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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...
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October 29th 04 07:06 PM
by PA Bear
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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...
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October 29th 04 07:04 PM
by PA Bear
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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.
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October 29th 04 06:44 PM
by JD
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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...
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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?
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October 29th 04 03:01 PM
by John7
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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?
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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...
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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...
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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
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October 29th 04 10:31 AM
by Dee
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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...
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October 29th 04 04:46 AM
by PCR
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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.
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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...
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October 29th 04 01:09 AM
by RJK
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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...
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October 29th 04 12:13 AM
by BArun
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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...
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October 29th 04 12:06 AM
by PCR
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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...
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