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Remove/Replace WinMe .wav by Sean
Have been trying to remove the splash screen just to load quicker. There is an audio file also when windows starts. How can I change or replace this file? Thanks for your help.
March 2nd 05 09:09 PM
by Sean Go to last post
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WinMe Splash Logo Substitution by ForestSpirit
Someone in another thread asked about preventing the WinMe splash screen from appearing during boot up. The advice given was to edit to MSDOS.SYS file by adding the line Logo=0 to the end of the section called . What if you want to have a different picture come up instead of the Windows Me splash...
March 2nd 05 07:28 PM
by Mike M Go to last post
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startup by Sean
Good morning, when I power on is there a way to remove the winme image that flashes me. Also, is there a difference between background or wallpaper? Thanks
March 2nd 05 06:41 PM
by Mike M Go to last post
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Cursor/Display problem by Frances
When I turned on my computer, the cursor was not visible, my desktop icons were enlarged, and the colour of my wallpaper was weird, like if it was in safe mode or something. I don't know how to fix this problem. I can't do much without a cursor. Can somebody please help me? Thanks.
March 2nd 05 12:04 PM
by Mart Go to last post
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MVPS HOSTS Updated 02-28-05 by siljaline
'Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File'. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip (49 kb) http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt (215 kb) Note: the "text" version also make a good reference for determining culprit URLs. Silj
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March 2nd 05 11:58 AM
by Joan Archer Go to last post
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SB Update by heirloom
Spyware Blaster update 3/1/05, 3449 items in database. Heirloom, old and got mine!!!!!!!
March 2nd 05 06:51 AM
by TomV Go to last post
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Spyware Blaster Update 01/03/05 by TomV
35 new entries for a total of 3449. http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=12032&sid=77faab9d3d4aa249907c6e64ec249514
March 2nd 05 04:12 AM
by siljaline Go to last post
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I/O subsystem failed to load by Marie Lewis
The following is a message I get on my computer every time I boot up: Error: An I/O subsytem driver failed to load. Eiuther a file in the .\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. I can not go any furter that this, I can't even start my computer in safe mode.
March 2nd 05 03:48 AM
by heirloom Go to last post
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.net by Sean
Im not a developer by any means. Do I need this at all for the os to be working? Think I check marked it during an update. Thanks
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March 2nd 05 03:17 AM
by ForestSpirit Go to last post
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[Win Me] Automatic Updates isn't working by \(yet another\) Steve
My problem... Automatic Updates is not working on my system and it had worked before. For about the past few years I've had it turned-off (update manually) but turned it back on a few months ago. I even got the Windows Update for AU (manually). Then I started to notice that there were critical...
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March 2nd 05 12:57 AM
by \(yet another\) Steve Go to last post
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How can I get an 'PPS' file to open? by Mildred
Hi, Someone sent me a 'PPS' file but I cannot open it. I don't understand what a 'PPS' file is and have no idea what to do to make it show up - espessialy since this one is supposed to be fantastic..... Any help would be very much appreciated. Mildred
March 1st 05 10:52 PM
by Joan Archer Go to last post
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error messages by
I recently had my spare computer rebuilt. It was a Dell, and I had grown = tired of having to purchase Dell components , primarily the power switch = and units as they seemed to be continually failing, and Dell had = manufactured their machines to only allow the Dell replacement parts in = some...
March 1st 05 05:04 PM
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computer freezing up by Bonnie Jean
I have: Win ME, use Foxfire, no viruses (PCcillin), no spyware (AdawareSE and SpyBot), recently deleted internet temp files and ran scan disc and defrag. For a couple of weeks, my computer has been locking up. It doesn't seem to be application specific. I can't even esc or ctrl alt del---have to...
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March 1st 05 03:09 AM
by Shane Go to last post
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Trojan startpage.16.m by Trent SC
A colleague's computer is sitting morosely on my living room floor, infected (so it seems, according to AVG) with the Trojan startpage.16.m and no matter how many times AVG finds and heals the offending file - se.dll - the infection reappears on every reboot. And since this seems to be a...
March 1st 05 01:24 AM
by Malke Go to last post
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Scandisk on bootup by Vera
I have a Gateway computer that is about 4 years old. It was having numerous problems. I formatted the hard drive and zeroed the drive using the restore disks from Gateway. The computer works fine except that every time the computer boots, it wants to do a thorough surface scan using scandisk. ...
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March 1st 05 12:22 AM
by Shane Go to last post
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WinMgmt.exe problem relating to freezes by warsh79
I had had a system crash in Jan 2005 and I took it to a tech store who fiddled with it and brought it back ( sorry I am running windowsME). It has started to freeze on startup, I have to reboot it. I am getting a log file message sayingWINMGMT terminating an existing copy was detected (Mon Feb 28...
February 28th 05 09:43 PM
by warsh79 Go to last post
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taskbar & start menu by Sean
There are a few items I would like to remove from here as well as in the programs list. Sometimes the shortcuts remove fine and am concerned about some of the items that I want to remove in the programs list warning indicates that removing the file will take all associated files to the recycle...
February 28th 05 09:41 PM
by Rick T Go to last post
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Device Manager.....Yellow Mark by Heather
On checking the above, under System Devices, I have two entries for "Programmable Interrupt Controller".....the first one is working properly.....the second one has a yellow circle with an exclamation mark and it is not working properly. I wrote down all the information on the good one and the bad...
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February 28th 05 01:27 PM
by Shane Go to last post
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DirectX by Sean
Just had a look and would like to remove the above from my laptop. Really not interested in gaming on this nor have the capablilty of watching video either. Any way of removing the above item. Also, within this newsgroup. I always have to tab down to english. Is there a way to recognize...
February 28th 05 12:27 PM
by Andrew Murray Go to last post
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reinstall system on Sony Vaio without formatting by Charles P. Lamb
How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and...
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February 28th 05 08:17 AM
by Charles P. Lamb Go to last post
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