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Hang up the phone! by
HarryB
I am running Win 98, IE 6.0, and OE 6.0. IE and OE both
start the dialer, but neither disconnects when you close!
Is there a way to do this??? Thanks.
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February 21st 05 06:54 AM
by mae
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Noisy HDD by
jane
Hi all,
I think I may have mentioned this prior but due to increase in
frequency I am bringing it up again.
My hard drive is making a sort of 'knocking sound' but Only at the
beginning & end of a download from the internet.
Is this something that is 'normal' at times or something a little...
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February 21st 05 06:41 AM
by PCR
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Media Player(v9) wont play AVI's from vid camera by
Capt. 'Wild' Bill Kelso, USAAC
My brother-in-law is trying to play AVI files from his video camera but WMP(v9)
only plays audio from the files, no video. The AVI File type box is checked in
Tools, Option, File Types. Does 98 need some type of add-on codec to play...
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computer stalling by
R.VENKATARAMAN
suddenly the computer stalls. I had to click restart button in the cpu which
is not the correct shutdown. what could be the reason for this sudden
stalling (it occurs occasionally). I check for virus twice a week with avg
free. I also defragment once a month. the files in c:\windows|temp...
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Unable To Open JPG Files In Explorer by
DALE Allen
I have my photos stored on the hard drive and when I click on one a preview
pops up. Until recently, a double click would open the file using my photo
software. Now I receive an error message, "Access to specified device, path
or file is denied."
Thanks for
the help,
Dale
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autoexec.bat in msconfig by
RJ
I'm not able to uncheck the 'Process autoexec' box. As soon as I click
Apply, it puts the check mark back. There were a couple lines in the
autoexec.bat file but I deleted them so now the file is empty. But when I
click the Autoexec.bat tab in msconfig there's still an empty box there
which can't...
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Acronis True Image 8 by
jw
Is anyone using Acronis True Image 8 with Windows 98 SE?
John B.
--
The above NOSPAM e-mail address is for spam avoidance purposes.
Please reply to the newsgroup or to
jw10413 at earthlink.net
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February 21st 05 02:07 AM
by jw
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Downloading PDF files by
Syke
I'm using Acrobat 6.0.1. Recently, it's become impossible to download PDF
files, except by right-clicking and selecting "Save Target As" and not
always then. If I just click on a download button, there is download
activity for quite a while (it's dial-up) but when it finishes, there's just
the...
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February 21st 05 12:40 AM
by PCR
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Help needed to upgrade USB port on old PC by
Hank
I am trying to connect a new Brothers MFC420CN fax, scanner,
and printer to an older Gateway computer. Brothers requirements state
USB 2.0 is required. Don't know how to tell what type of USB is in
the computer but since computer was made in 1999 would have to assume
that it has USB 1.0 since USB...
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Weird Problem: Hard disk all of a sudden hums or hisses, and then hangs by
Herbert Chan
Hello,
I've been having this problem for quite a while already.
The pc will all of a sudden freeze, and then I can hear the hard disk, or
the pc, issue two hums or hisses, which is accompanied by the hard disk
light being on, indicating disk activities. After this two hisses, I can
move the...
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February 21st 05 12:21 AM
by PCR
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scanregw in msconfig by
wouldbee
In the start up sequence within MSconfig, does the position of the scanregw
make a difference? We had lost it, now have installed it in the registry's
local machine/ software/ microsoft /windows/ current version /run folder. It
is backing up the registry daily, I was wondering if its sequence...
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February 21st 05 12:12 AM
by PCR
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Restoring the registry by
Anthony Buckland
I recently had to rebuild C: from scratch, which included restoring
the directory from tape along with a full file restore. Everything
went well, but I've wondered since whether this should be
credited to good design in Colorado Backup (which notes the
restoration of the registry so I can notice I...
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February 20th 05 11:27 PM
by PCR
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reply to Symantec post earlier by
jane
Hi all,
havent seen much input regarding the symantec drama of late.
Not sure if it is my server or if the topic just peter'ed out.
Anyway, if anyone is interested, my Norton Virus Update
pop-up has been happening on a nearly " 3 times per 24 hours "
in the last week....... I am actually...
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Defrag extremely slow by
Larry
This relates to my Windows 98 hard drive that I've asked about recently
and that I've ordered a replacement for as an insurance policy, though I
haven't been sure whether it's failing or not.
I started a Defrag, it went quickly to 82 percent complete, but then it
slowed to a crawl. When I looked...
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February 20th 05 10:51 PM
by PCR
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Faxing Software Not Finding Comm Port by
nr
I'm on 98SE, and have an Intel HaM data fax voice modem. I'm trying to
load SuperVoice fax software but it's not working. After it checks the
comm ports (1-8) it throws up an error box with 2312 Cannot find comm
port. The HaM Configuration, in the Control Panel, shows the modem to
be on comm 5. ...
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Slow startup on WIN98 by
bgosper
Recently windows has been very slow to boot. It hangs on both the posting
screen (black screen) and on the Windows 98 startup screen. I have checked
all startup programs in msconfig and no unknown or new stuff runnig, no
spyware spyware, no viruses, device manager checked, etc--no problems to...
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Bios won't recognize HD, looking for flash by
dostie1
I am installing a new HD to my computer, it's 120 gb yet my bios limits me to
30 gb. I need to flash my bios, heres my info for my computer:
Program: eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.41
BIOS Date: 03/26/99
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 03/26/1999-SiS-530-2A5IMS29C
OEM...
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To Gary Terhune on fixing CD drive by
Larry
Gary, many moons ago (July 2004) you gave me full instructions on
removing drivers from the Device Manager in an attempt to fix my CD
drive. You thought that either that would fix it, or that the drive
needed replacing. I put the instructions aside to work on later, then
sort of let it slide and...
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February 20th 05 08:23 PM
by sf
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Surface scan in Windows 98 warning of bad cluster by
Larry
This morning when I started my Windows 98 Dell Dimension, it began something I hadn't seen before, a surface scan, a very slow process that took 30 to 40 minutes, then it told me it had found one bad cluster (out of the many thousands of clusters on the C drive) that was bad, and so it was moving...
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Windows 98 SE - Product key by
pauper58s
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to retrieve the Product key from a
Windows 98 SE installation CD?
It is not loaded on the computer.
Is it possible to get the Product key from the disk itself?
Thanks for any info
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