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No hard drive? by
ms
A used old minitower.
First run, P133, the bootup screen says:
Primary Master Drive: None
Secondary Master Drive: CD Rom drive....
Insert system disk....
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September 5th 06 10:21 PM
by PCR
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RSS feed reader by
Franc Zabkar
Can anyone suggest an RSS feed reader that has the following features:
lean
displays messages in plain text
organises each feed as a separate database file
can save selected messages to user defined database files
searchable databases
filterable databases
can launch selected message in...
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System Resources versus RAM by
Larry
A few days ago there was interesting thread discussing what System Resources
are. A couple of posters pointed out that System Resources, while it is a
special type of memory, isn't the same as RAM.
However, no one, as far as I could tell, said what is the relationship, if
any, between SR and...
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June 20th 09 04:47 AM
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Mr. Gary S. Terhune by
LEO
On Feb.25th I posted a request for help in getting "standby" working again.
In response to your reply;
If you can't solve the problem, I don't think you should reply. I needed
help, NOT YOUR SERMON!!!!
Respectfully,
Leo
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March 12th 05 06:53 AM
by PCR
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April 30th 07 03:41 PM
by PCR
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VFAT Error by
Dave Hawley
Sorry if this is a double post. My first attempt appeared to fail!
I am having a very difficult to diagnose start-up problem with Windows 98SE.
The system has been fine for years, with no start-up or shut-down problems. I
recently installed Microsoft Office XP. The initial install, updating...
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January 16th 06 12:07 AM
by PCR
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Win 98 Bootup Problem by
Scott
My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing
the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD
MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally.
Is this a registry problem?
Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the...
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September 13th 09 06:25 AM
by Scott
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WIN98 SE Shutting down for no reason by
pjhjones
I am running a WIN98 SE machine with a new hard drive installed about a week
ago.
For some reason every so often 15-20 minutes it automatically reboots on me.
No error message or anything, but when it reboots it acts like it was just
shut off and runs a scan disk. It is plugged in properly and...
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Who is using Zone Alarm? by
poatt
I found out that Sygate is no longer there. It was acquired by Norton.
And Sygate's free personal firewall is discontinued.
So I downloaded Zone Alarms free firewall.
Seems to be working very well. Internet page loading seems to be faster
also. But that just may be my imagination.
I was wondering...
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January 29th 06 12:35 AM
by PCR
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Rebooting Win98 after MS Security updates by
arun-win98-user
Yesterday, I updated the latest critical Win98 patches (they were security
related) and since then having a strange problem ... here it is.
As Windows begins loading, I can see and move the mouse and the hour glass.
As soon as the loading gets over, the MOUSE DISAPPEARS and if I touch any key
on...
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trouble with 640GB laptop drive by
someone watching
Need some help with this one guys. Bought a Western Digital 640GB 2.5" laptop drive. With all HDDs till now I've been able to FDISK and format and all has worked well in W98SE. I've done this with drives to 500GB. But this 640GB just isn't acting right. FDISK does not read the size properly though...
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Boot Problem by
Foxhole
Yesterday someone gave me a IBM Thinkpad 760EL. OS Win 98SE.
It will not boot past the Win 98 screen it just stops there. He said he was
messing around msconfig and unchecked something and doesn't remember what. I
tried the scanreg/restore in dos but still nothing.
Does anyone have helpful any...
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September 20th 05 10:39 PM
by Foxhole
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destorying the hard drive by
Jim Madsen
My daughter has an old Gateway computer running Windows 98. She says no
one wants it because it is slow and obsolete and she wants to turn it
into the local recycling place.
She is worried about (personal) data on the hard drive. I wonder if
reformatting the HD will destroy all the data? My...
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Win98 Daylight Savings Time Manual Update Required-- reminder 1 by
PCR
The following is required to do in the USA only...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=914387
How to configure daylight saving time for the United States in 2007
.......Quote.......
INTRODUCTION
Because of the Energy Policy Act, daylight saving time is extended by
four weeks in 2007. This change...
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December 14th 06 09:32 PM
by PCR
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Adding another HD - some questions by
Bill in Co.
I'm going to add another HD to my system for more storage (and as insurance,
in case the original ever flakes out). This is what I want the final
result to be:
C: and D: partitions on my existing (40 GB) hard disk to remain unchanged.
I will add the second hard drive (also 40 GB), and partition...
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December 12th 04 08:22 PM
by PCR
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VFAT error by
zee
Windows 98 SE
All was right with the world (and my computer) before I tried to download
camera software for a camera I received for Christmas.
On the reboot, I got a VFAT error. I thought it was the camera software, so
I went in in safe mode and uninstalled it, but to no avail. I went...
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February 12th 06 05:36 PM
by glee
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Final farewells by
MEB[_17_]
I suppose we should do this soon, since the Usenet issue is now out of
the way. It is only a matter of time... perhaps a few still here and
lurking wish to say goodbye.
To all: I think we have had a good long and fruitful run here on
Microsoft. Lots of good information has passed from those who...
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Is your browser secure? by
Gary S. Terhune
Check it online, here.
http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/
If you're prompted to open anything or to permit something to run, =
decline the prompt.
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
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January 13th 05 05:15 PM
by Dan
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