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In computing, a device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.

A driver typically communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware is connected. When a calling program invokes a routine in the driver, the driver issues commands to the device. Once the device sends data back to the driver, the driver may invoke routines in the original calling program. Drivers are hardware-dependent and operating-system-specific. They usually provide the interrupt handling required for any necessary asynchronous time-dependent hardware interface.



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    3 2 2 1 0 New forums Well you may have noticed that the HCR forums have been unavailable for the last week or so, long story short, we out geeked ourselves and couldn't figure out how to fix what we did. In the process, all the old posts were lost as well as member information, so you will have to sign in again to be able to post to the new forums. 1 1 0 81 20040128123712 20030816100815 0 68.184.21.48 2 147 1 0 0 8 21 3 1 0 Battlefield 1942 Just finished downloading the new mods and WOW, this games just gets better and better.[:)] 2 1 0 75 20030825123702 20030816114322 0 68.184.21.48 1 6 1 20030816114342 2 0 0 4 4 4 1 0 putting in more RAM, memory card, chip I put in a new RAM chip. My computer is not recognizing the hardware. It won't install it. HELP 3 3 0 95 20030823222840 20030820110925 0 204.78.125.47 1 4 1 0 0 4 3 5 1 0 explorer shutting down when i go to your down load site my explorer shows an error and shuts down do you know why this is? thanks cdamgar 4 1 0 120 20030822223408 20030822183318 0 207.243.169.44 1 2 1 0 0 4 3 6 1 0 Heat causes problems My Pc over heats. A lot. it has a large case fan. a chip fan, and a oversided heatsink. I was going to add another fan but would this really help? it has vents on both sides and the power supply fan is fine. it just gets too hot. i have a desk fan blowing on the case to cool it now but i dont think that this is a perminate solution. it is next to my moniter and is in a cubbyhole but has appro 8in ontop and 4in in back and 2in of each side for heat.How can i cool things down?I really need to give it a chill-pill! 6 2 0 134 20030905220535 20030824110938 0 66.24.147.147 11 11 1 0 0 2 19 7 1 0 Ask your questions for the radio show. "The Ask The Geek Show" aires every Thursday morning at 8:15AM US Central Time on KSWM 940AM Talk Radio and on the Internet at http://www.magiccircleradio.com/kswm/index.html . If you would like to ask us a computer question to be answered on the air just post it in this section of our forum. [:I]Home Computer Repair's Senior Technician 1 0 0 38 20030825124438 20030825124438 0 207.243.169.53 1 0 1 0 0 2 19 8 1 0 HOW TO FIX DELETE BUTTON? I TRIED THE WAY YOU SAID TO DO, BUT IT STILL DOSEN'TWORK IN MY OUTLOOKEXPRESS, SO WENT TO MICROSOFT AND TRIED THERES, STILL DOESN'T WORK. WHAT DO I DO NOW?I CAN HIT THE DELETE IN THE BOX WHERE IT SAYS INBOX OUTBOX DELETEDITEMS HIT DELETED ITEMS IT CLEARS ALL MESSAGES, BUT WHEN YOU HIT INBOXTHEY ALL COME BACK, MIRCROSOFT TOLD ME, THAT NOT ALL MESSAGES ARE DELETED. NOW WHAT? MAYBE I JUST SHOULD BRING TOWER TO YOU AND LET YOU FIX IT. IS THIS RIGHT? DOCJOHNJOHN B. DAVIS 7 1 0 87 20030828155540 20030828070942 0 207.243.169.38 1 7 1 0 0 2 19 9 1 0 Strange Booting Behavior Just recently, I was at a friends place and she told me that her puter would not start, and she was correct. System XP-Home (IBM computer). When the computer boots, the hard drive makes a sound as if it wants to boot, doesn't make the post beep, then stops, shuts down the computer and tries again. This happened numerous times. I looked at the back of the computer and the power supply fan grid was caked in dust. I cleaned it and then looked inside..everything seemed clean to me. When rebooting, it did the same thing except this time it got to the boot menu thru F8. I tried to boot in safe mode but it started to run thru the boot sequence loading drivers etc. then shuts off and tries to boot again. I think it might be the power supply but I am not a tech. Any ideas would be appreciated.mikajake 10 1 0 136 20030904204436 20030904164855 0 216.26.216.75 1 8 1 0 0 4 3 10 1 0 Strange Boot Behavior Just recently, I was at a friends place and she told me that her puter would not start, and she was correct. System XP-Home (IBM computer). When the computer boots, the hard drive makes a sound as if it wants to boot, doesn't make the post beep, then stops, shuts down the computer and tries again. This happened numerous times. I looked at the back of the computer and the power supply fan grid was caked in dust. I cleaned it and then looked inside..everything seemed clean to me. When rebooting, it did the same thing except this time it got to the boot menu thru F8. I tried to boot in safe mode but it started to run thru the boot sequence loading drivers etc. then shuts off and tries to boot again. I think it might be the power supply but I am not a tech. Any ideas would be appreciated.mikajake 10 2 0 109 20030905215330 20030904182859 0 216.26.216.123 11 10 1 0 0 2 19 11 1 0 need a moutherbourd driver sys 511 520 i have got a prob with my dislay on oy mouther bourd an i carnt get the driver any ware can som one send to my emale the driver for me to download thanks .bentonuk@yahoo.com[:D][8)]cd.benton 11 1 0 70 20030911213215 20030905214309 0 195.92.67.69 16 13 1 0 0 2 19 12 1 0 no aol.exe file we bought a used pc. afterwards any and almost eveything we try to do tells us aol.exe cannot be found. having discovered the hoax , we have been trying to fix this problem. we can't figure it out. we are not computer smart, we are trying to learn tho. this computer is a gateway 2000,celeron, win98 please help me thanx 12 1 0 322 20030908142223 20030907151001 0 171.75.217.59 1 12 1 0 0 5 10 13 1 0 Linux Modems I have tried several different (flavors) versions of LinuxSuSE 8.2Slackware 9.0Debian 3.0Mandrake 9.1and none of them like any of my modems, and I have about a dozen.I have been to Linmodems.com Winmodems.comAnd every other site I could find.I sure would like to get at least one of my modems to work!HELP!PLEASE! 16 2 0 73 20040415091540 20030911211923 0 148.78.243.25 292 243 1 0 0 2 19 14 1 0 my computer hates me!!!!!! my computer will not read any games or programs that were installed after my os. and it will not allow my printer to work or allow me to install the drivers for it again either or let me load any new games into it either. please help me.[B)]thank you Jeff Bates 17 1 0 82 20030912111501 20030912102129 0 209.106.200.83 1 15 1 0 0 2 19 15 1 0 slowdown in secure program 9/13/03 - my pc will not negotiate a secure program. Even writing this note the cursor is going across the page while the letters are lagging 2 sentences behind. HELP! Venita 18 1 0 46 20030914202609 20030913110520 0 67.225.103.105 1 18 1 0 0 2 19 16 1 0 Fault message I am using XP on a Dell Dimension 2300. Recently started getting a message that "OAGENT.EXE" could not start because "QWWIN.dll" was not installed. Any suggestions? 19 4 0 571 20031121162319 20030914155821 0 68.1.62.167 77 81 1 0 0 4 4 17 1 0 drivers 4 sis 6326 agp its grafit card this is all i find on it 20 1 0 157 20030914201941 20030914161356 0 64.12.96.75 1 17 1 0 0 2 19 18 1 0 NO OPERATING SYSTEM I get this message on a black screen when trying to boot. What does this mean. It will not do anything but go through scan disk and then gets hung.APRIL WARD 21 1 0 54 20030917204519 20030916222028 0 68.107.200.45 1 19 1 0 0 2 19 19 1 0 9/18/03 Radio Show Topic- Hurricane Resources Here are the links as discussed on today's "Ask The Geek Show"These sites are good for tracking hurricane Isabel.http://www.goes.noaa.gov/http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/us/hurricane.htmlKill Devil Hills, N.C. Informationhttp://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=AKQ®ion=b5&lat=36.02166748&lon=-75.68067932&label=Kill%20Devil%20Hills%2c%20NChttp://www.wfmynews2.com/weather/webcams/?ID=0http://nc.weather-forecast.ws/kmhx-radarHome Computer Repair's Senior Technician 1 0 0 37 20030918073417 20030918073417 0 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 2 19 20 1 0 NO OPERATING SYSTEM I ASKED THE QUESTION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THIS ERROR MESSAGE. IF I DO NOT HAVE ANY VALUABLE INFO ON THE HARD DRIVE IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO MYSELF. IF NOT IS THIS AN EXPENSIVE PROBLEM TO FIX.APRIL WARD 21 1 0 61 20030918191416 20030918133108 0 205.188.208.135 1 20 1 0 0 2 19 21 1 0 Startup disk I have an old custom made running Windows 98. Step son who recently got new laptop for college apparently attempted to reconfigure the hard drive( to hide all the evil stuff he had on there, he was only user for last 4 years. Now the computer will not reboot. They did not make a startup floppy and i am not sure the floppy was still working. How can I get this to reboot from a CD and will my Windows XP load on to it from the CD from my newer Dell. Any help would be appreciated. 19 2 0 88 20030926195458 20030920120646 0 68.1.62.167 19 26 1 0 0 2 19 22 1 0 Cleaning inside LCD assembly on Thinkpad A31p I have a Thinkpad A31p which my son has spilled water on. Fortunately, I was able to shut it down and wipe the keyboard immediately and then I turned the machine upside down over a fan for a few hours. The machine operates fine in every way now but there appears to be a "stain" on the bottom half of the screen that looks as if water has leached into the lcd assembly. this "stain" appears to be behind the lcd panel. The lcd works fine and has no lost pixels. Has anyone dealt with this type of repair before and if so is it possible to do anything about this stain if I disassemble the LCD assembly? Thanks in advance for your replies. 22 3 0 133 20030921143704 20030920143120 0 68.49.186.196 1 24 1 0 0 4 4 23 1 0 windows server 2003 I'm tring to upgrade to windows 2003 but when I go through setup it can't complete because it can't detect my hdd I have 2 one is RAID. PLease help 24 1 0 54 20031116185445 20030924150845 0 216.199.233.2 69 66 1 0 0 2 19 24 1 0 Windows 2003 server HELL!!!!! I have this motherboard 6A815ED/EPD/EPD1 and I’m tring to install Windows 2003 server. But when I try to install I get a message “Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. And its asking for a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. I have 2 hard drives one is RAID. Which I uninstall and installed again, but still getting same error message. 24 1 0 60 20030929210745 20030924152709 0 216.199.233.2 1 31 1 0 0 4 4 25 1 0 Modem Master 9050 Modems I have quite a few modem master 56k modems - several different chipset types (Conexant, Rockwell, PcTel) made in different parts of the world. To date, Windows is only identifing a percentage of the modems from only one brand - PcTel. The machines are 133MHz and higher and I do have the drivers. (But I am begining to wonder [;)])I have followed all of the troubleshooting info I could get access to; from direct downloading to adding as a new modem(though it is supposed to be plug and play) hopefully you can guide me with the correct course of action and/or send me a link to a better set of drivers for this modem. Also can this modem be used in PC running at 100MHz?Thanks 25 0 0 52 20030925022840 20030925022840 0 64.136.26.13 25 0 1 0 0 4 4 26 1 0 Power Problems I have a Pentium II 350 mhz computer that lost power, so I bought and installed a new power supply, hooked everything back up, and then the computer flickered on for about a second and then went black. Does anyone have any ideas? Motherboard, Processor? I have the correct power supply I think, could the Motherboard be shorted out? Any ideas? Thanks in advance. 26 2 0 126 20040506211846 20030925143157 0 205.121.126.22 320 272 1 0 0 2 19 27 1 0 What is this Sitefinder by Verisign? Find out! Wondering why autosearch from the address bar now goes to Verisign's Sitefinder instead of your chosen search engine?Find out about the largest hostile, commercial take over of the Internet to date and why Verisign should be stopped.The groundswell of complaints is already starting - see:http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0034210http://s1.web.community.net.uk/verisign/wildcard.htmhttp://www.iab.org/Documents/icann-vgrs-response.html[:(!]Home Computer Repair's Senior Technician 1 0 0 24 20030926000925 20030926000925 0 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 2 19 28 1 0 Modem Master 9050 modems I have quite a few modem master 56k modems - several different chipset types (Conexant, Rockwell, PcTel) made in different parts of the world. To date, Windows is only identifing a percentage of the modems from only one brand - PcTel. The machines are 133MHz and higher and I do have the drivers. (But I am begining to wonder [;)])I have followed all of the troubleshooting info I could get access to; from direct downloading to adding as a new modem(though it is supposed to be plug and play) hopefully you can guide me with the correct course of action and/or send me a link to a better set of drivers for this modem. Also can this modem be used in PC running at 100MHz?Thanks 25 1 0 41 20030926140413 20030926014112 0 64.136.26.13 1 25 1 0 0 2 19 29 1 0 Sis 620....help! Have done a hard drive format. Need audio drivers for Sis 620 onboard audio which i do not know the maker...please help if ya can and thanks!![:(!] 29 1 0 94 20030929205849 20030926153843 0 209.191.208.45 1 30 1 0 0 2 19 30 1 0 Corrupt File I have a Dell model computer that was apparently damaged after a power outage, it would not start. After calling technical support, I was told to reinstall the files using the back up cd that came with my system. Now I'm getting the following error message: windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt \system\hal.dll please reinstall a copy of the above file. I don't know what to do, I already reinstalled the files. Any help would be appreciated. 30 1 0 131 20030929204917 20030926215233 0 152.163.241.201 1 29 1 0 0 2 19 31 1 0 Boot Problems I have a computer I'm trying to fix for my son to use. I plug it in and it turns on right away. The power switch does absolutely nothing. After showing the Compaq logo on screen for about 5 seconds the computer starts trying to read from the drives but shuts down almost immediately and starts over. I get no beep, no text on the screen except 5 seconds of logo and nothing to indicate that the computer is actually doing anything except the drives spinning a little before the thing shuts down. I spliced in a new power switch and this has done nothing for me but waste a few minutes of my time. Before I proceed to take the whole thing apart and examine all of it to see what may be wrong, does anyone have a suggestion? 33 1 0 102 20030929204546 20030928150216 0 64.24.88.162 1 28 1 0 0 2 19 32 1 0 i feel the need for speed, don't ya know I have a Compaq Presario 1245 laptop, about 4 years old. Recently it all of a sudden started slowing up especially with internet and typing and response to clicking on links etc. When I load a webpage and try to scroll down it takes forever, or when I type in fields (only on websites) it's all out of sync. I ran a virus check and found out I had a HTML.redolfA virus and got rid of it, although appearently I had it for a couple of months. Then I downloaded a defragmenter and a utilities program which helped speed things up but only a tiny bit. My local repair shop wants a minimum of 139$ just to take a look, does anybody have any ideas?( I running Windows 98 - lost the disk a long time ago.) 34 1 0 50 20030929203300 20030928175000 0 68.6.111.140 1 27 1 0 0 2 19 33 1 0 Lite-on JLMS XJ-HD166S Lock up problems [:(] I have and Acer Aspire Model 3210 running an 334Mgh AMD-K6 processor and 160 megs of Ram with Windows 98. The problem I'm having is that when you put any form of disk into the drive it locks up the computer. I have replaced the Drive twice because they told me that it was the drive that was bad because my regular cd rom worked fine. I know I can't have gotten three bad drives that do the exact same thing. I have upgraded the F/W and the Windows drivers and did everything I can think of can someone please help me I'm tired of the head aches this thing is giving me. Thanks for the help. 37 1 0 356 20031004204138 20031004195559 0 152.163.252.129 1 33 1 0 0 2 19 34 1 0 Sound Issues..Not Enough Volume [?]-Hope You Guys Could Help.I Have Compaq Presario #5360, with an AMD-K6 (3D Processor),455MHZ, 128MB of Ram, built in sound (ESS 1969 PCI Audio Drive WDM). Here's the Problem:Win98 OS was very unstable and the 10G hard drive had alot of crap in it. I Partitioned & Formated the Hard drive and installed WIN_XP (Professional). Turned out great, Except now I have no sound. I ran all the Windows Updates & Patches, And updated the "Built-In" sound card, now I have sound, but with the volume controls turned all the way up, even trying different speakers, it sounds like it's turned down very low. You could hear it, but I know it should get louder than it is now. Please help me find an updated driver or something. This Is DRIVing me nuts!!!!!!!HELP!Thanks. EV[xx(]E.V. 38 1 0 127 20031006072014 20031006004743 0 64.165.80.106 1 34 1 0 0 2 19 35 1 0 Gateway Solo 9500 Bad Flash While flashing the bios on my GW Solo 9500 Notebook, it locked up 1/3 the way thru the write/verify process.... I left it for 5 minutes and nothing. Powered down and back up, and it checks the floppy (presumably for a bios file) and that's it. I get no help from GW on this matter, as I am not the original purchaser and their warranty and support is not transferable! I think I just need a bios recovery file or files. I can not locate any such files or instructions on the net. Does anyone have any ideas? TIA! -Steve 39 2 0 89 20031008200113 20031008171920 0 68.18.130.75 1 36 1 0 0 4 4 36 1 0 video display problems New member here, hoping for some help.I have an older HP Vectra VI 7 series PC I am trying to get up for my daughter. I have a Arche 214S Super VGA monitor. The system is running W98 SE and everything is pretty stock. My trouble is a poor quality picture image when it's online. Everything else is ok (ie text) but any picture quality graphics are discolored and very grainy. I have tried color settings, it only gives me a choice of 2 color or 16 color and refresh rates in the bios settings. Nothing seem to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 40 1 0 129 20031008232031 20031008211751 0 68.99.129.171 1 38 1 0 0 4 3 37 1 0 video display problem New member here, hoping for some help.I have an older HP Vectra VI 7 series PC I am trying to get up for my daughter. I have a Arche 214S Super VGA monitor. The system is running W98 SE and everything is pretty stock. My trouble is a poor quality picture image when it's online. Everything else is ok (ie text) but any picture quality graphics are discolored and very grainy. I have tried color settings, it only gives me a choice of 2 color or 16 color and refresh rates in the bios settings. it will not let me change the display size settings either. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 40 1 0 180 20031008231854 20031008211917 0 68.99.129.171 1 37 1 0 0 2 19 38 1 0 "Shuttered" Windows A friend has a nine-year old PC which has been upgraded to Windows 98. Her ISP is BellSouth.NET using DSL. She keeps the old machine mostly for sentimental value. It has a lot of spyware and adware, mostly downloaded by two nine-year old boys who formerly played with it. I plan to use Ultra Win Cleaner or SpyBot S&D to remove most of this garbage. The problem is that the computer does something really strange. Namely, the windows are "shuttered". That is, on say a Windows Explorer screen for drive C:\, you see the toolbars but not the list of file descriptions. You just see a blank rectangle. I discovered quite by accident that you can restore the file list by right clicking in the list area. Then a box appears with one word, "cancel". Click the cancel box, and the list of files reappears. A similar situation occurs on internet windows - you see the tool bars but no content - until you go thru the left click and right click. Her malicious or questionable programs include Internet Alert, Virtual Bouncer, SAVE.EXE and WEATHER.EXE. I have read up on these programs and found nothing like the problem described above. Any ideas?Richard Farris 42 2 0 95 20031014083745 20031010091034 0 205.188.209.139 42 42 1 0 0 2 19 39 1 0 driver download I am trying to download a driver file but when i download it says that i need kodak imaging to this file as it is a zip file. The problem is when i go to open the file my receievd documents will not allow it to open and kodak imaging says it does not support it. How can i download and get around this problem that is very frustratingDan Poff 45 1 0 81 20031013155729 20031011103834 0 24.66.94.140 1 40 1 0 0 5 9 40 1 0 Initialization Problems with VirusScan 7.0 I have XP Pro and it starts quite fast but holds down until VirusScan is loaded. VirusScan takes 2 m and 30 sec to start. It means XP takes 2 and 30 to start afterwards.Do anybody knows how can I make VirusScan to "hurry" a little more??Thanks a lotJulio BorgesRio de Janeiro - Brazil 46 2 0 66 20031114072806 20031012044043 0 200.165.255.163 1 62 1 0 0 2 19 41 1 0 Problem updating Windows 98 Oct. 12, 2003. On my home computer, Compaq Presario 5717 tabletop with Windows 98 and 96 MB memory, I am having a problem trying to download Windows updates from Microsoft.When I select the "install" switch, the download progress window comes up as it should. It is entitled, "Windows Update - Web Page Dialog". However instead of starting from zero, it indicate that the patches have already been downloaded (i.e., the "download progress" bar indicates 100% downloaded and shows 452 KB/452 KB). But even tho the slidebar indicate 100% downloaded, the line below the bar says, "Download time remaining: 1 hour 14 minutes". Also the "Install Progress" slidebar never moves. It remains showing zero progress even after several hours. The problem may have arisen from an earlier attempt to update Windows. This attempt was interrupted by popups and other AOL problems. The ISP crashed and interrupted the download of the updates. I have not been able to resume or restart it since then. As with every other problem involving the normal usage of Microsoft products which I have ever presented to Microsoft, they blew this one off too.Richard Farris 42 1 0 76 20031013155223 20031012195439 0 205.188.209.139 1 39 1 0 0 2 19 42 1 0 Missing Mail Icon for Internet Explorer. Missing Mail Icon for Internet Explorer. I recently did a tune-up on a system with Windows 98. The owner uses DSL and Internet Explorer for mail and other web activities. The tune-up work included installing and running Ultra WinCleaner, Hijack This and Spybot Search & Destroy. I also downloaded Microsoft patches to update Windows 98 and to upgrade Internet Explorer to Version 6.00. The problem occurs in that somehow during this mass of activity, the user's icon for accessing her mailbox has disappeared. The mail icon was similar to the big "e" icon used for Internet Explorer, so I assume that it linked either to an Internet Explorer web address or to an Internet Explorer executable. Any ideas on how I can find her missing mail?Richard Farris 42 1 0 30 20031018083430 20031017224326 0 205.188.209.139 1 43 1 0 0 2 19 43 1 0 problem with laptop i just got a ibm thinkpad 380d type 2635-3AUwhen i try to boot it up it displays a graphic requesting a floppy then hit the f1 key i dont have the floppy so i just hit f1 and i get these 2 error codes I9990302 I9990305 can any one help me with this problem? 47 1 0 269 20031018084000 20031018014335 0 66.81.134.178 1 44 1 0 0 2 19 44 1 0 Dot printer driver support I need a driver for Hyundai HDP1810 dot printer and can't find it anywhere. Can I use a specific Panasonic dot printer driver that will support this Hyundai model?jimroad471@juno.com408.374-4726 57 3 0 41 20031103224017 20031103071212 0 67.30.99.49 57 47 1 0 0 2 19 45 1 0 ThinkPad 600x lcd assembly I want to replace my ThinkPad 600x lcd. Where can I obtain the specific steps involved in the dissassembly and then assembly of my ThinkPad in order to replace the lcd[?] Thanks 58 1 0 93 20031106103643 20031105200931 0 129.37.170.64 1 48 1 0 0 2 19 46 1 0 128mb chip installation...PLEASE HELP!! Hi! I have a PCG FX-190 Sony Vaio laptop computer. I recently bought a 128mb chip to upgrade the laptop and want to install it myself-- to avoid the pricy Comp USA charges. I understand that I need to be "grounded", but don't really know what that means. Could you walk me through this installation? Thank you very much!! 59 3 0 44 20031106230255 20031106204944 0 4.43.176.232 1 51 1 0 0 2 19 47 1 0 Modem Connection Hi,I dont have a modem in my new computer but the one next to it does, they are connected through a LAN. Can I use the modem on the other computer to connect to other modems for gameplay using the new computer.Thanks 60 1 0 40 20031107190129 20031107173128 0 211.28.199.104 1 52 1 0 0 4 6 48 1 0 Networking Windows ME and Windows 98 Are there any problems with networking a computer running Windows Millenium Edition to a computer running Windows 98? 61 1 0 100 20031108092058 20031107232437 0 12.14.245.38 1 53 1 0 0 4 3 49 1 0 Horizontal Shading on Display screen My computer: Dell Dimension XPS T750r Pentium III Windows 98 se Memeory 384 MB Nvidea Geforce 256 AGP 2X 32 Mb My problem: I have horizontal shading on my display screen wherever there is text.What I tried: Reseating the video card. Downloading newest drivers. Checked card for damage, none found. Fan operational. Swapped monitor to another system, monitor is ok.I seemed to develop the problem after I installed a game from EA.COM, the Lord of the Rings demo. I received a message about 3d drivers not being compatible, but game worked anyway. I uninstalled the demo to be on the safe side, but problems persist. Also now getting some weird EA exception error messages.Do I need a new video adapter card? Mine is 3 years old. Not sure what to replace it with since my system only supports 2x. Any suggestions and/or solutions are welcome.Thanks! 62 6 0 191 20031117133353 20031108082427 0 68.82.163.149 62 69 1 0 0 6 13 50 1 0 How to remove Incredifind To remove the spyware Incredifind from your system follow these instructions:http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo%5Ci%5Cincredifind.aspYou can also go to Run on the Start Menu and type Regedit. Go to the Find command from the drop down menus and search for incredifind. Delete any reference to it and keep searching using the Find Next button on the screen.Next, delete the folder c:\program files\incredifindWe recommend you also go to our Download section of our website and download Ad-Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy and install and run one of them.Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/downloads/drivers.cfm to make a donation for our efforts.
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    Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 26 20031113122231 20031113122231 0 207.243.169.16 1 0 1 0 0 7 16 53 1 0 word game! Ok this should be fun. Time for a word game. I will start it with three words, then each additional post continues the story three words at a time.... here goes:There once was 2 2 0 55 20040617121443 20031114082748 0 206.29.99.152 2 331 1 0 0 6 11 54 1 0 Coding questions?? Do you have a piece of code that just isn't working, post it here and let everyone take a look, maybe we can help figure out the problem. 2 0 0 56 20031114082922 20031114082922 0 206.29.99.152 2 0 1 0 0 5 9 55 1 0 Warning SU0409 SU0409Warning SU0409Windows Setup was unable to update your system files. This may be caused by virus detection that is built in to your computer, or by virus detection software running on your computer. To disable built in virus detection, you will need to run the configuration program that came with your computer, or contact your computer's manufacturer. To disable virus- detection software running on your computer, you may need to remove the lines that start the program from your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files. After you have disabled the virus detection, restart your computer, and then run Setup again. Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/downloads/drivers.cfm to make a donation for our efforts.
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    Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 72 20031114102907 20031114102907 0 207.243.169.18 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 57 1 0 problem uninstalling scanner I recently tried using my scanner and it worked ok, but the software adobe photshop 5.0 did not. I tried to uninstallit and got this error message " could not execute the external program C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Admin.exe this appeared both in start menu and add/remove programs, whenever I try to use adobe,I get the message "couldnt complete your request because photoshop cannot regonize the file extension" i rarely use the scanner, but i had been having problems with the photoshop it kept hanging when ever i used it. I am a real newbie to this stuff so any help would be welcome[8)] 67 1 0 51 20031114230811 20031114125455 0 81.7.53.30 1 65 1 0 0 4 4 58 1 0 Hard Drive Problems I recently tried to add a USB port to my computer. When I went to add it I had to remove some stuff because of IRQ conflicts. When I went to reboot after installing the port, my hard drive wouldn't boot up. If I pull the cable out of it and turn it on it powers up fine, when I plug the cable back in, it won't power up. I tried putting it back to it's original condition but still same problem. I tried another cable but still same problem. Is there a chance the Motherboard is grounding somewhere or what else could it be, the hard drive is only a couple months old. 68 2 0 101 20031117113534 20031114222037 0 66.229.207.106 68 68 1 0 0 9 23 59 1 0 Post Screen Shots Post your cool screen shots! [^]Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/downloads/drivers.cfm to make a donation for our efforts.
    Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 2 0 73 20040128123207 20031115010719 0 12.218.142.90 2 143 1 1 0 4 4 60 1 0 Mouse Locks periodically My mouse locks up for a few seconds and then continues happens alot when I am in frontpage or some kind of program. What would cause this?Lance MaloneFavorite Quote:"All glory comes from daring to begin." -- Eugene F. Ware 69 1 0 52 20031117000706 20031116185301 0 67.9.77.118 1 67 1 0 0 2 19 61 1 0 Quiet computer power supply recommendation? I just bought a 3.0 Ghz PC w/ an 800 Mhz FSB, and the place I bought it from suggested I use a quality power supply with 2 fans in it that has a higher output current rating than normal. The one they gave me does a great job at keeping everything cool, but it's not exactly quiet. Anyone know if there is a quieter option out there for me?Thanks,Matt 70 1 0 39 20031117154422 20031117122118 0 64.207.28.88 1 70 1 0 0 4 4 62 1 0 Quiet computer power supply recommendation? 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I recently added some Microsoft updates and unless coincidental, everything has slowed down significantly just since then; programs stall (like WORD) and if not working for 10 or so minutes, a new screen shows up asking for my password and saying I have too many programs open although it might just be the browser & IE.I'd be grateful for assistance & if you're in the SF Bay Area, my wife will bake you cookies.ThanksJD 72 5 0 173 20031119074210 20031117152124 0 12.213.155.137 1 77 1 0 0 4 3 65 1 0 POWER SUPPLY REPLACEMENT My computer: Dell Dimension XPS T750r Pentium IIIWindows 98 seMemory 384 MBPower Supply Info: The 200-Watt (W) power supply can operate from an AC power source of 115 volts AC (VAC) at 60 hertz (Hz) or 230 VAC at 50 HzMy question: I want to upgrade my video card to a GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, AGP 8X, 128MB DDR2. The specs on the card recommend A 250W system power supply. Obviously, to run with the new display adapter card, I have to upgrade my power supply. Is this a major undertaking? The Dell manual tends to trivialize and generalize by stating that the following steps need to be carried out:To remove the power supply, perform the following steps: Disconnect the AC power cable from the power supply. Disconnect the DC power cables from the POWER and 3.3 connectors on the system board. Disconnect the DC power cables from all the drives. Remove the two power-supply mounting screws from the back of the chassis. Lift the power supply out of the chassis. Questions: Is the process that simple? What would happen if I used the new card and the old power supply? What could I expect a reasonable price to be for a 250 watt system power supply? Will I need to make any other changes to my system configuration if the power supply is changed?Thanks! 62 0 0 54 20031118091034 20031118091034 0 63.100.108.20 62 0 1 0 0 4 7 66 1 0 C programming: problem with array Hi,That is my program (refer as below) ...It's looks like my FUNCTION did not return any values of the ARRAY ELEMENT's. Actually, the result must be display as :===> Postponedbut it is blank.....So, could some body help me on that case ?#include const char *strs[11] = { NULL, "Delivered", "Postponed", NULL, NULL, "In progress", NULL, NULL, "Cancel", NULL, "Done"};char *func (int c){ static char s[64]; if (c < 0 || c > 10) strcpy(s, strs[c]); if (!s) strcpy(s, "Unknown"); return s;}main(){ printf ("==> %s\n", func('2'));}Thank you very much,bh 74 3 0 91 20031119200738 20031118231115 0 202.188.114.40 74 80 1 0 0 4 7 67 1 0 C programming: command line processing ... Hi....I have some problem here....How to captured numeric and character input values from command line processing likes * ^ ? [ ] and so on . Example of command line processing :getopt -l ^0123?(4546|7890) file.txtgetopt -h -l ^0123?(4546|7890) file.txt...NOTE:It's should be working like regular expression to grep any entire values from the input file....Referring to my program below, it is only working on integer values. As example :getopt -l 12345 file.txt==> length are 12345getopt -l ^12345 file.txt==> bad lengthI've tried a few method but it's maintain on failed level.Otherwise, Could I know how the regular expression works in C language ? ... this is for my next processsing...Pleased give some example as my referrence...main (argc, argv) 74 0 0 60 20031119195833 20031119195833 0 202.188.114.40 74 0 1 0 0 2 19 68 1 0 problem with mouse I can not get my computer to reconize my mouse throwcom port 1.What do I do? 78 2 0 52 20031127192339 20031122105708 0 63.225.57.45 85 84 1 0 0 4 4 69 1 0 Corrupt BIOS Compaq Presario 1220 Notebook I attempted to upgrade the BIOS in this notebook using a "Softpack". It might have been for a desktop model with the same number. The Flashing process stopped at ~70%. Now the system will not boot. It doesn't check the diskette drive and I can't access the startup menu. Where can I obtain either a pre-flashed ROM or the file to program into it? I am willing to pay someone to do the whole process if that is the only option. COMPAQ Presario Notebook 1220 80 3 0 331 20040201211513 20031125092215 0 24.79.13.9 188 156 1 0 0 4 3 70 1 0 can't do anything right after i turn on the computer, the "illegal operation" or whatever window pops up and even if i click CLOSE it keeps popping up.. Then it automatically gets turned off...I can't even fix it when it doesn't let me do anything...it's a '98 K-6 and i use windows 98..do i need to buy a new computer?can anyone help please? 82 1 0 78 20031127080628 20031126133752 0 66.185.164.2 1 83 1 0 0 4 3 71 1 0 can't do anything-please help~!~! right after i turn on the computer, the "illegal operation" or whatever window pops up and even if i click CLOSE it keeps popping up.. Then it automatically gets turned off...I can't even fix it when it doesn't let me do anything...it's a '98 K-6 and i use windows 98..do i need to buy a new computer?can anyone help please? 82 3 0 90 20040313104548 20031126135318 0 66.185.164.2 257 206 1 0 0 4 3 72 1 0 Mouse locks up my system I have a Pavilion 8760c, I'm running XP Pro and using a standard PS/2 mouse. When i began using my mouse it works fine for a minute or 2 then it freezes or locks up my system and i have to reboot. It mostly does this when i right click on an icon although it does it after being on my computer for only a short period of time. I don't have to be online it does this when i click on my computer or my documents etc. Please help..!James 85 1 0 186 20031205140353 20031127193544 0 66.157.104.28 1 86 1 0 0 2 19 73 1 0 memory installation I have a compaq presario 5360 with only 64 mb installed. I plan to upgrade the memory by adding to slots 2 & 3. How do I open the box to get at the slots? 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Please help.david 98 1 0 40 20031208183049 20031208182446 0 12.212.93.169 1 94 1 0 0 4 4 83 1 0 buld your own comp trouble hello, i just finished building a cpu with my dad. I turned it on and succesfully entered the bios. After I shut down and attenpted to install XP, the comp turned on (the fans turned on ect.) but the moniter remained black. I took out the CD but still the moniter was blank. I then tried a different monitor, but still nothing changed. I then went through and made sure that every wire was tight and they all were...Do you have any idea what could be wrong? Please help.david 98 2 0 99 20040324223507 20031208182630 0 12.212.93.169 188 216 1 0 0 4 4 84 1 0 Harddrive [:(]Recently bought a business computer from a defunct business. I cannot access the hard drive not even to reformat. On FDISK: error message no fixed disk available. On boot up the message: Novell Netware Ready firmware v1.00 copyr 1991-1994, RPL-ROM-ADR 00E0-06F9-658A, RPL-ROM-IRQ 5, RPL-ROM Pio c400,RPL-ROM-FFC:5,Sis900/7016. Then it ask for a floppy to boot.(no pun intended)This is as accurate as I wrote down the message. What do I do to access the HD. spockard. 99 1 0 244 20031209001241 20031208193541 0 200.50.64.55 1 97 1 0 0 4 4 85 1 0 PCMCIA problems. MY wife has been asking me to get her wireless ethernet hardware for her laptop for some time now. All she uses the ports for at this point is for her compact flash adapter to upload and download MP3's. About a month ago both ports stopped functioning correctly. I have updated the drivers and released them to revert back to the old ones. The entire time the computer is telling me that the devices are working properly. But the fact of the matter is they are not. 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Please someone .... anyone .. if you have a heart please have compassion for me and HHEEEELLLPP MMMEEE i'm having absolutely no luck. even advice would help. thanks 111 1 0 23 20031215073031 20031215021402 0 172.140.96.156 1 105 1 0 0 4 4 93 1 0 power/boot problem Im not sure where the problem lies but heres what im running:AMD Athlon XP2400Asrock K7S8X motherboard300W PSU512Mb DDR Pc2700 RAM1x40Gb hard disc1x120Gb hard disc1XDVD-ROM1XDVD+RW128Mb GeForce FX5200 vid card in AGP 8X modei built my system from scratch using the above components, and immediately noticed a problem:When i pressed the power button, the power and hard disc LEDs came on and the lights on the DVD drives blinked on, and all the fans whirred to life as it were, but the system did not continue to boot, and nothing registered on teh monitor at all.i thought things through a little and decided to switch the whole system off at the mains, back on then pressed the power button, and everything started up perfectly. however on shutdown the system powered off fine but when i tried to power up againi had to press the power button, switch off + on at mains, then press the power button again in order to boot. as you can imagine this becomes extremely irritating!!!!also i have an external CDRW, and this is always plugged in to the USB2 ports, however in order to get the pc to register it i need to unplug the power to the drive and then replug and everything then, again works fine........hope someone out there can help me with this one, because im totally stumped.cheers,Stuart. 114 1 0 190 20031217102814 20031217093756 0 129.215.166.37 1 106 1 0 0 9 25 94 1 0 Version .6 soon There are rumors abound that the latest version of Desert Combat will be released very soon. 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    Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 47 20031217104305 20031217104305 0 207.243.169.33 1 0 1 0 0 9 24 96 1 0 Tweaks and con commands, use at your own risk http://www.alliedassault.com/community/guides/manny/guide2.shtml==============================================Using console commands to your advantage==============================================Version 1.0-added the best console commands with description***IMPORTANT NOTE*** In order for most of these commands to work, you have to right click on the MoH Icon, then chose Proberties, and then add +set ui_console 1 to the command line, or target. It should look something like this (depending on where you installed the game):C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAANetDemo\MOHAANetDemo.exe" +set ui_console 1It is important that the +set ui_console 1 is outside of the "s. *How can I make these settings work without having to type them every time I start a game?*Go to your Main Folder and look for a file called 'autoexec'. Open it with a program such as notepad. Now type whatever command you want to have and add seta infront of it. Example for r_ picmip "x": seta r_picmip "5"REMINDER: Unlike in other games using the Quake III engine, you don't type / infront of every command. TO SEE YOUR FRAME RATE (higher is better), type cg_drawfps 1 in console (doesn't seem to work at this time). THIS GUIDE LISTS ONLY THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T PROPERLY MODIFY BY USING THE OPTIONS MENU!Console Commands: -----------------PERFORMANCE-----------------r_picmip "x"This is one of the best ways to increase performance. Default is 1. Putting it higher decreases the overall detail and texture resolution. r_lodviewmodelcap "0.55"r_lodcap "0.5" r_lodscale "0.55"These commands have to do with lod, "Level of Detail". If you put all of these to 0, you'll notice that many things in the game are missing, which also increases performance. r_subdivisions "x"This makes curves in maps more or less detailed. 1 gives the most detailed, 999 the least [best performance].-----------------------------------------MULTIPLAYER AND SINGLEPLAYER; OTHER-----------------------------------------killMakes you commit suicide. Helpful when you're charackter is stuck in an object or you want to change class right away. say xxxType say and then whatever you want to say in Multiplayer games. difficulty HardMediumEasyThis lets you change the difficulty ingame.devmap xxx , spdevmap xxxWhen you create a custom map, you will have to put it into the map folder and load it by typing devmap [mapname] or spdevmap [mapname]. Devmap is for Multiplayer maps, spdevmap for Singleplayer ones. quitThis will exit the game.kickFor server adminskick a player, example: kick Mannyg_teamdamage "x"For server admins0 = no team damage on multiplayer servers1 = team damage on multiplayer servers===================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDS (In my opinion)=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================This is the complete list of commands (thanks to the guys from revolutionqc.com).Most of these are only minor. Feel free to try around. I will add descriptions of more commands very soon. cmdlistsay status cvarlist eventlist vstr unaltbind toggle touchFile snd fov fdir pendingevents net_restart safeholster script zoomoff safezoom sectorlist midiinfo map meminfo systeminfo ai_calltrace ai_delete exitintermission entcount gamevars levelvars cam classtree classlist dumpallclasses dumpclassevents v classevents dumpevents eventhelp dmmessage secondarydmweaponprimarydmweapon spectator join_team holster gameversionreload weapnext weapprev invnext invprev notready ready kill noclip notarget god give set difficultyHard difficultyMedium difficultyEasy loadlastgame loadgame autosavegame savegame killserver gamemap devmap spdevmap spmap restart dumpuser serverinfo clientkick kick heartbeat in_restart pause writeconfig changeVectors quit exec bind alias seta unbindall cd dir path ctrlbindlistaltbindlist bindlist unctrlbind ctrlbind altbind unbind append scale subtract add cvar_savegame_restart cvar_restart reset setu sets wait echo g_drawattackertime "5" g_viewkick_dmmult "1.0" g_viewkick_roll "0.15" g_viewkick_yaw "0.3" g_viewkick_pitch "0.3" s_debugmusic "0" g_inactiveKick "900" g_inactiveSpectate "60" pmove_msec "0" pmove_fixed "0" g_maxintermission "15"g_forceready "1" g_doWarmup "1" g_warmup "20" g_allowvote "1" g_teamdamage "0" g_rankedserver "0" g_ai_soundscale "1" g_ai_noticescale "1" g_ai_notifyradius "1024" g_showdamage "0" g_animdump "0" g_dropclips "2" g_droppeditemlife "30"g_patherror "1" g_spawnai "1" g_spawnentities "1" g_monitorNum "-1" g_monitor "" g_vehicle "1" g_ai "1" g_scripttrace "0" g_scriptdebug "0" g_nodecheck "0" g_scriptcheck "0" g_showopcodes "0" g_showtokens "0" g_logstats "0" g_debugdamage "0"g_debugtargets "0" g_showautoaim "0" g_statefile "global/mike" g_playermodel "american_army"g_spiffyvelocity_z "0" g_spiffyvelocity_y "0" g_spiffyvelocity_x "0" g_spiffyplayer "0" g_numdebugstrings "256"g_numdebuglinedelays "0" g_numdebuglines "4096" g_showlookat "0" g_entinfo "0" g_showawareness "0"g_showbullettrace "0" g_showplayeranim "0" g_showplayerstate "0" g_showaxis "0" g_timeents "0" g_showmem "0" sv_crouchspeedmult "0.6"sv_dmspeedmult "1.1" sv_walkspeed "150" sv_runspeed "250" sv_cinematic "0" sv_waterspeed "400" sv_waterfriction "1" sv_stopspeed "100" sv_friction "4" sv_showentnums "0"sv_showcameras "0" sv_testloc_offset2_z "0" sv_testloc_offset2_y "0" sv_testloc_offset2_x "0" sv_testloc_radius2 "1" sv_testloc_offset_z "0" sv_testloc_offset_y "0" sv_testloc_offset_x "0" sv_testloc_radius "1" sv_testloc_secondary "0" sv_testloc_num "0" sv_showbboxes "0" sv_drawtrace "0" sv_traceinfo "0" sv_gravity "800" sv_maxvelocity "6000"sv_rollangle "2" sv_rollspeed "200" bosshealth "0" whereami "0" com_blood "1" flood_waitdelay "10"flood_persecond "4" flood_msgs "4" ui_hostname "Nameless Battle" ui_maplist_obj "obj/obj_team1" ui_maplist_round "dm/mohdm6" ui_maplist_team "dm/mohdm6" ui_maplist_ffa "dm/mohdm6" ui_inactivekick "900" ui_inactivespectate "60" ui_connectip "" ui_teamdamage "0" ui_timelimit "0" ui_fraglimit "0" ui_gamespy "1" ui_maxclients "32" ui_gametypestring "" ui_gametype "" ui_dmmap "" ui_voodoo "0" cl_ctrlbindings "0" cl_altbindings "0" ui_crosshair "1" viewsize "100" journal "0" fs_filedir "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAANetDemo\main\\maps\" mapdir "" logfile "0" fs_restrict "" fs_game "" fs_basepath "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAANetDemo" fs_cdpath "" fs_copyfiles "0" fs_debug "0" g_gametype "2" ui_console "1" developer "0" dedicated "1" cheats "0" nomonsters "0" g_allowjointime "30"roundlimit "0" filterban "1" password "" maxentities "1024"sv_precache "1" gamedll "" sv_gamespy "1"sv_location "1" sv_debuggamespy "0" net_port "12203" net_ip "localhost" net_socksPassword "" net_socksUsername "" net_socksPort "1080" net_socksServer "" net_socksEnabled "0" net_noipx "1" net_noudp "0" sv_deeptracedebug "0" sv_drawentities "1" sv_mapChecksum "2104347531" sv_killserver "0" sv_padPackets "0" sv_showloss "0" sv_reconnectlimit "3" sv_master5 "" sv_master4 "" sv_master3 "" sv_master2 "" sv_master1 "mohmaster.2015.com" sv_allowDownload "1" nextmap "" sv_zombietime "2" sv_timeout "120" sv_fps "100" sv_privatePassword "" rconPassword "" sv_paks "" sv_pure "1" sv_serverid "58594255" g_gametypestring "Team-Match" sv_maplist ""sv_floodProtect "1" sv_maxPing "0" sv_minPing "0" sv_maxRate "9000" sv_maxclients "10" sv_privateClients "0" mapname "dm/mohdm6" protocol "6" sv_keywords "" timelimit "0" fraglimit "0" dmflags "0" skill "1" g_maxplayerhealth "750" net_multiLANpackets "2" net_qport "22488" showdrop "0" showpackets "0" in_disablealttab "0" joy_threshold "0.15" in_debugjoystick "0" in_joyBallScale "0.02" in_joystick "0" in_mouse "1" in_mididevice "0" in_midichannel "1" in_midi "0"username "hep" sys_cpuid "48" sys_cpustring "AMD w/ 3DNow!"win_wndproc "4739984" win_hinstance "4194304" arch "win98" arch_minor_version "10"arch_major_version "4" shortversion "1.00" com_buildScript "0" cl_running "0" sv_running "1" timedemo "0" com_speeds "0" viewlog "1" com_dropsim "0"com_showtrace "0" fixedtime "0" timescale "1" autopaused "1" paused "0" deathmatch "1" com_maxfps "85" convertAnim "0" showLoad "1" low_anim_memory "0" dumploadedanims "0" pagememory "0" ui_legalscreen_stay "3"ui_legalscreen_fadeout ".5" ui_legalscreen_fadein ".5" ui_titlescreen_stay "3" ui_titlescreen_fadeout ".5" ui_titlescreen_fadein ".5" ui_skip_legalscreen "0" ui_skip_titlescreen "0" ui_skip_eamovie "0" cl_playintro "1" sv_hostname "No Man's Land" fps "1" g_forcerespawn "1"config "unnamedsoldier.cfg"r_ext_compressed_textures "1" r_drawstaticdecals "0" g_ddayshingleguys "1" g_ddayfog "1" g_ddayfodderguys "0"r_texturebits "16" r_colorbits "32" r_picmip "1" r_mode "6" cg_marks_add "1"s_khz "44" cg_shadows "0" cg_rain "0" ter_maxtris "16384"ter_maxlod "5" ter_error "7" vss_maxcount "20"cg_effectdetail "0.7" r_lodviewmodelcap "0.55"r_lodcap "0.5" r_lodscale "0.55" r_subdivisions "20" r_fastentlight "1" r_fastdlights "1" cg_drawviewmodel "2"ui_medalsign "" ui_signshader "" g_subtitle "0" g_skill "1" detail "1" 115 0 0 131 20031217171612 20031217164200 0 12.218.134.117 115 0 1 20031217171612 115 0 0 9 24 97 1 0 lagometer what is it ? About The Lagometer: "cg_lagometer Set this to 1 to monitor your connection - The first line is related to your graphics card updating displayed frames in time with received gameworld updates from the server. It will be blue if frames are being rendered in time with the world updates. If it has a lot of yellow then gameworld updates are not being displayed and are being dropped. In this case reduce your snaps or tweak your visual settings to raise your average framerate so it is always above your snaps setting. Another option is to increase cl_timenudge by a very small value, note that if you are using a negative value for cl_timenudge the first line of the graph may be mostly yellow. See cl_timenudge section for more information. The second line is similar to the Quake2 netgraph in that green means packets are being received okay, yellow that capping is causing your client to reject packets and red that the packet was lost. In the case of yellow increase your rate or try lowering your snaps. If you have a lot of red then change ISP or server. If you have to play on the server or use the ISP then make sure that your cl_packetdup is set to 1 and try adjusting snaps and cl_maxpackets to compensate for the lost packets." Video Performance Tweaks http://www.mohmatch.com/view.php?id=69#increasingfps 115 0 0 116 20031217164630 20031217164630 0 12.218.134.117 115 0 1 0 0 9 24 98 1 0 how to edit CFG files {caution read carefully} The "unknownsoldier.cfg" file located in Mohaa/main/config folder, is the master config files that you oprerate from when you play MOHAA. Be Very Careful Editing this File, it could Mess Up Your Whole MOHAA setup! Always keep a Backup of the Original File! Config Files It is important that you edit the config file properly, and save the file in the correct format. A very common mistake is people editing the config with a common word processor and then saving the file like any other document. A word processor will insert codes into the file for formatting and presentation, but these hidden codes will cause failures in the conf. file. A config file must be saved with the proper encoding or it will fail to execute. The easiest and safest way is to edit the config file with NotePad, which is supplied with Windows. Use any existing .cfg file, or you can create a new config file from scratch. This short instruction will explain a few basics for editing, saving, and saving under a new file name. If you do not wish to use Notepad, but your own word processor this will work as long as you save the file with the proper encoding (see Saving files below) Open a Config File the first time Using Windows Explorer, locate your .cfg file, either from your download or a .cfg file from within the MOHAA directories and double click on it. If windows returns with unknown file time, you should see an option for manually choosing the program to use for this file type. You should then be prompted with a listing of programs, so locate NotePad and select it. Once selected, Notepad will then become your default editor for .cfg files, so when you double click on a .cfg file in the future it will open up for edit mode. Editing the Config File In this example, I am using my file server_tmm.cfg. The slash marks // will mark text within the line as comments and it will be ignored by the program when the server is launched. A line without the slash marks should be valid commands. If you are starting with the a download of my config file or another server.cfg file, the top of the file will look something like above. All you need to do is edit the few fields that describe your server and desired functions. For example, the server name which is within the quotes on the line starting with sv_hostname. See Saving Below! If you are starting with a different type of config file, even from another game (.cfg), you can completely clear the file and type in the server commands for your server. Of course, you do not need to enter any of the comment lines, but just list all the commands required for the server. This method of using a different .cfg file is useful if you are not comfortable dealing with the encoding and want to make sure the file type doesn't change. See Saving Below! If you are creating a file from scratch, open Notepad and start typing in your commands. You can copy text from another .cfg file and past into your new file if necessary. If you will be entering comments to remind yourself of what this is, make sure to start the line of comments with // Since you are creating a new file, you will want to use the Save As Option in Notepad, so please see the important instruction on saving below. Saving the File SAVE AS If you want to change the File Name in anyway when saving, such as to save to a new file name, you will use the File, Save As function within Notepad. When you select Save As, you can point to the proper file directory, and you can change the file name to what you wish, but make sure you enter the file extension of .cfg at the end. In addition, it is extremely important that you select the proper encoding when saving this file. The default file format is ANSI, but for a config file, you must change the encoding to Unicode. This way, hidden codes will not be saved into the file. If you save the config file in the ANSI format, it will fail during execution. In this example, you can see that I have entered the file name of server01.cfg and I am selecting the Encoding type of Unicode. SAVE If you are editing an existing .cfg file and you want to keep the file name the same, you can just select File Save without any concern. 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I`ve got GV-R98P128D (Radeon 9800 Pro with 128 Mb DDR memory) video card few months ago and have no problems with it until now.Now I have in 3D applications (and only in 3D) some annoying `snow`, randomly placed black or white flashing dots.That `snow` seems to be gradually more visible, than before !This symptoms is usually appears when videocard is overheated or overclocked, but card frequency is 380/340 Mhz - it`s standard !I tried to solve this problem by replacing original heatsink (very bad heatsink, by the way) with more effective one, but I have no success.The cooler is slightly warm, but the `snow` lasts as before...Help me, please, with my problem !Bios of the card is her `native` r9800p128f2...My specs:Asus A7N8X Motherboard,Athlon 2600+ (Barton),512 Mb DDR 400 Memory,Creative SBLive! Sound Card,2 Hard disks, 2 CD/DVD Drives,350 Watt Power Supply.OS is Windows XP Professional SP1,nVidia nForce 3.13 Chipset Drivers,ATI Catalist 3.8P.S. Sorry for bad english...Vladimir. 158 3 0 62 20040120140123 20040118113956 0 195.128.138.203 1 131 1 0 0 2 19 131 1 0 Pavilion 8760C won't start windows I have been working on my daughters PC as she had a constant problem of hanging while working on PC and also hard to get started once shut down . I installed additional memory last night and then tried to restart PC got to HP screen and setup and thru the test of memory and all is well but when we tried to contine the PC would not start windows 98 .. just hung at windows screen . As a rookie on PC's and an old one at that I am not to familiar with fixing them . I tried to run the recovery cd but would start and then give message stating driver id and then hangs . Any ideas to help me get her PC back on line . 161 3 0 64 20040120062832 20040119081005 0 32.97.110.70 161 129 1 0 0 4 4 132 1 0 problem with compaq armada 1700 Hello,I have a 2nd hand compaq armada that has a problem with the screen: infact often happens that the screen disappears and the video is completely white.Then If I move up and down the screen the desktop of windows appear back again.I think that the problem is not related to the video card but to some bad contacts of the screen...could someone give suggestions to how to fix it?thanksDrR[V] 163 1 0 49 20040120212352 20040120152510 0 212.171.124.228 1 132 1 0 0 4 32 133 1 0 "Error on Page" while trying to download Flash Question: When I try to download Macromedia Flash Player I get an "Error on Page" at the bottom of the screen and the download will not start. Also, if I visit a page with Flash objects I only see a blank box with a red X in the corner.Answer: The Flash plugin is being blocked by other software on or previously on your computer.Solution:1) Click the START button and then select RUN from the START MENU.2) In the RUN box type: regedit3) Double click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to expand4) Double click SOFTWARE to expand5) Double click Microsoft to expand6) Double click Internet Explorer to expand7) Double click ActiveXCompatibility to expand8) Double click {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} to expand9) In the right window look for Compatibility Flags: 0x00000400 10) Right click on and delete Compatibility Flags: 0x00000400 11) Close regedit and restart your computer.12) If you have Flash installed, it will now work. If you do not have Flash installed, you may now visit [url]http://www.macromedia.com[/url] to install it.[;)]Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 52 20040121134436 20040121134436 0 207.243.169.54 1 0 1 0 0 4 32 134 1 0 Reinstall Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP If you need to reinstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP follow these steps.1) Be sure you are an Administrator. (Start-> Control Panel-> Users) If not, log back into Windows as an Administrator.2) Click the START button and select RUN.3) In the OPEN box type: regedit4) In the left window pane double click and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.5) Double click and expand SOFTWARE.5) Double click and expand Microsoft.6) Double click and expand Active Setup.7) Double click and expand Installed Components.8) Double click and expand {89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}.9) In the right Window pane find the subkey IsInstalled and right click on it. Select Modify.10) Change the value from 1 to 0 and then click OK.11) Quit regedit and reinstall Internet Explorer.[;)]Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 47 20040121141751 20040121141751 0 207.243.169.54 1 0 1 0 0 4 32 135 1 0 Reinstall Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP If you need to reinstall Microsoft Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP follow these steps.1) Be sure you are an Administrator. (Start-> Control Panel-> Users) If not, log back into Windows as an Administrator.2) Click the START button and select RUN.3) In the OPEN box type: regedit4) In the left window pane double click and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.4) Double click and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.5) Double click and expand SOFTWARE.5) Double click and expand Microsoft.6) Double click and expand Active Setup.7) Double click and expand Installed Components.8) Double click and expand {44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}.9) In the right Window pane find the subkey IsInstalled and right click on it. Select Modify.10) Change the value from 1 to 0 and then click OK.11) Quit regedit and reinstall Outlook Express 6.[;)]Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 63 20040121142039 20040121142039 0 207.243.169.54 1 0 1 0 0 2 19 136 1 0 Gateway 1200 Harddrive crashes when hot Hi, I recently inherited a gateway solo 1200 notebook after a friend was "fed up" with it and purchased a new apple Ibook. The problem with this pc, is the hard drive crashes when the PC is on for about 30 min, if you try to immediately reboot the computer you get that dreaded blue screen asking what drive you would like to boot from, the strange thing about the computer, if you turn it off for an hour, you can reboot the computer and the harddrive will work again for another 30 min or until the computer warms up, and then it crashes again. is it possible for a hard drive to work intermittently? Another problem with the computer is the cd rom spins at random, even if there is nothing in the drive. the computer is only a few years old and I would like to save it from the trash can. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Mike 165 3 0 98 20040123172419 20040121230455 0 64.171.255.192 1 135 1 0 0 2 19 137 1 0 Ideas needed to destroy a Mac 5400/200- seriously! Hi, RE: power Mac 5400/200Please don't think I'm joking; I couldn't be MORE serious. I will not be allowed to buy a new computer until this one dies and isn't fixable. I can't load a virus or worm, that isn't do-able. No, I can't take a hammer to it. And, no, common sense discussion isn't working. It 'runs' or should I say limps along like a one legged turtle. I could scream, but that doesn't get me any where either. What can I do to destroy this computer from within so hubby can't fix it? This is an OLD mac; it has the monitor, speakers and computer all in ONE unit. It looks like a large pc monitor. All the cords are detachable. There are no exterior metal parts, except the male/female recepticals for the cords. I do own a de-magnetizer. But wouldn't that just wipe out data? I can't pour pop down it, for I'd be found out. We don't have carpet to create static electricity. But even if I could create it, what would I touch to 'fry' the thing? Serious ideas needed!Thanks for any help. Mrs. M.[:(] 167 0 0 23 20040122175903 20040122175903 0 24.223.225.14 167 0 1 0 0 2 19 138 1 0 password bypass have toshiba 2415 and i cant get past the power on password help?i dont want to go to service and pay 120.00I cant find a service manual to flash the bios or shut down the battery 169 1 0 26 20040124215929 20040124114342 0 68.98.36.115 1 137 1 0 0 4 3 139 1 0 restore Dell 4550 windows xp I would like to do a complete total restore on this computer.I have the discs that came with it when new over a year ago. the computer is so full of unwanted stuff that I want to empty it out and start over.It is very sluggish. How do I get rid of every thing and start over? 170 1 0 22 20040124215440 20040124151316 0 69.144.224.200 1 136 1 0 0 4 3 140 1 0 pop-up I have a pop-up that will not go away..it is 4rd party advertisement. It is an ad for hangoutspot.com and I have tried everything in my limited knowledge to get rid of it but cannot...I have gone to the web address and tried to contact them but that doesn't work either.Can you help....If all else fails I am going to reformat....hate to do that though....... 172 8 0 202 20040213144211 20040125084901 0 206.29.102.27 213 172 1 0 0 2 19 141 1 0 No Computer Power HI, I have a Pentium III, 450MHz NEC computer that just died. It has no power at all. I took out the power supply and tested it in another computer and it worked fine. I also took the power switch out and tested that in another computer and that also tested fine. My question is now where do I look? I was thinking the motherboard is probably gone. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. 173 1 0 34 20040125115030 20040125102420 0 24.62.79.188 1 138 1 0 0 4 3 142 1 0 Driver for Cirrus Logic 33.6 Modem Hey everyone,Can anyone help me find a driver for a Cirrus Logic 33.6 Modem ( CL-MD4450C). I am running Win ME. please e-mail me at blkrohan@hotmail.comThanksblkrohan 174 1 0 48 20040215180437 20040125172129 0 129.37.153.13 219 176 1 0 0 2 19 144 1 0 Need some wire help i just bought a new dvdrom/dvdburner/cdrom/cdburner. it didnt come with no wires or software. what wires do i need to hook it up and where can i get them? 176 1 0 13 20040128174537 20040128093500 0 205.188.209.139 1 148 1 0 0 2 19 145 1 0 Driver needed I'm working on a computer and the sound does not work, working with windows 98 by the way, well in sytem properties yellow check marks by pci card, pci serial controller, and pci multimedia sound device has no driver installed for these devices and I can't locate one I'll give all the info that I have - AMD k-6 (model8) Socket 7 Internal Clock 400mhz Windwos 98SE pci card hardware version - 177, pci multimedia audio device cersion - 177, pci serial hardware version - 001. Someone Please give me a hand Thanks Kenn 178 1 0 32 20040128174733 20040128153942 1 205.185.134.176 1 149 1 0 0 2 19 146 1 0 Cd rom drive is gone When I turned on my computer this morning the d drive was missing. I looked in my computer and I have C: and A: and my network drives but the icon for the cd rom is missing. I have tried to open the bay and it will not open. Help. I cannot install any program with CD or use CD's for anything. 179 1 0 38 20040129220813 20040129093635 1 207.160.249.136 1 151 1 0 0 2 19 147 1 0 motherboard unknown i have a motherboard with onboard sound but cant identify it.i found the sound chip,its a crystal cs 4280-cm.all i need is the driver for the sound can you help? 184 1 0 53 20040201093306 20040131210340 1 24.196.16.235 1 152 1 0 0 5 8 148 1 0 Some of my software is no longer working. I have a scrapbook pention and I am a member of PCHugClub and some of the parts of my programs have suddenly stopped working. I am running Windows XP. All of my programs worked until about three days ago. Part of the program has to be downloaded off the internet and that is the part that suddenly stopped working. Today I downloaded something else and it won't run either. I have not had this problem until a couple of days ago. Do you think I need to run Windows again? 190 1 0 74 20040202181405 20040202145114 1 209.192.13.33 188 157 1 0 0 4 3 149 1 0 US Robotics 33600 Modem-Drivers Trouble I have a Pentium computer, old and slow. I have a US Robotics sportster 33600 modem. On the device list, it reads 33600 Fax, if that matters. I downloaded from this site a set of drivers. They came in a zip file:Sportwinx2.zipI have extracted the file. There is no .exe file of the five in the zip, so what do I do now? How do I know where to put the files? I'm completely lost here.Also, here is the problem that occurred and why I looked for the drivers.I use aol and I am constantly getting knocked off and get a message saying that aol cannot initialize my modem. I got rid of all my startup junk files and cleaned off my system tray, so I have plenty of memory. AFter four calls to aol, the latest techie from India that I can hardly understand commanded me to call U.S. Robotics for updated drivers. I got the 801 number and gave up after 20 tries and busy signals. I notice that the files in the zip drive are dated September 1998. Are those the latest drivers for my modem product? If not, where can I find newer, updated drivers?And most important, is this going to solve the problem for which I need them?Feel free to email me if you would like. Raoulskagitriverjourn@aol.comThank you very much for your help. 196 1 0 15 20040207161657 20040205191559 1 205.188.209.139 1 163 1 0 0 4 4 150 1 0 Gigabyte Motherboard w/ on board sound I recently put the GA-7ZXR motherboard in my mid tower caseHas intergrated sound on board ct5880 (Sound Blaster PCI 128)my cpu is AMD Athlon 1000 MHZ & have 512 Meg memory installedruning Windows 2000 NT. the problem I have is the machine locksup & have to reboot , I have determined that it's the on boardsound causing the problem .. I think I need updated drivers forthe sound.. I have looked on the net & have tried different driversbut no luck.. right now I have the on board sound disabled & have installed a cound blaster 64 which I had .. all is working well & nolockups .. (what first lead me to think it was the sonnd was the pcwould run fine until I started playing mp3's or other multimedia )that's when the pc would lock up .. any info comments are welcomemy email address is mjland53@bellsouth.net thanks in advance 197 0 0 29 20040206060439 20040206060439 1 67.35.232.156 197 0 1 0 0 6 13 151 1 0 Incredifind I think I am getting close to getting rid of it.My last scan. How do I correct this"Scanning Hosts file(C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc\hosts)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯Warning!Bad hosts file entry:12.129.205.209:search.netscape.com12.129.205.209 Redirected hostfile entry Object recognized! Type : Hosts file Data : 12.129.205.209 Category : Misc Comment : Incredifind Hijack Bad Hostfile entry : 12.129.205.209:search.netscape.com12.129.205.209Hosts file scan result:¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯2 entries scanned.New objects :1Objects found so far: 2Microsoft(R) Windows DOS(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.C:\DOCUME~1\FRANK>tracert12.129.205.209'TRACERT12.129.205.209' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.C:\DOCUME~1\FRANK>tracert 12.209.205.209Tracing route to 12.209.205.209 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 Destination host unreachable.Trace complete.C:\DOCUME~1\FRANK>tracert 12.129.205.209Tracing route to 12.129.205.209 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 155 ms 140 ms 140 ms dal-tx-atnt06.grandecom.net [66.90.132.6] 2 156 ms 155 ms 155 ms f0-1-2.dal-tx-gw2.grandecom.net [66.90.132.126] 3 156 ms 155 ms 155 ms 206.66.10.201 4 156 ms 155 ms 140 ms fddi1-1-0-core2.dal.airmail.net [206.66.12.130] 5 140 ms 155 ms 140 ms sl-gw34-fw-0-11.sprintlink.net [160.81.76.33] 6 140 ms 140 ms 155 ms sl-bb20-fw-4-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.11.9] 7 140 ms 155 ms 155 ms sl-bb21-fw-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.11.218] 8 140 ms 140 ms 140 ms sprint-gw.dlstx.ip.att.net [192.205.32.69] 9 156 ms 140 ms 140 ms tbr1-p012101.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.123.17.82] 10 187 ms 171 ms 171 ms tbr1-cl2.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.122.10.50] 11 171 ms 171 ms 171 ms gbr5-p100.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.122.11.138] 12 171 ms 171 ms 171 ms gar3-p360.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.123.28.194] 13 171 ms 171 ms 171 ms mdf1-gsr12-1-pos-7-0.lax1.attens.net [12.122.255.250] 14 171 ms 171 ms 171 ms mdf1-bi8k-1-eth-1-1.lax1.attens.net [12.129.192.238] 15 * * * Request timed out. 16 * * * Request timed out. 198 1 0 101 20040206210134 20040206173849 1 207.136.9.158 188 159 1 0 0 2 19 152 1 0 firewall My son is overseas and when i send him pictures in IM, he can't open them because of a firewall problem. What can he do to receive the pictures? 200 1 0 39 20040207155446 20040207071236 1 68.158.150.112 1 161 1 0 0 2 19 153 1 0 "notebook.exe missing" This morning I tried to open a document in "my documents" and I got t box that popped up saying that "notebook.exe cannot be found" and it also asks me what program I want to use to open the document, this is a text document.What is the problem... I've never run across this before?I have no problems getting into "my documents" but, nothing will open because of the error I get!Thx for any help I can get,backlasher55 201 4 0 129 20040210034402 20040207102755 1 12.35.123.163 208 166 1 0 0 4 3 154 1 0 No picture [PLEASE HELP] I'm writing about my brothers computer.He has an HP1.1 ghzIntel Celen system.Recently had problems with blaster worm on net. Had friend of a friend who was suppost to be computer wiz try to get the worm off. He took the computer to his house. When my brother got it back it only turns on but the monitor has no picture,know its not the monitor because we connected it to a monitor we know works.the monitor's light when turned on is green for a second then turns orange. son thought it might be video card but it doesn't use one. Before repaired no net but still had picture and was able to play games now no windows or nothing. Also computer whiz that tryed to fix it said it is locked .Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Any help greatly apprecated. 205 1 0 44 20040209184438 20040209133851 1 65.137.83.182 1 165 1 0 0 2 19 155 1 0 S3 trio 3d driver I have tried to download a driver for this display but have had no luck at all,with them.I have tried almost every driver that S3's site has to offer andstill no luck.my windows 98 cd does'nt have the correct driver in it's file either.the dislay card does'nt have a FCC# on it either.or a model#.can e pleassomeone help me,PLEASE...................P.S. I am including the only #s on the card thatcan be found....S3trio 3D #4m 99212#ATG3601A#4609054#5123 207 0 0 3 20040209225156 20040209225156 1 208.188.20.244 207 0 1 0 0 2 19 156 1 0 S3 trio 3d driver I have tried to download a driver for this display but have had no luck at all,with them.I have tried almost every driver that S3's site has to offer andstill no luck.my windows 98 cd does'nt have the correct driver in it's file either.the dislay card does'nt have a FCC# on it either.or a model#.can e pleassomeone help me,PLEASE...................P.S. I am including the only #s on the card thatcan be found....S3trio 3D #4m 99212#ATG3601A#4609054#5123 207 0 0 6 20040209225813 20040209225813 1 208.188.20.244 207 0 1 0 0 2 19 157 1 0 S3 trio 3d driver I have tried to download a driver for this display but have had no luck at all,with them.I have tried almost every driver that S3's site has to offer andstill no luck.my windows 98 cd does'nt have the correct driver in it's file either.the dislay card does'nt have a FCC# on it either.or a model#.can e pleassomeone help me,PLEASE...................P.S. I am including the only #s on the card thatcan be found....S3trio 3D #4m 99212#ATG3601A#4609054#5123 207 0 0 53 20040209230154 20040209230154 1 208.188.20.244 207 0 1 0 0 2 19 158 1 0 S3 trio 3d driver I have tried to download a driver for this display but have had no luck at all,with them.I have tried almost every driver that S3's site has to offer andstill no luck.my windows 98 cd does'nt have the correct driver in it's file either.the dislay card does'nt have a FCC# on it either.or a model#.can e pleassomeone help me,PLEASE...................P.S. I am including the only #s on the card thatcan be found....S3trio 3D #4m #ATG3601A#4609054#99212#5123 207 2 0 15 20040210073438 20040209230845 1 208.188.20.244 1 168 1 0 0 2 19 159 1 0 Web Cam How do I see you on the Web Cam???? 211 1 0 21 20040212143959 20040212095036 1 204.184.214.69 1 170 1 0 0 4 3 160 1 0 Runtime Error help When I click on some websites, I receive a runtime error. Specifically I am trying to download from LimeWire and receive this message.A Runtime Error has occurred.Do you wish to Debug?Line: 84Error: ‘item_adgooglegroup24’ is undefined I typed 'item_adgooglegroup24' in a google search and came up blank.Can anyone help me identify this problem and how to fix it? 215 2 0 22 20040214102341 20040213175254 1 65.30.253.120 188 174 1 0 0 2 19 161 1 0 Win2000 Drivers for Sony VAIO Notebook I have a Sony Vaio Notebook, Model PC 9401. Came from the factory with WinME. Would like to upgrade to Win2000. Can anyone tell me where I can find Win2000 hardware drivers. 217 1 0 15 20040215082650 20040214130440 1 24.88.233.220 1 175 1 0 0 2 19 162 1 0 installing ati tv wonder pro with windows 98 I am having a problem installing a vidio capture device and have a configuration problem with windows 98SE. If I delete the driver file for the device my computer works fine. If I restore the drivers I get a fatal exception OE and the computer locks up.Is there any way I can find out what the driver is conflicting with , with out doing a complete reinstall of windows? If I reinstall windows and then load all my programs back in could it recreate the problem?Thank YouDana 221 3 0 20 20040216235711 20040216112251 1 24.198.175.144 1 180 1 0 0 2 19 163 1 0 Shutdown in Word We have Microsoft ME and just recently when we are in Word trying to retreive a document, the computer shuts down when we click on the particular document. Any ideas what is causing this? Is it something we have done or undone? Thanks. 222 1 0 17 20040216181912 20040216164246 1 165.200.127.254 1 178 1 0 0 2 19 164 1 0 win 98 shut down problem have a dell xpsr350 that doesnt shut down automatcally, it sometimes will give a fatal exception error, a few months ago it sounded like it was sending morse code, but never did it again, also the cd light will blink steady even though nothing is in it. any thoughts, thanks....zman 225 1 0 19 20040218075543 20040218023538 1 64.136.26.228 1 181 1 0 0 2 19 165 1 0 problem solved i thought still doesn`t shut down every time, screen goes black ,cursor arrow present. ,as well, on startup sometimes my keyboard doen`t come on, connection ok, but have to restart 2x to get it to work,is there some kind of program can i run to go through it and find corrupt ,and missing files and restore the oporating system?, i did not get the 98 disc with the computer. thanks.....zman 225 1 0 43 20040220074532 20040218194656 1 64.136.26.228 1 183 1 20040219122100 225 0 0 2 19 166 1 0 cannot connect I am unable to connect to the internet on one of my computers. I have had it into two seperate shops and they say that there is nothing wrong with the computer, modem or connection. They were both able to connect right away. I am able to connect on my other computer using the same phone line. Any sugestions? 228 3 0 36 20040222153412 20040219194154 1 205.188.200.155 228 187 1 0 0 4 4 167 1 0 Hard Drive Shuts Down I have a seagate barracuda hdd 30.6 gig with win xp. I have been using this drive for a few months when all of a sudden it shuts itself off. I would be viewing a web page or reading mail or just working the word processer and boom off it would go. this happened a few times until it would boot itself to a screen that gave the option to start normally, safe mode, last good config etc... No matter which of these options you select the unit would boot to the win logo screen and then restart itself only to do the same thing over and over. I have tried to use several task to either repair or zerofill with no luck. All that happens when I attempt to do any of these task is the dive shuts self down. I have tried to use seagates disk wizard, win xp cd to run repair console etc... as soon as I do the drive shuts down. I thought maybe this was an overheating issue so I installed another HDD. The unit is running fine with the other drive in fact i'm working off of it now. Please help. 229 1 0 31 20040220131131 20040220115552 1 207.224.71.60 1 184 1 0 0 2 19 168 1 0 please help me. Can anyone please tell me if its safe to cleanup both of the temporary internet files when im using the windows disk cleanup utility. Will I lose anything that makes my computer run like normal. I cleanup the one that has the yellow folder but the one with the windows icon i never touch. What will that one erase[:(] Im frightened to delete something that I need. 230 0 0 37 20040220221641 20040220221641 1 24.66.94.140 230 0 1 0 0 4 5 169 1 0 how to download "favorites" and others thanks to mister geek i solved the problem with my shutdown, it was my norton auto protect that caused it , disenabled it ,problem seems solved, now when i run disc cleanup i get an cleanmgr caused an invalid page fault module kernel 32.dll[:0]was considering wiping the hard drive clean and starting over, question is my favorites can they be saved , also things like spybot can they all be downloaded to floppy then reinstalled on my new system . sorry if it`s a stupid question , i am truly computer illiterate. thanks.....zman 225 1 0 39 20040222145516 20040221202448 1 64.136.26.228 1 185 1 0 0 2 19 170 1 0 A question on my printer ac adapter I have a a printer that is a canon BJC-240, it is calling for a AC adapter AD-300 120v US only (D.C.13.5v). Do i need to BUY the one listed specifically (a cannon brand) for this model or can I buy ANY ad-300 13.5v adapter? (ps..i got this from a freind, so I didnt buy it new, she gave it to me without the adapter)Thanks [:D] 235 1 0 9 20040225000217 20040224150758 1 207.69.139.136 1 190 1 0 0 4 3 171 1 0 creative webcam ct6840, cant take stills hi, i cant take still pics with my creative webcam ct6840 even though it it supposed to do this..... it doesnt have the "application" in the box that is supposed to be there for me to take and request my stills.... do i need to download something else? if so, what? any help would be greatly appreciated.... thanx 236 3 0 24 20040225070933 20040224164727 1 152.163.252.129 1 192 1 0 0 2 19 172 1 0 h/p 630 printer acting up hello. i hadn`t used my printer in about a month or more, when i printed all i got was black ,and a blue/turquoise color. went to the printer tools checked the ink level was 1/2 full did all available cleaning modes. as a last resort i took both cartriges out, and wiped them with a paper towel, reinstalled but now i only get black. any tips or are they ruined. thanks. jeff 225 1 0 13 20040306082856 20040305125333 1 64.136.26.228 1 195 1 0 0 2 19 173 1 0 Graphic card driver help please I have a HP Pavilion 533 w and for the life of me i cannot find the drivers for its graphics card ANYWHERE... even on HP's home page... if anyone can help me... please... do so... i'd be very greatful thank you for your time.HP Pavilion 533 w - windows XP ( home ), CGA graphics card. 243 2 0 19 20040306083216 20040305164741 1 68.108.81.127 1 196 1 0 0 2 19 174 1 0 USB Port is rebooting computer I have a 700Mhz Gateway running Win98SE. It is 3 years old. It has 2 USB ports in the back. A few weeks ago I bought a Conon digital camera. Then I bought a Kodak 6 in 1 card reader for the USB port. For several weeks when I plugged the Kodak 6 in 1 reader in I could transfer picture files to my hard drive. Starting about 3-4 days ago when I plugged the card reader in, then in about a minute or two, the computer freezes, the screen goes black and the computer reboots. When it reboots it runs Microsoft Scandisk just as it should for a power-off shutdown. This morning I bought another Kodak 6 in 1 thinking something was shorted in the old one. Same thing, after a short time the computer reboots. The camera came with a USB cord also. Now when I plug the camera into the USB port (either port) the computer reboots just like explained above. Is it possible that a section of my power supply is going out? This problem is only occuring when something is plugged in to the USB port. Thanks in advance, Jerry 244 1 0 14 20040306083626 20040306073849 1 24.158.141.98 1 197 1 0 0 4 4 175 1 0 winow xp sc-148s cdrom driver I am looking for a Samsung cdrom driver model sc-148s. I have upgraded my windows no luck with a new driver.i have searched under every site that i can think of (you are my only hope Ben kenobie). please try to help me find this phanton driver thank you.Ps OS winxp emachine t1090 246 1 0 22 20040311165608 20040308214043 1 64.136.26.235 1 202 1 0 0 4 5 176 1 0 SC-148s samsung cdrom driver winxp looking for a "Samsung cdrom driver", for emachine t1090.i have looked everywhere and i cannot find it. please help.problem: my cdrom spins and the lights on but nobody's home. searched everywhere I even have the 3 cd's that emachine sends to you , but they wont even bootup and they are bootable cd's. So i am at a lost folks please help. ed 246 1 0 35 20040311170005 20040308214845 1 64.136.26.235 1 203 1 0 0 2 19 177 1 0 RE. Notebook Lid! Hey!My daughter has a Toshiba Notebook and the lid has been getting progressively looser. Is this the kind of repair I can make (moderately mechanical)? If so where can I get an idea of how to get inside the hinge and poke around?Thanks!Paul F. Evans 247 1 0 17 20040311165405 20040309093712 1 65.214.41.72 1 201 1 0 0 4 3 178 1 0 Can't find any D3D device I purchased the game Pac Man adventures in time. Downloaded the game, but it won't work. Error message "Can't find any D3D Device appears. Is there an update driver, patch or something that will make this work? [8D] 257 1 0 24 20040314084210 20040313103841 1 64.147.34.125 1 207 1 0 0 2 19 179 1 0 Campaq Pressario 5000 Hello, I am having major problems with my compaq, i am on a new computer now, but need to get the other one running. When plugged in it doesn't turn on. I press the switch and nothing. I am not sure if it is a short in the switch or the power supply. Any info would help thanks 261 0 0 18 20040315194358 20040315194358 1 68.113.208.122 261 0 1 0 0 2 19 180 1 0 Campaq Pressario 5000 Hello, I am having major problems with my compaq, i am on a new computer now, but need to get the other one running. When plugged in it doesn't turn on. I press the switch and nothing. I am not sure if it is a short in the switch or the power supply. Any info would help thanksDerek ProwsE-mail:dlp007@hotmail.com 261 1 0 23 20040315232306 20040315195057 1 68.113.208.122 1 208 1 0 0 4 4 181 1 0 problems with ecs 648fx-a.. I purchased a computer with this motherboard(ecs 648fx-a) in late 2003, and from the time i got it the board has been very unstable. when i got the system it would read anything with a large fielsize as being courupt, reinstalls havn't helped and neither have bios updates, software fixes, etc... i have tried changing out nearly everythin but the ram and processor, but the same problem is still threre, i have read on forums where people have had similar or worse problems with this board, any help you can give would be appreciated. Windows 2000 was also installed w/ the same probs, linux many distros/versions of linux were tried but none could even load the installs to memory.methinks maybe its just time to suck it up and buy an abit board...specs:intel p4 with HT at 3.06ghz, 800mhz fsb512mb ddr 400 ramnot being overclocked400watt power supply7500rpm maxtor 80gb hdd52x32x52 cdrw drive16x dvd driveecs 648fx-a motherboardnvidia geforcefx 5200 512mb ddr ram 263 3 0 37 20040318133921 20040317203403 1 65.235.20.223 263 211 1 0 0 4 4 182 1 0 notebook monitor replace I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. The LCD monitor appears to have stopped working. How do I replace the monitor? 265 1 0 40 20040319075518 20040319015443 1 141.149.6.111 1 212 1 0 0 2 19 183 1 0 Removing a Processor Ive never had to take out my processor before so im clueless as to what i need to do... my processor has these bars around it that seem almost impossible to get off of it.... how do i take these bars off ? anyone got any ideas ? my computer is an HP Pavailion 533w and the processor is an Intel(R) Celaron(R) Processor thank you for your time. 243 1 0 20 20040321182009 20040320103113 1 68.108.81.127 1 214 1 0 0 4 3 184 1 0 data recovery Somehow windowsxp on a friend of mines laptop got fried. I have tried to repair the installation but I think I need to reinstall. The problem is she doesn't want to lose her family pictures and stuff. I know the data is still there because I can list it all out with the "DIR" command. It lists all her files and sizes just like they are there waiting to be used. Basically what I am asking is, can I save them somehow? Can I connect her laptop hard drive to my computer as a slave and copy her files to my hard drive and save them that way? or is there some other way I can do it? Any help on this would be great. I am not the smartest with computers but I know my way around a little. Thanks. 267 1 0 29 20040325192122 20040325173338 1 68.10.125.74 188 217 1 0 0 4 3 185 1 0 email attachments my niece switched ip's and now cannot open attachments to emails? Her oS is XP and she uses outlook express 6 172 1 0 21 20040328173139 20040328113239 1 206.29.102.83 1 219 1 0 0 4 6 186 1 0 AirLink Wireless USB Adaptor I bought the above 802.11b Adaptor the other day to connect my newIBM Thinkpad Type 2366 with WinXP Pro to my home network. The Adaptor is connected to the USB port of a HP Pavilion with WinMEinstalled. I think I have followed the instructions correctly butI cannot get a good connection with the laptop no matter what I try.Am about to give up and return the AirLink. Any suggestions as tohow I can get the two machines to "see" each other through the AirLink would be greatly appreciated.Frank Arnold 269 1 0 50 20040330071646 20040329133749 1 67.119.3.69 1 220 1 0 0 7 14 187 1 0 microsoft internet explorer popups Can any one please tell me how to stop these microsoft internet explorer popups. I am about ready to re formatt my hard drive and start all over. As soon as I log on to my computer these full page MIE popups start (five to ten at a time. AOL can't seem to help me and dell has not been any help either. Thanks Bob.using windows xp.[:(] 270 1 0 64 20040330072115 20040330071419 1 205.188.116.71 1 221 1 0 0 2 19 188 1 0 Connecting a Video Camera to my PC Hi All,I have an important football match on my analog video camera ( Canon UC 8000 ), what i want to do is transfer this to my pc and then burn it onto a CD.How do i do this, i have burner, so thats a start ! [:p] 271 1 0 12 20040330195143 20040330084638 1 82.44.218.147 1 222 1 0 0 4 4 189 1 0 video drive i need a video drive for a toshiba te2000 that runs with win2000. anyone know a video drive i can download.j 272 1 0 45 20040331075225 20040331003322 1 210.9.173.9 1 223 1 0 0 4 3 190 1 0 CD ROM trouble in DOS mode I recently had to replace my cd rom drive (Compaq Presario 5242- yeah i know it's an old piece of junk!). The drive works fine when running in Windows 98, but when I try to access the drive in DOS mode, I get an invalid drive specification error message. What is causing this and how can i fix it? 274 1 0 21 20040403122300 20040402223342 1 207.69.139.155 1 224 1 0 0 4 3 191 1 0 resolution hi i have a emachines tower 633is and a hp pavilion mx 50 monitorand my color changed from a 256 true color to nothing but 16 colorsand it wont let me change my resolution back to a 800X600please help me out ihave no clue what to do thanks. 275 4 0 34 20040404182604 20040403033303 1 64.12.117.17 1 229 1 0 0 2 19 192 1 0 disapearing cdrom I have a upgradable Vega 3085 amd-k6 processor 64.mb ram.Out of the blue we can no longer access the cd rom drive. I suspected a virus because my son shares music. I ran the virus protector and found nothing. I uninstalled and tried to reinstall the cdrom. Downloaded a gerneric driver oakcdrom.sys. Change the configsys and autoexecbat. The cdrom still doesn't work. Do you think it is time to replace it. We purchased the computer in 2001 and the company no longer exist that we purchased it from, nor does Vega in Philadelphia anyway. Please tell me where to go from here. 276 1 0 25 20040403123721 20040403101948 1 4.238.238.83 1 226 1 0 0 4 4 193 1 0 anyone help please i need helpmy pc has just gone mental and now i am left with only 16 standard display colours i have no idea what graphics card i am using how do i find that an fix the colours to true colouri am running win 98seplease anyone help pomme 277 1 0 56 20040404183041 20040403171943 1 81.79.127.74 1 230 1 0 0 2 19 194 1 0 i need help , lost my colours please i need helpmy pc has just gone mental and now i am left with only 16 standard display colours i have no idea what graphics card i am using how do i find that an fix the colours to true colouri am running win 98seplease anyone help pomme 277 1 0 11 20040404183242 20040403172141 1 81.79.127.74 1 231 1 0 0 2 19 195 1 0 Graphic driver I have a compaq presario 5000. My husband re installed the compaq cd that brings the computer back to its original settings from when we bought it.Everything seems to be ok with the exception of the graphic resolution. we can't adjuste it. I was told that I need to download the Graphic server but I can't find it. I have windows ME in that computer ..Can somebody help us???!! 278 1 0 15 20040405214311 20040405120017 1 66.93.52.38 1 232 1 0 0 4 4 196 1 0 Bad HP Pavilion 7960 Ethernet Board I have an HP Pavilion 7960. Following a near lighting strike, the Ethernet function stopped working. It appears that the Ethernet, USB ports, and serial ports are all on the same board. How expensive (and difficult) will this be to replace? (By the way, a new DSL modem didn't solve the Ethernet problem, so I'm assuming that the Ethernet board in the computer is the problem.) Thanks. 280 1 0 15 20040406180640 20040406154614 1 63.238.8.55 1 233 1 0 0 8 22 197 1 0 Upgrade BIOS I install a new harddisk(10GB) to my old PC which is P133 ,BIOS ID is i43FX-8663-2A59CAT9c-00, and BIOS date is 07/05/1996, but the old pc can know it as 8.4GB. 1. how i update the BIOS. and where can get it. and which bios version can use.thanks. 281 1 0 37 20040408065908 20040408055212 1 61.131.197.134 1 234 1 0 0 2 19 198 1 0 TRIDENT TVGA BIOS C2.11 Please help me out here, I have this old computer that I bought in a garage sale and never was gien a password!!!I looked all through-out the internet for manufacerers passwords but got nothing. I would atleast like a way to manually restart the entire system please.'The Geek' 282 1 0 13 20040408233529 20040408220315 1 24.86.37.83 1 235 1 0 0 2 19 199 1 0 Microsoft Windows Security Update messed up my ME! Hi, I really hope that someone out there can help me. I attempted to install the Microsoft Windows Security Update CD into my HP Windows ME computer (have not had any problems with ME prior to ths). The CD seemed to install okay, and then the system did automatic reboot to complete the install process...well, it got to 62% and froze. After an hour, I had to C-A-D to shut down the computer. Upon re-booting (and every time since), Windows starts to load and then a box that reads "Updating hardware database-Please wait while Windows updates the hardware base" comes up and the system freezes. When I C-A-D, the only programs running are "Updating hardware database (not respondng) and "Cmdninst". Once I quit them, the system just sits there. Any ideas? I do have a boot disc and am also able to get into safe-mode.Thanks a lot. 285 3 0 22 20040411223231 20040410151919 1 67.168.117.80 1 240 1 0 0 4 3 200 1 0 Keeps disconnecting and VERY slow to start my pc Hi, please help me.Each time, i start my pc, its really are VERY slow, it takes like about 10 mins from the beginning till to connect to net. And, next is, it keeps disconnecting several times. Please help me as this is really annoying me MUCH! Especially when i'm doing some work on net. Each time i re-connect, like i say, it really takes about 10 mins just to reconnect back..it is so tedious! Help me pls. 286 1 0 21 20040411192039 20040410193721 1 219.93.174.102 1 236 1 0 0 4 4 201 1 0 cd rom drive inop both my dvd an cdrom drives are no longer recognised both have error code 39. ive tried using windows help with no luck i cannot reinstall the drivers as the device drivers are not working. ive tried downloading them with no luck as i cant install what i have managed to download someone please help 287 1 0 50 20040411192337 20040411162329 1 80.235.138.237 1 237 1 0 0 4 5 202 1 0 System crashed My computer which is a HP has done something and I cant figure it out.When I now turn on the computer, all it does is load the HP logo and then it goes into the Windows XP loading screen and stops, sometimes it will say I can start in a safe mode, which does not work, or it will go into a blue screen that is a stop screen. I cannot get it to load, and I also do not have the Windows XP disc since I got this computer used. Do you have any suggestions on what may be the problem,or cure for this?? 288 1 0 43 20040412221700 20040412213214 1 152.163.252.129 1 241 1 0 0 2 19 203 1 0 f16 agressor flight sim prob. hi, just installed it with no problem other than my bombs or missles wont fire, have gun though. my instructions are to push the spacebar, but nothing happens, its a really cool sim. but i`m getting my but kicked without my bombs and missles.[:(!] any idea`s?[:)] 225 1 0 11 20040413182601 20040413132747 1 64.136.26.228 1 242 1 0 0 2 19 204 1 0 spy/adware removal after reading other posts tried to look for and remove ad/spyware from my daughter's computor which is suffering and no very slow. could not find the same names, keen,incredifind, etc. in the task/reg/directories. also I could seem todownload the spy ware removal program. I would appreciate any suggestions.john g 289 1 0 27 20040415100719 20040414132208 1 66.125.17.26 1 244 1 0 0 6 12 205 1 0 Free AVG info following info fromhttp://www.support-forums.com/showthread.php?t=740Open C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG6\URL.INI with Notepad (URL.ini is in your AVG program folder) Copy and paste the following:Code:[SERVER_NAME]1=free.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe2=ftp.grisoft.com/pub/softw/60/fe/3=www.grisoft.com/softw/60/fe/4=www.grisoft.cz/softw/60/uk5=www.grisoft.com/softw/60/uk6=ftp.grisoft.com/pub/softw/60/xx7=www.grisoft.com/softw/60/xx [SERVER_URL]1=http://free.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe2=ftp.grisoft.com/pub/softw/60/fe/3=http://www.grisoft.com/softw/60/fe/4=http://www.grisoft.cz/softw/60/uk5=http://www.grisoft.com/softw/60/uk6=ftp.grisoft.com/pub/softw/60/xx7=http://www.grisoft.com/softw/60/xx Actual URL=7Save it as URL.INIRight-click on the AVG icon in your system tray and select "Run AVG Anti-Virus" Run a manual update (click on Virus Database, Update, Update Now!, or however you usually do it.)The drop-down box just above the Update Now! button should now read www.grisoft.com/softw/60/xx and there are now 7 choices available. The free.grisoft.cz server is usually busy, and URLs toward the bottom of the list tend to work better than those near the top. I believe this tweak works because Grisoft ensures that the servers used by paid versions of their software are more available than the free ones.Also ensure that the 'Allow Scheduled Update' on the same panel is checked and change the 'Update if database older than' from 14 or whatever it is to 1 day. This will ensure that the automatic update process works more often than every two weeks. New viruses/variations appear daily and updates are often available daily as well. 292 0 0 15 20040415085030 20040415085030 1 207.108.36.118 292 0 1 0 0 6 12 206 1 0 other Computer shows this is a list of computer shows I maintainfor different time zonesat present 70+ computer shows during the weekI try to keep it up date here is the linkhttp://tinyurl.com/2h5tnthis page has NO graphics so it loads fasterenjoy 292 0 0 18 20040415085752 20040415085752 1 207.108.36.118 292 0 1 0 0 2 19 207 1 0 my old computer should i upgrade? i have an old pent.2 from dell. 128ram 10 gig just the standard features. want to upgrade the cpu, how large can i put in it? or should i get the motherboard too? i`ve been looking and does it matter if its a duron,athelon,celeron,or pentium? going to get a 40 gig too. also i`ve been having fun with flight sims too what if anything will i need to add to it to make the gaming experience better, i have to do this as cheap as possible. thanks for helping. jeff 225 1 0 11 20040416071614 20040415112849 1 64.136.27.228 1 245 1 0 0 5 8 208 1 0 win95 cdrom not working!Sony model#cdu611 missing c:windows\system\iobus\slcd.32mpd 293 1 0 34 20040416203810 20040416094428 1 152.163.252.129 1 246 1 0 0 4 3 209 1 0 lag time in keyboard response Our church's computer has started having an extreme lag in response time when typing. What could be the cause of this? They do not use the internet on this computer, so I think it's probably not a virus.RLS 294 2 0 12 20040418082107 20040417090432 1 65.87.134.2 1 248 1 0 0 4 3 210 1 0 downloading i need help to download screen savers from a web site and i will be using a public computer i wasnt to put them on a disk and install them on my home computer any one know how to do this email me.[?] 296 1 0 14 20040419154410 20040418164958 1 198.104.0.100 1 249 1 0 0 4 3 211 1 0 CD can read data, but cannot play music, sound OK I'm troubleshooting my father-in-law's 98 machine. The CD-Rom which is a Liteon LTN382 can read data no problem, but can't play music CD's now - it was playing them fine for the past few years but then this happened all of a sudden. The sound card is fine because it plays wav files no problem. When I put a music CD in, it reads the number of tracks, but when I try to play a song, it says that it doesn't see any CD in there. I tried a couple of different programs to play the CD (MS CD Player and mplayer). I'm currently downloading the latest Media Player for 98 from MS's website (it's taking a couple of hours because I'm downloading the latest IE as well. I came to your site to see if there is a more up-to-date driver to download, but the CD can read data CD's no problem, so I don't think re-installing the driver is going to help.Does anyone have any ideas? 297 1 0 22 20040419155000 20040418182714 1 209.109.229.159 1 250 1 0 0 4 5 212 1 0 Dvd Player Hello,I'm new here. I recently lost all my harddrive data and now am desperately seeking the program called: MediaMatics DVMatics. No can do, it can't be found anywhere. I downloaded it free online before and if I'm not mistaken it was an update to DVDExpress that is on my Compaq. If you can't help me, could you please direct me to a software download for DVD's that allows you to take screencaps?Thank you ever so much!!!Fabi 301 2 0 33 20040421071148 20040420180037 1 81.11.191.32 1 252 1 0 0 7 17 213 1 0 Roscoe from Dukes of Hazzard Website! http://www.jamesbest.com/index.htmHome Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 29 20040421084753 20040421084753 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 2 19 214 1 0 HIdden Files I can't remember how to un-hide ALL hidden files, by going into setup, etc... I want to remove the HIDE from all files then go show files and clean up ~~ Thanks!Thanks, Terry 302 1 0 24 20040422182148 20040422102324 1 216.54.56.99 1 253 1 0 0 4 4 215 1 0 please help i built a computer not too long ago and it has been giving me problems since day one but my most recent problem has been that lately when i turn on my comp it wont get past the initial windows xp screen with the loading bar. it gets to that, flashes a blue error screen real fast and then resets. when i try to run a repair the computer shuts down, the speaker makes a siren like noise and this red light comes on on my motherboard. it says "over temp" by the red light but if it is over heating i dont see how since i have about 9 fans in my case. can anyone help me out here? 305 4 0 88 20040426195707 20040425002326 1 129.120.173.201 305 261 1 0 0 4 4 216 1 0 help me please i just tried posting but it didnt show my post...hope 2 dont pop up. anyway. my problem is this: my computer will boot up, get to the windows xp load screen and then flashes a blue error screen real fast then restarts. when i try to repair windows it shuts down and the internal speaker plays a siren like noise and a red light appears on my motherboard next to where it says "over temp". if this means that my comp is over heating i dont see how since i have about 6 fans in my case. can anyone please help me out? 305 1 0 49 20040425004305 20040425003319 1 129.120.173.201 1 254 1 0 0 4 6 217 1 0 access denied to specified device It is a WIN2K Server doing the denying. Win98 users get right into the new 120 gig hard drive. A WIN XP pro system (that can get into other drives including drives on the win98 machines) is denied access even though EVERY system and every user has permission to use the drive.They are not using a domain - just a workgroup called WORKGROUP.I made a new directory and shared it and evryone can get into it. The WINXPPRO machine can enter the new dir but not the folder I really need it to share (which is one dir deep in this new dir).Any ideas?ThanksJim 307 2 0 51 20040426101641 20040425160253 1 66.159.225.233 307 259 1 0 0 4 3 218 1 0 vss error does anyone know what a vss error is? volume shadow service copy. i think thats what vss stands for. I have no idea what that it is and why it screws up my computer. 305 1 0 24 20040426001651 20040426000214 1 129.120.230.27 1 258 1 0 0 8 21 219 1 0 Battlefield Vietnam I am really liking the new Battlefield Vietnam by EA Games. The new terrain rendering engine makes for jungles that are super dense and very realistic. Something super wild about sniping between plant leaves and being totally covered. The game is priced right at about $39. Not too bad for a 3 disk game!Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 26 20040426002215 20040426002215 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 220 1 0 IE Tried to reinstall IE after getting the windows/system/sahagent.exe notice. Still would not hook up to the internet with IE. I can however hook up with Netscape. Ideas? 179 1 0 24 20040429195228 20040429100753 1 207.160.249.35 1 262 1 0 0 2 19 221 1 0 SAHAGENT.exe I found after running Spybot that I couldn't hook on IE. It turns out that the computer had downloaded the SAH Agent program, a spyware also known as shopathome. I tried uninstalling and re-installing IE but that didn't work. So instead I went into the Registry Editor and uninstalled all instances of SAH per instructions from Symatec. Then I went into ADD/Remove programs and deleted shopathome. IE works fine now. Thanks for the help. 179 2 0 115 20040505092426 20040430072531 1 207.160.249.35 179 268 1 0 0 2 19 222 1 0 Internet Explorer problem My Internet Explorer just quit working. It kinda stalled out while I was seaching Google and clicking links. I closed it and tried to re-open. I have broadband (cable) and I'm connected correctly, can retrieve email, ping IP addresses, etc. but my browser (IE6.0) will not open any websites. All I get is the generic "Server Not Found" screen every single time.I have deleted cookies, temp files, un-installed IE and re-installed it, tried the "Repair" feature, even re-installed XP!! I turned off my Zone Alarm firewall. Nothing changes, I get no other error messages that might offer some clues. I've tried different internet settings, basically I've tried everything.If the program is corrupt, why wouldn't re-installing work? I deleted every iexplore.exe file I could find on my hard drive before re-installing with a fresh version of IE6.I've confirmed with my broadband support that I'm connected just fine and my settings are right. Everything else on my PC works fine, no errors of any other kind.Any ideas? I'd appreciate your input. 314 1 0 38 20040501115031 20040430080428 1 65.207.144.153 314 264 1 0 0 6 13 223 1 0 What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.aspHome Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 30 20040501185552 20040501185552 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 224 1 0 YAMAHA Legacy DS1 WDM - HELP YAMAHA Legacy DS1 WDMI have a sony vaio f808 which came with Win 2000 os.I have subsequently installed XP, which has been working fine for the last year.Then last night i managed somehow to screw up my sound card.it used to say "YAMAHA Legacy DS1 WDM" in my audip settings.I have also lost my audio mixer.I cannot find my XP installation disk eitherHELP!!!How I can get my sound back? 315 1 0 66 20040502165612 20040502024850 1 81.174.128.175 1 265 1 0 0 4 3 225 1 0 No Power A Compaq 5000 series computer that was moved will not turn on.I have checked all connections the power supply and switch connections. Checked to see if all other cinnections are stable.I used a different supply cord for the computer, nothing has worked.My guess is that the power supply is bad.Any one have any suggestions. 316 1 0 25 20040504203714 20040503065854 1 65.1.135.81 1 266 1 0 0 4 5 226 1 0 DVD not working I need some advice. I had windows98 reinstalled on my computer andI can not get my DVD to work, when I start the video the sound is OKbut video is horizontal bars, and when I try to exit the video programmy computer locks-up. I have done checks on the RW/DVD every thingseems to be OK. what should I do next?paw 317 1 0 38 20040504235938 20040504220644 1 69.160.93.160 1 267 1 0 0 2 19 227 1 0 Internet will log on but then just logs off I click on the big blue E and it appears as if the Internet is going to come up but then it just shuts down. Any ideas? It's on for just a second and then it goes off. Help. 179 2 0 15 20040506104748 20040505092317 1 207.160.249.35 179 271 1 0 0 2 19 228 1 0 Dvd burn problem I just bought a DVD building program called DVD X Maker. In the program I can do everything I wanted and have a project finished in a good amount of time. I really like this program.I have a problem though. After building my project and having it create the disk image, right when it goes to burn to the disk, the program freezes. No action is noticed from my dvd player, nore is there a mark on the disk from burning. I checked out the help on the companies website and posted this same problem and havent gotten a response. I tried reinstalling the program and the same problem occured. (other programs work with the dvd drive, including burning.)I have installed new hardware but it was for this type of project, I did have some conflict with it in the begining.Any thoughts?Zeven 318 1 0 27 20040505224402 20040505112255 1 12.221.163.142 1 269 1 20040505112419 318 0 0 4 3 229 1 0 need help fast i have a couple of problems on different computers in the office. the first is a toshiba laptop and when i log on the computer goes into safe mode because the driver for the display is not working properly. the second computer is a hybrid and it has the same problem. the last is a desktop and when i turn it on it asks if i want to go into safe mode and i click yes. then it goes to the generic microsoft windows 98 screen and from here it goes to a blank screen and send the message "while initiating VKD" what does this mean and what do i do? 319 3 0 51 20040507200945 20040506145244 1 198.81.26.40 1 277 1 0 0 4 3 230 1 0 1 more problem oh i forgot. my friend has a dell inspiron laptop and when she turns it on sometimes the mouse just starts floating like a ghost is moving it or something. then after she taps the touch pad it goes back to normal for a little while, then it floats again. what can i tell ehr to do to fix this? 319 1 0 28 20040507081124 20040506145516 1 198.81.26.40 1 274 1 0 0 4 4 231 1 0 smartlink modem sl1900 win98se installation My problem is that i cannot install my modem with smartlink chipset (sl1900) in windows 98se machines (3 machines). the funny thing is that i can install it in my windows Xp machines (2 machines). The drivers that im using is the one that came from the cd-driver disc from my modem.Best regards.There is always a way. 320 1 0 25 20040507081616 20040506204623 1 203.167.82.165 1 275 1 0 0 2 19 232 1 0 compaq armada 1592 I am trying to replace the harddrive in this laptop but can not figure out how to get at the old one...do I have to take the whole bottom of the laptop off???has anyone done one of these and if so pls help 321 3 0 18 20040510141320 20040507203251 1 65.95.29.81 1 281 1 0 0 4 5 233 1 0 new girl on the block i'm sure this will be a stupid question, but since i'm new at this i'll be asking alot of beginner questions. i'm trying to get rid of incredifind, i downloaded bazooka b/c i thought it took care of doing that, but discovered it just gives the instructions for uninstalling it. the last thing it says to do is delete the directory C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP). Here's my ques: isn't that my C drive? is that something i should be deleting? i'm pretty much afraid to do anything since i don't know what anything is! i tried doing the uninstall from the incredifind site but nothing happened when i clicked on the icon it put on my desktop. when i checked in add/remove programs i discovered a bunch of wildtangent things that weren't there before! 322 1 0 40 20040508194757 20040508121548 1 165.121.24.176 1 279 1 0 0 4 3 234 1 0 windows me mouse pointer freezing need help my mouse keeps on freezing and I have 255 meg of mem,runningstop zilla, zone alarm free firewall, and grist soft free virus protection. have 59% free resourses when I am up running dsl and have 32 meg pci graphics card! Please help!!!!![:(][:(] 324 1 0 24 20040510210758 20040510204918 1 69.40.42.150 1 282 1 0 0 2 19 235 1 0 Lexmark 2380 Plus Printer Is there a driver available to make a lexmark 2380 forms printer, print a readable, clear .pdf file from Windows2000, XP or NT 4.0? 327 1 0 9 20040512223039 20040512145912 1 165.206.43.2 1 283 1 0 0 4 3 236 1 0 USB Mouse Frozen hi all I built a computer about 2 months ago and it worked great. One day one of my cats jumped behind the computer and broke the mouse-ps2 plug (killed it) (not the cat-the plug. after much thought it hit me i could just go get a usb mouse and fix this problem When you plug it in it winks and blinks real pretty, but refuses to move the curser. I noticed in bios that usb is active. I also noticed at the IRQ SCREEN there are about 5 items on irq5, one of witch is usb I'm using win98 and have run out of ideas to get it working. I did get the mouse key feature running(thats miserable)The system screen looks good ( no X's or exclamation points any where.Any good troubleshooting tips? (It could get you a free!!!! kitten 329 2 0 47 20040517203518 20040516141258 1 24.159.79.235 329 287 1 0 0 5 9 237 1 0 PLEASE HELP - Can't Repair XP HE on ASUS MOBO Good Day all, I'm in the need of some help please.Started up one of my P4 boxes this afternoon after some changes to the set up in my computer room. Also after moving around the boxes and re engaging them to the KVM switch, had a few problems with a few of them and most of these problems have been sorted except one.One P4 wouldn't boot and gave me an error of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM IS MISSING OR CORRUPT.I have been struggling ever since to try and get the system started......I firstly ran a recovery but as I am not too familiar with this side of things...all I acheived was to copy over the system.old file...then exit.I have used 3 seperate OEM versions of WindowsXP Home Edition to now try to repair OS. This function I am well conversed with.........ONLY and here is where I get into some difficulty.....................I have got a ASUS mobo which requires me to press F1 to proceed from the start up screen. Now this doesn't sound to big a deal until........Windows starts the installation of XP after it has done all its preparation......The timer starts off @ 39mins left.........It proceeds with the install of devices until it gets to 34 mins.....usually then (and I believe this to be correct) the screen turns black then comes back, then black again....comes back and on the third black screen the computer heads to the start up screen.........which I also believe is OK.........BUT NOW this is where my problems multiply.......I have to press F1 to continue on (not like the other mobo's I am used to....they just do there thing and come back to the installation)So anyway I have to press this F1 key to continue......the next screen says press any key to boot from CD........No keys get touched at this point or it will start the repair process again (I think that's the right way of putting it) Computer continues on to a "Windows Home Edition" screen with the scrolling green bar across the screen. A short time passes, then I am greeted with a full blue screen that states something to the tune that "Windows restarts installing".I am not trying to format and install XP, only repair it, which I have done many times.........If I don't do anything the whole process just keep repeating itself in one big loop going nowhere.As stated before I have tried 3 different OEM Windows XP version discs.Has my problem got something to do with this F1 on the startup screen, and if so does anyone know how to eliminate this function key........I have checked the bios up and down and can't find anything in there to turn it off.I don't want to have to try a format when I know a repair will fix the boot problem. Just can't seem to complete the repair though.Don't know what else to tell you except maybe that the MOBO doesn't have a serial no and all the box says is that it is the X series. The CPU I'm not sure of - it is either a 2.8 or a 3.2.........Dragon is up on all these details and I'm afraid he has had to go to bed.Please help me guys!!!!! I'll try anythingSally__________________ 331 1 0 28 20040517011403 20040516174456 1 211.26.40.254 1 285 1 0 0 4 3 238 1 0 No Sound I have recently re-installed Windows Xp and now I have no sound really. I have a conflict in Device manager under the heading of Other Devices. The devices have no names listed so I cannot get drivers. I am not showing any problem with the Sounds section for device manager. I have tried almost every troubleshooter I could find. So if anyone could please help 332 1 0 19 20040517161809 20040517101057 1 70.16.116.105 1 286 1 0 0 2 19 239 1 0 Compaq Presario dvd-rom problems I have a Compaq Presario 1920 laptop and the dvd-rom doesn't play dvd's. Device Manager stsates it's a Toshiba SD-C2102 model. It plays audio and mpegs, auto detects cd and starts to play music. I downloaded Power DVD and DVD Express, but it still doesn't play dvd's. Also, the dvd player is not listed under the Entertainment folder in Programs/Accessories. Thank youR. Stewart 333 4 0 30 20040526155303 20040518213207 1 64.136.26.235 333 303 1 0 0 2 19 240 1 0 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation installation I hope someone can help me here.I know this must be pretty basic for a lot of you but I am beginning to learn.I have to partition a 20G hard disk as follows:-Primary partition: Maximum space available for FAT to run Windows NT 4.0 workstation-Extended partition using the remainder of the hard disk space-Create to logical drives in a 60%-40% split-Ensure that the system can boot from this hard disk and provide me with a C:> promptI would appreciate it if you could give me the steps as how to do this. 334 1 0 7 20040519084300 20040519053727 1 140.234.20.202 1 289 1 0 0 2 19 241 1 0 Philips CDD4801/65 Hello GroupI have a Philips CD-R/RW CDD4801/65, Ihave installed it into a PC with a Win XP Pro O/S, windows reports that it is an IMPAI 1,1 drive (I've no idea what that means!) do I need a special driver for this? if I put a CD-RW into the drive it will read it OK but that's no good because I want to burn CD's using Nero.Any help much appreciatedregards to allelectrocadMalcolm J Last 335 1 0 11 20040519103125 20040519092007 1 80.43.104.231 1 290 1 0 0 4 4 242 1 0 USB UltraDrive (64M) I've used my 64M GE USB UltraDrive tons of times in the last week, with no problems. Today, I plug it in and my PC says "The disk in drive E is not formatted. Do you want to format now?" So I say Yes, and OK through the warning that it'll erase everything on there... that's what I WANT to happen. So it does its thing, except a window pops up saying "Windows was unable to complete the format." And I have no choice other than OK. Then it tells me that "The Disk in drive E is not formatted." No kidding! So NOW WHAT?? Thanks,-lpk 337 2 0 20 20040520083521 20040519125351 1 192.251.125.85 337 295 1 0 0 4 3 243 1 0 WinZip cannot open .cab files HELP! Hallo,ihave a big problem.Itry to setup some programs but they give me the message that they dont find a .dll.I searched and i found that the real problem was that WinZip could not open .cab files. It gave me the message WWinZip cannot open xxx.cab because it is not the standard Microsoft format (as defined in min-1998). The "signature bytes" required by the Microsoft CAB specification are missing. And it gives me that message for every .cab file.If someone knows what i must do PLEASE send me an e-mail.e-mail:sotplo67@hotmail.comTHANKS 338 1 0 13 20040519165907 20040519161903 1 66.119.34.59 1 293 1 0 0 4 3 244 1 0 another problem Hallo,i try to launch a program which is important for me and I get the message "data access error".Then i press OK and i get the messageRun-time error "9" Subscript out of range.If you know what i must do PLEASE send me an e- mail.e-mail:sotplo67@hotmail.comTHANKS 338 1 0 35 20040519165613 20040519162822 1 66.119.33.155 1 292 1 0 0 4 3 245 1 0 problems with usb hard drive! hi,i have a toshiba tecra 780dvd notebook and in order to increase hard disk space in the most economical way i have bought an external 2.5" 9.5mm hard drive case. it says 'vaio' on the case so i assume it could be sony but can find no support on the net.basically, i can't get it to work on either windows 98se or xp which i have running on the computer. i always get an error in device manager for 'usb mass storage device' saying the device cannot be enabled. i tried it on my friend's computer running xp and after recieving the same message a couple of times, when i plugged it in again it seemed to work fine!i have a pcmcia usb 2.0 card and two usb 1.1 sockets built in a neither work!if anyone has a clue to why this may happen i would be very grateful.thanks 339 1 0 22 20040520005157 20040519214411 1 80.5.160.6 1 294 1 0 0 4 3 246 1 0 no sound-win98SE Hii have no idea about computers,i have a non internet connectable win98SE computer with no sound the things that arent working are:ALS120 Logical Device 0 Wave Audio DeviceALS120 Logical Device 1 Internal Midi (OPL5)ALS120 Logical Device 3 External Midi (MPU401)the manufacturer is Avance logicthe problem is that the MMDEVLDR.VXD device loader can't load it properly.i don't understand, help would be greatly appreciated please. 343 1 0 33 20040522233321 20040522224346 1 144.139.137.11 1 296 1 0 0 4 4 247 1 0 corrupted fat My 40gb hard drive was corrupted while transferring files. After running scandisk and defrag, it became unaccessible. I rewrote the MBR with a program called testdisk, and now the drive is accessible. However, the majority of my subfolders now look like 32kb files. I'm assuming the fat is somehow damaged, particularly since 32kb is a cluster size. However, all of my subfolders are there; they're just not accessible or somehow mislabeled. Does anyone know of a way to fix this, particulary without having to transfer everything to another 40gb drive? I ran another program called getdriveback, which analyzes the disk sector by sector, and it retrieved all of my files, but required that I copy them to another drive, and unfortunately I only have one 40gb drive.Thanx 344 1 0 34 20040524131959 20040524090741 1 199.83.71.166 1 297 1 0 0 4 5 248 1 0 Where does Outlook store email ?(Not pst's) Hey everyone!I'm new and I have a question regarding Outlook. I am salvaging an old XP Pro install and all i need now is my email and contacts. Unfortunatly i have not backed up my Data in outlook to a .pst file. My question is this: Where does Outlook store email on it's own? I did a search for .pst's and Zippo! Yet I KNOW I have probably 500 megs of email within the program. Any help out there? Thanks! 346 3 0 42 20040526202448 20040525220124 1 66.32.184.23 1 306 1 0 0 4 3 249 1 0 Super Disk 120MB Ok , I realize there may be more than a few that will laugh.But I do indeed have a system that has the Imation SuperDisk 120MB on it.It is a Windows 98 system.What I need is some way to access those files I cureently have stored on my 120MB diskettes.About 1 or 2 months ago , for some reason , when I try to access the Diskettes , they won't open , and i am asked if I wish to "Format"the Diskette.I have absloutely no clue as to exactly what happened , wether it is a driver problem , or what.I can and do acess the 1.44MB diskettes that I have , but it just will not access the 120MB portion of the Diskette drive.Can anyone either help , or maybe point me in the right direction please??TIALes 347 1 0 15 20040526101922 20040526075605 1 67.1.112.143 1 301 1 0 0 2 19 250 1 0 SpotOn Search page Somehow this crap infected my computer, this SpotOn search engine that automatically opens itself in a new window, every time I open Internet Explorer. Here is the URL: http://msxml.vpptechnologies.com/_1_3SDUHL0E7Y78U__vpp.spoton/search/web/auctionPlease help me remove this from my system,Thanks, Brett 349 2 0 29 20040528030043 20040526142124 1 80.139.182.251 349 307 1 0 0 2 19 251 1 0 boot virus how can i remove a boot virus.? 350 1 0 21 20040526164355 20040526171059 1 66.26.209.104 1 304 1 0 0 2 19 252 1 0 how can i remove boot virus? please help 350 0 0 26 20040526171308 20040526171308 1 66.26.209.104 350 0 1 0 0 7 16 253 1 0 Cox Digital Cable I am moving into the Aurora area and I am getting Digital cable from Cox. Does anyone know the model of thier digital cable tuner box? Also, does anyone know if it has a serial port? If so, is it active? I would like to use my PVR with the tuner and I prefer changing the channel via a serial cable opposed to an IR blaster.Thanks,-bj 351 0 0 28 20040527162356 20040527162356 1 64.198.199.251 351 0 1 0 0 2 19 254 1 0 locking up I'm having trouble with pc locking up. Ran pc doctor and it told me something about ActiveX/Com and ActiveX/Com Subsections. How can I repair this. 353 1 0 30 20040528073628 20040528061141 1 209.247.222.82 1 308 1 0 0 2 19 255 1 0 tryed what you told me did exactly what you said to do..still locing up. specially when i try to run scandisk or install a program. 353 1 0 35 20040528192400 20040528154031 1 209.247.222.101 1 309 1 0 0 4 3 256 1 0 Defragmenting Problems I am unable to defrag my HP. 356 1 0 38 20040529153949 20040529120313 1 12.216.193.65 1 310 1 0 0 2 19 257 1 0 SpotOn still there Did the Search & Destroy, it found alot of junk, but apparently not what fuels the SpotOn search engine page that pops up constantly. Any other suggestions?Thanks,Brett 349 5 0 49 20040806210520 20040530090507 1 80.139.181.230 1 414 1 0 0 2 19 258 1 0 Safe Mode I have a computer that will not go out of safe mode. I have looked on Microsoft 98 help and used a suggestion about loading LH smartdrv /x a- b- c 8192 0 and scanreg/restore but all of the loaded backup copies of the system files wouldn't load. Any suggestions? 179 4 0 34 20040609113748 20040603082927 1 207.160.249.35 1 321 1 0 0 4 4 259 1 0 Computer won't turn on. I have a Pentium 3 800mhz computer. The motherboard is a Tyan s1854 trinity 400 and I just moved all the parts to a new case. After successfully moving it all, I tried to turn it on but it didn't seem to want to turn on. I checked the power supply, and thats fine, I checked the jumpers and those are fine. I personally think the problem is the Power connector that links the motherboard to the power supply. Because nothing turns on. No fans no lights no nothing. It is driving me insane. Please reply soon. 362 1 0 67 20040604071615 20040603224528 1 24.233.133.147 1 315 1 0 0 4 3 260 1 0 New problem to me I am using Win2kPro, and have recently started encountering an error unlike anything I have ever seen.It is most commonly seen when I am viewing movies. I can always open a movie just fine the first time. But when I try to open any movie immediately afterwards, it will not open. If ctrl-alt-del, and open the task manager (then close it or not) the movie will open fine. This is true of all subsequent attempts at opening a movie file.other things of note: *if I don't leave the first movie open for very long, say more than 3 sec, then the second movie opens just fine*if I spend enough time out of the viewer, changing directories, deleting files, etc., then the second movie will open just fine.*it seems to only be affecting Windows Media Player movies, which I use for everything other than quicktime and real player movies.*I have updated WMP to the most recent version*I have scanned for viruses with an updated Norton virus scanGenerally speaking I will very occassionally have issues opening other executables. That is erratic and difficult to pin down. 364 3 0 47 20040608223315 20040608135037 1 66.68.168.83 1 318 1 0 0 4 4 261 1 0 Harddrive question The hardrive in my son's computer (Dell Dimension V350)recently died. I had bought this machine from a co-worker and she gave me all paperwork except the "key code" for the Win98 disk. This meant that I could not re-install Win98. I tried installing WinNT but did not like it. I then bought a new copy of Win 98 and installed it on the machine. All components work fine except for one problem. The new hard drive is 40 gigs but the machine only sees its capacity at about 2 gigs. Is there any way to get it to see that the machine has a 40 gig harddrive?Thanks for your help! 366 1 0 42 20040612082656 20040612072736 1 205.188.116.138 1 322 1 0 0 2 19 262 1 0 Virus or Worm or Trojan Hello, I am having a problem with my computer and I can't figure it out any help would be greatly appreciated, My computer restarts itself when I run SpyBot or TZ ADWare remover and Norton virus protection, I am running Windows XP and it also won't let me update either of those programs, So Anyone with any ideas please fell free to let me know, Thanks alot, Teddy 368 3 0 50 20040615201918 20040615000359 1 67.115.73.250 1 330 1 0 0 4 3 263 1 0 Corrupt Profile Hi I restarted my Computer and I have lost everything on my computer it starts like it was brandnew I called the computer repair place and they said it was a Corrupt Profile how can I fix that? Please help me asap thanks. 275 4 0 42 20040615200737 20040615140741 1 205.188.116.138 1 328 1 0 0 4 5 264 1 0 Windows Server 2000 hii bought a new computer and installed windows 2000 server; theinstallation was succesful; however the images on the screen arelarge (i cannot resize these images); also it displays images in adistorted fashion and the color is not appealing at all. does anyoneknow what i need to do to get this corrected?Zachgeek@totalpc.orgwww.totalpc.org 369 1 0 31 20040615201341 20040615172832 1 172.128.122.113 1 329 1 0 0 4 3 280 1 0 driver error I am getting an error message as follows: WDMN driver error 203and then it dumps physical memory and the dreaded blue screen arrives.can you help???????????[:(] 384 1 0 25 20040627093138 20040627035923 1 213.94.248.8 1 350 1 0 0 4 4 281 1 0 Power/boot problem I just replaced my CDROM. Now when I apply power and press the power button, the first screen comes up (with Press DEL for Setup)and it stops. The only way to shut it off is to remove power, the button won't turn it off. I can't find any loose wires or cards, and this started while I was removing the old CD ROM and checking it out (the tray wouldn't come out, it turned out to be cheaper to replace it.) Can anyone suggest where to look? 385 1 0 56 20040627142655 20040627124913 1 4.33.232.132 1 354 1 0 0 2 19 267 1 0 Umax 2100 scanner Everything is hooked up correctly, and in the proper order, but I still keep getting the message "scanner link failed" and "scanner not found", yet, the device manager says it is working properly.Any suggestions before I throw the thing out?? I've had this for a number of years and learned early on that it's very particular about how it is hooked up, etc., but this is the first time I can't get it to work.Help? 372 1 0 16 20040619073904 20040619004941 1 216.251.181.4 1 332 1 0 0 2 19 279 1 0 Loss of JPG preview in IE6 I have a friend that has Windows 98 and while messing around (no - she has no idea what she did) she has lost the ability to preview JPG pictures in Internet Explorer. You know - you click on the file one time and it displays a small picture so that you do not have to load the entire thing to see what it is?Have you any idea how to get that back? I have loked and searched and cannot make it work again.ThanksBill 382 2 0 27 20040627120302 20040626061953 1 69.68.169.68 382 353 1 0 0 8 29 269 1 0 Excel And Word Install Repost Problem-Anyone Hi - I need help. When I open the Excel and Word applications the Windows Installer comes on to install components and installs something - I guess - I don't know what. I wait until this process is completed and the application works ok. This happens every time I open the application. I reinstalled the complete MS-Suite for 2003 twice with successful completions. I installed only Excel % Word successfully. The same problem. PowerPoint and Access are fine. Can anyone help me approach this problem with some possible solution. I use Windows XP. Thanks in advance. Ray 371 1 0 37 20040627094621 20040619082516 1 64.12.116.79 1 352 1 0 0 4 3 275 1 0 buttons All my buttons are blank...Please can you help me... 375 2 0 36 20040728233232 20040620212134 1 12.14.244.140 426 400 1 0 0 4 3 276 1 0 Hidden taskbar I have a problem with the taskbar and start button, I can not find it on the desktop and can not get it to reappear on the desktop, I have gone through all the trobleshooting options and even if I go into the control panel and click on the taskbar icon it will not bring any thing up 376 3 0 37 20040621074742 20040621062921 1 195.93.33.7 376 339 1 0 0 2 19 277 1 0 Packard Bell 850 I have a question about my Packard Bell 850 Multimedia 850 with Windows 98. I recently purchased a Memorex CDRW drive and installed it. It came with Nero Software and I installed it. Now I can't get my computer to load up any programs. I rebooted the computer and it goes through the normal setup and when it gets to Windows and I try to click on anything it just freezes up. I think that Nero used up all my memory but I'm not sure. I appreciate any response. Thanks. 377 1 0 28 20040621193056 20040621112420 1 131.17.129.22 1 342 1 0 0 2 19 278 1 0 buttons When I`am on the desktop...the start button is blank and when I go to properties all the buttons at the top are blank..and when I play cards on iplay the card buttons are blank...can you help ... Thank you very much for anything you can do to help....again Thanks...I did the adware download and the update and the scan...still the buttons are blank...any other suggestions...? Even the buttons at the bottom of this is blank... 375 1 0 33 20040621193259 20040621132342 1 12.14.245.70 1 0 1 20040621204641 375 0 0 4 3 274 1 0 video card Ok i got the direct x working and all that but my video card wont really run well with direct x the graphics arent so great i have a dell tower with ATI video driver what driver can i use to have full graphics with flight simulator? 275 11 0 119 20040728234937 20040619215549 1 64.12.116.79 426 401 1 0 0 4 3 272 1 0 direct x Hey i had the corrupt profile and i emailed you earlier this week i think i have that problem solved but however im trying to download Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century Of Flight and i had to download Direct X and i had gotten this error saying: {The software you are installing has not passed the windows logo testing to verify its compatibility with windows xp the software will not be installed.}i tried to do a windows update but got errors for it 275 2 0 40 20040801194524 20040619115934 1 64.12.116.79 426 408 1 0 0 4 4 273 1 0 Monster 3D video card This is going to sound silly. I have an old system that I am setting up to give to a friend. He is using his old laptop as a desktop machine due to the laptop screen dying.The sytsem I am building is a PII 233 system with a Matrox Millineum card as primary and a Monster 3D as secondary video pass through. The Matrox I got off ebay with drivers. The Monster I found in an old scavenge machine at work. I have found some drivers for the monster, but they are old system (win 95/98). Are there any drivers for Win 2k pro ?Can I just set compatibility mode on the install and have it work? would that really accomplish anything? how come lois lane never realized clark kent was superman with glasses?[8D]that last one is sort of retorical.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks. 374 1 0 22 20040623110635 20040619132408 1 68.220.117.6 1 346 1 0 0 4 3 282 1 0 Sound Problems with XP Pro Upgrade Hello,Recently I decided to upgrade my win98SE system (an HP Pavillion 8760c model) to win XP Pro. Everything has run smoothly except for the sounds with apparently goes through Conexant Audio. For example, when i play a full game the sound sounds reversed and incorrect. Also the microphone doesn't work anymore and/or the voice is very low.If anyone knows any information on this your help is very appreciated.vic 386 4 0 52 20040629073239 20040627161708 1 67.22.44.130 1 360 1 0 0 4 4 283 1 0 Computer will not come on. My laptop will not come on. My power and battery light will come on but nothing else. No fans, screen, etc. I do not know where to begin to look for the problem. This is extremely frustrating. Can you help?\ 387 1 0 44 20040627215127 20040627181658 1 205.188.116.79 1 356 1 0 0 5 8 284 1 0 trouble shuting down computer I recently bought and installed a Kodak easy share digital camera cx6200 I have a milleniem me computer and now it will not completley shut down and so when I turn it back on it goes to scan disk for errors any help would be apprecieated thnks Barb 388 1 0 27 20040628205745 20040628121524 1 204.83.218.92 1 358 1 0 0 4 4 285 1 0 Power... I have a small (well big for me) problem with my computer. I went to turn it off one night and it took forever, so I eventually held the button (power) down till it turned off.The next morning, turning it on resulting on it only coming on for a few seconds (everything spins up, I believe), then it winks out. I went ahead and replaced the power supply, but get the same results.I guess my question is, what to do next?I am going to replace the CPU cooling fan next, thinking perhaps it's overheating (it looked pretty grungy). Is it possible that the cooling fan could stop the computer from booting up? 392 5 0 38 20040703002505 20040701095839 1 66.82.9.59 1 366 1 0 0 2 19 286 1 0 modem driver Im trying to find the driver for a genica A-1688 modem. Having no luck [xx(] .Can somone please please help me out thanks! 393 0 0 13 20040701183627 20040701183627 1 69.69.21.112 393 0 1 0 0 2 19 287 1 0 modem driver Im trying to find the driver for a genica A-1688 modem. Having no luck [xx(] .Can somone please please help me out thanks! 393 1 0 19 20040701213425 20040701183841 1 69.69.21.112 1 362 1 0 0 4 3 288 1 0 a question about cookies I was wondering if you can delete cookies off of your computer? 275 1 0 29 20040705164842 20040705133133 1 64.12.116.79 1 367 1 0 0 2 19 289 1 0 HP 4L print appears smeared On test page, print appears smeared. Changed toner cartridge with no improvement. Looked at drum and smeared image appears there so problem is in toner cartridge or before. On closer examination, it looks like the laser is not turning off when finished processing a pixel. Vertical lines are clean on the left but very jagged on the right side of the line. Jagged right edge varies from 1 mm to over 20 mm. You can see each scan line sharp and clear. Printing a page with no text comes out clean. Any suggestions other then to throw this perfectly great machine, until now, into scrap bin and buying one with greater then 300dpi.[:(] 395 2 0 25 20040707005244 20040706002456 1 64.169.160.207 395 370 1 0 0 4 4 290 1 0 compaq presario power have compaq laptop that wont come on at all,even with power cord hooked up.power light is on but batt light isnt.have tried it with battery totally out of it still nothing.can anyone help? ben 396 2 0 37 20040716073931 20040706202217 1 4.152.99.51 396 376 1 0 0 2 19 291 1 0 Today's Show Links! 7/8/04 Today's Topic is "Websites for Kids"Please post a reply if you would like to add a kid friendly site link.Movieshttp://www.lemonysnicket.com/www.harrypotter.comhttp://www.shrek.comTelevisionwww.pbskids.org/www.discovery.com/http://kids.discovery.com/http://animal.discovery.com/www.nick.comTheme Parkswww.disney.go.comToyswww.polly-pocket.comSciencewww.howstuffworks.comwww.nationalgeographic.comhttp://www.billnye.com (The Science Guy!)http://athena.cornell.edu/kids/bn_special_report.html (Mars explorer)Homework Help/ Informationwww.ajkids.com/www.factmonster.comwww.awesomelibrary.orgwww.howstuffworks.com/www.libraryspot.comwww.homeworkspot.com/www.math.comhttp://www.slco.lib.ut.us/kidhelp.htmhttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.comSportshttp://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/ (The OLYMPICS!!!)http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/olympics.cfm (Olympic links for Kidshttp://www.sikids.com/ Sports Illustrated for Kids Misc.www.kidscom.comhttp://www.crayola.comwww.kidsdomain.comwww.kids-space.org/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/www.fffbi.com (Fin, Fur, and Feather Bureau of Investigations)Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 31 20040708072530 20040708072530 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 292 1 0 How do you get at the "guts" of a HP Pavilion I feel like and idiot for asking this but how in the hell do I open a HP Pavilion 523n? I've removed the 4 screws on the back that APPEAR to be holding the case on but it still feels like there's something else preventing me from removing it. I checked the user guide and they don't give any hints. Any advice or information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.--Roger 397 1 0 23 20040708132738 20040708115122 1 216.194.58.184 1 371 1 0 0 2 19 293 1 0 Damaged Computer from FEDEX Delivery When we received our computer by mail it would not turn on and we had to reconnect the mother board. Now, we are stumped. We can get a power signal but there seems to be no response from the computer in terms of connection.Anything you can do to tell us where to look for the problem would be most greatly appreciated. Maggie 398 1 0 17 20040709072832 20040708222550 1 68.35.0.192 1 373 1 0 0 4 4 294 1 0 CPU FSB I want to upgrade my [:(]pentium 2 300Mhz CPU[:(] to a [:)]400Mhz CPU[:)]. The FSB of my CPU acording to a program i downloaded called everest is 66Mhz. Does a new CPU need to be 66Mhz also or can i use a 100Mhz? My Mobo manual says that i cannot change the FSB via jumpers or BIOS.Thanks in advance for your help[:)]Philip Lavin[8D]Old rubbish:Pentium 2 300Mhz128MB Ram8MB AGP 3D graphics card 399 1 0 17 20040709072312 20040709033913 1 195.92.168.171 1 372 1 0 0 4 4 295 1 0 Problems with borlndmm.dll files I have already had this file operating on my computer for awhile when i got my scanner yesterday I tried to install in onto my computer but, it gave me an error message stating that "it couldn't be installed because borlndmm.dll was already in use or being used by another program.Please help me. I have to get this scanner up and running ASAP. I have located the file borlndmm.dll...it is in my C:/WINDOWS/system32 folder but have no clue what to do or how to get the scanner installed.Thank you very much!Laurie 400 1 0 18 20040711202709 20040711143428 1 68.103.179.135 1 374 1 0 0 2 19 296 1 0 Today's Show Information 7/15/04 Windows Secret Hints and Tips
    1) Want to change font size of Internet Explorer?The font size of most web sites can be changed with the scroll wheel on your mouse. If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, hold down the CTRL key and rotate the scroll wheel towards you to increase the font size or away to decrease it.2) You do not have to type the whole address.You can use a simple key combination to easily enter any web address. Just type the middle of the address without the "http://www." or the ".com". Hold the CTRL key down and tap the ENTER key. The rest of the address will automatically fill in. Example: Type cnn in the address bar. Hold the CTRL key down and hit the ENTER key. You are now on http://www.cnn.com . Note: This only works with addresses with a www in front and a .com on the end.3) Keep perfect time.Double click the clock display in the bottom right corner of your desktop. Click on the INTERNET TIME tab. Select the time.nist.gov and click update now. You are now in sync with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's atomic clock.4) Stop new programs installed balloon from coming up?Right click on START button and select properties. Click on Customize and go to Advanced tab and deselect check box that says "Highlight newly installed programs". 5) Super useful keyboard shortcuts. Windows key Display the Start Menu Windows key + D Minimize of Restore all window Windows key + E Display Windows Explorer Windows key + F Display Search for files Windows key + R Display Run dialog box Windows key + L Lock workstation Windows key + U Open Utility Manager Windows key + Q Scroll through all users on your PC Windows key + CTRL + F Display Search for computer Windows key + Shift + M Undo Minimize (of all windows) Windows key + F1 Display Help and Support Center Windows key + BREAK Display System properties dialog box CTRL+C Copy. CTRL+X Cut. CTRL+V Paste. CTRL+Z Undo. DELETE Delete. SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin. CTRL while dragging an item Copy selected item. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create shortcut to selected item. F2 Rename selected item. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word. CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word. CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph. CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text. SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document. CTRL+A Select all. F3 Search for a file or folder. ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item. ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program. ALT+Enter Displays the properties of the selected object. ALT+SPACEBAR Opens the shortcut menu for the active window. CTRL+F4 Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously. ALT+TAB Switch between open items. ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened. F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer. SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window. CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu. Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Carry out the corresponding command. F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program. RIGHT ARROW Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. LEFT ARROW Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. F5 Refresh the active window. BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer. ESC Cancel the current task. SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from automatically playing. 6) Use the Windows XP On-Screen Keyboard. The On-Screen Keyboard may be useful if your keyboard ever stops working or if you just feel like you need it. You can start the On-Screen Keyboard by going to START Button -> ALL PROGRAMS -> ACCESSORIES -> ACCESSIBILITY and clicking on On-screen keyboard or by typing OSK.EXE from START button -> RUN. 7) Use large icons on the desktop.Go to START -> Control Panel. Under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View. Select Display. In the Display Properties dialog box, select the Appearance tab then select the Effects button. In the Effects dialog box, select Use large icons.Select OK twice. Close Control Panel.8) Spell check all messages sent from Outlook Express.From Outlook Express, select Tools, Options and click the Spelling tab. Select "Always check spelling before sending," then click OK.Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 41 20040714195843 20040714195843 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 297 1 0 hotmail problems Recently my computer shut down by itself (crashed?) and now I can't access many password protected internet sites-can't sign on to hotmail (says this web page cannot be displayed), can't sign on to MSN, but can get online through earthlink. I also can't even go to credit card web pages (this web page cannot be displayed). I ran antivirus software and it didn't find anything. I restored my system to before the crash. I have a Sony VAIO and windows XP. Any suggestions? 402 2 0 25 20040716164136 20040715161655 1 69.3.210.92 402 377 1 0 0 4 4 298 1 0 windows won't update In addition to my hotmail problems, which weren't helped by the article, I can't update windows. It says the update is incomplete when I try, and that it hasn't passed windows XP logo testing. I tried disabling my anti virus software, reducing my security settings, deleting temporary files and cookies, deleting Active X, any other suggestions? Is this problem related to my internet problems? 402 1 0 25 20040716204453 20040716164539 1 69.3.210.92 1 378 1 0 0 4 4 299 1 0 CD-Rom Tray Keeps opening & won't stay closed I switched to a known good CD-Rom player & it worked fine. Shut the computer down & hours later the same problem is happening. The tray won't stay CLOSED. What should I do? 406 1 0 29 20040719072913 20040719000841 1 141.156.144.132 1 379 1 0 0 4 4 300 1 0 Is this computer dead? I was given an old computer with a Pentium II processor in it. All the other devices like the floppy and CDROM still work. I originally turned it on and the only thing that happened was a beeping noise from the speaker. It lasts for about three seconds. There is no picture to the monitor either. Can this CPU be saved? 408 1 0 42 20040720083245 20040719191532 1 208.178.23.220 1 380 1 0 0 4 4 301 1 0 Sony Vaio - internal modem I have just reformatted my disk drive and installed Win2k without restoring the original Sony setup. Now the internal modem is not recognised. Should I have done a recovery, or can I still get connectivity? (and how?) 409 1 0 21 20040720083436 20040720024446 1 212.137.30.42 1 381 1 0 0 4 4 302 1 0 display issue I have an intel motherboard, display adapter is intel(R)82865G (on motherboard). Monitor is specified as Future Power model 17DB75 and is listed as such in the device manager of WIN 98. In the display settings all I can get is 640X480 resolution. I try to change it but after re-starting it drops back to 640X480. I would like to use 1024 by 768 which is the recommended setting for this monitor. Can you help me out please? 410 1 0 33 20040721192916 20040720155141 1 216.31.90.165 1 382 1 0 0 2 19 303 1 0 HP Pavilion 4430 I have been having some trouble finding any information about the motherboard in this computer. I am trying to get my friend a better pci video card for this thing, but I can't find any information about the pci slots. Does anyone know if they are pci 2.1 compliant or not? 411 1 0 14 20040721200226 20040721074136 1 68.170.66.129 1 384 1 0 0 4 4 304 1 0 Dell Inspiron 3500 - No Power (a.k.a. Dead) This laptop was working perfectly for a long time before this problem occured. It was on my daughter's desk and was not recently moved or otherwise jolted. No hardware or software was being added/changed at the time.Status: - Absolutely nothing happens when the start button is pushed. No LED indications on the keyboard. No LED indications for I/0, harddrive, or charging. No sound, fan, or other indication of booting. - Power supply (block) is putting out the appropriate 19V. - Battery LEDS indicate a full charge. - Cleaning of the supply terminal does not help. Is there an internal fuse (or similar) in the system that can be replaced? Can the switch be bad? Can it be bypassed for testing? (It has a 5 terminal momentary switch on the mobo.) My daughter would be extremely happy if I got her back on IM. 412 1 0 29 20040722071851 20040721115630 1 24.208.210.188 1 387 1 0 0 4 4 305 1 0 Sound Device hello...i deleted my sound device and i wanted to know if i can download from the net?im using a sharp RD10 laptopthanks alot 413 3 0 43 20040728232029 20040721184520 1 65.2.205.184 426 399 1 0 0 2 19 306 1 0 Today's Show Info 7/22/04 Windows 98 TipsUsing The System Configuration Utility Start the System Configuration Utility (Msconfig.exe) by clicking the Start button and then clicking Run. Type msconfig in the box and hit ENTER on your keyboard. The System Configuration Utility allows you to disable programs, create a backup copy of your system files and do basic troubleshooting through a process of elimination. Make Toolbars From Your FoldersYou can make any folder on your system into a toolbar: Just right-click on a blank part of the Taskbar. Click Toolbars from the menu that pops up, and select New Toolbar. Use the window that appears next to select a folder for your toolbar. You can select any folder on your hard drive or on a network drive. You may also use the Desktop, My Computer, Printers, Control Panel, Dial-Up Networking, and Scheduled Tasks folders. Windows creates a toolbar with an icon for every file in the folder you selected. Change Your Folder Background Customize the look of your folders. Click Start -> Programs -> Windows Explorer. Select the folder you want to customize. Right-click the folders background. Select Customize this Folder from the menu that appears. You will have 3 choices: 1) Create or edit an HTML document (Create a web page for your background) 2) Choose a background picture (Use any picture on your computer) 3) Remove customization (Remove any customizations you have made to the folder)Disk Tools To use ScanDisk, Backup or Defragmenter on any drive, open My Computer then right-click the drive you want to use disk tools on. Click Properties and select the Tools tab.Disk Cleanup To Start Disk Cleanup:Open My Computer and right-click the disk you want to free space on then click Properties. Click the General tab then Disk Cleanup. Choose the types of items you want to clean out then click OK.System File Checker You can use the System File Checker to verify the integrity of your operating system files and restore them if they are corrupted. You can have System File Checker make a back up the existing files before restoring the original files.Start the System File Checker by clicking Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Information. Click Tools and then System File Checker from the System Information toolbar.Using ScanRegEverytime your computer successfully boots a backup copy of your registry is created. Windows 98 keeps 5 copies of your registry from your last 5 good boots. When there is a problem with your registry, Windows will automatically replace the registry with one of the backup copies. This feature also allows you to easily restore a previous registry manually: Start Windows in MS-DOS mode (Keep tapping the F8 key while your computer starts). This will activate the Boot menu. Once this menu appears, choose Command prompt only. Type Scanreg /restore and hit ENTER on your keyboard. You will get a screen where you can select which registry backup to use listed by date. Choose a backup and select Restore. Print Screen with Windows 98 When you press the Print Screen button on your keyboard while you're in Windows 98, your screen is copied to the Windows Clipboard. To view the image, start the Paint program (click Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Paint) and from the Edit menu select Paste. Now you can print your screen or use the image any way you want. If you only want to copy an open window, and not the whole screen, hold down the Alt key while pressing Print Screen. Moving and Re-sizing the Taskbar You can move the Taskbar by clicking and holding down the mouse button on an empty part of the bar. Drag the Taskbar to another edge of the screenYou can also re-size the Taskbar by moving the mouse to the edge of the bar. Click and drag it higher or lower. Home Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 33 20040721230421 20040721230421 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 307 1 0 Problem loading Win XP I needed to do a OS repair reload. With about 17 minutes left in the setup I get a message saying (in the header) unregmp2.exe - entry point not found, and (in the body) The procedure entry point getIUMS could not be located in the dynamic link library MSDART.DLLWhen I try clicking "ok", the message just pops up again and again. I can't get any farther. What should I do? 414 1 0 25 20040722071306 20040722022808 1 207.172.115.91 1 386 1 0 0 2 19 308 1 0 Can somebody help me??? My computer have a problem. I don't know what wrong with it. I think a some kind of virus, but when I scanned with my norton Antivirus there isn't anything. The problem I have with my computer are, mostly DLL file, such as URLMON,OR GD32. A window appear and said said "EXPLORE HAS CAUSED AN ERROR IN URLMON.DLL. EXPLORER WILL NOW BEEN CLOSE. IF YOU CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS, TRY RESTARTING YOUR COMPUTTER." does anybody know what wrong with this??? In addition, something is wrong with my icon in these window it not like in it regular form but it become completely black. Please help me!!! What can I do to fix my computer? I did reformat my computer two times now, but it see not working. what does anybody think about this? What Can I do to repair this problem. Please help me!!! 415 2 0 36 20040725200312 20040723103550 1 67.209.16.197 415 390 1 0 0 2 19 309 1 0 Avec II e330 color scanner I have a AVEC II E330 Color scanner and I do not have the driver for it(.inf)[:(]. help!!!!!! 416 1 0 10 20040724074342 20040723154909 1 68.209.185.30 1 389 1 0 0 4 4 310 1 0 power supply I have a compaq presario that I am working to repair and it needs a power supply (did not have one when I got it) it is a model 5020 going the number on the front of the case. my question is ....it looks like the power supply plugs on the m/b are the same as an a/t power supply but there appears to be an addional plug that looks like half of a a/t power supply plug.... is this unique to compaq and will a a/t power supply work on it but not operate certain devices or functions.thanks 417 1 0 44 20040726222246 20040723191711 1 68.170.6.47 1 392 1 0 0 5 8 311 1 0 driver files I recently uninstalled Xp and re-installed Windows 98 se. However, for some reason, the drivers needed to run the modem and the sound did not extract, or are missing altogether. I'm at wits end with how to resolve this issue. Can someone give me a step by step tutorial on how to get these drivers into gear? 418 0 0 35 20040724200254 20040724200254 1 4.252.7.112 418 0 1 0 0 4 3 312 1 0 Dell display I am trying to fix a Dell Inspiron 4000 that got zapped during a lightning storm. I scrubbed the drive and installed W2k with SP4 and installed the recommended video driver from Dell, but the screen will only show in VGA mode. If I don't boot in VGA mode the screen goes black soon after boot (after the 2k splash screen with the status bar on the bottom). I also installed XP on another partition, but I cannot even go into VGA mode with XP. Am I right in thinking that the videocard is fried? And if so how expensive is it to replace that board or is it even possible. Thanks ahead of timeV 422 1 0 21 20040726222029 20040726152443 1 208.196.60.32 1 391 1 0 0 4 4 313 1 0 mustek 8432 cd-rw IS there a program on the planet that will write to a disk on the mustek 8432 cd-rw. i've downloaded lots but they say not supported.Is there something wrong with the cd-rw drive or what? 423 2 0 27 20040825023021 20040726212730 1 4.26.100.219 459 456 1 0 0 4 3 314 1 0 Not enough memory to load Windows....... Ok, heres the deal. I recently was bombarded with popups, a problem that I never had before.[:(!] I loaded a spyware program and it did nothing. Did a virus scan and came up with lots of adware. Deleted them all and still had popups.[:(!] Looked through Windows explorer and found strange programs which I never downloaded (kids????)[:0]. I deleted them all along with all cookies, temp Int. files etc. Restarted PC and now it tells "cannot find device file".. (Windows/system/VMM32/IFSMGR.vxd), Press Any Key To Continue.... Then it says the same thing only: (Windows/system/VMM32/IOS.vxd), Press Any Key To Continue..... Then again, the same thing only its now file: (Windows/system/VMM32/IFSMGR.vxd), THEN....it says "Insufficient Memory to start Windows" "Quit one or more memory resident programs or remove unneccessary utilities from Config.Sys or Autoexec.bat. Hit any key to shut down Windows. Then the PC shuts off. Anyone know how to fix this short of throwing the CPU out the windows????[}:)][xx(] Thanks 425 4 0 32 20040728225959 20040727194021 1 65.34.6.221 1 397 1 0 0 4 3 315 1 0 blank bios i have a 660 packard bell motherboard.the prolem is that it won't boot up all the way it flashes the video then it flashes amibios american megatrends 1992 bios version 1.00.04cp1r. the cursor then drops down a couple of times and blinks like its busy so i try'd to boot acouple of more times still the same.so i uninstalled every thing modem,video,sound,cdrom,ect striped the motherboard and tested it all on another board and it worked fine.i try'd like the american megatrend said i loaded up a bios onto a floppy no need for it to be bootale ecause it was only to load up the boot process when the floppy searched for it but it didnt work because it couldent find the floppy so i changed the jumper to recovery it scand the floppy but no changes in the boot so i thought it might be because i didnt have the right bios i dont know where to find the bios or an updated one i searched for one.my kids are getting restless please see what you can do for me many thanks guys. 426 3 0 32 20040814184635 20040727215000 1 142.177.85.87 417 437 1 0 0 4 4 316 1 0 Logitech Page Scan Color I have a Logitech Page scan Color Parallel Scanner and I need a driver that will let it work with Windows xp! Does anyone know if one is available. !Rick Cook 427 1 0 14 20040730184117 20040730095126 1 65.40.186.25 1 402 1 0 0 4 4 317 1 0 installing ide cdr to scsi bootable system I have a scsi hardrive system, the scsi cdrom "went south", I want to install a ide cdr.The bios of system allows me to install the ide cdr and boots from the scsi, aic7880, hard drive, BUT w2k does not see the ide drive ! Any ideas ??? 428 1 0 17 20040730184412 20040730104505 1 68.71.187.197 1 403 1 0 0 2 19 318 1 0 help? i need to know where I can find the latest display driver for my rage pro turbo agp 2x video card,windows 98se [?] 430 3 0 33 20040806210752 20040731042438 1 67.125.233.205 1 415 1 0 0 2 19 319 1 0 error my sister-in-laws computer is running win xp home at boot she gets an error message " shell_icon" and it keeps coming up. after about ten times it stops.......any ideas? 417 1 0 28 20040806211135 20040731201549 1 68.170.6.47 1 416 1 0 0 2 19 320 1 0 blinking when i turn my laptop on windows xp starts, but then the screen turns black. for 10-15 seconds the screen blinks from the wallpaper to a black screen. i can still function in the system, it is very slow, but i have to wait for the blinking to stop. where is the problem? 434 1 0 23 20040806205807 20040803124000 1 65.216.122.126 1 413 1 0 0 4 3 321 1 0 busy light constantly on For the last few weeks, the busy light on my HP has constantly been on. Even though I've went to task manager and ended all non essential programs. Also, my computer will not shut down, it usually freezes on the windows is now shutting down screen. I'm running XP. The computer randomly starts itself back up after shutting down sometimes to. Plus, the keyboard lights never go off. Like my HP is still on when it's not. 436 4 0 52 20040808121442 20040805123935 1 68.186.233.203 1 418 1 0 0 2 19 322 1 0 Video Adapter - help!! I had Windows ME and couldn't stand it. I reformatted the hard drive and installed Windows 98SE. However, now the video graphics suck - I don't know what happened, but I can't get past 800x600 with 16 colors. Before the reformat, I could get 1024x768 with 24-bit (true) color. I was able to find the driver for my monitor (a Packard Bell C920), and it's installed, but I'm thinking the problem is with the video adapter, which Windows 98 may have a hard time detecting. Win98SE originally detected a "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)" which only allowed 640x480 with 16 colors - I had to change it to Super VGA just to allow 800x600. But I'd like to go back to 1024x768 with at least 256 colors, which is what I had before the reformat. Any suggestions?? 437 1 0 17 20040806205646 20040805152738 1 24.226.235.184 1 412 1 0 0 4 3 323 1 0 Video Adapter help needed I had Windows ME and couldn't stand it. I reformatted the hard drive and installed Windows 98SE. However, now the video graphics suck - I don't know what happened, but I can't get past 800x600 with 16 colors. Before the reformat, I could get 1024x768 with 24-bit (true) color. I was able to find the driver for my monitor (a Packard Bell C920), and it's installed, but I'm thinking the problem is with the video adapter, which Windows 98 may have a hard time detecting. Win98SE originally detected a "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)" which only allowed 640x480 with 16 colors - I had to change it to Super VGA just to allow 800x600. But I'd like to go back to 1024x768 with at least 256 colors, which is what I had before the reformat. Any suggestions? 437 9 0 40 20040813141532 20040806124412 1 24.226.235.184 1 436 1 0 0 4 3 324 1 0 Dial up connection reloaded Windows 2000 and cannot establish a dial up connection..have tried the wizard in networking and dial up but when it gets to the point where you name the connection, it says the name is not good and stops the wizard...have tried with internet explorer and outlook express but can't find any other way except with the wizard....any ideas???? 172 1 0 27 20040808222638 20040808082754 1 206.29.102.73 426 420 1 0 0 2 19 325 1 0 system restore i believe my system restore file may be corrupted. Is there any way to find out for sure? I try to launch restore and all I get is a blank window with the title System Restore, but no action. I do not have an XP disk as the O/S was preloaded 439 1 0 32 20040808143724 20040808135357 1 69.81.86.167 1 419 1 0 0 2 19 326 1 0 Bios error Hi! My friend somehow screwed up bios.He have sis M810 motherboard.When he tried to update his version of bios(v 7.1),some error poped up.It says that he must turn off usb port.He was confused and didnt know what to do ,so he restarted the computer.After that all went black and computer stop working.He cant even go to the bios again.Is there any help to my friend or he must buy new motherboard[?][?][?] 440 1 0 27 20040809171655 20040809163517 1 212.200.135.59 1 421 1 0 0 2 19 327 1 0 security problems? the installation of a new wireless router brought a member of the so-called 'geek squad' out to hook it up and connect the laptop. after his handywork, now on the desktop, any secure or https site will not work. the information on checking the security settings thru internet explorer is displayed, but none of their suggestions seem to fix the problem. help ... ? 441 4 0 39 20040810210358 20040809215615 1 205.188.116.79 1 425 1 0 0 4 3 328 1 0 sound for dvds hi i recently just purchased a compaq lap top computer and i played a dvd in it and there was no sound for the dvd at all the computer has sound but when you play dvds there is no sound what can the problem be? 275 2 0 27 20040811222048 20040810123259 1 64.12.116.79 1 428 1 0 0 4 3 329 1 0 Video colors I installed Win 98SE onto my kids' HP Pavilion 7420 and now my video colors are only 16 (Control Panel, Display, Settings). No games will run on this low setting. I have since formatted the hard drive and reinstalled Win 98 & 98SE to no avail. Help? 443 3 0 20 20040815084404 20040813172455 1 209.179.168.56 1 440 1 0 0 2 19 330 1 0 swept my registry, and now... my windows system wont automatically load, when turned on i get a ; cannot find device vehicle needed to run windows ,win registery system INI file referes to it but the device no longer exsists, press any key to continue, then i press the any key and it loads, i have operating system cd as well as a backup disc but im uncertain how to extract the needed file from it, if its even possible to do so.or do i need to reload my whole OS to fix, thanks. jeff 225 1 0 20 20040815084940 20040813233321 1 64.136.26.228 1 441 1 0 0 4 5 331 1 0 help with dvd-r my sony vaio pcg-fx310 cannot read maxell dvd-r blank discs. Please help! 444 1 0 21 20040815085321 20040814001541 1 65.137.150.97 1 442 1 0 0 2 19 332 1 0 ok, i give up!! there are many more missing files, to many to search for.,i would like to start over.ive put all my important files on floppy and just want to re-format the drive.im running a fat 32 if that matters, its been ahwile since ive done this , load my start disc in the floppy, then choose dos, then type in a:\formatc:\ is this correct? please let me know if this is the wrong command, or if i have an alternative.,im pretty shure my win 98 se will load automatically after the format, thanks 225 1 0 28 20040816213624 20040816203110 1 64.136.26.228 1 443 1 0 0 2 19 333 1 0 DELETE SYSTEM HOW DO I TAKE EVERYTHING OFF MY SYSTEM AND PUT ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM ON THERE. IT HAS WINDOWS ME NOW BUT I WANNA PUT WINDOWS 98 ON IT, MAYBE IT WILL WORK FASTER. PLEASE HELP. ALSO MY WINDOWS ME HAS A KERNELL32.DLL ERROR MESSAGE WHICH IS KEEPING IT FROM WORKING PROPERLY 447 1 0 31 20040817214509 20040817140810 1 159.14.13.132 1 444 1 0 0 4 3 334 1 0 Re: programs in background On my PC, when I hit Control, Alt, Delete the "Close Program" box appears. There are four items that I want to find out about; Realevent, Rnaap, Cagent and Wzqkpick. These are very new. Is there a site that lists this type of thing so that I can find out what they are and what they do? Thank you for any help or direction you can offer.Kriss2004 449 3 0 33 20040823212158 20040817210850 1 69.48.15.21 1 453 1 0 0 4 4 335 1 0 I dont know if CPU works. When I go to power my computer, it powers up everything, but I cant see anything on the screen. I know the monitor works fine because I am using the monitor now. I tried exchanging the Video Cards, and I bought a new MB but it is still the same thing. What do you guys think it is. For some reason I think it is the CPU. The CPU was overclocked for about a month and was working fine before all this started to happen. 450 3 0 43 20040818212652 20040817234207 1 67.123.56.147 1 447 1 0 0 2 19 336 1 0 Dell laptop will not open Dell laptop ts30h will only open three inches when you use the latch located at the front center of the laptop. is there a secondary lock that may be jammed or is there a way to detach the display from the keyboard without damage? 453 1 0 16 20040822081106 20040822045158 1 172.173.16.249 1 449 1 0 0 4 3 337 1 0 I Need help now! I am trying to reformat an HP PAVILION 7940. I put the first recovery disk in and it installs and inflates files until it gets to this lineCDR101: Not ready reading drive MAbort, Retry, FailWHAT DO I DO???suebaert 454 1 0 31 20040822201310 20040822103154 1 67.71.104.206 1 450 1 0 0 4 3 338 1 0 I don't know what to do The tower of my PC will not turn on whatsoever. It is a HP Pavillion 6630. Please if there are any suggestions on how to fix this problem and to turn on my computer, I would greatly appreciate it. 455 1 0 25 20040823163214 20040823123759 1 205.188.116.77 1 451 1 0 0 4 4 339 1 0 Volume control in Win XP My volume control has disappeared from my computer and I am not sure how or why. I have installed other volume control programs but they sometimes work, and sometimes I get a run time error or an error stating no device or mixer installed, and indeed the device manager shows nothing installed, but at the same time, when I click on the various items listed in the manager, THAT shows each device as working properly. Having said all that, I wanted to know if there was a way to get the volume control back without having to do a complete restore, which has also failed to restore it in the past. 456 3 0 24 20040825212238 20040824042819 1 149.174.164.11 1 459 1 0 0 4 4 340 1 0 What's goin' on with this system??? I'm installing a new hard drive into a friend of mine's computer, and am having issues trying to get a video signal. It also seems that the cdrom and floppy drives are also unresponsive, and there are no beep codes upon startup. The devices were working fine with the previous hard drive (I swapped that out because the first areas of the hard drive containing the MBR are corrupted), but now seem to no longer be recognized by the system. Could there be a compatibility issue between the devices and drive itself? The system is older (AT board, AMD K6 processor, 92k, multiple snap-ins), so finding a compatible drive still in production has proven itself to be quite a task! Any thoughts as to why I wouldn't be getting any codes, a video signal, or peripheral drive recognition would be fantastic. Thanks, *Cera* 457 1 0 31 20040824153041 20040824124834 1 130.76.32.145 1 455 1 0 0 2 19 341 1 0 computer want restart I HAVE A COMPACT PRESARIO 5000 SERIES,IF I SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTART IT SHOWS A DISTORTED PICTURE THAT YOU CAN~T DO ANYTHING WITH,THE ONLY WAY TO START IT IS TO BOOT IT IN VGA MODE,THEN WHEN I DO I HAVE TO GOTO SERVIES AND RESTART ALL THE REMOTE CONNECTION THINGS BECAUSE MY CONNETION DOESNT WORK AFTER RESTART,I`M RUNNIG WINDOWS XP PRO,HAVE A NIVIDA 5200 GRAPHICS CARD,ALSO I TRIED SYSTEM RESTORE AND NONE OF THE POINTS FIXED THIS............PLEASE HELP................[V][V][V][V]charles mcdonald 458 1 0 18 20040825082715 20040824222525 1 4.225.11.87 1 457 1 0 0 4 4 342 1 0 I cant turn off onboard video on a motherboard! I've been having this problem with a motherboard (HP Pavilion PCs - Motherboard ASUS CUW-AM). I try to install a ATI Radeon 7000 32mb PCI Video Card and the computer wont boot into windows with it and does nothing. So I tried to turn off the onboard video in the BIOS and there is no option to do this. I have the proper drivers for this video card and I've had it in another PC a couple days before (it works). It just wont take it on the motherboard mentioned above. I would appreciate it if any one can help me by e-mailing me at nascarraven@hotmail.com or posting a reply here in the forum, describing in detail what steps I need to take to get this to work.THANKSDARKRAVEN :^)> 459 0 0 16 20040825022810 20040825022810 1 216.160.102.16 459 0 1 0 0 4 5 343 1 0 Fax Monitor in Windows XP The fax monitor is working for send or rec. I have re-double check config and have uninstalled and reinstalled component 2-3 times. This is on a 2 month old Dell Inspiron. Just out of software warranty, of course. 461 3 0 19 20040829122050 20040826195803 1 65.224.40.158 1 462 1 0 0 2 19 344 1 0 No Sound for Users I am running XP HE with a CM18738 / C3DX PCI audio device and a VIA AC'97 enhanced audio Controller ( wdm), and an external set of desktop speakers. The intial user account I used to setup XP gets sound, so I know all the HW and settings, drivers, etc are OK. But none of the other three user accounts that I have set up get sound. All 4 of my accounts are configured alike, all are administrators. I have tried setting them up with limited authority and it doesn't work. I have tried deleting and reinstalling the hw / sw in each account. I have researched all the books, and with MS. Can anyone help??? Thank you[B)] netsamkline 464 1 0 8 20040830074247 20040829124129 1 4.155.108.206 1 463 1 0 0 2 19 345 1 0 Armada 7710MT problems I have a Armada 7710MT notebook. After loading windows 98 it restarts and shows the windows logo and the computer shuts off and reboots. Thens tells me system did not finish loading and asks what mode to start in (EX: safe or normal mode). No matter which one i select it will not finish loadking windows. any ideas on this? 465 5 0 35 20040902203240 20040829191622 1 69.149.71.30 1 471 1 0 0 2 19 346 1 0 IBM THINKPAD 600E ERROR 174 My laptop boots into a black screen with error 174:configuration error. Do I need to replace the HD?It was working great. I has win 98 second edition. 466 1 0 23 20040830080642 20040829225108 1 64.63.213.65 1 465 1 0 0 4 4 347 1 0 hardware I have a compaq presario laptop with pIII processor and windows xp proproblem is at boot I get a blue screen with the following error"unmountable_boot_volume" and thats as far as it goes...will not do anything even in safe mode.......please answer asap 417 1 0 31 20040830201442 20040830175301 1 68.170.6.47 1 466 1 20040830193905 417 0 0 5 9 348 1 0 can't search my hard drive and explorer problems Please help! I don't know what to do!If I click on the start menu --> search --> for files or folders (with the classic start menu). I freeze up (same with xp start menu). The start button looks like it is pressed, but nothing happens and no search window opens. I can't search my hard drive for files. I can still open my hard drive and access files but cannot search for them. After a minute or two, the computer unfreezes, but doesn't do anything (doesn't open the search window)The same thing happens with internet explorer. It was fine a few days ago, but now it is very slow to open. It freezes/stalls when a link is clicked that requires it to automatically open a new window. After a minute or two it either closes internet explorer or simply unfreezes (and doesn't open a new wondow). It does the same thing if I try to open a link in a new window. It almost seems like the computer is blocking anything that wants to pop up (but yet I am still getting viagra pop ups). I can't find any pop up blocker that is on...There are a couple of other things that are happening... I am not sure if they are related, but if we can figure them out, it may help with the above problems.1. Often when I shut down or log off, I get "end program" messages - three in a row. End program...connections tray, end program...explorer.exe (and I forget the other at the moment). This happens even when all windows are closed and the task manager doesn't show any open programs.2. My documents folder spontaneously opens either at start-up or when opening a program like IE for the first time. This only seemed to happen after downloading the IE6 update (but all of the other stuff was happening before that).3. Somthing that says Find Fast pops up at start-up - I don't think it is the problem, but I don't know where it came from or what it is or if I should get rid of it.please please help. I have the feeling it is an easy fix - if I can just figure out what it is. I have run symantic antivirus and spybot. Nothing has worked. 469 1 0 23 20040901104450 20040901073933 1 69.164.67.61 1 467 1 0 0 2 19 349 1 0 mycdpro.msi something seems to have kicked out or damaged mycdpro.msi. So, now I can't start sonic recordnow anymore as it tries to reinstall at opening and even blocks uninstalling/reinstalling. Where can I get that file from? 473 0 0 34 20040902082501 20040902082501 1 80.58.5.235 473 0 1 0 0 4 4 350 1 0 SYSTEM TROUBLE I have a Pentium II 266 Mhz computer with floppy CD and 6 Gb hdd, OS is Windows XP Pro. recently when i tried to logon as a user it got stuck, i tried 5 times atleast but all the time it got stuck, i tried to repair using the Windows XP cd but when the installing devices stage comes it reaches till say 34 Minutes and then the screen freezes up and then i have to reboot iti tried to install windows 2003 , windows Xp, windows 98 but the problem still persists, i have tried installing it nearly 25 times nowpls tell me what is the problem and how can i sort it out 478 1 0 36 20040904135047 20040903153141 1 80.44.251.43 1 473 1 0 0 4 3 351 1 0 desktop gone I was gone for a couple of days, when I came home my desktop was gone! No start, no icons,no nothing. I tried going into safe mode and it froze! I used my system start up that came with my computer and asked to find and restore missing files and nothing! Any ideas? I am not very good with the technical side of computers. 479 1 0 15 20040904134904 20040904130157 1 66.213.14.59 1 472 1 0 0 2 19 352 1 0 Cd & DVD drive will not read disks I was working fine copying cds when all of a sudden both my dvd rw and my cd rw drives went stupid. They both ask me to insert a disk even when one is inside.I tried reloading the driver, but no help.Thanks.Please help 481 1 0 10 20040906184159 20040906073809 1 24.99.107.226 1 474 1 0 0 4 5 353 1 0 Install software Philips PCRW404 Sorry I am old. Philips PCRW404K. I reformated my hard drive Win98. Try to re-install original CD software. When I get to enter Name - Company - Serial Number I have tried to enter the jewel case # and the Serial Number that it asks for but it does not accept either number. Suggestions. 482 3 0 17 20040909110543 20040906212035 1 67.37.36.223 1 481 1 0 0 2 19 354 1 0 Show links AntivirusFree Online Scan http://housecall.trendmicro.com/Spy-wareAd-Aware SE http://www.lavasoftusa.com/SpyBot Search & Destroy ver1.3 http://www.safer-networking.orgHijackThishttp://www.richardthelionhearted.com/~merijn/downloads.htmlCWShredderhttp://www.richardthelionhearted.com/~merijn/downloads.htmlUpdatesMicrosoft Windowshttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.comBackground ProgramsTask Listhttp://www.answersthatwork.comStart-up Listhttp://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/startups_all.htmDriversMajor ManufacturersHewlett Packard http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.htmlCompaq http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.htmlDell http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?~ck=mneMachines http://www.emachines.com/support/product_info.htmlGateway http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/ddastep.aspIBM http://www-1.ibm.com/support/us/all_download_drivers.htmlMicrosoft DirectXhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/downloads/default.htmHard to FindOur own http://www.driverrequest.comUseful SoftwareStop SpamQurb Spam Blocker http://www.qurb.com/land/atag/shopthegeek-1Stop SpyWarePest Patrolhttp://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=5957-1&affiliate=26497Stop VirusesPanda Antivirushttp://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=7277-5&affiliate=26497Stop Hackers and WormsZone Alarm Firewallhttp://www.qksrv.net/click-1478612-10289950Stop Pop-up AdsStopzillahttp://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=acqgRbqr5A4&offerid=58749&type=3&subid=0Speed up your computerSpeed Up My PC 2.0http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/speedup.htmlHome Computer Repair's Senior TechnicianIf we have helped you please go to http://www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/donationpage.html to make a donation for our efforts.<hr>Visit http://www.ShopTheGeek.com for all your computer needs! 1 0 0 37 20040908002128 20040908002128 1 12.218.142.90 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 355 1 0 Computer Won't Detect Cd-Rom I have an older computer it's running windows me and for some reason will not detect my cd-rom. When I boot up the cd-rom lights up and it will work under dos. However when I'm running under windows and I click my computer it doesn't show my cd-rom.Thanks for any help 485 1 0 32 20040908202603 20040908105915 1 205.188.116.77 1 477 1 0 0 4 3 356 1 0 Problems With Display Ok here's my problem, I had to format my drive and reinstall windows. I have 2 different video cards and I can't get either one to work. One is a NVIDIA geforce fx5200 when I install it it says it's working fine but that there is a problem with the main display adapter and in fixing that it will fix my display. The second is a Aopen PG128plus s3 trio 3d/2x on board witch is the one that came with the computer. When I install it gives me an error code 23 and says the the loader for this device could not load the drivers needed. The computer's mother boad is an aopen mx3l r1.14 just in case and I'm running windows me.Thank you for any help. 485 5 0 33 20040913072349 20040908111531 1 205.188.116.77 1 487 1 0 0 5 9 357 1 0 VGA mode not support in bios mode Help!I'm trying to follow instructions in the bios due to an unmountable boot volume error on my windows xp prof cicero laptop. Due to the fact that the monitor is damaged, I'm having to read this from another monitor which is attached. Problem is altho this monitor works fine before this problem arose, it obviously isn't reading from bios because I'm recieving the message 'VGA mode not support'. How do I solve this first problem, so that I can then get to the root of the problem which is the unmountable boot volume error any ideas? I'm not even certain at this stage whether the bios is the way to go or the cmos, but unless I can read the screen it renders pretty hopeless blind.Thank you[:0] 487 2 0 19 20040908203353 20040908201906 1 210.86.117.153 487 479 1 0 0 4 6 358 1 0 Can't change network properties Your help would be greatly appreciated. I need to change my DNS server settings on this computer (Win2K Pro). Unfortunately, my computer will not realize that there are no other network property sheets open. It says there are. I say there aren't. I still get this error after reboots. I've been getting the error for a couple of weeks now. I am then not allowed to change any of the settings as the Properties button is grayed out.Any help out there?--Gabina 489 1 0 20 20040910094217 20040909202821 1 24.145.167.86 1 484 1 0 0 4 5 359 1 0 restoration disc crash A friend has decided to use restoration disc to fix a minor problem and now is stuck. She has a Presario 5000, XP Home, purchased 2K2. After ordering the disc from HP she installed disc 1 and nothing. I told her how to make cdrom her 1st boot device and had her boot PC with disc inside. It started the process. She was instructed by PC to then install disc 2 then disc 3 then back to disc 1. The drive then kicked out the disc and began to install Windows. She was 99% done and recieved an error message, "Fatal Error" and then it froze. She powered off then on and windows began to write again and at 99% same error. Any suggestions on what do do next will be appreciated. She has no warrantee and I can only try to help over the phone. Thanks, gravyz 494 1 0 8 20040912134457 20040912064136 1 207.172.122.30 1 485 1 0 0 4 7 360 1 0 Problems after Formating after FDisk I got hit hard from a some sort of virus a week after I took my firewall off my computer. I run Windows 2000 Professional OS and I did a FDisk on my system and attempted to format using the bootdisk. After waiting 5 minutes and it going to 100% for it to tell me that the disk is damaged and to try run Repair to fix the drive. Well I had obtained information telling me a work around by going through the ms dos based recovery console. So I went into the repair consule through the Windows 2000 Setup and ran a format c: command prompt. Well It formatted the disk. However, when I restarted and attempted to run the Installation of 2000 it told to check and make sure there is enough space on drive c: if so check to make sure CMOS or BIOS caching isn't enabled. If this is the first time restart and try again. I'm am completely baffaled as how to fix this. I need help [?] 495 1 0 16 20040915224246 20040913150453 1 198.135.203.6 1 488 1 0 0 4 4 361 1 0 CD/DVD Not reading I have an HP 533W computer with a Philips Combi 16 dvd/cd drive in it. Recently I tried installing a game and the CD stopped reading. After that, it will not read ANY cd's. The system "can see" the drive, but not the cd's or dvd's in it. I contacted HP and they say the drive is bad. I KNOW that is not true because i put the drive into another computed and it works fine. I also replaced the drivers, the ribbon cable and even re-installed windows XP. Any help would be appreciated. 497 3 0 36 20040919075453 20040918102426 1 69.164.161.5 1 491 1 0 0 4 30 362 1 0 help getting online I installed WindowsXP Upgrade over Me. I was not able to get online unless I was in Safe Mode. I spent 2 hours with my isp and 3 with Microsoft. Microsoft told me to send the software back through their moneyback guarantee program. While on hold I reinstalled WindowsXP home edition and for some reason decided to go to my network connection and disable it then enable it, then I was online. It's a Linksys LNE100 Fast Ethernet card. Any suggestins on how to get online without going through disable/enable would be appreciated. Thanks Garvy 494 1 0 16 20040921160146 20040921143034 1 207.172.122.30 1 492 1 0 0 4 3 363 1 0 cd burning problems When I try to burn cd's I get an error message that says licenses for media files corrupted. Need some advice.ThanksMike. 505 0 0 9 20040924143514 20040924143514 1 152.163.100.72 505 0 1 0 0 4 3 364 1 0 BOOT UP PROBLEMS EVERYTIME I BOOT UP MY COMPUTER I GET A BLUE SCREEN THAT SAYS WINDOWS PROTECTION ERROR SYSTEM HALT, RESTART COMPUTER. IT WILL ONLY BBOT UP IN SAFE MODE. I TRIED A A SCAN, DEFRAG AND RESTORE NOTHING WORKED PLEASEEE HELP 485 1 0 15 20040924205216 20040924161617 1 152.163.100.72 1 493 1 0 0 4 6 365 1 0 This operation has been canceled due to ...... restrictions on your computer. Please contact your system administrator. I have been getting this message when I try to run programs on my computer signed in as another user, but I have never set any restrictions as the administrator. Some sites said that spybot was the culprit but I don't have spybot loaded. Some other sites said that the regedit needed fixing, but when I went the change the default they were what they said they were supposed to be to fix the problem. Any ideas? If you have an idea you can send me a message at cmael@hotmail.com. Thanks. 179 1 0 13 20040927234154 20040925103451 1 12.35.123.253 1 505 1 0 0 4 4 366 1 0 Monitor question I have an HP monitor model # A4331DI think the cable end has a short. When connected to the PC if I move the end of the cable from side to side my video goes from normal colors to all purple.At the monitor end of the cable there is no visible connector. The cable goes straight into the back of the monitor.I work on compters for friends a lot, so I am constatly taking my computer out of my desk. I am thinking that eventually this wire will break and I hate purple.Can I replace this cable?Russell Doherty 506 3 0 12 20040925214554 20040925111625 1 69.132.132.114 1 497 1 0 0 4 4 367 1 0 cd drives I have a cd writer and a normal cd drive on a windows Xp xp/athlon 2Ghz based computer,they refuse to read disks that are mildly scratched , though I am able to read them on another msdos based computer that I have , I suspect that I may need to increase the buffer size but dont know how to do this with XP. 507 0 0 8 20040925144652 20040925144652 1 202.180.83.7 507 0 1 0 0 4 4 368 1 0 Monitor Display My monitor is pulsing (its the only way I can Describe it)The brightness seems to pulse fractionaly,just enough to be annoying it is a phillips 107S 17 inch about 6 years old, and this only happens when I am using web page,HELP it's driving me nuts.Stan 507 1 0 10 20040925152543 20040925145252 1 202.180.83.7 1 495 1 0 0 6 11 369 1 0 Cannot send email in outlook express My friend has email set up throught outlook express. He'srunning on an XP OS and it is updated fully. He wrote anemail, clicked send, and the message came back that itcould not be sent because the message could not bedownloaded?? There was NO attachment, only text in the bodyof the letter. I was apparently a long letter, but I haveno idea how long. Surely not long enough to be oversizedfor his server. For those familiar with it, it's with Comcast.When he goes to the outbox, the message is there, sortof.... the headers are there, but NO message!I've never encountered this before, can someone please helpme understand and possibly repair?Respectfully,Kathy. 508 1 0 11 20040926170024 20040926124636 1 68.78.181.54 1 498 1 0 0 4 4 370 1 0 smartlink archtek i recently had a smartlink archtek modem installed in my computer somehow it got deleted. i need help in how to reinstall it 509 1 0 7 20040926233844 20040926183415 1 152.163.100.72 1 499 1 0 0 2 19 371 1 0 Windows XP can't start My operating system is Windows XP home edition (OEM by Gateway) on my computer and I received this error message upon restarting my computer today:Windows cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt\WINNT\inf\biosinfo.infThe information I have been able to find on the internet about this error states that because Windows XP was placed as OEM by Gateway that I will lose all information if I try to repair it. Is there a way to repair the missing file without losing everything? Why does the error refer to Windows NT? 510 1 0 6 20040926234249 20040926225637 1 4.15.112.65 1 500 1 0 0 4 3 372 1 0 HSP56 micromodem problem I re-installed Win98 on my Socket-7 AMD K6-2 computer that has a pctel HSP56 micromodem DAA module. When I load the driver for it that came with the computer which had this modem mounted it says that everything is working fine and there is no comflicts but when you go to the modem and click on the tab where you want to get more info the computer can not talk with the modem and it says that the wrong driver is installed for the hardware. It is the only modem driver on the original setup disk that came with the computer. The modem worked fine until I re-installed Win98. I have tried 10 different driver downloads appently for HSP56 micromodems for Win98 but none of them work either. This is a 56 Kbps fax/modem DAA module V3.0 with a FCC Reg. no. 6HKCHN-33805-M5-E. I have searched the web with google with every combination of words with no avail except that I know this is a very problematic modem but what others found to fix their problem never worked on mine. After 20 hours of struggling with this over 2 days I just don't know what else to try. Hope you might have some ideas.Thanks Mary Louise 511 5 0 30 20040929103552 20040926233859 1 66.109.144.56 511 507 1 0 0 4 3 373 1 0 Installing win9x-inshield I uninstalled the modem from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. When I restart the computer it says found new PCI commucation device and wants to instal drivers. I cancel and install win9x-ishield from the CD I copied it too and put the file on the hard drive and installed from there as well using the setup icon.I restart the computer it says it found PCI communication device --click on search for best driver--doesn't find any--display list of drivers click on modem--not on list. Click on have disk and point it too win9x-ishield folder and mdmchipv.inf file but the display of drivers is blank. So can't install the driver if it is in that file. What am I doing wrong. I downloaded this same folder before and could not get it to work.Any more ideas!Mary Louise 511 0 0 7 20040927130316 20040927130316 1 66.109.144.56 511 0 1 0 0 4 4 374 1 0 CPU not turning on Help!I have a major project I need to hand in for school and my computer WILL NOT turn on. The monitor is working and power is certainly getting through. The computer actually was on at first. I then plugged in my USB memory stick as well as the keyboard plug because it fell out then suddenly the computer shut down. I can't get it to start-up again since then.I have tried unplugging everything, letting it sit and retrying. 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