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  1. oldkatz

    xp pro slowdown

    i have 2 almost identical computers even same motherboards ect. p4's with 600 free memory one a 40 gig the other 80 gig hard drive they connect with a hub to cable modem. both have always been very quick and dependable on the net. however i have just upgraded to win xp pro on both machines. only...
  2. oldkatz

    Mad Mouse Disease.

    i had a very similuar problem last year. after much diagnosing what i found was in the mouse folder in "my computer" the settings had changed to open folders automaticaly and the mouse spped had changed to real fast. i restored the setting to double click and a mouse spped i was comfortable...
  3. oldkatz

    Can I install a 250 gb hard drive under Windows 98?

    you should also be able to go to the hard drive manufacture web site and download a hard drive overlay then you should be able to install the overlay and use the hard drive as one large drive
  4. oldkatz

    Can't install internet explorer 6.0

    i had a similar problem i installet netscape which i dont like and completly uninstalled internet explorer rebooted and re installed explorer then when it was running again i uninstalled netscape
  5. oldkatz

    c: drive renamed accidentally

    might work. but go to start and programs and look for the dos prompt and try rename c:new folder c:(new name)
  6. oldkatz

    Viewing media files

    try clicking on the folder and open the view on the tool bar and choose detailed icon it gives a list of the details beside the small icon
  7. oldkatz

    reinstall windows me

    if you decide to reformat and reinstall winme. first make sure you have a boot disk. if not go to control panel and add and remove programs. make a startup disk. i have noticed some hard drives now recomend you dont fdisk them. so you would boot from floppy with cd support. and format c: go into...
  8. oldkatz

    !challenging! lexplore error help please

    this iexplore error is an ongoing thing. at microsoft there are pages of message boards just on this very thing. i have the same problem and have tryed everything myself so i know how frustrating it is. i did a complete reformat of the hard drive and install of winme. and within 5 min i had...
  9. oldkatz

    cant run programs

    im not a beginner myself. and i tryed every trick i could think of and called in a few big favors from a few higer ups and we all were scratching our heads over this problem. but thats how we all learn. and for sure ill never forget this one. all most one for belive it or not
  10. oldkatz

    Internet does not always work

    are you connected through a hub or how. our provider here will only allow a single ip adress. so i either have to assign a subnet mask. or run through a hub ect. or drop the ip adress on one computer and pick it up on the other one.
  11. oldkatz

    Can not change drive letter assignment on Zip Drive (a)

    i asume your zip drive is an internal ide drive. some had a jumper to assign drive letters. if not the 3.5 floppy should have try to set one to a drive b:
  12. oldkatz

    Formatting HD w/o CD

    i have a nec laptop and it came without a cd. i got a backpack cd 4x parrellel port unit very cheap. just connects to the printer port and installs with a diskette. and i was away.i think i payed 10.00 for it.
  13. oldkatz

    Unwanted websites gaining access on windows98 PC

    go to http://www.aluminumstudios.com/ top right hand corner click on the link protect your self from spywear. some good reading and links to programs and sites to look after this problem
  14. oldkatz

    Jerky/slow mouse - 98Me

    ram idle is a program that lets you specify who much memory you want kept free. it keeps purging un used memory as you work.
  15. oldkatz

    Web Filter

    i would go to this site http://www.aluminumstudios.com/ on the top right hand side you will see protect your self from spywear. click on that.it takes you to a page with good write ups and link to pages offering free blocking and spy removal ect programs. i have used lots of programs ive found...
  16. oldkatz

    Win 98 SE very slow

    i looked at a couple of computers doing about the same thing in these cases they had litterly dozens of programs loading and running in the startup window. so many things to look for. 128 meg of ram is that shared ram. like is 32 meg used for video. what opperating system are they using. winme...
  17. oldkatz

    which cable or adapter

    sounds strange but if he has a usb port on the laptoptry to plug the usb into that. some systems do have a built in modem built in and the signal is sent out through the usb port, so its made to plug right into the computer. i have worked on a system like that once.
  18. oldkatz

    cant run programs

    well i went and bought a 16 bit pcmcia ehternet card, and was able to install the driver from the diskette. went to windows update and got a message my browser was to old to connect to microsoft update. so i went to internet explorer and updated my browser to the newest. and now my hard drive...
  19. oldkatz

    EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault KERNEL32.DLL

    as i posted to another iexplore is doing this and i belive its a bug in the new explorer. there are many complaints about this on the explorer site as well
  20. oldkatz

    Internet Explorer Crashing

    iexplore has been doing this and i think its a bug in the latest windows explorer. there are lots of complaints on the windows explorer site about this as well. i started to get this as soon as i upgraded to 5.1

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