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    - Really Big Start up problem Hello, everyone. Windows 98SE pc will not start up. I get the screen Checking NVRAM (16mb shared memory used) hit del to exit setup. That IS as far as start up goes. . . .shuts down (electrically). I have noticed the fan inside isn't working. (i've already taken off casing, unplugged cd rom drives (2)). ANY ideas are so welcome and I anticipate your replies. REspectfully, SandyMann Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878901
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    - Error Message Operating System: Windows 98 se RAM: 768 Application: Quattro (for DOS) When trying to load the Quattro (for DOS) spreadsheet, I get the following error message "Out of Memory". The program loads but with loss of data. -- smg Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878888
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    - =?Utf-8?Q?=EF=BB=BFDisk_Recovery_=28RE:_Computer_Fai?= ï»¿The start of this new Post regarding the â??Computer Failureâ?? Post was suggested by â??MEBâ??, and rightly so, as the that earlier Post was creating some confusion. As was discussed in the â??Computer Failureâ?? Post, the Microtime Computer, that I have been using for several years, has failed and I find it rather difficult to get it operational, again. There is a Primary Master and a Secondary Master HDâ??s installed in it. There are folders in both that have Data that I would like to recover. A more recent Computer, a Sony VAIO, that I am currently using, appears to have all that I would need to connect those HDâ??s and recover the desired Data and back up the same, if desired, on CDâ??s or Iomega Zip 250 MB Disks. The only obstacle is of possible compatibility issues. Some of what follows has been mentioned in various replies in the prior Post. Some new information has been added, since. In the Sony there is no Secondary Master, although the Primary Master has two partitions, as â??MEBâ?? indicated and as shown by the System Information pane of the Components/Storage Disks: IDE Type 47, Partitions 2 total 57..27GB. Disk 0, Partition 0, 15.63GB (shown as Local Disk C: in â??My Computerâ??}) Disk 0, Partition 1, 41.64GB (shown as Local Disk D:) Additionally, although not sure if it might be relevant, the following was also obtained.from the System Information panes (thru Start>Accessories>System Information): OS: Microsoft Windows, Version 4-90-3000 Build 3000 System Name: VAIO (Sony Corp) System Model: PCV-RX370DS(UC) System Type: X86 based PC Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1300MHz GenuineIntel 1296Mhz Bios Version: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0 Total Physical Memory: 127.43 MB Available Physical Memory: 2.07 MB Total Virtual Memory: 2.0 GB Available Virtual Memory: 1.77 GB Page File Space: 1.88 GB On the Disks pane: Description: GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 Manufacturer: (Standard disk drives) Model: IDE DISK TYPE47 Media Loaded: Yes Media Type: Fixed hard disk media Partitions: 2 Size: 57.27 GB Partition: Disk #0, Partition #0 Partition Size: 15.63 GB Partition: Disk #0, Partition #1 Partition Size: 41.64 GB The IRQ Pane listed several. The ones related to the IDEâ??s (to my thinking) are: IRQ 3 shows 3 times. One is for Intel 82801 BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443 IRQ 9 shows 10 times. Two of them pertain to the USB Ports: - Intel 82801 BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller #1 - Intel 82801 BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller #2 IRQ 14 - Intel 82801 BA ULTRA ATA Storage Controller - Primary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO) IRQ 15 - Intel 82801 BA ULTRA ATA Storage Controller - Secondary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO) System, arrived at thru Start>Settings>Control Panel, shows this (In brief): MS Windows ME 4.90.3000 Mfd and Supported by Sony Electr. Inc. - V32B5.0.0/ENV Genuine Intel - Intel[R] Pentium[R] 4 CPU - 128 MB RAM From the Device Manager Display: CD_ROM: - Pioneer DVD -ROM DVD-115R - Sony CD-RW CRX140E DISK DRIVE: - Generic IDE Disk Type47 - Generic Floppy Disk - Iomega Zip 250 HD Controllers: - Intel 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - Primary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO) - Secondary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO) While the Sony is booting, this appears: Diskette A: 1.44, 3.5 in. Diskette B: None Primary Master 61492 GB, UDMA 5 Primary Slave: None Secondary Master: CD_ROM, UDMA 2 Secondary Slave: CD_ROM. UDMA 2 and Serial Port: 3F8 Parallel Port: 378 Dram Type: RDRAM SPD on Modules: Yes Data Integrity: NON-ECC Looking at the jumper selection area of the Sonyâ??s HD. I see 2 rows of pins. There is a jumper on the leftmost pair of pins (top & bottom) closest to the Cable connection and another jumper between the top&bottom pins at the opposite end, or the end closest to the power cable. The storage HD from the failed Computer has similar layout, but the only jumper is at the last top 2 pins closest to the power cable. Again, I assume that it might be OK to connect this HD on the freed up connector of the Sony. As mentioned, the HD, referred by me as Storage HD, had been configured as a Primary Slave in the Computer that had failed. I allowed my curiosity to see if, by connecting the existing Primary Master HD to the end connector of the cable, I might cause any problem. All went well. I was further tempted to connect the storage HD from the failed Computer, but I did not, hoping to first get your ideas about doing so. The label on the storage HD shows its ID as: IBM OE - Model: DTTA-351010 E182115 HG P/N: 00K4091 10.1GB - MLC: F02573 CHS: 16383/16/63 LBA: 19.807.200 Sectors Hopefully, this will mean something to you, â??MEBâ?? or anyone else able to help. Thank you in advance for any reply! Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878881
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    - SOUND ICON IN THE STARTUP! I took out the sound icon (the one you use to open up and adjust the sound properties and mute things as well) out of startup near the clock and I don't know how to put it back in there near the clock. I've looked all over and can't seem to find it at all. Can you please tell where to look and how to do it and get it back near the clock again. -- Thank you and have a great day!!! BRUSSO!!! Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878880
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    - rebooting from boot log disc I have a Gateway CPU it had windows 98se version installed before I dumpped it. I have misplaced my reboot floppy. I tried to download a boot disc download from my other computer ( XP ) to a disc but that didn't work, The Gateway has a CD-Rom drive. I went to the bios screen but I don't know to much about that screen. I really wanted to install windows ME on this Gateway, but at this point I'll just be glad to get the windows 98se version up and running again. Thanks Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878869
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    - Large Word files and 98SE Word and Win98SE problems I am currently working with a number of large .DOC files, typically 400 pages, lots of photos and diagrams etc. They are between 5 and 60 Meg in size (I know I'm a glutton for punishment, but I didn't create these files) There are two interesting problems: 1) One 50 Meg file always opens in around 10 secs when it is double clicked. Another file of a similar size takes around three minutes to open. In each case the PC was clean booted from cold. 2) I can copy small files from drive to drive with no problem. With an 8 Meg DOC file it takes a little longer - typically 20 seconds. But with a DOC file greater than about 10 Meg: On copying and pasting: a) Nothing happens for around a minute b) Then a dialog box appears stating 'copying - 3 mins left' c) After about five minutes, still '3 minutes left' d) After about ten minutes either it has completed, or its changed to 62,432(etc) mins left, or the PC has locked up. Now if I rename the big file to a .TMP it copies in seconds. Any ideas welcome. (I've disabled virus checkers etc for these tests) Graham Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878864
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    - How to get rid of mouse cursor when no mouse installed? I'm writing a demo program for a win98 system. The system has no keyboard or mouse. It boots to the application and just runs. Problem is that if I remove the mouse, I get the dialog box that complains that a mouse was not found. If I click "don't show this again"...some trick with no mouse or keyboard, the message does not appear again, but there's a mouse cursor smack in the middle of the screen. I want to be able to attach a mouse for diagnostic work, but need the mouse cursor GONE when there's no mouse. Hidingit won't work, because there's an on-screen popup keyboard that sees the mouse location on top of it and won't go away. Is there some magic incantation to do this? -- Return address is VALID! Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878844
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    - FindFast, how to get RID of it? Everytime I reboot this insidious program comes back. ctrl+alt+del, End Task, and it's gone. But isn't there some easy way to stomp this thing out? Robert Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878843
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    - router problems i have windows 98. im trying to get morpheus to connect but it want because of somthimg to do with my router.please help me with this problem with detail because im not real computer smart.thanks Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878836
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    - Microtime - Win98SE - computer diagnostics and repair Discussion was originally entitled Computer failure - 02/19/2008, poster BAP, in this discussion forum. The discussion spread to two other computers and issues with those, their systems and other. I have split that discussion into new separate discussions with headings for the individual potentials/issues. Please keep these discussions separated. Background, the Microtime computer had been running Windows 98SE until the computer started to fail. Presently diagnostic routines are being run through to attempt a recovery. The keyboard is erring out and has been tested by using other keyboards which also fail, and the computer apparently never gets to the POST screen. Suggestion was placed to create a AUTOFLASH boot floppy to attempt to re-flash the BIOS. "BAP" <BAP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:07352F95-BB00-4FB9-A0BC-8C28FE419DA7@microsoft.com... | "MEB", a strange thing happened after I moved the Computer and Monitor to | another location. I reconnected everything, powered them up and, | surprisingly, it did re-start. However, like before, the Monitor light from | 'green' changed to 'red' and the tower would make a clicking sound and no-go. | And, like before, I had to coordinate the timing of powering up the two | components in order to get the system to boot properly. However, on the first | successful boot, like before, the CD and Zip drives were not seen, although | they responded in accepting and releasing the disks. Currently, however, it | just boots up to a point where it warns that the Keyboard is not attached and | that's it. I tried another keyboard, but...no-go. | If I want to pursue it, I will need to disconnect all the cables, dust up | all that I can, re-cable all and see what happens. | Thank you, "MEB", but I am not sure about it all. | Oh, okay, then if you decide to attempt this at some future date there may be something else to try. As you appear to get an initial finding of the peripherals except the keyboard on POST you might try to refresh the BIOS with a BIOS flash for that motherboard. This would be accomplished with a floppy disk created to automatically boot and flash the motherboard. At this point it appears that this may be a potential fix as there have been findings related to successful use of this technique to reset corrupted BIOS due to electrical issues, spikes, etc.. First, if at all possible, remove the CMOS battery for about 10 minutes to completely remove any old settings, re-insert after checking whether it is still good [generally 3+ volts] replace if needed [likely CR2032], and run the floppy flash disk. Remember to re-set any Bios settings if this appears to initially correct the issues. | **** ***** Are you referring to a Startup Diskette created by the OS in place? | The wording 'floppy flash disk' is not familiar to me. Yes, or one from bootdisks.com or some place. An autoflash disk has only the basics [command.com, io.sys, etc.] and you create an autoexec.bat to *auto run* the commandline for the flash program. Make sure the autoexec and config sys contain nothing else, e.g., no drivers, no directions, NOTHING except the command line necessary to flash the BIOS. As you're having difficulty with the keyboard, you will need to make sure the boot block is also refreshed, and is included with the BIOS flash. Check on the MB site for the flash tool, its command line needs, AND the proper flash bin [or whatever it uses]. Most have a support forum so if necessary, ask there if the particular flash contains the boot block and was not indicated on the info for the download. Again, make sure the autoexec then contains the command to refresh/overwrite the boot block as the defaults may NOT include this function, in addition to the standard updates that might be included within the BIOS update.. MAKE SURE that the computer you make this autoflash disk on is NOT configured to boot from the floppy to negate the potential of flashing the wrong computer with the wrong BIOS. After creating the autoflash disk, make sure the target computer IS configured to boot from the floppy and has been reset to defaults [which it will be if you removed the battery], then run the autoflash disk. NOTE: Another suggested command line addition is to save the old BIOS prior to the flash in case of continued issues as some sites will look at these files and attempt to diagnose the issues. Also, make a written note of what the present BIOS version and subversion is. | > | > "BAP" <BAP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message | > news:65B9F4E9-5C45-4457-A217-125260337642@microsoft.com... | > | ***" | > | MEB", regarding the KEYED lock, there is one, but I have no key for it. | > | Besides, how can it suddenly lock itself out? There is a center post and | > an | > | outer ring with two small cut out slots...left and right. The arrow on the | > | center post points to the right one. | > | > The reason for asking is, on very rare occasions, if this KEYED lock was | > connected to the motherboard it may short out causing a physical lockout. | > That was the function of that keyed switch: to defeat startup.. Might check | > inside to see if the wires running from it are attached to the motherboard. | > Note however, that several manufacturers reversed the electrical aspects of | > the switching [dead/break circuit [power disconnect or chip short {removable | > wiring}]; ON to complete circuit {must be connected}= intermittent | > disconnect {corrosion or other}= computer errors] | | **** The wires from the KEYED lock are attached to the motherboard. I sort | of made sure that the connectors were firmly in place. I did not attempt at | cleaning anything, yet. No change. | *** Okay, as I said, it was something I that I hadn't thought of in awhile largely because these are found on OLDER computers. You could attempt to temporarily disconnect it to see if that changes anything. BAP: **** I tried that, but still no luck. I also shorted the contacts where the wires would be placed, but sill no-go. *** BAP: | **** I set all the drives to Auto on the CMOS setup pane and saved the | changes. | At boot time, the system detected and identified the Secondary Master (the | Storage Disk from the failed Computer) and the CD-ROM Disk, as the Secondary | Master. However, after booting, only A: , C: and D:(CD-ROM) showed up. | **** That should have made it accessible,, to make sure we don't run around in circles now that we are addressing two or more computers, and several makes and models of hard drives: 1. IF the *bad* hard disk was set as MASTER it is in conflict with either the original drive if still in place or the CDROM if on the same cable, as both are apparently configured as masters. When sharing a cable only one drive can be a master, the other MUST be a slave [not getting into cable select issues]. Check the jumpers on the drives and set properly. BAP **** The hard disk from the failed computer was set as a secondary Master and, as such, it has been performing well. Unfortunately, that is the Computer that has failed, namely, the Microtime. *** 2. What OS are you using on that computer and the make and model of the computer OR its motherboard and/or BIOS [let's call it by its make from now on]? BAP **** The OS was originally W98. A friend gave me an upgrade to W98SE. That, when installed, did not appear to cause any problems, except that I could not get it to accept USB cards. In time, the 10GB HD started acting up and I decided to purchase an larger HD. That was a 40GB Maxtor. The software that came with it caused many problems. I managed to follow instructions and set jumpers and cable connection as specified. The original HD became the Secondary Master. Most of my Data are there. There was no problems with all for long time. It was rather peculiar, however, that, whenever I inserted a Boot-disk to boot up from, the system would place me in Secondary Master. The Primary was nowhere to be found. There was a lengthy Post about this problem that involved many of your expert helpers, a year or two back. Gary, PCR, Harvat, but mainly Blanton, to name a few. Bill concluded that there was an overlay. The outcome was that, in order to boot up successfully, I had to hold the CTRL key during the booting cycle and select Boot from Floppy. That would put me in the Primary Master. *** MEB: 3. What is the size of the C drive that is found [is it the actual drive]? **** BAP: If you are referring to the Microtime, that is the one I just commented on. The Risys was about 4GB. (I need to check on that). ----- **** MEB: 4. Can you access the disk from DOS now? What version of DOS are you using [type ver at the command prompt]? **** BAP: I will need to do that, but not on the Microtime. MEB: If * Microtime - computer repair * start that with answers to these questions: 1. Do you have an old Mono/CGA/EGA/VGA ISA [8 or 16bit] video card/adapter laying around? 2. Do you have a different case or power supply? 3. Did you check the motherboard CMOS battery? 4. Are you completely shutting off this computer? 5. Did you change out the cables as suggested? 6. Did you, when it started that one time, go into the BIOS and set Ignore All Errors. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com _________ Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878831
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    - Sony VAIO - WinME - hard drive usage and data recovery Discussion was originally entitled Computer failure - 02/19/2008, poster BAP, in this discussion forum. The discussion spread to two other computers and issues with those and their systems and other. I have split that discussion into separate discussions with headings for the individual potentials/issues. Please keep these discussions separated. BAP indicated that a discussion would be created for this computer, but I do not find it, so... Background, the Microtime computer had been running Windows 98SE until the computer started to fail. Presently diagnostic routines are being run through to attempt a recovery. This VAIO discussion concerns data recovery from the Microtime's hard disk. Issues are: 1. ME is the first operating system to include *Restore Points* and newer access routines. 2. The Microtime hard drive was previously determined to have a boot manager installed upon it. A work-around was apparently used on the Microtime computer] to bypass that manager [see Microtime discussion for reference]. 3. The fromer Microtime hard drive may not be being accessed properly on this VAIO computer and may be causing porblems with other drives. What the discussion still needs: 1. The model number of the VAIO. . -------------- ISSUES -------- BAP E. The Sony has Windows Millennium Version 4.90.3000. *** 5. What does *fdisk /status* from the DOS prompt show? **** BAP On the Sony, it shows that Disk 1, has a total of 58644MB, Free 1, Usage 100% C: 160002 D: 42641 *** BAP | **** An additional note regarding the good Computer that I am currently | using...Sony VAIO. 'My Computer' shows that it has a Local Disk(C:), a Local | Disk(D:), a Compact Disk(E: CD_ROM), a Compact Disk(F: DVD), along with A: | and an external Iomega 250 ZIP Drive. When I opened the case, I was surprised |to see the presence of only one HD connected to the first connector (not the end | connector) of the cable. The end connector was open. The Primary HD has 15.5GB | capacity. The Secondary has 41.6GB. The CD-ROM and the DVD Drives are on | another cable. | Any ideas? | Thanks! | **** MEB - Okay, from now on refer to discussions related to that computer as the VAIO[model] It appears you have one hard disk partitioned into two, Windows will SHOW them as separate drives. **** "MEB", I saw that the HD was partitioned, as you said, by looking at the System Information pane of the Components/Storage Disks, in brief: IDE Type 47, Partitions 2 total 57..27GB. Disk 0, Partition 0, 15.63GB Disk 0, Partition 1, 41.64GB *** MEB: Here are potential issues when connecting a drive to the secondary connector on IDE0/channel1 - IRQ 14 [use SYSTEM > Device Manager > Hard Disk Controllers > Primary IDE Controller > settings and resources to view].: ***** Sorry, I can't seem to find my way around to get to that pane. MEB - you are running ME which will have that in a different area. *** MEB: 1. The present drive [apparently 60 gig] is partitioned with C {the primary boot partition} as a 15.5 gig drive, adding another drive would move the second partition presently being seen as the 41.6 gig drive D to drive E. The new hard drive would have to be configured as a slave and the first hard drive as master with their jumpers or errors and potential disk corruption could occur. There could also be a hidden partition involved for SONY specific recovery or other, so it may be larger [an 80 gig drive perhaps, though that won't presently affect what we are discussing], what is the actual model and make of that drive? There MAY potentially be a hard drive conflict if the drives are not compatible. What are the two drive's makes and models? 2. The two drives on the second channel [CD and DVD] will be moved to drive F and G, but only IF the OS has not had its drives limited to only see drives up to drive F: limited by either the driver settings, system settings, or something like TweakUI which modified the registry or an inclusion in the system.ini or config.sys [lastdrive=*]. If this is the case, the lost/un-recognized drive will still cause errors even though it is not listed in Windows, it is still holding memory and CMOS/BIOS addressing which Windows may try to assign to other needs, or may cause conflicting system device issues.. 3. The Iomega drive adds potential issues to the mix if it has been set to always use some specific drive letter or IRQ, and/or if [as sometimes happens] it is incompatible with this older drive you are attempting to access. 4. A drive overlay may be part of the issue, but beyond that, we may also be running across a disk or disks which have had Drive Space or Double Space [or another drive compressor] used. 5. Perhaps its time to do - fdisk /status - [DOS prompt] on the disk(s) to see what that shows [using one of the working computers with the target drive properly configured as master or slave. BAP: **** You must be referring to the most recent Computer, Sony. Currently, the drives shown are: A:, C:, D:, E: CD_ROM, F: DVD and G: external ZIP Drive. All work well, except the DVD. It does not see DVD disks created and finalized by a an RCA DVD Player/Writer. It will see commercial DVD disks, but there appears to be a software glitch and won't play them. I am not too interested, at this point, to get involved with that problem. I can easily disconnect both, the Zip and the DVD disks, if that would make it easier to get the HDs from the failed Computer long enough until my data is recovered. More on this on the New Post titled 'Disk Recovery' (RE: Computer Failure ) which will concentrate on the Sony Computer. The Microtime is not functioning. The oldest, the Risys, might have a chance at accepting the HD(s) of the Microtime, but it does not give me a way to transfer the Data to other Media other than to Floppy Disks. The Sony might be the most promising, unless there will be compatibility issues. *** -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com _________ Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878829
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    - Risys running Win31 - 98SE disk recovery Discussion was originally entitled Computer failure - 02/19/2008, poster BAP, in this discussion forum. The discussion spread to two other computers and issues with those, their operating systems and other. I have split that discussion into new separate discussions with headings for the individual potentials/issues. Please keep these discussions separated. Background, the Microtime computer had been running Windows 98SE until the computer started to fail. Presently diagnostic routines are being run through to attempt a recovery. This discussion concerns data recovery from the Microtime's hard disk and potential issues with an older computer, BIOS, and Windows 3.1/DOS limitations.. The Microtime hard drive was previously determined to have a boot manager installed upon it. A work-around was apparently used to bypass that manager [see Microtime discussion for reference] ------ MEB: 3. What is the size of the C drive that is found [is it the actual drive]? BAP: **** If you are referring to the Microtime, that is the one I just commented on. The Risys was about 4GB. (I need to check on that). **** -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com _________ Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878828
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    - batch commands work in Win XP but not 98 Why do the following commands result in garbage stored in tractest.txt for Windows 98, but puts the date and time headings into the file "tracetest.txt" for Windows XP as I want? Can these statements be changed in some way so that the date and time are stored in the file properly? date >> tracetest.txt < nul time >> tracetest.txt < nul I have a batch file that puts the date and time in the header of a section of a file prior to running a test. I need to identify the date and time that the test is run. Each time the test is run, the date and time are placed in the file and the test and the results are stored in the file appended to the results of the last test run. This works just fine for Windows XP, but creates a long file filled with garbage characters when either of these statements are run for Windows 98. microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878827
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    - 98 errors -VPICD, V86MMGR, 386enhanced Have seen a few errors at different times lately when booting / rebooting after system lock-ups. 'While initializing device VPICD: Windows protection error.' 'While initializing (installing??) V86MMGR: error cannot install 386 enhanced MXSD' Not sure if it said installing or initializing. Not sure I got the MXSD part correctly - MVXD? or some variation. And one about dangerously low resources. Tried a couple of SCANRE /RESTORE dates from prior to errors but still got the VPICD error on this last boot. W98 with 2 drives - First is just Windows and other programs - only 2 out of 6 gigs used Second is just files, fotos, vids - about 80 out of 95 gigs used. Second has been as high as 90 out of 95 without problems. Its usually in the 70-75 out of 90 range Have start up sequence set to display Normal, Safe Mode, Command Promp Only , etc menu with 30 second wait period. Ocasiionaly Normal doesn't load and it goes back to the menu with Safe Mode hilighted but can usually choose Normal again and complete the start-up. Nothing out of the ordinary with SpyBot, Ad-Aware, SpyWare Blaster or AVG scans. Nothing new in Add/Remove Programs list or ALT/CTRL/DEL list Thaught I'd post this first while this rig seems to be working OK and will start searching for solutions / references. Any ideas what to do next? Thanks. Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878803
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    - Changing small letters back to proper Capital letters in .doc HELP!!!! I have a 40 page .doc story document that is all caps. I wish to change it into regular type print, small letters. However, it's easy to use the format change in Word, but how do I change all the letters that should be capitalized back into caps? Letters like I, or proper nouns, or even the first word of every sentence. Don't tell me to manually change everyone. There must be some easy way to go back and forth between all caps and regular print. What is it? Robert Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878799
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    - Re: NEW COMPUTER SITE why people always assume that every time one post a link its spam my website http://www.jrcps.com is spam when I try to do the opposite by helping folks out. Is ashame that the internet as been proceived that way today Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878780
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    - Free Windows XP Registry Cleaner Download Making use of a good quality registry cleaner is absolutely essential for you to ensure that your computers registry maintains a healthy state of operation. Lets take a look at three simple reasons why registry cleaners are so important. 1. Fix PC Errors The first reason is clearly to fix up your pc registry problems. When you install and remove software from your computer it causes residuals to be left behind on your hard drive which ultimately results in your registry becoming partially corrupted or erroneous. I'm sure the last thing you would want to see is that "Blue Screen of death" when you know that you have to reformat your computer. 2.Money Saving I am sure lots of people have had to reformat their computers several times within the space of a couple of months as a result of registry problems. Using a registry cleaner can reduce this greatly. For people who are computer illiterate it could mean having to send your computer to a repair technician which could end up costing you a small fortune for a problem which could actually be repaired automatically for a couple of dollars. Don't forget that the technician himself will probably end up repairing your registry with a registry cleaner which is an annoying thing to know. I think the problem with a good portion of people is that they are generally too scared to use this type of software as they think they will destroy their computers if they don't use it correctly. That should be a problem of the past though as most registry cleaners today are all automatic and have default settings which allow them to repair all that is needed.... Registry Repair: http://groups.google.com/group/regrepairsbv Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878763
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    - xmforgert caused invalid page fault please help when i try to use morpheus i get xmforgert caused invalid page fault in module 32.dll at 0167:bff98 adb.how do i fix this problem please help Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878750
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    - Opening Opera web pages on my computer This is sort of a general question in Windows 98, so if this is the wrong group I'm sorry. A while ago I changed the default browser in my Win 98 computer from IE to Opera. At around the same time, I think, all the web pages saved on my computer changed their icon to the Opera icon from the IE icon. But now I see that when I click on one of these saved web pages, it doesn't open the document, it just activates the Opera application. If I hold shift and right click the html document's icon, and choose the Open With dialog box, and choose Opera, the same thing happens: the Opera application gets activated, but the document does not open. However, if I use the Open With dialog and choose IE or Firefox, the document opens normally in IE or Firefox. How can I simply open the web page in Opera? Alternatively, can I assign the html file type to open in IE or Firefox, even while leaving Opera as my default browser? Thanks. Larry Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878746
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    - Microsoft Slapped by EU With $1.35B Fine Here is what Micro$oft has been up to lately regarding their desire to abide by the rule of law and the respect of the courts. Now explain to me again why we should abide by Macroshaft's EULA's. What a joke - no, what a fraud of a company. Their best years are clearly behind them. -------------------------------------- http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/02/microsoft-slapp.html Microsoft Slapped by EU With $1.35B Fine By Betsy Schiffman February 27, 2008 The European Commission stands to make a tidy profit off Microsoft's objectionable business practices. The commission fined Microsoft a record ?899 million, or $1.35 billion, for failing to comply with its previous 2004 antitrust ruling (in which the company was fined the equivalent of $613 million). The commission found that Microsoft unreasonably charged third-parties for access to documentation that would allow them to develop compatible software for Windows-based computers. Essentially, Microsoft now has to pay more than double what it would have four years ago for its unwillingness to comply with the commission's previous order. Still, for Microsoft it's just the cost of doing business. "The company previously said [the fine] could be as high as $1.5 billion, so from that standpoint, it's better than what it could have been," says Sid Parakh, an analyst with McAdams Wright Ragen. "The more important thing going forward are the two remaining cases." An equally important question is how this ruling bodes for the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. If it's taken Google nearly a year to clear its acquisition of DoubleClick with European regulators -- and it hasn't closed yet -- will Microsoft have better luck clearing the Yahoo deal? "The acquisition of Yahoo would certainly be closely looked at -- especially at how it will affect the consumer," Parakh says. "But it's hard to say how the commission will respond. At this point, it's fair to say that Google is the big market share leader in search. But you never know what aspect of the deal will be scrutinized by the commission." Other costs for behaving badly: Microsoft agrees to pay Sun Microsystems $700 million to settle an antitrust case, and an additional $900 million to resolve patent issues. (April 2004) Microsoft ordered to pay Eolas $521 million in a patent infringement case related to Internet Explorer. (March 2005) Microsoft agrees to pay IBM $775 million to settle an antitrust case. (July 2005) Microsoft agrees to pay RealNetworks $761 million to settle an antitrust case. (October 2005) Microsoft agrees to pay $179 million to Iowa consumers and businesses in a class-action antitrust case. (February 2007) Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878705
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    - Ad-Aware I know that this post does not belong here but I have no choice this is the only place I will get an answer. I have no Ad-aware SE, since December 31, 2007 you can not get definition updates and they tell you to get Ad-Aware 2007, but it seems that it does not support Windows 98, and I have Windows 98. Does anybody know of a solution? Sol Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878701
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    - Need Help Re-Installing MS Works 4.5 My Packard Bell Win98 came with MS Works 4.5 pre-installed,and for reasons unknown, some of the functions are no longer working. when I attempt to reinstall it with the setup.exe file, located in the MS Works folder, it ask me to insert the MS Works cdrom. The only disk that I have that came with this pc is a Packard Bell Companion CD disk and the Master Recovery Disk. The Companion CD contains the initial Win98 installation files. I upgraded to Win98 SE (have that CD disk also)sometime ago. Which one of these disk would I go about locating the necessary re-installation file(s) and how would I go about it? I don't want to reinstall the entire system, just the MS Works application. Any help is greatly appreciated -- Zo "Wanted: Part-time married girls for soda fountain in sandwich shop." Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878691
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    - Cleaning up Windows 98 As I previous submitted in the "Windows 98 updates" thread, my parent's system seems to be a mess. Are there any "Free" downloads out there that you can suggest in helping me get this thing cleaned up SAFELY. For instance, is Spybot good to run for spyware and is AVAST better than AVG as a Virus protection ? I uninstalled their Norton as it was not updated in some time and was using too much resources and seem to be reeking havoc on the system. I also saw a site called CCleaner that does quite a bit. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Again !! Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878682
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    - Windows 98 updates My parents are still using Windows 98 and their system is at a snails-pace, and often freezes up. I started by checking for updates and realized it's been some time since they did this themselves. It showed 13 Critical Updates and 43 Windows 98 SE updates, I know, WOW. Anyways, it downloaded all the updates but will NOT install them. Any reason why, or how to get them installed ? perhaps doing them individually ? Thought I'd ask here before going throught that pain staking process. Thanks for your time. Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878680
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    - mysterious file E--APPRO.PRI I have discovered this mysterious file on my HD: Name: E--APPRO.PRI Size: 0 bytes Created: 05 March 2040 14:33:01 Modified: 04 November 2037 13:35:10 Accessed: 23 February 2008 Its Attributes are ReadOnly and Archive and I cannot change them (error message "Unable to set the attributes for ...") Since the attributes are unchanging, it appears in every incremental backup I make using WinZip. I do not have any LocoScript software (Web search reveals .PRI as a file extension used by LocoScript). As far as I know it's not doing any harm but I'd like to know what it is, what created it, whether I can get rid of it. It's in a folder 4 levels down from the root E: and containing no other files. FAT32 partition (E:, not C:) using Win98SE. (P.S. I believe my PC is free of viruses and spyware). Any ideas? -- Oliver (replies to the "Reply-to:" address will reach me; unless spam is sent to it, after which all its mail will be discarded}. Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878665
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    - [Commercial] Training on Windows System and Kernel Programming from Hello All, With a growing demand for Windows System Professionals, we are pleased to announce a new weekend batch of "Windows Internals and Device Drivers" for working professionals and Engineers. Course Highlights: Windows Internals - It includes topics related to key components of system like - Thread scheduling, I/O, memory management, - Windows Security - Debugging using Win Dbg to explore windows internals. Windows Device Driver It deals with important driver-building and designing mechanisms - Windows Driver Model and development - PnP Concepts - Storage Stack - Device Driver building, debugging, writing installer. - Synchronization, Interrupts, PnP Filter drivers. Labs Carefully designed labs and exercises which will help participants to apply knowledge gained through lectures immediately in their assignments. You will also design, develop and debug a simple USB driver. Starting Date : Saturday, March 1, 2008. Duration : 1.5 months for each module Timings : Saturday and Sunday, 3 hours per day. Venue : Concepts Systems, 602-603, The Pentagon, Shahu College Road, Next to Pune-Satara Road, Near Panchami Hotel, Parvati. Pune - 411009. Registration: We encourage you to register at the earliest since there are limited seats. About Us: Concepts Systems Educational Services has always been in forefront for providing software professionals and aspirants with best-of-the-breed technologies which ensure that professionals/students remain on the cutting edge of technology and continue to win their goals. If you have any queries feel free to call us on 020-24216888 / 9960638738 Or mail us at training@conceptssys.com. For customized on- site training for your team, send a mail to info@conceptssys.com. Thanks & Regards, Team, Concepts Systems. Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878638
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    - How to view a registry backup CAB file I've got a registry file saved in CAB format that I'd like to view. When I extract the CAB I get the System.dat, User.dat, Win.ini, & Sys.ini files. How can I convert these files into a REG file that I can read in WordPad or Regedit ? Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878634
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    - microsoft exchange 2003 hi ,, i install windows 2003 server with configure domain,, and installed exchange server 2003.. 1.we have 1 server ( windows 2003 server with exchange server) 2. we have 30 client (windows xp pro + using microsoft office outlook 2003). now i am confused that" exchange server is only for local email use ...? can we use Internet email in exchange server..?> if yes> then our all the employee can receive email from exchange server...? then after receive internet email in exchange server > our employee can receive internet email in local email mail account. 1. in Microsoft out look express 2003 we configured local mail in windows xp pro.. how we can use LOCAL EMAIL and INTERNET mail...same time in same m/ soutlook2003..? our office mail ID is one and customers are sending mail to us ..we want do configure like>>if customer send mail to us then all our office employee should receive mail..and they can send reply to customer..<<<but sending/receiving from exchange server only. this is possible...? Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878628
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    - Spybot Problem - A Workaround Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of Spybot S&D (1.5.1 and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error: "Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address FFFFFFFF." Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot. It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced. Hope this helps. -- Regards Nigel Stapley www.judgemental.plus.com <reply-to will bounce> Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878626
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    - I had planned to tell you about something great Much of this post is written for a win98 audience, but not all of it. I had planned to tell you about something great, about software for win98 that would soon disappear, so you should get it now. But now I'm not sure what to say. I'm talking about free photo arranging and editing software. When developing film, I've been getting a copy put on CD, and this would also apply to digital camera images. I've been getting one roll done at as many different processors as possible. Kodak, Ritz Camera (is that only around here?), Walmart, and any place else that seems to use a different processor, because each processor has its own software on the CD. More about the others later, but the Walmart CD, processing by Fujica, seemed to be maybe the best and certainly the one with the most interesting story. It has a viewer on the CD which worked fine, and had in itself the abiltiy to email photos, complete with photo compression, by a factor of 10, to make uploading and downloading go more quickly**. This is something my email program alone can't do. And I haven't tried it yet, but it seems to be able to burn photos to a CD too, and while one could do that with Nero etc. I think this will turn out to be better integrated with the viewer. I can send the software to anywho wants, but it's probably not necessary as you will see below. When closing the viewer, it then as promised gives one the opportunity to install an editor, called the Photo Manager, which it says has the ability to get out red eye, to adjust contrast, brigntess, color, and something else. Normally I wouldn't bother, but there are occasional pictures that really could use improvement, and if it works well and is easy, maybe even more could. So I do that and the software install gets all the way to the copy files step, and when it is almost done, it stops, the progress bar goes backwards, and it says it couldn't install, it has not left anything in my system (except it turns out 3 files in the temp directory, but that's not much) and to try again. Trying again and again gives the same problem. When the progress bar reverses, in small print very quickly it displays "rolling back actions"! So I called the Walmart Photo Customer service, and they (the woman I talked to asked someone else) didn't know the answers, knew about printing pictures for customers but not about software. So I wrote the email address given, and I think a computer read the email and because I had made one passing reference to the Walmart Photo Center, wrote back about that only. So I wrote again, spelling it Foto Sentre, and this time I got an email that addressed the Photo Manager. But what did it say? "We received your email and we no longer use the photo manager, you can know upload your pictures straight from our site." The misspelling of "now" makes it seem that the email was written by a real person, but otoh, I knew a cook in the WWII army who said that for every 1000 powdered eggs, they would throw in one real egg shell to make the soldiers think they were getting real eggs. I wouldn't put it past corporations to put mistakes in computer-generated letters to make them seem real (although the first email I got had no such errors, and it was even more likely to be computer-generated. But anyhow, they "no longer use the photo manager"!!! This despite the fact that they include the software, separately from the viewer, on the CD I got only 8 days earlier, and they have a win2000/XP version available for download on the Walmart photo webpage!!! It sounds like she's flat out lying to me, but in case she wasn't, I didn't reply to her on this because fore the people with win2000/XP, I want the software to be still available. What they want me to do is to upload any picture I take to their wegsite and to edit them there. A) Sometimes I go to my parents and that's a great opportunity to do things I don't have time to do at home, but they only have dial-up. My laptop isn't even set up for dial-up and it it were, I don't want to spend hours downnloading and uploading so that I can edit from the Walmart server. B) Sometiems I go camping at various places in the woods, or I spend a day at the beach. No internet there at all, but plenty of time to edit pictures on my laptop. It is a self-centered power-grab for Walmart to take away the software that worked on the customers' computers and replace it with what only works from their server. (If they had never offered the better software, I wouldn't know and wouldn't complain, but they did, so I do.) Failing in this course, I tried another: I had noted that when the viewer started up, it said something like "Preclick Powered", so I guessend and went to www.preclick.com and that has some good stuff. First check out this page, for all of their software and their cooperative software, written for a particular customer: http://www.preclick.com/products/?PHPSESSID=86771250d9387c7afb86d5c0a3b41e57#ppd For one thing, it has the preclick software which definitely works under win98SE and is pretty useful. IPM; PhotoMovieMaker; Gold (photo orgainizer. That's what I dl'd, installed, and like);Back; and Wiki. The HP co-branded stuff says it only works on win2000/XP/Vista. But the Costco stuff doesn't say that. http://www.preclick.com/demo/costco/ Either: http://www.costcophotocenter.com/organizer/ which has for download: *** http://preclick.com/builds/Costco/1.4.0.96/CostcoOrganizer1.4.0.96Signed.exe This version also reversed its installation like the Walmart version** did! So could some Win98 guru try installing this and see if there is some way I can get it to work for myself. I think you also will like having it if you can get it to work. **The win98 Walmart version isn't on the web, only on the CD that I paid for when I got them to develop my film. I could send that to anyone who wants, but the Costco version seem to have tbe same problem and is probably similar in function. OR, one version newer it seems, but the same problem, rolling back action: *** http://www.preclick.com/releases/partner/costco/CostcoOrganizer1.4.0.97.exe or the viewer, which includes the manager also, but which also rolls back and won't install: http://www.preclick.com/releases/partner/costco/CostcoCDViewer1.4.0.97.zip The viewer, however, is the same or almost the same as the Walmart Viewer, except for the logos. Costco is far away from me, requires a 50 dollar "membership", and sells in bulk that I can never use. And they don't say you have to be a Costco member to download this stuff. The Post-it stuff looks pretty good too, but I'm still trying to get the earlier stuff to work. The PhotoBackPack for U3 drives (flash drives) looks great, absolutely great, and it might work great to show my pictures to my brother in Dallas, who has XP. I already happen to have a 2 gig U3 drive, (Sandisk, only 20 dollars at Best Buy, more elsewhere), and it came with U3 software on it, but since I only have win98SE, I don't know if I can or how to install it. *I didnt' understand what U3 was for until I looked at this, and at www.u3.com **I would think that the picture compression can be useful. While one picture isn't much (3-500K, sometimes more) even uncompressed, they mount up quickly if you want to send 10 or 30. With just 10, now we're talking about 4 meg so getting it down to 400K total, even with broadband, is helpful. And I sent a copy to myself and the quality looks just as good as the original, at least with the kind of snapshots I was taking. I'm sorry this is so long, but I hope it is helpful. Any help with the installation problem above will be greatly appreciated*** If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878591
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    - naous benyahia i am naous Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878580
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    - win98 updates still available??? hi Group, I am still a win98se fan, but have gone thhrough so many app installations and de-installations that my registry and hard drive have become a mess. In the past, I just re-installed win98. But since support has been dropped, I am curious whether the microsoft updates are still available? I searched through the archives of this ng, and evidently microsoft was still making the win98 updates available -- at least up until the end of 2006. Does anybody know if they are still available??? thanks in advance for any help, jw Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878554
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    - Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. http://smallbusinessebooks.googlepages.com/ http://smallbusiness-ebooks.blogspot.com/ Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878537
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    - Question about Mouse settings My current Computer is a Sony VAIO - Pentium 4 - CPU 1300M. From the settings options, the mouse appears to be set at double click, but whenever I attempt at highlighting/selecting a group of objects (jpeg, .txt or whatever files) and single click on the first of a series, it immediately wants to work with the first object and gives me no time to highlight any other or range of others. I tried to slow down the click speed but it does not seem to make a difference. It does appear that every thing is executed by a single click, but I do not see other options about the mouse movement. Am I missing something? Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878522
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    - Bluetooth software? Been looking for BT software for 98se but have not found anything. Would like to get a Logitech V470 BT mouse to work with it. Logitech's installation CD only works with Xp & Vista. Anyone know where I can D/L some BT software for 98 which will recognize the mouse? TIA Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878516
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    - Writing An Online Dating Service Profile? 3 Mistakes You Must Well, after 4 years of reading far in excess of 10,000 profiles of men and women searching for a partner through online dating services, I've laughed at my fair share of poorly written introductions... Of those 10,000 online dating service profiles, no more than a dozen captured our attention enough to make the first move. I'm sure that you wish to get lots of reactions to your online dating service advertisement, otherwise why would you bother joining a site, and paying a fee to meet new people? If that is the case, then make sure you avoid the following 3 mistakes at all costs: 1. "I May Be the one you're Seeking For" This may be the case. However, by employing this combination of words anywhere for your online dating service profile, you aren't telling me, or your potential suitor, anything new... What this line does say to someone checking you out is that the online dating service profiler didn't do a lot of thinking about how they wanted to present themselves. Tell people what gets your eyes twinkling or even what REALLY gets you up in the morning - and don't say it's your alarm clock, either. Now is the time to let your passions really shine through... 2. "I'm the one Your Mother Warned You About" This is, from my research in any case, virtually the most overused phrase in an opening line for online dating service profiles. True, it's the generic option of some of the larger sites (such as Lavalife or even True) - if your profile is awaiting approval, this tag line will show up while waiting for the a-okay... To avoid this, come up with something a bit more unique and original. But what if http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Dating/20060925/9850.html Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878505
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    - Writing An Online Dating Service Profile? 3 Mistakes You Must Well, after 4 years of reading far in excess of 10,000 profiles of men and women searching for a partner through online dating services, I've laughed at my fair share of poorly written introductions... Of those 10,000 online dating service profiles, no more than a dozen captured our attention enough to make the first move. I'm sure that you wish to get lots of reactions to your online dating service advertisement, otherwise why would you bother joining a site, and paying a fee to meet new people? If that is the case, then make sure you avoid the following 3 mistakes at all costs: 1. "I May Be the one you're Seeking For" This may be the case. However, by employing this combination of words anywhere for your online dating service profile, you aren't telling me, or your potential suitor, anything new... What this line does say to someone checking you out is that the online dating service profiler didn't do a lot of thinking about how they wanted to present themselves. Tell people what gets your eyes twinkling or even what REALLY gets you up in the morning - and don't say it's your alarm clock, either. Now is the time to let your passions really shine through... 2. "I'm the one Your Mother Warned You About" This is, from my research in any case, virtually the most overused phrase in an opening line for online dating service profiles. True, it's the generic option of some of the larger sites (such as Lavalife or even True) - if your profile is awaiting approval, this tag line will show up while waiting for the a-okay... To avoid this, come up with something a bit more unique and original. But what if http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Dating/20060925/9850.html Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878504
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    - Writing An Online Dating Service Profile? 3 Mistakes You Must Well, after 4 years of reading far in excess of 10,000 profiles of men and women searching for a partner through online dating services, I've laughed at my fair share of poorly written introductions... Of those 10,000 online dating service profiles, no more than a dozen captured our attention enough to make the first move. I'm sure that you wish to get lots of reactions to your online dating service advertisement, otherwise why would you bother joining a site, and paying a fee to meet new people? If that is the case, then make sure you avoid the following 3 mistakes at all costs: 1. "I May Be the one you're Seeking For" This may be the case. However, by employing this combination of words anywhere for your online dating service profile, you aren't telling me, or your potential suitor, anything new... What this line does say to someone checking you out is that the online dating service profiler didn't do a lot of thinking about how they wanted to present themselves. Tell people what gets your eyes twinkling or even what REALLY gets you up in the morning - and don't say it's your alarm clock, either. Now is the time to let your passions really shine through... 2. "I'm the one Your Mother Warned You About" This is, from my research in any case, virtually the most overused phrase in an opening line for online dating service profiles. True, it's the generic option of some of the larger sites (such as Lavalife or even True) - if your profile is awaiting approval, this tag line will show up while waiting for the a-okay... To avoid this, come up with something a bit more unique and original. But what if http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Dating/20060925/9850.html Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878503
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    - Test..... testing microsoft server.... Ignore aaa Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878502
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    - Computer Failure For some time I have been using a Machine that has suddenly started having problems and is, currently, not functioning. It had a primary and a secondary Hard Disks with a lot of Data that I would like to retrieve from them. The prinmary has the Operating System (W98SE), along with other good stored Data. The Secondary Disk has a lot of saved information and many family photos. Is there an easy way for me to install these disks on another machine and get the info that I would like to save? Yes, I will back all up on CD's, once the job is done! Thank you! Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878498
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    - can a win98 machine act as a usb msd device? A camera or an USB stick can act as an USB mass storage device. Is it possible to run a driver or program on a win98 machine so that this machine is seen as an USB mass storage by another machine? So that for example a XP machine sees the hard disk of the win98 machine via USB? JMS Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878477
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    - Long delay during POST This machine has a consistent 40 second delay during POST before windows starts to load. This is not normal as I usually see less than 10 seconds delay in other computers. Included for info: autoexec.bat SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D3 T4 LH C:\WINDOWS\AU30DOS.COM Set tvdumpflags=8 config.sys numlock = off What are usual causes of a long delay here, and a fix? ms Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878471
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    - Occasional Problems with Logoff feature hanging on "black" screen Win98SE was a great improvement over Win98 in this regard, but I still have occasional hang-up problems. Any fixes out there ? Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878469
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    - network card install and vip.386 Tried to install a network card with no success. Seems similar to the following (see link below) but I don't understand how to see the "illegal operation" messages that are mentioned. All I know is that the installation chokes right after the vip.386 popup is clicked on and then after the reboot the device manager says the network card has been disabled because it caused a problem at startup. Network card hardware is known good. I don't know if the vip.386 file is relevant to this problem or not. Any ideas? Thanks. http://help.lockergnome.com/windows2/Installing-Ethenet-card-fails-causing-VXD-tbl-loss-connectiv-ftopict482802.html Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878456
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    - GET COMPUTER RELATED FREE TIPS & TRICKS PCTIPS COMPUTER RESORCE FOR SOFTWARE PICS & MANY NFO. Information & advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus, spyware-- infections,& download source of freeware, shareware of free antivirus , antispyware & many other internet tools Must visit now to get valuable help at-- http://www.pctips.googlepages.com Label-Windows tips,computer tricks, pc help,speed up computer,free antivirus,antispyware,freeware,free software,internet security,pc maintenance Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878454
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    - Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade I have a computer with a dual boot setup to windows 98 and Linex. I want to reformat the hard drive and remove the partions that exist and install only windows 98. My problem is that the windows 98 CD I have is an upgrade edition. It says I need windows 3.1 or 95 installed to use the CD. Is there someway I can reformat the hard drive and still install from the CD. Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878438
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    - Trouble with new display and Device Manager I had trouble getting the right drivers installed for my Viewsonic LCD. Essentially I ended up booting up the machine with no drivers and Windows installed a Default Monitor. After finally getting the correct drivers installed on my computer the correct drivers where installed but the computer still thinks there's an unknown monitor attached to the machine and keeps recreating the Default Monitor at start-up. How do I fix this false detection of an unknown monitor ? Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878422
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    - Blue Screen - Drive C Once in awhile, on my Win98 First Edition desktop, I will get a blue screen that says "Unable to write to Drive C". When I click on enter, the desktop appears, and everything works fine. Could this be an impending hard drive issue? Thanks! Scott Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878386
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    - Very OT, size of PDF files. Don't know where else to discuss this, because afaik there id no adobe or pdf newsgroup. I bought something that came with a CD and on it was the owners manual, which was a 9 meg pdf file. Looking for later software, I went to their website and downloaded the manual, which was 2 megs. Strangely, they look identical, each 68 pages, and when I alt-tab from one to the other in Acrobat, I can't see any difference in quality. Anyone have experience with this. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878385
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    - What is final, last windows update, security file we should dl for Win98SE? Thank you! :) Tag: For the Geeks - Microsoft's non-Windows OS Singularity Tag: 878380

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