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    That was SO easy. I'm set. I'm saving that one...

    That was SO easy. I'm set. I'm saving that one for a back-up in case of emergency. That'll be such a relief next time (and there always is a next time). I saved the $85. I love this place! :)
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    Nevermind. It's cool. I hit DEL and went into...

    Nevermind. It's cool. I hit DEL and went into setup and told it to look at the CD -ROM first in sequence (going to have to remember to change that back). It found the disc and is now formatting C....
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    Hi, jmjjet! That you for those great links. ...

    Hi, jmjjet! That you for those great links.

    I...think I did something. I fdisk-ed based on the Microsoft Support article. And something definitely changed because now instead of that "Can't...
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    Win 98 setup on new hard drive.

    Hi All!
    I'm actually going to do things right this time by having two computers going -- one to read your (forthcoming, I hope) directions and one on which to execute them. So...my computer died a...
  5. Thread: New computer.

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    Found it! That Afterdawn link about Messenger...

    Found it! That Afterdawn link about Messenger took me to the Administrative Tools/Services area and had me stop it there. Security was also listed there so I stopped it, too. Two reboots and no...
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    Hi, gep. I did uninstall Norton Internet...

    Hi, gep. I did uninstall Norton Internet Security. Like first thing. I realize now that the red X thing in the tray is for the Windows Security Center. It covers the Firewall, Auto Updates and...
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    New computer.

    Bought one off the rack this time and have spent the better part of last week trying to undo all the settings that annoy me. I have my own version of Norton, thank you. My own firewall. I don't...
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    > Tell your dad that when you're done with it, he...

    > Tell your dad that when you're done with it, he can get the last (ambush) bid > in every time!

    You know what? This is NO KIDDING -- they've got DSL, but it's so lame. First of all, they've...
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    > Bring the computer back to your place and work...

    > Bring the computer back to your place and work on it.

    I need you guys to plan my life for me! Ok, that's solved. Ball's in my court now. Yikes. I'll see if my dad will forgo his rapt ebay...
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    Yeah, we tried the reboot method a couple times. ...

    Yeah, we tried the reboot method a couple times. No improvement.

    I just went and downloaded the Basic (.54 MB) version and it works! On mine. We'll try hers next.

    Nick:

    > another copy...
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    > PII-333, if I remember right, with 364MB of...

    > PII-333, if I remember right, with 364MB of ram, boot times was 7 minutes
    > with XP. Talk about painful! My old 486 with 95 run circles around it.

    This is hilarious. I doubt she'd notice the...
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    More great news! Again via phone, we managed to...

    More great news! Again via phone, we managed to lighten the load on C:\ by another 300 or so megs (using CCleaner). For those keeping track, we're up to 547 megs of free space now. My big plan of...
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    lgbpop: > Another thing you can do eventually...

    lgbpop:

    > Another thing you can do eventually is to compress that C:\ drive using disk
    > compression.

    Really? No drawbacks to that? I think I heard some horror story once about irreparable...
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    Train: > Now if you wish, you can actually...

    Train:

    > Now if you wish, you can actually move the My Documents folder to D: drive > using Explorer, email folders, temp folders can also be moved.
    Will do. Is on the agenda.

    Had a bit of...
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    Holy WOW. I only have about 50 questions. But...

    Holy WOW.
    I only have about 50 questions. But this line in particular:

    > Now take the 20GB and jumper for master and take 2GB drive off chain.

    is like total Greek. Does that involve some...
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    lgbpop: >Also, don't forget to click on...

    lgbpop:

    >Also, don't forget to click on Everest in my above post and give us some
    > specs, so we know which way to help you out.

    I just checked that out to see how easy it would be for me to...
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    I found another article that takes me through...

    I found another article that takes me through relocating the swap file.

    http://www.thenakedpc.com/articles/v02/04/0204-02.html

    This is what we're talking about, right?
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    Train: > Have you cleaned out the cookie, temp...

    Train:

    > Have you cleaned out the cookie, temp and temp internet folders? Then
    > empty recycle bin?
    Yes. Even those pesky .tmp files that won't go away when you clean through IE/FF. I freed...
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    Nick Grana: > Running out of disk space is a...

    Nick Grana:

    > Running out of disk space is a crucial thing.
    You're not kidding. She says the computer has been "turning off", it's so overwhelmed. I'm hardly qualified to deal with this.

    >...
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    Running out of space.

    My mother's computer (which she won't just replace already) is almost completely out of room on C drive. She's got a separate 20 gig internal drive (D) that is wide open. I've done the short-term...
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    DVD drive not recognizing a DVD data disc

    Hi. I'm running a dual boot system (98 & XP). I have an _NEC DV-5700A DVD drive which has always played video DVDs without a problem. I got a data disc yesterday with about 2 gigs of audio on it. ...
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    Great, I'll do that then. The file-share app...

    Great, I'll do that then. The file-share app uses me as a kind of hub, too, since I have a high-speed connection. It is probably sucking major resources among other things. Figures. Thank you for...
  23. Thread: Drive Spin

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    >You'll hear "head thrashing" when windows, or...

    >You'll hear "head thrashing" when windows, or any large app >loads from the drive

    Ah! Yep, that's the sound. It's the sound of a large app loading from the drive. And I get that when I'm not...
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    Yes, it's the same sound that can be heard in 98...

    Yes, it's the same sound that can be heard in 98 -- when I'm doing something. You know, open a program, navigate around in Win Explorer. Times when it seems appropriate. In XP there seems to...
  25. Thread: Drive Spin

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    Drive Spin

    When I'm in XP (i have a dual-boot thing with 98 going on), I constantly hear my drive spinning. Even when I'm not actively doing anything. Is this a feature of XP? Is it supposed to DO this? ...
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