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  1. bugeyesbob

    cannot update Directx 8.0a !! Please help ..

    anytime... Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
  2. bugeyesbob

    virus help

    How about sticking in the emergency bootup disk, boot up and then switch to c drive, rename the windows folder to something else then do a normal installation of windows...then install a virus checker and kill off the virus in the renamed folder...reboot with the emergency bootup disk and delete...
  3. bugeyesbob

    IDE #2 Problems

    Just for your info the following links may help a bit more regarding your via chipset... http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q232/8/89.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=via%20chipset%20and%20ide%20controller&rnk=12&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98SE...
  4. bugeyesbob

    cannot update Directx 8.0a !! Please help ..

    Oh no...I thought for a minute you found a new link but when I clik on your link all I get is... File Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. Perhaps there is something wrong with my browser...time to start a new thread maybe... However such a fine program dxun1.3 is I...
  5. bugeyesbob

    Drives Disappeared

    Absolutely. Put simply the reason why the drives do not show up in My Computer is because they havent been partitioned/formatted correctly. Here is a link explaining Fdisk in more detail http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP However Fdisking will wipe all data clean...
  6. bugeyesbob

    System slow to boot up

    Assuming W98 is installed and the hd has been scandisked and defraged and the dma box in the hd properties of device manger has been ticked (if not and it causes any problems afterwards then reboot into safe mode and undo) then maybe the following may help seeing as you have isolated the problem...
  7. bugeyesbob

    cannot update Directx 8.0a !! Please help ..

    There used to be a vgood uninstaller that I have used a few times but alas ebrink.com is no more as far as I can see. However here is another one that I have found but not tried. http://www.directxbuster.de/index_e.html and another http://www.utc.fr/~merlier/undx6.exe Whilst I have had no...
  8. bugeyesbob

    cpu won't power up

    Without trying to sound dead obvious first thing to do is recheck all external connections (plug wiring, fuses, power leads etc) Then if there are lights coming when you switch on but no signs of life then the next thing is to check the internals for dislodged items such as leads to/from...
  9. bugeyesbob

    BOOT (BIOS?) Problem

    Also not wishing to teach you to suck eggs but here are a few other rather seemingly obvious pointers that can be easily overlooked... 1. Is the cable secure...? When cold it may not connect but will when warm through expansion... Check the cable is not damaged... 2. Do you have S.M.A.R.T...
  10. bugeyesbob

    Internet connection sharing?

    The chappies at AnalogX have a nice little program at this link here... http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm Hope this does the job...
  11. bugeyesbob

    Windows 98 never finishes loading.

    Just a quick one regarding systray.exe (system tray) in msconfig... It can be unticked providing the volume icon is not required in the system tray down by the clock...make sure it is not running or disabled before unticking systray.exe in msconfig ;=) One thing less to bog down resources...
  12. bugeyesbob

    IDE #2 Problems

    Here is another link to compliment the others above... http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q229/0/85.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=ide%20controller%20not%20working%20during%20bootup&rnk=16&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98SE But just out of interest what are the devices attached to the...

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