Forum: Hardware
May 29th 08, 12:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,958
2 External USB HD for XP and ME
It would have helped if he mentioned his end goal. That is whether backing
up a few files, a small transfer, or say a complete backup, a huge transfer.
My experience with USB2 is it is not extremely...
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Forum: General
January 8th 08, 10:49 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,236
Registry Defragmenters
1.4.1 has something called Registry Monitor. Take snapshot upon install and
at later times and then allows comparison of snapshot to what current
registry is. Lists all the deviations and allows...
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Forum: General
January 5th 08, 01:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,237
Service pack for ME
One point Mike, I will not see USB 2 in device manager unless I have
installed the drivers from my MOBO makers CD.
He will possibly have to find another way to determine if his MOBO is USB 2
capable....
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Forum: General
January 5th 08, 01:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,236
Registry Defragmenters
I could not agree more that registry cleaners are not for the inexperienced.
I've had my share of problems, even with MSRegClean, which is no longer
supported. It would remove a key that would break...
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Forum: General
January 5th 08, 12:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,236
Registry Defragmenters
Does that also go for scanreg /opt /fix ?
Not really a defragmenter I'd guess, but it does get rid of wasted space.
Norman
"Alan Edwards" wrote in...
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Forum: General
December 6th 07, 02:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 658
tmp files in Fonts
Thanks Mike,
I ran AdAware and Spybot, nothing found.
I did that search again and they have now stopped showing up there. Best
guess is that I had something going on that I decided to run a...
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Forum: General
December 6th 07, 02:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,575
Antivirus, security, etc.
I run SpyBot and AdAware.
I had used AVGfree in the past and sure it had limitations as well.
I used ZA 5.5 and the version that came in CA security suite. Unfortunately
they have dropped WME support...
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Forum: General
December 6th 07, 02:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,575
Antivirus, security, etc.
Thanks for the info. I'm comfortable with AVG and ZA, but must have gotten
confused as to what would work with WME.
Do I need 6.1 or something pre-6.1?
Norman
"O.J. Newman" ...
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Forum: General
December 5th 07, 01:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 658
tmp files in Fonts
I have never experience this before and wonder if someone know why. I search
for tmp files and folders and find several in the fonts folder. But what is
confusing is that if I open the fonts folder,...
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Forum: General
December 5th 07, 12:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,204
Need driver help for Win ME.....?
As Mike pointed out, WME has the drivers for USB 1.0 & 1.1.
And as pointed out, check device manager.
But also do it in safe mode and look for extra devices and remove them. I
have personally...
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Forum: General
December 1st 07, 01:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,575
Antivirus, security, etc.
My security suite has expired and the issue I have is that new versions I
have seen do not include WME. I suspect some may work but would rather have
input of your experiences. Please respond with...
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Forum: General
December 1st 07, 01:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,204
Need driver help for Win ME.....?
You have left some needed info out as you may have already understood by
other replies.
Is the audio onboard, which it can be and still designated PCI? Or is it an
add-in card?
Is the system...
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Forum: Hardware
November 29th 07, 10:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,128
ATI9600
Looking for opinions on the scandisk message and what might be going on with
my video??
I'm dumbfounded as to why I get the can't find explorer message aftter the
drivers are installed and...
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Forum: Hardware
November 27th 07, 12:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,128
ATI9600
I was having some anomalies, mostly sluggish. I proceded to back up
everything, which I got done. And then reinstall. Scandisk from startup disk
gave some message about wanting to copy table 2 over...
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Forum: General
April 7th 07, 01:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,600
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Forum: General
March 31st 07, 02:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,463
System turned into crap
Sorry if I got you confused. It is now apparent that the situation does not
apply since your HDD is so small. The size issue is something you do need to
be aware of if you upgrade the drive to a...
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Forum: General
March 31st 07, 01:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,525
SYSTEM Connection Attempt
Thanks for those links. Once I figure out how to use them, I might be able
to find what seems to be eating memory and also an issue with outlook not
always fully exiting.
Thanks Norman
"MowGreen...
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Forum: General
March 26th 07, 12:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,609
Only above half of text visible?
I am curious what you mean by half the letters. Is the page spilling off the
screen or are individual letters being chopped?
Are you using a LCD or CRT display?
I, for about the last month, have been...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 11:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,406
Open With uses wrong application
Hopefully Mart can answer compatibility issues.
But, I install Office 97 before Office 2k. I have some templates I can only
get access to that way and a bunch of them are from a program that will...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 11:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,406
Open With uses wrong application
You got me Mart. Darned sugar has been off the last couple of days, again.
Think I'll go drink some beer. It don't help but does a good job of making
the other less noticeable.
Norman
"Mart"...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 11:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,525
SYSTEM Connection Attempt
That only means that at some time the url was typed into the address bar of
IE. Not a problem.
I checked port 80 and it used for HTTP server. But found that it was often
used for an...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 10:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,463
System turned into crap
I assume you mean by correctly that he didn't use a HDD bigger than
127/137GB. He might have put a 160GB or bigger drive in and WME will happily
install. And run fine for some time, usually when it...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 01:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,406
Open With uses wrong application
Agree with your assessment of 2K. But how compatible is Word 2K with office
97?
Maybe the association he has to get rid of is not with word, but with the
compaq stuff?
A shot in the dark, but perhaps...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 01:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,463
System turned into crap
Just popped to mind, if available, install to clean drive and add original
drive, attempting to move data. DO NOT run scan disk on original drive if it
is size issue. It will only scramble it...
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Forum: General
March 24th 07, 01:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,463
System turned into crap
Looks like we dove into the same end of the pond, HDD.
He must have taken a long coffee break.
I wonder what brand and age of HDD?
Also seen same symptoms when size barrier is ignored. Too many...
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