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Folder and Word Icon
Posted on February 12th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Pete wrote: that's normal. Understand that a web "page" is usually a holding document (the .html) plus assorted image files and things that are incorporated into it. In your case (well, in...

PING
Posted on February 12th, 2004 | 1 Comments

This failure is generally the result of having a firewall program blocking the PING or blocking ICMP Echo and/or Echo Reply packets. Check your program documentation for how to allow the PING command...

Missing Favorites Icons
Posted on February 12th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Sorry about the PC Mag site......they are getting really 'stingy' lately. A Google search for the app would render many other locations for a dl'd, but, a hearty thank you to MikeCJ for posting...

ZIP
Posted on February 12th, 2004 | 1 Comments

I have never seen this type of error before, but with computer anything is possible. You might have associated your .zip files with AOL. If you don't have a program installed that handles...

Registry Editor: Error Message
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Work!!! Thanks - Downloaded the Ad-Aware software and found a ton of junk. Scan with NIS2004 found Trojan.StartPage, W32Mydoom@mm, and W32Novarg@mm in temp files. Free and clear now. But I'm...

Blank folders view pane
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Sorry to have bothered you folks. I found the answer to my own question. Seems like a problem relating to updating Internet Explorer. A registry change I found on one of the ME groups put it...

OE reads Hotmail inbox twice
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

This can happen if you have Hotmail as your default account (or possibly even if you have other mail accounts as well but am not sure) and have Outlook Express set to "Send and receive messages on...

Error in MFC42.DLL?
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

What exact problem did you hit? What if any messages did you see when you tried to use system restore? MFC42.DLL You can replace mfc42.dll with a new copy from the Win Me cab set as...

Problem with wininit.ini file---can't find it!
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Best of luck. I hope you are now able to solve your problem. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Sudden problems with opening ME
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Could be a virus :-( But, with a lot of luck maybe it's a "timed virus" which can be bypassed for now by backdating your system date (from BIOS if need-be), and see if that helps or 'solves' your...

opening folders
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 0 Comments

whenever I double click on a folder, instead of opening that folder, it opens a search window for it. Also i noticed that when I right click the folder, the first option is "search", instead of...

wandering quick launch toolbar
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 12 Comments

display newsgroup? have a link? Richard Henderson wrote:

My PC is dead. Please Help
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 3 Comments

If you're ready to give up, there'd be no harm, probably, in trying to 'backdate' (through BIOS when rebooting) your computer's date. Sometimes a virus is 'timed' to do its dirty work based on the...

Windows ME Editon - CAN YOU HELP ME?
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Do as you would do for anything you lose and 'need': Buy a replacement "recovery disk" (I presume you mean the original "full O/S" CD-ROM, which you call the "recovery disk"). As WMe is likely...

WinMe - CDRW
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 7 Comments

AAH, I had realised from earlier posts (before this thread) that you were also in the UK but hadn't realised quite how close (a little over 4 miles as the crow flies). :-) As for myself, I'm in...

KERNEL32.DLL message
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Try this site Joan solving KERNEL32 problems: http://aumha.org/win4/a/kernel32.htm Dennsi wrote:

control panel
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 3 Comments

"Edward Tornatore" <torn5@msn.com> wrote: You are likely the victim of this Spyware parasite (Of the 'Cool Web Search' scourge) - http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html#control Run the shredder...

OE:0187:BFFG2170
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Have a look at this site. Joan http://www.aumha.org/kberrmsg.htm "ERROR: OE" or "ERROR: OD" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308366 How to Troubleshoot Windows Protection...

Outlook Express
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

You need to adjust the size of the image in your preferred image editor. A popular choice is the free IrfanView. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com WOOD31851 <anonymous@aol.com> wrote:

Control panel apps don't run....
Posted on February 11th, 2004 | 3 Comments

"gajett" <junk@ALBERTeinsteinscat.com> wrote: <snip> You're welcome - the CWShredder is the only tool that fully detects and removes all known variants. Current build is at as of this...