Recent content by ramike

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    stops booting

    << Are your IDE devices set to their proper assignment, ie: primary master, primary slave? >> Yes, everything has been working fine up to a couple of days ago and I haven't changed anything. That's why I think it's the memory module. Thanks
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    my rig

    how do I create my rig in my profile? Thanks Mike
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    stops booting

    << It doen't detect the drives? Does it pass the Memory test? Are your drives set to Auto in the BIOS? Need a little more info! >> yes it passes the test and it was working fine until the other day. So I thought that maybe it was the memory module. So I sent the memory module back to...
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    stops booting

    My system running windows 98 se stops booting right after the memory count just before detecting the drives. any ideas on what the problem is would be greatly appreciated. TIA Mike
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    no task bar

    Hi, I have system with a DFI mobo with 256 mb sdram running win 98 se. I'm having wierd problems that aren't always the same such as corrupted setup.dll and taskbar.exe not found and a couple of other ones such as when I click on a hyperlink in an email my system hangs. So I replaced the RAM...
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    wiping hard drive

    Thanks for the help. I was told that you can only do one install of windows XP. is this true?
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    wiping hard drive

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    wiping hard drive

    does anyone know of anyway besides format and low level format to wipe a hard drive of all the information? The reason I want to do this is because I tried to installwindows xp home edition and had problems with the install so I tried to fdisk and format the c:/s and it wouldn't format it again...
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    outlook express

    I just finished setting up a peer to peer network with shared folders and printers. How do I access an email acct. that's setup on computer A from computer B? TIA Mike
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    not logged on

    A friend has two computers networked with a linksys cable router and can not access shared files. One is running windows me and the other is running xp. computer B can see computer A but computer A can't see computer B yet when I go to find computers on computer A it shows computer B but when I...
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    windows me to 98se

    i am running windows me and want to install win 98se without formatting my hdd. I went to add / remove programs and there was no me uninstall program there and win me won't let me install 98se over top of win me. does anyone know of a way I can install win 98 se without blowing out my hdd again...
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    Windows XP

    I have my HDD partitioned with extended and a logical drives and I am running win98 se on the primary. Can I install win xp on either the extended or logical drive.
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    one installation

    someone was tellling me that MS only allows one installation of windows xp and if you need to install again you have to pay for it again. Is this true? TIA Mike
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    problem with mouse after running y2k bug fix

    last year a friend of mine downloaded and ran a y2k bug fix ever since then he's got to boot with this floppy disk or he doesn't have use of the mouse. He's running windows 98se. Any ideas how to fix this problem? Thanks Mike
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    host adapter

    I bought a 9.1 gig seagate cheetah WIDE ULTRA2 80 PIN SCA SCSI HARD DRIVE. what kind of host adapter do I need? Thanks Mike