mine are all -0000
And so are yours, Mikes and Joans! But not Seamey's
Mart
"Mart" wrote in message
...
I should have said - "Take a look at the 'Properties' \ 'Details' -
they (Seamey's) are all -0800"
mine are all -0000
Like you said Noel, "he's using the CDP - so has no control
of the posting time (which is not affected by local settings,
except for the Redmond server clock)"
Never noticed that affect before - always ASSumed it to be correct bg
Mart
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Hmmm - I have timestamps.....
07:37 - S
15:14 - M
next day
13:15 - S
16:47 - M
21:15 - S
23:33 - M
next day
02:03 - S
08:58 - M
15:11 - S
16:10 - M
17:25 - S
18:13 - M
( and that even removes the odd one that I though was there!)
All in logical order, no branching or whatever.......
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"Mart" wrote in message
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**Just seen your post before pressing the Send button, Noel g -
Thanks!!**
I have no idea why one of his posts appears to have a back-timed stamp!
They are ALL 8Hrs out - at least in this thread, Noel g
Mart
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Mart - unless you've actually had an email from Seamey, he's using the
CDP - so has no control of the posting time (which is not affected by
local settings, except for the Redmond server clock)
I have no idea why one of his posts appears to have a back-timed stamp!
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NG's
"Mart" wrote in message
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My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct?
Yes... but! .. is your Time Zone correctly set to GMT : Dublin,
London,
etc., in Control Panel | Date & Time \Time Zone? You're showing 8 Hrs
behind
in your e-mail properties.
However, you have now put a whole new complexion on the issue!! You
didn't mention the DVD-RW before!!! So let's just step backwards a
little.
When booting from the floppy Startup Disk, you *should* have seen TWO
CD-ROMS, becoming the E: and the F:, so the screen *should* have
shown:
Drive E:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 0
Drive F:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 1
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E
In other words, ONE of your CD-ROM drives was missing!!! (NB. although
it is a DVD, DOS only recognises it as a CD-ROM)
(Don't worry that you didn't also see a further line "Your CD-ROM Is
Drive F" - you won't.)
And!!
had (it) fitted 6months ago. When did your CD-ROM go AWOL??
Coincidence??
Back to my original question -
Have you (or anybody else!!) been poking
about under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged
any connectors?
My revised guess is that a visit back to whoever fitted your DVD
*might* be a better proposition, before you throw cash at a possibly
unnecessary new CD-ROM.
I'll cover your other problem later - first sort this one out g
Mart
"Seamey.T" wrote in message
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Hi Mart,
yeah your side of the water,well almost,N.Ireland (Belfast)
My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct?
Thanks for the advice on the CD-ROM will buy one tomorrow,as for the
CD-RW,
had a new DVD-RW (Pioneer 107D) fitted 6months ago.
Thank you so very much for all your help and bearing with me,and if
you do
come up with any suggestion regarding those' Faded Files',can you
mail me,
Keep up the execellent work and may the New Year be kind to you and
all in
the Forum,
Seamey.T
"Mart" wrote:
Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8
hrs
behind GMT (UK time) g
The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the
Startup
floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely
eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the
Norton files
etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g.
I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think
most are
made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are
LG but
don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC
World?) and
see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it
with a
burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software.
In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders'
Mart
"Seamey.T" wrote in message
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"Mart" wrote:
Ah... So it probably didn't even open in WinMe? (Not even using
the
button
on the front panel?)
In which case, back to my earlier comments -
Have you been poking about under the bonnet
and knocked/dislodged any connectors?
If not,
You (may) *almost certainly* have a faulty CD-ROM ...!
Substitution/replacement is the only practical solution. I would
guess
that
a new one should only be about US$25 or so - they're less than
GBP10 over
here.
Good luck with it.
Mart
"Seamey.T" wrote in message
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Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions
and can't
do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a
Cd
in,baffled.
"Mart" wrote:
Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being
recognised
in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).
After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you
need to
type:-
E: (then press Return)
that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD
into
your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen
from
scrolling]
and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.
If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not
recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and
someone
should
be
able to continue with help.
BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off
your PC
(as
you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!
....I just hope I haven't done any damage.
No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this
is
concerned.
.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.
Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.
Mart
"Seamey.T" wrote in
message
...
"Mart" wrote:
One thing at a time!
... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,
NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the
drivers
are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.
However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot
using your
WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and
see if
it
is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for
your
CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in
Windows).
If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have
to boot
into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you
been
poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?
You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!
Mart
"Seamey.T" wrote in
message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are
Greyed
out
and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a
lot of
stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd
my
CD-ROM
is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show
there.Rebooted
into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in
Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.
Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in
"DOS" but I
had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were
Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c)
Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading
Drive E
Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely
not,it
would
not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and
Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders
to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.
Hi Mart,
I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this
machine.
You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front
of the
CPU
and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or
flashing .
I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly
restored
them
back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or
not.Was just
wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I
make a
ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and
these
Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my
problem.
"MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using
The
Driver Information Database)
"Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your
efforts,not by a
long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without
you
folks.
If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm
from your
side of the water and price is no-matter.
Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out
Files&Folders,
Thank You.
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