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Slow in opening MS Words, sometime Active desktop recovery appears by Francis Chew
Hi All, Recently whenever I tried to open any documents in Ms Word, it will temporary hangs for between a few second to a minute before opening. Active desktop recovery alway appear when you pressed Ctlr+Alt+Del key or without pressing it. Sometime it will takes several minutes just to open a...
February 11th 05 09:32 PM
by cquirke (MVP Win9x) Go to last post
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Shortcut Overlay Arrows by R.L.Barnhart
Thank you all for your responses on this matter; however, I have found the MS Knowledge Base Article - Q126631 that I used before. I have implimented its suggestions again and the Shortcut Icon Arrows are gone. This article is no longer available in the MS Knowledge Base so I am attaching a copy of...
February 11th 05 08:29 PM
by R.L.Barnhart Go to last post
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Scheduled Task by Joe
I want to create a Scheduled Task that will shut down and re-start my PC. Is there such a task that I can set up in the “Scheduled Task� feature?
February 11th 05 08:25 PM
by Joe Go to last post
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ATTN: Users of NAV/NSW/NIS 2004 by PA Bear
Symantec UPX Parsing Engine Heap Overflow http://secunia.com/advisories/14179 http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.html -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security
February 11th 05 08:03 PM
by PA Bear Go to last post
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Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer by Raul Freitas
This morning, after NO changes(no new hardware or software installed) to my system yesterday, my Windows 98 machine (with all latest updates) comes up with the error message above (as a DOS message) which halts the machine and requires a reboot. It can then boot up properly in Safe Mode, but then...
February 11th 05 07:27 PM
by dfg Go to last post
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Resource conflict by General Mailbox
Greetings. On an E-Machine 192MB RAM, 566Mhz, I am getting a conflict in resource error just before it boots up the OS (Win98). I took out the modem card (PCI slot 2) and the conflict is gone. I place it in slot 3 and the error returns now showing slot 3 has the error. Is this a bad card now or...
February 11th 05 01:31 PM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Web page only prints a partial page on the printer by antidote
Hi This problem I have is adequately defined by Microsoft in the following article: 257085 which states: ........................................................................ SYMPTOMS When you print or preview a Web page, the layout of the text may not be exactly the same as when you view the...
February 11th 05 09:48 AM
by jane Go to last post
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problem with IE and not able to download by [email protected]
Hi, I've been having a problem with IE as of late, and I've also been unable to download any new programs, so I'm hoping that someone may have some suggestions as to solve my problem. But here is background into the situation... I'm using Windows 98, and have internet explorer 5 intalled on...
February 11th 05 08:41 AM
by Dan Go to last post
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What does everyone think about chipsets? by Dan
I was wondering if people suggest updating chipsets with an Intel computer or is it generally a bad idea. What are the advantages and disadvantages of updating Intel-based PC chipsets? Thanks in advance for the feedback!
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February 11th 05 08:38 AM
by Dan Go to last post
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IE explorer6 with service PK1 update protection error in Ms-dos by Peter M
I have f disked a slightly larger hard drive, installed win 98se which comes with IE 5 No problems at this time. downloaded IE explore 6 with service pack1. Now if I choose shut down from start menu, re-start in MS-Dos, then when finished type "Exit" It then comes up with "re- starting windows",...
February 11th 05 07:23 AM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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Scan and defrag in Safe Mode? by Anthony Buckland
Every now and then someone gets in trouble with scans and defragmentations that keep restarting because something is running and modifying files. It strikes me that the scans accompanying restarts after power cuts, cold boots following Blue Screens and so on don't get in trouble because nothing...
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February 11th 05 04:22 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Longhorn, XP, Win98se by sf
Didn't want to resurect a dead thread - haven't read the group in a few days, but want to know about Longhorn. I'm still using my trusty Win98 at home and it still has plenty of life left in it (I seriously wonder if that 5% of internet users number is correct). When I looked up Longhorn...
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February 11th 05 04:06 AM
by Brian A. Go to last post
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make win98 boot from cd? by Thufir
Restarting a windows 98 system and pressing F8 doesn't bring up the option of booting from the cd, as it does on my win2k machine. Why/not, please? (I'm trying to install linux on the win98 machine, the cd worked fine for that on the win2k machine.) Thanks, Thufir Hawat
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February 11th 05 03:59 AM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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Using AIM,Yahoo and MSN messengers safely by Joe K
I will be helping someone on a win 98 that uses AIM,Yahoo and MSN messengers. How do I check for safe operation of each,i.e. viruses,spyware etc. I don't like telling people what to run on their computer but would like to explain how to safely run their computer. I will do the usual virus update...
February 11th 05 03:35 AM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Windows Startup utility by Buckeye 4805
I am running Windows 98SE and have noted recently a decrease in system response time. I decided to remove some programs listed in the "System Configuration Utility" (msconfig) start up tab. I unchecked a number of programs including "msnmsgr", "countryselection" and "ptsnoop". After unchecking...
February 11th 05 03:34 AM
by Brian A. Go to last post
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Unable to boot fixed by Alec Adamyk
I have finally been able to find this group to post the correction to the problem of being unable to boot my computer after format and to thank all those that were able to help. I checked the knowledge base to check for tha standard mode dos extender problem and one of the suggestions...
February 11th 05 03:30 AM
by PCR Go to last post
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Connecting a Brother Multi-Function Device by nr
I'm considering getting a new Brother MFC that says it needs a USB 2.0 connection. My pc currently has 2 USB 1.0 ports. Can these be upgraded to 2.0 or should I be able to connect the device with a serial port? I'm running 98SE. Thanks for any assistance.
February 11th 05 02:56 AM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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Printscreen in Win98 DOS session? by glee
Only by using third-party software. We used this (not free, but inexpensive) program at work: ScreenPrint - http://www.softwarelabs.com/tsl4/3-screenprint.htm -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Donald G. Davis" wrote in message
February 11th 05 02:40 AM
by glee Go to last post
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New EZ Armor edition released by Gary S. Terhune
Computer Associates released a new version of EZ Armor day before yesterday, though the advisory emails are being parceled out (my brother received notice yesterday, I got mine just a bit ago.) I did the update last night, and it didn't go smoothly, but that's likely due to my system being the way...
February 11th 05 01:18 AM
by Dan Go to last post
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Shortcur Overlay Arrows by R.L.Barnhart
Some of the desktop icons have little arrows on the bottom left. Tweak UI does not eliminate them as it should. I had this problem before and found a solution from MS Knowlege Base but now my search does not turn up anything. Can anyone help? Thank You! I am running WIN98SE.
February 11th 05 01:10 AM
by Dan Go to last post
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