Posts by Catweazle

Whichever modem/router you choose, replace your existing modem with it.

USB ADSL modems are a second-best solution, by a long margin. :)

Is it 'popping up' when you first strat the system, or is it 'popping up' at random times when you are using it?

If it is 'popping up' during regular use, what specifically are you doing on your system when this happens?

Is this 'service pack' the result of an automatic updating feature that you have enabled?

I realise that all sounds a bit like "20 questions" but I'm trying to draw out a better picture of what's happening on your system. The most likely explanation is that by 'deleting files' you've managed to disable some feature (or perhaps some malware) but not removed it correctly. Search and delete is never an appropriate procedure for dealing with issues related to Windows PCs.

There's no need to convert anything, if all that is wanted is access to NTFS volumes from DOS.

http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp?pid=ap

One of the componenets of Winternal's 'Administrator's Pack' is NTFSDOS Professional, which will do what you're asking.

If all that is required is read access, there are freeware solutions available.

http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm

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The biggest benefit of all, however, is to be gained from setting minimum and maximum sizes for the swap file to the same value, thus eliminating fragmentation.

Another consideration is that if the second drive is a slower one than the main system drive, performance improvements will be offset by the slower drive performance.

AdAware
Spybot Search & Destroy
A decent, up to date AntiVirus program
Uninstall unused or unwanted programs
Perform Disk Cleanup
Defrag

Then see if your Computer still seems to be as slow as it's 'gotten recently'.

You might even decide to pull that second, unused drive out of it! :D

Seriously, unless all that stuff has been attended to first, it's not worth considering moving functions.

Nope. The box will be printed to cater to either version of the card.

Next time you start your system, turn the monitor on first and give it a little time to 'warm up'. Then turn your system on and watch the displayed information you see as the machine does its 'tests'. The first bit of information you should see displayed will be the ID for the display card, and the amount of video RAM that it has. ;)

What are the drives and partitions in your system?

Which drives/partitions do you have installations of Windows XP on?

You're going to need a system custom built to order to achieve what you're setting out to do. You're effectively 'splitting' the system in half, and that will require specialised housings for components, and custom built cabling to connect the two 'halves' of your system.

Why not simply fit castors to your desk, as I've done. Makes for much easier access to rear connectors!

Windows XP is certainly memory-hungry. 256 is the minimum I'd suggest, and 512 is a good figure to aim for.

Have you installed XP as an 'upgrade', keeping your existing programs and data in place?

If so, consider backing up your data, downloading up to date drivers for your components and installing Windows XP as a fresh, clean install. Upgrading over the top of an old Win98 install is problemmatic, with any 'hidden' problens of the old installation being magnified, and with potential problems of driver conflicts.

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Ravithas, your problem seems to be related to the monitor. The best thing to do is to connect it to another working PC, and see if it works then. If not, it sounds like your monitor needs repair or replacement.

And by the way, those little coloured lights are called LEDs, not LCDs.

Clear out your internet cach by pressing the 'Delete Files' button you'll find after selecting Tools -> Options.

The reset the settings on the Security tab to 'default', as GReddy4u suggested.

If that doesn't work then reinstall Internet Explorer.

Start -> Run -> msconfig

On the 'startup' tab, look for an entry called /l:eng
and uncheck it. If you have a SB Aigigy card in that system, this should fix it.

Otherwise, look for an entry simply pointing to the 'system32' folder and uncheck that.

coat -> paint

the car but

Running outside, I

(oalee, you have an unhealthy fascination for excrement!):confused:

It's not just better, my friend, it's much better.

Gee whiz mate. I don't spend any time at all!

I've got a firewall built into an ADSL modem, a decent antivirus package installed which updates itself every six hours, Malware protection which automatically scans for rubbish and updates itself as necessary.

Once a week I perform routine drive maintenance, and do a manual scan along with it just for the hell of it.

I'm damned if I know where all these problems come from!

To be safe, I would consider putting that hard drive in a different computer (as Slave drive) and copying over any data files that can be extracted off it.

Of all the manufacturers, i've seen more problems with Maxtor drives than any other make!

I bought windows because I was creating a totally new system. The only reason I had installed windows before recieving my new motherboard is I wanted to get everything set up beforehand. so when I got it all together, I could start playing games right away.

Is your copy of Windows XP a Retail or an OEM copy. If it's OEM, you may need to ring Microsoft's product activation centre and explain what has occurred, to enable you to reactivate.

Or, of course, you might just be doing that because you're sitting there, bored and completely out of ideas, no motivation to get up out of that chair because you've no real life to speak of, and not a clue what to view next that you haven't already visited countless times!

Here's why!

http://www.voogru.com/tfc/hacks/index.htm

/jk :lol:

If that personal use includes PC gaming, then Windows XP is really the only sensible choice. There ar some older games which won't function with it, but most can be made to run one way or another. The stability of Windows XP exceeds that of any other version.

If that personal use involves only applications use, then Windows XP, Windows 2000 or a Linux distribution are all viable options, depending on the applications you wish to use, and your prior experience with them.

Windows 98 is no longer a truly 'desirable' OS to use for any purpose.

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witch -> hazel

A radeon 9600XT is nowhere near as fast as a 9800 Pro.

And learn to press 'Edit' to add extra comments, instead of making a series of new posts. What you are doing is considered 'rude' in any forum I've ever seen!

Any Pro you can get your hands on would be fine. They're all about the same.

(And learn to use the 'Edit' button instead of making multiple posts!

9800XT is a fair bit more expensive. There's not really enough extra performance in it to warrant the money. Get a 9800 Pro, overclock it later when you need to.;)

And the XP2500+ will 'drive' that vid card quite well enough for games! Vid card is much more important to 3D games than the processor.

That you can!

It's worth a look, though, at what's included on magazine Cover CDs. You often find that security update packages are included as well, saving the bother of downloading and installing them.

Here's another wonderfully elaborate document:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3751.txt?number=3751

clean -> sweep

After this further information I'd believe it's a hardware problem as well. I'd initially thought it to be a software one, as you'd mentioned it had loaded far enough for you to view the Desktop and then froze.

You've mentioned that the fan seems to be working, but which fan?

You might mean the fan in the power unit, or you might mean a case fan. Have you checked inside the case to ensure that the fan on your processor is working? If it isn't, your processor would quickly overheat, and cause problems similar to what you describe. If the inside of the system is full of dust and clogged up, that could cause overheating problems as well.

Check inside the system case to see that all fans are actually operating.

Here's what to do.

Simple answer - reinstall Internet Explorer!

Quickest way to do that is to install it again from a 'Pooter magazine cover CD, over the top of what's there.

No, i rather suspect it's because your rewritable drive is actually using a translucent laser for remote instructions.

When those instructions are received the signal, rather than being transferred to your optical disk for storage suffers the effects of refraction and is dissipated into the circuitry of the motherboard in the remote sytem. If you make careful use of your home vacuum cleaner and an extension nozzle, you may be able to collect the lost data. Of course it would be impossible to later transfer the collected data to your blank rewritable disk, and you will need to carefully insert it into the drive door of your floppy drive, in small segments.

heh heh...

That seems a rather strange reason to me. I've five Windows systems in regular use here, and not one of them has had a virus infection, ever!

Of course, I do use an up to date AntiVirus program (NOD32) and a Firewall on my internet connection.

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Maybe the way you bloody cook it!

bland -> stultify

beef -> curry

It's a hoax!

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html

The file is a necessary one. There is a virus which can infect it, as can be seen in the linked article, but if you have AntiVirus protection you shouldn't be having any problem with it.

Who got 'caught'?

Work set me right up yesterday, with this article published under a mangled version of my name.

http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/lookup+1/F994F27EE99A9341CA256E680034E9F3

It had quite a few readers sucked in for sure, and I believe that it was a few reader queries that prompted the later addition of the PS :lol:

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Is too! -> conviction

(There, it's back on track!)

creepy -> not

(Sorry, I think you're being 'pussies' about spiders! :lol: )

That's related to a Spyware thingy called "Wupdater"

Clean your system using AdAware and also Spybot Search & Destroy. That should get rid of it.

That's a Windows problem you have there, then, most likely. It doesn't sound like a hardware problem at all.

Somehow, your drivers have been corrupted, or some software is trying to load which is causing Windows to have a 'seizure'. You could spend ages trying to track it down, or you could format the hard drive and install Windows again. you'd lose all your data if you did that.

Try booting Windows in 'Safe Mode' (by pressing the <F8> key while Windows is first loading) and see if it runs that way. If so, it may be recoverable.

While that site probably provides sound advice, a subscription fee of $US10 per month to access it, without providing access to any of their information for proper assessment, looks quite dodgy to me!

I'd advise people to look elsewhere, just because of that factor. ;)

What is being referred to is the fact that some drives have more than one setting for 'Master', and some drives also have a jumper which limits their capacity to 32Gb. Read the documentation for your hard drive for information. (You'll find it on the manufacturer's website)

Have you tried any 'tricks' which involve editing the 'HOSTS' file, in order to block Banner Ads? That's one possible answer. If you've used 'SpywareBlaster' this is a possible result ;)

You could also work through the issues and techniques in this Knowledge Base Article to try and resolve the matter.

A lot of other drives can be set that way as well. Best to check the jumper configuration no matter what the Make/Model