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    Hi, well sorry for the delay, but you gave me...

    Hi, well sorry for the delay, but you gave me lots of things to try!

    I ran SpyBot a couple of times. It gave me an error during check and stopped. The error said - "Common hijacker (Datei...
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    I have Windows managing my virtual memory...

    I have Windows managing my virtual memory settings at the moment. But not very well! I am reluctant to set the limits myself though, because I don't know what is making this so big.

    The swap file...
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    Win386 file getting bigger

    Hi,
    My win386.swp file keeps getting bigger until it fills the remaining free space on my C drive. I have about 1.2 GB free normally. System performance has gone from pretty average to shocking! I...
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    Thanks for the tip, but the house fan didn't make...

    Thanks for the tip, but the house fan didn't make any difference. The video card has its own little fan on top of the processor too. I will try and borrow a power supply to see if it will change...
  5. Thread: Toshiba Laptop

    by NotBear
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    Try looking under your battery or under the...

    Try looking under your battery or under the removable drive bay.
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    Video card and power supply

    I have been having some video issues with a 32Meg Hercules Prophet PCI card, where the video works fine for a bit, and then randomly screws up during games and graphics demos.

    I thought it might...
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    Do you have the "Configure drives independently"...

    Do you have the "Configure drives independently" button checked ?
  8. Cool, that's what I meant to say, I think. You...

    Cool, that's what I meant to say, I think. You should have a look in the help files for keyboard shortcuts and play around with them. I like the one in Word where you hold down ALT and then click and...
  9. That is so annoying, hey ! This scroll issue...

    That is so annoying, hey ! This scroll issue seems to happen in most MS products, I hate it most in Excel, because suddenly you're at row 3070 and you only have 80 rows total. Anyway, I get around it...
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    Maybe you could check the ruler option, and then...

    Maybe you could check the ruler option, and then save your changes to the Normal.dot template that is used as a startup for Word. It should be in your Word templates folder. See if that works.
  11. Thread: netscape

    by NotBear
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    First you have to find the bookmarks file you...

    First you have to find the bookmarks file you want to keep. I think it is "bookmarks.html" or "bookmark.htm". Try to find it in "/Program Files/Netscape 4.7/[profile name]" or something like that, or...
  12. Thread: netscape

    by NotBear
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    Have you tried backing up your 4.79 bookmark.html...

    Have you tried backing up your 4.79 bookmark.html file, and then manually adding it to your 7.0 profile ?
  13. Thread: Trickler3103

    by NotBear
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    You can try removing it using Add/Remove...

    You can try removing it using Add/Remove Programs, but a more successful way would be using something like Ad-Aware, which can scan your drives for unwanted spyware. I got rid of Lop with it ok.
  14. Thread: Search options

    by NotBear
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    Actually, what would be neat is if you could...

    Actually, what would be neat is if you could search several forums at once, and not just one or all. For example, you might want Win 98 and Win 98 Archives. Or for multi O/S problems, it would be...
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    Goldwave can do it, but it removes stereo, and...

    Goldwave can do it, but it removes stereo, and you still have faint voice sounds after you finish. It can do mp3 stuff too if you get a ripper .dll like Lame or Blade. Certainly cheaper than...
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    I have DSL too, and downloaded SpyBlocker based...

    I have DSL too, and downloaded SpyBlocker based on one of the posts in VDr. It is doing some good stuff, even blocking ads out. Was thinking about Zone Alarm, but am still not sure. When I did online...
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    You have to go to Display Properties/Settings,...

    You have to go to Display Properties/Settings, and then press the Advanced button. You should get some pages with settings for your display drivers. See if your monitor types include TV. Somewhere...
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    The RAM I just put in my Gateway PC came from...

    The RAM I just put in my Gateway PC came from your average computer shop. Just look at what you've got and get the same type, eg pc100/133. The only thing you have to worry about is voiding your...
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    My first computer was an Amstrad in the 80's. Am...

    My first computer was an Amstrad in the 80's. Am I the only one ?? Games were better on the C64, but it did do word processing and other stuff.
  20. You need to log on to the 98 machine with a user...

    You need to log on to the 98 machine with a user name and password. Then make sure that user is added to the list of users on the 2000 machine. Check the permission rights of that user too, just in...
  21. Thread: Lost file

    by NotBear
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    You should check all the temp directories, like...

    You should check all the temp directories, like \temp, \winnt\temp, local settings\temp and so on. You could also look in the directory the file was originally saved in, for a file name beginning...
  22. Thread: Command prompt

    by NotBear
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    Maybe you could check whether /WINNT/system32 (or...

    Maybe you could check whether /WINNT/system32 (or wherever at command is) is in your PATH environment variable.
  23. Thread: Pinball

    by NotBear
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    Pinball

    For fear of asking a pointless question: Does anyone know why Pinball would take up 100% of my CPU usage on Win 2000 ?
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    Loading Win 2000 on 98 machine

    I've been looking at previous posts for info on how to set up a dual boot. I have Windows 98 and a free partition. What I want to know is the differences between installing by booting up with the W2K...
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    I looked at the manual. It did say to use an...

    I looked at the manual. It did say to use an optional "Thinkpad" RCA cable, which I ignored until now. What a pain. Thanks for your help, I will look into this proprietary cable thing.
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