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Forum: General December 28th 06, 05:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 20
Views: 2,763
Posted By *ProteanThread*
Haunted House Screen Saver

i wouldn't mind installing it, but is the mystery.scr the same in BOTH
windows me and windows 98 ?


Alan Edwards wrote:
Hi Mart

Butt in any time with that sort of information.
I thought ...
Forum: General December 26th 06, 08:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 20
Views: 2,763
Posted By *ProteanThread*
Haunted House Screen Saver

it is to me as well; my dad was asking about that screensaver and the
others as well.

as well.


Alan Edwards wrote:
Try mystery.dll

If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never...
Forum: General December 10th 06, 05:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,845
Posted By *ProteanThread*
windows explorer locking up - is this normal?

now seems to be when i browse the network more than anything.


Heirloom wrote:
PT quoted my reference to moving the Acceleration slider and said it seemed
to help, Harry.

PT, if the 'hangs'...
Forum: General December 7th 06, 08:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,845
Posted By *ProteanThread*
windows explorer locking up - is this normal?

Heirloom wrote:

Does this happen as you are attempting to scroll or use your mouse in any
way??? If so, turn your Hardware Acceleration slider to one notch above
none, reboot and try again....
Forum: General December 7th 06, 08:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,845
Posted By *ProteanThread*
windows explorer locking up - is this normal?

i don't think you read my reply.

webster72n wrote:
You seem to be avoiding my question, PT.

Harry
Forum: General December 7th 06, 05:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,845
Posted By *ProteanThread*
windows explorer locking up - is this normal?

seems to happen more frequently when i browse the network less often
other times; almost like its waiting for a dll to unload or something.


webster72n wrote:
Of course that isn't normal.
My...
Forum: General December 7th 06, 02:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,845
Posted By *ProteanThread*
windows explorer locking up - is this normal?

sometimes after i browse my network, windows explorer hangs (and so
does every other window thats open); is this normal for ME? I don't
have this problem under 98 or 2K; what should i check for?
Forum: General November 29th 06, 02:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 4
Views: 922
Posted By *ProteanThread*
changing default CD and DVD players

i had this same issue on my 98 machine until i was told to uninstall
and reinstall media player.

i'll try these suggestions when i get back to the machine with
problems.


Mike M wrote:
Go back...
Forum: General November 29th 06, 04:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 4
Views: 922
Posted By *ProteanThread*
changing default CD and DVD players

i did that but windows media player still takes over for CD's and dvd
player still takes over for DVD's :-(


Mike M wrote:
In WMP uncheck the unwanted file associations (WMP7 - Tools | Options |
...
Forum: General November 29th 06, 03:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 4
Views: 922
Posted By *ProteanThread*
changing default CD and DVD players

how can i change the default CD and or DVD applications to another
player by default? Windows Media Player keeps taking over the settings
and I would rather use Media Player Classic as the default...
Forum: General November 29th 06, 02:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

OK

Mike M wrote:
You will find replacing arial.tft with a copy from another system an
interesting exercise. Read my previous posts and you'll find the reason
why.
--
Mike Maltby
...
Forum: General November 29th 06, 01:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

Thanks Alan, that was exactly the response I was looking for.


Alan Edwards wrote:
Try this 3 year old response of mine. I can't improve on it easily.

If you mean in applications like Wordpad,...
Forum: General November 29th 06, 12:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

isn't there a way foir these other languages to not show up in the drop
down list ?


Mike M wrote:
Just what exactly is your problem?

is there away to disable that?

Either give your PC...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 11:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

is there away to disable that?


Mike M wrote:
What you are seeing is the various character sets that are available
within the font, not separate fonts. Thus, for example, the font Arial
(file...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 10:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,553
Posted By *ProteanThread*
updating a comuter w/o internet

sorry i was getting update catalog confused with windows update. :-)


Mike M wrote:
You download the patches you need from the Windows Update Catalogue and
then copy them to the machine running...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 10:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,553
Posted By *ProteanThread*
updating a comuter w/o internet

well now that makes sense :-)


MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
They do not automatically install from the Catalog. They are executables
that you must double click or run to install.
This way one can...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 10:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

Better Look He
http://www.rtdos.com/arial_turkish.jpg

Why aren't these fonts showing up in Windows 98 or XP? and, yes, I
have the same version of works installed on all 3 systems (works...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 08:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

ms works ?


N. Miller wrote:
On 28 Nov 2006 10:58:32 -0800, *ProteanThread* wrote:

Mike M wrote:

*ProteanThread* wrote:
Forum: General November 28th 06, 07:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

i have unistalled all non local fonts yet arial (turkish) and others
keep appearing i just want arial (western) to show up.


Mike M wrote:
Not wishing to be personal however I'm sorry but you do...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 06:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

then why do they non western fonts show up in dialog boxes ?


Mike M wrote:
I've always found the delete button very useful for removing unwanted
files. Not that Win Me, by default, installs...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 05:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,606
Posted By *ProteanThread*
removing non western fonts

since i don't use the multi language feature in ME, who do i remove all
non western fonts?
Forum: General November 28th 06, 02:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,553
Posted By *ProteanThread*
updating a comuter w/o internet

what i mean is how do you download them without them automatically
installing ?


Mike M wrote:
*ProteanThread* wrote:

How?

A good place to start would be reading my...
Forum: General November 28th 06, 02:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,553
Posted By *ProteanThread*
updating a comuter w/o internet

what i mean is how do you download them without them automatically
installing ?


Mike M wrote:
*ProteanThread* wrote:

How?

A good place to start would be reading my...
Forum: General November 27th 06, 05:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 4
Views: 1,476
Posted By *ProteanThread*
windows messenger (NOT msn messenger)

messenger not explorer


webster72n wrote:
"*ProteanThread*" wrote in message
...
what was the *LAST* version of...
Forum: General November 27th 06, 04:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,553
Posted By *ProteanThread*
updating a comuter w/o internet

How?


Mike M wrote:
kidofcomputerkind wrote:

how do i upgrade my windows Me laptop that does NOT have internet?

By using another PC and...
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