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  1. rudeboyjeff

    2 Problems: Scanner and Shut Down

    For your scanner... I have the same scanner, but I use a different software to scan pictures. When you open the items you scan, are the lines still there, or is it only when you view with the astra scanning software? Second, there's a shutdown bug in 98, and I do believe there is a patch on...
  2. rudeboyjeff

    digital camera driver

    Your best bet is to check the company's website, or give their customer support number a phone call. Jeff
  3. rudeboyjeff

    Boot from CD-ROM

    Get yourself a working windows 98 boot disk, it'll have cd rom drivers. Check fdisk, and make sure you have good fat partitions. If you don't have a boot disk, you can make them from any windows 98 machine. Jeff
  4. rudeboyjeff

    Fans and what the specs mean.

    CFM is cubic feet per minute. The higher the number, the better air flow it has. The dba, i forget, i think it stands for decibel something, but the higher the number, the louder it is. Jeff
  5. rudeboyjeff

    No file format information found in registry

    Do you have a program associated with it? If not, double click on any jpg, and when it asks you what you want this associated with, pick a program that'll open them, such as photoshop.
  6. rudeboyjeff

    edit config.sys in DOS

    Right after the pc detects your hard drive and detects where your operating system is, hit f8, and a box will come up asking if you want to go in through safe mode, step by step, normal, etc. You'll want command prompt only. If you need to edit that file, type in a dos box edit config.sys and a...
  7. rudeboyjeff

    WMP doesn't play audio

    Try uninstalling windows media player, and downloading it from Microsoft's website. Also check and see if the avi doesn't have a DIVX codec, in that case, you need the right codec and/or a divx player. Jeff
  8. rudeboyjeff

    Install win98 after removing win xp

    Did he install the drivers from the HP cd, or from the windows 98 cd? Also check the bios setting to make sure it's seeing the full hard drive capacity.
  9. rudeboyjeff

    cdrom ejecting

    Maybe you have a virus, check that, also check your cd burning software, try uninstalling and reinstalling it. Jeff
  10. rudeboyjeff

    Help with window closing down.

    Are you on a network? There's a patch for the shut-down on a network on microsoft's site. Here at the college we install that on all of our 98 machines. Jeff
  11. rudeboyjeff

    sm56 modem (very slow or disconnects)

    Here's what to do. Connect with your modem, open up a dos prompt, find an ip that you know is connected to the net, and ping it. See if you get a reply. If that doesn't work, try a new modem, take your old one back. Jeff
  12. rudeboyjeff

    BSOD with File & Printer Sharing enabled

    Port 139... there are a few trojans that hit that port. Run a trojan scanner. Mirc sometimes uses port 139, but if you're not running that, check for a trojan.
  13. rudeboyjeff

    Dell Bios

    I actually have my boot sequence cd-rom, hard drive, and floppy drive. It makes no matter what order. If you're running a non-windows os like linux, or even the newest versions of windows, you can boot them right from the cd. Jeff
  14. rudeboyjeff

    having a form autofill information from a table

    Hi Kelly, Once again I have tried to do this, with no luck at all. Would I be able to send you a database with just the pertinent things so you can see where I'm making my mistakes? Both things you mentioned above still give me #Name? and when I try to type something in them, it tells me...
  15. rudeboyjeff

    Client for Microsoft Networks slow to appear

    Yes, anytime it takes a long time for the login to appear, it's looking for an ip. That's one of the ways we check here at the college to see if we're connected to the network/internet is with the computer starting up.
  16. rudeboyjeff

    Dell Bios

    Most of dell's bios, you either hit delete, f2, of tab to enter the bios settings on startup.
  17. rudeboyjeff

    MSIEXEC Error

    I had that problem trying to install a few certain programs with my 98 machine, one program in particular was Padus diskjuggler, it would give me that error message when I tried to install. Turns out I had a virus that made a boo-boo in that file, as well as explorer.exe and some others. Check...
  18. rudeboyjeff

    logon question

    How big is your network? Novell restricts logins and a bunch of other things. I actually like it a lot with a 2000/xp/98 for security and print sharing, and it has a file sharing setup in there also.
  19. rudeboyjeff

    Random Lockups - Please Help!

    We got another whacker on our hands gentlemen...Sounds like A) you got bad ram B) ram and/or processor aren't seated properly or C) your computer is masciocistic I'd try a and b first
  20. rudeboyjeff

    Double click on Mouse not working...

    Check the speed of the double click, it could be set to super duper fast.

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