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Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami, I have read conflicting stories about SP2. Some folks say it is buggy and is causing conflicts with other programs on their computers. But Kim Komando, bigtime radio computer guru says go ahead and install it.

What you might do is Google it on both Google news and Google groups and get a feeling of what you think is right for you. I have a new computer and have had Windows XP for all of three days, so I am not going to install it for a couple months. Since I have dialup and SP2 is a HUGE file, I have chosen to take advantage of Microsoft's offer to mail anybody who requests it a CD containing the update. I won't even get it in the mail for about 8 weeks, so I figure most of the alleged bugs will be worked out by then.

And by the way - Draheid, aren't you proud of me that I have a NEW computer (got a desktop, lol, instead of the laptop I was looking for) AND it is my first time ever with XP, and I have not asked a single question??

Technically, I don't think I have asked a question at the other message board where I post either, just made a couple complaints and engaged in some discussions.

Bigd
Member

09-13-2001

Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got my new computer. Running Windows XP, Outlook Express 6. Spell check is engaged, but everytime I send a message I get an error that says "The spell check on this document was halted. Do you want to send anyway?". I have "googled" this problem and checked the Registry and found it was as it should be "C:\Program Files\Common Files\ Microsoft Shared\". What should I do now?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi BigD, sorry your having trouble with this. I found THIS ARTICLE at Microsoft about this. This article suggests checking several registry entries and verify the files pointed to in the registry are valid. If you have one of the programs with a dictionary that OE would use, check to be sure the spell check in that program is still working. If not, reinstalling may fix both problems. If you don't have another program installed with dictionaries, you may need to install one as the article describes.

Let me know if this helps.

Bigd
Member

09-13-2001

Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here is how I corrected my problem with spell checker.

This http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_010.html


under "Solution" next to the last paragraph

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid, bad news. I STILL do not have any questions about XP, and I have Bigdog all set up with my old computer, 633 Mhz custom built with Windows ME.

Problem now is Bigdog's play computer. I have been working on it so I can give it to my starving artist friend. I was uninstalling Norton Antivirus when the computer froze up, and just then Bigdog came in and said his mouse wasn't working (he had plugged it in after he turned on computer and didn't know how to restart computer without a mouse, lol). Anyway, I turned off the play computer to switch out mouses, forgetting about the hang-up while uninstalling.

When I got back from mouse messing, I forgot about the hang-up and did a Search on both Norton and Symantec and deleted what I found, forgetting that I had not yet successfully uninstalled it. Ack!!! So now I am getting cannot find a device error messages when I reboot. Says I am missing
c:\Program Files\Symantec\symevnt.386.

I can get past that screen but get fatal exceptions and blue screens galore. When I restart I can't actually do much of anything before I get a fatal exception. I managed to reboot into Safe Mode and just ran a virus scan with AVG, which I updated today. No viruses.

I was going to reinstall Norton, so that I can then uninstall it, since it is not letting me uninstall it. But I can't keep the computer running long enough to get there.

I think one of the error messages might have had to do with memory, so I think tomorrow, before doing a bunch of other things, I will open the case, blow out the dust and reseat the RAM and see if that cures anything.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... can you think of anything else I should try after that if it doesn't cure it?

Can I maybe download the missing file? Somehow extract it off this installation CD and put it onto diskette?

Have I mentioned I don't have a Windows 98 CD for the play computer?

Bigdog is having a hard time seeing how all this is his fault, but it really is, isn't it? :-)



Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 11:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HOLD EVERYTHING!!! I might have fixed it. I managed to install the old Norton. Hopefully I can uninstall properly after that. It is booting now without the error message. Yay!

Tomorrow. Don't tell Tess I was up this late. Night night.

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 12:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Someone is going to oversleep and be too tired to walk on Sunday......

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Someone is waaaaayyyyyy smarter than they need to be and can predict exactly what is going to and did happen.



BUT, on the up side, I successfully uninstalled Norton this morning on the play computer, and no fatal error messages so far. Defragging now.

Ack! It keeps restarting the defrag saying the drive's contents have changed, and I have everything shut down except explorer and systray. Hmmmmm. there was a task scheduler open in the system tray. Just shut that down. At least it is up to 83% now ... 84!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 5:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
When I go to some sites, I get just a little x in the upper corner, usually if there is a pdf file.
What's going on?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 6:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: What you describe, the little x in the upper corner, usually indicates the file or graphic requested was not found on the server and there was no alternate text to display indicating what should have been there. You might try holding the shift key and clicking on the Reload button on a page like that to see if it just didn't load the first time. If you still see the x, you can also try right-clicking on that x and see if you can 'View Image' which may give you more information about what was missing too.

Hope this helps.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 6:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, I will try that!!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 6:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Bummer, didn't work. I couldn't get the view image.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 6:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: It could be any number of problems from linked images on a server that is offline, the image files may be corrupted on the server, the links may just be incorrect. Unfortunately, there is very little you can do in these cases. If the images are worth pursuing, you might check for an archive of that page in the 'Wayback Machine' on www.archive.org. Go there and enter the website name and see if there are archives including the image you are looking for.

Hope this helps.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It turned out my Adobe wasn't launching. I had upgraded it, but for some reason it didn't launch. Reinstalled and now it's fixed.
Thanks.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HELP....I accidentally reformatted my card in my digital camera...dumb dumb dumb...is there anyway to transfer pictures from my photo impressions 5 back to my camera.....and if so how????

I have a lot of pictures on there that I was wanting to get done into pictures, how I have really screwed myself this time.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Skootz: Most digital cameras, when connected to your computer, create what looks like an additional storage device which you can use to copy files (images) from the computer onto the memory card.

First thing I would suggest is to take one picture with the camera in order to allow the camera to setup the file system the way it needs to be. (Most times cameras use sub-directories for pictures in different formats so the 'structure' needs to be the same to work properly.)

Next, connect the camera to your computer. If you are prompted to open Photo Impressions immediately on connection, let the program open, then close that.

Next, open Windows Explorer by right-clicking on 'My Computer' on the desktop, then left-click on 'Explore'. Look down the list of drives in the left window and you should see an additional drive you normally don't see without the camera. Probably the next drive letter after your CD-ROM/DVD, etc. Click on that drive and you should see folder(s) in the right window. Click on the folder and see if you can find the picture you just took.

Now you need to find the pictures already on your computer. Try looking in folders such as "My Pictures" or in a folder used by Photo Impressions. Once you locate the pictures on your hard drive, you should be able to copy them onto the camera memory card.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Hope this helps

Starshine40
Member

07-30-2002

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A couple of months ago I tried SBC Yahoo DSL. I had problems with it found out one of my phone lines needed replaced which the phone co. did. Then I still had problems with the DSL and working with tech support for it found that I was on the outer edge of their service area so was getting a weak signal. I cancelled that service and returned the equipment.

About a month ago I got Earthlink DSL (a long time Earthlink customer) and it worked okay for about 8 hrs then some of the lights weren't coming on or were flashing and I couldn't get good service. I have worked with tech support thru email and chat and was given instructions on how to reset the modem with no success so have told them I want to cancel the DSL and stay with my dial up service with them.

My computer is only a yr old (Dell) and I'm running Windows XP.

Any idea why I'm having these problems?

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Skootz, there are also a couple other solutions, since you don't normally want to use your camera card for permanent storage anyway.

Do you have a CD burner? Within Photo Impressions 5 (which I assume is a photo editing program that might have come with your camera), you can probably create a new folder or two for photos you want to either save permanently or print. You would do that most likely by going up to the top of the folder where all the photos are and click on File, then New, and one of the options might be to create a new folder, maybe call it Disneyworld Print or Disneyworld Save. Sort your pictures into those new folders. Then you can burn (copy) those folders to a CD. You can take the CD to a photo developing place and have the photos printed. Photo finishing place will return your CD to you, and you have them permanently, just like negatives in the old days.

Alternatively, you can use an online photo service such as Ofoto or Snapfish. You upload your photos from Photo Impressions 5 onto the Snapfish website, and then you can order prints from them AND also have others view your photos there. I have used Snapfish and been absolutely satisfied with the quality of the prints.

So, bottom line - accidentally reformatting your camera card might have been a blessing in disguise. It forces you to consider the alternatives, which just might be better solutions anyway.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Juju..I haven't tried anything yet..just got wireless hooked up this week so been busy with that. I have a card reader..but was having trouble installing it and just haven't got around to getting back to it. I think there is a store near hear (SW Ontario) that will accept your photos online..but didn't want to do any of that until I got my wireless, otherwise it would take hours to send the pictures for processing.

Will tell when I finally take the time to find a solution.

Thanks all for your help/advice

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Starshine40: Even though your service was through different companies, more then likely the same wiring was used to try to provide DSL service. Under the most ideal conditions, DSL is supposed to work for up to 18,000 feet (3.4 miles) from the phone company to the modem. Keep in mind, rarely will you find a straight line of wire from a home to the office. Often it zig-zags through the neighborhood, underground maybe, back up the pole, etc. before it gets to your house. Many other factors can affect the signal as well.

Is it possible to get high speed internet through your cable company? It's usually much faster then DSL and not much more expensive from what I've seen.

Hope this helps.

Luvmom
Member

10-17-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid,
I have a little problem.My windows update just downloaded and installed windows xp service pack 2.The problem is that it now takes forever to shutdown.I click on Start,then turn off computer,and it takes forever for the shutdown screen to appear.I gather something is running in the background but I don't have a clue what that is.Can you help me?Also,I installed Norton systemworks in my profile.When my DH is in his profile,he can't get norton to open at all.He clicks on it and nothing happens.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Luvmom: I'm not sure what the task would be that causes the shutdown to run slowly. You could open Task Manager and review what is running to see if anything looks out of place. I have installed the SP2 on my computer and haven't experienced any problems with it so far. I also don't recall seeing anyone mention this type of problem so far either but I will keep an eye out for such and let you know if I can find anything.

As for Norton Systemworks, if your profile isn't configure as an administrator, anything you install won't be universally accessible by other users. I would suggest you uninstall the program while in your profile then log out and log back in as administrator and re-install for All Users.

Hope this helps.

Luvmom
Member

10-17-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks alot Draheid.I'll try that.

Luvmom
Member

10-17-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just went into the task manager and the only process running was called System Idle Process,CPU 98, 16K.
Is that normal?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Luvmom: Yes, that's normal for the CPU to be idle most of the time. What I'm not sure about though is what other programs are loaded that might be slowing the shutdown process. One thing you could do is to watch that task manager window and see what programs may appear to be giving you a problem during shutdown.

Hope this helps.