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    - reg cleaners Are they worth it. Do they really make a difference? If so, can you recommend any? Thanks. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 236007
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    - URGENT - big problem Ok, this is going to take a while to explain, but basically my dad deleted windows. Using MS-DOS he ran the 'del *.*' command (or something similar) accidentaly in the C:\WINDOWS directory. Obviously not everything was deleted as some file are protected I think. After a while the computer began to hang and eventually it crashed. OK. When we tried booting up normally, we got a message saying something like 'Cannot find SYSTEM.INI. Bott with Emergengy Boot Disk and type SCANREG /RESTORE'. In safe mode we would get a message about a file called 'IFSHLP.SYS' missing. Next I created a boot disk (downloaded from the internet through my 98SE) for WinME, and used this to do the 'SCANREG /RESTORE' This did not affect the way safe mode failed but when the computer booted up normally we would get a message not only complaining about IFSHLP.SYS but also DISPLAY.SYS. Using the boot disk again I copied the IFSHLP.SYS from my Win98SE to the ME as a guess. This worked! The computer would now boot up in safe mode and in normal mode (but in normal mode it would still complain about DISPLAY.SYS). I did try copying DISPLAY.SYS from the 98, but the ME didnt like this. (something about an old version of ms- dos i think) But there are more problems, some big, some small. Our sound no longer works, the mouse drivers don't work, important stuff like RUNDLL32.EXE is missing (and to my sister's dispair their is no minesweeper). There are many files like RUNDLL32.EXE that I would think of as important, but obviously not protected. There is no way I can copy all of these files (from the 98) and hope that they work. We do not have a Windows ME CD apparently to reinstall windows, all we have is a 'Recovery Disk' (floppy disk) (this works as a boot disk, wipes hard drive clean and reinstalls windows to factory settings from a hidden partion on the HD) The good thing is our wireless network is working so we can back thing up to our other PC, but as I wasnt the one who set up the network I dont think I can repeat it when we reset the pc using the recovery disk. One thing I did think of, but I'm not so sure about is System Restore. Just before my dad messed up i installed WMP9Series which said it was creating a system restore point. I'm not quite sure how it works but i don't think it will recover the lost files. What I did think was that maybe because it recovers the settings of your PC (im not sure about this) maybe I can backup the system restore point, do a Recovery, reinstall software, and then use the System Restore to reconfigure the network. As I said I'm not sure how that works, so anyone who can help with a way of reinstalling WinME without a CD and without wiping HD clean using a recovery is appreciated. Or anyways to backup my network settings before wiping hardrive clean and then recovering these settings (I have a CD/RW drive if it is big to back up). Also maybe you know how to just re-extract the stuff from the CAB files in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS but this might not fix everything (esp. cos the only way I can get my sound drivers is from the recovery disk). Or maybe you know something else that will help. Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 236004
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    - Deleting Partitions My laptop came pre-partitioned (2) and now C is full. How do I combine the drives easily without losing information or having to reload my programs? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 236003
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    - mail "not registered properly"??? Bless you for your answer to my .dll problem! I fixed that. Now my next problem, I use Outlook and it won't send/recive mail. It keeps saying "Internet Mail is not registered properly. Please reinstall and try again... Error Number: 0x80040154." It used to work fine and started this problem when I got infected with adware. Now the adware is totally gone but my Outlook still won't send/receive. I tried Outlook Express, but it says "msoe.dll could not be loaded". Help! TIA, Elizabeth Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235999
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    - New Spywareblaster Version 3.1 Alias Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235996
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    - Thanks! Over the past week or so, I have seen postings complaining about the "advice" given through this forum. I, for one, have posted a few times over the past year and your advice has been extremely helpful. I also periodically scan the postings and have picked-up a lot of valuable information. I used to be a computer user who "knew enough to be dangerous." Through this forum, I now know a lot more and have become less dangerous! Thanks for all your FREE (emphasis added) advice. It is truly appreciated. I do have one question. The main desktop P/C my wife and I use runs ME. I do have a laptop I use occasionally that runs Windows 98. Is there a specific newsgroup for Windows 98 users? Thanks, Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235992
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    - need good XP info site - MVP's only please Before I order my new computer, I wish to research some sites which would help me to decide how I want the store tech to initially setup the new system. (Some system features listed below) Can any MVP's recommend sites with easy to understand, accurate, up-to-date information on the subject, that can help address my concerns in the following areas? On-board memory - ideal size? - maximum? Recommendations for partition sizes for 120 to 160 GB hard drive? Suggestions for setting up XP supervisor controls (never used a NT based system before) Recommendations on use of XP with older programs such as MS Office Pro 97, Corel WordPerfect Suite 8, Corel Draw 8. How to configure computer to access programs on second computer via wireless link. New computer will be P4 - 2.6+Ghz with WinXP home and a hard drive of 120 to 160 GB. Suggested RAM - 512Mb. New computer will use dialup modem and will soon use ExpressVu's satellite internet service (one way high speed service that still requires a phone line for uplink but uses satellite for downlinks). Tech suggests using wireless link (802.11g) to allow old computer to access internet through new computer, and to allow both to share files (and programs?). Old computer is P2 - 350Mhz with Win ME, and cabling it to new computer is impractical. Thanks in advance for all assistance. -- Gil. If you get the facts first, You may not need to reconstruct your hard drive later! Please reply to the group. ----- Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235991
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    - Spyware Blaster 3.1 Released!!! :-) http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4627 Regards, ~Silj -- siljaline MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE) ________________________ (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235987
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    - .dll opens with??? Help! I messed up and now all my .dll files are set to open with Adobe. What are they supposed to open with, and how do I correct it? I assume they need to open with MSDos, but how do I do that? I don't see it listed on that "open with" list. TIA, Elizabeth Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235984
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    - control panel IN MY CONTROL PANEL IS AN ICON CALLED WILD TANGENT, I GAVE IT UNCHECKED, BUT I CANNOT DELETE IT, WHEN I ROGHT CLICK THERE IS NO DELETE, IS THERE ANUWAY TO DELETE THIS.IT IS NOT IN PROGRAMS...TAHNK YOU Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235977
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    - Ad-aware [01R280] 07.04.2004 http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=23477 ~Silj -- siljaline MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE) ________________________ (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235974
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    - DLL files missing ??? I get a message that MSOE.DLL cannot be loaded when opening Oulook Express and also a message that an OLE registration error occured when opening Outlook and then that OUTLLIB.DLL has caused an error and Outlook will close....I cannot use either of these programmes at present.....I have not deleted any files that I know of.... Judy Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235970
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    - unable to read data floppy disk same floppy disk four files cannot read three. one okay. What to do. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235962
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    - me upgrade I just bought a new compac presario and it has winXP. I would like to up grade my old presario (win ME) to the XP so files and folders will be compatable from both computers. Can I download the new XP system over the ME? Is there any file I need to delete on the ME to make this work? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235960
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    - USER and GDI resources I keek runing out of USER and GDI resources, making me go through SHUT-DOWN/RESTART half a dozen times a day. How do I increase the memory used by USER RESOURCES and GDI RESOURCES? Thank you for any help you can provide. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235959
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    - drive compatablity i have a p4 with a intel 865perl mobo and i just reloaded windows me and im getting drive c is running on msdos compatability mode. I updated the chipset to latest drivers but no change. How do I fix Thanks Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235956
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    - clock my clock doesn't works properly. i changed the mother board but the problem is the same. someone can help me? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235955
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    - Graphics card driver installation Hello: I have a Compaq Deskpro with a Rage ProTurbo AGP 2X graphics card. I installed an "alternate" driver provided by ATI that is supposed to add OpenGL functionality to this old graphics card, but Starry Night Pro, the only application I have that uses OpenGL, still reports that "OpenGL failed to initialize." I see no other indication that I have it at all. I understand that OpenGL itself is part of Windows; is that true? I was unable to uninstall the original driver as it didn't show up in the Add/Remove Programs list and I couldn't find any associated 63-character registry entries as discussed in the MS support article on the subject; but I installed the new driver anyway. Now everything seems to work right, and I have features I didn't before; I just didn't get OpenGL. And I have a mixture of the two drivers appearing in the registry. Is that likely to be the reason I'm missing OpenGL? If I uninstall this new driver and reinstall the original one, could I then get it unstalled properly? Could I go in the registry and delete references to the original files instead? Any ideas? Thanks. Regards, Joe Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235950
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    - CWS 1.56.0 http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip Jan :) Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235947
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    - How to get rid of My folders???? I've just had it with My Documents. Every time I open Windows Explorer, it defaults to My Documents. The software that came bundled with my scanner wants to put everything in My Pictures. Word looks for files in My Documents. Windows Media Player wants to look in My Videos for files to play. When I plug my digital camera in, My Camera pops up. I don't know anybody who uses the My ... folders. It is the most idiotic and obnoxious thing Microsoft ever came up with. How do I get rid of all traces of My ... folders on my computer and insure that a My ...folder will never be created again?? -- T.E. Barnard Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235944
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    - Ping. Noel When your break. Joan Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235941
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    - Adaware update There's a new AdAware update: enjoy it! Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235940
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    - How do I use a caddy? Recently my laptop had to be replaced because the problem was un-fixable. The repair shop was very accomodating and returned my old HDD with my new laptop, as half of my degree is on it. Unfortunately I was unable to perform a neat exchange of the old for the new HDD, so had to invest in a 'caddy'. This is where my problem lies: I have thus far been unable to find how to open the old HDD through the USB system. I'm not sure I'm making myself clear, but if you could help me I would be most grateful. A CD was included in the caddy pack, but proves unnecessary as the software is apparently already installed in ME and XP [OSs]. I was told a programme should open and run immediately after connection - but nothing happens. If it would be possible, please could you let me know, step by step, how to open my HDD? Thank you. PS No instructions were included with the caddy - I'm not THAT stupid! Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235938
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    - Newsgroup problem A bizarre thing has happened. I am unable to post to the microsoft.public.windowsxp.general newsgroup. Outlook Express says it's sent but I never see it. All other groups (like this one) are fine. Does anyone know of any problems? I'm able to read other peoples, but cannot send in my own. Only the one group seems affected. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235937
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    - Viruses I'm looking for info on how viruses show up on computers. Do all viruses show up as a process on Task Manager or can they be hidden from that even? I'm a Visual Basic programmer and am developing some software for some customers to be used for virus detection purposes. It's not big-time software. Just looking to find out how viruses work really. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235935
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    - winsock My compaq laptop came with windows millium edition on it. I am having trouble with explorer and something called winsock which has to do with the dial up networking? Can anyone tell me what i can do to help me fix this situation and get on to the internet. i cannot conect yet the troubles shooter says the moden is working properly? has anyone got any suggestions other than throughing the thing out the window? Thanks! Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235934
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    - error message vmm(120) on start-up the error message comes up. when I press a key to continue it freezes and a green strip appears at the top of the screen. what is this. it starts in safe mode. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235933
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    - new erroe message when I start window me I get a erroe message vmm(12). when I press a key to continue it looks like it is working, an hour glass appears but won't move with the mouse, also a green strip appears at the top of the monitor. what's going on??? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235931
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    - Restore 1. how do I shut down system restore? 2. How do I delete all previous restore information? 3. how do I see what is running on my computer that is hidden? Thanks! jc Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235930
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    - Internet hangs Far too often when I surf the Net and click on a link, the computer will hang somewhere through the download. This is more than 50% of the times. Quite irritating. C+A+D does nothing. But if I care to wait about 30 seconds or so, it'll dehang, and I can carry on to hang again on the next few link clicks. Any suggestions? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235927
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    - scandisk on startup hello all i ran scandisk in safe mode recently, it took over 10 hours! since then it starts up every time pc is turned on. does anyone know why this is? thanks. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235923
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    - problem with shortcuts on statup numerous messeges to click through. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235922
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    - problem w/ shortcut messeges on startup about 20 "problem with shortcut" messeges appear that I must click ok through. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235919
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    - Uninstall Me and Replace with I am presently using Microsoft Me and would like to replace it with 98. Can anyone give me a detailed explanation of how to completely uninstall Me and install 98? Thank you, Jeff Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235918
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    - ME freeze during startup Hi, My ME system is hanging during startup everytime. I power on, the system runs it's normal start routines, then comes up showing the plain blue wallpaper type screen, but no icons appear. The machine continues to work for 10 seconds or so after the screen appears, and then it freezes with the "hour glass" mouse icon. No error messages are shown. I attempted to boot from my system CD but was unsuccessful, however, I was able to boot from my Norton CD which did a scan of the C drive which proved negative. I do not have an emergency boot disk / starup disk. I woudl like to get my system back to a level that woudl allow me to get my data offloaded, or be in a position to do an online upgrade to XP Home. Any suggestions / assistance is appreciated. Thanks Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235917
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    - tgshell when i try to testart my computer it will say __tgshell__ wait 20 seconds to close it self or click end task, and it will just stay there when i click something. it wont restart, i have to press alt-control-delete. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235909
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    - Shortcut key does not work Hi: I have encountered an problem for my Win ME computer. The following shortcut key does not work suddenly in any application (e.g. MS Word, Excel, Notepad) Ctrl X - Cut Ctrl C - Copy Ctrl V - Paste Ctrl S - Save Ctrl O - Open Ctrl N - New It works well when I use mouse or menu bar to handle those functions. So what's going on and what can I do to restore the shortcut key??? Thanks John Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235908
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    - Completely delete everything and start fresh?! I am running Win ME on my home PC, there's no network just a stand alone PC. I am selling my PC and want to get rid of everything (all files and all software) and reinstall Win Me so it is nice and clean for the new owner. Is there a way to clean out the C drive completely? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235903
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    - Blank Blue Screen My dad said that his computer hung the other night and even <ctrl><alt><del> would not work, so he powered the computer off. When he brought it back up the next day, all he gets is a blank blue screen. (No Tool bar, no Icons). Not the blue screen of death, because there are not any error messages on it. The mouse pointer does work. Also <ctrl><alt><del> does work, showing zero programs running. So we know Explorer is not running. Howerever the computer can be shutdown normally this way. The system restore does not work....I used article 279736 (How to Start the System Restore Tool from a Command Prompt). Since, I cannot get into Windows, I had to do the options from the command prompt. So the next step was to reload Windows ME. I've tried the reload 4 times, and all 4 times it appears to load everything properly (takes about 30 minutes to do this) but when Windows ME starts, I'm, back to the same blank blue screen. So the next step I tried was to run msconfig. I can get this to work by changing the system.ini file and pointing the shell=progman.exe. Run msconfig from the Program Manager, and boot up the computer in the diagnostic mode. When I do this most of the time the Windows ME will come up in a 640 X 480 X 16 mode. It is not in safe mode at this time, because all of the icons populate the screen. However, most of the tray icons do not load. I cannot change the screen settings because it wants to reboot, and if I reboot it will give me the blank blue screen again, unless I bring it up in diagnostic mode. Also, when I bring up the computer in safe mode, all I have is the blank blue screen with "Safe Mode" in the four courners. I have tried to bring up the computer selecting the option to create a \bootlog.txt. But I cannot find the bootlog.txt file. It should be under c:\bootlog.txt right? Either the computer is not creating the file, or I am not looking for it in the right place. Any help would be apprecaiated with this crazy Blank Blue Screen. Thank You. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235896
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    - What happened to...? A few das ago I posted a question about an IRQ problem. Was it overlooked or blackballed? Harry. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235891
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    - User login When windows ME starts I get the user login window. I do not have different users nor do I want any. How can I stop this window from appearing? Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235890
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    - Windows Explorer I cannot get the file heirarchy to display in the left hand column of windows explorer - when I click on the folders button, I just get a blank column or the file and folder search column comes up. This is driving me crazy. The heirarchy does come up when I look in file manager so I know the drives are mapped correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ros Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235888
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    - ping-silj Hey Silj, Do you happen to know that date/s of the last SpyBot upgrades? I have gone there for about 2 weeks and when I check for updates, it says I have the latest installed. In other words, I haven't had a new one for quite some time. Thanx, -- Burt The Old Alaskan "However, not an heirloom as yet. ROFL.." MVP's listed on TECKPAGE http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235887
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    - Another blue screen error message vxd dynamic link call Ntkern(01)+0000331E to MTRR service 2. I get this message everytime I start the computer. Any ideas what it is? I've reinstall like the message suggest didn't help. help Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235886
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    - Adding to Right click I ran across an old article about adding "Add to restricted zone" and "Add to trusted zone" to the right click menu. Does anyone know what app. does this? P.S. I can't find the old article now. Jeff Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235875
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    - Ethernet NIC I finally have ATT DSL available in my area and I need a 10 base - T Ethernet Card on my 3 year old HP PC with Me to hook up. I went to Control Panel and opened the network icon and I only see:TCP/IP and Dial up Adaptor. How can I know for sure if I have the Ethernet card? Thanks! Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235874
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    - Add to right click I ran across an old article about adding "Add to restricted zone" and "Add to trusted zone" to the right click menu. Does anyone know what app. does this? P.S. I can't find the old article now. Jeff Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235871
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    - Windows protection error while using external sound card I'm experiencing problems when I try to record music using the line-in entry with my external Sound Blaster Extigy card. Most of the time I end up with a "BSOD" telling me I got a windows protection error, that my system is halted and I need to restart. I've updated my soundblaster drivers, I've cleaned-up my system (scandisk, defrag, PC-Doctor, you name it...), I've checked on microsoft support but to no avail. Being no computer buff, I'm very reluctant to go all the way to reformatting the whole thing and re-install all my programs & hardware. My guess is that I may be experiencing some kind of conflict (hardware and/or software related). Is there a way, a kind of diagnosis program I can use that could track this down ? My system in short : IBM Think Pad 1200 Celeron 750 128 Mb Ram 20 Gb HD. Thanks a lot Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235863
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    - Outlook Express - Signature I have Windows ME and Outlook Express. When I compose a message I want to add a 'fancy' signature which I prepared in Word. I end the message, click Insert - and Signature on File. However the signature comes out in Text. How can I store in an HTML file? In Word when I click Save As, and use the down-arrow for the various file formats, HTML does not appear. I tried Rich Text but it doesn't work. I want my first name in a larger font and italic. Thank you, Nancy . Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235858
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    - Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 I have tried to download the service pack but my computer would not allow me to do this, could not open the .exe file when prompted. I need this to carry do some college work and would appreciate any help that can be offered. Tag: scan disk doesn't work Tag: 235853

Scan disk won't complete, it just keeps starting over and
over. What can I do?

Re: scan disk doesn't work by Alias

Alias
Thu Apr 08 09:51:10 CDT 2004

Do it in Safe Mode.

Alias

"ga4joe" wrote

> Scan disk won't complete, it just keeps starting over and
> over. What can I do?

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Re: scan disk doesn't work by Joan

Joan
Thu Apr 08 11:08:58 CDT 2004

Try doing it from Safe Mode or download this program developed by Koldbear
and associates.
Joan

Get the free ScanDefrag. It is the most advanced disk maintenance
program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk
Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal with
problems like "drive's contents have changed: restarting...".
Get it and read about all the options it has that you can use.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

It is not unusual to see Defrag restart a number of times.
It is , however, unusual to see ScanDisk restart.
This is why I suggest starting it at bedtime and letting it run overnight.
Please, email "The ScanDefrag Team" if you have any problems using our
program. Your problem, will be properly attended to. And we assure you,
that every attempt will be made to resolved it..
To see how to email us, read the ScanDefrag "Readme" file, using
ScanDefrag
under the "Help" menu.

ga4joe wrote:
> Scan disk won't complete, it just keeps starting over and
> over. What can I do?

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