the settings for each user but you will need to look in the help files as I cant remember how. I do not know about the other OS's. ie earlier editions.
Wed Sep 12 22:33 2001
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HELP REQUIRED. I am running short of space on my "C" drive of 2gig. currently I have installed My Documents (empty) My down load files (empty) program files windows 98 windows windows update setup files command com win386.swp I am looking for assistance as to delete what ever I can in order to give me more drive space
Sun Sep 09 21:43 2001
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One of the biggest space grabbers is Desktop themes. If it is installed remove it by going to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/remove Programs | Windows setup | Untick Desktop themes. While you are there, untick your games, go back to the add/remove and see if there are any programs in the list that you use very infrequently. Highlight and click remove.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 13:33 2001
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Hi Iain Thanks for your assistance so far, Most of what you mentioned I have already explored and sorted. Can you help further? Mick
Mon Sep 10 19:32 2001
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One thing that you might want to do is to compress your less regularly used files, using an application like winzip. One drastic action to take would to be purchase another hard drive and run it as a slave drive to your existing drive. With HDDs dropping in price all the time, this isn't so expensive as it may seem, but still a bit drastic nonetheless.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Sep 13 22:09 2001
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Hi, I have recently managed to download a spectrum emulator and Sabre wolf game onto my pc.However i cannot get the game to run using my joystick.It will run using the keyboard but this is unsatisfactory.I have tried selecting all the options on the games start up page. Could anyone please help.
Sun Sep 09 20:56 2001
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Are you using Windows ME? Some of the emulators won't work particularly well due to the lack of DOS support.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 13:39 2001
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Hi just a small problem. when i try to use paint it runs that slow i can go and make a coffee between actions anyone know whats wrong with this program?? many thanks martin
Sun Sep 09 20:24 2001
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All graphics programs are memory hogs, but Paint is especially bad. You really need a minimum of 64k RAM for it to be even close to effective. If you have got 64k, then there are two things you might want to try.. Firstly make sure that your disk has been defragmented. Secondly, reduce the number of programs that are running whilst you are using Paint by using Ctrl Alt Del and closing off all but your systray and explorer. Then reopen Paint. There are two main alternatives are to upgrade your memory 128k is now going for about £22, or install a slightly less memory challenging graphics package. Personally, I would go for the former, and see all round better performance
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 13:27 2001
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I have recently installed Paint Shop Pro 7 on my PC and just discovered that it turns all my JPEG files into Paint Shop Pro Image files. Does anybody know how I can stop it from doing this?
Sat Sep 08 14:41 2001
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On second thoughts, you don't need to un-install. If you open PSP and click File > Preferences > File Format Associations > Remove All > Yes, all the file associations will be deleted. Then go back to the list and put a check mark against "Paint Shop Pro images". Sorry, I meant "Iain" not "Ian"!
Sat Sep 15 15:20 2001
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Hi Alison. With deference to Ian's answer (he's forgotten more than I'll ever know) I think you need to un-install the program and re-install it but make sure that when it asks during the install procedure which file types you want to be associated with PSP, make sure the main ones (gif, jpeg, etc) aren't checked. I had the same problem and that's how I got around it.
Sat Sep 15 14:39 2001
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Instead of saving the file using the Save icon, go to File | Save as | change to ".Jpg" in the applet at the bottom
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 13:35 2001
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I know this is a regularly posed question but it is puzzling me.I have been trying to run a 'Thorough'Scandisk which eventually prompts a dialog box which says that Scandisk has started 10 times as there must be a program running.I have closed down every program in Control-Alt-Delete except Explorer,disabled the screensaver,I have even disabled the desktop wallpaper all to no avail.The Defrag program is loathe to go beyond 66% as well.Anyone any ideas please?
Sat Sep 08 10:28 2001
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Hi! If there are still problems the Anti-Virus Program could be running in the background too. As they say, close running programs using CTRL-ALT-DEL, but RUN msconfig and go to STARTUP, Tick programs one by one to remove them tempoarily if needed except manager and sys tray, RESTART and try again. MICROSOFT does have a paper on it called "CLEAN BOOT", (Q267288) and another under DEFRAGMENTER FAQ support.(Q186978).Thanks, Ron
Sun Sep 16 19:08 2001
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Fast Find can be a problem if you have MSoffice installed.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 17 17:04 2001
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Hi, I hope someone can help me. I can't run scan disc or defrag, even in safe mode, has anyone got any ideas?
Sun Sep 16 14:40 2001
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Hi there. Have you tried rebooting your machine in 'safe' mode (Press F8 when starting computer). Windows will then only load basic driver so your screen may appear 'weird' but its ok. Now try to run defag. Hope this helps :)
Tue Sep 11 09:36 2001
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Since posting this question I have discovered a remedy elsewhere and pass it on for others. Evidently control-alt-delete does not stop all programmes running, especially device drivers, whatever they may be. The way round it is to delete all the programs in control-alt-delete, disable screensaver then reboot into 'safe mode' and run Scandisk from there, also useful for running defrag as well when that won't behave. Hope this is useful to somebody.It works!!!
Mon Sep 10 20:39 2001
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Ian, Immediately after restarting, watch for the text message "Starting Windows". When you see this message, press F8 to display the Windows startup menu. Choose the Safe Mode option and wait for your computer to finish booting. Both disk utilities should run fine from Safe Mode. It is probably a dodgy cluster on the hard drive which scandisk is trying to recover. Don't be too worried, most hard drives accumulate some bad clusters over a period of time. It's when the percentage reaches 5% of your total clusters that you should start getting concerned.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 19:38 2001
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Thanks Iain and Shaun,as you can see I sorted it in the end. It's a pity Microsoft can't give you some guidance on these matters, after all you've coughed up enough for the OS.
Tue Sep 11 20:55 2001
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Ian, MS have a pretty ggod knowledge base at http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp which can often provide some answers.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Sep 14 07:58 2001
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As always Iain, thanks for the information.
Sat Sep 15 15:39 2001
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Hi All I wonder if anyone can help me my cd rom has stopped working for some strange reason my system still knows that there is a cd rom driver if that makes sense its just that it does not read that there is a cd inserted into the drive, so if anyone knows anything about this problem pleeeese help me. Thankyou Sheila
Sat Sep 08 01:34 2001
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click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel, go to system, Click the Device Manager tab. Click the plus sign next to CDROM, click the device you want to use, and then click Properties. Click the Settings tab, and then select the Auto insert notification check box
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 14:09 2001
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Hi Iain Ok i tried what u said and unfortunately it made not difference, my other problem is that I have lost my start up disc that i made and windows will not allow me to make a new one unless i insert my windows 98 cd and because my cd rom is not working i cannot do this and therefor i cannot reinstall windows at all to get my cd rom reinstalled, if that makes sense, lol i know what i mean but do u lol Thanks
Tue Sep 11 02:31 2001
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You can go to the following site to get yourself a boot up disc www.user-friendly.net/download/download.htm. Make sure that you get the right one. You might want to try removing your cdrom from device manager and rebooting to see if Windows recognises it and reinstalls the driver
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Sep 13 15:24 2001
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I have quite a wierd problem with my machine. When I am online or offline working on some project or projects at the same time my machine gets stuck all at once. When I consulted the manufacturer they told me it was because my ram speed was too low (64). I really need to get rid of this problem. I have no idea of what I should be doing. Please help me if you think you know a solution to my problem.
Fri Sep 07 19:18 2001
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My old memory was 64 and i recently upgraded to 256 The moment is ripe to purchase the "Poorman's upgrade" at a great price (under £30-00) The best money you are going to part with this year! The memory problem and problems with multitasking (doing several things at once) will disappear overnight Just make sure you know what you are purchasing, your specification will be either PC 100 OR 133 72 PIN The replacing can be done very very easily. John
JOHN GODDARD - BRADFORD - Sun Sep 09 23:17 2001
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I have decided to get rid of unwanted programs on my machine. But I've found that using the programs own uninstall method means that the program stays on my machine. Can anyone suggest a good (preferably free) program that will uninstall my unwanted programs?
Fri Sep 07 10:41 2001
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Ashampoo uninstaller is considered a reliable uninstall tool. I'm unsure if its freeware, but if not a shareware version is readily available on many magazine cover discs.
Mon Sep 17 12:30 2001
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Go to the following site:- http://download.cnet.com/downloads/ and type Tweakui in the search box. This should bring up Tweak UI 1.33. This really is a must have on your computer (freeware)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Sep 07 16:13 2001
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Does anyone know of a graphics program for the PC which can be used to create images with at least 300dpi and can also save the images as JPEG files?
Thu Sep 06 23:26 2001
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I'm assuming that you mean a graphics design application. If so, I quite like using Bryce They were up to version 5, and you can create some pretty stunning images. I'm not sure whether there are any downloadable versions on the net, but I'm sure someone on here will be able to tell you :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Sep 07 19:38 2001
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I tried to install Photodraw which went sucessfully, but since then I've got an annoying message on my start-up screen everytime I log on saying Microsoft lnk cannot be found and there may be a problem with shortcuts so try again. The shortcuts seem to work OK but the message keeps popping up does anyone know how to stop it?
Wed Sep 05 15:38 2001
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Thanks for the tips about my monitor. Next: is it possible to change a Real Player file to a Winamp media file? Many thanks.
Mon Sep 03 22:38 2001
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JOHN GODDARD - BRADFORD - Sun Sep 09 23:05 2001
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Everybody is going to think that I work for this site but, this really is the bee's knees when it comes to audio ripping tools Go to http://admin.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm and download dbPoweramp, (add the page to your favourites, as there is an excellent tutorial); you will also find a link on the page for Codecs, download the real audiocodecs, which you will need to do the conversion.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 20:57 2001
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Hi everyone, hope you can help. I've no paper instructions. Just had a major falling out with AOL which has cost me a not inconsiderable sum of cash and am now using a new ISP. My problem is; Now I'm using internet explorer, for the first time, I've no idea how to do the basics anymore. I need to delete my History and cookies/temporary internet files. Please accept my thanks in advance. Regards, Steve.
Sun Sep 02 12:17 2001
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Right click your Internet Explorer icon on the desktop and go to Properties, In the "General" tab, Delete Temporary Internet files Reduce History to "0" and then clear files. Go to Start | Search (find) | Files and Folders | Type in "cookies" then click search. Open the cookies folder, right click and select all, right click and delete. Repeat the search but type in "*.tmp" and delete as above.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 16:47 2001
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Hi Iain, You've helped me before, I've been offline for a few weeks, it's good to see you're still out there!. My thanks again, Steve.
Thu Sep 06 02:14 2001
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Has anyone any idea how I can recover an apparently lost/damaged DriHWP32.DLL. Error message at every start up but no apparent problems. If nothing else how do I stop the error message? Sorry if this is a duplication of message I put on 2 days ago but not appered as yet.
Sun Sep 02 10:02 2001
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This Dll is related to multimedia keyboards. Best thing to do would be to Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | click on Device Manager and click on your keyboard, and finally remove. Reboot your PC. Windows should then find your keyboard again and reinstall it.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 16:41 2001
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Iain - everything worked as described, but the problem persists. Any other ideas? Thanks, John
Sat Sep 08 09:56 2001
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John, try installing your keyboard software over the top of the existing one. If you can't find your disc, go to the manufacturers website, and download a fresh set of drivers and replace the existing one
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 10 17:04 2001
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Magic!! Being a novice and unsure of what I am doing I have installed the keyboard software to new directory. Now that all appears well is safe to simply delete the old directory and its contents? Thanks again Iain.
Fri Sep 14 20:17 2001
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If you installed everything to a NEW directory, go ahead and delete the old one. If not, and the directory isn't very big, you might want to leave it, just in case! (To check on the size, open Windows Explorer, right click on the file, click on properties.)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 17 13:38 2001
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Glad it's working, thanks for the thanks :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Sep 17 12:19 2001
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Please help. You know the small preview images of jpegs, bmps etc that appear in the web page view of your explore bar on the left, well mine don't anymore and I can't seem to restore them. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks, Pete
Sat Sep 01 23:40 2001
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Web content must be enabled for the Image Preview window to appear Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel, and then double-click Folder options Or,Start |Programs |Accessories | Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options |On the General tab, under Web View, click Enable Web content in folders. If you already have web view or now have web view, In Windows Explorer, double-click the folder that contains your pictures. Go to View | Customize this Folder In the Customize This Folder wizard, click Next, select Choose or edit an HTML template, and then click Next again. In Choose a template, click Image Preview, and then follow the instructions on your screen to complete the wizard and turn on Image Preview. Click the name of the image you want to preview.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 17:01 2001
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Thanks for the help. It's fine untill I need to edit the template, it opens in notepad editor, so there are not any instructions. I have messed about with it and managed to get it so it says generating preview in the window, but no pictures yet. Do you know how to edit the notepad template? Thanks, Pete
Wed Sep 05 21:52 2001
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Peter, you don't want to be editing the HTML. Underneath where it says Image preview, untick I want to edit this template, click Next, Next and Finish. Highlight your image for a preview
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Sep 06 11:58 2001
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Hello again, thanks for the info, but I do not have these options, I have in customise this folder, (win 98 second edition) create or edit an HTML document, choose a background picture, or remove cutomisation. If I go to the first choice I am given the instructions: After your editor has started, 1/Edit the document, 2/save the document, 3/close the editor. Click next to start your editor adn then it opens notepad with the document. Any ideas? Thanks,
Thu Sep 06 19:45 2001
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Peter, have you recently installed Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack1? You can try running the Internet Explorer Repair Tool.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Sep 07 00:48 2001
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Thanks for all your help, I tried your suggestions but they did not appear to work. Maybe I did not follow the instructions properly. Anyway, while reading this weeks Webuser mag I spotted the article that the latest Microsoft Windows Explorer Version 6 is available for download from Microsoft.com, so I've downloaded this version. The preview images have returned! The browser appears to be much the same> Thanks again, Pete
Sat Sep 08 00:13 2001
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when I play games on my pc they keep stopping and starting,can someone tell me the reason, and what can I do about it?
Sat Sep 01 11:27 2001
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It's possible that your on board graphics chipset can't quite cope. You could try this Go to Start | Setings Control Panel | Display | Settings | Advanced | "Performance" tab and lower the hardware acceleration. Make sure you have the latest drivers (from the manufacturer of your motherboard) and Direct X installed (from Microsoft updates)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 20:36 2001
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i have downloaded an emulator for commodore64 game per issue 13 of webuser mag. however when i download a com64 game i cannot got it to play. can anyone help me. the game i hav downloaded shows on my desktop,however the emulator from VICE does not.
Mon Sep 10 19:41 2001
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Slow CDRom or not enough memory perhaps.
Sun Sep 02 11:25 2001
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I've just installed Zone Alarms firewall & since then people seam to be reciving e-mail from me with a virus. In all cases I have not sent the e-mail. I've also done a virus check on my computer & found nothing, any ideas please. Thank You.
Sat Sep 01 05:46 2001
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I quote from the Zonelabs Web site "This is caused by a strain of a virus called Hybris (also known as TTFLoader). This virus/worm is considered malware and is not a product of Zone Labs but is designed to give that impression by changing a desktop¿s Internet Explorer homepage to www.zonelabs.com. Several viruses and worms set your homepage to www.zonelabs.com in an attempt to discredit Zone Labs. Zone Labs' products do not do this. It is unfortunate that a malware author saw a need to misdirect people to our website in their virus/worm. We do not support or encourage malware authoring and we are not privy to the motivation of the virus/worm author (other than to confuse people and cause consternation). Because this worm spreads using the NetBIOS file sharing features of Windows, it is very important that you scan every other computer on the network for the presence of the virus, using your virus checker. Because it is a self-propagating "worm" program, you should treat this as a serious worm infection and take steps to detect and remove this from all computers shared on your file-sharing network." Hope this answers your question!!!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 17:08 2001
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What does the email look like? Is it sent as an attachment? VBS? EXE? Need more info.
Sun Sep 02 11:37 2001
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I have win 98 and word 2000.when i bring up the 'insert hyperlink'page on word,i am inundated by all references to web pages visited. Is there any way to stop this or at least limit the number registered?
Fri Aug 31 20:31 2001
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Open Internet Explorer | Tools | Internet Options Clear out your temporary files and reduce your history to 1 or 0 days. Use scheduler to clear out your temp files each night.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 17:16 2001
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Thanks Ian. I've done that many times to no avail. Entries now in the 100s !
Thu Sep 06 20:10 2001
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Pete, you're probably are going to think I have gone completely off my trolley and ask what on earth does Internet Explorer has got to do with this, but is your Auto complete still turned on? You can tailor the AutoComplete feature to save and suggest only the information you want. You can choose whether to use AutoComplete for Web addresses, forms, and passwords, or not use it all. And you can clear the history for any of these. On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the Content tab. Under Personal information, click AutoComplete. Select the check boxes for the AutoComplete options you want to use. To clear existing fill ins: -On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the General tab. Under History, click Clear History.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Sep 07 01:20 2001
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Thanks Iain, Apologies for misspelling your name in my last reply.I've tried all your suggestions and still they are coming! I guess i will just have to live with it.I have seen a software from Dream - Internet Cleanup - would this be of any use?
Tue Sep 11 21:12 2001
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BOY!Am I Having it tough at present? I have recently upgraded to Windows ME (1 MONTH) Windows Explorer is making page faults and invalid instructions in SHELL32.DLL Protection Faults in These are happening in My Documents when trying to create a new folder Desktop Access is also denied I have recently upgraded my i explorer to version 6(2 DAYS) and i thought that may have undone the problems encountered NO IT DID NOT! To cap it all after re installing ME For the second time i am now denied access to my control panel, unless i am on line. Anyone got a clue?
JOHN GODDARD - BRADFORD - Thu Aug 30 21:20 2001
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I'm surprised you're not tearing your hair out. The shell fault is caused by an incorrect value in the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU It frightened me just looking at it :O I wouldn't even think about repairing this myself without scanreg. Go to Start | Run | type in "Scanreg" then OK. This should determine the problem and fix it. Back up first though. The Control Panel problem is something entirely different. The Controlp.htt file located in the C:\Windows\Web\ folder is either missing or has been corrupted. You are going to have to rebuild the Controlp.htt file (you have the technology;)), by performing the following steps: If the file is still present, rename it. (Check by going to Start | Search | Type in "Controlp.htt" If it is there, rename by right clicking and rename. After the "." type "old") Go back to Start | Run | type in "regsvr32 webvw.dll" Click OK. (This action extracts the file to the C:\Windows\Web folder.) The following message should be displayed: "DllRegisterServerin webvw.dll succeeded." The Control Panel folder should display properly in Web view and the Display only commonly used Control Panel options option should have been restored. Either refresh the view in Control Panel (if it is still open), or close it and open it again to see the changes. I'm becoming the master of the longwinded, but this should clear both your problems :) Good luck!!!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Aug 31 20:45 2001
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Thanks Iain for the info, unfortunately the pruning of values in streams MRU/Streams didn't work. Even control panel instruction didn't do the trick What i have noticed as a consolation its a major bug in ME I Have found a find /search CPL/ COPY/ TO NEW/ FOLDER A WAY ROUND CONTROL PANEL windows explorer.exe is the problem!
JOHN GODDARD - BRADFORD - Thu Sep 06 23:24 2001
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I have a Word 2000 problem. My spell checker constantly defaults to English US. I've changed it to English UK but the little blighter still reverts back to English US. Help, please!!
Thu Aug 30 16:59 2001
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You will need to drag your Office disc out of hibernation! Go to Start | Programs | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office Language Settings | Untick English (U.S.) and ensure thatEnglish (u.K.) is ticked. Make sure that "Installed version of Microsoft" is set to English (U.K.) Then make sure that your keyboard is set to English (British) by going to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Keyboard | "Language" Tab if it is not showing, insert your Windows Disk and click Add. Delete English (U.S) (Changes won't take effect until you re-boot). Finally, stay in Control Panel, go to Regional Settings. Make sure that Regional Settings are set to (Language) English and (Country/Region) United Kingdom. Reboot your PC :) Come back if there are any problems
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Aug 30 22:34 2001
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Iain, many thanks for replying. I have tried all you suggest (with the expection of checking the Installed Microsoft version, as I don't know how to do that) and still no joy. All was already set to English (U.K.). Have you any other advice?
Tue Sep 04 09:19 2001
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Are you using Works or Office 2000? There are some subtle differences, so it might help if you could let me know :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Sep 04 17:19 2001
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Office 2000
Thu Sep 06 16:13 2001
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If this is double posted, apologies... open Word go to Tools | Language | Set Language | highlight English (UK) Make the sure that the "do not...." is unchecked. Click Default
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Sep 07 15:39 2001
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This seems to of done the trick, thanks.
Thu Oct 18 11:21 2001
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My mouse is acting up (yes, I have cleaned the little guy!) It is registering one click as two a lot of the time and duplicating the command, causing problems with opening files, selecting text and drag and drop. (It drags but doesn't like dropping). PC is set to web style one click. I uninstalled the driver with a view to reinstalling it but Windows (98) won't allow reinstall as Setup tells me there is another driver in use. There is only the one that comes with Windows now. Uninstalling the driver didn't cure the problem anyway. I also tried altering the click speed, didn't help. Is this curable or should I scrap the mouse and buy another. It is not an old one.
Mon Aug 27 21:25 2001
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Try this, not the most elegant way of doing things but quite effective. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | "Device Manager" tab Scroll down to Human Interface Devices, highlight it and click Remove. Click yes when it asks you if you want to remove this device. Then do a Ctrl-Alt-Del and press the Tab key until you get to Shut down and enter. This will reboot your pc and hopefully it will find your mouse as it starts up again
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Aug 28 16:19 2001
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Please, please help. My computer has suddenly started emitting a constant two sound similar to the sound made when you accidentaly leave your phone off the hook. I haven't got a clue what has caused this and can't relate its commencement with anything I have done. Any ideas? Thanks
Mon Aug 27 00:08 2001
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Is this on bootup? Could be the BIOS trying to tell you something. Has any cables come loose? Nothing else springs to mind at the moment.
Sun Sep 02 11:22 2001
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For the past couple of months my CTX monitor has been showing a pink screen from time to time. Sometimes it flickers pink, other times the pink screen remains for a few minutes before returning to its normal colour. I have tried using different screen resolutions, have downloaded the latest monitor drivers and checked all the cables are secure. The monitor is about 18 months old. Any suggestions as to how to stop this happening?
Thu Aug 23 23:41 2001
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I have also experienced this same problem at work. We tried downloading new drivers, but to no avail. The only answer was to smack it on the right-hand side(hard). It worked without fail!
Mon Sep 17 12:44 2001
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I don't know if this is correct or not - but my work's IT helpdesk tried to sort this problem for me and informed me that this can happen if your monitor is particularly close to a printer. Anything's worth a try!
Sat Aug 25 23:24 2001
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I had a monitor that did this. On another PC it didn't seem so bad but still did it and a brisk thump on the side would cure it. Almost certainly a dodgy monitor. Does it have a 3 year warranty? It will probably be a return to base. Try where you bought it from to see if they can help.
Sat Aug 25 16:27 2001
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Starting problems. I recently installed a web cam, and Inter Can Elite USB version along with software, Mgi photo suite, AverMedia, AverCam, Acer EasyXpress videomail and acer easyAcess Video conferences. But when I installed the above the PC crashed and would not restart , resulting in me having to use start up disc and windows CD ROM to reboot. But after I restarted the PC, I noticed on the black screen you see when you first switch on that there was a new entry. The Plug & Play BIOS had new writing: SD RAM SPD CAS latency time "2", the "2" is brighter that the other writing. This has resulted in my PC starting automatically when the power is switched on at the plug, bypassing the start switch..... The Number "2" in the start up menu seems to be the problem, is it? If so how do I change this setting. My system specs are 60 ram, 400 MHz, 6Gbs & running on windows 98 2nd ed... All the programs are regularly updated..... Can you help me?
Tue Aug 21 00:24 2001
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go to http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp Scroll down to Windows 98SE in the "My search is about" Click on specific article and type in "Q240075". There are apparently some problems with USB in SE, so there is a patch from here, along with other information.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Aug 24 06:49 2001

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