Dark screen on a couple NEC AccuSync 50 monitors. Is there a way to restore factory settings? I've seen this problem on a couple monitors. The user can press the Select button and change the screen so dark you can't see built-in menus to adjust the picture! Then the monitor seems to memorize...

I am trying to recover an old Toshiba Tecron 8100 for a friend of mine. However, the LCD monitor is dark, i.e., no display, colors, or backgrounds. Just dark. I can hear the computer booting up and running, there's no screen to work with. I have been researching issues with this model laptop,...

Hi I have been given a computer running win98 se. I was told that all info was deleted from the hard drive by way of fdisk and format.Win98se was installed but the time and date fuctions won't stay after reboot, even with a new cmos battery. I can't get to the bios because it keeps asking for...

I have windows 98 and every time I turn off my computer, the time/date becomes delayed. I have adjusted it each time i turn on the computer and the time/date remain accurate whent he computer is on , but not when I turn it off. Any advice? Thanks

Hi all, I downloaded and installed Casino-on-net which runs fine but what i`ve found is that if I play the game on full screen(it opens by default to minimized 1/2 screen), is that when I exit the game the desktop has shrunk ie: there`s a black 1/2 inch boarder around the edge and any applications...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately,...

When I close my last Internet Explorer window and click on another program icon (or the Start Menu), the hour glass sits there for almost a minute and one-half (80 seconds) before the requested program starts. I am running a Pentium 233 MHz with 128 Meg of Ram. Is there a setting in Internet...

A win98 2nd Ed system was freezing up when several programs were opened so I added more Ram. It had 64Mb; now 320Mb. Then I was going to boot iun safe mode to run scandisk, but when the menu appeared the kb was inactive. If I allowed it to boot normally the kb works. I have a usb kb so I...

after starting computer, my desk top icons are about 1/4 inch lower than the previous start up position. every time I start computer, Icons drift lower. Doesn't matter what the location, they relocate lower on my screen. i can not find any option to lock them in place. windows 98 second...

Windows 98. When I arrange icons, with or without any option checked, on boot, the icons are re-arranged, all on left side of desktop. How can I get icons arranged the way that I want?

I am helping my elderly neighbour and on start up he has a sort of brick desktop which changes to what it should be when it boots up (Blue windows background) I have noticed that where the desktop icons go they stay like brick until the icons come up yet the rest of the screen is blue. Start up is...

When my computer is turned on and after the desktop is displayed, "drive c"(hardrive)folder with individual folders displays along with other icons that normally would appear on a computer desktop. I have had a compaq (Presario) for the last 5 years. My operating system is Windows 98 and my...

when I start I have a bunch of programs that show up on the tool bar by my clock and I want to know how I can make it so these dont open everytime I start my computer

message on desktop on start up X Cannot find file 'info 32 exe'(or one of its components).Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Then ! Could not load or run 'info 32 exe' specified in the WIN.INI.file.Make sure the fil e exists on your...

I have a problem that just appeared out of the blue and has me totally confused. For some reason, the last few days my desktop background has been stretching every image I have used previously - even those that are less than the regular 800x600 resolution. Note that they appear in the...

One of my user has been playing around with the screen here and the result is a desktop displaying everything in reverse mode. Any help to correct this is appreciated. Thanks.

I cannot get into any folder including "my computer" on desktop. I reloaded 98 operating system, but no luck. To open contents, I must access files through applications only which is very annoying. I get fatal error messages every time.

Hi everyone Please help, for the last 3 days my desktop has shrunk into the middle of my monitor screen. Specs 15" monitor NEC Sync Windows ME Lots of room on free on C Drive HP Pavillon Computer I have a black border approx. 2" on both the left and right side of my

i purchased my computer at a hospital auction. i wanted to delete the icon"nieghborhood network" from my desktop because i have no use for it, but when i right-click on it, there is no delete option...there is, however, an option to "disconnect neighborhood network"...will this delete the icon and...

I recently had to reboot my PC and when I did Word icon was missing from both desktop and Quick Launch. Can someone please tell me how to put Word icon onto desktop and quick launch