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| 501. |
Solve : enable touchpad? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have an old Presario 1675 with W98SE.<br/>Mouse stopped working, known <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/good-1009017" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOOD">GOOD</a> replacement ditto. Touchpad had been disabled because of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/earlier-963550" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EARLIER">EARLIER</a> conflicts.<br/>Have tried all three options in FAQ - touchpad function not available in BIOS - successfully accessed autoexec.bat and config.sys but nowhere any mention of mouse/touchpad or pointing devices. Booting screen <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shows-1206590" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHOWS">SHOWS</a> touchpad software is there - then a new line states "pointing device disabled". I seem to recall there is a file that lists all devices, fonts <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/languages-683" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LANGUAGES">LANGUAGES</a> and everything else - thought it was win.ini but got an empty screen.<br/>Reboots bring up same message " please attach mouse... etc" Ad nauseum.<br/>Any additional <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ideas-1035826" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IDEAS">IDEAS</a> please?</p></body></html> | |
| 502. |
Solve : Would appreciate some help with this old Dell? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Sometime back I inherited an old Dell PC with Win 98 SE -- Model OptiPlex GX150 <br/> Memory 512 MBytes SDRAM (PC133)<br/> <br/> Two Hard Drives (C:) Disk 0 20.0 GB<br/> <br/> (D:) Main <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/part-238139" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PART">PART</a> 1 13.9 GB <br/> (E:) Main Part 2 13.9 GB <br/> <br/> (A:) 3 1/2" Floppy<br/> (F:) CD-ROM Disk<br/> (G;) CD-ROM Disk <br/> also two USB ports<br/><br/>I have two concerns; (1st concern) is the message that I receive on startup which reads; <br/>WARNING: Dells’s Disk monitoring System has detected that Drive 1 on the primary EIDE <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/controller-769272" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONTROLLER">CONTROLLER</a> is operating outside of normal specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data & replace your hard disk drive by calling your support desk or Dell Computer Corporation.<br/>Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.<br/><br/>What I've continued to do since I received this PC is to use the F1 key and proceed and so far it's has been working OK. (Haven't been able to correct concern with setup utility). What this PC is used for is basically to listen to music in the garage during the warmer months and have not had a problem so far with either drive. Drives A:, D: and E: have music on each but nowhere near full.<br/>Now that is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/colder-421988" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COLDER">COLDER</a> than %^^%&&, I decided to bring it in and see if I could get some help with this thing before it failed. I'm thinking that it's the partitioned drive that's the problem and I'm wondering if that's the problem (partitioning)or perhaps the drive is on it's way out? If it is, it's been working this way with the above message for quite a while.<br/><br/>My (2nd concern) is with the USB's. Can't get Flash Drives to work. If I plug in a Flash Drive it will light up but it's not recognized either in MyComputer or in the BIOS. After Googling I was instructed to download a USB Win 98 SE driver(which I did). Still nothing. I've also plugged in my external drive to try that. It lights up and attempts to run but that's about it. <br/>Any suggestions with these concerns would be greatly appreciated. overthehill<br/><br/><br/><br/> Regarding the first problem, you need to run a diagnostic on the HD (btw, a: is not a hard drive - it's your floppy). If there is data on the HD you need to save I suggest you copy it to off-disk media.Quote</p><blockquote>I have two concerns; (1st concern) is the message that I receive on startup which reads; <br/>WARNING: Dells’s Disk monitoring System has detected that Drive 1 on the primary EIDE controller is operating outside of normal specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data & replace your hard disk drive by calling your support desk or Dell Computer Corporation.<br/>Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.<br/><br/>What I've continued to do since I received this PC is to use the F1 key and proceed and so far it's has been working OK. (Haven't been able to correct concern with setup utility). What this PC is used for is basically to listen to music in the garage during the warmer months and have not had a problem so far with either drive. Drives A:, D: and E: have music on each but nowhere near full.<br/></blockquote><br/>This is generally issued by the relatively crappy SMART disk monitoring that was/is built into the BIOS software; I had a PC that if I enabled SMART it would refuse to boot and simply say "Hard disk failure" or a similar message, and yet it worked fine for several years (in fact, the drive never actually up and failed, I've been atypically lucky on that count, however, only having a single drive fail that was 12 years old). As Allan says, you could run a disk diagnostic; but if you don't have any important data on the machine, it's not something you should be terribly concerned about. (In fact, you're question seems aimed at making it ignore it; you can do so by disabling S.M.A.R.T in the BIOS, sometimes labeled as "disk monitoring" or something similar).<br/><br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I decided to bring it in and see if I could get some help with this thing before it failed. I'm thinking that it's the partitioned drive that's the problem and I'm wondering if that's the problem (partitioning)or perhaps the drive is on it's way out? If it is, it's been working this way with the above message for quite a while.</blockquote>S.M.A.R.T is designed to be preventative; it's tolerances are set rather low, and really if you get a S.M.A.R.T error of some description, all you really know is that the drive will fail eventually, which is pretty much a given with any drive. (That's why a hard drive should ideally never have the only copy of something, because that will exponentially raise the chances you'll goof up and somehow mess up the drive or that it will fail, it's a known law of physics ).<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>My (2nd concern) is with the USB's. Can't get Flash Drives to work. If I plug in a Flash Drive it will light up but it's not recognized either in MyComputer or in the BIOS. After Googling I was instructed to download a USB Win 98 SE driver(which I did). Still nothing. I've also plugged in my external drive to try that. It lights up and attempts to run but that's about it. <br/></blockquote>Windows 98SE had very rudimentary support for flash drives; specifically, unlike windows 2000 and XP (and I think ME, not sure) it didn't have a "class" driver for Mass storage; a "class" driver can basically work with any device that identifies itself as that class of device; for example, USB joysticks, keyboards, and mice are all identified as HID class devices, and use the same driver. <br/><br/>Thankfully, there are ways of adding support for it. try the drivers listed <a href="http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win98se-usb-mass-storage-drivers.php">here</a>, they work great on my 440CDX (~1996 or so).<br/><br/>BIOS support for USB a few years ago was relatively basic; usually you were lucky if you could even use a USB keyboard before the OS booted. There was no provision for booting from the drives, for example, and because the various device classes weren't really all that well defined the motherboard/BIOS manufacturers didn't bother with any sort of Bus enumeration (actually, Windows 95 was essentially the first PC Operating System that was widely used that supported that at all) Basically, this just means that you'll be getting a far slower speed (the ports are definitely USB 1.1) and you won't be booting from any flash drives on that computer, either. It works a treat for transferring files... especially when your CD-ROM drive refuses to work like the one on my ancient laptop <br/><br/>.Quote from: Allan on December 15, 2010, 05:35:32 AM<blockquote>Regarding the first problem, you need to run a diagnostic on the HD (btw, a: is not a hard drive - it's your floppy). If there is data on the HD you need to save I suggest you copy it to off-disk media.<br/></blockquote> EDIT: I should have indicated (C:) (D:) and (E:) . Anyway, thanks guys for responding, that gives me something to work with and I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/certainly-2023282" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CERTAINLY">CERTAINLY</a> wiil. overthehillBTW, if you go to <a href="http://www.support.dell.com">www.support.dell.com</a> & type in the Service Tag, you can find out when the machine was shipped & what hardware & software came with it. You can also download all drivers that were supplied on disks with the machine, which you probably don't have. Manuals are there, too. Service Tag will be located on a nameplate somewhere on the case.<br/><br/><br/>Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 15, 2010, 10:55:36 AM<blockquote>BTW, if you go to <a href="http://www.support.dell.com">www.support.dell.com</a> & type in the Service Tag, you can find out when the machine was shipped & what hardware & software came with it. You can also download all drivers that were supplied on disks with the machine, which you probably don't have. Manuals are there, too. Service Tag will be located on a nameplate somewhere on the case.<br/></blockquote>Thanks C_C. Much appreciated. overthehillUpdate on my two concerns ;<br/><br/>(1st concern) was the message that I received on start up. <br/>Because I couldn't find anything in the BIOS that resembled "disk monitoring" what I ended up doing was disabling "Report Keyboard Errors" . (Ist concern) remedied.<br/><br/>(2nd concern) Unable to use USB's. Well I followed BC_Programmers suggestion on this as well. I installed the drivers that he suggested and now they work,(well sort of). For whatever <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/aeuroereason-239555" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REASON">REASON</a> my 8GB Flash Drive works perfectly. My Microsoft Joy Stick (which I haven't used in years, but that's another story) works fine too. But,I get no response from a 4GB Flash Drive and also nothing from my External Drive. <br/><br/>All in all though, that's satisfactory. Not having to put up with that annoying message at start up is great . And, with all of the other storage devices working and now with the ability to use the 8GB Drive, this is all I really require anyway from this "Old Dell". <br/><br/>Thanks to all. Much appreciated. overthehill</body></html> | |
| 503. |
Solve : MS-DOS Help!!in windows98 which command likes "echo %date%" in windowXP?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>as <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/subject-239485" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUBJECT">SUBJECT</a>!thx<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fresources%2Fdocumentation%2Fwindows%2Fxp%2Fall%2Fproddocs%2Fen-us%2Fntcmds.mspx&ei=LFYHTY-qE8eTnweC3o3lDQ&usg=AFQjCNH7T4eSGFS3TJsz75vNvSKaRNqAXA&sig2=5zmcmbgJGYK6GOVpqkTrjQ"><strong>See Here...</strong></a></p></body></html> | |
| 504. |
Solve : NEC Versa 2000c CPU speed?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Quote from: patio on December 11, 2010, 04:54:36 PM</p><blockquote>I may be off base here but why is this connedtion needed ? ?\<br/></blockquote><br/>To <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> a file onto the ancient laptop which is bigger than a floppy can hold.<br/>Another option for an old laptop is the PC-Card slot. Any laptop after about 1990 has one. Use Compact Flash card &<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/amp-363144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AMP">AMP</a>; PC Card <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/adapter-849079" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADAPTER">ADAPTER</a>. Compact flash card can connect to USB card reader on the new machine & use the adapter for the old machine. Works well on my 486 laptop with no CD, no FDD, no USB, only 1 PC card slot.<br/>Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 11, 2010, 05:55:50 PM<blockquote>Another option for an old laptop is the PC-Card slot.</blockquote><br/>This is a very good suggestion.<br/></body></html> | |
| 505. |
Solve : The IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I recently removed a Trojan from my Windows 98SE laptop, and after restarting my computer, I got an error message saying, "Error Starting Program: The IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem." Now my computer no longer reads my PCMCIA wireless adapter. I uninstalled the drivers for the adapter, replaced the iphlpapi.dll file in the system folder with a copied one from the options/cabs folder and then reinstalled the network adapter drivers, but the error message <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/still-653256" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STILL">STILL</a> pops up. I've <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/read-619994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about READ">READ</a> that on some Windows ME <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computers-21658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTERS">COMPUTERS</a> this happens when <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/aol-380266" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AOL">AOL</a> 9.0 is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installed-499454" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLED">INSTALLED</a>, but I have never installed any version of AOL on the computer.<br/><br/>It's a:<br/>Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS<br/>running:<br/>Windows 98 Second Edition<br/>with a:<br/>Motorola WN825G Wireless Notebook AdapterAlso, details:<br/>It's a:<br/>Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS<br/>running:<br/>Windows 98 Second Edition<br/>with a:<br/>Motorola WN825G Wireless Notebook Adapter<br/>Hi,<br/><br/>have u installed any new program / software on that days? if yes remove the newly installed application and try using System Restore to solve this problem by rolling back your system to before the problem started..<br/><br/>Regards,</p></body></html> | |
| 506. |
Solve : Copying email source code? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I use Outlook Express 6 as my email client. I receive many emails containing graphics and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/formatted-7300131" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORMATTED">FORMATTED</a> text that I would like to tweak a little, before forwarding them. I KNOW that I can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/edit-11544" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EDIT">EDIT</a> text and delete some elements but I also know that things like the length are very hard to change. I also know that the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/format-11876" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORMAT">FORMAT</a> controls are locked into the CODE that is exposed when the SOURCE tab is clicked. Short of doing a course in HTML, I believe I can learn some basics about email source code, by tweaking it and seeing the results. But to document what has been tweaked, I should ideally be able to copy the source code UNCHANGED-by-the-copy-process into e.g. WORD or a Rich-Text-Format editor. I have not found any editor that I can paste source code into and have the copy <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/look-544452" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOOK">LOOK</a> identical to the original. I thought FrontPage might do the trick, but it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wont-2326802" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WONT">WONT</a> open EML. Is there a way of doing what I want to do ?</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Windows 95 Toshiba XM-6202B CD ROM? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hello, I have an old gateway running windows 95, PENT 2 , 233.<br/>It has the above cd rom and sometimes it works and some times it does not. I checked the values for Autorun in Regedit and they are correct and I checked the device manager and autorun is checked. When I checked the properties in cd rom, it says the device is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/working-243555" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORKING">WORKING</a> properly.<br/><br/>I have a shortcut on my desktop for cd rom (drive D: and when I double click it I get a message saying<br/>D: is not accessible<br/>The device is not ready<br/><br/>about 2 weeks ago it started working again and I could play music CD's or video games and it worked for <br/>3 weeks. I always left a cd or video game in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cdrom-407601" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CDROM">CDROM</a>. But when I removed a CD and turned off the computer it went back to the above problem. <br/><br/>Is there a way I can trouble shoot this problem? Thanks, Joe.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Check the data and power <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cables-14652" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CABLES">CABLES</a> to see if they are connected firmly. If this does not make any difference, CD-ROM drives are very cheap now, you should just buy another one. Better still , get a DVD drive. <br/>Thanks for the reply. I was thinking this was a software conflict. I would hate to change out the cd drive and have the same problem. I checked the cable conections , they seem to be tight. I cant unplug the ribbon cord or card and power jacks. I don't want to force them off and break the pins, putting a lot of force on the ribbon cable to unplug it could turn out bad. I will try to work the plugs back and forth and see if I can get them off.<br/>IT could just be the pins need cleaning I know after a long time they can oxidize a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/little-1075899" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LITTLE">LITTLE</a> and cause a bad connection.<br/><br/>Thanks again, JoeHello, no luck getting the plugs off the cd drive. <br/><br/>Is there a virus scanner that will run on Win95?<br/><br/>Is there away I can get games that run on Win 95 to run on a new computer with<br/><br/>Intel Quad 6600<br/>2.40 GHZ<br/>3 Gig ram<br/>ATI GRAPHIC CARD 256 MB<br/>Vista OSMost likely it's not a software problem. That message usually indicates a problem with the drive itself.Quote from: quaxo on November 11, 2010, 08:40:26 AM</p><blockquote>Most likely it's not a software problem. That message usually indicates a problem with the drive itself.<br/></blockquote><br/>Optical drives decline with age. That drive model was current in 1997. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Quote from: profit1 on October 24, 2010, 08:27:45 PM<blockquote>Intel Quad 6600<br/>2.40 GHZ<br/>3 Gig ram<br/>ATI GRAPHIC CARD 256 MB<br/>Vista OS<br/></blockquote><br/>Whether or not old games will work on a new system depends on the individual game, so there is no solid answer for this. Some games will run, some will need to be modified, some will not run at all. If you have a specific game(s) in mind, you might want to search around online for solutions.Quote from: profit1 on October 24, 2010, 08:27:45 PM<blockquote>...Is there away I can get games that run on Win 95 to run on a new computer with<br/><br/>Intel Quad 6600<br/>2.40 GHZ<br/>3 Gig ram<br/>ATI GRAPHIC CARD 256 MB<br/>Vista OS<br/></blockquote><strong><a href="https://www.dosbox.com/">DOSBox</a></strong>Quote from: Computer_Commando on November 11, 2010, 04:19:03 PM<blockquote><strong><a href="https://www.dosbox.com/">DOSBox</a></strong><br/></blockquote><br/>No. DOSBox is, not surprisingly, for DOS games.<br/><br/>It doesn't run Windows 95 games. (of course, they may very <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/well-734398" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WELL">WELL</a> be referencing DOS games, since I cannot think of any real notable Windows 95 game).<br/><br/>You can setup Windows 95 on it, but it's kinda buggy and not very stable.</body></html> | |
| 508. |
Solve : Netstat display too brief to be useful.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>To try and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/find-11616" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIND">FIND</a> out about the times when my network card shows much activity in the absence of ME using the internet, I wanted to look at the the results from Netstat, but the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/first-461760" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIRST">FIRST</a> displays were short and after that they became instantaneous, i.e. just a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/flash-11677" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FLASH">FLASH</a>. Is there a way of keeping Netstat's <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/display-25607" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISPLAY">DISPLAY</a> on screen long enough to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/study-239081" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STUDY">STUDY</a> the results?You need to lock down your wireless signal so it's not being stolen...<br/>If it's not wireless it may be Windows Updates running in the background.</p></body></html> | |
| 509. |
Solve : Disappear drive? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a computer in which two <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/systems-239492" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEMS">SYSTEMS</a> ( C: D: E: F: )windows ME in C: and windows XP in D:<br/>No problem for XP<br/>While in the system ME . Disappear drive D: <br/>What do I do to show itFAT32 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/os-25550" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OS">OS</a>'s will not see an NTFS partition.Thanks for the answer. I was very confused<br/>indeed this forum wonderfulNo problem.<br/>You could make the XP partition FAT32 as well if you need all drives/partitions to be able to access each other...<br/>But be sure your entire system is backed up prior as data <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/loss-236926" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOSS">LOSS</a> is a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/possibility-1160394" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POSSIBILITY">POSSIBILITY</a>...OK I will do that</p></body></html> | |
| 510. |
Solve : Transferring Files From Windows 98 to a portable disc? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have gotten a newer computer and am trying to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/transfer-246431" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRANSFER">TRANSFER</a> my files from my windows 98 to a portable disc. My 98 you cannot transfer/send files to the disc. The salesman at Best Buy told me to try a portable disc and pull the files over, but I cannot figure it out. Is there an easy way to do it, or will I have to pay someone to do it for me? Some of the files I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/really-1178981" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REALLY">REALLY</a> need to keep. <br/>ThanksI don't understand - why can't you copy your files to the removable drive?Quote from: sassie on October 04, 2010, 03:48:56 PM</p><blockquote>I have gotten a newer computer and am trying to transfer my files from my windows 98 to a portable disc. My 98 you cannot transfer/send files to the disc. The salesman at Best Buy told me to try a portable disc and pull the files over, but I cannot figure it out. Is there an easy way to do it, or will I have to pay someone to do it for me? Some of the files I really need to keep. <br/>Thanks<br/></blockquote><br/>What have you tried to do? Are you trying to burn a disc? If so you need software that can burn files to the disk (Win98 does not have built-in support for disk burning).<br/><br/>Same for Removable drives (USB) of any sort; you'll need the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/appropriate-363698" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPROPRIATE">APPROPRIATE</a> driver for the device.<br/><br/>You can find <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/generic-468117" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GENERIC">GENERIC</a> USB <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/storage-11586" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STORAGE">STORAGE</a> drivers <a href="http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php">here</a> be sure to choose the one that matches your edition.</body></html> | |
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Solve : windows 95, i dont know the command prompt at c:\? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have been given a really old pc, its got windows 95 on it. Not really sure it even works properly but i thought i'd have a play. The windows 95 screen logo pops up for a second and then its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/asking-2445373" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ASKING">ASKING</a> me type sommat at C:\ I cant remember wot to put in. I've tried win, run, start etc etc etc and just keeps saying bad command or file name, any ideas?Win and hit Enter...<br/><br/>It may not even have windows on it...<br/>To find out at the C prompt type in dir /p and hit Enter...spacebarr scrolls down 1 at a time...<br/>Quote</p><blockquote>The windows 95 screen logo pops up for a second and then its asking me type sommat at C:\<br/></blockquote>How do you mean, "it's asking you"? <br/><br/>Is it asking you a question, such as "enter the location of command.com"? or <br/>does it look like this:<br/><br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>Microsoft(R) Windows 95<br/> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981-1996.<br/><br/>C:\><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>In the latter case, in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/worst-746430" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORST">WORST</a> case, the windows installation may be hooped. "win" should, as Patio noted, start windows. If it gives you "bad command or filename" (which loosely translates to "not found"), that means that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/either-967193" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EITHER">EITHER</a> win.com is missing, or, the PATH is not properly set.<br/><br/>in the latter case, try "C:\Windows\win" (without the quotes) and see if that gets it started.<br/><br/>also give the dir command Patio noted a try, see what comes up. <br/><br/><br/>WARNING. THE FOLLOWING IS TOO PEDANTIC FOR YOUNG VIEWERS.<br/>Quote from: patio on September 22, 2010, 10:15:55 AM<blockquote>To find out at the C prompt type in dir /p and hit Enter...spacebarr scrolls down 1 at a time...<br/></blockquote><br/>/p goes per page, regardless of the key you press. I believe you may be thinking of trusty MORE, which added the ability to go through the piped text a single character at a time starting with either W2K or XP; however the "scroll a single line" key was enter, not space does it look like this:<br/><br/><br/>Code:<br/>Microsoft(R) Windows 95<br/> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981-1996.<br/><br/>C:\><br/><br/>In the latter case, in the worst case, the windows installation may be hooped. "win" should, as Patio noted, start windows. If it gives you "bad command or filename" (which loosely translates to "not found"), that means that either win.com is missing, or, the PATH is not properly set.<br/>in the latter case, try "C:\Windows\win" (without the quotes) and see if that gets it started.<br/>also give the dir command Patio noted a try, see what comes up. <br/><br/><br/>THANKS FOR YOUR HELP<br/>YEH IT DID LOOK LIKE THE ABOVE, I TRIED C:\Windows\win but still came up BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME<br/>dir/p CAME UP WITH<br/>Volume in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drive-959713" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVE">DRIVE</a> C has no label<br/>Volume serial number is 301D-0FF9<br/>Directory of C:\<br/>COMMAND COM 93,812<br/>1 Ffile(s) 93812 bytes<br/>0 dirs(s) 1,047986,176 bytes freeQuote from: chip00001uk on September 22, 2010, 11:17:32 AM<blockquote>...dir/p CAME UP WITH<br/>Volume in drive C has no label<br/>Volume serial number is 301D-0FF9<br/>Directory of C:\<br/>COMMAND COM 93,812<br/>1 Ffile(s) 93812 bytes<br/>0 dirs(s) 1,047986,176 bytes free<br/></blockquote>No OS is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installed-499454" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLED">INSTALLED</a>. Drive has been formatted & system files installed, i.e. <strong>format c: /s</strong><br/>Looks like hard drive is 1GB.oh well, i can have a play with the insides now <br/>Thanks for your helpDo you know anything about the hardware? Is it a "branded" computer (Dell, HP, Compaq)?the case just says its a Viglen Contender ATX P5/200, havent looked inside yetQuote from: chip00001uk on September 22, 2010, 12:19:38 PM<blockquote>the case just says its a Viglen Contender ATX P5/200, havent looked inside yet</blockquote>Probably a Pentium MMX-200Mhz<br/><a href="http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Intel_Pentium_MMX.html">http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Intel_Pentium_MMX.html</a></body></html> | |
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Solve : insufficient memory in Windows 98? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>To all of you kind and helpful types who tried to help me get past a really bad Win98 install ...patio, willyW, ianbell, Broni, Sid, Daniel1212, quaxo... Thanks.<br/>I really appreciate all of you. <br/>Unfortunately, sometimes you just have to admit it when you're licked. I'm licked. A couple of times I got so frustrated trying to get WIN98 to behave that I started to smack the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> around. How pointless is that?<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/went-734459" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WENT">WENT</a> out and got a bootable XP CD and had the little sucker humming like a top on the first try. Even got it to work with my full 2 gigs of RAM. All the drivers for my graphics card and motherboard are loaded up and work just as they're supposed to.<br/>Thanks again, folks. Good to hear you are up and running...stop by anytime !I just wanted to thank you people for all your wealth of information. I was stumped and I had the same error message for insufficient memory after I loaded 98. I just took out 1 stick of memory and it ran fine. I had 2 Gig dropped to 1.<br/><br/><br/>Thanx,<br/><br/>Cindy TessierThat's certainly good news and Welcome to CH ! !Quote from: Broni on January 13, 2008, 08:52:08 PM</p><blockquote>I asked, because...<br/>That's the error, when you have 1GB, or more RAM installed on Windows 98: <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/184447">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/184447</a><br/>Of course, it can be done only by Micro$oft, to give you an error about <strong>Insufficient memory</strong>, while actually, you have too much of it...LOL<br/></blockquote><br/>I had the Windows 98 startup problem with 2 GB of ram and the advice in the link above solved it for me, i.e., adding "MaxPhysPage=30000" to the [386Enh] section of system.ini. (I had previously tried removing half the ram, but then the machine wouldn't even boot the BIOS for some reason.)<br/><br/>Unfortunately I still had the problem of not being able to open a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dos-432778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOS">DOS</a> window, so I had to add a MaxFileCache entry in the [VCache] section of system.ini, as discussed at this link which was also posted <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/earlier-963550" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EARLIER">EARLIER</a> in the thread: <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912</a>. I used a value of 262144. (I couldn't use 524288 because that caused a new startup problem.)<br/><br/>A MinFileCache entry turned out not to be necessary, but I did have to remove the fixed paging file size I was previously using for virtual memory, and let Windows manage that on its own. That, in combination with the MaxFileCache entry did the trick for the DOS windows.<br/><br/>So now I can run my legacy games again! My Computer Mainboard Gigabyte G41, CPU Core Due 3.0, RAM 2GB, I install Win98SE but I see error Quit one or more memory-resident...I search error throught google and I try follow guide some forum but not ok! I think install Win98SE have more option install. I try command (example): C:\win98Se\Setup /? and I try: Setup /im ---> yeah ok I install Win98SE success with 2GB! My English is bad because I'm Vietnamese Quote from: tuannvbg on June 09, 2010, 10:34:19 PM<blockquote> My Computer Mainboard Gigabyte G41, CPU Core Due 3.0, RAM 2GB, I install Win98SE but I see error Quit one or more memory-resident...I search error throught google and I try follow guide some forum but not ok! I think install Win98SE have more option install. I try command (example): C:\win98Se\Setup /? and I try: Setup /im ---> yeah ok I install Win98SE success with 2GB! My English is bad because I'm Vietnamese <br/></blockquote><br/>Please start your own topic.I found I was still having problems after applying the fixes above, so I ended up using another solution: Virtual PC 2004, which is available <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/free-240724" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREE">FREE</a> from Microsoft:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D58729D-DFA8-40BF-AFAF-20BCB7F01CD1&displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D58729D-DFA8-40BF-AFAF-20BCB7F01CD1&displaylang=en</a><br/><br/>You install this under a later operating system, such as Windows 2000 or XP, and it lets you specify how much RAM the virtual PC will have available to it, which solves the problem. I used the 2004 version because it runs under Windows XP, but later versions are available too. There are a number of legacy games that I was able to get running this way, with a couple of exceptions.<br/><br/>Here is an article that has a table showing compatiblility of various versions with various operating systems, and links for where to download them:<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC</a><br/><br/>I found this set of instructions helpful:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?fileName=/int/help/VirtualPC2007FAQ.html&articleType=Steves+XP+Games+Corner&title=metzomagic.com+Virtual+PC+2007+FAQ">http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?fileName=/int/help/VirtualPC2007FAQ.html&articleType=Steves+XP+Games+Corner&title=metzomagic.com+Virtual+PC+2007+FAQ</a><br/><br/>I installed both Windows 95 and 98 using those instructions, but with 95 it was also necessary to apply the second tip from this blog:<br/><br/><a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/02/15/372846.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/02/15/372846.aspx</a><br/></body></html> | |
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Solve : win98 install? |
| Answer» <html><body><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ran-618623" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RAN">RAN</a> the cd, got to point of restarting and when <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/back-389278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BACK">BACK</a> on get a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/command-11508" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMMAND">COMMAND</a> prompt? and floppy drive light comes on like it's looking for the boot disk.<br/>I think it's a command prompt, anyway its a bar in upper left corner. Pressing any letter does nothing.<br/>from looking a FAQs maybe I have overloaded memory, (with multiple driver installations) trying to install an Imation super drive and Ezonics web cam.<br/>How do I get rid of the driver files and back to win98?look we need you to be more specific <br/><br/>u say it ran to the restart part which restart part? <br/>name ur system specsQuote from: old computer on September 04, 2010, 03:42:43 PM<blockquote>How do I get rid of the driver files and back to win98?<br/></blockquote>When you install Win98 you always do a format and a fresh install don't bother doing a reinstall as that causes more problems than it solves. If you get a bootable floppy from <a href="<klux>HTTP</klux>://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm">http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm</a> the WinME OEM is good for Win98. Boot it up with the floppy disk installed then run Format C:. If it doesn't boot from the floppy then you need to set the boot sequence in the CMOS/BIOS. Then you can set the boot sequence to the CD Rom and boot with the Win98 CD and install. Thats of course if you have a floppy drive. after 4 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tries-1682346" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIES">TRIES</a> got format command to work. put in win98se and works fine. only lost one file backed up but floppy was corrupted no big loss. Thanks for help</body></html> | |
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Solve : WIN98SE hardware issue regarding WIN 95/98 games? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I recently pulled my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/old-585313" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OLD">OLD</a> PC out of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/closet-421067" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CLOSET">CLOSET</a> for my daughter to use. Here's the specs:<br/><br/>WIN98SE<br/>ASUS A7S333 MB (M7A520 audio option board?)<br/>AMD 1800+ CPU<br/>Nvidia Ge Force4 MX440 Video Card <br/>Generic sound card (LK-26611) <br/>768MB RAM<br/>40GB HD (SEAGATE)<br/><br/>The problem is that after the drivers for the sound card were installed, a PCI card, ESS Maestro 3 PCI off the driver disk, none of the previously installed games will play. <br/><br/>Example: the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/original-1139424" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ORIGINAL">ORIGINAL</a> Sims was installed prior to the sound driver update and it worked fine including all the expansion packs. Now the game goes to the start up where you choose what screen resolution you want and locks up after that choice. I did the ctrl-alt-del to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bring-402271" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BRING">BRING</a> up task manager and it showed 2 separate Sims processes then one not responding. I had to restart manually to get the PC out of that one.<br/><br/>I thought maybe this was just the game so I un-installed all of them then reinstalled the original disk, same problem.<br/><br/>This also happens with the classic Red Alert 2 and the expansion <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pack-1145281" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PACK">PACK</a> Yuri's Revenge.<br/><br/>It could be the sound card but that seems a bit of a stretch. <br/><br/>The sound card is just a generic PCI card with the label LK-26611 Type F DMA support, line in, line out jacks with a 15-pin standard game midi port.<br/><br/>All these games worked prior to the driver installation.<br/><br/>Any ideas on how to fix this issue?</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Scandisk and Defrag problems? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>When I try to run Defrag or Scandisk I get an error message saying, “Scandisk (or Defrag) could not continue because <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> does not have enough available memory.” No other programs are running except for IE. OS is Win 98SE and RAM is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/256mb" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 256MB">256MB</a>. Try running both in safemode...<br/>To enter safemode tap F8 repeatedly at power up and before you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/see-630247" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEE">SEE</a> the Windows splash screen...You could always Scandisk in DOS. Just keep the Ctrl keys pressed while its booting up. When you see the boot menu just select <strong>5. Command Prompt Only</strong>. At the C:\ prompt just type Scandisk ans let it do a full drive scan, at <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/least-1070759" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LEAST">LEAST</a> you will have something to look at while its doing it which is more that it shows in Windows. How big is your hard drive and how much free <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/space-239477" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPACE">SPACE</a> does it have?</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Computer boots to Windows1 folder need to change to Windows? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>SO if i get the cd will it put the one file i need to get my windows up and running or will ithave to be purged and reinstall the whole windows file? Just wondering about that too. Hope my period is in the right place for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ya-748501" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YA">YA</a> pal, i wouldnt want you to go out and kill your family on account of me now...Quote</p><blockquote>Hope my period is in the right place for ya pal, i wouldnt want you to go out and kill your family on account of me now...</blockquote><br/>Not much chance of that happenin...the Family's been gone for years...<br/><br/>If you can get past that you may want to try <a href="http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm"><strong>A Repair Install of Windows...</strong></a><br/><br/>Done properly all your data and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/apps-25617" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPS">APPS</a> will be intact...<br/>Make 1 mistake and all your data and apps will be gone...however you will have a fresh install of XP...Quote from: patio on September 07, 2010, 02:58:41 PM<blockquote>...If you can get past that you may want to try <a href="http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm"><strong>A Repair Install of Windows...</strong></a><br/><br/>Done properly all your data and apps will be intact...<br/>Make 1 mistake and all your data and apps will be gone...however you will have a fresh install of XP...<br/></blockquote>Since he posted this in the "Windows 3.x, 95, 98, and ME " Forum, and he <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/says-1195457" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAYS">SAYS</a>: "...have no win98cd...", that link would not apply. As you said, it's hard to read with no punctuation, misspellings & one run-on sentence. Must have superheated & burned out!Well actually i could then post the info to do the same in Win98 and let him try that but i, not sure if that would work for him as he has no cd but if he may be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/able-361137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ABLE">ABLE</a> to find one even if it's from a neighbor or his English teacher it wouldn't matter as long as it was the same version and he understands the basics of command line but i cant know that rite now cause i havent asked but if he wants to know we could figger it out and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/maybe-2821687" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAYBE">MAYBE</a> then get it fixed ya know but i wont know til i hear back from him so i'll just wait and maybe every 1 else can wait also and if anyone has other ideas they could post em here and we could work on this yo kinda get it fixed OK ?Quote from: patio on September 07, 2010, 08:38:56 PM<blockquote>Well actually i could then post the info to do the same in Win98 and let him try that but i, not sure if that would work for him as he has no cd but if he may be able to find one even if it's from a neighbor or his English teacher it wouldn't matter as long as it was the same version and he understands the basics of command line but i cant know that rite now cause i havent asked but if he wants to know we could figger it out and maybe then get it fixed ya know but i wont know til i hear back from him so i'll just wait and maybe every 1 else can wait also and if anyone has other ideas they could post em here and we could work on this yo kinda get it fixed OK ? <strong>PATIO OUT</strong><br/></blockquote><br/>FTFY.</body></html> | |
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Solve : Not my day.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Don't consider myself a computer novice but I really effed up an old computer today; one that had been working just fine for over a decade. As ancient and seemingly obsolete as it is, it still came in handy every now and again. And I'd hate to see it go due to some silly errors.<br/><br/>At any rate, here are the computer stats:<br/><br/>eMachines Desktop PC T1801<br/><br/>Microsoft Windows Me - Preinstalled<br/><br/>800 Mhz Intel Celeron Processor<br/><br/>128 Mb SyncDRAM<br/><br/>SAMSUNG CD-MASTER 48E<br/>Model: SC-148<br/><br/>Hard Drive: 20.4 Gb AT FIREBALL LCT 20<br/>Quantum Part #: QML20000LD-A<br/><br/>3D AGP Graphics Intel Direct AGP<br/><br/>56 Data Fax Modem<br/><br/>Expansion Card: 2 Firewire Ports (both were disabled at the time comp went kerplunk)<br/>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Here's what happened:<br/><br/>- Had Windows XP Pro Installed and wanted to revert it back to its original factory settings using factory recovery discs. <br/><br/>- The built-in CD-ROM drive hasn't been working for years so I'd install stuff using an external IOMEGA CD-ROM drive which has always worked just fine.<br/><br/>- Rebooted. Got a blue screen telling me to check for viruses. Only problem is, I couldn't get past this blue screen no matter what I tried. <br/><br/>- Went into BIOS and right as I was making changes that would allow me to boot from CD, it unexpectedly rebooted.<br/><br/>- I tried BIOS and got in but this time found I could NOT make changes as every option was greyed out. It would only allow me to change the time and save changes. Wouldn't even let me load default settings.<br/><br/>- I uninstalled hard drive and zero-ed it using my other computer's disk management tools. I then reformatted it to FAT 32 since that's what Windows Me uses. Problem: I could not assign a drive letter of (C:).<br/><br/>- I reinstalled hard drive and nothing changed. I'm assuming it isn't being accessed since it has the wrong drive letter assigned, right? In this case (K:).<br/><br/>QUESTION: <br/><br/>A.) Is there any possible way to reset BIOS?<br/><br/>B.) How can I get the external CD-ROM drive to be recognized without an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/os-25550" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OS">OS</a>? lol.<br/><br/>C.) Is there a way to reinstall either Windows Me or XP using either my Windows 7 or Mac OSX machines/Operating Systems?<br/><br/>To top it all off, the sick 'puter had a perfectly working floppy drive, which I imagine could've helped a lot. But I accidentally tore the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cable-768973" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CABLE">CABLE</a> attached to it after attempting to disconnect it so I could get to the CD-ROM drive cable. So much for that.<br/><br/>Not my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/day-244454" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DAY">DAY</a>. =(Quote from: Ricks on August 23, 2010, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/10-236933" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 10">10</a>:50:43 PM</p><blockquote>...1. - I uninstalled hard drive and zero-ed it using my other computer's disk management tools. I then reformatted it to FAT 32 since that's what Windows Me uses. Problem: I could not assign a drive letter of (C:).<br/>2. - I reinstalled hard drive and nothing changed. I'm assuming it isn't being accessed since it has the wrong drive letter assigned, right? In this case (K:).<br/>QUESTION: <br/>A.) Is there any possible way to reset BIOS?<br/>B.) How can I get the external CD-ROM drive to be recognized without an OS? lol.<br/>C.) Is there a way to reinstall either Windows Me or XP using either my Windows 7 or Mac OSX machines/Operating Systems?...</blockquote>1. You cannot assign "C" while in another computer with a C-drive. It's not necessary since when placed in the other computer, it will become "C". "K" <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/may-557248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAY">MAY</a> be a hidden Restore Partition.<br/>2. Wrong.<br/>A.) Remove the CMOS battery for 10 minutes. It may need replacement if less than 3.0V.<br/>B.) Only if the BIOS supports booting from and external drive.<br/>C.) No.<br/><strong>eMachines Desktop PC T1801<br/>Microsoft Windows Me - Preinstalled<br/>800 Mhz Intel Celeron Processor<br/>128 Mb SyncDRAM<br/>SAMSUNG CD-MASTER 48E<br/>Model: SC-148<br/>Hard Drive: 20.4 Gb AT FIREBALL LCT 20<br/>Quantum Part #: QML20000LD-A<br/>3D AGP Graphics Intel Direct AGP<br/>56 Data Fax Modem</strong><br/><br/><strong>To top it all off, the sick 'puter had a perfectly working floppy drive, which I imagine could've helped a lot. But I accidentally tore the cable attached to it after attempting to disconnect it so I could get to the CD-ROM drive cable. So much for that.</strong><br/><br/>This is exactly the kind of computer that is perfect for experimenting with EComStation 2.0 or even OS/2 Warp4!<br/><br/>First of all, you gotta get that floppy drive cable replaced. I assume you mean not the ribbon cable and not a standard power connector was torn. If the power one was torn, that's worse, but some power packs have a few extra ones dangling that you could use. If not, then you'll have to either change the power pack which means unplugging a lot of stuff and is a hassle. The ribbon is a different matter. If you have room to manoever, changing that is both cheap, easy and bringing the old cable to the tech shop so you don't goof up is a good idea.<br/><br/>In all likelihood what you probably mean is a little 4pin pin cable since they are delicate and liable to damage if one is not careful in removing other items around it. You might be able to repair that if it is just wires that have become pulled out, but it is difficult without patience and good tools. So replacing that is the better option of course and shouldn't be a problem for your local tech shop either.<br/><br/>Get an ethernet card. There are second hand ones you can get that work like new. You can even use an old token ring adapter if you are not that bothered about speed and want to basically have a strong text-based internet machine.<br/><br/>Add more SDRAM if possible. 128Mb is beefy enough for Win9x systems, but if your goal is to make ME join the 21st century in the same way as modern systems - it ain't gonna happen. The support has long since gone and even now XP machines are becoming steadily underweight for modern web tasking.<br/><br/>There is however an odd discovery I have made. OS/2 Warp 4 from the 1990s can actually work today and well on a system such as you have. It is repackaged these days as EComStation by Serenity systems. It is a learning curve if you were not brought up on OS/2, but there is plenty of help out there. Windows and OS/2 are closely related, so getting around is not hard for the long-time Windows user. The good thing is by just installling Warp4 you would be able to reset your system easily and back to normal if you decide OS/2 is not for you.<br/><br/>And that's exactly what you want - to be able to have a hassle free format.<br/><br/>ECS info: <a href="http://www.ecomstation.com/product_info.phtml">http://www.ecomstation.com/product_info.phtml</a></body></html> | |
| 518. |
Solve : any reliable diagnostic program??? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Since 98SE is so outdated and unsupported; what do people here use as a diagnostic program? <br/>Something reliable that won't mess up the OS?<br/><br/>E.g., back in '03 i was using Norton Windoctor and Diskdoctor (this was right before Symantec turned to the Dark side of the Force). <br/><br/>But now, after i've re-formatted and re-installed a bright, shiny copy of my (same) OS, those same programs i've been using for years -won't run, and tell me: "you're missing important system files to run this program, allow me to install these system files".<br/>Well no, i don't think so. It has <strong>never</strong> done that before; and i think it's really hinky it's doing so now. Same frelling disk and everything. Anyway, i've got nothing to check over the "health" of the system and look for possible problems/conflicts.<br/>And i have NO idea where to find 98OS software.<br/><br/>I would really like some help with this, i want to keep it running smoothly. I don't think i could live thru another re-install.<br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>PoetWin 98 SE was a great OS back in the day, but if you are planning on using this for Network/Internet use, I'd look towards using XP as a minimum OS these days. Windows XP can run on a computer as old as a Pentium II 233Mhz, 128MB Ram, and 6GB HD <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/although-7380138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALTHOUGH">ALTHOUGH</a> runs far better of 256MB or greater and a faster CPU.<br/><br/>For software diagnostics for Win98 many of the companies that had diagnostics that supported Win98, no longer support it and Win XP may be a minimum requirement OS to run them.<br/><br/>I would perform a clean installation instead of a Repair Installation after first backing up important data to bring the system back to a clean state. Then if it starts to act up you are more likely fighting old hardware problems vs corruption.<br/><br/>One program I would suggest if you have a more modern computer available with a CD burner is to find out the make and model of your hard drive on the win98 system and then <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/download-11414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOWNLOAD">DOWNLOAD</a> the hard drive diagnostic and utility software for that drive. It can be burned to a CD and boot your system off of that CD, then run hard drive diagnostic son it to make sure your missing system files are not a hard drive on its way out. Seagate, Maxtor, and Western Digital all have this tool available at their websites.Aye i know it's not going to run anything current. I have loads of old programs and software (some that still use DOS) that aren't compatible with XP -and of course there's no more DOS. <br/>Just 'cause something's old doesn't mean there's something wrong with it. It's a nice set-up for my purposes, i just want to be able run diagnostic programs, keep it running smoothly. <br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>PoetQuote</p><blockquote>frelling</blockquote><br/>What is this word?<br/>Watch "Farscape".<br/><br/>(Nobody has any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/experience-25558" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXPERIENCE">EXPERIENCE</a> with Spotmau on 98??)<br/>PoetQuote from: poetdowns on August 28, 2010, 11:43:33 AM<blockquote>Watch "Farscape".</blockquote><br/>Is that some kind of game?<br/>Also forgot to mention memtest86 bootable CD is great for testing Ram and performance stats of systems. Your older system should be able to run it with no problems. You will need to burn the CD from iso image, then boot your win98 system off of the CDQuote from: Salmon Trout on August 28, 2010, 11:47:35 AM<blockquote>Is that some kind of game?<br/><br/></blockquote><br/>Nope, had to google it myself. Turns out "Frelling" Is used in the show instead of the "other" f-word.<br/><br/>They just copied Red Dwarf though, which has Smeg, Smegging, Smeghead, etc. And is far less recent.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Quote from: poetdowns on August 28, 2010, 11:43:33 AM<blockquote>(Nobody has any experience with Spotmau on 98??)<br/></blockquote><br/>What is "spotmau"?<br/>Spotmau is a disk multi-utility program.<br/><br/>And just because someone came up with a same or similar idea, does not ipso facto mean they "copied" someone else. But since you used Google you're obviously now a qualified expert on all things Farscape. <br/><br/><br/>PoetQuote from: poetdowns on August 31, 2010, 03:06:53 PM<blockquote>Spotmau is a disk multi-utility program.<br/></blockquote>Not sure what that means, but their sites appear to have less then stellar WOT ratings, so I'd stay away from them myself.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>And just because someone came up with a same or similar idea, does not ipso facto mean they "copied" someone else. <br/></blockquote>Considering the cultural penetration of Red Dwarf, especially throughout the UK, It's hard to believe the idea was arrived at independently. Not that it's a bad thing to use good ideas from other <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stuff-25659" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STUFF">STUFF</a>. (lot's of Science fiction shows use ideas/concepts from other shows). It was more a tongue in cheek observation then a accusation.<br/><br/>Okay. Sorry about that. Farscape is near and dear to my heart. It's 'fan base' is large, active and persistent; when the show met an untimely demise, people kept up a steady campaign not to be left in mid-storyline. Which was vindicated with The Peacekeeper Wars. <br/>More about Farscape than you possibly wanted to know; point being: it's a very dedicated group.<br/><br/><br/>PoetDon't know about se, but 98 1st edition you can check for conflict's under system information. You might try looking around oldversion.com for software. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thank-1731949" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANK">THANK</a> you. I will certainly check that out. <br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>Poet</body></html> | |
| 519. |
Solve : Crazy question about WINDOWS 98SE? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>This is going to sound weird but here goes. I really like the background picture that can be accessed by windows 98SE. This isn't wallpaper, it's if you select <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/noneaonaoeaooea-244620" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NONE">NONE</a>. When none is selected, on 98SE you have a pattern you can choose from along with a color. First of all, for some reason all of the wallpaper choices aren't listed where they should be either. I can understand if I don't get any responses to this and won't be upset. Does anyone have an idea where these things might reside where I could copy it and put in on another computer as wallpaper.I don't think I understand your entire question.<br/><br/>I Do understand what you mean by patterns. It is a small 8x8 monochrome bitmap that you can create Which appears behind your normal background if you have one set. (Display Properties->Background Tab, and choose the "Pattern..." button)<br/><br/>The pattern you select is saved in the registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop in the Pattern value as a space delimited series of strings.<br/><br/>From what I can tell the actual patterns that you select in the dialog are hard coded into Explorer or a shell DLL, and not available for direct editing.<br/><br/>If you export the values in Desktop and import them to another PC, you will transfer the pattern, though.<br/><br/>Wallpaper itself iirc is merely a listing of applicable files from "C:\windows\web\wallpaper" unless you change the folder with tweakUI.<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thanks-665909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANKS">THANKS</a> for the response and the info. As far as the wallpaper in XP, it shows everything available in the Windows/web/wallpaper folder. I believe that's the address. It doesn't do that in 98SE. I did transfer(copy) the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/harddrive-2105599" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HARDDRIVE">HARDDRIVE</a> with 98SE on it to my present computer, so you're saying I would be able to find them there?If i understand you correctly, it's a small .bmp file stored in c:\windows<br/>I think i know what you're talking about 'cause i deleted mine <br/><br/>Any background you can select, that came as part of the 98 OS, is stored as a .bmp file in the above location; that's where 98 stores such files.<br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>PoetThanks for the response and the information, I'll give it a look.Well I still can't find it but thanks for the advice anyway.Do you know the name of the pattern? Like, "sandstone" or whatever. You can search for the name. But i did double check on my (98SE) own system, and that's where background/wallpaper files are stored. Unless it's a part of a Theme (some basic Themes <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/come-409636" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COME">COME</a> with the 98 OS). is a sub-directory somewhere under <br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>Poet<br/>Quote from: poetdowns on August 22, 2010, 04:24:24 AM</p><blockquote>Do you know the name of the pattern? Like, "sandstone" or whatever. You can search for the name. But i did double check on my (98SE) own system, and that's where background/wallpaper files are stored. Unless it's a part of a Theme (some basic Themes come with the 98 OS). <Themes> is a sub-directory somewhere under <Program Files> <br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>Poet<br/><br/></blockquote><br/>Thanks for responding, the thing I'm looking for is when you select none which brings up a pattern selection along with a color selection. The name of the pattern is named "Stone". If you would, go to your background and choose none, then choose the pattern "Stone" and see if you can find where it's located.Quote from: The Bubba on August 22, 2010, 10:58:23 AM<blockquote>Thanks for responding, the thing I'm looking for is when you select none which brings up a pattern selection along with a color selection. The name of the pattern is named "Stone". If you would, go to your background and choose none, then choose the pattern "Stone" and see if you can find where it's located.<br/></blockquote>As I mentioned already in my previous reply:<br/>Patterns are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, in the Pattern key.<br/><br/>The actual pattern sequences themselves that are listed in the box are stored in windows resources. (one of executables, probably browseUI or shell32.dll)BC, while I appreciate your input, unless you give me specific directions (click here and click there) you are basically giving the directions to Pittsburg to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/someone-25657" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOMEONE">SOMEONE</a> that does not only not have a GPS but a map as well.OK, here's a translation.<br/><br/>The current pattern is stored in the registry.<br/><br/>the set of patterns windows has are not accessible.OK, thanks.</body></html> | |
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Solve : sound break-up/choppy -driver?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hello,<br/><br/>Sometimes the sound is scratchy or choppy; or, i have sound when a game starts up but when it's past all the opening cinema stuff and i'm in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/actual-361632" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACTUAL">ACTUAL</a> game, there's suddenly no sound. <br/>Thus far if i uninstall the game, then re-install it that fixes the problem. <br/>But everything i have, has worked fine on my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pc-590329" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PC">PC</a> before. I recently had to re-install the OS (98SE) and re-load everything, but it's the exact same OS; the hard drive has always only had this OS on it, never even a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/version-1444891" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VERSION">VERSION</a> change. I did add the 'unofficial 98SE upgrade/patch' this time. Has <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anyone-380251" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYONE">ANYONE</a> had problems with it?<br/>So i don't understand why i'm having these sound issues.<br/><br/>I'm trying to update the sound driver. I have a "VIA AC97 enhanced audio controller (wdm)" Which isn't enough information. Anyone know how to determine the chipset # without cracking open the case? Or, finding out what make and model the motherboard is -or do i just have to open the case 'cause that's the only way to find out?<br/><br/>The only 2 device "problems" the computer lists are: there is no driver installed for the "pci universal serial bus"<br/>and no driver installed for the "pci ethernet controller".<br/>Can either of those cause choppy sound?<br/>This pc has never been connected to the 'Net, and never will be. It has always been isolated. So does it matter if i have an ethernet driver?<br/><br/>Thanks for listening.<br/><br/>regards,<br/>PoetNo u don't need the ethernet driver but i recomend you do so<br/>I had a sound card that for some reason plays this wired violin sound each time i used something with sound. <br/>try a different card see what happensOkay thanks, that was helpful. <br/>Appreciate the response.<br/><br/><br/>regards,<br/>Poetsure thing</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Sandisc not recogized on older computer? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Was trying to copy the hard drive from my old computer which has 98 and it doesn't recognize the flash drive when inserted or when rebooted. My newer computer which I have used the flash drive on has XP.I googled my problem which suggested formatting (which I did). I'm still searching for a solution before trying it. My older computer hasn't a power cord or keyboard, hence having to transfer them from this one.Win98 requires drivers for every brand of flash drive you use. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> them from SanDisk.<br/><a href="http://www.sandisk.com/sandisk-support/driver-download-wizard">http://www.sandisk.com/sandisk-support/driver-download-wizard</a>Thanks for the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/response-771382" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RESPONSE">RESPONSE</a>. I had been browsing the web and ran across the information that 98SE won't recognize the newer 2.0 flash drives, they use 1.1. They can still be purchased but now I'm rethinking moving the hard drive to my new computer. I'm hoping there won't be any problems with 98SE being on it. My other computer uses XP. I guess I could uninstall it if there are any.<br/><br/><a href="http://forums.techguy.org/earlier-versions-windows/913429-windows-98-se-flash-drive.html">http://forums.techguy.org/earlier-versions-windows/913429-windows-98-se-flash-drive.html</a>The sandisk cruzer(something like that) will work. My old computer was win98 first edition & I used one on it. Got the drivers from sandisk for 98se & force loaded them as the installer said it wasn't compatable. Don't remember where I found the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/instructions-1046362" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTRUCTIONS">INSTRUCTIONS</a>, but it was a google search.<a href="http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php">Windows 98 Generic Mass storage drivers</a>.<br/><br/>I've had no trouble accessing any of my flash drives (various brands, Sandisk Cruzer, SanDisk Cruzer Micro, and SanDisk Cruzer Mini, Kingston Datatravellers, Memorex TravelDrive, as well as a few <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/external-981194" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXTERNAL">EXTERNAL</a> Hard drives as well. (although win98 couldn't recognize the NTFS until I installed appropriate programs/drivers for that as well).Sandisk Cruzer has an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/issue-246830" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ISSUE">ISSUE</a> with one particular model: SDCZ6-xxxx.<br/>Sandisk supplied drives do not work, 3rd party drivers do work.<br/>It's on the link that BC_P provided. File is: "nusb33e.exe"</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : CDROM not working? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I recently acquired an old PC. I saw the CDROM working before acquisition. When I received it, the PC had been 'cleared' by fomatting the hard drive. I have set the BIOS to boot from CDROM. When <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/booting-772749" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOOTING">BOOTING</a>, amongst other messages, I get the following<br/><br/>Found CDROM : MATSHITA CR-585<br/>.<br/>.<br/>.<br/>Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM : Failure<br/><br/>The system then boots to the C: Drive which only contains command.com<br/><br/>As I have a legal copy of Windows98 and would like to install it, how can I get the system to recognise the CDROM? Where do I get the software and how do I set up autoexec.bat and config.sys or any other requirements?<br/>If you have no disk in your CD-ROM, how can it boot from it.<br/><br/>Try putting the disk (Win98) in the machine then boot it.Quote from: reddevilggg on August <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/04-256232" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 04">04</a>, 2010, 04:02:55 AM</p><blockquote>If you have no disk in your CD-ROM, how can it boot from it.<br/><br/>Try putting the disk (Win98) in the machine then boot it.<br/></blockquote>What makes you think there is no <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disc-ko-432020" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISC">DISC</a> in the drive?<br/><br/>dulfagd - try a different bootable disc just to make sure the XP disc is okay.<br/>Quote from: Allan on August 04, 2010, 05:01:42 AM<blockquote>dulfagd - try a different bootable disc just to make sure the XP disc is okay.<br/></blockquote><br/>What makes you think he's got a XP disk?<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anyway-2436609" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYWAY">ANYWAY</a>, he never stated in his previous post that he'd put the disk in, i mean 'I' know it's obvious.<br/><br/>Also, once when i was trying to install Win 98 on a machine a few years ago and i was having problems. Someone on this site told me to take out the disk and give it a quarter of a turn then try again, i thought this was rubbish, but tried it and it worked. Give it a go, you never know.I meant Win 98 disc.<br/>I know, i was just being facetious. No prizes for facetious comments. Just for your information, the Windows98 disk boots OK in other machines. Please - no more put downs, only useful comments. I am seriously seeking help with this computer problem.Are you comfortable taking the machine apart and playing with the hardware?<br/><br/>First thing I might try is to switch the cables going from your hard disk and CD-ROM.<br/><br/>If each one has a sperate cable, then put the cable going form the hard disk to the CD Rom, and the cable going from the CD Rom to the hard disk.<br/><br/>Then go into your bios and have it re-detect the drives, and then reboot.<br/><br/>If both are on one cable, it's slightly more complicated.<br/><br/>You basically want to temporarily make your CD-ROM the 'primary IDE' master, and if possible the harddrive the secondary IDE master with 2 cables.<br/><br/>If you only have 1 cable and 1 IDE slot, you may have to mess with jumpers and stuff, and if you not familar with this stuff, I would take it to your favorite 'computer friend' and ask them to do it for you.<br/><br/>If none of this works, I would try taking the CD-ROM from a known working machine and temporarily put it into your machine to boot from just to get past the install.<br/><br/>I have worked with CD-ROM's before where the 'Boot From CD-ROM' part is broken, but the rest of the CD-Rom seems to work just fine.<br/><br/>Hope this helps. Good LuckAlso, Is this a Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE disc? The "First Edition"(RTM) discs were not bootable. (At least, none that I've seen have been)Thanks for the real help. The system is now up and running.</body></html> | |
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Solve : iso to floppy 3.55 inch? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>ok i downloaded a cd rom driver for windows 3.1 and the readme that came with it told me to mount the iso onto a floppy but i have no idea how to do this? Any ideas? Please. <br/><br/>I did install win using a cd thought. I inserted the win 98 boot disk and it ran the cd rom driver thats how i got it installed. you see i want sound but when i click for win to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/find-11616" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIND">FIND</a> a driver it tells me to insert floppy # idk 4 i think and in the file manager i have no cd rom <br/><br/>my system <br/>90 MHz processor<br/>20 Mb RAM<br/>512 mb hdd<br/><br/>Ps. I know its wired to have 20 mb but that what it has and this is a Compaq Presario cds 744 Quote from: comda on August 01, 2010, 10:05:35 AM</p><blockquote>you see i want sound but when i click for win to find a driver it tells me to insert floppy # idk 4 i think<br/></blockquote><br/>Insert Windows Disk #4 from the copy that you have obviously <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/obtained-1127685" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OBTAINED">OBTAINED</a> through legal means.i don't have the floppies i have the cd of win 3.1Quote from: comda on August 01, 2010, 10:43:49 AM<blockquote>i don't have the floppies i have the cd of win 3.1<br/></blockquote><br/>There is no CD of Windows 3.1. Therefore you must be in possession of an unlicensed copy. You are a bad person. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/make-249948" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAKE">MAKE</a> sure your pets know this.I wonder if comda is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> the guy (with a post count of 1) who has the files of the MS-DOS 6.22 floppy disk set "on a CD"?<br/>ok no i have the floppy disks to win 3.1 and for all I know the win 3.1 disk is legal. we recieved it when purchasing the compaq well for at least thats what i was told. Quote from: comda on August 01, 2010, 11:31:16 AM<blockquote>for all I know the win 3.1 disk is legal. we recieved it when purchasing the compaq well for at least thats what i was told. <br/></blockquote><br/>So that makes it legal, does it?<br/><br/><br/>if it came from compaq yes.Quote from: comda on August 01, 2010, 11:48:45 AM<blockquote>if it came from compaq yes.<br/></blockquote><br/>It it an official Compaq disk? If so, it's probably a recovery disk.<br/><br/>no it saws the win 3.1 and the cd is green and it says "for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/distribution-239284" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISTRIBUTION">DISTRIBUTION</a> only with a new pc"<br/>then under <br/>"for pcs without windows"so can i get a hand?You need to edit c:\config.sys and c:\autoexec.bat on your hard drive to load an MS-DOS CD-ROM driver. Plenty of Windows 3.1 FAQ websites will tell you how to do this.<br/><br/><br/>ok but I still would like to know how to put an iso on a floppy just for future refrance Quote from: comda on August 02, 2010, 07:08:13 PM<blockquote>ok but I still would like to know how to put an iso on a floppy just for future refrance <br/></blockquote><br/><a href="https://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=iso+floppy+image&btnG=Google+Search">http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=iso+floppy+image&btnG=Google+Search</a></body></html> | |
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Solve : Turns Off after a few seconds?!? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>ok so i have this computer that is from 1992. Lately I've had the problem it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/turning-1429065" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TURNING">TURNING</a> off as soon as I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hit-1028201" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HIT">HIT</a> the push in push-out power button. sometimes it runs a few seconds longer sometimes sorter. A few months ago I thought it was the power supply so I began pulling it out and at the last moment before swapping it i tried it once more and it worked. Now it just won't go I push the button in the lights come on i hear the sys <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a> and then it shuts off and I hear a faint buzzing from the power supply until I press the button again to turn it off. <br/><br/>My system <br/>133 MHz Processor<br/>32 Mb RAM<br/>10 GB hdd <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/yeah-2343023" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YEAH">YEAH</a> I know wired, It was replaced in 2000 used to be a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2-236987" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2">2</a> or 3 Gig<br/>running windows 95 <br/><br/>Ps this system is soo old it doesn't even have ps2 ports for keyboard and mouse. the keybrd has a bigger round port and the mouse a male 9 pin<br/><br/>any help would be great!So, let me get this straight, your "problem" is that the power button turns off the computer? What am I missing here?ok let me try again when i hit the power buton to start the computer the computer starts and after a few seconds it turns off. I have to push the button again for the button is one of the old ones, so when the computer did run and i was shutting it down it came to this message> it is now safe to turn off your computer.</p></body></html> | |
| 525. |
Solve : Installing WIN 3.1? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Quote from: pantherman on July 12, 2010, 03:05:09 AM</p><blockquote>Ah Salmon Trout, if only!</blockquote><br/>Whoever invented such a thing would make me "Goggle" with amazement.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>With motorcycles I find earlier models easier to work on. Computers seem to reverse that principle?<br/></blockquote><br/>Like my 1946 BSA M21 (side valve single) that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ran-618623" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RAN">RAN</a> for miles with a piston that was split in 2 and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/held-1017980" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELD">HELD</a> together by the rings, as I discovered when I dismantled it.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Like my 1946 BSA M21 (side valve single) that ran for miles with a piston that was split in 2 and held together by the rings, as I discovered when I dismantled it.<br/><br/><br/><br/>[/quote]<br/><br/>Very nice Salmon Trout. Mine is a much simpler BSA Bantam D14.<br/>Though when I win the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lotto-544795" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOTTO">LOTTO</a> I will again have a P&M Panther 120S one of which I once owned and long for again!My first bike was a 1954 D1 Bantam with plungers. I later worked at a dealer's (Fowler's Of Bristol) just in time to see the demise of BSA-Triumph (they were still making B175s at the time) My mate got a Panther for £10, a 600 single (I think that was the 100) that came with a Busmar double-adult "chair" (sidecar) that he took off and rode the bike solo. This got a bit hairy on the corners because on a sidecar outfit the bike never leans (hopefully!) so the tyres wear flat (like a car's). In fact I think it probably had <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/special-632090" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPECIAL">SPECIAL</a> sidecar outfit tyres, and I daresay the frame was none too straight, but what a lot of fun we had. You had a lever on the handlebar that worked a "decompressor" valve in the cylinder head so you could turn it over to the right stroke before starting and another lever to advance the ignition so it didn't kick back and send you flying... <br/><br/>Is your D14 a 3-speed or 4-speed?<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>P&M Panther</blockquote><br/>From memory... Phelon & Moore?<br/>My D14 Bantam is 4 speed with points and coil ignition. Swing Arm rear end.<br/>Yes Phelon & Moore is correct as is the 100 being 600cc.<br/>Mine was also attached to a D/A sidecar, but I got it well lined up and it handled fine. Then I am prejudiced, I like outfits! The Panther also had a "half compression lever" on the right side of the crankcase. Lift that and the bike cannot kick back. Forget it and you could soon be airborne! I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/used-763273" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USED">USED</a> to use sidecar tread tyres on it which have a much flatter tread than normal bike tryes.<br/>I have only been to Fowlers once, about 12yrs ago, for some Yamaha XV parts.Problem solved. I have been given a computer running WIN 3.1.</body></html> | |
| 526. |
Solve : Replace Windows 98 with *censored* Small Linuz, but can't boot? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>So...turns out I couldn't fix the problems i was having in August. <br/><br/>Here is my current situation: I have a computer which used to run windows 98. Now when i try to boot it the Dell <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/screen-25632" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCREEN">SCREEN</a> flashes, another screen that i can't read, the windows screen and then the monitor is just black. I can't get to the BIOS hitting F2 throughout boot. <br/><br/>I want to install *censored* small Linux as i no longer have my windows 98 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cd-236847" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CD">CD</a>. Any thoughts?OK, seems you have a corrupt OS&<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gt-249387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GT">GT</a>; You might as well install DSL as it is more modern and usable than 98 <br/>And I do not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/know-534065" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOW">KNOW</a> why the bot censored the word "*censored*" as it is, in my opinion, not a swearword. See what I mean?</p></body></html> | |
| 527. |
Solve : wfwg 3.11? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I am looking for windows for workgroups 3.11 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disk-244471" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISK">DISK</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2-236987" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2">2</a>. It is on a 3.5'', 1.44M disk. Please<br/>email me with any information on obtaining the disk.You <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/could-410026" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COULD">COULD</a> always try and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/buy-391430" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BUY">BUY</a> another floppy set from eBay or something!</p></body></html> | |
| 528. |
Solve : windows 3.11 recorder? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Is there anyway to step through a .rec file while it is running on WFW 3.11? Also, does <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anyone-380251" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYONE">ANYONE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/know-534065" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOW">KNOW</a> of a program which will translate the .rec file into readable code?Quote from: tftnbw on July 06, 2010, 09:50:02 AM</p><blockquote>Is there anyway to step through a .rec file while it is running on WFW 3.11? Also, does anyone know of a program which will translate the .rec file into readable code?<br/></blockquote><br/>Don't know about stepping through it, but I do know that the old Windows recorder had a secret way to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/view-772105" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VIEW">VIEW</a> the various instructions it contained.<br/><br/>To use this undocumented feature, open the Recorder window with a macro file loaded. Highlight the name of the macro you wish to examine. At this point, if you pull down the Macro menu and click Properties, you ordinarily see a dialog box with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/settings-771535" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SETTINGS">SETTINGS</a> for that macro: the hotkey combination it uses, whether it uses mouse events or not, and so on.<br/><br/>But, if you hold down the Shift key while clicking Macro->Properties, a completely different dialog appears.This is the Macro Events dialog box, which lists every keyboard and mouse event contained in the macro. This includes every key-up and key-down action, and the name of the program in which these actions took place. Additionally, the list contains the amount of time between each keystroke. (this timing <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/information-238790" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INFORMATION">INFORMATION</a> is not used when the macro is played back unless you specify "Playback speed:As recorded")<br/><br/><br/>if you find a error in the sequence, you will still need to re-record the entire macro, but this hidden feature of the recorder may make finding such an error a lot quicker.</body></html> | |
| 529. |
Solve : Win 3.1 won't boot? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a workstation that runs win 3.10. (it's for making cassette tape pancakes and the software will only run on 3.1)<br/>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/battery-893842" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BATTERY">BATTERY</a> went flat (lost the time etc.) and now it won't boot 3.1<br/>Dos loads OK and BIOS can be configured but right about when the splash screen for 3.1 would come up I get a flashing cursor in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/top-344925" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TOP">TOP</a> left of the screen. Keyboard is locked, mouse is inoperable.<br/><br/>Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this without re-installing 3.1?<br/><br/>This box has of scsi cards (2) and specific software that will be a bear to re-install.Has any hardware changed or software installed prior to the start of this issue? You never <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/see-630247" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEE">SEE</a> the splash screen at all? If you keep tapping F8 before Windows loads, one of the options lets you step through the config.sys & autoexec.bat. It's probably something in the config.sys; that's where all the DOS drivers reside. Flashing cursor & locked keyboard indicates a problem with one of them.Quote from: Computer_Commando on June 14, 2010, 04:18:29 PM</p><blockquote>If you keep tapping F8 before Windows loads, one of the options lets you step through the config.sys & autoexec.bat. It's probably something in the config.sys; that's where all the DOS drivers reside. Flashing cursor & locked keyboard indicates a problem with one of them.<br/></blockquote><br/><br/>Tapping F8 as windows before windows loads means your typing f8 at the prompt. typing it while windows loads does nothing.<br/><br/>F8 while loads (DOS 5 and higher) prompts for each line in Config.sys. Then it asks if you would like to step through autoexec.bat as well- if you say y, it does so. if you say n, it simply runs all the commands in autoexec.bat.<br/><br/>F5 skips both altogether.<br/><br/>however, skipping config.sys will mean that himem.sys will not be loaded, so windows 3.1 won't start in that instance either. however, if the starting of windows 3.1 is normally done "automatically" (with win in autoexec.bat) then you can use f5 to skip that and be able to edit it out of autoexec.bat. at that point, you can reboot and see if everything works to loading windows. (for example, watch for error messages from the various drivers that load).<br/><br/>In fact- post your config.sys, autoexec.bat, and C:\windows\system.ini files here.OK thanks for the replies.<br/><br/>Everything works fine up to the loading of windows. I took the "win" line out of the autoexec.bat file and up to then it's ok.<br/><br/>So it's my guess that dos is working ok it's the windows part that's the problem. I'll have a look at the system.ini file and post it if I can't figure out any problem. <br/><br/>Thanks again for your time.first thing I'd try is to change the video to standard VGA, via "setup"<br/><br/>(change to the windows directory and run "setup.exe" from there (it might be mssetup, I can't remember). and that will allow you to change some of the setup options.Quote from: rodle on June 14, 2010, 04:41:04 PM<blockquote>OK thanks for the replies.<br/><br/>Everything works fine up to the loading of windows. I took the "win" line out of the autoexec.bat file and up to then it's ok.<br/></blockquote><br/>OK. The good thing is you have DOS working. With DOS you should be able to recover the problem. Someone mentioned changing the video to standard VGA and that is a good start. Video drivers can often be a problem with starting up windows and OS2 warp. When you run setup from the windows prompt, you can go through the whole thing without <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/worrying-2336823" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORRYING">WORRYING</a> about any major changes to your hard drive. I have a folder where I keep the setup files unexpanded in case they are needed as well. Windows 3.x systems are not as problematic for the casual power user as later <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/operating-1136761" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPERATING">OPERATING</a> systems are because the boots are far less complicated and you can with a little bit of experience easily understand what everything is doing during boot time.<br/><br/>Automatic backups of your config.sys and autoexec.bat files have .001, .002, etc. extensions and you can examine these files using the<br/>edit command in DOS. Compare your current config.sys and autoexec.bat with these files.<br/><br/>Do put your config.sys and autoexec.bat files here so we can see...<br/>Quote from: MisterEvasion on June 26, 2010, 01:29:42 AM<blockquote>[...]<br/></blockquote><br/>Last post over 2 weeks ago.<br/></body></html> | |
| 530. |
Solve : win98se? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Computer is in DOS an I need to either restart it to get back to windows98 screen OR shut this thing down. The person previously working on my computer did not return it to its original setting, I tried to shut down the computer, but did not notice it said "Restart computer in DOS mode" until after I had clicked OK. Now I'm on a command page and it won't do anything I ask it to...<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a>...Exit, or shut down, or restart,or close. The person working on the computer is not available until after the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/4th-319068" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 4TH">4TH</a>. I don't wish to leave the computer on in this mode for the next 4 days. I need to know the correct command to give the computer. Any suggestions <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> be appreciated. I'm a newbe to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computers-21658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTERS">COMPUTERS</a> and I seem to be learning everything the hard way. Someone please help me !! Thanks...........Moon MistressAt the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/prompt-592976" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROMPT">PROMPT</a>, try typing<br/><br/>WIN<br/><br/>and pressing ENTER<br/><br/>Quote from: moon mistress on July 02, 2010, 10:57:50 PM</p><blockquote>Computer is in DOS an I need to either restart it to get back to windows98 screen OR shut this thing down...</blockquote>If in DOS, turn it off.Quote from: Computer_Commando on July 03, 2010, 05:17:53 PM<blockquote>If in DOS, turn it off.<br/></blockquote><br/>Yup.<br/></body></html> | |
| 531. |
Solve : batch file in WinMe? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Is it possible to write a batch file for WinMe to<br/>1. open the Properties of Task Bar<br/>2. select Toolbars<br/>3. UNtick <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/quick-1174961" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about QUICK">QUICK</a> Launch<br/>4. RE-tick Quick Launch ?<br/>(I KNOW that if the Quick Launch bar has not been populated, this can force it to.)<br/>Your profile says WinXP, but you want a batch file for WinME.<br/><br/>Quote</p><blockquote>Is it possible to write a batch file for WinMe to<br/>1. open the Properties of Task Bar<br/>2. select Toolbars<br/>3. UNtick Quick Launch<br/>4. RE-tick Quick Launch ?<br/></blockquote><br/>You might be able to make changes to the registry with a batch file, but I prefer not to mess around with other people's registries. Actually, why can't you do this manually? It's <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/simple-1208262" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SIMPLE">SIMPLE</a> enough and probably a lot faster.<br/><br/>This little VBScript may help. Microsoft didn't document the system tray very well so I combined some ideas from various sources.<br/><br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")<br/>Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")<br/><br/>objShell.TrayProperties<br/>WScript.Sleep 1500<br/><br/>WshShell.SendKeys "%Q" 'toggle quick launch<br/>WScript.Sleep 1500<br/><br/>WshShell.SendKeys "Q" 'toggle quick launch<br/>WScript.Sleep 1500<br/><br/>WshShell.SendKeys "A" 'apply the change<br/>WScript.Sleep 5000<br/><br/>Save the script with a <strong>VBS</strong> extension and run from the command prompt as <strong>cscript <em>scriptname.vbs</em></strong><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>(I KNOW that if the Quick Launch bar has not been populated, this can force it to.)<br/></blockquote>Not aware of this, but I'll take you word for it.<br/><br/>Good luck. Quote from: Sidewinder on April 19, 2010, 04:37:18 PM<blockquote>This little VBScript may help. Microsoft didn't document the system tray very well so I combined some ideas from various sources.<br/></blockquote><br/>Of course they didn't. there is no such thing as the "system tray". It's called the "taskbar notification area" the confusion comes because so much MS documentation on other subjects calls it the "system tray"... this name actually dates from the Win95 Betas:<br/><a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx</a><br/><br/><br/>Additionally- the tray properties dialog that is shown does not posess the required "Quick Launch" option (nor any option with Q as an accelerator) the Quick launch option that needs to be toggled is in fact in the right-click menu's "toolbar" submenu.<br/><br/>Only thing I can think of would be to write something in C or another language that can call into the windows API and use GetMenu,GetSubMenu, and other such calls to acquire the menu handle of the "toolbars"... option, and then send a emulated WM_MENUSELECT message to the SHELL_TRAYWND. A Tricky prospect, at best.<br/><br/><br/>Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 19, 2010, 05:08:17 PM<blockquote>Additionally- the tray properties dialog that is shown does not posess the required "Quick Launch" option (nor any option with Q as an accelerator) the Quick launch option that needs to be toggled is in fact in the right-click menu's "toolbar" submenu.<br/></blockquote><br/>I went with the OP profile of WinXP where there is in fact a "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/show-236642" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHOW">SHOW</a> Quick Launch". The script worked beyond my wildest dreams. Took a chance it would work on his. If not so be it.<br/><br/>I still maintain it would be so much quicker and simpler to do something like this manually.<br/><br/>Using the Windows API seems like overkill...like shooting fish in a barrel.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Sidewinder - sorry about the confusion. My question applies to only WinMe, despite what my profile may say. If I succeed in getting (the equivalent of) a batch file to do this, there is NO doubt that that is simpler than doing it manually. Will respond to other psts when I can.BC-Programmer - Thanks for the enlightenment about the history of The Systray. I personally KNOW that Quick Launch is accessible in the properties of the TaskBar, rather than of the Systray - that is why I listed Task Bar in #1 of my tasks. Your last paragraph is 'all Greek to me'.Sidewinder. You may call it VB script, but functionally it appears like a batch file to me. So thank you for actually constructing it, rather than just advising me to use VB script. I will 'try it out' - no doubt it will not succeed at first, but maybe with some tinkering, we can tweak it to co-operate. I however am a total ignoramus about VB script, so no doubt will need further help. I do hope your reference to systray rather than taskbar is not a portent of failure.<br/><br/>In case it is of interest, I want to explain why I would want to 'toggle' the QuickLaunch switch. It is because I HAVE EXPERIENCED that the Quick Launch bar may be empty <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/even-976335" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EVEN">EVEN</a> though there is a tick for Quick Launch in the TaskBar's Toolbar's submenu. But then removing the tick and re-inserting it is effective at repopulating the Quick Launch bar.Sidewinder<br/>I saved your script as C:\toggleql.vbs<br/><br/>I wont know if it works, until the Quick Launch bar again remains empty, despite there being content in C:\...path-to-Quick-Launch\Quick launch\<br/>WHEN THAT HAPPENS .... should I call<br/><br/>RUN<br/>then type 'cscript toggleql.vbs'<br/>click on OK<br/><br/>and hope for the best ?<br/><br/>If so, that may indeed NOT be quicker than doing it manually<br/>which is why I asked for a batch file<br/>- that I can leave on the desktop and simply click on when needed.<br/>Quote from: Sebastian42 on April 20, 2010, 01:26:52 AM<blockquote>If so, that may indeed NOT be quicker than doing it manually<br/>which is why I asked for a batch file<br/>- that I can leave on the desktop and simply click on when needed.<br/><br/></blockquote><br/>create a batch file that contains "cscript toggleql.vbs".<br/><br/>Wow ! It's THAT simple ?<br/>To judge the success, I still have to wait till the situation arises again.<br/>Thank you ! <br/>The situation arose where I had cause to use that batch file, but I got an error message : "Input Error: Can not find script file "C:\Data\Batch_Files\toggleql.vbs" That could be because I created a batch file called toggleql.bat. IN THAT BATCH file is the script you provided. If I change the extension 'bat' to 'vbs', I get another error message. <br/>I'm at a loss....I used it again today and it worked !</body></html> | |
| 532. |
Solve : Internet not working & graphics problem.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have 2 hard <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drives-959782" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVES">DRIVES</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installed-499454" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLED">INSTALLED</a> on my computer, one with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a> ME on it & the other with Windows XP on it. I am connected to a home network, which is in return connected by highspeed DSL. Everything is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/working-243555" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORKING">WORKING</a> fine on XP, however whenever I start the computer using ME, I can not change my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/monitor-563344" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MONITOR">MONITOR</a> setting off of 16 colors or change the resolution. My internet also is not working on ME, but works fine on XP. Any ideas as to what the problem may be?On ME you probably need to install a driver for your network card. What is the model of your graphics card? You might need a driver for it also.</p></body></html> | |
| 533. |
Solve : Disk imaging utility compatible with old OS's.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I'm looking for an OS <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disk-244471" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISK">DISK</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/imaging-1037216" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMAGING">IMAGING</a> software like Norton Ghost that can back up my OS and data. But I want one that can do 98SE (if it could do 95 that'd also be handy). Does anyone know of one?Norton (Symantec) Ghost is able to image any version of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a>, FAT16, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fat32-456473" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FAT32">FAT32</a>, NTFS. You need the DOS executable <strong>Ghost.exe</strong> which is included with the Windows versions of Ghost. Also available as a standalone Enterprise version and sometimes bundled with OEM motherboards.Is there any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/way-246442" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WAY">WAY</a> I can do it for free? From my knowledge I'd have to buy Norton Ghost to use it. I just want to image this once, and not buy a software to do it.Is there no way I can do this without paying?I know of 2 free all-Windows disk imagers...<br/><br/>Partimage was developed as a free alternative to Norton Ghost<br/><br/>The PING ("Partimage Is Not Ghost") project<br/><br/><a href="http://ping.windowsdream.com/">http://ping.windowsdream.com/</a><br/><br/>It is a Linux ISO image that you burn to a CD and boot from (whereas Ghost you did the same using MS-DOS)<br/><br/>Worth a look<br/><br/>Also Clonezilla<br/><br/><a href="http://clonezilla.org/">http://clonezilla.org/</a><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Are all computer parts interchangeable?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have two computers. One with Me installed and one with XP. I think the Me machine has a cooked hard drive. The XP machine will not power on. Can I switch hard drives and other components from one machine to another? well it all depends on the age of the pcs, , yeahhh you should be able to change the hard drive with xp and put it in the ME pc The hard drive should not be a problem but be aware the system will not boot until you reinstall an OS.Other components such as video cards, sound cards, CD/DVD drives, power supply <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/etc-251218" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ETC">ETC</a>. can also be swapped if both computers use the same general type of slot or connectors for a particular device. For example, if one computer has an AGP video card, that card <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/could-410026" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COULD">COULD</a> be moved to the other computer if it also has an AGP slot; if not, then the card could not be transferred. And, of course, depending on the device, drivers may need to be installed on the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/receiving-1179341" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RECEIVING">RECEIVING</a> computer. nocomputernohow why dont you take the psu from the ME pc and put it in to the XP pc ? blackrainbow <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/whats-2326592" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WHATS">WHATS</a> a psu?Quote from: blackrainbow on June 09, 2010, 07:01:57 AM</p><blockquote>well it all depends on the age of the pcs, , yeahhh you should be able to change the hard drive with xp and put it in the ME pc <br/></blockquote>Both pc's are about 10 years old. these are hobby computers<br/>Quote from: Allan on June 09, 2010, 07:09:14 AM<blockquote>The hard drive should not be a problem but be aware the system will not boot until you reinstall an OS.<br/></blockquote>I have a reboot diskette for ME. Do I put that in the ME machine then <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/install-2121155" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALL">INSTALL</a> XP?dont put the boot diskete in to xp. the psu is the power supply unit Quote from: blackrainbow on June 09, 2010, 07:48:01 PM<blockquote>dont put the boot diskete in to xp. the psu is the power supply unit <br/></blockquote>I did try switching the psu from one machine to the other but it did not work. The psu from the ME machine has two connections to the mother board. The XP psu only has one. When the psu was installed from the Me to XP and power turned on the fans ran but computer did not boot. I also tried to switch hard drives from the XP to the ME machine. All that did was ask for the boot disk. When I put that in the machine it did its thing and then a message come up about C is not a FAT 32 try to partition by running fdisk in MS-DOS. Can I just switch the psu and the moter board from the ME machine to the XP machine? Also I have a CD that is labeled chip set. What is that for? All I really want to do is make one machine from two.HELP I installed a new hard drive and can not install an OS. I have an old dell dimension\ with ME. I have formated the hard drive. at the e prompt i type setup and this message pops up<br/>.<br/>please wait while windows initializes. Scannimg system registry. windows setup requires 15728640 bytes available on your c: drive.<br/>Then freezes at the e:\ <br/>E drive stops spinning<br/>What did I do wrong?<br/></body></html> | |
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Solve : Virtual Pc for win 98? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Is there a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/virtual-673" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VIRTUAL">VIRTUAL</a> pc or any other program that works on win 98?Not that i'm aware of...<br/>What are you attempting to do ? ?install win xp without damaging 98In Win98 create a 2nd partition...i recommend a decent <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/size-246425" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SIZE">SIZE</a> partition...<br/>Then boot to the XP CD and when it asks where to install to point it to the newly created partition...how would i creat a nother partition?bochs works on win98, IIRC.<br/><br/><a href="http://bochs.sourceforge.net/">http://bochs.sourceforge.net/</a><br/><br/><br/>but, I don't know if you can run XP on it...<br/><br/><br/>Quote from: comda on June 11, 2010, 07:40:55 PM</p><blockquote>how would i creat a nother partition?<br/></blockquote><br/>Only <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/way-246442" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WAY">WAY</a> to create a second partition would be with fdisk, and only if you have unallocated space on the drive. otherwise, you'd need to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/delete-karana-436574" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELETE">DELETE</a> your first partition, which means you'd lose all data on it. Either that, or get a program like partition magic or Easeus Partition manager.Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 12, 2010, 10:39:34 AM<blockquote>bochs works on win98, IIRC.</blockquote><br/>Windows XP has been reported to install from the CDROM, and run inside Bochs. The only <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/known-534098" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOWN">KNOWN</a> issue is to set the IPS (Instructions Per Second) to, at least, a value of 10000000. <br/><br/></body></html> | |
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Solve : Creating Batch Files? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I would like to create a batch (.bat) file that would output and receive <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/text-11613" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TEXT">TEXT</a> through one of my computers COM ports. Is this possible?Yes, but it may not do what you want.<br/>Study the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mode-239384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODE">MODE</a> command to learn how to set the serial ports.<br/><br/>If you have a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dial-950759" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIAL">DIAL</a> up modem on the com1 port you would do this:<br/> echo ATZ >com1<br/>Which might not work if you had not already set the parameters with the MODE command.<br/>And you could send the contents of a com port to a file:<br/>copy con1 test.txt<br/>But it may hang if the com port never <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sends-1200607" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SENDS">SENDS</a> a control Z<br/><br/>Did you have something <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/specific-250096" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPECIFIC">SPECIFIC</a> in mind?<br/><br/><br/><br/></p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Trying to clean virus from old WinMe machine? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>A friend asked me to help him clean out possible virus' and malware from his old 2000 machine. It is running Windows Me . I have tries to download free versions of AVG or Avast and Malware unsuccessfully. The message I get from AVG is that it needs a later version of Windows. I have cleaned out all of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/norton-581497" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NORTON">NORTON</a>, Juno, and AOL software that I can find. Still no luck. Can anyone help me here?? AVG FREE ver. 7.5 will run on WinME...<br/>Check majorgeeks for availibility.Patio: <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thanks-665909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANKS">THANKS</a> for the come back. I have tried what you suggested but...Not having any luck. I checked Google and it gave me some sites to check and some websites say that AVG 7.5 will run on Me but when I try to download it, it is either <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/unavailable-1436082" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNAVAILABLE">UNAVAILABLE</a> or try to have me download a later version . Thanks again for reading. I appreciate the effort.Well I would suggest you try <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">Avast! Home <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/edition-445192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EDITION">EDITION</a> 4.8.1368</a> its the last version that runs on Win9x/ME, I use it on my WinME.<br/><br/>Now the problem you will have is after it installs if you have a virus running then it could effect Avast. If it does install then it does a restart it will do a full virus scan before Windows starts up thats a better way of catching it. Because its an old virus checker it won't update the virus definitions/database until Windows starts and you have a web connection.<br/><br/>It pot luck but you have nothing to loose have you? Quote from: Keithuk on May 26, 2010, 04:32:56 PM</p><blockquote>Well I would suggest you try <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1368</a> its the last version that runs on Win9x/ME, I use it on my WinME...</blockquote>This thread is over 1 month old, but you have made excellent suggestions. I use Avast on my remaining Win98SE machine. FileHippo is the best place for older versions.Yes it maybe over a month old but he hasn't been back to comfirm what he's tried. It will be useful for anyone else in the same situation.<br/><br/>Oh I forgot to mension Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware doesn't work with Win9x/ME if thats what he was thinking about. Thank you Kiethuk and Computer_Commando: for your replies. Sorry I have been unavailable for a while. I un-installed every thing that I could on my friends machine, defragged it, cleaned out some suspicious looking stuff in the registery (<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tied-3217826" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TIED">TIED</a> to Norton and aol) and gave it back to him. It was working pretty well. I think the main thing that helped was getting rid of Norton AV. However, he ended up giving the machine to an orphanage in Mexico and buying a laptop with Windows 7. Now he has a whole new set of problems to deal with and I won't be able to help him. I am totally ignorant of Win 7. However, I do appreciate your inputs, sorry i took so long responding. This forum has pulled my fat out of the fire many times in the past Thanks again<br/>PS, you are right about Malwarebytes, It didn't work.....</body></html> | |
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Solve : Virus protection? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I would welcome some advice on what virus protection I should use. I have a Windows 98 OS and I use Firefox. I am aware of the fact that it can be vulnerable but changing to a better OS - possibly Linux is not really on the cards. I have been using avast! but I get the impression that it does so much computing that it could well be the cause of the very slow response to typing that occurs on occasions. I also have Ad-Aware and Spybot which I run occasionally. There is also CCleaner which I have not used recently. I probably should use just one and become familiar with its capabilities.CCleaner is good for clearing the crap (thus the name) from your system, but does no real-time protection. I recommend it for light system housekeeping - but that is it.<br/><br/>Avast! is really heavy like AVG and is a menace on resources - especially on RAM. I would go for the lightest AV you can get - depending on your surfing habits. If you download a lot of stuff, you need something <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/robust-624715" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ROBUST">ROBUST</a>. I would visit TrendMicro and see what they have. SpyBot is one of the best free adware you can get - but Ad-Aware is usually sufficient and would be my only preference.<br/><br/>I am a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stickler-653239" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STICKLER">STICKLER</a> for resource conservation, so I go as light as I can go and avoid pirate software, cracks and so forth.<br/><br/>This is a good rule for anyone to follow: <strong>If you ever get a scareware message box saying 'your computer is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/infected-1043312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INFECTED">INFECTED</a>, etc.' Calmly close the browser using TASK MANAGER. Click on nothing. Behave as though your browser just crashed. You can save a lot of trouble from java <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/trojans-713112" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TROJANS">TROJANS</a> that try to get in that way. They call it scareware for a reason.</strong>I will get rid of Avast! I do not do a lot of downloads. It is mainly email. I will use CCleaner to get rid of crap then do Ad-Aware regularly. Thanks for that advice. I as slow to respond because I was not advised that there had been a reply even though I clicked on the reply box.Quote</p><blockquote>Avast! is really heavy like AVG and is a menace on resources - especially on RAM. I would go for the lightest AV you can get</blockquote><br/>Source ? ?The Avast that I use on my WinME is <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">Avast! Home <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/edition-445192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EDITION">EDITION</a> 4.8.1368</a> its the last version that works on Win9x/ME. I don't find it uses a lot of resources then again I'm using 639kb of RAM what are you using?<br/><br/>Any problems using it then let me know. Thank you, keithuk for that advice on Avast. I have 192 MB of RAM.</body></html> | |
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Solve : Win 3.11 firewall?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have rescued an old 80686 PC from a certain fate of being destroyed. It was part of a clear out of ancient equipment in the junk room at work recently and when I got a hold of it, I understood possibly why it was junked by someone in IT from the distant past. The CD-ROM didn't work and this obviously made upgrading it to win95 with the rest of the machines more difficult.<br/><br/>The drive was formatted in preparation for another OS. So I found a copy of Windows 3.11 and spanned it on to old diskettes after getting DOS 5 on it. I looked everywhere in our old software pile for DOS 6, but could not find it. Could have downloaded it from somewhere, but I thought DOS 5 - which oddly survived being thrown out throughout the years, was good enough.<br/><br/>Managed to get Workgroups on, then I went to work on the PCI slots. The slots were all raided ages ago apart from the video card. Found an crystal audio card and got the sound going. Drivers were easy for that. The video card needed drivers as well and it turned out to be a good one for its day - capable of 1024x768 with 64k color. After few days, I dug out old DOS games and MS Publisher 2.0, MS Golf 2.0, etc., etc.<br/><br/>Then I decided it was time to see if I could get it on our network. First I would need an ethernet card. After several <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tries-1682346" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIES">TRIES</a> from the junked cards - I finally found an old one that I could find a driver for. It worked. I had never seen Windows 3.11 running on broadband. There it was - on a machine it was designed for - WORKING! Got the CD-ROM drive with an old 24x I found. Then I got old IE5 and Opera on there to acquire HGopher, FreeAgent and other texty internet software of the old days.<br/><br/>It runs like a top. In a race to the desktop from bootup it easily defeats XP and Win7 in side by side trials.<br/><br/>I want to take it home now. But I am concerned about one thing. At home, I do not have the convenience of having a nice network firewall like I do at work. If I simply plugged this computer into my network connection at home, would it be likely be attacked? Apart from creating a network server or adding a firewall router to my cable modem - is there any other client software I should use to make it secure from hacks?<br/><br/>On the other side, should I worry at all? Considering that all packet bot sniffers are calculated to attack 32bit and higher systems?<br/><br/>What's the lowdown on old OS firewall protection anyway?<br/><br/>My next project will be to put OS/2 warp on an old 166. A bit more of a challenge driver-wise. Warp was cool in those days - I know it is 'windows-ish' that is true, but I think it would be a nice addition to the museum.personally, I wouldn't bother with a firewall. Then again, I don't bother with a firewall on any of my machines.Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 28, 2010, 02:54:47 PM</p><blockquote>personally, I wouldn't bother with a firewall. Then again, I don't bother with a firewall on any of my machines.<br/></blockquote><br/>Seriously?<br/><br/>Opinions on firewalls for 3.x vary on the many forums for old OS hobbyists. I just read about 'gnatbox' - and the guy using it has never had a problem. Others claim to have had their old systems severely compromised. I guess I should just try it out and see.If you have more than 1 computer, it's a lot easier to get a router. The router will suffice as a firewall. BTW, Windows 3.11 (or Windows for Workgroups 3.11) is the same as Windows 3.1, but with networking included. Otherwise, networking was enabled through DOS. All corporations used it or Windows NT 3.51 prior to the release of Windows NT 4.0Quote from: Computer_Commando on April 28, 2010, 04:50:01 PM<blockquote>If you have more than 1 computer, it's a lot easier to get a router. The router will suffice as a firewall. BTW, Windows 3.11 (or Windows for Workgroups 3.11) is the same as Windows 3.1, but with networking included. Otherwise, networking was enabled through DOS. All corporations used it or Windows NT 3.51 prior to the release of Windows NT 4.0<br/></blockquote><br/>One of the reasons I put 3.11 on instead of plain 3.1 was for that very reason. Networking to the tcp/ip is a snap. It amazes me how I cannot impress upon the young guys how cool it was to get this system running on ADSL. To them, it is pointless sentimentalism on my part - playing with a system they barely remember as children. They seem indifferent to this technology which was the forerunner to all the great things they enjoy today. If something was before WinXP or modern Linux - it isn't worth discussing to them.<br/><br/>Sadly, in a sense they are right. Since I got this system going, I was dismayed how the old browsers fall over on most of the popular websites. I tried the old text-based side of the internet. I went on gopher servers and I found something amazing. Gopher is still going with plenty of servers to keep you surfing for a while, but it is for the most part strangely frozen in time around the mid-90s. Almost just as I left it many years ago. Some dedicated people keep Gopher going and there are files galore from 15 to 20 years ago. It is weird to visit.<br/><br/>If you are interested. gopher://quux.org is a good place to start your trip.<br/><br/>When's the last time you tried a search with Veronica instead of Google?Quote from: Computer_Commando on April 28, 2010, 04:50:01 PM<blockquote> All corporations used it or Windows NT 3.51 prior to the release of Windows NT 4.0<br/></blockquote><br/>or NT 3.1, or OS/2 Warp.... or Solaris... or VMS... or... etc etc... <br/><br/>Quote from: MisterEvasion on April 28, 2010, 05:28:44 PM<blockquote>One of the reasons I put 3.11 on instead of plain 3.1 was for that very reason. Networking to the tcp/ip is a snap. It amazes me how I cannot impress upon the young guys how cool it was to get this system running on ADSL. <br/></blockquote>I thought it was cool when I was able to get the internet working on windows 3.1 as well- it was running on a Pentium machine so it was in fact slightly older then the machine you speak of (80686 being pentium-2 class) I originally read that as 386... but then I noticed the reference to PCI slots, which didn't exist on any machine before the 486 (and even for 486 machines it wasn't a given).<br/><br/>I got lucky though because the network card I had bought for the machine (for running windows 2000) had drivers for windows 3.1 and DOS right on the CD; and I installed them both.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Sadly, in a sense they are right. Since I got this system going, I was dismayed how the old browsers fall over on most of the popular websites. </blockquote>Yeah, the standards have moved up unfortunately- so while now it's more standardized between today's browsers it's just a confusing mess to older browsers. (personally, I don't check my sites for netscape navigator 4 support, either, so one can hardly blame the site authors).<br/><br/>IE5 and Opera should at least be usable most of the time, I would think.<br/>Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 28, 2010, 05:39:52 PM<blockquote>or NT 3.1, or OS/2 Warp.... or Solaris... or VMS... or... etc etc...</blockquote><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sorry-648642" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SORRY">SORRY</a> BCP, how could I forget about Solaris & VMS? They were more prevalent than Windows where I used to work. DEC Sparc's & Alpha 1000's, if I remember. The Alphas never ran Windows, but OpenVMS, even though NT4.0 supported both processors. The Alphas transitioned from EISA slots to PCI, so we bought all the remaining EISA's in stock. All the special add-in cards were ISA.Just an added note: I think with the old browsers an idea would be to turn off everthing in options and make NS, IE or Opera run like LYNX. I tried LYNX itself just to see if what they said was true that LYNX won't run on 3.x and they were not wrong. <br/><br/>But hope springs eternal for my next project - OS/2 warp 4 when I save another oldie from the scrap heap. Plenty of LYNX for that system.<br/><br/>I guess those LYNX guys didn't really like Windows or MSDOS very much...<br/><br/>Ah well, never mind. Just glad I never became unyielding when it came to that stuff... Well things are looking up for the 3.11 project. I believe a firewall is not all that important for 3.11 from what I have gathered from other users. An intrusion on 3.11 is not serious because of one important aspect missing from old 3.x systems that hackers and spyware houses rely on in the 21st century - the registry and roaming folders.<br/><br/>There is also a utility in 3.11 called netwatcher which can notify when someone is connecting to you and you can boot them immediately - kind of a manual firewall. In fact, machines running on DOS-based 16bit systems are insulated from 32bit malware. If I wanted to attack a 3.11 system, I would do it in the form of a TSR type scheme or a boot sector executable of some kind - a .com or .exe. But no hacking society would waste their time writing and testing such software when there are so few fish to catch. Even though I am running 32s - there is still no such thing as an HKLM or HKLU parameter segments apart from win.ini which is sort of the registry for 3.x. That can be backed up and replaced in the very unlikely scenario someone has made the effort to attack it.<br/><br/>Still, care must be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/taken-659096" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TAKEN">TAKEN</a> and relaxing too much on security no matter what system is folly.<br/><br/>Next up - I will be putting OS/2 Warp 4 on an old IBM Aptiva I found once I get the system fan/power pack replaced. That'll be fun.<br/>windows 3.x does have a registry, but it's contents are pretty much limited to things like OLE classes (what programs can serve what documents to what other programs) as well as file associations (pretty much what HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is in 95 and later).<br/><br/>As far as likelihood of being hacked when your running windows 3.1 nowadays, I'd say you have about the same chance of being struck by lightning twice and being served dodo bird by a polar bear wearing a monocle, all on your birthday. (I love colourful analogies).Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 22, 2010, 08:22:29 AM<blockquote>As far as likelihood of being hacked when your running windows 3.1 nowadays, I'd say ... <br/></blockquote><br/>Concerns about security are as important as the applications we run these days. Back in the 1990s, I never thought about a firewall. The word was never mentioned - even during the Win95 days.<br/><br/>Since Google decided to try and take over the internet and make ad-clicks a way for people to make extra money while sitting on their asses, the web has become worse for opportunists with unscrupulous geeks writing malware for them. I really hate google, facebook and all the rest of them for what they have done to cyberspace over the years. I think the time will come very soon when Gopher will be rediscovered by many people - for informative gophersites without the risk of malicious scripting.<br/><br/>The usenet too has become less devoted to discussion nowadays and forums like this are today's threading. The usenet has turned into primarily a binary leech dump, with fewer and fewer devotees to what was once an accessible quick access forum. The downside and downfall of the newsgroups was they were unmoderated and people took flaming against them too personally.<br/><br/>Just some thoughts. Thanks for responding...Quote from: MisterEvasion on May 24, 2010, 04:26:57 AM<blockquote>Concerns about security are as important as the applications we run these days. Back in the 1990s, I never thought about a firewall. The word was never mentioned - even during the Win95 days. <br/></blockquote>That's because firewalls were only used by corporate networks on the internet/WAN facing side. Even today, as much as people like to think otherwise, the "good" hackers are going after corporations- trying to leak source code for the latest game, or their flagship product, etc. It is the script kiddies who can hardly use the ping command that threaten the average user and try to build up botnets.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>the web has become worse for opportunists with unscrupulous geeks writing malware for them.<br/></blockquote>a Snake-Oil salesman is a Snakeoil salesman, regardless of the medium. And trying to write malware has become harder and harder over the years- not easier, as the vulnerabilities they use are patched and new security is implemented directly into the operating System (windows UAC, for example). As far as I'm concerned, the actual dangers are no different then they used to be, and in fact, browsers and systems are hundreds of times more secure- but people are paranoid- and not because they understand the risks, but because they don't. a cave man with the common cold might have feared that it would kill them, simply because they don't understand. Now everybody knows that it's only fatal in very specific circumstances where another more terminal condition is concerned. Much in the same fashion, misunderstanding leads to paranoia, despite Quantos' humourous signature "Paranoia, it's what results when you have all the facts" it's rather the opposite. When you don't have all the facts, people tend to fill in the blanks with paranoid assumptions- generally, worst case scenarios. for example, what happens without an AV program would of course lead to the paranoid assumption that a virus infection is the only possible result. Of course, it is a result, but it's not the only possible outcome, and additionally, having an anti-virus program doesn't prevent the most dangerous viruses anyway, since the most dangerous viruses are the newest ones whose signatures don't exist in the database.<br/><br/>To illustrate- Linux is itself a rather secure environment, but it doesn't matter how secure a operating system is if you sidestep the protection. With windows, people are disabling UAC in droves because its "annoying"- most Linux users are more informed- they NEVER run as <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/root-237331" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ROOT">ROOT</a> (administrator) and instead elevate for, and only for, those system administration tasks that require it. you won't find them running a browser as root, and yet I often find that those systems that have been severely compromised by viruses and malware have UAC disabled.<br/><br/>of course, running something like a browser as root doesn't in and of itself make the system vulnerable. But it makes your system as vulnerable as the browser- if the browser has a buffer overflow or some other issue that can be used by a script, or a vulnerability of some other type that can be taken advantage of, once the script is in control of the browser, if the browser is running as root the script is in control of the system. If the browser is not running as root, the script would still need to try to elevate to root, something a lot easier said then done. It is the benefit of a Limited user account, not to limit the user, but to limit the programs the user runs- not only in case one of those programs is purposely made malicious but also if one of those programs is an unintended vehicle of something malicious through a vulnerability. <br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Since Google decided to try and take over the internet and make ad-clicks a way for people to make extra money while sitting on their asses, the web has become worse for opportunists with unscrupulous geeks writing malware for them. </blockquote><br/>You are lying to yourself. web-based attacks and malware were far more prevalent google took hold. Considering Internet Explorer 3 allowed any page to run arbitrary binary code at will (ActiveX) it didn't take a lot of effort, either.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I really hate google, facebook and all the rest of them for what they have done to cyberspace over the years. <br/></blockquote>Google, facebook, etc. None of them have done anything bad to the internet. The internet was riddled with popups and flash ads before Google became prevalent in search around 2000, and before 1998 when they were founded it wasn't much different, aside from the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lack-245794" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LACK">LACK</a> of a search engine that didn't have a page full of ads on their first page. AltaVista, Yahoo search, etc- all the various search engines their main pages with ads and sponsored ads. Google didn't, and in fact, they still don't- their main page is basically a logo, search box, and a few buttons. Sure they now have paid ads in various locations in the search results, but those locations are well defined and illustrated, as well, unlike the front page ads and the paid search results provided by altavista and the other search engines before google (they have of course abolished that practice, from what I can tell).<br/><br/>The reason that firewalls and Anti-virus software weren't heard of and therefore didn't sell very well before is because people weren't absolutely paranoid. Now everybody seems to think they need an Anti-virus, firewall, malware scanner, and about 12 other programs. And it is this very fear of needing these things that let's the ads that advertise things like registry cleaners and scanners make so much money for the people that run them. And in the long run the paranoia that drives people to install all these programs causes their computers to slow down and crash, as they install rogue-filled, adware supported "firewalls" and "anti-virus programs" that are actually just containers for a host of infectious software. The internet is only as dangerous as people want it to be, and nowadays it's an important "fact" that the "internet is a dangerous place" when in fact it's no different then it's ever been- as long as you don't try to do something stupid like download pirated software or music or "keygens" or anything along those lines- you will be perfectly safe. If that wasn't true, <i> would be infected all the time by the "evil internet" as the "thousands upon thousands" of "expert hackers" that are trying to get into my PC will "jump for joy" that I have no software firewall installed. Since I have now been connected for over 2 years, and I've only been infected once (by a download acquired by "doing something stupid" listed above, packaged with the friendly neighborhood virut) All I can say is there is absolutely no basis for ever havign a software firewall installed on any machine. The main thing a firewall would prevent is a trojan program trying to "phone home" to it's controller. It's better to simply not download the trojan to begin with.<br/><br/>Additionally, despite equally prevalent claims that downloads can be changed "en route" to your PC, that simply doesn't happen. a download is acquired straight by connecting to the HTTP server and requesting the file. <br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I think the time will come very soon when Gopher will be rediscovered by many people - for informative gophersites without the risk of malicious scripting.<br/></blockquote><br/>Aside from the <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/news/464">exact same issues that have been prevalent with http and ftp</a>. It's no safer then HTTP or FTP, unless you factor in the fact that each browser's writers have been working to eliminate those issues found in HTTP and FTP. Large scale and public attacks via the Gopher protocol are no less common but they are essentially back-burner issues. FTP can't run scripting anyway- the scripting part of any browser is solely at the discretion of the browser itself- the browser runs the script. Generally in a sandboxed environment. Of course because as I noted, everybody is paranoid, they assume that even though all the precautions have been taken, a script can somehow "escape" this sandbox and do what it pleases, and, in some cases, it can. but doing what it pleases is a lot harder then it sounds, since browser-included client side scripting languages (like VBScript and ECMAScript) don't have built in support for file operations, and the use of something like the FSO (file system objects) by a script running in the browser would require further circumvention of security, including the fact that the FSO is not marked as "safe for scripting" so cannot be instantiated by IE. of course since the script in a firefox or opera browser cannot create ActiveX Objects and doesn't have local file system access even if it breaks out of its "sandbox" I can't help but wonder what people are paranoid about. I don't know why people will cower in a corner when they find a few temporary files written by their browser at the request if a script, and yet continue to blithely attempt to download pirated software, music, and keygens with little import for their contents. For many people, Security is important until stands between them and what they want. in the latter case it doesn't matter how many UAC prompts appear when you try to double-click "fun game keygen.exe" they are going to run it, and the trojan that it certainly contains will be let loose on the system. And once a piece of malicious software is loose on your system, it doesn't matter how many superfluous "security" applications you have installed, you've already lost the prevention war. Some may say that a software firewall will prevent a trojan downloader from downloading more infections. Perhaps, but only until they are able to circumvent the software firewall. Remember the trojan program is running on the same machine as the firewall- it can do anything the firewall can, including changing registry keys associated with the firewall (say, allowing certain URLs through or something) or even disabling the firewall completely. Hardware firewalls aren't perfect but at least their settings cannot be changed by malicious software running within the network.<br/><br/>Anyway- asking ourselves wether we are better off now then we were several years ago, only the paranoid or deluded can say "no, we are not". The reason that, for example, you never had a firewall in 95 was because your system didn't need one- the attack vector that firewalls try ot prevent simply wasn't used. Windows 95, for example, had a vulnerability that you could send a specific packet to any system and instantly blue screen it, no questions asked. Anybody could have run a program to send this packet to a set of IP addresses and Blue screened every single one of them running windows 95. Doesn't sound like a security conscious operating system to me.<br/><br/><br/><br/></i></body></html> | |
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Solve : Cardfile on WIN98 SE? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have been given an old laptop which is ideal for what I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/need-25476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEED">NEED</a> doing some research Off Line). It is WIN98SE. I thought I would be able to read some Cardfile files on this but could not. I went to the link below to try and get Cardfile running but keep getting :<br/>"The file was not found. Verify that you have selected the correct Restore from location and try again"<br/><br/>I have tried two WIN98 Cds and a WIN95 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cd-236847" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CD">CD</a>, so guess I am doing something wrong?<br/>The CD Drive is "D" and I have put "D:\win98"<br/><br/>Tried the "Find" <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/system-238321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEM">SYSTEM</a>, but could not find "cardfile.exe" on either WIN98 or 95 disks.<br/><br/>Any suggestions what to try please?<br/>LINK:<br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/245157">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245157</a>Quote from: pantherman on May 19, 2010, 01:39:52 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pm-239666" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PM">PM</a></p><blockquote>...Tried the "Find" system, but could not find "cardfile.exe" on either WIN98 or 95 disks.<br/>Any suggestions what to try please?<br/>LINK:<br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/245157">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245157</a><br/></blockquote>You will not find the file. It's contained within one of the CAB files. Did you follow the instructions in the link you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/provided-1171103" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROVIDED">PROVIDED</a>?<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CBcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.altap.cz%2Fsalam_en%2Ffeatures%2Funcab.html&ei=qYn0S6H9LYOBlAeUyf34DA&usg=AFQjCNErwgX-KXLNmKN6ZSf81FtFOO1qMA&sig2=iisW5wNdxIHhdTSlCGSXxA">Cab File Viewer...</a>Thanks Patio, I will give that a try.<br/>Yep, even printed out the instructions and went through several times carefully.</body></html> | |
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Solve : Manually Remove Windows 98 via Command Prompt? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>As my post reveal, my problems have gotten progressively worse. At this point I'm just trying to remove <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a> 98 and (hopefully) the virus I have. The computer won't boot in safe mode or normally.On start up it is always looking for a driver called CMMON.vxd. Previously the computer was looking for four others, but I managed to fix them.<br/><br/>Thus I am <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/limited-238828" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIMITED">LIMITED</a> to using only <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/command-11508" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMMAND">COMMAND</a> prompt. I found the method using SMARTdrv and uninstall.exe, but upon running SMARTdrv, I get an error saying the computer needs HIMEM.sys, check config.sys. So I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/checked-417082" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHECKED">CHECKED</a> config.sys and its empty I tried adding "device=c:\windows\himem.sys" which is the only line now in my config.sys. Even after rebooting, SMARTdrv still will not run. <br/><br/>How can I remove Windows 98 now? What do I do?<br/><br/>Thank you!If you want to completely erase everything and start from scratch, boot to the Win 98 cd and start the installation process. When you are asked if you want to format first, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sayaeur-637418" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAY">SAY</a> yes and format the drive.</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : adjust date/time? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a windows 98SE system. A week ago, the system <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/automatically-2451134" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AUTOMATICALLY">AUTOMATICALLY</a> moved the hour back for the end of daylight <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/saving-1195397" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAVING">SAVING</a>. This was wrong because the day for ending daylight saving had been moved forward a week and this had not been incorporated into the system. I manually adjusted the hour forward. Daylight saving ended today so I tried to manually put the hour back. I was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/able-361137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ABLE">ABLE</a> to bring up the Adjust Date/Time window and set back the hour but it did not work. An hour glass came up and stayed there. I have tried to do it a number of times, mostly after <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/rebooting-7709904" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REBOOTING">REBOOTING</a>. I tried clicking on the automatic adjustment box to remove the tick there. Now the Adjust Date/time window will not come up. It seems this system is now corrupted. What can I do?I cannot understand it, but I used the usual routine and this time it worked after about twenty failures. The time is now right so I do not have to worry about fixing the time for another six months. Thanks to those who offered suggestions.There's a DST patch for Win98, etc.<br/><a href="http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2007/02/windows-98-me-dst-patch/">http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2007/02/windows-98-me-dst-patch/</a><br/>Thank you, computer_commando. The Adjust/Date Time now works for some reason. I installed TZset. That did not seem to solve the problem but some time later it worked for some reason that I do not understand. If the problem should arise in six months time when another adjustment is needed, I will take your advice. I was not notified of your post for some reason. I was just checking when I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/found-458144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOUND">FOUND</a> it.</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Installing W98? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I was fooling around with my old Dell laptop today and decided to re-<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/install-2121155" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALL">INSTALL</a> W98 to freshing it up. I downloaded the procedure from Microsoft to do a full delete and reformat and now I'm ready to install <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/98-malyana-ka-rinae-samajhata-para-hasatakashhara-236807" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 98">98</a>. The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D, however, the device driver not found:'MSCD001' No valid CDROM device drivers selected.<br/><br/>Currently computer is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sitting-1210650" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SITTING">SITTING</a> at the A prompt waiting for my next <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/step-25533" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STEP">STEP</a> and I'm not too sure what to do next.<br/><br/>Can someone help please?<br/><br/>ThanksAre you booting from the windows 98 CD?No sir. Following the procedure from Microsoft it says to insert startup disc in floppy disk drive and restart. How do I boot from the CD? I think I tried this once before and I couldn't do it then.The computer was giving me all kinds of signs there was something wrong with the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hard-1015537" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HARD">HARD</a> drive, I just didn't see them.<br/><br/><br/>Hard drive has to be bad. I left the room, came back and my laptop was screaming. Hard drive lost a bearing. I have a 20gig coming soon anyway.</p></body></html> | |
| 544. |
Solve : computer help,wont boot to operating system? |
| Answer» <html><body><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/operating-1136761" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPERATING">OPERATING</a> sys windows 98 second,press start button screen runs post then goes into black screen with a > at top left on screen > this is white and flashing nothing other than that is on screen ,i can keep restarting computer but is same all the time,the bios is reading the hard drive ok.please helpRemove floppy disk from A-drive.thank you for reply but i have no disk in drive a .I HAVE TRIED ANOTHER HARD DISK BUT THIS HAD A <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/software-25575" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOFTWARE">SOFTWARE</a> PROBLEM BUT MY COMPUTER <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/read-619994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about READ">READ</a> THE HARD DRIVE AND WENT TO BLACK SCREEN AGAIN BUT A MESSAGE ON SCREEN THIS TIME REPORTING THE HARD DISK SOFTWARE PROB.I DONT THINK THE PROB IS MY HARD DISK,IS THEIR A WAY TO GET INTO SAFE MODE TO RESTART COMPUTER,PLEASE HELP THANKSOk when you get the screen A:\ (means the computer is reading from drive a floppy) but if you don't have a floppy in there try this. type C:\ and hit enter then you should get this symbol C:\ instead of A:\. After C:\ is inserted type win and hit enter. the computer should start loading windows 98 SE.<br/><br/>P.S if the A:\ drive doesn't switch to C:\ type cd( change Directory) then C:\<br/>Different computers react diff. <br/><br/>Good luck! I HAVE TURNED COMPUTER ON THIS TIME IT RUNS POST SCREEN THEN GOES TO BLACK SCREEN WITH AT THE TOP LEFT HAND OF SCREEN A FLASHING WHITE - MINUS SINE ONLY NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS .THANK YOU FOR REPLYoh then if i were you i would reinstall win. Do you have the disks?1. <strong>Boot Floppy</strong>. If the system has an operational floppy drive, make and then boot from Windows 98 SE boot floppy. See <a href="http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm">http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm</a>.<br/><br/>Once you've booted the floppy, use it to access and examine the hard drive. You can run "scandisk /all" from the floppy to verify and attempt to fix file system errors on the hard drive.<br/><br/>2. <strong>Diagnostics</strong>. Before reinstalling Windows, you should probably run diagnostics on both the system RAM and hard drive. Ask if you need links for these "free" diagnostics.ok will try this,thank youplease <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/send-630341" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEND">SEND</a> computer specs... so that we can evaluate your PC.Quote from: dino_cuyag on March 25, 2010, 04:33:14 AM<blockquote>please send computer specs... so that we can evaluate your PC.<br/></blockquote>1) What exactly are you going to evaluate?<br/>2) The thread is a month oldI'm guessing your MBR is corrupted. Sorry Quote from: Allan on March 25, 2010, 05:23:24 AM<blockquote>1) What exactly are you going to evaluate?<br/>2) The thread is a month old<br/></blockquote><br/>And now <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/unfortunately-720114" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNFORTUNATELY">UNFORTUNATELY</a> it's brand new again...Looks like you have a new resident necromancer.This is only one of about a dozen or so so far...<br/>PM sent.</body></html> | |
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Solve : Copying .doc with charts? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have used Word 2000 to produce articles. I have then installed charts from Excel 2000 in these .doc. When I have copied the .doc to a site, the charts do not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/appear-2437800" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPEAR">APPEAR</a>. There is space for them and there is a symbol at the top, left hand corner. I expect I am missing something quite simple but Help has not helped me to sort it out. <br/>I click on the Notify me of replies box below but do not get notification.Quote from: denisaf on April 13, 2010, 05:11:55 AM</p><blockquote>I have used Word 2000 to produce articles. I have then installed charts from Excel 2000 in these .doc. ...</blockquote>Depends on how you "installed" the Excel charts into the word document. I suspect they are linked and not actually part of the Word file. If you did copy & paste, this would explain the issue. Use Copy, Paste--Special, select Picture.Is this a new issue? Have you done this before and it just now failed? Or do lyu mean that you have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/never-570518" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEVER">NEVER</a> done this before and want to know why it does not work? <br/>As a general rule, a word document would be sent as an e-mail attachment. Ifg you wish to publish it on the web it ought to be a HTML file or perhaps a PDF document. But some people do publish in the Word DOC format.<br/><br/>As CC said above, the graphs have to be embedded as static objects in the DOC file. They <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/must-1702064" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUST">MUST</a> not be dynamic links. <br/><br/>If you convent them to HTML they will have GIF files that must go with the HTML files. If you convert them to PDF the resulting document will be a self-contained text and graphic file.<br/><br/>The Excel chart is not linked to the .doc. I have used the Paste Special and I have not checked the link box. I have copied all the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/different-951434" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIFFERENT">DIFFERENT</a> forms listed, including Picture. I have also followed the Excel Help which entails holding down the Shift key to copy a picture. I have copied .doc files with charts to a number of sites. some work and some do not. Maybe I would be better off to convert to PDF. I am <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/still-653256" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STILL">STILL</a> puzzled as to why I was not notified of this latest reply.I have converted one of the .doc files with Excel charts to a PDF file and it looks good. I have tried to copy it using the hand tool as Help says but it does not copy to the Clipboard and there is an error message to that effect.That's no surprise, pdf's are not copyable as a whole. You can copy some text from it to the clipboard.</body></html> | |
| 546. |
Solve : Windows 98 build number contradiction? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi,<br/><br/>I have an old computer with Windows 98 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/original-1139424" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ORIGINAL">ORIGINAL</a> and ver, dxdiag and getversionex say I have version 4.10.1998, but the System Control Panel applet says I have 4.10.2222 (which I think is for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/second-238031" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SECOND">SECOND</a> Edition; I'm not sure if it's supposed to be 2222 or 2222A). When I have the version displayed on the desktop, it also says 4.10.2222. <br/><br/>Why would different parts of the operating system think I have different versions and is there any way to fix it without reinstalling?<br/><br/>ThanksBecause of updates...<br/>If it runs ...forget about it and move on.What kind of updates would change the build number?Quote from: Adam on April 25, 2010, 10:15:50 AM</p><blockquote>What kind of updates would change the build number?<br/></blockquote><br/>Microsoft ones.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Why would different parts of the operating system think I have different versions</blockquote><br/>Updates do not replace all files. Different diagnostic tools check different things.<br/><br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>To determine the version of Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me that you are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/running-1192206" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNNING">RUNNING</a>:<br/><br/> 1. Click <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a>, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.<br/> 2. In Control Panel, double-click System.<br/> 3. Click the General <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tab-25634" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TAB">TAB</a>.<br/> 4. Locate the version number under the System heading and then see the following table:<br/><br/> Release Version File dates<br/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Windows 95 retail, OEM 4.00.950 7/11/95<br/> Windows 95 retail SP1 4.00.950A 7/11/95-12/31/95<br/> OEM Service Release 2 4.00.1111* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96<br/> OEM Service Release 2.1 4.03.1212-1214* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96-8/27/97 <br/> OEM Service Release 2.5 4.03.1214* (4.00.950C) 8/24/96-11/18/97<br/> Windows 98 retail, OEM 4.10.1998 5/11/98<br/> Windows 98, Security CD 4.10.1998A <br/> Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222A 4/23/99<br/> Windows 98 SE Security CD 4.10.2222B<br/> Windows Me 4.90.3000 6/08/00<br/> Windows Me Security CD 4.90.3000A<br/> Is there any way to tell which updates I have installed on Windows 98?<br/><br/>qfecheck.exe crashes when I try to run it.<br/><br/>I only have a few files (systray.exe, wmilib.sys, and 1394bus.sys) modified on 23/04/1999 and have a product version of 4.10.2222</body></html> | |
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Solve : problem installing Windows 3.1(3.x) on Microsoft virtual machine? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>The <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/point-239421" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POINT">POINT</a> that people are making, although maybe not very explicitly, is that MS-DOS is not freeware. Neither are old versions of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a>. They are copyrighted Microsoft products, and because of this you need to get them <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/legally-1071278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LEGALLY">LEGALLY</a>. A full install set of Windows 3.1 includes an MS-DOS 6.22 full install set, does it not? So what are these disks you have?<br/><br/>Quote from: Salmon Trout on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/april-380813" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APRIL">APRIL</a> 28, 2010, 10:26:07 AM</p><blockquote>A full install set of Windows 3.1 includes an MS-DOS 6.22 full install set, does it not? <br/></blockquote><br/>No, Windows 3.1 didn't include any version of DOS; it had 7 disks and a manual.<br/><br/>the box should have said "DOS sold separately"You SHOULD be able to run Windows 3.1 under <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/freedos" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREEDOS">FREEDOS</a> (A free equivalent to MS-DOS)<br/><br/>Freedos: <a href="http://www.freedos.org/">http://www.freedos.org/</a><br/>Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 28, 2010, 10:40:07 AM<blockquote>No, Windows 3.1 didn't include any version of DOS; it had 7 disks and a manual.<br/><br/>the box should have said "DOS sold separately"<br/></blockquote><br/>I think I was getting confused because the Compaq I bought in 1993 came with both install sets.<br/><br/><br/></body></html> | |
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Solve : working offline(win 98)? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/laptop-1066410" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LAPTOP">LAPTOP</a> and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> every 2 min i <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> this pop up to either work <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/offline-11408" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OFFLINE">OFFLINE</a> or not. i click no is there any way to make this stop popping up?</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Boot WIN98 from a thumb drive? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Is there a free program to create a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/partion-2915653" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PARTION">PARTION</a> on my usb and load the win 98 ISO on to my thumb drive so I can boot it. If so please give me the link to the download, if not is there another way to boot windows 98 from my thumb drive?Only if your MBoard supports booting to a USB drive...<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/yep-749437" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YEP">YEP</a>. I have booted Ubuntu <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/linux-1946" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LINUX">LINUX</a> from my thumb drive so I am positive it boots from usb's<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CAwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bootdisk.com%2Fpendrive.htm&ei=b7O2S4iHOIzUMo7T4PMJ&usg=AFQjCNGLPHVGycws-TG5HF4S1bfp4KdeqA&sig2=ZtCgaovZCRwY4Cj2wfpCNg"><strong>Start Here...</strong></a>Windows 98 Cannot be booted from a Thumbdrive, AFAIK.<br/><br/>This is because the system Blue Screens when Windows 98 Reinitializes the USB Controller; it therefore essentially "unmounts" the USB drive and the drive is unaccessible, therefore preventing the loading of anything else after that.<br/><br/>This one is a hardy perennial. You can't boot any modern MS OS from a removable drive. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/period-246409" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PERIOD">PERIOD</a>. <br/>Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 03, 2010, 12:31:08 PM</p><blockquote>This one is a hardy perennial. You can't boot any modern MS OS from a removable drive. Period. <br/><br/></blockquote><br/>XP can be made to boot from a USB drive with a lot of effort. Hardly worth it though.Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 03, 2010, 12:32:39 PM<blockquote>XP can be made to boot from a USB drive with a lot of effort. Hardly worth it though.<br/></blockquote><br/>Not very stably from what I have heard. And doesn't it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/involve-1051061" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INVOLVE">INVOLVE</a> reverse engineering/slipstreaming, which breaks the MS eula and is therefore off-limits?<br/><br/>Method #2 works for me...Quote from: patio on April 03, 2010, 12:34:13 PM<blockquote>Method #2 works for me...<br/></blockquote><br/>For reliably booting Windows 98?<br/>Win2K...really? Win2K installed on a pen drive?<br/></body></html> | |
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Solve : windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>my sister is using windows 98. When she logs on to windows she receives the following message: error C:/real mode/OAK CD ROM. sys error in config.sys file on line 4 device c. windows then opens/start and freezes shortly after. Can anyone tell a rookie how to remedy this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/situation-771598" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SITUATION">SITUATION</a>. Thanks!Disconnect CD-ROM and see what happens.Quote from: vpregion on October 11, 2009, 05:51:23 PM</p><blockquote>thanks for the answer regarding the freezing windows 98. As for disconnecting the CD ROM, how is this done? <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/said-629244" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAID">SAID</a> we were rookies.<br/></blockquote>Open up computer and unplug it.Have not been able to resolve. Any further advice?Copy and past both the autoexec.bat and config.sys files...Ah. Look for any DEVICEHIGH=/D:MSCD001 lines in your Config.sys.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.danasoft.com"><<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/img-1037238" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMG">IMG</a> src="http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg" border="0"></a>Because who knows! they <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/might-560522" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MIGHT">MIGHT</a> still be working on the problem 6 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/months-1101351" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MONTHS">MONTHS</a> later.</body></html> | |