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Can I Speed up the Boot Up Process? by T McDonagh
Hi, The following are the longest times from my bootlog (out of the 1336 entries). I have been doing a lot of cleaning up of my system, Startup, Spyware etc on my Dell Dimension 4100 P3 933. I would now like to speed up the boot process if that is possible. I don't have a tape drive...
September 11th 04 05:34 PM
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Can NOt Drag Icons after a short time of use. by Justin Baker
HI.. i am having problems with my Windows 98 system. My icons seem to not reacte to my draggin them.. When I reboot it is fine i can move the icons.. and then after a spell of internet browsing. (using IE6) .. or just doing normal stuff on my computer ... the icons are unable to move then.....
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July 12th 04 07:35 PM
by glee Go to last post
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Can not reload compact system software. by Craig
I could not get my compaq out of safe mode so I reloaded the factory software. Now windows 98 will not let me in because it refuses to recognise the code. I had to reload once before and there was no problum. I am using a 5300 series Compaq. Thanks for any help you can give me. Craig
August 9th 04 01:02 AM
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Can not run defragmentation or scan disk for errors. by Maria
I got a used laptop in great condition and tried to do mantainance on it and when I can the disk for errors it tells me that there is an error on the drive but can not be fixed and stops, and asked to run a throrout disk scan, and it does the same thing. If I try to defragment, it tells me it can...
July 15th 04 04:07 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Can you have 2 isp's on same computer. by deet
I am thinking of changing my isp and would to have a trial run of a new isp before cancelling the old. Is this possible? If so how would you set up the second dialup connection? TIA -- deet
January 16th 06 10:23 PM
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Can you have 2 isp's on same computer. by deet
I am thinking of changing my isp and would to have a trial run of a new isp before cancelling the old. Is this possible? If so how would you set up the second dialup connection? TIA -- deet
January 16th 06 09:16 PM
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Can't access CD ROM, explorer keeps hanging ?? by Robert Macy
Used to have a single CD ROM, set up as master at the end of the cable. Added another CD ROM, for R/W, set up as slave. Boot up everything lists ok. Yet, can't access information on CD ROM Went back to single CD ROM and still disk won't read info. Worse, Windows Explorer badly hangs trying to...
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October 11th 05 06:02 PM
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Can't access CD ROM, explorer keeps hanging ?? by Robert Macy
Used to have a single CD ROM, set up as master at the end of the cable. Added another CD ROM, for R/W, set up as slave. Boot up everything lists ok. Yet, can't access information on CD ROM Went back to single CD ROM and still disk won't read info. Worse, Windows Explorer badly hangs trying to...
October 6th 05 07:06 PM
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Can't boot Win98 to Safe Mode by Westwick
I've attempted to boot to Safe Mode by holding down Control key or the F8 key on separate occasions, but I still can't get Win98 to boot to the Safe Mode. I need to run Ad-Aware and Spybot while in Safe Mode in order to remove some suspected spyware that is slowing down the computer's performance....
March 13th 05 05:07 AM
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Can't boot Win98 to Safe Mode by Westwick
I've attempted to boot to Safe Mode by holding down Control key or the F8 key on separate occasions, but I still can't get Win98 to boot to the Safe Mode. I need to run Ad-Aware and Spybot while in Safe Mode in order to remove some suspected spyware that is slowing down the computer's performance....
March 13th 05 05:27 PM
by Westwick[_2_] Go to last post
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can't copy by Mandy
Everytime I try to copy from my C drive and paste into my A drive, or drag & drop I get a message "cannot copy, system can't read from the specified device"
August 11th 04 04:42 PM
by Mandy Go to last post
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can't create a new folder by
right click on desk top and nothing happens. go into file menu in explorer. there is no "new" listed.
September 21st 04 04:09 AM
by mary Go to last post
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can't create a new folder by No Name
right click on desk top and nothing happens. go into file menu in explorer. there is no "new" listed.
September 20th 04 03:41 PM
by No Name Go to last post
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Can't create new folder by Ed.
In my Windows 98SE I can't create a new folder. Any information on how to correct this without having to do a reinstall? Thanks
June 11th 05 06:21 PM
by Ed. Go to last post
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Can't create new folder by SFB - KB3MM
Any error messages? "Ed." esmithoh(at)zoominternet.net wrote in message ... In my Windows 98SE I can't create a new folder. Any information on how to correct this without having to do a reinstall? Thanks
June 11th 05 10:24 PM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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Can't Defrag by Nodetours
defrag starts @ 0% then goes to 1% occasionally then restarts back to 0% this goes on continuously, no progress. any help would be greatly appreciated. -- hi
August 3rd 04 07:50 PM
by Gerry Cornell Go to last post
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Can't defragment by Jenni
Hi all I can't defragment my hard drive. Scan disk runs with the maintenance wizard fine then disk defragmenter starts but stops shortly after saying some other program is stopping it from running. System file checker ran with no problems detected. Windows 'working in backgroud flag' is constantly...
June 20th 04 04:12 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Can't enter Passwords or Usernames. Why? by Mark Swan
Can anyone offer a solution as to why I cannot enter my user names or password on any website. When I go to any website and I am directed to the portion of the site where you would enter such information, the entry fields remain blank, and the curser disappears not allowing me to enter anything....
June 24th 04 04:51 PM
by glee Go to last post
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can't find cdrom by koollee
Please help, my kids can't play any of their cd rom games! the cdrom does not work, that is the drawer opens and the light goes on, but then nothing. my computer shows the a:floppy drive but d is not there anymore. device manager shows it as there and working properly, that there is a driver and...
June 9th 04 04:50 AM
by glee Go to last post
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can't find dllcache by amb1013
Hello, In running Norton, I saw that there were some undesirable items in my system32/dllcache folder. However, I've looked and looked and can't find the folder. I even changed my control panel settings so that I could see all hidden files and folders. Any clue how I might find it? Thanks!
December 7th 05 04:53 PM
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