You need to boot to DOS using a bootable floppy such as a Win Me startup disk. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com graeme <graememcclinton@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:

What I did to restore things ... was to reinstall a free version I had on my hard drive of Sidekick 98 ... new path ...deleted the old icon on the quick launch bar and everything is back to normal...

jamie wrote: Mike gave you what is useful right nowl. If you're still interested in learning about SVCHOST, here's an article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250320 Also, if you want a quick...

Ed, http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/ Under : Problem Downloading/Installing a Software (Non-Driver) item See: Install stops at 0% when using the AOL Browser There is a known...

If you have not already done so I would also recommend that you scan download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also...

You're welcome Craig and thanks for the feedback. To be fair, an 'intelligent guess', as I don't have access to a Sony notebook. But as I said, the clue was 'ds1' and a Google search led me to Yamaha...

thanks for the reminder i had forgotten about some of the hazards deleting it from the desktop... i'll live with it ..

This will give you place to start. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;152104

The Windows password really won't help you becuase all they have to do is hit cancel and they bypass it. Won't take them long to figure it out.

Get the free ScanDefrag. It is the most advanced disk maintenance program there is. It runs Disk Cleanup, ScanDisk, and Disk Defragmenter. It's easy to setup and use, and it can deal with problems...

"Mike Manning" <txlonghorn1989@yahoo.com> wrote: Mike, You're welcome, I would recommend an XP upgrade too, assuming XP would be the platform of choice. Regards,

I cannot use the shift key to make a capital letter. I can use "caps lock" to make a capital; however I cannot get such characters as "@". (I'm typing this on my laptop. Its my desktop that has the...

I have "Remember each folder's view setting" checked in Folder Options and "Save Explorer window settings" checked in Tweak UI but when I close Exploer folders, the view settings are not saved. Any...

Try this site and see if that helps. Joan http://aumha.org/win4/a/kernel32.htm "Angel" <angel-v@peodigy.net> wrote in message news:2d2901c3749a$c6360340$a101280a@phx.gbl...

The Windows\Inf folder is a hidden system folder so if using Explorer you need to enable the viewing of such folders. Whilst in Windows Explorer do this as follows: Tools | Folder Options | View...

there is a patch/fix coming out for this download on 9/10 lots of people are having this trouble. read further down the newsgroup list and you can read up on it further.

Rick Belarc advisor (unless they've changed it recently) does NOT advise which patches are required - only those which are improperly installed. To find out which are required - go to the Windows...

I have it in Control Panel and I don't know if it is enabled. How do I disable it? Thanks "Mow Green" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote in message news:#Whlb4cbDHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Salt, Thanks for the reply, you gave me something else to consider. Actually the computer is my Dad's and I think it has onboard sound. I'll have to do a little more investigation on my next trip...

NO. I hadn't downloaded anything. Was just surfing, and then noticed a slowdown when sending email. Tried rebooting and got this hang situation. Larry