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hey all, i just installed windows 98, but the graphics are rediculously poor...on websites i can barely understand what they say. is there some driver or something i can download to fix the display. also, is it possible to download something to change the screen resolution to a higher resolution???

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I have some issues while playing video games on my computer. The games would be Soldier of fortune, call of duty, starcraft just to name a few. I have researched informatoin regarding outdated drivers, which i have updated. Outdated BIOS (which i never figured out), and quite possibly conflicting ram …

Hi! I need some guidelines about creating a hosts file to increase my surfing protection. I run on Windows ME, Internet Explorer and need tips that are VERY easy to understand. Have been reading online about Hosts files, everything sounds very good but it is somewhat above my knowledge of …

I've decided to stop using Internet Explorer as my primary browser. I would like to here any recommendations for another browser to use, both good & bad, negative & positive. The only other one I've used is Netscape so that is my first choice unless someone has a better option …

can someone please give me a run through of installing windows from msdos. everytime i do i get an error for finishing install. what i am looking for is an order of how to do it...like delpart, format, fdisk...etc. thanks!

there are a lot of software that I use that I wish there was some sort of way that I could just right click on the taskbar icon and specify to always keep it on top. Do you know if there is anything like this out there for win xp?

sorry, this is a 98 question, but a lot more people are in here then the windows 98 forum....i just installed windows 98, except the graphics are piss. i can barely make out the screen on windows explorer. are there any graphics drivers or something i can download to make …

I just replaced my hardrive in my XP box and put my old drive in a external case. Now I can't get to my Documents and Settings\user name it says is not Accessible, Access Denied when trying to access file on old drive. The old drive was XP Pro SP1 …

Rite now my com is in the state where it continue to loop at DOS....when i entered the bios mode it shows that the primary IDE doesnt detect my hard disk....So how do i go on about in fixing this problem.....and could anyone tell what the real problem is? please …

i wiped my harddrive using delpart, then created a parition using fdisk, then formatted the C drive...i copy all the files from any OS(ive tried xp home, xp pro, 98, 2000 pro)..the files copy then it says restart to finish installing...it restarts and when it says "running windows" on the …

I just realized that I had Cookies, History, & Temp. Internet folders within the Temp folder (C:\DOCUME~1\XXX\LOCALS~1\Temp). This seems a bit strange, since these folders are currently present outside the Temp folder as well in their otherwise "normal" location. So I rebooted into Safe mode & deleted the folders in …

Ok so here's the story. I recently bought a laptop off of a friend of mine the other day. So I re-formatted it and everything to get rid of all their old files and start fresh. This is where I run into my problem, I get everything all set up …

Hey i have windows xp on my laptop and this is wat happens... when i start up the system the first thing that shows is.. the sony logo .. then it tells me if i wanna start it on normal mode, safe mode, last configure mode.. and 2 others.. i …

Not sure if this works w/ previous versions, haven't checked, won't bother :). [color=blue]Steps:[/color] [b]1.[/b] Get [url="http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/"]ResHacker[/url] (Resource Hacker) Download & open it. [b]2.[/b] Run the ResHacker.exe and open up C:\Windows\Explorer.exe with it. Expand the "String Table" on the left. Expand the "37" folder (38 for "classic" winxp style), then …

Alright, here's the problem: Just a few days ago, my computer would just idle at the screen that displays the processor/company name for a good 2 to 4 minutes. I havn't altered a single thing on the computer, so I have no idea what it could be. Also, when it …

I have Windows XP, home edition with IE6. I just ran ad-aware, and norton antivirus 6 along with windows update. THis is when it became impossible to open internet explorer. Additionally, i just installed a wireless card, but the problems started after the reboot from the windows update. below is …

This is the message I get when burning a CD, after I try copying more then 90MB on a 700MB CD. [B][COLOR=Red]"Sorry. Cannot transfer additional songs. The memory of your External Device/Media is full." :rolleyes: Please assist.[/COLOR][/B]

Ive been trying to get this to work for over a week now.. After setting up the bios to boot the CD-ROM drive first I pop in the Windows XP disk. It goes to this blue screen where it starts loading all the files on the disk. But, like a …

Hey I just installed a copy of Server 2003. One thing I noticed, there's no Welcome Screen in Server (the one called logonui.exe). However, the file exists in the system32 directory. What can I do to enable the XP style login? I'm pretty bored with the Server 2003 style of …

i always get this dialog when i am browsing the web. line error:100 Do you wish to debug it? this dialog make me crazy.... if i am not wrong...this happen since i remove windows xp SP2. can somebody help me to solve it? THANKS!

Hello, I,ve been adviced by Hewlett Packard to do a total reinstallment of my XP home edition. My computer is just 9 months old and has 80 GB and 512 MB RAM. I've got a "recoverydisc" which doesn't help at all. My questions: 1) In which box/slide shall I put …

:cry: hi i have a problem with my windows media player.When i try to play any video files wmp screen goes black and then nothing happens except computer slows right down i can not close wmp quick as another windows take minuttes then after closing the window computer still slow.I …

Hi, Previously I had Canon S200spx BJ Printer, which i dont use it now, so i removed the printer and its driver. This printer had created a folder in C: BJPrinter, which i removed but it comes back again, the moment i restart the computer this folder appears in the …

Hi, I have Windows media player 10 and want to play DVDs on it. About a week ago I was able to play them without any problem at all, but now when I play them I hear no sound. I have tried many different DVDs and i have tried many …

I can't communicate with a Win 2003 Server. I have a Win 2000 machine on the same minihub but there has been no way for one to see the other. I have tried Telnet and the Remote Admin screens to no avail. Anybody have any ideas?

Heya Up until about a week ago I was able to save a picture as a JPG file from a web page.Now I cant Any suggestions? Even if the picture loads as a JPG I still dont get the option when I right click - Save As. Only option is …

My spybot deleted this regiestry key wscntfy.exe, it doesn't have any recovery. But what the problem is, I don't have windows update enabled, so now its saying enable it, and if I don't it has the warning thing in the icon tray, so I need the regiestry key so I …

I am currently using IE 6.02 with Windows XP Pro. When I launch IE I get to my home page fine, but when I type in a new address it takes over 50 seconds to get to that page. Once I am in the new page I can browse around …

Im having a hard time trying to keep track of all my passwords. I dont want to use just one becuse its not safe. I was thinking about using a program to keep track, one that will go on my jump drive. But I want to know what all the …

Recently I have experienced problem with Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 SP1, OS 2000 Advanced server. If I typed in some url address in the address bar, I can see only word "Done" in the status bar, without display any thing in the page (empty html). I treid to detele cookies and …

Hi everyone, I have an older computer that used to run windows 98 on it. Right now, it has no operating system on it and I have been having a heck of a time trying to get an OS on there. I have tried and failed numerous times to get …

I am trying to install an XPpro on my PowerEdge server, I am aware that this is not supported by Dell but I get the feel on diffrent forums that this has been done. There are a couple of obsticels along the way and I´ve gone 3/4 of the way …

After attempting to fix a crash issue with some software, I was advised to uninstall the Hotfix KB824141, however, the uninstaller froze part way through, and now XP will not boot back up. I don't have Xp discs as the OS came pre-installed, and the recovery discs I do have …

Hello, I need to merge all the data from ms outlook 2002 calendar's archive with personal folders calendar. please help!!! Doron Levin

Hi, I just registered to this forum. I bought a new laptop 10 days ago (Toshiba Tecra A4) and i use Windows XP Professional. Since the last three days, there has been a problem with my keyboard. Some keys dont type symbols or number as they should write. For instance, …

I don't know if this thread belongs here, I wasn't sure where to put it, sorry. I'll start off by explaining my set up. I have 2 machines. 1 desktop and 1 laptop. Both have identical copies of XP SP2. Laptop plays DivX and any other media files perfectly (yay!). …

I dont know if this is the right place to post, but just yesterday i found out photoshop wont work i click the icon and it shows that little window and says initializing and it says loading and all but when it gets to the end it just stops and …

[U][I][B]Note: Modifying you registry can cause serious damage to your system. Please proceed at your own risk. I will not be help responsible for any damage.[/B][/I][/U] Ok so thats over with. No lets start. Open up your favorite plain text editor such as notepad and copy the following text into …

Hi, I think this is going to be a hard one to fix because i have tried practically everything to fix the problems, but with no luck! Ever since I formatted my computer a few weeks ago, I keep getting 'Page cannot be displayed' errors whilst browsing the internet in …

Ok, it all started when i was dloading a program to make windows setups.(.msi). Then i decided i didnt like it and uninstalled it. After tht was done. I decided i was going to stick with Inno Setup. I have used it before and liked it. But then i noticed …

Don't ask me how, but my wife lost her Task Manager. :eek: When she gives the 3-finger salute and selects the 'Task Manager' button, she is returned to her windows 2000 desktop with no TM to be found. In her Systray is the little green square that shows the task …

With the below code I am getting the following error for the during Workbooks.Close. The error is "Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignments". Here is my code Range("D2:D61").Select Selection.ClearContents Workbooks.Open "c:\Excel\SA2047679.csv" Range("G2:G61").Select Selection.Copy Windows("SA2047679_35.xls").Activate Range("D2").Select ActiveSheet.Paste Range("F2").Select Workbooks.Close "c:\Excel\SA2047679.csv" TIA

As an applications software VAR, I have a user who received the message "Disk Full" or "Out of Disk Space" or similar. I explained that this was down to a Windows Access Issue of some sort.Their IT support supplier eventually agreed that it was their setting of the users Disk …

Here's an interesting situation: I'm running Windows XP Professional with two different user accounts. I went into one of the accounts and was able to delete a folder belonging to the other user (which really shouldn't have happened based on security, but it did). Now, when I try to empty …

In Win 98 when i type a URL, it says page cannot be displayed even after refreshing and doing Ctl+F5. The same URL can be accessed thru any Win XP/2K machine. I have tried most of the IE options but all in vain :sad: Please suggest :cry:

These files really anoying me, P-4 3GHz, 512 MB of ram but because of these files (ehRec.exe, ehSched.exe, ehRecvr.exe) the system is very slow, i have searched for the registry entries but couldnt find them, even Hijack this couldnt find them, they are not even in the windows folder, they …

:confused: I Just finished reformatting my computer and i accedentally parttitoned everything Including all my drivers ( video audio ) I got the Audio driver installed... But i cant install the Video card ( people DONT ASK me if i know the name cuz i got no clue ) i …

Hi all, I have some weird problem with my system. It keeps on restarting itself after booting. Sometimes it restarts just when the windows starts loading and sometimes it restarts after sometime. I am unable to get any pattern for this. It restarts anytime at its own will with complete …

This is the log file created by Hijack This Can i delete the entries of Acrobat reader, yahoo messenger, windows messenger, which are listed in the logfile. Will it improve my internet speed Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:45:04 PM, on 12/3/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …