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Browser not completing "connection" by BArun
Here's another IE5 problem (sigh, like the old joke goes, I got a million of 'em!) If anyone has any ideas short of reinstall, upgrade, etc. The problem is that IE5 has stopped completing certain steps, namely: 1. It fails to complete the connection when I click on a link in an email message in...
October 29th 04 07:06 PM
by PA Bear Go to last post
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Newsgroup Format by BAP
FYI... in spite of my phone (modem) connection, all appears to work well and at relatively normal speed with the Internet. However, since the change to the current Format of the Community News Group, 75% of the time, when navigating thru the general questions and the details, all freezes for...
October 29th 04 07:04 PM
by PA Bear Go to last post
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Windows Explorer by Denis
How do I get windows explorer to display a different folder other than My Documents upon start up.
October 29th 04 06:44 PM
by JD Go to last post
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Virtual Memory & Safe Mode by Robert
Can anyone tell me if Virtual Memory is running while in Safe Mode? The reason I ask is that I am wondering if it is better to run Defrag in safe mode, versus, shutting off virtual memory and then run defrag. I'm told if you don't shut off virtual memory and then run defrag, a section of the...
October 29th 04 03:44 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Everything crashes after NAV2004 install by John7
Installed NAV2004 and Anti-Spam2004 at friend's PC a few days. Removed NAV2002 Corporate Edition before using Add/remove Programs. Win98 crashes very frequently since. Word closes while typing etc. System is malware free. PC is hardly usable now. Friend goes nuts. Any suggestions?
October 29th 04 03:01 PM
by John7 Go to last post
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failed startup by red
hp desktop yesterday updating DirectX from ms , after restarting, error message " Msgsrv32 performed illegal operation, will shut down" etc. my computer will not go further, can i eliminate this program?
October 29th 04 02:48 PM
by Jon_Hildrum Go to last post
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DVD ROM problem by Gabriele Hauschild
I have a stand-alone PC Pentium 3 with Win98SE. It has "NIS 2003" (including firewall and antivirus), "Spywar_eBlaster 3.2", "Spybot S&D 1.3" and the latest "AdAware 1.05". It has a DVD ROM identified only as a "IDE DVD-ROM 16X" and it's DVD playing software is "SoftDVD Max 6". Suddenly the DVD...
October 29th 04 02:00 PM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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test by barry martin
T Please don't tell me "there are test groups for this purpose". T I posted a message on this group three times - it does not come though. T I posted a test message on three different ....test groups, and it does c me T though. T Beats me what's happening . . . . Something got fixed...
October 29th 04 12:38 PM
by barry martin Go to last post
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troubleshooter by TomS
when I open troubleshooter and click on a subject the right pane stays blank. I ve tryed the softfix from mvps.org but it still does not work. What else can I do to fix it
October 29th 04 10:31 AM
by Dee Go to last post
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Windows 98 crash after trying to re-install printer by Terri Creagh
I have posted this to several Win98 newsgroups, because I am not sure which one is the most appropriate. I have an older computer on which Win98 is running. This system basically crashed after an attempt to re-install a printer that was giving me a problem. I have tried re-installing Win98...
October 29th 04 04:46 AM
by PCR Go to last post
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defrag freezes by chance
when i try to run defrag my computer freezes, also when i run scan disk it runs and say's everythings okay but then it freezes up again. why is it doing this and how do i correct it.
October 29th 04 04:07 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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windows 98 logo flashes than goes to C:\ by fitty3001
few weeks ago I encountered the following error: "Invalid system disk. replace the disk, and press any key." I received information from this newsgroup that my system files may be damamged and that i'll need a boot disk. I created a boot disk and was able to get past the error. But, now I get...
October 29th 04 03:51 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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re-installing win98se for fonts by PeterL
In a previous question here I asked about why my system seems to default to an italics font. The answers I got regarding changing properties/appearance/themes or schemes etc etc did not work, but thanks for the effort. I have also examined several of my fonts at control panel/fonts and they...
October 29th 04 03:05 AM
by ... et al. Go to last post
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color setting in display properties? by Leonard F Kiesling
using win 98se, dell desktop 5 yrs old. pentIII 450mhz, 384 ram, video card 3dfx voodoo3. 800 x 600 resolution. what should color setting be: high color 16 bit or true color 32 bit? thank you, len kiesling
October 29th 04 02:41 AM
by Leonard F Kiesling Go to last post
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"error opening file" on startup by John
On boot-up, I get the following: Cannot import C:\WINDOWS\sp.dll: Error opening file. There may be a disc or file system error. What does it mean and how do I fix this? Thanks in advance, John
October 29th 04 01:55 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Re-installing 98 over 2000 by Dijait
Can anyone help me with the steps to reloading Windows 98 on computers that have 2000 on them? And then you can help me stop the login screen from displaying at start up.
October 29th 04 01:55 AM
by Alphonse Go to last post
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Survey Results, "80 Percent Had Spyware" by Brad
Hi, Note: I never type my credit card number on my computer. I just heard the news about a survey on a group of home and business computers. "80 percent of the computers tested had active spyware running". Key loggers that record your keystrokes is a major part of spyware. Brad Before you...
October 29th 04 01:09 AM
by RJK Go to last post
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Cookies "permanently" set on refusal by BArun
Please disregard my previous post. I resolved it by uninstalling all the software installed over last week and using a Go-Back program to restore a configuration snapshot I took prior to those installations. (should have taken snapshot before EACH installation, but didn't). Anyway, that took...
October 29th 04 12:13 AM
by BArun Go to last post
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OT Ad-aware SE by webejammin
Knowing a number of people here use ad-aware... Anyone experiencing "Low Resources" pop-up when running a scan in the new SE. I've tried re-installing but it continues to pop-up. The scan runs fine. I tried looking around but could not find anything specific to it. And yes I have only 3-4 items...
October 29th 04 12:06 AM
by PCR Go to last post
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Cookies "permanently" set on refusal by BArun
I am using Internet Explorer 5.0 (with critical updates installed by MS update). Post the MS updates, I seem to be running into first one problem and then another, but I will limit this post to the latest most pressing problem: My Internet Options Security function is suddenly not working with...
October 29th 04 12:03 AM
by David H. Lipman Go to last post
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