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Hello, I'm Mark.

I'm not new to computers or computer technology. I can program VB, PHP, ASP, JavaScipt n a couple more but my problem is this;

My brother in law wanted ago on my laptop so i let him. I went to work came back and "BANG!" the laptop would be no use to the scrap yard (I'm on it now). The biggie is my taskbar. something keep exiting the process of explore.exe now i keep opening task manager then clicking "New Task" typeing "explorer" then quickly jumping to the "Processes" TAB to see what keep closing it because then I could narrow down the problem even if its just a little bit but i cant see anything thats stopping the process so now its bothering me because to get on the internet i have to use the task manager! So, Anyway i had a bit of a plan!
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If I was to Copy "explorer.exe". Paste it to the same directory (WINDOWS) then rename it. What ever is closing the process wouldn't recognize what ever I called it right ? Right! but when i do that it all works fine and dandy and then "My Documents" comes up but no task bar.

Hello, I'm Mark.

I'm not new to computers or computer technology. I can program VB, PHP, ASP, JavaScipt n a couple more but my problem is this;

My brother in law wanted ago on my laptop so i let him. I went to work came back and "BANG!" the laptop would be no use to the scrap yard (I'm on it now). The biggie is my taskbar. something keep exiting the process of explore.exe now i keep opening task manager then clicking "New Task" typeing "explorer" then quickly jumping to the "Processes" tab to see what keep closing it because then I could narrow down the problem even if its just a little bit but i cant see anything thats stopping the process so now its bothering me because to get on the internet i have to use the task manager! So, Anyway i had a bit of a plan!
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If I was to Copy "explorer.exe". Paste it to the same directory (WINDOWS) then rename it. What ever is closing the process wouldn't recognize what ever I called it right ? Right! but when i do that it all works fine and dandy and then "My Documents" comes up but no task bar.

I'm affriad I'm going to have to result in reformatting the laptop.

Is all this nessacerry ? If not please please please let me know asap

Thanks, Mark.

P.S - Sorry for my foul spelling.

I need all THREE logs from you. Make sure HJT is run as the last one.
Also, get HJT from my link. Your version is outdated.

I'm just waiting on "eset"

Hope this are the right place.

Ok, here's the story.
The computer are intel core 2 duo 2.2 GHZ (if I'm correct)
1Gb ddr2
500Gb Sata
GeForce 8500 GT
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8500.html

Everytime we try run this "get amped" games the BSOD appear shows :

0x0000008E (0XC0000005, 0XBFB1978F, 0XB3FE3990, 0X00000000)

nv4_disp.dll           - address BFB1978F base at BFA14000, DateStamp 47567aa4

and this BSOD will stuck there until i reset the computer.

All of the computer acting like this when i try launch the game, (only get amped)
and there are more than 30PC's.
So, it can't be the graphic card dying?all of it at the same time?and all of the computer are brand new.
 So you GOT 30 computers all giving you this BSoD when trying to run this game?
nv4_disp.dll is a dll related to the Nvidia graphics card driver. I suggest you start by installing the latest driver from Nvidia.i know it's related to the graphic cards...and i already uninstall and installing the latest driver...
but...it still BSODIt seems like a problem with the game. I just can't imagine that 30 computers would all have defective graphics cards.
Have you checked if any patches are available for the game?get amped are online games and it automatically updating itself before launch,so?any idea now?
It's updated...From the way i look at it, the games can update itself before launch, and the BSOD came after that..Did you visit game's forum? Quote from: Broni on January 17, 2008, 08:04:38 PM

Did you visit game's forum?

What version of the game is this? (it's available in many countries and languages)

I had a website made by a webdesigner, including a Pop 3 OUTLOOK email account. My log-in details for some reason suddenly don't work, and my web designer seems to have emmigrated. So, how do I reset my log-in details, or otherwise KILL Outlook dead and start from scratch?Do you know who hosts your website?  In other words, who is the hosting service?  You are not able to contact the web designer now?In the meantime it might pay to create a web based email account for backup... Quote from: soybean on January 17, 2008, 10:42:20 AM

Do you know who hosts your website?  In other words, who is the hosting service?  You are not able to contact the web designer now?

In the meantime it might pay to create a web based email account for backup...

In the meantime it might pay to create a web based email account for backup...

Quote from: soybean on January 17, 2008, 10:42:20 AM

Do you know who hosts your website?  In other words, who is the hosting service?  You are not able to contact the web designer now?

It's hosted by TuCows I believe, and no, web designer is out of contact.

Is there a way to GET tv on my pc? Also how to connect pc and tv to watch tv on tv via the pc Quote from: fomoco on January 12, 2008, 04:44:31 PM

Is there a way to get tv on my pc?

Also how ... to watch tv on tv via the pc

Don't know what a PCI slot is. I have cable TV now, but want to get rid of it, and get my TV over the internet if I can.

I want to stay logged in but I dont want my lil brother to get on my computer and play with my stuff or try to log in on his account. anyone know of any software or anything?If you are using Xp just press CTRl+ALT+Supr and then select  the option that says LOCK Computer.....
When you want to log in again just type your ID and password and all your applications will be on screen.what is Supr? i cant seem to find it on my KEYBOARD... QUOTE from: gamerx365 on January 16, 2008, 03:51:14 PM

what is Supr? i cant seem to find it on my keyboard...

Is there a freeware program that works on WIN98 that does the same job as Advanced Windows care for WIN XP?
Link below to AWC:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Advanced_WindowsCare_v2_Personal_d4991.htmlCombination of a-squared free, and CCleaner should do...Never HEARD of it before, I will take a look since I'm CURIOUS about it.
Thanks for sharing the link to get more details about the TOOL!

My PC has no folder options

How I can try?
   PLS help meWhat version of Windows?  When you have a Windows Explorer window open, you do not see "Folder Options" on the Tools menu?  Is that right?one reason why your folder is disappear you have a virus or it was DISABLE in your gpedit policy. try to nscan your computer and CHECK your gpedit policyThis is the first time I read about something like this, and whatever version of Windows is, there are always options for customizing folder.
I agree you should use an ANTIVIRUS and scan your computer, it could cause that.

Recently, whenever I go into a search engine, such as Yahoo or Google, and click on a PARTICULAR web site, I am sent to an advertisment page that may be related to what I am looking for, but not the web site I clicked on.  No matter what I do, from using Spybot to Adaware to Avast, I can't get RID of this problem.  The only way to get to the web site selected is to COPY the URL and then to go to my home page and copy it there to get into it.

I cannot do a system restore as I've MADE too many changes recently.

Any ideas?  Thanks. Sounds like a browser hijack.
Go through the steps here and post the required logs in the Computer Viruses and Spyware section of the FORUM.

Windows XP SP2. I use Firefox browser.
When I use Firefox, my CPU usage jumps to 100% and the fan starts SPINNING. I cannot browse the WEB normally ever since I installed SiteHound. (which was today)

Why is SiteHound using this much CPU? How to fix the high CPU usage?

Thank you.

 Don't worry guys, switched back to McAfee again. Geez, it's so hard to find something that works these days. These days, you have to download a product that contains 12,000 lines of codes when it only needed about 200 lines to work.IMHO i think site advisor programs are a waste of resources unless of course you tend to CLICK on every flash BUTTON or get RICH quick scheme that comes by...Good point. Thanks.

Have anyone here used before ComboFix?

Is ComboFix a VIRUS? Because some anti-virus detect as virus.ComboFix is NOT a virus.
What anti-virus program said it was a virus?Yes SIR dairyman. Avira detected as a virus. I think the sedfix.exe inside the ComboFix.exe detected as a virus.It is not unusual for anti-virus software to falsely detect MALWARE fixes as viruses themselves. If you downloaded the fix from a trusted site then you can ignore the WARNING.

...almost as good as XP?? I was wondering if there are any,and are any of them free to download?
ThanksLinux
OpenSUSE
Mac OS X
Amiga OS

^^ These are the ones I know about. Quote from: Dave666 on January 14, 2008, 12:34:03 AM

...almost as good as XP??

Quote from: Dave666 on January 14, 2008, 12:34:03 AM

...almost as good as XP??

I think all Linux users just screamed out in horror when you typed that sentence.
Depending on what you need the computer for, many flavors of Linux can probably be better than XP. But there is a learning curve of course. If you need a computer to go online on, create a few documents and play music/videos then many Linux distributions can provide you with an OS that takes less system ressources than XP while at the same time being more secure.
Ubuntu is getting a good reputation for being intuitive, easy to get started with and free to boot.
What you need to know is that Linux isn't going to run all your favorite windows program (You can run some but that's a longer story) so you will have to get used to a whole new set of program for all your daily chores. The only exceptions being the software that is also released in a Linux version, like Firefox for example.

If you're interested in games, stick with Windows. No other operating system comes close when it comes to games... for now anyway. Mac is getting there, but a lot of games still only come out on Windows.

However, if you have absolutely no interest in games, I'd go with a Linux OS. For many reasons:

1. Most (if not all) of your current hardware should work in a Linux OS.

2. Aside from games, Linux can do most anything else you'd need to do in Windows. Surf the net, create documents (with OpenOffice), chat on messengers (Pidgin works with both MSN and Yahoo, but there is aMSN (a nice MSN clone) and Yahoo's Linux client.

3. Linux distributions can support the NTFS, FAT, and FAT32 files systems that Windows uses, meaning you can still use memory cards, flash drives, floppy disks, and CDs that you already have.

4. Most Linux distributions are FREE. While most of these lack official support from the makers, there are massive communities for each distribution with many knowledgeable people who can help you should you need it. There are PAID versions of some distributions that offer official technical support as well. These vary in price and you can usually pick one up at your local software shop.

5. Most distributions come with (or you can download for free) OpenOffice. With OpenOffice, you can still create Microsoft Office compatible files and view documents from other people. The only problem is with the new Office2007 files. As far as I know, these can't yet be opened, but I expect support will eventually be added for them.

6. Many Windows programs will work with an add-on for Linux called Wine. It simulates a Windows environment for those programs so they can run in Linux. It also works for some games. It won't work for everything however.

7. Less demanding for resources than Windows.

I could go on, but I think you probably get the picture. 

A few negatives on Linux:

1. Many distributions don't come with built in support for media files (like MP3, WMA, WMV, and DivX). However, support for all these types can be added.

2. Many games, especially 3D games, meant for Windows won't work well (or at all) in Wine for Linux.

3. Lack of official tech support for most distributions.

4. Some hardware won't work properly in Linux (such as Philips webcams (by design  )).

On picking a distributions, you have to take your needs into consideration and pick one that suits your needs. Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Knoppix, and SUSE Linux are some of the more popular ones. If you're just starting out with Linux, I'd go with Fedora or Ubuntu. Both are fairly easy to use (compared to others) and both have huge communities.

Hi,
I am trying to come up with an easier solution to moving files from one system to another when they are completely created.

History:
I WORK for a very small company that tests software on many different OS platforms
Windows,Linux,Unix All flavors dating from OLD-Outdated to Newest
Currently on some of the older systems we use Winzip Command line to backup certain directories to a
Redhat Linux Samba Shared Drive.
This has problems.....Doing this directly causes corruption to the Zip file
Not SURE why yet, but it does.
If I change the destination to a windows server the Zipped files do not get corrupted.
So.....
Currently I do a few things. Create the Zips sending them to a windows server
Move them from the windows server to the Samba Shared Drive.
(This method does not cause corruption and was able to restore file successfully)

the PROBLEM I have is This is a manual process. I would like to automate the process of moving the files
from the Windows Server to the Samba share when there are files present and completed.


To Avoid having to write individual Bat files and schedule them to run after the create of the
files has been completed. I need a way to automate the process of moving files from one system to another.

Here are my thoughts on the process:


This script would need to be run "LIKE" a service in the background checking every 60 minutes or so
(Could be a scheduled task set to run every hour or so)


Check if Files exist in Backup Tree
Options for Backups are daily, weekly, monthly.

The Sub directory name is actually the Host name and Drive ie system1_c system1_d

The Destination directory is a NETWORK mapped Drive and same SubDir name


Maindir
  |
  |
  |-Subdir1
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir1`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir1`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir2
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir2`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir2`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir3
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir3`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir3`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir4
  |   |
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir4`.zip
  |   |-new_daily_`Subdir4`.log
  |
  |
  |-Subdir5
      |
      |-new_daily_`Subdir5`.zip
      |-new_daily_`Subdir5`.log
   

Using a BAT file scheduled to run after I "think" the file is completly zipped
is not the answer as it could still be open.
Can you point me to some samples of scripts that may do pieces of what I am trying to accomplish...maybe I can modify them to do what I need.

Your thoughts and responses are appreciated.

Thanks again
RobertMCol

  Using the scheduler and batch files presents a problem. Unless you persisted the data, the batch file would have no previous knowledge of the contents of the directory. How would it determine which file to move?

If you could see your way clear to have one directory for the zipped files, you could create a VBScript event monitor.  As each file arrives in the directory, the script could fire off the move operation.

Code: [Select]strComputer = "."
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
        strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
    ("SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 5 WHERE " _
        & "Targetinstance ISA 'CIM_DirectoryContainsFile' and " _
            & "TargetInstance.GroupComponent= " _
                & "'Win32_Directory.Name=""c:\\\\Maindir""'")

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
    arrFile = Split(objLatestEvent.TargetInstance.PartComponent, "=")
    fname = arrFile(UBound(arrFile))
    fname = Replace(fname, """", "")
    fname = Replace(fname, "\\", "\")
    Wscript.Echo "File Created: ", fname
Loop
   

The script above monitors a directory and notifies the user a creation event has occurred. With a little modification, you could copy the files to their proper subdirectories and then move the files to the Samba server. You already have a good naming convention so the proper paths could be constructed reasonably easy.

The Scripting Guys can probably explain how this works better than me.

 Hello Sidewinder, Thanks for your response...... 

You nailed it on the head when stating that
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the batch file would have no previous knowledge of the contents of the directory

I have 7 computers here in my office.  I have cable net connection.  Every system have its IP address.  I want chat with another systems through IPs.  is there any software? and free software PLZZZZZZ http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=680if you wanted to be fancy about it you could USE the netsend command come the command console. e.g.
"netsend 192.168.1.1 this is a message".
However this only works in NT based operating systems (2K, XP,NT)I hate chatting but when I must, I use trillian.  Free and connects to multiple formats like aim, icq, and msn.yep, me too. trillian is a very GOOD piece of software.HEY ANY ONE WANTS TO CHAT MEA new record for a bump ! !

Zubi Welcome Aboard but this is a Forum not a chatroom.

I work in a print shop and it is thesis printing time.
This means we are flooded with students, with varying levels of computer savvy.
I recommend PDFs when I can but usually, they bring them in as Word docs.

When I open their docs in our version of word (2000) the formatting usually changes drastically which means they then have to go through it page by page and re-adjust everything.
This is very  time consuming and generally annoying as it ties up the computer I use for the bulk of the printing.
The only thing I can think of is asking them to save their doc to 2000. This means sending them away, back to their computer and I am wondering if there are other ways to GET around this...

Any hints?


This sounds strange.  I can understand some minor change in formatting but not "drastic" changes. 

Anyway, what version of Word do most of the students use?  I'm guessing it's a later version.  If so, don't you think you should upgrade your Office suite to a later version? And, if only having one version is a problem, then I'd say you should have more than one version of Office available to your customers.  If you don't have enough computers to devote separate machines to different versions of Office, you can install multiple versions on one computer.  To successfully do that, though, refer to Information about running multiple versions of Office with Office 2003Thanks soybean, quick and concise

Drastic was an exaggeration. Sorry, I shouldn't have been so flippant. I was highlighting the fact that a simple procedure was made complicated by the inefficiency of my workplace.
We're talking hundreds of pages per document and I have FOUND that when they see headers being moved about etc. they have to go through each page to feel confident that the layout is the way they want it.

I would assume that most of the students are using a later version, and indeed, it is hardly professional to be unable to cater for a wide range of needs.

I hadn't considered having more than one version on the one machine. I'm not in a decision MAKING position (probably the source of my frustration ) but I will definitely bring it to the attention of someone who is.

Thanks again.If you're only going to have one version of Office, I'm sure you agree having a later version is better.  Change is formatting is mush less likely to occur when the original file was created in an older version than the version being used for printing, as opposed to the opposite situation. 

Maybe you've already tried this approach with the decision maker but, in case you have not, I'll go ahead with this suggestion.  You might be able to beef up the argument for Office 2003 (maybe Office 2007) by quantifying the time lost due to students going through their Word files before printing and calculating the potential additional printing revenue by reducing this time.  If you can show figures indicating an upgrade of Office could pay for itself within a certain number of weeks or months, that should help win your case. 

If a software PURCHASE does materialize, a decision willl have to be made about what version, 2003 or 2007 (now on the market).  The DIFFERENCE between 2007 and 2003 is much greater than the difference between earlier versions (2003 and earlier).  That might be a reason to hold up on 2007 and go with 2003, assuming most Word users are still using 2003 or earlier.  Time to whip out the calculator!

You're a gem

I am trying to download songs onto my daughters MP3 player.  I keep getting the error that the media is write protected.  I've gone to eMusic customer service and they are no help.  They told me to uninstall and then reinstall, but that didn't WORK.  Does anyone have any SUGGESTIONS?

Thank you!have you tried starting your computer in safe MODE and than formatting the mp3?
QUOTE from: JONAS Wauters on April 07, 2007, 02:57:39 PM

have you tried starting your computer in safe mode and than formatting the mp3?

Does anyone here know how to insert additional pages into a paginated Word document without AFFECTING the existing PAGINATION?

In other words, I've got a 161-page paginated document, and I want to insert 6 non-paginated pages into it at around page 74.  I want the paginated section to resume at page 75 *after* the non-paginated section.  You see what I mean?

This is probably easy to do, I just don't know how to do it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
 
 
 
 
I don't know the answer off HAND but I suggest you take a look at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051895451033.aspx

You can insert middle of the section or END of the docuemnt by pushing the button CTRL+Enter simultaneously.
pressing the pause/break button works for me

Is there a way to OPEN these?

It is a Yahoo Messenger .dat file.
I tried the Super Yahoo DECODER SOMETHING or other..but you can only few like 30 entries or something?

How do you open these? notepad and WORD does not work EITHER.

While running Outlook 2000 away from home, my data became CORRUPT. I attempted to use "Detect and Repair," which I have successfully used before. However, the program required that I insert the original CD, which was not available.

I was given the option to open an existing Personal Folder or to create a new one. Since I didn't have the CD and couldn't open the corrupted existing Personal Folder, I created a new one. When I did so, I discovered that my old folder names were gone and that I no longer had access to my old email.

When I RETURNED home, I inserted the original CD, and ran "Detect and Repair." It didn't help.

I had assumed that Outlook would create a "new" Personal Folder, but it appears that it has overwritten the old one. At least I can't find it. I have searched everywhere for .pst files, with no luck. The new personal folder is called "Personal Folders (1).pst." It seems to me that the old file should have therefore been called "Personal Folders.pst," but it is nowhere to be found.

BTW, I had created a backup of everything before I left home USING Bounceback Professional, but when I attempted to restore from it, it showed that the Outlook data had been deleted. I had never seen that before. Lucky me!

I had another OLD backup (about a month old) on a Western Digital Passport drive which I was able to recover, but I discovered that the default settings did not BACK up the attachments, which contain crucial data.

Is there any way to restore my original data, complete with attachments, or am I completely out of luck? Any help would be sincerely appreciated.

Many thanks.

Greg

Hello,

I've got a question or two.

Before Resytarting my computer because the modem was blocked and I was unable to CONNECT to go on-line.

I checked the System CONFIGURATION utility, . . I found the;

Fax     Microsoft CORPORATION, . .Running

I restarted and was ABLE to connect to go on-line.

Is there something going on here that I should know about ?

SCU-Fax



Below is the what I found in the control panel.
As ALWAYS, will appreciate your advice.

Jp

Microsoft Fax

I had a PROBLEM with Windows booting up, but I am able to SEE all of my files when I PUT my harddrive in an external enclosure.  I am backing up all of my data before reinstalling Windows.

Since I can not open any applications, is it possible to backup my contacts, emails, appointments from Outlook and/or Outlook Express?  Where would I find the appropriate files?

Thank you in advance!For Outlook, SEARCH for *.pst.  You should find several files with that extension.  They will probably be at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.  The files you find will be Outlook.pst. archive.pst and maybe backup.pst.   There could be others if you've created a backup under a name other than backup.pst.  RATHER than attempt to describe each of these files, let me just suggest grabbing all of them off that drive if possible.

If you used OE for mail, search for .dbx files and grab all of them.  They contain your OE mail.  If you had an Address book in OE, search your hard drive for  *.wab.

Can anyone tell me if open office has a word count in it's programme and if it does where is the icon for it?
Thanks,  BobIn OpenOffice.org WRITER (the word PROCESSING program) go to Tools --> Word Count.
Hope this helps.Calum,
I cant see (writer) but (text document) is what i've been using.
There is no word count in tools. This a 2 YEAR old programme. Is there a later version?
Thanks. BobYes...ver. 2.02 just recently released.I THINK you mean v2.2, patio . . .
Sorry buxton bob, didn't consider that you'd be using an older version.
While you're downloading the newest version from openoffice.org, why not check out these great tips to speed up OpenOffice?Thanks for the info guys
I'll download the LATEST version and check out ya site Calum
Have a good one. BobOops broken link, fixed it.
Sorry about that, it was supposed to say what it says now, tips to speed up OpenOffice, not just end with check out, looking like I'm directing you to my site (although you can go there if you like, you'd be very welcome).
Apologies.
Anyway, you're welcome to our help, post back if you have any more issues.

How does one get rid of a programme called "win error fixer"? I am trying to help my mother with this problem (made more DIFFICULT by her living OVERSEAS). She says the programme is not in the folder where one can "add or remove programmes" and she cannot find any uninstall button.
It's really annoying to her as this programme keeps popping up telling her she has so many errors and problems with her computer. When this programme is her biggest problem.
Looking forward to any helpful suggestions,
H.
XoftSpySE should remove it for you.
http://labs.paretologic.com/download.aspIf it is loading at startup, you may get an error MESSAGE SAYING the file is in use when you try to remove it. Make sure it is disabled from loading at startup. Quote

It's really annoying to her as this programme keeps popping up telling her she has so many errors and problems with her computer. When this programme is her biggest problem.

Does there exist - anywhere out there - a Free Download for software that will convert a PDF file to be opened in Word Office???   The file was created in Open Office (which is no longer on the computer) and was saved to Word.....but it can not be opened in Word!  HELP! (I don't want to create any fancy PDF's - I just want to open the old Open Office stuff!A PDF file can be opened with the free and most widely used Adobe READER or with Foxit Reader (which I recommend).
Check the Software FAQ for details.
Hope this helps.And there are dozens of converter programs out there...ALTHOUGH not free they have a trial period which should give you enough time.Here's a freeware program which apparently will do it.  I've heard of it before and THOUGHT it was only designed to create PDF files from Word documents, etc, but, after looking at http://www.pdf995.com/download.html again, I see they also say it will Convert PDF to HTML and Word DOC.

I want to play a mp3 cd from windows media PLAYER . But the message showing error CODEC and QUESTIONMARK APPEARING on the play list. what is the solution.Try Here

Recently a PC game was issued free with a newspaper - a fantasy "Warcraft" game.  Out of curiosity I had a look and inserted the cd rom and clicked on an opening option - the instruction book (110 Pages!).  This CAME up in Adobe Reader (manual pdf).  I looked but wasn't interested in installing the game, so exited.  I now find that the instruction book is still in Adobe Reader and I can't figure out how to delete or get rid of it.

Help needed please.

I have Firefox , Adobe Reader 7 Quote from: silkie on April 03, 2007, 05:35:05 PM

Recently a PC game was issued free with a newspaper - a fantasy "Warcraft" game.  Out of curiosity I had a look and inserted the cd rom and clicked on an opening option - the instruction book (110 Pages!).  This came up in Adobe Reader (manual pdf).  I looked but wasn't interested in installing the game, so exited.  I now find that the instruction book is still in Adobe Reader and I can't figure out how to delete or get rid of it.

Help needed please.

I have Firefox , Adobe Reader 7

Thanks for reply Soybean.
I have today checked Adobe Reader and find that the document has now gone. 
To check again, I duplicated the procedure - loaded the disk, clicked the manual to bring it up in Adobe, exited and removed the cd - and after this the document is still listed in the Adobe file menu, even after closing and reopening the program.  ....

I installed Microsoft Toolbar for IE and for outlook 2003. I had it for about 2 months. I uninstalled it and for some reason the Outlook toolbar is still checking my email even when the software isn't open. I even went into the registry to delete the registry. Yet, it still doesn't work. I have used HJT also, but I cannot SEEM to delete the FILES that I need to. When I do, they seem to reappear. Here is the log. Can you SHED some light?

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 8:30:53 PM, on 11/9/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011)

Running PROCESSES:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\PcCtlCom.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb08.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\Tmntsrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Digital Imaging\bin\hpotdd01.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_08\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
C:\Program Files\Musicmatch\Musicmatch Jukebox\mm_tray.exe
C:\Program Files\Musicmatch\Musicmatch Jukebox\mm_server.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security 2006\pccguide.exe
C:\Program Files\Musicmatch\Musicmatch Jukebox\MMDiag.exe
C:\Program Files\Emoticons Mail\emomail.exe
C:\Program Files\Stardock\CursorXP\CursorXP.exe
C:\Program Files\Musicmatch\Musicmatch Jukebox\mim.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\AlfaClock\AlfaClock.exe
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\IconX\IconX.exe
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\Component Tray\sdctray.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Webshots\Webshots.scr
C:\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\Tray\wctray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wwSecure.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\TmPfw.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\INTERN~1\tmproxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE
D:\My Downloads\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06647158-359E-4D10-A8DE-E6145DA90BE9} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj CLASS - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_08\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: MSN Search Toolbar Helper - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:\Program Files\MSN Toolbar Suite\TB\02.05.0001.1119\en-us\msntb.dll
O2 - BHO: Web Class - {D03B6018-E880-4A89-99A2-7354FE52DDAE} - C:\PROGRA~1\NLIA\Nlia.dll
O3 - Toolbar: MSN Search Toolbar - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:\Program FiThat is far from the whole report. It will take several posts to get it all due to forum limitations. Quote

I installed Microsoft Toolbar for IE and for outlook 2003.

I just discovered I had Microsoft Infopath a few days ago and realized it may
work perfect for this project I am putting together. The questions I am
asking I did search for but didn't find anything.  Besides, this is something
I need done quickly and if any actually knows the answers while I KEEP
searching, that would be great.

Thanks so much ahead of time! If I get the right answers like I hope, I'll
be sure to come back when I get started on the project ;-)

MY SCENARIO:
I'm trying to design a form that connects to a DATABASE of information.  
This information through use of queries and such will need to be gathered
through a form (Infopath I assume) and queried out some more.  I'll then need
to be able to manually edit any of the information and then when I'm all
done, save a  "snapshot" of what I just did and print it.  NOTE: When I say
edit, I do NOT mean edit the main information that was derived from MS
Access, I simply mean that particular form.  

You see, we're trying to basically create a "Machine layout plan" that will
have a customer information, the item they want, the machine number and then
it will have a list of the different "parts" that we must create.  These
parts have other parts in them (a belt, certain type of bolts, etc).  This is
all fine and good and normally for this we would not need to make changes,
however we do have special orders come in all the time that customers want to
tweak the stuff from what our "standard" is.  

SO, basically we need to be able to grab the information from a database by
using a form to determine what from the database we need, then take a
"snapshot" of that information, and then allow additions, deletions, and
updates to the current lists of information and finally, have the capability
of saving that item in a folder (preferably, though if there are better
ideas, that WORKS too), and then printing it off and then having the
oppurtunity to go back in, print other copies off or make more changes and
save again.

BASIC QUESTIONS:
I am pretty sure Infopath is the cheapest and most likely candidate for the
job so long as the use of Access is involved, my problem are these.

1.) Will infopath be able to take a snapshot of the database information
(the queries and stuff I used to grab this unique set of information) and
save a different copy IN infopath, allow changes to be made locally to that
file? (Or maybe just some other way, I dont' know.. but our orders must each
be unique due to the high volume of special changes we get).

2.) Can infopath have a table in it full of information (such as parts) that
will be able to easily add new parts, delete old parts or change current
parts information?

3.) On top of question 2, I was thinking on creating two tables... one
called "systems", another called "systemItems" and one more called
"systemBOM"  the one called "systems" would be have the titles of the
different systems we have to build for that particular machine, then drop
down another list that would be the different systemItems (like a serial
number) that make up the different systems, allowing me to choose ONE
systemItem.  Finally, we would have "systemBOM" which would be our materials
list.  The materials list would be connected to the systemItem and after we
had chosen the systemItem number for each system, the materials list would be
displayed underneath each system. So my question is, can this be made
possible by use of infopath and access?  Also, (more of an Access question),
would it be possible to connect more than one systemItem to a system
material? (I'm assuming it would be called a many - many relationship, but we
still need to recognize that the systemItem takes precedence).

4.) Based on what you heard, do you even agree that InfoPath & Access are
the right to programs to use for this or do you have something else in mind
that I haven't thought of?


I deeply appreciate any help I get!!!
--Mike
*bump*I don't think you need any more than Access for this.  But you do need someone who really understands database design to do this for you.  And if you want to deploy this solution in a multiuser environment, a SQL database backend would be a very good idea.  (You can still use Access as a frontend - it's handy for rapid development.)

By the way; no need to bump posts after just an hour.  Someone will get there eventually.  But the main problem-solving contributors to this forum are spread across many different time zones.THanks for the suggestions, however if you noticed I BUMPED it precisely 25 hours later.

I'll look into it some more.Whoops!  Sorry!

Having been made redundant last week, feel free to give me a shout if you need some DB design and coding support!!!  I was told quite a bit over here: http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4342 but I've been thinking that when they say "Live Meeting" they expect $$ and a chance to come over.  $$ isn't a bad idea, so long as it is not much, but to come over?  I Have no idea who these people are and can not trust our assetts and even the slighest chance at getting a hack through to our systems.  I need someone who can walk me through this via a voice conference or through a chat room or even the phone if wished.  I know it's asking a lot to do this for a company but in the process I will be learning things, which is the main reason why I want to do this... not only for future repairs but future jobs and such.  I'm only 17 running an entire network and I don't believe my school or any colleges around teach "InfoPath" ;-)

Anyways, after reading that other message you're willing to put in your 2 CENTS worth, I would deeply appreciate it.

Thank you,
--MikeInfoPath is a good-looking bit of kit, and probably well worth learning.  I have not experimented with using it in a distributed fashion though.  I still think that an MS Access front end with a SQL back end is likely to be your best solution.

Unfortunately, when I said "feel free to give me a shout if you need some DB design and coding support" I didn't mean that I could enter into a large project for free, alas.  I still gotta eat.

Hello! I am trying to find a way to convert a publisher file to a word file, or any other file, like a pdf.

The reason is because I created a flyer for someone in publisher and they do not have that program. I cannot find an easy way to fix this problem, except re-do the whole thing in word, which is a pain.  

Also, I'm noticing that there are some things you can't do in word that you can in pub, like create a text box with columns?  :-?

If it helps, its a newer IBM (work pc sorry no more info) that runs xp professional, i think.

Someone, please, anyone, help SAVE me the trouble of re-doing it! It will not LOOK nearly as nice in word! Thanks!!!!  Sure can, just open Publisher and go to file->Save As and look for where it says "Save as type:", and just change the extension to what you prefer, for MS Word just change to .doc. Hope that helps.

8-)fffreakSeems simple enough.....

Of course nothing is that simple for me.  :-/ When I TRY that, I get quite a few different choices.

word 2.x for windows   *.doc
word 97-2003 & 6.0 rtf   *.doc
word 6.0/95   *.doc


etc....

does it matter which i use, adnd does the lil asterik mean anything?


Thanks! I just love this site, always so HELPFUL!!!  OK, it might be weird to reply to my own post, but I just thought of another question.

How would I change it to a pdf? That doesn't seem to be listed, and it seems that pdf files are preferred by many people.


Thanks again, you guys rock!As to your above question try this one, "word 97-2003 & 6.0 rtf   *.doc". For Word to PDF converting look > here <, lots of places there to look. In fact 283,000,000 resources. Hope that helps.

8-)fffreakThank you for the pdf help, i will save a site for that, it will be very helpful.

However, like I said, nothin is that easy for me with computers anyways.  

When i try to save the pub file as a .doc, it tells me...

"the file you selected only supports text. to save the text of this publication, click ok. to save the entire publication, click cancel, and then choose the publisher file type"

any suggestions?  :-?I'd suggest saving the text as a .doc, then reinserting the images in Word. It's a little more work, but it gets the job done.

If, for some reason, the Word version has more problems than missing pictures (the formatting is all screwy) and reinserting the pictures doesn't fix that, you still have the .pub to go back to. So, no harm if it doesn't work. Quote

When i try to save the pub file as a .doc, it tells me...

"the file you selected only supports text. to save the text of this publication, click ok. to save the entire publication, click cancel, and then choose the publisher file type"

any suggestions?  :-?

OK, what am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to record a tape to my HDD.
I've got the tape player's headphone output connected with a 3.5mm to 3.5mm lead to my computer's microphone input.
I get nothing with Audacity other than a faint hiss, EVEN with full volume on the tape player and full gain on the mic, boost enabled.
Is there something I'm missing?
I've checked the connections and I've checked that it's set to record on the right input.
It's some sort of Morphy Richards mini hi-fi system, if that helps, and I'm using a creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook sound card.  I've ALSO tried it with REALTEK integrated HD sound.
Windows XP Pro SP2 with latest updates, latest version of Audacity (1.2.6?).
Thanks in advance.
Calum.I've recorded tapes to my hard drive with my desktop computer.  With the sound card I have installed, I connected the line from the tape player (headphone output) to the Line In connector on my sound card, not the Mic connector. Do you have a Line In connector, in ADDITION to the Mic connector?Nice catch, soybean !Oh, I knew I was missing something.
Unfortunately I don't have one, it's a notebook soundcard and thus very small.
I have a headphone/speaker output, a mic input and a strange looking beastie that appears to be for surround sound speakers (with an adapter).
So I need a line in input then?
Or a preamp, would that work?
Been doing some more digging on this since I posted.Before you spend money, check this:



Set the microphone volume (right) to the max and you'll get fairly loud sound (if it isn't already at 1)Thanks, but that's what i was trying to say.
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full gain on the mic, boost enabled.

Thanks, but that's what i was trying to say.
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full gain on the mic, boost enabled.

I'm after a recovery disc for the above desktop.
If anyone can help i am willing to buy one.
Cheers
albarEI was a SPANISH company that was taken over by Dixons group. There are SEVERAL retailers in UK that sell EI systems. None of them listed that model number. I did NOTICE that 4 digit model NUMBERS were all laptops. Desktops had 3 digit numbers. You might contact of the resalers or Dixons directly to get ASSISTANCE.

I have lots of questions concerning RAID that I hope you can help me with.

I considered getting a RAID setup, because at the MOMENT my hard drive is starting to get full up and I need more space (80GB). I was told by a freind who had a RAID setup that it can improve your speed and performance, because for example, instead of loading one driver it cna load up two at the sime time hence the faster performance, is this true?

How would I go about setting up RAID, how MUCH does it cost etc. At the moment I have an ASUS A8N-sli motherboard, im not sure where it supports RAID or not.

And is there a site that can better explain RAID? Ive tried wikipedia but its always too technical with these kind of things.

Thats all

Any help would be appreciated, thanksIf all you need is more capacity, you would be better off to simply add a additional HD. For home users, the choice is normally between RAID 0 and RAID 1. With RAID 0 you get double speed reads and writes. However, if one disk fails, you loose EVERYTHING stored on the computer. With RAID 1, you have a mirrored array whereby all data is stored (mirrored) on the second drive. It gives double speed reads, normal speed writes. If one drive fails, everything is still available on the second drive and the machine is still BOOTABLE. Also note that with RAID, all drives must be identical, or minimumly, the same capacity. Using drives of different capacity will result in the RAID using the smaller drives capacity as the base capacity. Excess capacity on the larger drive cannot be used, not EVEN to create an EXTRA partition. If need pure speed, RAID 0; if you need data security, RAID 1; if you simply need capacity, add a HD.

when i'm TRYING to open a file setup.exe.manifest a window comes up and it says WINDOWS cannot open this file it needs to know the PROGRAM the created it the program is CALLED photoshop cs2Where did this copy of Photoshop come from ? ?

does anyone know how to use the COMMAND line to program 2 BIOS chip?
i have one system bios and one backup bios on my motherboard.
using awdflash.exe  award bios.
using awdflash/? i can't find any command line to FLASH upper and lower bios.
 :-?Let's start with the motherboard model and why you are wanting to flash the BIOS. It is very easy to ruin a motherboard if improperly done and for no good reason.  Wouldn't it be nice if the posters ever gave us the complete story instead of bits and pieces ............

dl65  Ah, but that takes all the fun out of it!I was just looking back at the posters history ...and it APPEARS this may be a school related question ..........


dl65  yes..is my school project..
somebody BUILD and motherboard that have two bios socket.
one for system bios and the other one is backup purpose.
the bios is award bios.
i have awdflash.exe utility running under DOS.
i want to flash both BIOS at one time.
that means upper is for my system bios, lower case is for my backup bios.
i understand that phoenix bios can do it, with another flash utility.
BUT, i have no idea on awd bios.
The purpose of a backup BIOS is to SAVE your *censored* on a bad flash.
Wouldn't it be a little more prudent to flash each one separately ?

Hello all. I am new here. I hope I posted this topic at the correct place.  

I am having problem opening a few files sent through email by my lecturer. Anyway here is the error stated:

Quote

Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these SUGGESTIONS:
*Check the files permissions for the document or drive
*Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space
*Open the file with Text Recovery converter

This error message can appear for several reasons.

The document may be corrupt or damaged.
File permissions may be set so you cannot access the file. (read denied)
It is possible that you have run out of system resources.
There may be a read LOCK on the file you are trying to open.

Hi not sure if this is the correct TOPIC place to ask this but im sure you will let me know
My boyfriend has a Dell Axim X50 PDA   it has microsoft Active sync 3.8 on it
for some reason a week ago he tried to sync up with my computer as he always does
and it keeps telling him the connection is lost.  it starts to connect  then drops it

Any suggestions what we can do.  The PDA works FIND except for this and
i have serveral spyware/virus protections on the computer
is there something we can do or check.  His PDA Is his life....  he has been unable to sync up in a week so i WOULD like to try and help him  

thank you soo much for your help  
any help is appreciated.  
thanks
Crly1264

When i install a application i receive the following message: setup cannot continue because some FILES are out of date on your system. Click OK if you would like setup to update these files for you now. You will need to restart Windows before you can run setup again. Click cancel to exit setup without updateing system files.
But, when i restart and begin installation again, the error appears again.
WHAT CAN I DO???  What are you trying to install? I ASSUME this is Windows XP. Come on, give us some more information here...LUKE...... I'm rubbing the crystal ball like crazy ...but I cant get any sort of vision about your issue ...... some information would be a HUGE assistance.


dl65  Sylvia is still on Holiday and unable to assist...And Mystic Meg NEVER saw it coming, so she's currently unavailable . . .I'm trying to install a Visual Basic Application. Windows 2000 OS.What VB application in what ver. of Win2K ? ?

Is there a freeware (or any at all) software that can capture the output of the SOUNDCARD? I searched and tried ARWizard but it bleeds over the sounds from the microphone. Thanks  Audacity?

Look at all of the Essential SOftware listed in the FAQ section.If you have a SoundBlaster card, take a look at the utilities that came with it. Windows sound recorder should also work.Sound recorder! I can't believe I didn't think of that   I switched INPUT devices on the window's recorder and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the REPLIES!Ah! The good ol' KISS PRINCIPLE.   Didn't realize that the Sound recorder only records 60 seconds than quits. Is there a way to increase the duration?I don't know the answer to your question about Windows Sound Recorder, although I'd guess the length of time can not be increased.  So, I SUGGEST you try Audacity.  It's freeware and I see they even have a support forum at http://audacityteam.org/forum/Thanks, I'll try Audacity!

I have a near new Toshiba Qosmio with Media Centre installed. It had IE6 installed on it when I got it new, and I upgraded it to IE7. Ever since then I have had problems with it freezing up on pages loading, and I have to use Task Manager to shut it down. This is intermittent, but happens off and on every day, and is driving me nuts........! I uninstalled it and re-installed it, but the same thing is still happening. I also wonder what the system is where you BUY a new computer with Windows installed and don't have the Cd to correct any issues, which I have been prompted for at one stage. Do I have to buy one? :-?If it is nearly new, then I would contact Toshiba directly and see about a restore disk or whatever they offer.I have actually found my recovery disc in my archives. It tells me to place the disc in the drive, power up the computer while holding down the'C' key when the screen reads Toshiba, and it will format the hard drive. Will this WIPE all my installed programs, files, etc...... i.e. have a clean sweep? I am HAPPY for that to happen, but don't want to lose anything. Thanks...........Yes a format WILL erase all your data...try the suggestion above and contact the manuf.OK, will do. But just out of interest, should I use it in the future, will this disc I have uninstall Windows as well? Thanks.........With caution. A rescue CD from the manufacturer is designed with one thing in mind...to take that machine back to Day One out of the box as in brand new.

After doing this any data you had prior to this is GONE for good. And any programs and UPDATES you have installed that did NOT come with the machine are gone as well and would need to be re-installed...

Not the best choice but when there's no other...[size=14][/size]I tried IE7 for about a week and with some help from Microsoft, returned to IE6. My email only being capable of plain text was one issue. The other was I lost a couple programs I had before installing IE7. My brother-in-law told me it's still in the beta phase and not mess with it until it has all the bugs worked out.

Cheers,
JoyceThanks Joyce. I have actually taken the huge step of cleaning out the hard drive and starting afresh, mainly because I wanted to see how hard it was for a learner to do, and it was fine! I didn't have much data to save, and still have my old computer which has 2 hard drives on it. The only thing I lost was my address book, and it's available upstairs. So, as you say, I will keep IE6 and wait for a while. In the meantime play around with FireFox...you may never look back.

patio.  8-)Thanks Patio. If I download Firefox, do I need to uninstall IE? Or do I just choose FF as my default browser?Just set FireFox as default ...leave IE alone. It is needed for Windows updates anyways.

FireFox will import your IE favorites as well.

patio.     8-)

Hello there!

I have Outlook 2007 and am looking for a program which will help protect me from SPAM.  Most of them out there try to be clever by "reading" the e-mail and giving it a spam score percentage.  This is not what I am after.

What i am after is a system that will allow me to feed it a whitelist of addresses (i.e. good e-mails in my inbox as well as e-mail addresses i've sent e-mail to) which will ALWAYS land in my inbox and then QUARANTINE any other e-mail from an address which isn't in my whitelist.

Further to this, if an e-mail lands in the quarantine area, i'd like to be able to click on it to approve it as a legitimate e-mail message and for it's email address to be added to the whitelist.

Does such a system exist?I don't know but do you know whether your ISP offers spam blocking features?  My ISP is Earthlink. I use both Outlook Express and Outlook 2003 for email.  But, I REALLY control spam by logging onto my email address via Earthlink's WebMail access and creating my whitelist/address book there.  It's been a very effective WAY of controlling spam.  Every day, Earthlink also send me a list of stuff that is suspect mail. If I think there's something there that I want, I just logon to WebMail and add that sender to my online address book or, if it's likely to be a one-time occurrence, must move it to my Inbox but not add the sender to my address book. Quote

Hello there!

I have Outlook 2007 and am looking for a program which will help protect me from SPAM.  Most of them out there try to be clever by "reading" the e-mail and giving it a spam score percentage.  This is not what I am after.

What i am after is a system that will allow me to feed it a whitelist of addresses (i.e. good e-mails in my inbox as well as e-mail addresses i've sent e-mail to) which will ALWAYS land in my inbox

and then quarantine any other e-mail from an address which isn't in my whitelist.

Further to this, if an e-mail lands in the quarantine area, i'd like to be able to click on it to approve it as a legitimate e-mail message and for it's email address to be added to the whitelist.

Does such a system exist?

i had zone alarm installed in my computer, after i did an uninstall its still showing up in my service manager as disabled. when i try to reinstall zone alarm it tells me to shut down my true vector service, so i'm assuming that this is referring to the service still in my services list. when i right click on the service, i cant ENABLE or anything, so im at a loss that my computer still tells me to shut down this service when it obviously isnt running.
  is this a problem with registry traces left behind after my uninstall or something ELSE. i want to get every instance of zone alarm out of my system so i can do a clean install. any suggestions?
  THANKS AHEAD of time.
DLoad and run CCleaner and SEE if it cleans out the remnants...

I have an old PC running Windows ME that I want to give away.  I have downloaded onto a floppy a program to erase that hard drive before I get rid of it.  Please tell me how to boot that computer using the floppy disk so that I can execute the program.Brenda.

Which program is this ? ?
A WinME bootdisk available for free on the web at bootdisk.com will create a bootable floppy that has all the TOOLS you need.
DLoad the file and double-click it to create the floppy.
Then start the machine with the floppy in and it will end up with a black screen with an A:
Type in  "format C: /U and hit Enter.
This will erase the drive.

For added peace of mind you could also run FDisk on that first and then format. If you need instructions let us know...we'll be here.

patio.   8-)The software that I have downloaded onto the floppy is the free version of "KILLDISK".

I did try to RESTART the machine with the new floppy in the drive.  I got a black screen with THREE options, one of which I have forgotten at the moment.  Those that I remember were Retry or Cancel.

I do have a WinME boot floppy that I made when I first got the computer.  It was just my understanding that the "killdisk" software would do a more thorough job of erasing the hard drive.

Thanks for any guidance you might offer.It's true that killdisk will be more thorough...but why not just throw a new HDD in there ? ?
I never give a machine away with a HDD i have used...i have every HDD i've EVER owned.Boot with the bootdisk. Then put in the floppy with Killdisk and run it.Unless you are giving your computer to a technical genius, a normal format should be fine.I want to say thanks to all of you for offering your suggestions about helping me boot from a floppy.  I have been on a journey I don't soon want to repeat but I have certainly learned lots in the process.You're more than Welcome...stop by anytime !

patio.  8-)

Hi! EVERYONE, i would like to now if it is possible to share a Scanner over the network just like you share a printer, in order for all the networked computer to USE it? I have a network with 20 PCs and a 3 in 1 HP 3030 Laser JET. The printer is shared and works fine i would like to do that for the scanner as well, is it possible if so how do i do that?You will need 3rd party software since it is not natively supported. Search GOOGLE for remote scan.Thanks for your timely answer, I'm doing a search on Google. But do u have any software in mind that u would recommend? I would very much appreciate.lino124.....
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

A quick google returned this as a freeware solution .
[highlight]Note..... there was 1.3 million results returned in .19seconds [/highlight]
......So I'm sure theres plenty of options there for you.

dl65

When you view "My Pictures" as a slide show, the rate of slide transition seems to be about 5 seconds.  Can this rate of transition be changed? and how?  I'm not interested in doing this through Power Point.You could PAUSE it and manually transition. However, other than some obscure registry tweak that I don't know about, I don't think there is a way to change the slideshow transition speed. TMD (Typical Microsoft Deal)Thanks for your help.  Since I am not connected with anyone who knows much about computers, this forum is greatly appreciated.Hold on, I know a way . . . I'll find it for you but it may take me a while.
There's a registry hack somewhere and another way.
I'll find it.rosepen, do you have any photo editing SOFTWARE, perhaps something that came with a digital CAMERA?  I have Fujifilm camera that came with FinePix Viewer software.  I can use it for slide shows and it does give the option of changing the speed.You just reminded me of this thread.
You can change the speed of the slideshow transition using TweakUI.
Download and install it, then go to Explorer --> Slide Show, where there is an option to change the speed.
it can also be done via the registry but I can't remember how.
Hope this helps.
PS It is 5000ms, or 5 seconds, by default.  You were RIGHT.

When I got my Tecra I gave my ThinkPad 760E to my little brother. Now I have a 10GB HD that was in the Tecra, but I upgraded it (the one that's in the thinkpad is only 2.1GB). It's just sitting in my bedroom. I was wondering how the heck you dissasemble the caddy in that thing... It doesn't look FUN  :-/

If anyone could find me instructions it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

-John

EDIT: I just wanted to clarify a couple of things.
A. I was an idiot and managed to post it in the wrong section
and B. I want to know how to dissasemble the caddy in the TP (the post looks a little confusing now that I read it)It has been a while since I've taken one of those apart.  Can you provide a photo of the caddy to jog my memory?Well actually since yesterday I've made quite a bit of progress. Got the NEW DRIVE in and everything. Of course, the BIOS only recognized the first 8GB (it's a 12GB drive, i think it's an IBM Travelstar 12GN... model DARA-212000) so i partitioned it using FDISK. I restarted as per FDISK's request, and now EVERYTIME i try to start up off of the floppy disk it just freezes COMPLETELY... it works fine with the hard drive removed or the old hard drive in. Something I should note is when I turn it off with the power switch after it's frozen it goes "BEEP" and then shuts off... dumb computer!  

Thanks!

-JohnHave you looked for a BIOS upgrade for this machine?

Does it still boot with the original hard drive?  (You may have a coincidental but unrelated problem.)

I have plenty of RAM and processing speed. This happens some TIMES, and not at other times.  I've tried RESTARTING computer. I've tried TAKING out the particular movie clip that seems to be where the crash is happening.  I've very frustrated... you go to all this work on editing a video and then you can't finish it!

Ideas?Just how much RAM and proccessor speed is plenty ? ?1.00 GB

2.17 GHzHow much free space is on that HDD ? ?
I would run the HDD diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site.

It could ALSO be power related as video editing tasks are intensive.
What make and size is the PSU ? ?

Hey everyone, whats up. I have a lil problem with PowerDVD 7.0. First, i play a video.. it runs fine. Then when i close it and re-open it to play the video again, it doesn't show the video this time but i only hear the audio. I tried using WinDVD and then the same problem happens so i think it's not the program specifically but maybe i need to configure some settings.. im not sure.. thats y im askin for help =P So if anyone can help me, that would be great... if there's any additional info i need to include, please say so and i'll do so. Hope someone helps. Bye.Other info would include Windows version and service packs, what has changed prior to this, malware protection, and any other known computer issues.Well... im runnin on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2... malware protection.. i use... Bitdefender &AMP; Spy Sweeper... no other known computer issues... and NOTHING's really changed prior to this.. i mean.. i jus recently installed the programs and it jus started running in this manner. is that nuff? anything else? thanks for your reply. Quote

Well... im runnin on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2... malware protection.. i use... Bitdefender & Spy Sweeper... no other known computer issues... and nothing's really changed prior to this.. i mean..[highlight] i jus recently installed the programs and it jus started running in this manner[/highlight]. is that nuff? anything else? thanks for your reply.

Now to display my ignorance! When updating some programs, Spyware Guard for example, ZONE Alarm firewall tells me it wants to access the "Trusted Zone", then tells me it wants to access the "Internet Zone". What is the trusted zone please. (Yes, I am ready to sit red faced in the corner!)The trusted zone is whatever you set as the trusted zone.
It may be set by you, it may be automatically set.
Not having ZA any more, I'm not sure of how to check what it is.
I think it's something LIKE this - open the ZA control PANEL, and look through the tabs and settings for the trusted zone.
It will be named as something, perhaps your network adapter.
I know on my old PC the wireless was set as the trusted zone by ZA and the Ethernet connection was the internet zone.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but this may at least point you in the right direction.
Edit: this article ALSO explains a little about it, and the ZA help files may also provide some info.Thanks Calum. At least I now know a bit more about it. The link was helpful aswell.Glad to have been of assistance.

Hope someone can give me some ideas on where to look for a fix for this issue.  Sometimes when I print to my hp deskjet 932c the print icon will open in the systray but the print will not start.  If I open the print JOB dialog box it says that the print job is pending but it will not print.  If I switch users the hp print preview WINDOW will be open with my print job displayed and I can then go ahead and print the document?  This does not happen every TIME I try to print.  It seems to happen when my girlfriend has been on her account and used the printer from her account.  This also happens to her when she tries to print from her account.  The print can only be completed when she SWITCHES over to my account.  One other interesting tidbit.  If I RESTART the computer while it has the print job pending the hp preveiw window opens when I log onto my account and I can print the job?

Thanks