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is he using translation software yo read and post?i think he is using a bad translater. for example i TESTED AltaVista's translator. i translated one of his posts into CHINESE, then i translated the chinese back to ENGLISH, heres what you get...(spelling errors were corrected)

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Do you try to kill viurs of your system?May be it's the cause to make you screen hesitating!And anther way you can reformet you system,of course ,it is the WORST way you choose!

You try to kill you the system virus? In May if is the cause makes your screen hesitation! And the flowered medicine way you can the typesetting you the system, certainly, it be again the bad means which you chooses

You can kick the case on you right hand side!To reset the keyboard in the service of word and the input of the fontt!You can find a reset option of keyboard in it!

You can kick the box right side you! Reset keyboard in word and typeface input service! You can discover the keyboard the reset choice in it!

is he using translation software yo read and post?

My name now is the family wing.

can some1 help me i have tryed to USE ms paint today and every time i copy and paste the pic i want it comes out huge and the pic dose not EVEN fit the screen its windows 98. im so confused PLEASE helpIf the Picture comes out huge that means it is huge now go into Image in paint and select Stretch/Skew and set it to DESIRABLE size so like... 50 HORIZONTAL and 50 Vertical. Quote

im so confused please help

I am working on a neighbors computer.  the computer had some system files missing so i repaired the windows installation.  after that, i could not connect to the internet.  i can ping my internal loop back so i know tcp is working properly.  i can also ping my default gateway and the google web server.  I reinstalled winsock and winsock2, but i still cannot connect to the internet.  After all this, i reinstalled IE and am now running IE6SP1.  any other ideas?How did you reinstall ME?YES
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I think this is the best reply ever....

so... nobody has any ideas...

• popped the CD in and booted from it.
• went through scandisk.
• went through the setup wizard.
• booted from the HD and it went to the desktop and operated normally... excapt the internet thing.

my comp. is a 900Mhz 60 gb HD 256MB RAM I'm having prob. retriving more info but here is some more maxtor 4k060h3, mibios megatrends that is what I could get off the start up screen is there a way to slow or pause the screen to get more info? any ways my prob. is I want to do a clean install of XP but I can't get the comp. to boot from cdrom it always jumps to the xp system that is already loaded.
the steps that I take are
1-load xp instal boot disk(it boots up on other comp's)
2-start comp.
3-it always goes to the xp operating system welome screen
I checked the BIOS settings and they are
primary MASTER:user
primary slave:cdrom
secondary master:cdrom
secondary slave:cdrom
floppy drive A; 1.44MB31/2
also this
Quick boot: enabled
1st boot devise:floppy
2nd boot devise:cdrom
3rd boot devise:cdrom
try other boot devises:yes
does this make any sense I will try and get more info if I can but as of right now I don't KNOW what else to try
thank in advance for any help
1mgo 8-)
Try putting the CD-ROM drive as primary. It shouldn't matter though. I'm out of ideas. I boot from my CD-ROM all the time with no problem. And my PC has LOTS of problems.Ignore the post above...

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Try putting the CD-ROM drive as primary. It shouldn't matter though. I'm out of ideas. I boot from my CD-ROM all the time with no problem. And my PC has LOTS of problems.

Try putting the CD-ROM drive as primary. It shouldn't matter though. I'm out of ideas. I boot from my CD-ROM all the time with no problem. And my PC has LOTS of problems.

This is a new install on a new HD on a new computer.  I boot into the install enviroment and go through the USUAL fluff to get the OS loading, and XP Pro tells me it is at the "Preparing Installation" phase, and is "Installing Devices" with 34 minutes to go then freezez up. This is a new build for me. Any solutions? Thanks a Bunch!

Asus M2n-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ AM2 Socket
Corsair XMS2-6400   2x512 DDR2 800MHz   5-5-5-12
Seagate 160GB Serial ATA/300 7200rpm 8mb Cache
eVGA e-Geforce 7800 GT


Tim aka LawTry cleaning the XP CD gently with a soft lint-free cloth...this is an original isn't it ? ?

patio.  8-)Diagnose the Hard Disk Drive, you can do so by DOWNLOADING the SOFTWARE appropriate for your Hard Disk Drive from the following website:

Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities

This will require you to make a bootable diskette, the diagnostic PROGRAM will do so for you.

Diagnose the memory (RAM) with the following program:

Windows Memory Diagnostic

This will require you to make a bootable diskette, the diagnostic program will do so for you.

Compaq Presario AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+, 984 MHz, 1 Gig RAM
System:
Miscrosoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Ad-aware SE Personal
Mcafee Virus scan version 11

I would like to MAKE Microsoft Outlook 2002 my default mail handler but all my incoming mails find their WAY into Outlook Express 6. I have already designated Microsoft Outlook 2002 as my default program (Tools-Options-Others-General-Checked the box for "Make Outlook the default program for email").  What else should I do? Quote

I have already designated Microsoft Outlook 2002 as my default program (Tools-Options-Others-General-Checked the box for "Make Outlook the default program for email").  What else should I do?

I'am the manager. But my computor says i don't have acess to down load files on a cd romYou need to have Administrator RIGHTS. Being a manager is not good enough.

Are you the only user of this computer? Are there other log in's assigned or just you? What OPERATING system? What burning software are you trying to use? Has it ever worked as you envision?

See below. Details are important.I'AM THE ADMINISTATOR , THERE IS NO ONE ELSE ON MY COMPUTER, I"AM RUNNING WINDOWS XP , I'AM TRYING TO COPY A FILE FILE EXCELNo need to yell, and you still havent POSTED any info.... Quote

You need to have Administrator rights. Being a manager is not good enough.

Are you the only user of this computer? Are there other log in's assigned or just you? What operating system? [highlight]What burning software are you trying to use? Has it ever worked as you envision?[/highlight]

See below. Details are important.

Why is that, when reboot in safe mode always seem to take longer then in normal mode? I thought it would be faster since there are fewer THINGS for the OS to load.

BMy guess is that it's just another laziness on M$s part. After all, why would someone have to restart when all that is needed is for the explorer to be refreshed. Restart takes 5minutes refresh takes 2 seconds. It could be louisy SCRIPTS but i'm not totally SURE. If anyone has an answer it will probably be better than mine.I mentioned this (W2K) a few weeks ago and Raptor said my computer was faulty.
I didn't believe one word of it.
I think it's just a windows thing.If safe mode doesn't load something's wrong, but safe mode has always loaded pretty fast on the machines I've WORKED on. And if it didn't, it usually wouldn't load at all.. Quote

Why is that, when reboot in safe mode [highlight]always seem to take longer[/highlight] then in normal mode?

Not sure what happened but my computer was always getting shut down due to not having enough memory when I was accessing myspace accounts. I was always able to restart and surf the web, but unable to access certain myspace accounts. Well I was turning on my computer and put in my password and the windows thing came up SAYING everything was loading, my personal settings was being loaded, but then nothing was loaded. My tool bar at the bottom of the screen is not visible the icons for my computer, internet, recycle bin..., was not visible. My mouse arrow is visible but nothing else is. Does anyone KNOW what the problem is and how can it be fixed. I have no idea whats wrong. :-?How about some details on the machine and any spyware virus protection being used?

I assume it used to work so what has changed?Can you boot in safemode and do a system restore?

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxphome/howto/lauchsystemrestore.htmThe computer is a Toshiba lap top. Not sure on the spy ware. I have the standard virus scan that comes with windows. But I am unable to access anything with my computer. When I do reboot in safe mode all it says is safe mode at the corners of the screen and that is all. I can see the mouse arrow move around but nothing else. This problem started after being at some my space accounts that require more memory and my computer would shut down immediately saying not enough memory to support page. Then the computer would reboot. But now nothing comes up on the screen after rebooting. Quote

The computer is a Toshiba lap top. Not sure on the spy ware. I have the standard virus scan that comes with windows. But I am unable to access anything with my computer. When I do reboot in safe mode all it says is safe mode at the corners of the screen and that is all. I can see the mouse arrow move around but nothing else. This problem started after being at some my space accounts that require more memory and my computer would shut down immediately saying not enough memory to support page. Then the computer would reboot. But now nothing comes up on the screen after rebooting.

This problem started after being at some my space accounts that require more memory and my computer would shut down immediately saying not enough memory to support page. Then the computer would reboot. But now nothing comes up on the screen after rebooting.

There is no standard virus scan that comes with Windows.

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There is no standard virus scan that comes with Windows.

Windows may doesn't come with Anti-virus but I know some computers shipped with windows have addition software built into the computer and or recovery disks that is not standard on retail xp versions...

It only makes sense one would come with anti-virus, But I could be wrong...

In my view,u can uninstall something procedures those u can't use in the safe mode !And then restart u computer again!

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In my view,u can uninstall something procedures those u can't use in the safe mode !And then restart u computer again!

Wangming, you are ready to experience a different forum. They have been waiting for someone like you:

http://forums.techarena.in/

Hello,
       I am having trouble installing my printers. I get a message that the printer spooler has not been found, or printer DRIVER has not been installed. Yet I am not able to install or troubleshoot either. Can you help?julia jackson.....  Perhaps you could assist us in helping you........ How many printers are you ATTEMPTING to install ?
What MAKE and model are they .
Do you have the printer installation sheets for each of them ?
Do you have the installation cds which should have come with them?
Are these printers new or have they been working on your system previously ?

dl65  Also, are these printers connected directly to your computer, or are you trying to connect to them via a network?  What type of computer connection do they use, USB or Parallel port?We will have to wait for Julia to RETURN.........What is the Forum record for hit and runs in a 24 hour period ? ?

patio.  8-)I don't know but we're close. Very close.

Hi guys, okay I have a Windows XP Pentium D w/ a 3.0 GHZ processor, 2 gigs of ram, GeForce 7800 TI, Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS..

Anyway, I've had an issue with my sound recently not working. I called Dell Technical Support for a DIFFERENT (resolved) issue, and during the process of trying to fix it they had me do an XP SYSTEM Restore to a point about 2 WEEKS before the date I did it. When my computer rebooted after the restore, my sound wasn't working. I looked in my Device Manager, and it showed 2 Unknown devices that didn't have drivers installed under my "Sound, Video, and Game Controllers."

I told Windows to reinstall the drivers for these devices, and found out what they are... one is called "Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter." and the other is called "Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer." when I try to install these drivers, either by letting it automatically find a driver for them or by SEARCHING the Windows CD, it finds a driver and starts to install it, but then it gives me an error message saying "Driver is not intended for this platform."

I don't know what these files are or what they do, but I do know that since they haven't been working, if I go to "Sounds and Audio Devices" in my control panel, I find that the system isn't recognizing my SB Audigy 2 ZS as a playback device. It says "No Audio Device" under the "volume" tab and under the "Audio" tab and under "sound playback" it says for "Default Device: No Playback Devices." It does recognize my card for RECORDING and MIDI playback for some reason though.

I've tried reinstalling the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS drivers, that didn't fix the problem and the Device Manager shows the drivers are working fine and are recognized. I also tried removing the Microsoft Kernel devices, and upon reboot the System finds new hardware but still can't install those drivers for them.

Anyway, I'm at a loss for what to do, any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Dell said that I should just reinstall Windows, but that would delete all of my many gigs of music, moves, and games, and it'd be a REAL hassle to back all of those files up. Anything less drastic would be strongly preferable. Thanks a lot for any help on this.  Instead of reinstalling Windows, try performing a repair installation.Cool, I'll try that... can you point me in the direction of an article on how to do that? I'd appreciate it, just to make sure that I'm doing the right thing, found several things talking about Repairs to Windows...http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=repair+install+xp



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Cool, I'll try that... can you point me in the direction of an article on how to do that? I'd appreciate it, just to make sure that I'm doing the right thing, found several things talking about Repairs to Windows...

hi there all.
I cant seem to open up pages on the net that is a link.
I mean if you send a link   e.g www.hello.com i used to be able to click on the link and their site would pop up.Nowadays i cant seem to do it.
Anyone know why?
Thanks in advance
MikeHow is the link being sent to you?Does that mean ALL LINKS on web pages?
What actually happen when you click on the link when you say you can't seem to do so?
And your BROWSER is?And your virus PROTECTION is? And your spyware protection is? And this started when? And have you purposely changed any Windows settings? And when did this start? And your Windows version is? The service pack installed is?

See below. Quote

hi there all.
I cant seem to open up pages on the net that is a link.
I mean if you send a link   e.g www.hello.com i used to be able to click on the link and their site would pop up.Nowadays i cant seem to do it.
Anyone know why?
Thanks in advance
Mike

in school many programs and features such as control panel and being able to INSTALL new programs are blocked off.
you get a message about the adminstrator stopping this.

is it possible for me to do it at HOME i have win xp sp2.

thanks.Yes, you can download and access system features on your home pc PROVIDED you have admin privileges to do so.

Good lucki think you have misunderstood i want to put these controls on i want to limit the other users proiveliges how do i do this.Oops - sorry.

Start here.. and search the I'net for lots more info..

This presumes you already have admin privileges on your home pc..

Good luckYou didn't SAY whether it was Home or PRO.  If the latter, go Start-->Run: gpedit.msc [ENTER].  You'll be amazed at all the things you can lock down.  Use Google to find out more about Group Policies.

Finally a software from Microsoft that ACTUALLY work to my liking-Virtual PC 2004. And it's FREE from the MS SITE.  
All 3 OSes Win2K, WinXP and Ubuntu work GREAT and it doesn't requare reboot.   Too bad OSX can't be part of the happy family.
Check it out.

BVP 2004 is in fact listed in the software FAQ, but thanks for the reminder.  

Excellent for testbed installations, e.g. testing out a SLIPSTREAMED XP installation (something I tried for the first time last week).

I have an HP Pavillion dv1000.  I started having problems with it a few days ago when Windows Media Player stopped playing sound and my AIM gave me a message that ORDINAL 6 in the DSOUND.dll couldnt be found.  So I install a new DSOUND.dll FILE and now Im getting a message saying "DllRegister Server entry point was not found."  This is affecting everything on my computer that has to do with sound. iTunes, AIM, Windows Media Player, and QuickTime to name a few.  Any help WOULD be appreciated.Ok, when I open Quick Time or iTunes i get this message.  "The procedure entry point OpenVxDHandle could not be located in the dynamic link LIBRARY KERNEL32.dll."  Just some more info into this problem.  It also says that Quick Time cannot be found even after I reinstall it.Reinstall soundcard drivers

I was also thinking VIRUS ATTACK LAST night, you should do as Fed SAID.

ok, i know little about FTP servers, but i would like to setup my rig as an FTP server... i want to set it up as an FTP server so i can download or upload files when i am away from home. incase you need my system specs, they can be found in the document below. i need to know how i can set this thing up as a simple FTP file server. so i can upload or download documents, images, music files, ect, while i am at school, work, or where ever i may need a file. since the my documents of my school laptop synchronizes to a server, files sometimes go missing, so, i will back them up on here.

i am going to upgrade to 512mbs of ram, and put a linksys 10\100 eitherfast card in here, i seem to have them laying around everywhere, and i cant get the onboard lan to work. i will pull out the d-link WIRELESS adapter when i get a LAN line ran to my room, which will be some time after the 20th, which is when i get paid. i am also going to modify two 120mm fans to the front of the case, the case is a gateway 2000 P5-133, i removed the plate that covered the fan vents, with alittle sawing of plastic, and some drilling, it will fit nicely. i am also putting in a hard drive cooler that takes up 3 5.25 bays, and has a 120mm fan to cool the hard drives, although i will have to swap the fan, i dont want one with blue LED's in my server, which may have to run at times while i am sleeping, it will be setup at the foot of my bed, so, a bright blue light isnt a good idea. i can stand the noise though. i will take pics when its all done. which, will be some time after the 30th hopefully. i am going to get 2 IDE RAID cards, so i can run my 27 gig, 74 gig, two 8 gigs, and 40 gig at the same time. i am also buying a 320 gig drive, so i will never run out of serving space. other than that, i wont be upgrading it much more. will have to find a better used monitor than the danged packard bell i will have to use, that thing is beyond outdatted and useless, its from 1996, same year as the computer case. oh, i am also upgrading to a 420w psu from the 380, need more connectors. i will swap out the CD rom for my dvd burner, i dont need it now, seeing as my other computer is dead.Acquire an FTP server, punch a hole in your firewall and watch the leeches come out to play... Quote

Acquire an FTP server, punch a hole in your firewall and watch the leeches come out to play...

You have a couple of options.  First choose your FTP program, if you don't want to spend anything use the FTP program that comes with Windows as part of IIS.  If you don't mind spending a little money I've used Serv-u for years and it works quite well, I think they may even have a free personal edition.

If this FTP is only for your use then I would recommend changing the port to something other than 21, it will only be impacted by you entering the FTP address and having to remember to change the port.

Disable any anonymous access to the site, regardless of the software you use.

The last thing to consider is your IP address, if it's static then you have no problem for getting to your site.  If it's dynamic as a lot of ISP's are then your address is going to change all the time.  You can subscribe to a free service that will require you to install a little app on your server running the FTP that will always report your IP address to their servers and you will access your site via a URL they provide.  Not sure if these will allow FTP usage but at the very least it will report your IP address to you.

Those are pretty much the basics.

Hi i'm using XP MEDIA Center on my other computer, and the graphics on the LOGIN screen are all distorted, when I login, the screen constantly flickers to a full black screen, I cannot right click, and I cannot OPEN any programs. Some help on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
-draconicWhat type of monitor?What happened prior to this? Some history would be helpful, as well as specifics on the equipment.

See below.Do you have ANOTHER PC you can try your monitor on?

I'm looking for a way to quickly copy all the music, video and picture files (There's a lot of 'm) from one HDD to another.

The Windows search function doesn't cut it, some files give me strange errors that they cant'be found and it immediatly neglects to copy the rest which is terribly annoying because I can't be bothered to search for the faulty files among the NEARLY 16000 counting items.

Any ideas? I don't seem to have a problem accessing My Documents so I assume it's not an ownership problem.

Sync Back

Free version at the bottom of the page...

Hope this helps.

patio.  8-)Looks like what I need. LET me give that a try!10-4.

patio.  8-)Wow, the Raptor asking for help, thats new.... Please don't tease the animals....  USE Firefox to do it

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Please don't tease the animals....  

Hi,

I have a 80G HD, it was partitioned into 3 PARTS, 1st partition, primary, 60G for Win2000 pro, 2nd partition, logical, 10G for WinXP pro and 3rd partion, logical, 10G for Ubuntu 6.06. Before I install Ubuntu, both my Win OSs are working fine. After I INSTALLED Ubuntu on the third partition, I try to boot up in Win2000, the chkdsk screen comes up and did a scan, then it boot up nicely and the next time I boot up in Win2000 again everything is normal. However, I am not able to boot up in Win XP. The Win Xp keeps tellng me that the file hal.dll is missing or corrupted and ask me to install a new copy of the file. I did that but it didn't help.

Both Ubuntu and Win2000 are fine, but I really like to have all 3 OSs working, what can I do?

B.Does Ubuntu work correctly? Did you have any problems during the install? Did you burn the CD at a nice slow speed? Details please.Thakns GX1,

Oh yea, Ubuntu and Win 2K are working correctly. It's WinXP that's giving me problem. After I reinstalled Win XP on the same partition, Ubuntu doesn't even show up.

Before I re-install Win XP, the screen take me to this page, I think it's called GRUB in Linux, it give me the choice to either go to Ubuntu or Windows NT/2000/XP, from there I can choose Windows, then it takes me to the choise of Win2000 or WinXP. When I choose Win2000, it starts up very nicely and runs correctly, but if I choose WinXP, that's where I run into this error message saying hal.dll is missing or corrupted.

I suspect it's something to do with the Linux GRUB and/or the Windows MBR are not working correctly.

B.O FORGOT to mention, I burnt the CD at the speed of 1X.When you reinstalled XP you wrote over the Linux boot loader.

This can work by installing the oldest version of Windows first, up to the newest, then loading Linux last and using it's boot loader to manage the whole thing.Thanks GX_1, I figure it was something like that.

I GOT it to work! 3 OSes on one machine.

Here is what I did:

I reinstalled Win2k, I partitioned the HD, 60G for Win2K, 10G for WinXP and 10G for Ubuntu.
Reinstalled WinXP on its own 10 G space.
Reinstalled Ubuntu using the live CD. Use the partitioner to partition the 10G Ubuntu disk space again, 8G for Ext3 and 3G for linux swap,
then install Ubuntu.

Restarted and tested all OSes several times, they all work perfectly.  

OK, time for quad boot!  

B.Glad you are all fixed up and thanks for posting back.

please help. when i leave my computer for about 1 minute it goes onto the login screen where you select a user. it has never done this before and i dont know how to fix it. its very annoying
any suggestions would be much apperciated
thank you
carlytry this:
Right click desktop--->properties--->screensaver tab

if the box that says "display welcome screen on reasume" is checked, and your screensaver is set to "about a minute" then whenever it comes out of the screensaver, it will show the login screen.

thanks tried that but its still doing it  What are your screensaver settings?At the login screen have you tried just HITTING Enter ? ?
Are you the only user on this machine ? ?

patio.  8-)Are you on a laptop? If so there is an easy anser why.... Quote

Are you on a laptop? If so there is an easy anser why....

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Are you on a laptop? If so there is an easy anser why....

Care to share that? ?

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Are you on a laptop? If so there is an easy anser why....

Care to share that? ?

Well, with my laptop anyway, you have to check the battery settings, the default setting places the laptop on standby after just a few minutes, after that you get the login screen, same thing if you have the screensaver on, but the doesnt seem to be the case for mildew....

Are you sure that isn't Windows' doing?

raptor you have pro... for home there is no sp3

Make a date in two-zero-zero-eight with SP.3.....

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx

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Soyo k7vme motherboard, AMD Athlon 2100+ processor, 768MB ram, XP home.  Hello again.  My computer is not loading the NIC driver at startup, only on restart.  When I start up...no network adapter icons, no network adapter in device manager, no connection to the internet.  When I restart it's all good.  Every time.  I've tried bios update, network adapter update, bootvis, virus scans...the WORKS.  Nothing is helping so far.  I got a bootlog of both the startup (no network adapter) and the restart (with network adapter) and did a line by line COMPARISON of the two.  The only difference is that on the restart a driver was LOADED that was not loaded on the initial startup.  fetnd5bv.sys.  Googled it and found that it is indeed a network driver, but even with the latest (I've tried previous also) version it still will not load on the first startup.  Is there some way I can force this driver to load every time?  Modify system.ini or boot.ini?  I've been dealing with this for some time now and it's STARTING to drive me nuts.  All help is appreciated!
uninstall reinstall the driverThere was a driver update distributed by windows update that has caused this type of problem for many. Try rolling BACK to a previous version of the driver.no way Ms's updates could never screw ur computer up.. lolI have the same board on another machine and the onboard NIC is garbage...i bought a PCI NIC card for 12 bucks and never looked back.

patio.  8-)

I am a novice and am having a real problem installing a proram downloaded from Bayer called Winglucofacts to monitor my wife's diabetes.
The subject heading is the error mesage I get which is followed by "ODBC error 13: Could not load the set up or translator library. Verify that the file Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb) exists and that you can access it."
I have made a very tentative search of the Windows files and the ODBC folder is empty.
Can anyone help me please. Many thanks in advance. Peter_Edward.

PS. Running Windows ME on a PC.Contact Bayer technical support.http://www.winglucofactspro.com/pages/system.asp

Communication port for connecting the Ascensia Data Cable



http://www.bayercarediabetes.com/prodserv/products/glucofacts/index.asp



Did you read the below REQUIREMENTS?
 
https://www.ascensiastore.com/Thanks street1 for your help. I should have noticed that the PRO version of Winglucofacts is not compatible with Windows ME. However, the standard verion is ok and I have also downloaded this and tried to install with the same error message occurring.

The special cable mentioned is for linking the blood glucose meter to the pc. I have this but the info. cannot be downloaded until the program is up and running.

Where do I go from here.

Many thanks, Peter Edward.You need windows installer 1.1 below install  it first.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F1B7A5B0-611B-45A7-A06D-CADFF33E64DA&displaylang=en

Then you download the file below  InstMsiA.exe Install it second.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CEBBACD8-C094-4255-B702-DE3BB768148F&displaylang=en#filelist


Windows Installer SDK (x86) Install file below last.


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e96f8abc-62c3-4cc3-93ad-bfc98e3ae4a3&displaylang=en


This is all I could find for the install errors you have ran into hope it helps.

Robert

If this don't work call the toll free number-1-800-348-8100 Product support.


Best to you.
Peter,
Did you un-install the Pro version before installing the other ? ?
Not sure if this would make a difference, but it might.

patio.  8-)Thanks street1 for your efforts on my behalf. You obviously SPENT quite some time trying to assist.

Unfortunately, your suggestions did not work but by CHANCE I happened to receive an email from Bayer asking if the downloaded program was working ok.

I therefore told them of my difficulties (Thanks Raptor your suggestion worked!and they advised me to download Microsoft Data Access COMPONENTS (MDAC) 2.8.

I did so and the software is now up and running.

Many thanks to everyone for their help.

When using regsvr32 to REGISTER a dll, how is the KEY for the registry GENERATED? Or is this key assigned by someone/SOMETHING.

Will this 'key' be consistant across multiple pcs?

Thank
EricShould be random depending on the number of registry entries.  :-/I though something like that too.  But I've checked 3 different PC and they all have the same key..

For some weird reson, when i turn on my laptop and select the user, it begins to log on, but will not finish, before it FINISHES, the screen TURNS black, and it re-starts. it will not open windows. it will, however, turn on in safe mode.

anybody know why its doing this,a nd how to fix it?What operating SYSTEM are you using?

The below is for XP.


http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/app_system_restore_hss_safemode.mspx?mfr=trueWell, I got the idea to try a system restore in safe mode, and it seems it works. It starts up ok for now, so hopefully I wont have any more problems. Once I got it going, it said it had a SERIOUS system problem and wanted me to notify microsoft. then when i tried to send the error report, it said something about the report being corrupt. ??

any idea why its doing this?

thanks for the help anyways, just glad i got it to boot up!  You may need to scan for virus,malware Etc.....

Could be a nasty-thingie that was saved in restore.

Run defrag and scandisk first.

I have a friend who SAYS her font size (default 12PT) shows much BIGGER than 12pt.  I had her print a doc and the font size WASThe font you are displaying ...is VERDANA and size 12


dl65

For some reason when my computer shuts down it makes a WEIRD sound like a donk! sound.  Like it is trying to SHUT down a program running or something.  This dosn't really affect the computer as far as I can tell, but it really bugs me.  I've tried all kinds of differnt stuff to try and fix the problem.  Also   there is a shell hidden window popup every once in a while when i shut down. If you KNOW nething about this could ou plz help me.Control Panel / Sounds and Multimedia...check what sound is there for Windows shutdown.
This can be changed or set to NONE...What patio said,

Also maybe on older computer go to setup when its booting by pressing f4 or delete or whatever it is... Should have options in there.

Hello, Ive been searching online for awhile for a way to create a BOOTABLE floppy. I have an old computer with win98 on it and I want to create the floppy for a quick and easy way to automatically formatting my drives. Imessed around with creating a BATCH file and all I put in it was

echo off
format c:

I have two questions really I GUESS, the first is whether or not that batch will WORK, and two if it will work how do I get it to load automatically when I start the computer with the floppy in it.Travel to bootdisk.com and grab the Win98SE custom boot disk...extract it to a clean floppy and you should be good to go.

patio.  8-)Will that only wipe the disk or wipe it and begin the installation of win98. I only want it to wipe it totally, without installing it again.It will only wipe it.
Boot with the floppy in after you have created it...

At the A: prompt type format C: /u and HIT Enter.

patio.  8-)

Good Day:
         Have not used the Forums for ages but the addition of a  Toshiba Norebook [my wife's] has BROUGHT up questions. I will deal with only ONE,here.
Her Notebook is on WindowsXP. It is Wireless, using a Router which is wired in to our  Desktop computer which uses cable power source..  My question:-
  One bubble in the systray pops up "LAN Area connection. A Network cable is unplugged."  As this icon seems to refer to the fact that there is no wired connection to the ISP, can this icon be safely disabled?
   .                                EdmundoR
is this "bubble" on the desktop or laptop?

and correct me if im wrong, but you have a [highlight]cable[/highlight] modem connected to a router built into your computer? is this an actual router or just simply a second NIC card?

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which uses cable power source..

compaq 7500 computer running windows XP with dial up connection

over the last few days i am having a number of problems ~

1 when i am on line and open explored i get norton password ERROR ( contacted them ,waiting for reply)
    close the error and explorer opens fine
2 unable to open ebay turbo lister , error message ( contacted them , first fix did not work , waiting for second reply )
3 when i open netscape navigator , error message and you are unable to see the page , but it is open
4 when i open norton, error message and unable to see half the box
5 when i click on FAVORITES it CLOSES all open windows ,if i type in a url i can open websites with no problem

the only thing i can think of i did was updating explorer , when i did that i could not copy and paste to works word processor because i would get an error that " file size exceded... " but if i copy and paste in in an email reply and recopy and paste it , it will work fine

i know nothing about computers and do not have any idea where to begin . any ideas?

Scan for viruses and spyware.

Download, install, update and RUN in safe mode respectively:

AVG Free
Adaware SE
Spybot S&D
Windows Defender (Genuine Windows XP installation only)

Everytime I start my pc running XP Pro with SERVICE pack 2  I get a ERROR MESSAGE that STATES c:\windows\system32\iernonce.dll could not be losded because specific module could not be found. If there is anyone who can help me with this problem I would sure appreciate it.

Thank You
GSeems like a corrupt module for the Internet Explorer repair tool.

See here..

Good luck.

is there any specific software that is designed to make your PC run faster?CCleaner is a good disk cleanup tool; it also does some cleaning of Windows Registry.  

You should also be using some adware/spyware removal tools, such as Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware.  



read this, u'll get much, It's REVIEW how u can get PC without SPENDING even a penny.
http://digitalliving.cnet.co.uk/asktheeditors/0,39030511,49267544-1,00.htm


as for software : this software uses ur RAM more efficiently, has feature that deletes itself UNWANTED data from RAM.
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/System_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utilities/Release_RAM_2000_XP.html

I have an older computer running Windows XP.  I follow a certain motorcycle forum and someone recently inserted several IPB images into his post.  I haven't been able to OPEN any of these pictures.  Am I doing something wrong or is my computer too old to handle this type of picture?I've NEVER heard of it but that means nothing.
Can you post a link to the site so I can look?http://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=13054&st=20

Check the 6:04PM post.If you right click on the images and select properties you will see that they are .jpg files.
They do not display but that could be for any number of REASONS, there is nothing wrong with your computer.I can't see them either.

The images have allready been removed from the WEBSITE they were hosted on, it seems.

Let me first start off by Introducing myself. My name is Don and I'm a technician at an Internet CAFE with a decent amount of Networking and Computer skills, I still however, have a lot to learn. This cafe runs Windows XP and with various SPECS.

The problem is one of my co-workers used Internet Cafe Software to remove the Hard Disk DRIVES and Network drives Sections from My Computer 's view and with that it makes it inconvenient to browse to; the only way to access the C: is to type it in the address bar. An example is if you're installing software and you want to tell it to install to a particular area, you can't go through My computer as it shows only the Shared documents folder.  

I've isolated it down to the Internet Cafe's software interacting directly with the registry instead of using the Permissions section(Group Policy Objects). I would greatly appreciate it if someone COULD point me in the right direction as to the toggle location and the value needed(if Hexidecimal). Or,  some kind of referance that would show me what key is attached to what action. Any help is greatly appreciated.

-Dontry system restore to early date then lock modifactions to register


unlovedwarriorTry TweakUI among MS Powertoys.
That should fix it.

Then if you want you can toggle on/off the icons showing in My Computer
and taking snapshots of the Registry ( using InCtrl or RegSnap  or RegShot
and such tools ) before and after the cure
you can compare and focus on which keys are being edited.

excuse my lack of knowledge but WONDERING...
i'm in the uk, with presumably a uk p.c. - if i buy american software i.e microsoft office from the u.s. will it work on my english p.c.?
just seems much cheaper.
probably a stupid question but...
thanks,
kevvyYes.a pc is a pc, just cuz its in the uk doesnt mean its different from a us one. there might be some LANG differences if you dont live in a english speaking counrty but other than that ur good to go Quote

a pc is a pc, just cuz its in the uk doesnt mean its different from a us one. there might be some lang differences if you dont live in a english speaking counrty but other than that ur good to go

Hi all'
  I have a second 250 gig HDD and I was wondering could I install Windows Xp Pro and My important programmes on this drive ?
The reason is then I could carry on using my normal C drive installion but if anything went wrong, or if I got a virus or something then I could ( hopefully ) use this second installation while I re-formatted my HDD and installed everything again. In other words can I have 2 Win XP Pro installations on the same PC but on different drives.And if I can do this, do I need any SPECIAL software. :-?
Yes you could, but I doubt it'd be a good idea in case of a virus attack.. You should just create two partitions. Install Windows XP On C:\ and use the rest of the disk space to store important information. In case of an attack, wipe C, reinstall and scan the other partitions for viruses before opening programs there.In that case, I also have an EXTERNAL 40 G Hard Drive on my USB2 port. Would it be better to install the second inslilation there ?
That would be safe from virus attack etc wouldent it ? because I can leave it disconnected and only use it when needed.
But is it possable to install Windows on any other drive apart from c :
Does the setup ask you which drive you want to put XP on ?
Looking forward to your answer You're better off creating an Image using software such as Norton Ghost or not getting infected at all by paying for proper Internet Security technology.

A dual-boot is never a good way to make certain you can't be infected, because the other OS might become infected as well unless you use Linux...

You can't reformat C:\ and expect the other Windows OS to still work, Windows relies on the Windows installation of C:\ to work.I agree with Raptor.  Get some imaging software (I use Acronis TRUE Image) then image the primary hard drive to your second hard drive.  It will be a lot easier to recover that way then to have to reinstall EVERYTHING and copy all that data back.  

Alan <><  With imaging software (I use Acronis) there is no need to use another HDD...restoring a drive takes about 10 minutes tops...use that space for something else.

I back up once a week and burn a current one monthly to DVD. Worst case scenario i am 3 weeks from back to perfect all within as i said minutes.

patio.  8-)Thanks Guys,
   I will try that ghost idear, I have a Norton program that has that feature ( Norton Sys Tools I think ) I will use that and make an image of my C: drive and burn it to disk.
If I ever have to use it though what do I do ?  :-?Just format C: drive and drag and drop the Image file, or what ? :-? :-?   Quote

Thanks Guys,
   I will try that ghost idear, I have a Norton program that has that feature ( Norton Sys Tools I think ) I will use that and make an image of my C: drive and burn it to disk.
If I ever have to use it though what do I do ?  :-?Just format C: drive and drag and drop the Image file, or what ? :-? :-?  

Thanks for the help on the first problem I fixed it now here is the other problem

I have a COMPAq presario 2100 and when I log onto the internet I am getting a webpage that is not my home page.

the webpage is isafetypage.com

Then I am getting a popup ont he toolbar witha MESSAGE that says system ALERT:  [email protected]

It won't go away and I have done a check through my NORTON and nothing comes up can you help meDload  and install and update Ewido.

Turn off System Restore.

Run the complete scan not the quick one and see how it goes.

Before you log back on to the web open a browser window and re-set your homepage...this can be done without being connected it will load next TIME you log on.

patio.  8-)That worked there is only one that it had a problem getting rid of the  downloader zlob.apu is there anythign else to get rid of this one???Try the below.It will ALSO require update before using.

http://download4.emsisoft.com/a2FreeSetup.exe

Hi,

Im not 100% sure if this is the right section for this, i couldnt see an "Office" section...

Anyways,

Im trying to create a custom form to be used at work. The problem i have is that i have CREATED all the fields etc that i need, everything works fine except the ability to PASTE a picture.

I basically need one of the fields to allow a user to past a picture into it (generally from PAINT) before sending it.

All fields i try allow me to paste text but not anything else!

HELP would be much appreciated.

I will update with any info you require.

Cheers!I have no idea.  I've never created a form in Outlook, and I'd guess many of the other forum regulars have not either.  Nevertheless, learning something new is always interesting and some of US might be willing to look into this if you can provide a lot more info.  

What type of form are you trying to create?  Exactly, what is the menu sequence for getting to the screen where you would attempt to insert an image?  Are you modifying an existing form or creating a whole new form?

I have a gome called "Hunting Unlimited" by "TEEN ESRB".  It is a hunting game.  When I TRY to run the game on full screen, the screen goes black and I get the message "Out of range" and "Vert freq = xxx KHz" and Hor freg = xxKHz".  (These frequencies are different each time i try to run the game)..
My OS is XP, I have 1 Gbyte ram, lots of hard drive, and a 2+ Ghz CPU (Athlon).  I am using a 19" FLAT panel (LCD) by ViewSonic.  I have the display set at 1280x1024 and the  refresh rate at 60Hz, as recommended.  The thing works well at a reduced window size but not at full screen.  
The only way I can recover use of the mouse and keyboard is to "Conro-Alt-Del" and stop the program from running.  This condition has not always existed.  I have been able to run it at full screen in the past but that was several months ago.  Any ideas anyone? ? ?  Thanks,  JimCheck for updated vid card DRIVERS at the manuf. site....

However since it used to work and doesn't now something is wonked...

You will need to post alot more info on your SYSTEM for help on that.

patio.  8-)Reconfigure the ingame resolution settings.Thanks, I will try to do that.,  JimSince you have a 19" monitor, set it to either 1024x786 or 1280x1024.

You may need to INSTALL monitor drivers (CD that came with your monitor) and the latest videocard drivers as well.

everytime I try to log in to yahoo.I get a pop-up saying my username and password is incorrect,try again. I been usinameg the same user name and PASS WORD for  years.If I change my name and password willI LOOSE everything that I have saveCan't you request your password by USING an AUTOMATED service? A lot of E-mail providers have these..

Is there any WAY I can change the language of MSPaint. I've the one that accepts jpg files and such. I'm new here so I hope I'm not doing anything wrong.

Explain a little better what it is you are trying to do and someone will be along shortly....

patio.  8-) Quote

Explain a little better what it is you are trying to do and someone will be along shortly....
 
patio.

I don't believe you can but i could be wrong...do you have an English version of Windows ? ?

By the way what version of Windows are you running ? ?

patio.  8-)

OK i'm getting confused...which is real easy for me.
Is your version of XP English except for Paint ? ?

Go to Start / Programs / Accessories and see if you have 2 versions of Paint...try them both.

patio.  8-)

Then you will need to DLoad and install the English language pack for XP...

Here Ya Go

I'm sure this will change XP to all English so read all the instructions on the page.

patio.  8-)

Hi
we suddenly started to get e mails about stock/shares that we could buy(if we had lost our marbles.).We ignored these and deleted them
Suddenly our computer has started sending the emails on to other addressess some seem to go through some seem to go to non known addresses or returned to sender.
I cannot see how to stop this
any ideas
Scan for viruses/spyware.Especially scan for trojans, although there has been some discussion about Ewido lately I'd still use it first.
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/Have a read here also:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zombie+mailwell I  downloaded defender then avg then trojan remover these all removed some spyware/trojan etc.
however the e mails went again.The machine SHOWS them as failed as the receipiant doesnt exist(some must get though.
the only thing I can think to do is buy the stock and perhaps they will go away
We have also now started to get emails TRYING to SELL me *censored*.(up to 10 a day) perhaps they know something I do not.
We are running WINDOWS xp with f secure protection.
any ideas ( as my wife is now very SUSPICIOUS!)I would contact your ISP about changing the e-mail account...unfortunately once those leeches get your addy who knows how many times it has been passed on...
Are you using any filtering software on that e-mail account ? ?

patio.  8-)Did you try Ewido?
Hint, you will need to update it prior to scanning.

For some reason after I restarted my computer, every email in my INBOX in Outlook Express was gone.

And when I tried to import it, I got this message:

And it won't import anything in the folder. I desperately need to get into my email. What can I do?Rather than import it, what about copy the Inbox.dbx to the DEFAULT directory?
Does it show the messages in Inbox?



Need...more...info...gasp  

"[highlight]For some reason[/highlight] after I restarted my computer..."

Any ideas what happened to cause this?  Incorrect SHUT down of Windows / virus or spyware?

Did you try a reboot then choose "Last KNOWN Good CONFIGURATION"

Alan <><

Dear friends,

I don't know why but today I cannot open Mozilla Firefox and I can navigate only with internet explorer.
All the other programs runs normally as the antivirus, antispyware, antitroyan and so on.
My system is Win XP SP2.
Please, can you help me ?
Thank you
BenedettoHave you tried UNINSTALL and reinstall?You most LIKELY tried to open it too many times at once  before it was loaded. Remove all ENTRIES from the task manager or restart the PC.Wow !! I did it and now all is running normally ! Thank you very much.
BenedettoWhat did you do? uninstall or shutdown?YEP,Who's on First. :-? RTK


http://susie1114.com/WhosOnFirst.htmlThat sure is funny.  I have un- and reinstalled mozilla firefox.
Thanks for the help.
Benedetto

XP PROFESSIONAL SP2, Pentuim 4 2.8Ghz processor, 503 MB ram.  Everytime I start the computer the USB hardware, network and volume icons do not come up in the taskbar.  I go to the control panel - Sounds and Audio Devices - and "place volume icon in taskbar" is unchecked.  I check the box and press apply and all the aforementioned icons show up in the taskbar.  I've run virus and spyware scans (Norton Anti-virus Corporate Edition, Spybot Search and Destroy, Adaware and A-squared) and no malware is detected.  I've also run Registry Mechanic and repaired errors.  I've also run SFC.  This is a minor annoyance, as it doesn't cause any lack of functionality in the computer, but it bothers me.  I've also surfed the net for information about this problem, but haven't found an exact match so far.  Oh yeah, I get the same result if I log on as administrator, so the problem doesn't appear to be profile related.  Any suggestions would be most welcome.  Thanks.Did you disable any services?I actually went so far as to set all services to automatic.  Didn't help.  I tried disabling UPnP service (read that on some forum somewhere), but that didn't help either.  Thanks for the thought.Did you go to add/remove programs-Add/Remove Windows Components..
Uncheck everthing that is checked then recheck same items,Then Click Next?Perhaps the icons are hidden. Have you checked the system tray properties?  You can select how the icons behave. HIDE inactive, always hide, always show.Street1: I haven't tried that.  I'll give it shot.  The problem is on my comupter at work, so I won't be able to try until monday (it's friday night now), but I'll update as to whether that works or not.

2k_dummy: Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm pretty savvy around a computer and I always have my taskbars set to show everything all the time.  I like to know what my computer's up to.  Still, you never know when one might overlook the obvious.  I appreciate your help. Quote

I actually went so far as to set all services to automatic.  Didn't help.  I tried disabling UPnP service (read that on some forum somewhere), but that didn't help either.  Thanks for the thought.

sometimes that happens to me. I guess Windows just being lazy.

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sometimes that happens to me. I guess Windows just being lazy.

HuH...?  ?

Bare with me, don’t know much about ANITVIRUS other than I don’t want my computer messed up.  I use Xoftspy and it has detected a Trojan file (vender name is Adtomi)  Says it is high risk but Xoftspy can’t get rid of it.  Now I have CA Anti-Virus and I still can’t get rid of it.  When I use CA Anti-Virus is just says Virus name is Java/Shinwow.BH and has a status is infected but it won’t get rid of it.  Can ANYBODY HELP w/ this?  Removal Tool


patio.

P.S This is for XP...You didn't say what you are running...Download, install, update and run AVG Free in safe mode.

Does anybody here know how to use the W2k Recovery Console...
I shut down my PC and UPON Reboot

I get:

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or currupt.
\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

I can't figure out how to extract the SYSTEM file from the CD.

I EVEN tried to replace the files from another W2k desktop....lol.. No LUCK though..
Any help would be greatly appreicated.Do you have a 3.5 FLOPPY drive? :-?

You should be able to do a repair install with the 4 disk set.

Click on disk 1 through 4 that you unzip and number your floppy disks
1-4 this will make a boot disk set.

http://www.svrops.com/svrops/downloads/zipfiles/win2kpro.zip

Hi, everyone. You may remember me from the win2k product ID thread. Thanks to your help, I managed to get my installation going. Now, I'm having problems after the installation.

For some reason, Win98 is still on the system, but not completely. It displays as an option at startup, but when I choose it as my OS, startup just freezes. Win2K is the default, and seems to be working, but various programs I attempted to install won't, even though they should be Win2K compatible; installation is failing, or the program is installing and then keeps hitting me with error messages at startup. Microsoft Office and a few other big-publisher programs at installing fine, but many others that should are not. I'm think the leftovers of Win98 may be causing problems, but various attempts at reinstalling Win2K just won't get rid of it.

Thank you for any help that can be provided.Reformat before installing Windows 2000?The installation FILES are on my hard drive, not a CD, so I'm not sure that would be possible. Also, I don't know how to reformat.

Thanks for the help.You would do well to obtain a legal copy of Windows 2000 or XP.I did! I downloaded these files from e-academy, in association with Syracuse University. I can prove it if you could TELL me how! Quote

I did! I downloaded these files from e-academy, in association with Syracuse University. I can prove it if you could tell me how!

• How is your HDD set up? How many partitions?
• On what partition is Windows 98 installed?
• On what partition are the Windows 2000 installation files?

Ah, well I'm not asking you to prove it, I merely thought it would be better for you to have a bootable CD which makes everything a lot easier.

If the Windows 98 OS doesn't work, how did you install the Windows 2000 OS?

Run the HDD's diagnostic program and post the results...