681 + Interview Questions in Windows NT/2000 in Microsoft Windows Page 2 InterviewSolution

51.	Solve : Windows TEMP Environment Behaving Strangely?
Answer» <html><body><p>[Edited from the original posting]<br/><br/>I see this has been looked at a couple of times since I posted it, so I didn't want to delete it after (I hope) solving the problem. It's curious enough so that it might be applicable to someone else some day. See my solution at the end of the descrption of the problem. <br/><br/> -------------<br/>I'm not sure what better way to describe this. <br/><br/>I have what I assume is a pretty standard Windows 2000 Professional installation. It came on the computer and I don't fool with it any more than I need to.<br/><br/>I picked up a virus last week, and think I've sufficiently cleaned it, but maybe not. Possibly coincident with the virus (or maybe not) I encountered a problem with Mozilla Thunderbird (my mail program of choice). What I finally traced this to was that when the program needed to write a temporary file TMP to the temporary directory as set in the Windows environment (c:\winnt\temp), instead of aiming for c:\winnt\temp, it was trying to write to c:\[the directory in which the program 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>\\winnt\temp - in other words, it was appending the TMP directory to the program's installed (and starting) directory. <br/><br/>I confirmed (and temporarily fixed) Thunderbird by creating the directory that it wanted to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/use-241643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USE">USE</a>. <br/><br/>Then, today, I tried to update another program. The installer wouldn't run. After downloading a few <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/different-951434" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIFFERENT">DIFFERENT</a> copies (from different sources) and being reasonably confident that I had a good veresion, I recalled this TMP issue. Seeing as how many installers write temporary files, I tried creating the directory c:\[directory from which I was running the installer]\winnt\temp and that made it work.<br/><br/>From this, I concluded that there's something wrong with Windows. It's not going back to the root when looking for the temporary TMP directory set in the environment. but rather, it's appending that to the path where the program is running. <br/><br/>Anyone got a clue as to how I can straighten this out? <br/>-----------<br/><br/>What I did was go to the Windows Control Panel, open up the Environment window, and changed the path for the TMP environment variable to something else, saved it, then changed it back to what it's supposed to be. I deleted the "temporary" directories that I created to fix the problems, tried the programs again, and they indeed seem to be working as normal. <br/><br/>I suspect that something in the registry got changed. I wonder how long it will take me to find out what ELSE got changed. <br/>Something in the registry might be messing things up. Click here -> <a href="http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/?ref=googleB">http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/?ref=googleB</a> and then click on Start Registry Scan now to download Registry Mechanic and do a full scan for errors.<br/><br/>The downside of this program is that you may find more errors than expected, so it can be difficult to find which <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/error-25548" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ERROR">ERROR</a> coincides with your problem. Good luck.<br/><br/><strong>[glb]Gizmo73[/glb]</strong>Yes, I suppose I should invest in a good registry repair tool. I looked at Registry Mechanic a whlie back when I realized how large the registry had become on a computer that was starting to get sluggish, but figured that I needed a better backup solution (like the ability to clone the entire drive in bootable state) before I'd try any major changes to the registry. The sluggishness turned out to be the famous WinXP "disk slips into PIO mode and won't come out" problem. <br/><br/>The trial version of the program identified about a thousand useless entries, but those were nearly all files that I had downloaded and then deleted. I didn't realize that was stored in the registry, and then not cleaned out when deleting a file. Windows really should take better care of itself, or tools such as this should be provided as part of the package rather than aftermarket products. I guess certain registry problems aren't quite as bad as some people make them out to be, but then one never knows.<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sfc-630509" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SFC">SFC</a> - System File Checker - (SFC /Scannow)<br/><br/>/SCANNOW <br/>Scans all protected system files immediately. <br/>/SCANONCE <br/>Scans all protected system files at the next boot. <br/>/SCANBOOT <br/>Scans all protected system files at every boot. <br/>/REVERT <br/>Windows XP: Return to default settings. <br/><br/>^Typed in the cmd prompt^SFC scans for missing essential system files and when it finds a hole, fills it with a copy from the installation disk, but how is this relevant to my problem? The solution didn't involve a file that wasn't there. <br/><br/>I think I remember from Win98 that this program actually told you what it's doing, but the newer version just runs and eventually stops. I actually did have a problem most likelly related to this virus attack (based on the time that things quit working) that I fixed using SFC. The AUTOEXEC.NT file had disappeared and the old DOS applications that I use wouldn't run. SFC gave me a fresh copy. I didn't even know of its existence, but now I understand why it's there. <br/><br/>The great thing about Windows is that you can learn so much from it. Now only if I ever had the same problem twice I could feel like a genius. type reg in the cmd prompt to compere any reg changes.... Quote</p><blockquote>type reg in the cmd prompt<list appears> to compere any reg changes.... </blockquote> <br/>Sorry, you're losing me here. You'll have to be more specific. <br/><br/>Do you mean the DOS prompt? Typing REG there tells me that it's not a program. Or do you mean adding it as part of the command line to SFC? <br/><br/>Where does the list appear? <br/><br/>And what does it compare registry changes to? There's probably a change to the registry several times a day.<br/><br/>Sorry, if you want to teach me anything, you'll have to go a little slower. I learn the inner workings of Windows when the opportunity (which is usually that something breaks) presents itself. I don't study it or fix it for a living, or a hobby.ok... start again before confusion creeps in?.....if you type reg after the command prompt c:\> it should display a list like reg query /? reg restore /? reg compare /? etc.......cmd list><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx</a><br/><br/>you could do this >><a href="http://www.windowsreinstall.com/windows2000/emergencymanualrepairno/index.htm">http://www.windowsreinstall.com/windows2000/emergencymanualrepairno/index.htm</a> Quote<blockquote>ok... start again before confusion creeps in?.....if you type reg after the command prompt c:\> it should display a list like reg query /? reg restore /? reg compare /? etc.......</blockquote> <br/>Aha! That's in WinXP (on the other computer in the room - now I see what you're talking about). Win2000, at least my installation, doesn't have that command. Being the smartypants that I am, I copied it from the XP machine to the 2K machine and by golly, it works there, too. <br/><br/>Thanks for the pointer on restoring Windows 2000. I'll bookmark that (on the <em>other</em> computer). <br/></body></html>

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52.	Solve : how to format a hard drive, and reinstall 2000?
Answer» <html><body><p>Can someone <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/please-601513" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PLEASE">PLEASE</a> tell me how to reformat a <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, and reinstall Windows 2000, in the easiest way <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/possible-592355" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POSSIBLE">POSSIBLE</a>? Your help will be greatly be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/appreciated-2438458" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPRECIATED">APPRECIATED</a>. Please Email me instructions. <br/><br/>Cody Johnson How to install Microsoft Windows 2000</p></body></html>

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53.	Solve : Windows 2000 hangs when network path is not found?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hi,<br/><br/>I use mapped drives in two Windows 2000 machines in order to do batch runs in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dos-432778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOS">DOS</a> prompt accessing and launching from either machines . However, sometimes one of the machines is off and I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/want-1448756" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WANT">WANT</a> to turn on only one machine. Then, Windows 2000 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/always-373607" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALWAYS">ALWAYS</a> prompts a message when initializing:<br/><br/>error when trying to reconnect X:<br/>to \\mymachine\workfolder<br/>The network path is not found<br/><br/>And then <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/asks-2445387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ASKS">ASKS</a> if I want it to continue making the connections.<br/><br/>This does not happen in Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/xp-747558" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about XP">XP</a>. Anybody has an Idea on how to suppress this message in Windows 2000?<br/><br/><br/>Thank you<br/><br/>Eduardo<a href="http://www.chicagotech.net/pathnotfound.htm">http://www.chicagotech.net/pathnotfound.htm</a></p></body></html>

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54.	Solve : Win ME won't boot?
Answer» <html><body><p>Help! I accidentally deleted my registry file while trying to delete a virus. I can't find my startup disc and when I boot in safe mode I get a blank gray screen with safe mode in each corner. Am I not waiting long enough for the prompt?<br/><br/>I am running Windows ME and get the following error.<br/><br/>Registry file not found. Registry services may be inoperative this session. XMS cache problem. Registry services may be inoperable this session.<br/><br/>If I can get a prompt can I restore with SCANREG/restore? Quote</p><blockquote>Am I not waiting long enough for the prompt?</blockquote> <br/><br/>That would depend on how long you are waiting... How long are you waiting? Also, if you can't find the startup disk, then let me ask you this... Do you have access to another computer? You can create a boot diskette <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/online-1001" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ONLINE">ONLINE</a>... (sigh) I hate Windows ME... (flame shakes head) <br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]<br/>Jason:<br/><br/>You may be able to beat this Argonaut with the Windows Me OEM boot disk from this site:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm">http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm</a><br/><br/>Hope that helps,<br/>Doc Quote<blockquote>Argonaut </blockquote> <br/><br/>That's not an isult on me right? lol (Just kidding)<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]<br/>I made the boot disk but now I get the error<br/><br/>NTLDR missing. Press any key to retry.<br/><br/>Any words of wisdom. I obviously know only enough to really be dangerous to my machine.<br/><br/>ThanksAre you dual booting winme with winxp? files errror is linked to win2k/winxp&<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gt-249387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GT">GT</a>;>>>>>>>> the scanreg/restore type in the command prompt should have sorted out winme........and folks that knock win9x......win95/98/winme should be aware without these o/s/s win2k and winxp.......i feel sick now on the last o/s pc users should be greatful of these o/s/s ......as files are still use by win9x systems...another con........No dual booting here. I'm not that savy. I can't get to a prompt at all to try scanreg/restore. What happens if you hold down the f8 key on boot.....options.... come up to ........>>safe mode etc w the NTLDR missing error>> are you trying to upgrade this pc to winxp......I'm not upgrading. I deleted the registry files while trying to rid myself of greatsearch.biz hijacker. When I try to boot to the hard drive I get the error that registry may be inoperable this session. Then when I try to boot anyway it detects new hardware and asks for a driver which I can't seem to find.<br/><br/>If I select safe mode it goes to a blank gray screen with safe mode in each corner. I let it sit this way all night last night and never made any progress.<br/><br/>I downloaded a boot disk from bootdisk.com and this is where the NTLDR error came into play. The floppy was formatted on a machine running windows 2000 professional. Could this be an issue? I read on the MS knowledge base that 95/98/me would not format correctly for xp with the same problem.<br/><br/>thanksdo you have any disks.........besides the one formated on a win2k.....machine..........I made two more disks tonite from bootdisk.com. I know that I used one on the win/me machine. I'll try those when I get back home. Obviously, I can't format the disks on that machine but its the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/best-390038" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BEST">BEST</a> I can do.<br/><br/>are you running any anti-virus programs.....like mcfee/trend/norton...I will shamefully admit that the mcfee is expired, which may be partially to blame for my whole predictament in the first place. unplug winme from the net........now try safe mode......be patience.....options....should appear.......try cmd prompt again....do you have any other disks r/c.>>besides the .....download bootisks....have a look somewere ...is a boot floppy.....of winme........<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/great-2556" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GREAT">GREAT</a> system if it not upgraded.......??/#~if it aint broke......you know the rest of the saying....how true.I can't find my boot disk. The only copy of Winme I have is on the restore disk that came with the machine and they auto format the hard drive. The wife would kill me for sure as she has a couple months worth of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/work-20377" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORK">WORK</a> that is due in a week and a half.<br/><br/>I did read on techspot that a disk formatted on win2k will give the ntldr error when you try in winme. I found an old disk that had only been used on my machine and downloaded the bootdisk onto it. I will try tonite. Hope it works as the gallows are up at home. We'll find out in a half hour or so.<br/><br/>Thanks</body></html>

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55.	Solve : Setup.exe will not run?
Answer» <html><body><p>Cannot install programs on Win <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2000-247615" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2000">2000</a> prof SP4.<br/><br/>Setup.exe can be seen in Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/task-243523" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TASK">TASK</a> Manager <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/processes-21463" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROCESSES">PROCESSES</a> window but is using no CPU time & does not run.<br/><br/>Totally baffled any help appreciatedIs this with all programs or just one. are you running it from C.D or HD. has this problem just occured. did you change anything before the problem,Are you the admin..Tried to install Visual FoxPro 8 from CD but it failed to install SOAP which is required before FoxPro is installed. Then copied disk to hard drive but had same problem.<br/><br/>Rebooted and then found Winfax had stopped receiving and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/message-25597" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MESSAGE">MESSAGE</a> manager would not open properly & froze. Rebooted again but still the same so tried to reinstall from CD which is when setup.exe failed.<br/><br/>Have just tried installing Piant <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shop-245080" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHOP">SHOP</a> Pro 5 and this ran OK ?Tried to install Visual FoxPro 8 from CD but it failed to install SOAP which is required before FoxPro is installed. Then copied disk to hard drive but had same problem.<br/><br/>Rebooted and then found Winfax had stopped receiving and message manager would not open properly & froze. Rebooted again but still the same so tried to reinstall from CD which is when setup.exe failed.<br/><br/>Have just tried installing Piant Shop Pro 5 and this ran OK ?<a href="https://www.symantec.com/techsupp/winfax/winfax_1002_tasks.html">http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/winfax/winfax_1002_tasks.html</a></p></body></html>

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56.	Solve : ms Office 2000?
Answer» <html><body><p>When I print an envelope with clip art on it, the printer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/starts-1224822" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STARTS">STARTS</a> to print, then stops. It restarts the computer and tries to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/continue-409821" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONTINUE">CONTINUE</a> from where it left off. Then the computer restarts again and this happens <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/repeatedlybrbr-2986834" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REPEATEDLY">REPEATEDLY</a> until I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cancel-406753" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CANCEL">CANCEL</a> the print job. I am running XP Pro. This is the only time it happens. I have the latest driver for my printer. What can be the problem? <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection">[email protected]</a>sounds like a driver/hardware issue.....not msoffice.....what is the printer......usb.....hp// and do your self a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/favor-985531" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FAVOR">FAVOR</a>..ok:)....dont display email address.......spam.....</p></body></html>

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57.	Solve : computer boots to a black screen?
Answer» <html><body><p>3 year old Celeron,windows 2000, start computer, and it starts, but it won't turn on the monitor, when it does turn on monitor,go to BIOS, but will usually freeze up in BIOS. Please help!Do you have virus protection? Any rescue disks made?<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]I have Norton Utilities 2005 installed. No rescue disks-I can't even <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> into BIOS to select boot up from cd-rom.Reset your CMOS. <br/><br/>Either through shortcircuiting the CMOS jumper <br/><br/>or <br/><br/>Through removing the CMOS battery for approximately 10 - 15 seconds.<br/><br/>To see where the CMOS battery and/or jumper are located, refer to the mainboard guide. <br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> see this article before attempting to reset CMOS.I removed the cmos battery,started <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/machine-550312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MACHINE">MACHINE</a>,shut down,put battery back in-no change.load norton cd disk..........run windoc.......win disk.....try taking the ramsticks out.......and then reset them..* if no change do the same with an graphics card etc.*.caution is needed when play about in side the case* ***....any beeps on boot up........I will start pulling ram and hardware and reinserting them, as far as loading any software, no go, can't even get to bios or anything, and there is a steady beep when turned on.ALSO, I am running an ASUS TUV4X motherboard. Quote</p><blockquote> I removed the cmos battery,started machine,shut down,put battery back in-no change.</blockquote> <br/><br/>Booting your system with either the CMOS battery removed or the jumper set to clear CMOS data may damage your system. It is inadviseable to do so.is your pc one of these>><a href="http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm">http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm</a><br/>have you added any new hardware to your system......do you know the make of your hard drive....I have a 120G Harddrive by Maxtor, the beeps are one lasting 2 seconds,over and over again, so far I have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/counted-2551249" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COUNTED">COUNTED</a> 78, and it is still going.Oh, no new hardware, just started beeping one day. Also have Award BIOSdownload this a test >><a href="http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=%2Fen_us%2FSupport%2FSoftware%20Downloads%2FATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57">http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=%2Fen_us%2FSupport%2FSoftware%20Downloads%2FATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57</a><br/><br/>i hate them drives?<br/><br/>also check for bios upgrades.........flash.. if unsure come back!can't download anything on the broken computer, do you mean to download on my good computer? other comp is not functioning.do you happen to have the mobo boot fdisk lying around.....if so load it......every thing .in the case is working.....fans/hardrive/fd/cdrom drives.....yes.../no!for example>><a href="http://www.recoverybios.com/">http://www.recoverybios.com/</a> \/<br/><br/>download the msblast <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/program-246414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROGRAM">PROGRAM</a> to a fdsik...on the pc you are using to post here......but my guess is a corupted bios...^</body></html>

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58.	Solve : Help, how can I get my Outlook.pst files back??
Answer» <html><body><p>Please <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/someone-25657" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOMEONE">SOMEONE</a> help me get my outlook files back! I did something very stupid (didn't realize it at the time). I opened the Find file window and searched for .pst files of which it found 2 files. I then clicked on them and moved them to my desktop. I thought I was copying them. I did this because I was trying to save my outlook data files i.e. address book, emails to my desktop so that I can then save it to my flash drive. I'm trying to back up everything before installing Windows XP (currently I have Windows ME). But, I goofed! When I tried to open outlook it said it couldn't find the right path and asked if I wanted to open a default folder. I said yes, but I didn't get my original set up back I tried to do a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/restore-1187258" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RESTORE">RESTORE</a> but I got a error message indicating that I didn't have enough disk space! Please help!<br/>Marlene, are the files you have moved to your desktop still present on your Hard Disk Drive?Marlene,<br/><br/>I have never run ME but the outlook pst files should be found in win explorer under your c drive Documents and Settings. Look under your <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/user-25565" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USER">USER</a> profile and go to desktop directory and you should find the files (unless you actually only made shortcuts on your desktop). You can then copy them back to your default directory or any where else you want them to reside. If it was me, I would copy them to TWO places (this serves as an instant backup). This all assumes ME is similar to XP. You can change the path that outlook uses to locate the files as well.Yes, my files are still present on my hardrive. And, I still have my address book but, my contacts folder is blank.<br/>I know the files are there, but I just don't know how to get them back to where they were. When I try and open the outlook file (in the applications folder) I get a warning about trying to do so because they are data files and then it asks which program I want to use to open it with. Well, I just close the whole thing because I don't want to mess up anything :-/<br/>Not sure what to do at this point. Quote</p><blockquote> When I try and open the outlook file (in the applications folder) I get a warning about trying to do so because they are data files and then it asks which program I want to use to open it with. Well, I just close the whole thing because I don't want to mess up anything</blockquote> <br/><br/>If these files are normally used by Outlook express, it is safe to continue.<br/><br/>Be certain to untag <em>Always open this type of file with this program</em>.Marlene, <br/><br/>This is something that we can fix easily. First you need to replace the .pst to the documents and settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder. You should be able to see this folder becuase you were able to pull the .pst out from there. If not, in Windows Explorer, go to Tools-> Folder Options click on the View Tab, and click the radio button that says "show hidden files and folders". Now you will be able to access that directory. You must use Windows Explorer and not My Documents to access the folder. <br/><br/>When you replace the .pst in that directory, open Outlook. Should you recieve any alerts, accept them and continue. If any of your folders are empty, go to File-> Open -> Outlook Data File and find the .pst that you just replaced. Open it. You might now have two <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/instances-770152" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTANCES">INSTANCES</a> of your user file open, but all of the data that is intact will be accessible. Your contact data is all part of the .pst and should be there.<br/><br/>Hope this helps,<br/><br/>Monty Palmer<br/>President<br/>Paltechs<br/><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection">[email protected]</a><br/><a href="http://www.paltechs.com">www.paltechs.com</a>how can you open a email from outlook 2000 ???that has been sent with <br/>an attachment that takes a long tim to open?<br/><br/>is their a better way to open it? <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/aeuroewithout-1475023" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WITHOUT">WITHOUT</a> having to wait? <br/>to long.I still can't get my contacts folder back How is it possbile to still have my address book without having anything in the contact folder? I'm pretty sure I didn't delete anything. I tried to open outlook files through the data managment option in Outlook but that didn't work to produce a full contact folder. I'm still stumped <br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=270670">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=270670</a>Have you done as I said, MarleneD?</body></html>

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59.	Solve : help!! lost important outlook emails?
Answer» <html><body><p>my computer had viruses so i reinstalled windows 2000...not formated but installed a copy in another directory so i have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2-236987" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2">2</a> copies on windows on my hard drive....i <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thoughtaeur-708914" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THOUGHT">THOUGHT</a> that would save all my files and i guess it did because i have all my files but my outlook emails because i forwarded my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/comcast-2032350" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMCAST">COMCAST</a> email to outlook and it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/didnt-2044153" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIDNT">DIDNT</a> keep a local copy on comcast so i tried going <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/back-389278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BACK">BACK</a> to the old copy of windows 2000 but it tells me i need to install it and if i install it then it would erase any chances of me getting my emails back...so what do i do? is there anyway to recover them??Yolanim:<br/><br/>Have you tried this?<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/q287497/">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q287497/</a><br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Doc</p></body></html>

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60.	Solve : Deleted mian user?
Answer» <html><body><p>Ive deleted the main user and withit Windows 2000, ive tried to reinstall but it says that it is already on the PC how do i access it???OK we have two options here. The first is to shut off the machine, and start it in safe mode. To do that, turn on the machine and then begin to tap the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/f8-456261" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about F8">F8</a> key rapidly. Instead of the Windows boot screen, you will get the Boot Option screen. If you have the option of using the last known functioning configuration try that. Hit enter, let the machine boot. If it does not, then restart the machine, go into safe mode, and choose, Safe Mode. If the machine boots, log in as administrator, and create a new user that will be used in regular mode. There must be a user of some kind because an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/account-25640" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACCOUNT">ACCOUNT</a> cannot delete itself, unless you accessed the machine using an alternate operating system. <br/><br/>If this still does not work, go through the re-install, but accept the fact that the installer is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/going-1008806" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOING">GOING</a> to reinstall to the same directory, and overwrite all of your existing <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/data-25577" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DATA">DATA</a>. Win2K will warn you about this, but it will not prevent you from performing a re-install. Remember to go get all of your updates from Microsoft if you do this!<br/><br/>Hope this helps!<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/monty-563626" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MONTY">MONTY</a> Palmer<br/>President<br/>Paltechs<br/><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection">[email protected]</a><br/><a href="http://www.paltechs.com">www.paltechs.com</a></p></body></html>

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61.	Solve : Windows XP sp2 does not run DOS based programs?
Answer» <html><body><p>I had to revert to an old scanner while my scanner is being repaired, so I loaded a Windows 2000 driver in a compatability mode as I did before for this scanner that does not have an XP driver. Soon after, I could not run the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cmd-920083" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CMD">CMD</a>.exe file and got a message "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. choose 'close' to terminate the application." <br/>It appears as if my computer thinks it is running windows NT. I removed the scanner driver and related software. No change. I ran system restore four times at various points and failed to restore. otherwise all programs run fine except one that gives me the same message as if it is a DOS based program, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/yet-1465121" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YET">YET</a> it is not. Any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ideas-1035826" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IDEAS">IDEAS</a> on how to fix this one?From the command prompt type....<br/><br/>copy c:\windows\repair\autoexec.nt c:\windows\system32\<br/><br/>thank you Gary...but the issue is how do I get my command prompt back...can not load cmd.exe or go to DOS mode..If you can't use the cmd box use the GUI and do the copy with Windows Explorer.<br/><br/>Hope this helps. Thanks Gary. It worked. The program now <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/runs-246860" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNS">RUNS</a> and I can start DOS mode if I go to the programs accessories dos prompt, but if I go to start, run, cmd.exe I get a blank screen that quickly disapears, with no other action. If there is a solution, fine, otherwise I can live without it. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/much-249971" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUCH">MUCH</a> appreciated.<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx</a></p></body></html>

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62.	Solve : inaccessible_boot_device?
Answer» <html><body><p>Platform: Windows 2000 Professional<br/>Make: Dell Dimension L800CXE<br/>Ram: 512<br/>Processor: Intel<br/>Megahertz: Pentinum III<br/>Hard Drive: 20 GB<br/><br/>After the possible <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/power-2475" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POWER">POWER</a> surge, my computer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/boot-251147" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOOT">BOOT</a> up. When I turn on the computer, I can see the Windows 2000 splash screen, pressing F8 is no use, and then I get to this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/blue-899773" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BLUE">BLUE</a> screen with this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/error-25548" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ERROR">ERROR</a> and it just stops. I can only power down.<br/><br/>***STOP: 0x0000007B (0x818A8B0,0xc000009c,0x00000000,0x00000000)<br/><br/>Diagnose/troubleshooting:<br/><br/>I try to boot from the Dell reinstallation CD but no use. I'm not sure how to boot from the CD. I put the CD in, press F2 when Windows is starting, but no use, I get the same blue screen. Please help! Thanks<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=122926">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=122926</a></p></body></html>

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63.	Solve : How do I change compatibility mode in Windows 2000?
Answer» <html><body><p>I'm trying to install some educational software on a Windows 2000 machine for another teacher in my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/school-243543" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCHOOL">SCHOOL</a>. The software is older and was designed for Win 95/98 machines and either won't run (1st program -- Millie &<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/amp-363144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AMP">AMP</a>; Bailey Kindergarten) or won't install (2nd program -- School House Rock). I know in Windows XP that I can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/change-238106" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHANGE">CHANGE</a> the compatibility mode in the Properties dialog box, but that tab doesn't appear in Windows 2000. Does anyone have any ideas on how I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/could-410026" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COULD">COULD</a> get these programs to run in Windows 2000?Ther is a windows assesory in xp called compatablilty wizad. Does 2000 have a counterpart?No compatibility mode in Windows 2000.<br/>Check here to learn how to enable compatability mode.<br/>I've never needed it but it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/looks-1079190" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOOKS">LOOKS</a> easy enough.<br/><a href="http://fox2k.net/2ktweaks/game_tuning_guide.htm#Enable%20Application%20Compatibility-Mode%20in%20Windows%202000%20Service%20Pack%202">http://fox2k.net/2ktweaks/game_tuning_guide.htm#Enable%20Application%20Compatibility-Mode%20in%20Windows%202000%20Service%20Pack%202</a></p></body></html>

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64.	Solve : Win 2K(Pro) missing IRQ's 9,10,11..??
Answer» <html><body><p>I'm having trouble <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installing-1046059" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLING">INSTALLING</a> the sound (ALS) on my Soyo SY-5EMM mobo. Windows 2k shows errors in device manager for the sound <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/devices-25633" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEVICES">DEVICES</a>, saying that not enough resources are available and that the IRQ's are the culprit(s). When viewing my IRQ's (including "view hidden devices" option), IRQ 2 (which I believe that is normal to be unshown[reserved]) along with: IRQ's 9, 10, and 11 -are not listed. The troubleshooter for windows' hardware recommends disabling other devices that are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/currently-428637" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CURRENTLY">CURRENTLY</a> in use; but when I have tried to do that, the newly disabled device's IRQ also <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disappears-955235" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISAPPEARS">DISAPPEARS</a>. Can anyone help? Hope this is not too stupid a question here.. ::)I'm new to Win <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2000-247615" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2000">2000</a> and am sure there is probably a simple answer. Could you possibly be trying to install the incorrect driver?<br/><br/><a href="http://www.soyogroup.com/products/proddesc.php?id=105">SY-5EMM</a><br/><br/>This is not the proper driver:<br/>als-driv.zip<br/>1998-09-14<br/>ALS sound driver<br/><br/>These are the proper drivers:<br/>(They may or may not contain the ALS Sound driver)<br/>via4in1446vp6.exe<br/>2003-04-14<br/>VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP ver:4.46<br/><br/>BTW, how much memory do you have installed?<br/>What CPU is installed (AMD K6 or ??)</p></body></html>

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65.	Solve : Windows XP domain???
Answer» <html><body><p>I have searched and nothing can answer me for certain but I would like to know if I can use XP professional to set up a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/domain-248447" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOMAIN">DOMAIN</a>? I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/don-t-246903" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DONT">DONT</a> want to have to purchase Server 2003 or anything like that. I did read though that maybe Windows 2000 professional can be used as a domain <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/controller-769272" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONTROLLER">CONTROLLER</a>. Not for sure though.<a href="http://www.wown.com/">http://www.wown.com/</a>The answer is No. XP can participate in a domain but it cannot be the domain controller and every domain must have a controller.Gussery is correct. <br/><br/>You may, however, set up a peer-to-peer Local Area Network (LAN) with one Windows XP acting as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. The other computers in your LAN will then be able to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/share-25805" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHARE">SHARE</a> a connection to the Internet through this server (as long as they have Windows 98 SE or a later version of Windows installed). The nodes on your LAN would have to be connected through an inexpensive hub, network interface cards (NICs), and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cat-161" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CAT">CAT</a> 5 or 6 cables.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Doc</p></body></html>

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66.	Solve : Modified Message - Computer won't shut down?
Answer» <html><body><p>I thought I should explain a bit better what is happening (already posted message). When windows 1998 is trying to shut down my computer I get a "Notification Wnd for RNA Admin" screen which gives me 3 options: It says "This program is not responding . It may be busy, woiting for a response from you or it may have stopped running" <br/>-Click cancel to ignore<br/>-To close this program click end task<br/>-To give 20 seconds to finish what it is doing click wait<br/><br/>The only option that furthers the closing down <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/process-11618" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROCESS">PROCESS</a> is "end task". The computer then shows the Microsoft Windows "98 screen which says windows is shutting down but no matter how long I wait it will not shut down. I have to pull out the battery and unplug the computer.<br/><br/>P.S. I have a laptop.<br/><br/>Any advice is appreciatedJoshe:<br/><br/>The original release of Windows 98 had a bug that could prevented the operating system from properly shutting down, but i know the link to a Microsoft patch to fix it. Do you have Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/edition-445192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EDITION">EDITION</a>? <br/><br/>Its Windows 98...not the second edition.<br/>Any help is appreciated. <br/><br/>Your <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/right-239192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RIGHT">RIGHT</a> about the second posting...I just didn't know how to keep it going...SorryJoshe:<br/><br/>This just might cure what ails your computer:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=196008#appliesto">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=196008#appliesto</a><br/><br/>I don't think Microsoft is supporting Windows 98 any longer, so you may have to use the work around described at the above link. That is, you may enable fast shutdown so:<br/><br/>1. Click Start, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/point-239421" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POINT">POINT</a> to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System tools, and then click System Information. <br/><br/>2. On the Tools menu, click System Configuration Utility. <br/> <br/>3. On 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>, click Advanced. <br/><br/>4. Click the Disable Fast Shutdown check box to clear it, click OK, and then click OK again. <br/><br/>5. Click Yes when you are prompted to restart your computer. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Let us know if that treatment doesn't work.<br/>DocFollowed the instructions but didn't work. <br/>Installed Windows 2000 and that solved the problem.<br/>Thanks anyway for your help.....appreciate it.<br/><br/>joshe, don't forget to update the service packs & patches. Get a firewall, AV & antispyware stuff.<br/>if you want an all in one solution panda titanium is pretty good atmJoshe:<br/><br/>U R Welcome</p></body></html>

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67.	Solve : Problems installing msn messenger?
Answer» <html><body><p>Everytime i download msn messenger 7.0 i have the same problem installing it. I select the install icon and i get so far then about half way through the installation my computer decideds to restart. I have tried installing it about <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/30-238183" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 30">30</a> times now and its extremly frustrating please help. Does it have anything to do with wextract, and if so how can i <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/remove-1184766" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REMOVE">REMOVE</a> it?What operating <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/system-238321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEM">SYSTEM</a>, are you using!Im on windows MeAAAAH help me! with this! have you checked Msn Forums? although it sounds like a problem that will only be solved by a repair of windows.<br/><br/>Did 6.0 work? if so use that. 7.0 has nothing perticularly greatWhen it restarts, do you see a blue screen for a split second before it restarts? <br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]Wextract cleanup is a valid Windows process <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/used-763273" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USED">USED</a> for cleaning up files created by installers. It will run once on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/boot-251147" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOOT">BOOT</a> after a program installation.<br/><br/>Does your system meet the minimum requirements?<br/><br/> * Multimedia PC<br/> * Pentium 233-MHz processor or better (500MHz recommended)<br/> * Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, or Windows XP operating system<br/> * Minimum 64MB of RAM (128MB recommended)<br/> * Up to 50MB of hard disk space needed to install — after install, up to 15MB may be needed<br/> * 256-color VGA or higher resolution graphics card (SVGA recommended)<br/> * Minimum 800x600 screen resolution<br/> * Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6 SP1 or later must be installed on your computer, though it does not need to be your default browser<br/><br/>Just a thought. <br/><br/> I dont even get a blue screen. It just shuts down and restarts. I cant actually install anything at the mo not just messenger.Run a virus scan... Sounds like a virus possibly...<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]MMM yes. it does sound like a virus. try that, if it does not work then just use <a href="http://www.iloveim.com">www.iloveim.com</a> its a web based messenger... Also i would say stay away from MSN Messenger 7 as it has problems sending files. <br/><br/>Jason</p></body></html>

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68.	Solve : Disk Mirroring in Windows XP Pro?
Answer» <html><body><p>Can disk <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mirroring-1098208" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MIRRORING">MIRRORING</a> be done in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/win-732367" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIN">WIN</a> XP Pro. If so, how? ThanksYes you can. You will need more than one disk and they will have to be dynamic, you do this in disk management.<br/> ok, I know you can do this in Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2000-247615" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2000">2000</a>, but the only thing I found in XP Pro is that you need 3rd party software to do this?This article may <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a> you out:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314343">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314343</a><br/><br/>Good <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/luck-1081575" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LUCK">LUCK</a>.</p></body></html>

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69.	Solve : Missing icons in network connections?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have a pentium 3 with 128 mg sdram 13gb seagate<br/>have recently <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wiped-7723135" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIPED">WIPED</a> the hard drive and reformatted the drive installing <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/win-732367" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIN">WIN</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2000-247615" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2000">2000</a> pro.Everything works fine but when I go to install the software from the adsl disk I have the icons are missing in the network connections thus not being able to get on the net.<br/>Did notice though some noise from the hard drive, although the os installed farily well without bother and there has been no other incidents concerning the hard drive.<br/><br/>Anyone have any ideas any help appreciatedHave you installed all the network devices etc?. check <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/device-11244" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEVICE">DEVICE</a> manager and check for any exclamation marks/ question marksYes I went into the device manage via my computer and there were no yellow icons with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/black-399326" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BLACK">BLACK</a> exclamation marks<br/> its just a total mysteryMalfoye:<br/><br/>Contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If their software doesn't install properly, it's up to them to make it right, isn't it? <br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Doc</p></body></html>

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70.	Solve : Windows Says It Has A Problem?
Answer» <html><body><p>I am running Win98SE, and I'm having problems with it refusing to make sounds. The CD works. I can play music. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/however-at-491999" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HOWEVER">HOWEVER</a>, Windows itself, and any Windows program refuse to make sounds. If I connect an input device, no sound comes out., either.<br/><br/>Iv'gone to the Settings>Control Panel>multimedia>Devices>audio devices> and the appropriate audio device, and checked its properties. The window which appears tells me "Status: Driver is enabled, but inactive due to an unknown problem". That really isn't much help.<br/><br/>Can anyone tell me, not the answer to what is wrong, but how I go about finding what the problem is? I figure if I can find out that, I can probably find the solution.<br/>TomBarefoot:<br/><br/>The place to start is at the beginning. What change was made to the computer just prior to this problem?<br/><br/>For example, did you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/install-2121155" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALL">INSTALL</a> a new sound card? Install a new multi-media program? Did your anti-virus program detect a virus? Was your home hit by lightning? <br/><br/>Let us know.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocHave you tried updating your sound card drivers by going to the sound card manufacturer's website?<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]Which Sound scheme have you choosen, or have they all been deleted?Thanks for your efforts to help.More specifics might be in order.<br/> The motherboard is an Epox EP-8KHA; the chipset is Via VT8366A Apollo KT266A; the audio driver is VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM). This driver was the one both VIA and EPOX recommend for the chipset.<br/><br/>The problem started when I replaced the hard drive in the computer. The sound worked well with whatever files were on the old hard drive (which was running Win2000). I still can have access to the old hard drive, but can't figure out what files I should copy, and even if I do, whether they'll work with Win98SE.<br/>TomA sound file is a sound file and they usually have a .wav file extension.<br/><br/>If you use search and search for .wav you should find them all. They should all have a Windows Media Player icon and when you right-click them you should be able to choose <strong>Play</strong> from the menu.<br/><br/>If this is not the case you'll need to check your .wav file association.You've obviously misdunderstood the problem. I can not play any sound file using Media Player, or anything other Windows program: not .wav;not MP3; not .mid; nothing. Windows says my sound driver is enabled, but has a problem. It won't tell me what the problem is, and I want to know how to find out.<br/>TomTom... I want you to go to your sound card manufacturer's webiste and reinstall your sound card's drivers...<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]Barefoot:<br/><br/>Thanks for the info. The drivers for your sound card that worked with Windows 2000 will likely not work with Windows 98. So, if you had Windows 98 use the 2000 drivers on a floppy disk, that might be the problem.<br/><br/>Lets check the Properties for your sound card:<br/><br/>1. Click Start > Control Panel > Multimedia.<br/><br/>2. In Multimedia Properties, select the Devices tab.<br/><br/>3. Take note of any devices that have a red X through them or an exclamation point (!) next to them. <br/><br/>4. Double-click Audio Devices to expand the tree (your sound card should appear), then click your sound card and click the Properties button.<br/><br/>5. In the properties for your sound card, make sure that next to "Status:" it states, "Driver is enabled and active." If it does not, let us know what it says.<br/><br/>6. Also in the properties for your sound card, make sure that "Use audio features on this device" is selected.<br/><br/>7. If the Settings button is not grayed out, click it and let us know what settings are enabled for the sound card.<br/><br/>After you check all this out leave a reply, and Flame or Mac or i will suggest what to do next.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocEveryone-I don't have a sound card installed. As I said in the beginning, the sound is part of the installed chipset. All the information on the motherboard and chip set is in my post above.<br/>Here's what Windows tells me about the Audio drivers: (This, too, was in my first post) <br/>Iv'gone to the Settings>Control Panel>multimedia>Devices>audio devices> and the appropriate audio device, and checked its properties. The window which appears tells me "Status: Driver is enabled, but inactive due to an unknown problem". That really isn't much help. <br/> TomIn the fervid hope that I didn't know what I was doing the last couple of times I tried this, I went to the VIA site (They made the chipset); checked for drivers for my OS (Win98SE); since there were several listed, I checked aginst the SouthBridge on my chip, then downloaded the appropriate driver. I installed it, re-booted; and there was no change. The same problem (whatever it is) persists.<br/>TomSo you have 'on-board' sound rather than a sound card as such. When I moved my computer to its present location the sound card fell out of the mainboard.<br/><br/>When I replaced it I also found that there were loose connections and loose plugs. So look for any loose connections from the on-board chip-set on the mainboard first of all.Unfortunately, it's not that simple. The sound works well when I'm playing a CD using the CD player, so I know the chip is functioning.<br/>Tom Quote</p><blockquote>Everyone-I don't have a sound card installed. As I said in the beginning, the sound is part of the installed chipset. All the information on the motherboard and chip set is in my post above.<br/>Here's what Windows tells me about the Audio drivers: (This, too, was in my first post) <br/>Iv'gone to the Settings>Control Panel>multimedia>Devices>audio devices> and the appropriate audio device, and checked its properties. The window which appears tells me "Status: Driver is enabled, but inactive due to an unknown problem". That really isn't much help. <br/> Tom</blockquote> <br/><br/>Barefoot:<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sorry-648642" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SORRY">SORRY</a> for overlooking this (ADD gets the best of me at times)!<br/><br/>For help <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/regardingaeur-1182030" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REGARDING">REGARDING</a> troubleshooting sound problems (and troubleshooting audio chipsets is very similar to troubleshooting sound cards) check out this link:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fwindows%2Ftopics%2FHardware%2Fsound.asp">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fwindows%2Ftopics%2FHardware%2Fsound.asp</a><br/><br/>Now, i agree with Flame that the most likely cause is an incorrect driver, but it sounds as if you have tried several drivers that the motherboard maker (and also the chipset manufacturer) have available to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/download-11414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOWNLOAD">DOWNLOAD</a>.<br/><br/>Another cause of the problem may be drivers that were installed with a software program, or problems with Microsoft DirectX. To run the DirectX diagnostic tool, do this:<br/><br/>1. Click Start > Run... > type dxdiag and press ENTER.<br/><br/>2. Select the various tabs to see if the tool finds any problems, and run the troubleshooters for any sound-related items.<br/><br/>Also, if you want to try other drivers for the chipset but are unsure which ones, reply with the address of the download Web page and one of us will make a recommendation.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Doc<br/> <br/><br/>Ran dxdiag; ran the troubleshooters; no luck- Here's the address for the VIA website. I'd welcome your suggestions.<br/><a href="http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2">http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2</a><br/><br/>Tom</body></html>

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71.	Solve : Multiple IRP Requests Blue Screens?
Answer» <html><body><p>I am running Win XP SP2. I have Norton AV and Spybot on the machine. I image OS partition with Ghost. I have had ongoing problems with this machine having Multiple IRP Requests Blue Screens (known as Stop 44s). System Restore never works - I always have to restore an image. This happens any time I attempt to do windows updates or install/update most (but not all) software. I was running SCSI till I removed them yesterday. In the recent past have twice done a low level <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/format-11876" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORMAT">FORMAT</a> and clean windows install only to eventually reach the same point of getting blue screens. I have seen this same blue screen on other machines quite a number of times but this one is horrible. I have an Agfa USB scanner on the machine but have tried disabling it duringa windows update but it made no difference. But I am a bit suspicious of it 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>. Anybody with any thoughts?Paul:<br/><br/>You need to contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix, as this knowledge base <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/article-238516" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ARTICLE">ARTICLE</a> recommends:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867774">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867774</a><br/><br/>The phone number is 1-800-MICROSOFT. Tell Gate's support team that Doc sent you. <br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocThanks for your input Doc,<br/><br/>The KB article describes the problem but indicates Win 2000. I am running Win XP SP2. <br/><br/>Also, the problem deteriorated to the point where reinstalling an image previously restored and functional no <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/longer-1078655" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LONGER">LONGER</a> worked as it resulted in the same stop 44 blue screen. Having <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 "end of the trail" I am reinstalling everything from scratch as I have before in the past. I removed my SCSI and modem cards in case they are a conflict. Also have a USB Agfa scanner E52 that I thought may have been an issue, but I am not sure - they ceased making scanners shortly after I bought it. I updated the Bios on the ATA100 card on the machine too. Any other thoughts?Paul:<br/><br/>Sounds like you are doing the right thing by removing all but the essential hardware to install the operating system. Let me know how it goes.</p></body></html>

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72.	Solve : Microsoft Win 2000 pro password?
Answer» <html><body><p>I need to install a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/new-1114486" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEW">NEW</a> password , so that I can open Win 2000 pro. How can I do that ? <br/>I'm not understanding.... Can you even get into your account? Do you want to just change the password? Set one?<br/><br/>[glb]<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/flame-769768" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FLAME">FLAME</a>[/glb]<a href="http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/">http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/</a><br/><br/> Go to the above URL and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/download-11414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOWNLOAD">DOWNLOAD</a> this utility. This will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/allow-362909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALLOW">ALLOW</a> you to change the Windows 2000 password without having to know the original, which I am assuming you do not! speedypc....<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>. does this work on any nt/2000/xp system?</p></body></html>

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73.	Solve : drive is listed in blue text in my computer?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hi! This is probably a very silly question but I recently <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/added-367625" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADDED">ADDED</a> a 250 gb slave drive to my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/system-238321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEM">SYSTEM</a>. I partitioned the drive into 3 approximately 77 gb sections<br/><br/>When I look in "My Computer", the first <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/partition-238933" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PARTITION">PARTITION</a> on the drive (D drive) is listed in blue text while everything <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/else-printfy-344787" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ELSE">ELSE</a> in My Computer remains in black text.<br/><br/>Why is this?Blue normallly means "compressed" in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nt-572081" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NT">NT</a>, 2000, and XP. (You don't mention your OS). But that is in explorer view. Since I don't normally compress entire drives I am not positive the drive would show that way in My Computer is the whole drive was compressed.<br/></p></body></html>

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74.	Solve : HD issues while running FDISK?
Answer» <html><body><p>Ok here's the problem. I have an 80gig HD, when I run FDISK and try to set up the partition it will only allow me to use 15 gig's. It will not recognize the remaing 61 Gig's. Now when I put in the XP Pro disk it will recognize all of the HD, but will not give me an option to format using the fat32 system. All it will give me is the the NTFS system. I used a windows ME start up disk went ahead and and FDISKed what it would let me and formatted the 15 G popped in the the XP disk and It still would not let me set up the remaining 61G as anything but NTFS. I have an 850 Mhz AMD Proc 384 mb Ram any ideas???.Tiger:<br/><br/>Don't use a startup floppy disk; boot right from the CD. At the blue setup screen when asked where to install Windows XP, choose the option to delete the FAT32 partition you created. Then, choose the option to create a new partition the size you want, then select the file system you want setup to use to format the partition you create.<br/><br/>NTFS is more stable and secure and offers the ability to compress or encrypt individual folders and files. May i ask why you want FAT32? <br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocDoc, <br/>I have done what you suggested at the blue screen. When I create the new partition it doesn't offer any type of format but NTFS.<br/><br/>As to why I want a Fat32, I guess mainly because I've never used the NTFS system and I am comfortable with the Fat32 system. I guess if what you say is true though I need to learn this system and do as much reading as possible. Any reading suggestions?what does this tell you.......>><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415/">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415/</a><br/><br/>i would use powerquest.......>>>>>>>>partiton magic to sort it...<br/>is this an upgrade disk.......No its a full install disk and thanks for the reading materialIf the original formatting was done in NTFS you might find that the partitions are difficult to delete.<br/><br/>If so then you should download the wxpboot.exe bootdisk which had DELPART.EXE and delete ALL the existing partitions.<br/><br/>Fdisk should never be used to prepare a drive for XP. You should use the XP CD or the six XP floppy disks.<br/><br/><strong><a href="http://xbuck.free.fr/softs/wxpboot.exe">DELPART BOOTDISK</a></strong>what has happened on the upgrade disk the option is limited to ntfs.....not fat.on large <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hard-1015537" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HARD">HARD</a> drives??........therefore an option is to use powerquest......partition magic......>>>. majorgeeks.com you could load winxp and then partition the hard drive.... and >dual boot system winme>>>winxp pro..What it might be is that XP won't allow you to format a drive bigger than 32 Gb with FAT32, so you'll need to partition it. If you use a C: drive partition of 8192 Mb the formatting will come out at 4096 bytes per allocation unit in BOTH FAT32 & NTFS.<br/><br/>My 80 Gb drive has four partitions, 10237, 10237, 20481 and the rest, 37197 Mb<br/><br/>All are now formatted to NTFS.<br/><br/>If you want the easy repairability of FAT32 what some do is to format the C: drive to FAT32 and the bigger drives to NTFS.<br/><br/>I make a drive image of Drive C: , the Operating System drive so restoring is just a matter of restoring from CDRs.<br/><br/>The restore operation removes all data from the C: drive so the restore is clean.<br/><br/>I use Image for Windows to make the images and Image for DOS to do the restoring.<br/><br/>If you get BootIT NG from TeraByte Unlimited you get both of these programs, a boot manager, which will allow you to make more than four partitions, and a partition resizer.<br/><br/>Four programs for US$60. $15 a piece.<br/><br/>Thx Mac I understand what your telling me I need to do. Now my question is what are the major differences between Fat32 and NTFS. What makes the NTFS system better?<a href="http://www.theeldergeek.com/ntfs_or_fat32_file_system.htm">http://www.theeldergeek.com/ntfs_or_fat32_file_system.htm</a>Merlin_2<br/><br/>That was an excellent read! <br/><br/>I want to Thank You, Doc, and Mac for your time and help. I have seen that I am going to need to do alot more reading to understand some things but thats ok. Any other info(ie reads or suggestions) would be greatly appreciated. Quote</p><blockquote>Thx Mac I understand what your telling me I need to do. Now my question is what are the major differences between Fat32 and NTFS. What makes the NTFS system better? </blockquote> <br/><br/>First off MS prefers you to use NTFS.<br/><br/>But to understand all the ramifications of file systems takes a LOT of reading up on the subject.<br/><br/>Masses of reading <a href="http://www.pcguide.com/index.htm">http://www.pcguide.com/index.htm</a><br/><br/>Then there is also ntfs.com<br/><br/>Some features of XP Pro require NTFS to be used at all.<br/><br/>I found that stability was the main concern. When my F: drive was 50 Gb and formatted to FAT32 when using ME I had a great many problems.<br/><br/>Since installing XP Pro and formatting all drives to NTFS these problems have ALL disappeared.<br/><br/>These operating systems are really excellent. What makes a mess of all of them is that computers are being used for a variety of wrong purposes. Warfare and pornography are just two I would care to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mention-547565" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MENTION">MENTION</a>. This is not part of the Puritan ethic, not goodwill and no way to live in peace.<br/><br/>Certainly it is not something anyone would care to celebrate at Thanksgiving.<br/><br/>Nor indeed are all of these virii and trojans.<br/><br/>But then I am just a hick from the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sticks-1227588" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STICKS">STICKS</a>, not one of these wheeler dealer city slickers.<br/>Ok I have 2 other computers in my home;<br/>800 MHz pent III with a 40GB HDD 384 MBRam Fat32 System<br/>750 MHz AMD with a 30GB HDD 320 MBRam Fat32 System<br/><br/>Would it be a pain to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/switch-20997" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SWITCH">SWITCH</a> these to NTFS without reformatting the HDD's?If the OS is NT workstation, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, then there is a convert command that will do it for you. Works like a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/champ-2023904" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHAMP">CHAMP</a>, I have never had one problem with it.<br/><br/></body></html>

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75.	Solve : Windows 2000 won't finish booting?
Answer» <html><body><p>I shut down my Dell Optiplex at work to reboot - was getting lots of WordPerfect 8 crashes. (Had also recently (a few weeks ago) loaded Word 2003 and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/excel-25682" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXCEL">EXCEL</a> 2003 - no real problems with them.) <br/><br/>When I turned the PC back on, it got all the way to the Windows 2000 splash <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/screen-25632" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCREEN">SCREEN</a> with the blue status bar at the bottom. The status bar made it all the way <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/across-367070" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACROSS">ACROSS</a> to the right .... and then nothing happened. After awhile, I turned off the PC and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tried-7272297" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIED">TRIED</a> again - same thing. Repeated several times - no luck - got to same point and it sat there.<br/><br/>Tried to boot into <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/safe-634049" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAFE">SAFE</a> mode - wouldn't boot. <br/><br/>Used the boot-up floopy and the Windows CD and got to DOS c:\winnt. Tried chkdsk - no problems.<br/><br/>I'm stuck - trying to avoid reloading the OS but out of ideas. Can anyone help? <br/><br/>(We've got Norton Anti-virus and a firewall on our network. Six other PCs on our small network - no problems with them. Think we're virus clean.)<br/><br/>Thanks!</p></body></html>

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76.	Solve : ME Problems?
Answer» <html><body><p>Thanks for the info. Will I be able to download it with my PC and then reload it into my wife's infected PC? If so, will I have to use a floppy or put in on a disc? I am so backwoods when it comes to computors I need to clarify what I was asking. Will I be able to download the programs you recommended <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/onto-586605" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ONTO">ONTO</a> my PC and then upload them into my wife's PC? Thanks Again! Quote</p><blockquote>I need to clarify what I was asking. Will I be able to download the programs you recommended onto my PC and then upload them into my wife's PC? Thanks Again!</blockquote> <br/><br/>Detel,<br/><br/>Please clarify:<br/><br/>* Are both computers connected to the Internet, or just one?<br/><br/>* Are the two computers connected to each other (via a direct-cable connection or a hub or a router) and do they share an Internet connection?<br/><br/>* Are both computers infected with the virus(es)/worm(s)?<br/><br/>* Do both have an anti-virus program?<br/><br/>* Do both have a floppy drive and/or a CD-RW or drive with CD burning software?<br/><br/><br/><br/>To answer your question: The Stinger will fit on a floppy disk. You may download it using a computer with an Internet connection (choose the option to Save, not to Open, the the file when you download it, then put a new floppy disk in the drive and select drive A: as the location to save the file).<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocI have only one pc connected to the internet and that is mine. The pc that is infected will not connect to the internet. They have never been connected to one another. My pc is not infected and is protected with an antivirus program and is up to date. My wife's was protected but I don't believe that it had been update for a year or so. Both of our pc's have floopy and CD-RW. Thanks Doc!OK, I have downloaded from MY pc avert on a floopy and ran it on my wifes pc. Then I did the same with NOADWARE v3.0 and it found 41 items on my wife's pc. Some of them are: HuntBar HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\mRegKey<br/>Bubba wintools olHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{877RegKey<br/>IBIS Toolbar C:\Program Files\toolbar.<br/>Here's the problem now. In order to remove the items I have to register on the website which of course I can't because of the virius, I think. Anyway's, I can't get my wifes pc to connect to the internet in order to register with the NOADAWARE so it with Remove the 41 items infecting her pc. I will hunt online to see if I can find another program that will remove them without having to register but in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/meantime-1091826" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEANTIME">MEANTIME</a>, any other ideas???GREAT GOD in heaven I got it working eough to get into programs now. Wow! Thanks everyone!<br/><br/>MichaelAmenU can say that again!<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Detel:<br/><br/>Keep in mind that, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/since-644476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SINCE">SINCE</a> your wife's PC is not connected to the Internet, the viruses must have been transmitted either via CD or floppy disk. I'd recommend throwing every floppy disk that has been used in the trash (they only cost about 50 cents each). This way, the viruses will not be retransmitted to her computer. <br/><br/>I'd also advise against installing any software you have downloaded from the Internet and burned to CD. Sometimes an innocent freeware program may contain a hidden virus or Trojan Horse. Try to install only well known and respected programs.<br/><br/>Let Flame, Gussery, or i know if you need further assistance.<br/><br/>Blessings to you,<br/>Doc Which Anti-Virus Program are you using? I would just download the latest AVG Free Home edition to another computer and burn it to a CD-RW and add SpyBot SD and Spyware Blaster. Then install it on your own machine and run it. It will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/usually-722248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USUALLY">USUALLY</a> have the latest definitions.<br/><br/>You might need to uninstall your own AV program in safe mode.<br/><br/>You should also add Delindex.bat to your ME bootdiskette and run: A:\>delindex run , and press Enter, to clean out the junk files.<br/><br/>Then A:\>DELTREE C:\_RESTORE , and press Enter, to clean out ALL of the infected _RESTORE folder files, answering Yes to deleting the sub-folders.<br/><br/>I would do a compatability test before installing XP. XP needs to be clean-installed. Upgrading ME is rarely successful.<br/><br/>If you do decide to format and install XP do ALL of the partitioning and formatting from the XP CD and don't use fdisk.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html">XP Clean Installing</a><br/><a href="http://www.pcpitstop.com/xpready/default.asp">XP Compatability Test</a><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000">XP Partition Management</a><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654">XP Installing Recovery Console</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.crucial.com/kb">RAM Knowledge Base</a><br/><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm/printable">RAM And What it Does</a><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555223">RAM Virtual Memory Paging</a><br/><a href="http://images.crucial.com/pdf/dimm_install.pdf">RAM Reseating & Fitting PDF File</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.gen-x-pc.com/cputemps.htm">Processor Temperatures</a><br/><a href="http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4444.html">Service Pack Slipstreamer</a><br/><a href="http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply">Power Supply Wattage Calculator</a><br/><a href="http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en">Everest Home Edition Computer Diagnostic Program</a>Hmm, I see you've been busy. Holy water and an exorcism work <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wonders-744608" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WONDERS">WONDERS</a> on occassion.</body></html>

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77.	Solve : Changing operating systems?
Answer» <html><body><p>I need to know what I have to do to uninstall windows 98 on a old HP and install windows 95? It is having problems and I will need a disc but is is such a old computer that it has such little memory and I do not use it to get online. I thought it would be best to load windows 95. Also I have a old laptop that has win.95 and could share files.Contiel:<br/><br/>Windows 95 had many bugs that were fixed in Windows 98. Windows 98 also had many improvements over the previous operating system (OS). Windows 98 SE had even more improvements (for example, the ability to share an Internet connection with another computer using Windows 98 SE or better). If your system meets the minimum requirements for Windows 98, i'd suggest reformatting your hard drive and doing a clean install of that OS, rather than going back to Windows 95.<br/><br/>Here are the minimum system requirements that Microsoft recommends for Windows 95:<br/><br/>* 486 or better processor<br/>* 8 MB of RAM<br/>* 50 or more MB of hard drive space<br/>* 3.5-inch floppy drive<br/>* 256-color SVGA monitor<br/><br/>Compare this to the minimum requirements Microsoft recommends for Windows 98:<br/><br/>* 66 MHz 486 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dx-238325" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DX">DX</a> or better processor<br/>* 24 MB of RAM<br/>* 195 - 350 MB of hard drive space<br/>* 3.5-inch floppy drive<br/>* 16- to 24-bit SVGA monitor<br/>* CD-ROM drive<br/><br/>If your system meets these minimum recommended system requirements, Windows 98 is a much better choice. Doing a clean install might help remove any problems that have been caused by installing programs or by computer viruses.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Thank you for your quick responce. I went out to check the information. It is a 75 Mhz. Pentium (TM) 32 MB Ram, 759 MB memory, 93,978,624 free. It is running in MS-DOS compatibility mode. It also has a cd rom. I do not have a Windows disc. I bid on ebay for a windows 95 and so far I am high bid .97 cents. But I put in to bid as high as $10.00. I am not sure if that is the right decision now. I don't use the computer to do much other that keep records, using spreadsheet and word processor. I am just trying to clean it up some so I have more memory to maby install a couple of games. My son might have done something to it to get it into ms-dos mode trying to install the sims. He finally gave up. <br/>PS I really like your sign on name. I clown for Jesus I really injoy it. I can do it much better than I can compute. Thanks Contiel Quote</p><blockquote>...It is a 75 Mhz. Pentium (TM) 32 MB Ram, 759 MB memory, 93,978,624 free. It is running in MS-DOS compatibility mode. It also has a cd rom. I do not have a Windows disc. I bid on ebay for a windows 95 and so far I am high bid .97 cents. But I put in to bid as high as $10.00. I am not sure if that is the right decision now... . </blockquote> <br/><br/>Sounds like Windows 98 SE is your best option. Don't worry if you have already purchased Windows 95. You can still purchase the Windows 98 SE<em> upgrade </em> CD (which will be less than the Windows 98 SE full installation CD). Then, all you need to do is format the hard drive with a boot disk, install Windows 95, and then install Windows 98 SE. I would not recommend Windows ME or 2000 or XP with your system.<br/><br/>If you have a computer repair store in your area, try calling to see if they have RAM that will work with your computer. There are different types of RAM, so you will have to get the correct type. You will also have to purchase them in pairs (you probably have room for two pairs, that is there are probably four banks). I'm not sure what RAM you have, but you may be able to get SIMMs up to 64 MB each (or a maximum of 128 MB, which might work best for playing games or working with higher-end graphics). The memory you have should work just fine for DOS games and word processing. If you need some 64 MB SIMMs, i have four i may mail to you. Just drop me an email with your address.<br/><br/>When you indicate 759, i'm assuming that is the size of the hard drive. A computer repair shop may sell you one at least four times as large (around 4 GB) for a nominal cost. I have a half a dozen 4 GB hard drives in my workshop if you want me to mail one to you (and you don't mind paying the shipping cost). However, it may be cheaper just to purchase one used in your area. For that matter, you may be able to get a used Pentium II or III system with a 10 GB hard drive for under $100.00. Many repair shops have them available because businesses are upgrading to Windows XP, which is not compatible with some older hardware. So, shop around!<br/><br/><br/> <br/> Quote<blockquote>PS I really like your sign on name. I clown for Jesus I really injoy it. I can do it much better than I can compute. Thanks Contiel</blockquote> <br/><br/>Cool! My wife can do wonders with balloons. She's a hit at kids' parties with all the inflated animals, hats and swords she makes. She's thinking of clown school. Any good clown Web sites you'd recommend?<br/><br/>Blessings to you!<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/doc-248445" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOC">DOC</a><br/><br/><br/><em><br/>"...This day is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sacred-629137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SACRED">SACRED</a> to the Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." --Nehemiah 8:10</em><br/><br/> <br/> She's thinking of clown school. Any good clown Web sites you'd recommend? <br/><br/>I went to the school held in Huston this year she can get on Yahoo groups and search clowning for Christ and several will pop up. ClownMinistry is the main one I go to. They will know of all the schools and dates. Tell her good luck, and God Bless it takes being a real character and having not worrying about getting embarrassed to clown. But it is worth it. <br/><br/>About the computer. I am really not worried about loading sims. I have put too much money into this computer already. I have a main computer in the house that I use for everything else. My exbrother in law used to do all my fixing up on it in the past now he is ex. and not around. I don't want to have to do anymore than I have to just to fix the dos problem it has and just get it up without any problems. I use it very little and just cannot see spending any more on it. On top of that I don't have the money to do any extra right now. That is why I was going to just install win.95. Contiel:<br/><br/>OK. Thanks for the info.! My wife went to high school in Garland, TX (small world). <br/><br/>Windows 95 should work just fine. There was a year 2000 update that was offered free by Microsoft for the operating system. I have it on CD if you want me to burn a copy for you and mail it from Indiana. Just PM me or click on my e-mail icon to the left of this post.<br/><br/>Sorry, but i gave some misinformation in the above post. The Single Inline Memory Modules (SIMMs) i have are either 8 MB or 16 MB. Two banks (or pairs) of the 16 MB ones would total 64 MB, of course, which would double the RAM in your system. I'm thinking you have four 8 MB SIMMs installed. Some systems (perhaps yours is one) have room for three banks. <br/><br/>If you are curious, here is a pictorial guide to installing SIMMs (and the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/newer-2866961" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEWER">NEWER</a> DIMMs):<br/><br/><a href="http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/memory1.html">http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/memory1.html</a><br/><br/><br/>If you change your mind and find someone who will install them for you, let me know; i'll mail them at no cost to you. <br/><br/>In addition, if you decide to add more RAM yourself, the trick is to put them in at a 45-degree angle to the motherboard and then tip them to a 90-degree angle till they <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/snap-838" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SNAP">SNAP</a> into place. It's also important to protect the SIMMs from static electricity by touching a metal part of your computer case before handling them and by touching them only on the outer edges. The computer should be turned off (and even unplugged) before removing or adding more of the memory modules.<br/><br/>Blessings,<br/>Christopher<br/></body></html>

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78.	Solve : startup disk?
Answer» <html><body><p>lost my windows 98 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a> up disk. all I have is upgrades. is there a way to download one? and where?Yata:<br/><br/>Click on the Windows 98 SE OEM or Windows Me OEM link at this Web page:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm">http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm</a><br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Docactually need the windows 98 operating system not a bootdisk. I had one but the dog chewed it up. Is there used ones out there that one could buy for cheap. being it is antique now you would think its not that big of issue anymore. I have been asking around to friend if they still have one but haven't found anybody yet with one <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/laying-249922" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LAYING">LAYING</a> around.yata, yata:<br/><br/>Yeah, i also hate it when my dog eats my homework!<br/><br/>Try calling computer repair shops in your area. Many people are installing Windows XP and simply give their Windows 98 installation CDs to the shops. You may expect to pay around $70.00, or maybe less, for a Windows 98 SE installation CD.<br/><br/>Or, you might try buying one from eBay.com or Amazon.com.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Docunless you have wiped/erased the hard-drive the operating system........is still on there??as far as this subject goes I found a windows 98 cd but the numbers are gone. Is there a generic number to use if the original one is lost?oh by the way this is a different computer and has a new hard drive. no system is on it yet.yatabata.......If its a new pc , why would you even consider putting Win 98 on it ....even if you dont have the O/S ? <br/><br/>let us know <br/><br/>dl65 its a dell g1 350Mhz and with home studio 2004, which on that computer it isn't hot enough to go to xp but will work enough for what I want to use it for. I know because I have used home studio with the same computer with windows 2000 pro. my other computer downstairs is hot plus but is the family computer. So for now until I build my own when I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> the money will just go with this.m$oft eula allows you to have two pc ........running the same o/s install disk:) info here if <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/needed-1112853" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEEDED">NEEDED</a>>><a href="https://www.geek.com/tipstrix/w98tpman.htm">http://www.geek.com/tipstrix/w98tpman.htm</a>Ever wonder if the dog was trying to tell you something?<br/><br/>Maybe it was just boredom.<br/><br/>Don't be tempted to install ME the dog will probably <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/chew-3578112" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHEW">CHEW</a> you up!</p></body></html>

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79.	Solve : VPN disables wireless?
Answer» <html><body><p>My company had me install Fiberlink VPN. It worked fine as <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/long-537592" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LONG">LONG</a> as I was running Windows XP, but then the company re-imaged all the computers with Windows 2000 to cure a software problem. After that, two things happened. The first was that the wireless card built in to the Dell C560 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/became-2464487" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BECAME">BECAME</a> permanently disabled. I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/talked-7718239" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TALKED">TALKED</a> to every support desk I could think of, downloaded patches, etc., but nothing worked. To get back onto wireless I had to buy a Netgear USB transceiver. Now I can get onto wireless, BUT, the Fiberlink VPN software will not recognize my (or anyone else's) wireless router. I talked to the folks at Fiberlink and they told me 1) they don't support end users, and 2) there is a known issue with Fiberlink sometimes <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disabling-2058727" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISABLING">DISABLING</a> Windows 2000's ability to manage wireless networks. There is a cure, but they don't know what it is. And yes, I have uninstalled and reinstalled Fiberlink (3 times, 2 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/different-951434" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIFFERENT">DIFFERENT</a> ways). Does anyone know how to restore Windows 2000's ability to manage wireless networks?<br/>ThanksBluke:<br/><br/>Have you discussed the issue with your company's IT administrator? Perhaps someone else has had the same problem and they've found a fix.<br/><br/>I have discussed it with our IT people several times. Their position is "we don't support wireless connections" - this despite the fact that they spec'ed the computer with a built-in wireless card.</p></body></html>

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80.	Solve : Revert OS back to ME from XP?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hey<br/>I hope somebody can help me. I loaded Windows XP, but I don't like it and want to revert to my old operating system which is ME.<br/>I have the system recovery cd's for my computer but I cannot run them. Well XP won't run them.<br/>I have also not activated XP and have a couple of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/days-239271" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DAYS">DAYS</a> to activate or not. What happens if I don't activate it?<br/>Any help would be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/great-2556" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GREAT">GREAT</a>!!hdmitch....<br/><br/>Activation is required in 30 days from the first day that you start Windows XP. If you want to activate Windows on a day that is later than the day that you install it, a Windows Activation icon appears in the notification area. This icon periodically displays notifications to remind you about how much time remains before you must activate. After the 30 days has expired, you must activate Windows to continue using Windows. <br/><br/>I'm just a bit curious as to why you would want to go back to using Win ME ......?<br/><br/>When you loaded XP did you load it over ME or do a clean install?<br/><br/>let us know <br/><br/>dl65 <br/><br/>W2K <br/><br/>Hi dl65 HD:<br/><br/>Try this:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/q303661/">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q303661/</a>XP is a much better OS than ME. XP does not have a system resource problem for one thing and as long as your system has enough RAM, XP will outperform ME everytime.<br/><br/>This sounds like an XP Upgrade CD. Does it have SP2?<br/><br/>I used to have ME on this computer, which was originally made for Windows 2000 and all the time it only had 256Mb of RAM. As soon as I fitted another 256Mb the overall performance and ability of the computer increased.<br/><br/>The mainboard will take 3 x 512 Mb RAM modules but 3 x 256Mb is sufficient for my needs.<br/><br/>When changing from ME to XP I re-partitioned, using the maximum four partitions, and fully reformatted the drive to NTFS.<br/><br/>Upgrading to XP by adding XP is not a good way to go. Better to do a clean install IF your Recovery Media can be used as proof of previous Windows operating system ownership.<br/><br/>I only have a 1·0GHz PIII and use an 80Gb HDD. How do your system specifications compare?<br/><br/>Windows XP will not run your System Recovery <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cds-4108" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CDS">CDS</a>. You will probably have to boot directly to the first one in the set.<br/><br/>Do you have a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/handbook-1015268" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HANDBOOK">HANDBOOK</a> which tells you what to do? If not tell us the Make and Model of your computer so that we can help you better.<br/>If you elected to keep the uninstall information then you should be able to uninstall XP from the Add-Remove programs panel. This is not always successful though, so back up any data you have OFF the drive in case you have to re-install.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html">XP Clean Installing</a><br/><a href="http://www.pcpitstop.com/xpready/default.asp">XP Compatability Test</a><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000">XP Partition Management</a><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654">XP Installing Recovery Console</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.crucial.com/kb">RAM Knowledge Base</a><br/><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm/printable">RAM And What it Does</a><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555223">RAM Virtual Memory Paging</a><br/><a href="http://images.crucial.com/pdf/dimm_install.pdf">RAM Reseating & Fitting PDF File</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.gen-x-pc.com/cputemps.htm">Processor Temperatures</a><br/><a href="http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4444.html">Service Pack Slipstreamer</a><br/><a href="http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply">Power Supply Wattage Calculator</a><br/><a href="http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en">Everest Home Edition Computer Diagnostic Program</a><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/q250456/">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q250456/</a><br/><br/>or load a winme boot disk and format the drive.....the drive image should be still intact.........bomb proof<br/><br/>you could dual boot .......winxp can be tweaked......to improve it.....using powertoys....etc....but its win3.1 > w2k anyway........what is this problem slow......is it?</p></body></html>

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81.	Solve : Windows 2000 Pro & Works Suite 2001?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hello everyone.<br/>I am having problems with my Microsoft Works Suite 2001 after installing Windows 2000 Professional.<br/><br/>Works Suite is stating:<br/>"The Works task launcher cannot access the task you selected. Files needed to start the program may be missing, corrupted or may have been deleted. To restore or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/replace-karana-ka-sharatakata-622250" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REPLACE">REPLACE</a> the files, reinstall the program and then try <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/starting-1224778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STARTING">STARTING</a> the program again."<br/><br/>I did remove and then reinstall the program (3 times!) and still no <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/luck-1081575" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LUCK">LUCK</a>! Any suggestions and or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/answers-25516" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANSWERS">ANSWERS</a> would GREATLY be appreciated! Brian:<br/><br/>No Prob. One of these eight links should help you resolve your Works woes:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22The+Works+task+launcher+cannot+access+the+task+you+selected%22+site%3Amicrosoft.com">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22The+Works+task+launcher+cannot+access+the+task+you+selected%22+site%3Amicrosoft.com</a><br/><br/>Regards,<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/doc-248445" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOC">DOC</a></p></body></html>

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82.	Solve : MIGRATING MAILBOXES IN EXCHANGE 2000 SERVER?
Answer» <html><body><p>question is im trying to migrate the mailboxes from one exchange server to another....there both exchange 2000 servers, both have service pack 2 installed, both working fine as far as mailboxes be set up with them and workig.....but when i use the migration wizard, and i enter the source server, it comes up with the message :" unable to perform the migration. Please enter a source Exchange server outside of the target exchange organization"....dont understand y its saying that for...any help would be appreciated....thanks in advance..Why do you want to migrate mailboxes from one exch2000 to another since both are Exch2000? The migration tool is for moving from e.g exch5.5 to exch2000 or exch2003. Anyway to use the migration wizard (migwiz), you need to use the sp3 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ver-1734849" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VER">VER</a> but you are on sp2.<br/><br/>I assume you are on at least AD 2000 domain as exch2000 requires AD. Do you mean you want to move mailboxes from one administrative group to another exch2000 server hosting a different administrative group?<br/><br/> wanna move mailboxes from one server to another...reason is we have gotten a better server so we want all the mailboxes and user data from the old server to be migrated onto the new one...i already have the new one set up with 2000 advanced server, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sp4-3051381" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SP4">SP4</a>, office 2000, gettin ready to promote it, install exchange w/ SP3....do they need to be in the same doamin or does it make a differnce???Ok, I understand why you want to do this now. Will you be removing the old Exch2000 server from AD? <br/><br/>You use the 3 step process:<br/><br/>1. Move public folders & system folders(offline address book, Schedule.. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/etc-251218" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ETC">ETC</a>..) to your new server in the same routing group<br/>2. Move the mailboxes to same new server<br/>3. Delete the old server from AD<br/><br/>How to<br/>1:<br/>Exch sys manager to replicate folders to new server. confirm replica folders are synchronised with the source (from old server)<br/><br/>2:<br/>Use Exch sys manager or exch <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/task-243523" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TASK">TASK</a> wizard in Active Directory Users & Computers to move all mailboxes to new server.<br/><br/>3:<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/run-1192138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUN">RUN</a> the Exch setup program to uninstall the server and remove it from AD, you may want to keep the Exch200 install but just remove it from AD for a rainny day.<br/></p></body></html>

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83.	Solve : SBS2003 TCP Ack Delay??
Answer» <html><body><p>Hello,<br/>We are trying to install older accounting software onto SBS2003 Prem. The software works fine under Windows 2000 and it WORKS under SBS2003.<br/><br/>However the problem is, the time it takes for data to be transferred to one computer from the server is exceptionally long. I've tried all the Tcp registry tweaks (maybe I did them wrong, I don't know anymore heh) but nothing is working. When I do a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sniff-1214219" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SNIFF">SNIFF</a> of the network I notice that there is a small delay and then 15 second gap of data flow after a TCP ACK from the server. I'll put links at the bottom for reference with the sniff of the 2000 and SBS 2003 network. It takes roughly 3 seconds for the 2000 server/client to log in, but it takes about 16 for the 2003.<br/><br/>The software we are trying to use, Smart Shop <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/manager-239636" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MANAGER">MANAGER</a>, is no longer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/supportedbrbr-3090749" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUPPORTED">SUPPORTED</a> and it uses Interbase 5.6, that is no longer supported either. One thing I noticed is that if File and Print Sharing is on, the 2003 server/client communicate with the SMB protocol, but if its not they communicate with the IB protocol, either way the same thing happens so I don't THINK that it is a software/Interbase problem, but I wouldn't rule it out. The 2000 server communicates with the IB protocol.<br/><br/>Any hints, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a>, or even some motivation would help, I've already put a week<br/>into this.<br/><br/>Thank You,<br/>Chase Wright<br/><br/>the 2000 sniff is here:<br/><a href="http://www.wrightprec.com/s2k%20show">http://www.wrightprec.com/s2k%20show</a><br/><br/>the SBS2k3 sniff is here:<br/><a href="http://www.wrightprec.com/s2k3%20show">http://www.wrightprec.com/s2k3%20show</a></p></body></html>

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84.	Solve : Disk Cleanup via system tools lagging?
Answer» <html><body><p>Anyone know why my disk cleanup would keep lagging. It gets to "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/searching-1197083" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEARCHING">SEARCHING</a> yada yada" and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/never-570518" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEVER">NEVER</a> comes up with the figues of what all can be cleaned out... I can let it sit there for hours... I am running windows 2000. Same for XP and 2000...<br/><br/>The Disk Cleanup utility frees up space on a volume. To access the utility, open My Computer, right-click the drive you want to work on, click Properties, then select Disk Cleanup from 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>. If the program hangs the system, the problem is most likely caused by the Disk Cleanup <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wizard-744309" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIZARD">WIZARD</a> checking for all files older than 50 days that it can compress. Disabling this behavior might improve the performance. To disable the behavior, perform the following steps: <br/>Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).<br/>Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files registry subkey, then select it.<br/>From the File menu, select Export.<br/>Enter a filename and location, then click Save.<br/>Delete the "Compress old files" registry subkey.<br/>Close the registry editor.<br/><br/>Try running CCLeaner over your system to remove <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/junk-526796" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about JUNK">JUNK</a> files.</p></body></html>

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85.	Solve : changing the pic while moving mouse?
Answer» <html><body><p>hey, i want to change the picture of hand to something else in the computer screen while i move my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mouse-245074" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MOUSE">MOUSE</a> over <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/images-238776" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMAGES">IMAGES</a> and links. Does anyone know about it? if yes, then please help me.First, download the .<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cur-2040179" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CUR">CUR</a> or .ani cusor file you want to use for links and images. Then if you are using win 95 - 2000 click Start then point to Settings and click Control Panel. If you are using XP you should just be able to click Start then Control Panel. Once you are in Control Panel double-click "Mouse" and then click the "Pointers" tab. You'll see a box with all the cursors like "Arrow" etc... scroll until you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/find-11616" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIND">FIND</a> one called "Link Select" and it has the picture of the hand. Click it once and then click the "Browse" button. Then select the cursor file you want to use and click "Open". Make sure it shows the cursor you want in place of the hand. Click "OK" and close Control Panel. You <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/may-557248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAY">MAY</a> have to restart web browsers. Hope this helps! <br/>-riccbhard <br/><br/>You can do a Google (<a href="https://www.google.com/">http://www.google.com/</a>) search for free cursors.thanx so much. i needed that.</p></body></html>

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86.	Solve : Boot Problem Windows Files Corrupt?
Answer» <html><body><p>Can anyone please help.<br/><br/>I shut my PC down after <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/using-1441597" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USING">USING</a> it with no problems, when i next booted up i got the following message:<br/><br/>{windows root}\system32\hal.dll file missing<br/>re-install copy of corrupt file to continue.<br/><br/>However I had a look at the hdd using my other PC and found that all the windows files had no extensions and the windows folders were un-reconised and all about 32kb in size. However the disk usaged is still about 10gb.<br/><br/>Any help in restoring this drive would be very welcome.What OS are you running? XP or 2000steve:<br/><br/>According to Microsoft, "This behavior can occur if any or some of the following conditions are true: <br/>• The Default value in the [Boot Loader] section of the Boot.ini file is missing or invalid. <br/>• Windows XP is not installed in the location <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/specified-1221578" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPECIFIED">SPECIFIED</a> in the Boot.ini file. <br/>• The Ntoskrnl.exe file is missing or damaged. <br/>• The partition path in the Boot.ini file is not set correctly. <br/>• General hardware failure."<br/><br/>The suggestions for fixing the problem are found here:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314477">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314477</a><br/><br/>Let drewdown or i know if you need more help.<br/> <br/>Thanks, OS is winXP.<br/><br/>The problem is that all of these files mentioned 'missing'.<br/><br/>I can't copy any new files to the system32 folder on c: because it's no longer seen as a folder?<br/><br/>Is this problem to do with the table of contents??<br/><br/><br/>when i boot my computer up i get a message(insert system diskette and press <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/enter-446119" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENTER">ENTER</a> key to reboot. I dont know what a system diskette is,could someone tell me what it is.when i boot my computer up i get a message(insert system diskette and press Enter key to reboot. I dont know what a system diskette is,could someone tell me what it is.Steve:<br/><br/>Try "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/method-239379" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about METHOD">METHOD</a> 4" <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/listed-1075620" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LISTED">LISTED</a> in the above link.</p></body></html>

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87.	Solve : start up menue?
Answer» <html><body><p>I am running <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/win-732367" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIN">WIN</a> 2000. I loaded MSN Messanger, and chose none of the automic selections. The install <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/went-734459" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WENT">WENT</a> fine, but everytine I start my computer the MSN Messanger sign-on screen opens. I have looked through my start menue folder, but cannot find it.<br/>Could anyone <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/suggest-1733190" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUGGEST">SUGGEST</a> how I can set it so that it only opens when I select it from my program files.<br/><br/>Thanks PatPat,<br/><br/>Open MSN Messenger (you don't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/need-25476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEED">NEED</a> to sign in). Choose Tools, Options from the menu.<br/>Click the General tab, Uncheck "Automatically run Messenger when I log into <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a>"<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Thank you very much for the help. I really appreciated it. I knew it was somewhere but could not find it.<br/><br/>Have a great weekend<br/><br/>Thanks again<br/>Pat</p></body></html>

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88.	Solve : Windows 2000 Annoying Issue?
Answer» <html><body><p>You may know that in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a> 2000 Pro, when you click a media file it loads the player to the left of the explorer window. This is VERY <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/annoying-2428553" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANNOYING">ANNOYING</a> when you're using a 333Mhz 160MB RAM laptop, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sometimes-648384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOMETIMES">SOMETIMES</a> even <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/crashing-427303" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CRASHING">CRASHING</a> explorer. Is there a way to turn this 'feature' off? In your folder options.</p></body></html>

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89.	Solve : Problems with Control Panel?
Answer» <html><body><p>My o/s is Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2000-247615" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2000">2000</a>. My problem is I can open Control Panel but once I click on a Icon such as Modems or Add/Remove programs..nothing happens.<br/><br/>Any suggestions. Would my security settings have any impact. I got a prompt <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/saying-629505" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAYING">SAYING</a> a ActiveX Security <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/setting-241130" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SETTING">SETTING</a> may not allow a certain <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/page-25452" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PAGE">PAGE</a> to be veiwed properly.<br/><br/>Thanks in advance.Have you scanned for viruses? Also, are you registered as the computer administrator?<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]I have the same problem in Me. How do I register as a computer adminstator?<br/><br/>Also, when I right click on the desktop and then click on properties I get the same error message.<br/><br/>I have no program icons in middle toolbar.<br/><br/>Where do I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/go-468886" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GO">GO</a>?</p></body></html>

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90.	Solve : No access to second hard drive. (permissions)?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hello, I'm looking for help if possible. I had windows 2000 on my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> with two hard drives the first drive had the OS. The second drive I set permisions for, so only the administrator can access the drive. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/aeuroewithout-1475023" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WITHOUT">WITHOUT</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thinking-771898" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THINKING">THINKING</a> at all I did a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/clean-918483" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CLEAN">CLEAN</a> install of xp pro on the first drive. Now I can not access the second drive at all. I am using the administrator account on xp also? Any ideas?<br/><br/><br/>Thanks in advance</p></body></html>

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91.	Solve : Auto.exe?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hey! I have a problem with my comp....when I try to install something on my comp, I get this message:<br/><br/>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminage the application.<br/><br/>I also have the choice to ignore, but both options do <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nothing-581732" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTHING">NOTHING</a> and just close the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/setup-1203067" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SETUP">SETUP</a>. What should I do? ???Any suggestions are welcome! <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thanks-665909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANKS">THANKS</a>!<br/>-compguy4hireWhat OS are you running? :-/2000i had that thing to and i fixed it<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767</a><br/><br/>you better thank me it took me like 2 weeks to find <em><strong>[<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/glb-2674998" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GLB">GLB</a>]THANKS! I WILL TRY TO DO ALL OF THAT SOON![/glb]</strong></em>[/i][/u] <br/><br/>YOU THE MAN, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/chan-415992" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHAN">CHAN</a>!<br/><br/></p></body></html>

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92.	Solve : Cannot print e-mail from Microsoft Outlook?
Answer» <html><body><p>Help - I can print out webpages and files from other office <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/applications-19673" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPLICATIONS">APPLICATIONS</a> okay, but when I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/try-1428546" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRY">TRY</a> to print an e-mail from Outlook 2000, all that comes out is a totally <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/blank-899028" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BLANK">BLANK</a> page!<br/><br/>Anybody know how to resolve this?<br/>Insight on oe&<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gt-249387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GT">GT</a>;><a href="http://www.kayodeok.btinternet.co.uk/favorites/kboe.htm">http://www.kayodeok.btinternet.co.uk/favorites/kboe.htm</a></p></body></html>

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93.	Solve : UPGRADE 98se TO 2000 PRO NOT BOOTING?
Answer» <html><body><p>Tryed upgrading from <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/98se" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 98SE">98SE</a> to 2000 pro. Looks <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> all copied good. When <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/starting-1224778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STARTING">STARTING</a>, the first <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a> up screen (black) all good. One the blue screen windows starting, it hangs about 98%. Will not start. Any help will be great. Thanks.</p></body></html>

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94.	Solve : Upgrade to 98SE or 2000??
Answer» <html><body><p>I have an hp Pavilion 8562 pc with the following specs:<br/>- PIII 500 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mhz-547879" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MHZ">MHZ</a> processor<br/>- 256 MB SDRAM<br/>- 20 GB hard drive<br/><br/>Operating system is currently Windows 98. Would like to set this computer up for wireless internet but understand that Windows 98 SE is the minimum requirement to support wireless PCI <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/adapter-849079" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADAPTER">ADAPTER</a> card.<br/><br/>Will Windows 2000 Pro <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/run-1192138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUN">RUN</a> effectively on this machine or is the best bet to go with 98SE? I do have a copy of 2000 that I could install.Do you have old software....games etc>>>....win98se<br/>dual boot is an option. but\/<br/><br/>win2k will run ok..but the 20gig.it eats drives space..<br/><br/>More data needed on what your needs are for pc use..networking..family..usb streaming/video/gaming use.....you could the system as a server and build on that..Click on the following:<br/><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default.asp">Windows 2000 System Requirements</a><br/><br/>On a 20GB drive, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/plentyaeur-601540" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PLENTY">PLENTY</a> of room for both. Win98 needs less than 2GB (including applications)<br/> Do not have much old software - no games. Our needs are for this pc are limted to networking and family. No usb streaming/video/gaming use.<br/><br/>Turns out that the pc does have 98 SE installed. So major <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/question-25051" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about QUESTION">QUESTION</a> is whether it is worth the time and effort to upgrade to Windows 2000. <br/><br/>hp tech said not to because drivers for unique to this model would be missing in 2000.2000 is faster and far more reliable than 98se. i upgraded my old winME system to 2000 and was very happy.</p></body></html>

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95.	Solve : Windows install help?
Answer» <html><body><p>I need big help. I had just formated my 2000 compaq that was running windows 98 and first <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tried-7272297" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIED">TRIED</a> running windows xp just to see what would happen. When I did this, I received a fatal error about <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/half-1014510" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HALF">HALF</a> way into the installation. Now, Instead of going back to dos when i restart the computer, it loads windows xp and gives me the fatal error right away! <br/>-How can I get back to Dos? <br/>Please help if you canWell, unfortunately, I can not help you with this issue, but I do have some advice for the future... <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/never-570518" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEVER">NEVER</a> just try to install something JUST to see what will happen... Not a good idea...<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]Lots of info needed.....<br/><br/>Do you have a full cd version of Win 98 or Win XP?<br/>Do you have a floppy (3-1/2") drive?<br/>Do you know how to generate a bootdisk from the download at Bootdisk.com?<br/>Do you have copies of the drivers you need?<br/>What Anti Virus <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/prog-1168783" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROG">PROG</a> do you have access to?<br/><br/>What else - can't remember - but please give just a little more info...<br/><br/>ThanksAnthony:<br/><br/>1st: DON'T PANIC!!! We're here to help.<br/><br/>2nd: Please give us more information, the such as:<br/><br/></p><ul><li>Did you write the error message down? or do you remember at least some of what the error said?</li></ul><br/><ul><li>Did you choose to upgrade or did you choose a clean install when you installed XP?<br/></li></ul><br/><ul><li>Do you have the answers to Dusty's questions?<br/></li></ul><br/><br/>Waiting for your reply,<br/>Doc<br/><br/>what are the spec of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/system-238321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEM">SYSTEM</a> you have......is this a winxp upgrade ?<br/>somewhere you have compaq........install disks....re-install them..........to get back to dos f5 key/ctrl key on boot..........the fatal error...........was is a stop error...or something like irq_less_equal.....you could dual boot win98/winxp ?<br/><br/><---- waiting for Anthony's reply</body></html>

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96.	Solve : Error message then reboot prob!?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hi guys.<br/><br/>Will try to keep it brief:<br/><br/>Basically, I when I boot up, I get prompted to start with last config. that worked <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/successfullybrbr-3084898" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUCCESSFULLY">SUCCESSFULLY</a>, or safe mode etc...<br/><br/>But whatever I choose, before it gets to the windows screen, it very very quickly flashes up an error message, and then reboots itself, and we begin again.<br/><br/>The message is something along the lines of "A problem has been detected...windows...has been shut down...."<br/><br/>Does this mean I will have to reinstall windows (I am running XP), and if so, can I do that without losing all my files etc...<br/><br/>Many thanks for any replies posted!!<br/>kop442000.kop:<br/><br/>Reinstalling Windows should be a last resort. Before that we would try to repair your installation. However, before we even go that route, lets try to diagnose the cause. <br/><br/>Please try to give me more info.:<br/><br/></p><ul><li>Is this your first time using Windows XP on this computer, or has the operating system (OS) worked fine before?</li></ul><br/><ul><li>If it worked fine in the past, please try to remember what has changed just prior to the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). (e.g. Did you put a new hard drive in? Were there any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/unusual-2315534" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNUSUAL">UNUSUAL</a> noises being made by the computer, like a clinking noise? Have the sound of the fan(s) inside the case stopped? Did you install a new program?)</li></ul><br/><ul><li>Was there another OS on the computer before you installed XP, or has XP been the only OS?</li></ul><br/><ul><li>Were there any numbers that appeared with the message? (e.g. STOP 00000000x8A, or something like that). If there are, attempt to write them down & let me know</li></ul><br/><br/>Hang in there!<br/>Doc<br/>Thanks Doc,<br/><br/>Well I was trying to avoid boring you with the details but:<br/> <br/>My old PC one day started sounding like it was powering, but remained black. (I 'THINK' I may have left it on a long time, so it got to hot or something... I 'think'.)<br/><br/>Deffo wasn't monitor, and sometimes, the screen would activate, but reboot or die again soon after.<br/><br/>Maybe because I had to power down lots of times, think I screwed something up cos there were some error messages when the screen rarely did activate. <br/>It doesn't come on at all now, but I have accepted there must be a faulty component in my PC. <br/> <br/>Anyways.. since then, I am using a borrowed PC, and have my old hard drive a slave, which works great, and I have been able to access all my old files. <br/>However I have to return this other PC soon, and I want to sort my old hard drive to run ok on its own as a master, before I have to give it back.<br/><br/>At the moment when I try to run my old drive as the master (or the lone drive), it gives me the option to run in safe or start windows normally etc, but then whatever I choose, it really quickly flashes up an error message, and then reboots itself. <br/>All I can manage to snatch of the message is something like "A problem has been detected...windows...has been shut down...." <br/> <br/>Thanks again for your reply Doc... I think you might have to operate!OK, that helps narrow it down. It's not your hard drive that is the culprit, so your data is safe (pheeew)!<br/><br/>Sounds like the problem may be your power supply (which is easy to solve--just purchase a new one!) or, sorry to say, your CPU or motherboard may be shot (which would mean forking out more doe, or just purchasing a new computer).<br/><br/>When you opened it up to remove the hard drive, did you notice if there was a fan on top of the metal heatsink that covers the central processing unit (CPU)? Or is the only fan inside the computer the one inside the power supply that plugs into the wall outlet? If there was a fan on top of the CPU, did you start the computer to see if it began spinning?<br/><br/>Also, what is the make (& if you know what is the model)<br/>of the computer? (e.g. Compaq Deskpro 2000, Dell Inspiron XPS).<br/><br/>Doc<br/> <br/><br/>Right,<br/><br/>After disabling the "reboot after failure" thing, I can now read the error message. Here is it is full:<br/><br/>"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/prevent-244210" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PREVENT">PREVENT</a> damage to your computer.<br/>If this is the first time you've <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/seen-1199302" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEEN">SEEN</a> this screen error, restart your computer. If the screen appears again, follow these steps:<br/>Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. <br/>Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.<br/>Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption and restart your computer.<br/>Technical Information:<br/>***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF8A99528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)"<br/><br/>I realise that I do have to figure out what is wrong with my old machine, and I will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/open-245076" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPEN">OPEN</a> it now to see if the fan on the heatsink runs (yes there is one).<br/>Also it is a custom built PC as far as I know.<br/><br/>In the mean time, what do you think I can do about the operating system problem? Like you said, the HD seems ok, cos it works fine as a slave.<br/><br/>Many many thanks for your posts!!Ok Doc,<br/><br/>I opened the case, and I can see one fan on the heatsink that runs fine, and one at the back of the case which runs fine too...<br/><br/>Does that give me any idea as to what might be the faulty part? (There are no bleeps when I turn PC on).<br/><br/>With regards to the Operating System problem on the hard drive, someone suggested I did a Windows XP repair install. What do you think?<br/><br/>Kop442000.KOP:<br/><br/>It's good that the CPU fan is spinning. It keeps the CPU cool, so we may be able to rule out an overheating problem.<br/><br/>Now, when you started the PC, did you hear any end of Power-On Self-Test (POST) beep tones? If so, how many beeps were there? Did any error messages appear prior to the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)? If there were no beeps & no error codes prior to the BSOD, then the problem likely lies with Windows & we'll start troubleshooting the operating system (OS).<br/><br/>Doc<br/><br/>Hi According to my stop list 0x0000007B is Inaccessible_boot_device. I would suggest you put your cd of XP into your drive and when you get to the bois screen press F2 and go to boot and reset your first boot up to the cd drive and then press F10 and enter, your computer will boot from the cd. keeping going until you get the place where it ask you if your wish to repair or install a new version of XP just press R for repair this will not cause you to loss any data, but will reinstall your operating XP, I have done this many times. If there was a booting sector missing on the first install this should fix the problem. KOP:<br/><br/>OK, i've be researching your problem. Your stop error may be caused by several conditions:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.google.com/search?as_q=0x0000007B+xp&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=microsoft.com&safe=images">http://www.google.com/search?as_q=0x0000007B+xp&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=microsoft.com&safe=images</a><br/><br/>Repairing Windows XP may be the our only solution, but it is not without risks: <br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/312369">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312369</a><br/><br/>As this knowledge base article indicates, you may lose data. Before you take this step, you should copy any important documents to floppy disks, or to compact disks (if the backup computer has a CD-RW drive), or to zip disks if it has a zip drive. <br/><br/>Once you have made a copy of all you decide to back up, the instructions for repairing Windows XP are here:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341</a><br/><br/>And here:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx</a><br/><br/>Read these carefully & be sure to ask if you have any questions before doing the repair.<br/><br/>Good luck!<br/>Doc<br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><---- Praying KOP is doing OK with the his PC prob.</body></html>

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97.	Solve : unwanted picture on start up and shut down?
Answer» <html><body><br/>My operating system is windows 98ME.<br/>A few weeks ago a picture suddenly appeared on start up shut down of the computer. It appears for about 10 seconds on both occasions.<br/>I have tried everything I can think of but can't find the picture anywhere else on the computer.<br/>The family "experts" have looked in wallpaper and several other places but can't find it either.<br/>The picture isn't particularly offensive, just annoying because I didn't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/put-11868" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PUT">PUT</a> it there.<br/>Any tips on how to find and delete it would be appreciated.try the following: <br/><br/>"In Windows 95, 98, and ME the startup logo screen is controlled by the file C:\Logo.sys.If this file does not exist, Windows will load the default logo screen that is inside the file C:\IO.sys. The "Please Wait" and "shut down" screens are located in the Windows folder, they are Logos.sys and Logow.sys. If they do not exist Windows will load the default screens. ME does not come with a Please Wait screen.<br/><br/>If no screens are seen you will need to remove the read only attribute from the file C:\Msdos.sys and edit the value Logo=1 if it is set to zero then no screens will be displayed. See the contents of the Msdos.sys File<br/><br/>In the Windows NT platform (NT, 2000, XP)the startup screens are in the Windows folder, named Lanma256.bmp,Lanmannt.bmp, Winnt.bmp, or Winnt256.bmp. They are loaded only if the file exists."<br/><br/>found this at in google's cache as the web site no longer exists.<br/><br/>Be sure to back up any files you intend on changing, as playing with system files can cause severe system problems.<br/><br/>Hope this helps.<br/><br/>LJpinman:<br/><br/>If you need help searching for hidden, system files or changing the read only attribute of MSDOS.SYS & editing it safely, let <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/us-243201" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about US">US</a> know.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocThanks guys.<br/>I found the Logo.sys file but it said Last <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/modified-562543" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODIFIED">MODIFIED</a> 23/09/99. The mystery picture only appeared recently so I'm guessing that nothing has happened to that file. Besides playing <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/around-884554" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AROUND">AROUND</a> with system files is way out of my league.<br/>I was hoping for something much simpler. I guess I'll just have to put up with the picture.sydpin:<br/><br/>Sounds like a harmless (but offensive) virus, which can change a file without changing the date modified. <br/><br/>If you do not get the "Starting Windows 98" screen but just the offensive photo, then it's a good bet the LOGO.SYS is the offensive photo.<br/><br/>Try this:<br/><br/>Rename the LOGO.SYS as LOGO.OLD. That way, when Windows looks for LOGO.SYS & cannot find it, it will create a new one from it's CAB backup. <br/><br/>If when you try to rename it Windows complains that the file is read only, right-click on it, choose properties, & remove the checkmark from the checkbox next to the words "Read Only." Click OK, then right-click on LOGO.SYS & choose rename to change it to LOGO.OLD.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>DocOne more thing to try. Sometimes pictures found in Web pages may be saved as backgrounds (desktop wallpaper). Changing the Active Desktop feature may take care of this.<br/><br/>1. Right click on your desktop<br/>2. Choose Properties<br/>3. In the Display Properties box, select the Web tab<br/>4. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox next to the words, "View my Active Desktop as a web page"<br/>4. Click Apply <br/>5. Select the Background tab<br/>6. Under Wallpaper, choose a different picture<br/>7. Click Apply & OK<br/><br/>That just might do it, that is, if it's not a virus that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/keeps-1063393" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KEEPS">KEEPS</a> loading each time you boot. <br/></body></html>

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98.	Solve : Locating the Windows product key (validation code)?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hello people. hope all of you are well. I have an OEM Windows 2000, who of you knows where I could find its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/product-25523" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PRODUCT">PRODUCT</a> key. I found a number in the Control Panel's System section but it has only four strings of characters instead of five so I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/doubt-959005" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOUBT">DOUBT</a> if it 's the one!<br/>Any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a> is warmly welcome1 <br/>With cheers and greetz, <br/>Raf Van der VekenDo you have the CD? The number is usually located on the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/back-389278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BACK">BACK</a> of the CD case...<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]Raf Van der Veken.......I have something that may help you ....I will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/email-11311" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EMAIL">EMAIL</a> it to you .<br/><br/><br/>dl65</p></body></html>

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99.	Solve : XP compatible program Quicken 2000?
Answer» <html><body><p>I was looking at Quicken help<br/> desk to see if my version of<br/> Quicken is compatible <br/>with Windows XP Home. I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/don-t-246903" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DONT">DONT</a> want to <br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/screw-1196658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCREW">SCREW</a> up my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/newly-2867143" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEWLY">NEWLY</a> installed operating <br/>system. I only found out that <br/>Quicken 2000 has not<br/> been tested for W XP Home. <br/>What does that mean? <br/><br/>I was told that if I loaded a program <br/>that was not XP compatible it would [glb]crash [/glb]my hard <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drive-959713" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVE">DRIVE</a>. <strong>True or False?</strong><br/><br/>Thanks for your consideration and help :-/<br/>PamelaFalse..............<br/><br/>Load it, test it, if it runs fine leave it there, if not, uninstall it.<br/><br/>Thanks for your quick reply.....I will test it!<br/><br/>Thanks<br/>Pam howdydoo....Surely the people at Quicken should <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/know-534065" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOW">KNOW</a> if its compatable with XP.......What version of Quicken are you using ? <br/><br/>let us know <br/><br/>dl65 The version is 2000 and all they could tell me it that it has not been tested. what ever that means. <br/><br/>I installed it and my key board and mouse would freeze for about 5 secs every 10 or 15 secs. I un-installed and everything is running normal now. <br/><br/>I will just have to get a new version that's all. <br/><br/>PamelaBefore you purchase a newer version, see if it will install under Compatibility Mode.</p></body></html>

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100.	Solve : Windows NT System is very Slow?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hi,<br/>I have installed Windows NT Professional in my PC which is 40GB Hard disk and 256MB Ram.<br/>My machine is very slow that i have to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wait-1448592" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WAIT">WAIT</a> longer after clicking the START menu. It takes censored lot of time to open even a simple application.<br/>I tried twice by formatting the system and installed the OS twice. But the system hangs like <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anything-380254" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYTHING">ANYTHING</a>.<br/>Please help me out to solve this problem.<br/><br/>Best Wishes,<br/>Gopinath AnnamalaiDo you have antivirus and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/antispyware-7752260" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANTISPYWARE">ANTISPYWARE</a> protection?<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]No i dont have any antivirus tool or spywareGopinath Annamalai......When you installed NT ....did you do it on a properly formatted HD ........AND did you get any available updates from Microsoft ?<br/><br/>I cannot believe people who are on line with out any anti virus software ...it only takes a few minutes and your pc could become infected .........You should <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/immediately-1037436" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMMEDIATELY">IMMEDIATELY</a> get some sort of anti virus software and see if your pc is infected ....<br/><br/>"But the system hangs like anything" exactly what do you mean it hangs ? I'm rubbing my crystal ball ....but I cant see a hanging <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a>. Please help me ......<br/><br/>You should also get some antispyware scanners as well ........Adware etc. can slow down your pc as well . <br/>A decent free adware scanner is ........antispyware ( free ) .... http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx be sure and get all the updates for it as well .<br/><br/>Let us know how you make out <br/><br/>dl65 <br/><br/>What OS have you installed ?<br/><br/>Windows 2000 Professional (NT 5)<br/><br/>or Windows NT Workstation (NT 4) - This needs a 2GB primary partitionHi for a start I would reform your hard but befor you do this I would increase my ram to 512MB I feel to run your OS and normal use you will need at least 512.sorry reformat</p></body></html>

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