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If you would, and if it hasn't already been answered, would you also try the disc in
another computer, and see if you can read it there? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Geoff" wrote in message ... Get back to you Alan - have to head off to do some teaching for the next four hours. Will check for other HTML files when I get home and report. Thanks for your assistanced to date - much appreciated. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message . .. You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message ... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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Hi Alan,
The computer will read/open other .htm files that are on the hard drive. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message . .. You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message ... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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The CD reads ok on my own computer.
"glee" wrote in message ... If you would, and if it hasn't already been answered, would you also try the disc in another computer, and see if you can read it there? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Geoff" wrote in message ... Get back to you Alan - have to head off to do some teaching for the next four hours. Will check for other HTML files when I get home and report. Thanks for your assistanced to date - much appreciated. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message . .. You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message ... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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Hi Ron, Alan and Glee
IE5.5 is now working! How did this happen? I am not really sure why, but I managed to load onto the computer Netscape Navigator 7.2. I did not configure it as the default browser because the owner is used to IE. But I thought I may be able to use it to run the magazine disks. After placing the previously unreadable (by IE) disk into the computer, it autoran and opened up IE5.5 with no problem whatsoever! And I am now able to browse the disks using IE. Any ideas why this would have happened? Just to satisfy my curiousity. "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi Alan, The computer will read/open other .htm files that are on the hard drive. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message l... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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Hi Geoff
Glad you are now OK but I have no idea what happened. I haven't used NN since 3.01 (still installed, oddly enough) Ron and Glen may take a little time to answer as they are right hand down a bit in the US (Texas and North Carolina) and I am in Tasmania. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:42:44 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Hi Ron, Alan and Glee IE5.5 is now working! How did this happen? I am not really sure why, but I managed to load onto the computer Netscape Navigator 7.2. I did not configure it as the default browser because the owner is used to IE. But I thought I may be able to use it to run the magazine disks. After placing the previously unreadable (by IE) disk into the computer, it autoran and opened up IE5.5 with no problem whatsoever! And I am now able to browse the disks using IE. Any ideas why this would have happened? Just to satisfy my curiousity. "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi Alan, The computer will read/open other .htm files that are on the hard drive. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message m... You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message bl... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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Hi Geoff,
Glad to hear it is working but the reason it started reading OK is top secret and if I told you, Glen would have to shoot you. This is the typical nonsense answer I give when I don't have a clue :-) Good luck with it. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi Ron, Alan and Glee IE5.5 is now working! How did this happen? I am not really sure why, but I managed to load onto the computer Netscape Navigator 7.2. I did not configure it as the default browser because the owner is used to IE. But I thought I may be able to use it to run the magazine disks. After placing the previously unreadable (by IE) disk into the computer, it autoran and opened up IE5.5 with no problem whatsoever! And I am now able to browse the disks using IE. Any ideas why this would have happened? Just to satisfy my curiousity. "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi Alan, The computer will read/open other .htm files that are on the hard drive. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message m... You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message bl... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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hehehe.... thanks guys.
"Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Hi Geoff, Glad to hear it is working but the reason it started reading OK is top secret and if I told you, Glen would have to shoot you. This is the typical nonsense answer I give when I don't have a clue :-) Good luck with it. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi Ron, Alan and Glee IE5.5 is now working! How did this happen? I am not really sure why, but I managed to load onto the computer Netscape Navigator 7.2. I did not configure it as the default browser because the owner is used to IE. But I thought I may be able to use it to run the magazine disks. After placing the previously unreadable (by IE) disk into the computer, it autoran and opened up IE5.5 with no problem whatsoever! And I am now able to browse the disks using IE. Any ideas why this would have happened? Just to satisfy my curiousity. "Geoff" wrote in message ... Hi Alan, The computer will read/open other .htm files that are on the hard drive. "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Not sure of the relevance with DMA. Mine is unchecked, though Disconnect is checked. I suspect my CD on my old Win98 SE machine doesn't support DMA I don't use Autorun anyway and have it disabled. Are you saying you cannot open an html file ONLY if it is on a local drive? Can you verify this by trying another html file? (On your hard drive) ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:01:41 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" I have also checked CD Auto insert notification option (done) but I note also that DMA is enabled as is Disconnect. Any relevance? "Alan Edwards" wrote in message om... You don't need to open folders in a browser. Open the CD in Explorer and doubleclick Default.htm in the root folder as indicated. Note that the instructions in the magazine (Australian PC User) are slightly different on the back of the CD, though both mean the same thing. If you want the CD to autorun, try this: Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Properties. Choose the Device Manager tab. Open the CD-ROM branch, and select the entry for your CD-ROM drive. Click Properties, and then choose the Settings tab. Turn on the Auto insert notification option. Click OK, and then OK again. You'll have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:32:46 +1000, "Geoff" wrote: Ron, To put the matter in perspective (now that I have enjoyed a nights sleep in the southern hemispere)........quoting from the PC magazine "The cover disks use a Web-style interface. You only need to install a web browser to be able to view the contents. If you already have a browser installed. then the disks will autorun (for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP) and load your default browser at the home page of the disk. If the disks do not autorun, simply launch your favourite browser and open the page DEFAULT.HTM from the root of the disk.".... Hope this makes my earlier reply a little more clear. My problem is that the disk will not autorun and if I right click the CD drive and then go to Explore I can see the folders but the browser will still not open them! A virus/worm or trojan perhaps? "Geoff" wrote in message . gbl... The CDs (from the PC magazine) usually run under IE (default.htm) and are read within a web browser window. Hope that helps. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Are you misspeaking yourself--one normally uses Windows Explorer (not IE) in conjunction with CDs. Assuming you are using Explorer, what happens when you double click a file and what is the file extension? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Geoff" wrote in message ... Fixing (?) a Win98Se computer with IE5.5 When I run a commercial CD (from a PC magazine) IE opens but only to a screen with the message "This page cannot be displayed"!!!!! When I select the "D" drive (CD) and "Explore" I can see all the files and folders but IE refuses to open any of them. I have also tried other commercial CD's with the same resultand I have replaced CD reader with another and get the same result. :-( Where to now? Thanks for any help. |
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Geoff wrote:
Thanks Alan. I have tried opening the CD in Explorer, Default.htm and all I get is "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" It appears that your computer is unable to read the CD. Could be the CD itself, could be the drive. You could try copying the files from the CD to your HD and opening them from there. That really *shouldn't* make a difference (has to read to copy) but it couldn't hurt to try. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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