Forum: General
February 25th 07, 05:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
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problem with scandisk or what?
Tks for your comments Mike.
How does a buyer of a new PC manage to avoid Vista for your suggested 2
years? And at £150 for the Home edition of Vista (John Lewis price.
Discountable elsewhere?) with...
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Forum: General
February 25th 07, 04:17 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,504
problem with scandisk or what?
Tks for your comments guys. I accept that electronic equipment, if it lasts
a couple of months it will likely last for yonks. (as per your vintage m/cs)
it's just that within the last couple of years...
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Forum: Setup & Installation
February 25th 07, 10:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
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Replies: 3
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Firewall for ME
last version compatible with ME AFAIK is zlsSetup_61_744_001_en. Haven't
checked but I believe earlier versions are still downloadable on ZoneLab's
site
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Delboy
Many have made a trade of...
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Forum: General
February 25th 07, 09:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,504
problem with scandisk or what?
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Tks for the link Mart. Have downloaded it. Time for a backup session to my
cdrw disks methinks.
Ran scandisk from DOS including surface scan last night (12 hours, yawn -
zzzzz...
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Forum: General
February 24th 07, 10:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,504
problem with scandisk or what?
Hi Mart
HDD is some 7 yo. Being an optimist (or a pessimist?) the hdd is 2/3 empty.
Tried looking on Samsung's sites for test util, can't find util for my model
no. (sv6004h according to...
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Forum: General
February 24th 07, 07:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,504
problem with scandisk or what?
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Sorry should have mentioned WinME, 60G HDD, 40G free.
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Delboy
Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid
multitude.
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Forum: General
February 24th 07, 07:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,504
problem with scandisk or what?
Yesterday after an apparently normal close down, next time I re started, the
computer went into scandisk "improper shutdown", but with the thorough
option dotted, automatically fix errors ticked and...
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Forum: General
February 21st 07, 10:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,129
computer slows down
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Thanks for your comments guys.
Not sure about the router (bt's description) having installed security. I
have only subscribed to bt's basic package (up to 8meg speed, 5 gig...
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Forum: General
February 20th 07, 04:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,129
computer slows down
Can anybody give me any hints, ideas etc.
WinME OS, UK location. I used to have broadband on a ntl cable modem
service. When I recently moved into a new house, ntl was not available in my
area so I...
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Forum: General
February 14th 07, 06:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,312
MS Registry Cleaner
Hi Mike, The only problem I ever came across when using a reg cleaner
(RegSeeker), was to render unusable Control Panel/Add/Remove
programs/Windows Setup.
You emailed me a registry file to restore...
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Forum: General
February 14th 07, 05:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,312
MS Registry Cleaner
Thanks all respondents, will proceed with caution.
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Delboy
Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid
multitude.
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Forum: General
February 13th 07, 07:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,312
MS Registry Cleaner
You are probably right Heather, maybe it's the 20-20 vision of hindsight
:-), but now you remind me of the name it sounds familiar.
I don't run XP, just ME, I'm sure it worked on ME. Can you unmunge...
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Forum: General
February 13th 07, 06:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,312
MS Registry Cleaner
Hi all-knowing people out there.
Can anyone tell me the name and details of MS's Registry Cleaner. I've tried
searching MS's catalogue but no joy to date. (must be looking for the wrong
name...
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Forum: General
February 12th 07, 02:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,204
OT - Windows Visa
Yes Eric, it's just the Windows Flag in a circular button according to the
BBC programme. No words in the icon
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Delboy
Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the...
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Forum: General
February 10th 07, 12:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,204
OT - Windows Visa
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Sorry folks, forgot to mention MS were very proud that they removed "Start"
from the Start icon. Apparently some folks were finding it confusing that to
shut down, one had to click...
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Forum: General
February 10th 07, 12:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,204
OT - Windows Visa
Thanks for being kind to me webster72n & oops!!
If I still had my Win98 CD, I could have installed the fax utility from
that, but being a tightwad, didn't want to eBay.
BTW Visa was a Freudian or...
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Forum: General
February 9th 07, 10:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,204
OT - Windows Visa
I have just seen BBC TV's programme on the launch of the new OS. After a few
minutes my brain switched of thanks to over use of "WOW" continuing ad
nausea.
There was no demonstration of Vista and...
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