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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: All Things Technical: The Help Desk: Computer Problems? Ask Here (ARCHIVES): Archive through January 05, 2006 users admin

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Clutterfree
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10-24-2003

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Clutterfree a private message Print Post    
Hmm, might this be a good place to ask if anyone has had experience in setting up a Yahoo group, invitation only variety? I am a little intimidated, so have been procrastinating, and thought maybe someone would have advice here who has done it before? Thanks in advance for any helpful tips! You guys are always a great source of information!!!

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
also since it was outlook, it might have been a java type worm, whole different set of promblems, your best bet is to back up , save somewhere your address book, e-mail and all your favorite must keep programs, info, and try to to a windows restore of your windows disc.. i once had a jave worm and it corrupted parts of my window os, and i tried weeks to fix, it, but i finally did a complete windows os restore,( but you will wipe out all of windows info, and have a fresh os..

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Got an Ipod Shuffle question. Loaded a couple of albums from Itunes easily and successfully. Also tried to load a CD that I had ripped to Windows Media Player using the "sync" function. The shuffle plugs into a USB and when I look at it on "my computer" is ONLY shows the windows media files. However, when I play it, only the ITunes music plays.

Can anyone give me step by step instructions for loading music from Windows Media Player onto the shuffle? THANKS! :-)

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
You can't, Teach. The only music you can load on any ipod product has to be in the itunes library first.

Here are some instructions for importing your Windows Media Audio files into itunes first. (This is a great help site by the way, much better than the US site!)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107958

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93140

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Karuuna. :-) I've been using Itunes for awhile (MUCH easier IMHO than Windows Media Player for creating CDs), but the Shuffle was a gift and I'm trying to figure it out. The links will help immensely!

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Just checking back in with thanks for the advice and such. I don't know what I did, but eventually I got Outlook working again.

I ran virus tests on McAffee, and the AVG free one. In fact, Outlook started acting funky just after I downloaded an update to the AVG one. So maybe there was some sort of conflict. Once I did a new update, and ran a scan on that program, everything was working properly again! Go figure!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i posted a link in my folder and everyone but mameblanche can open it. she gets a broken link message no matter what she does. i have emailed her the link, she has copied and pasted it into her browser, i have posted it in her folder and nothing seems to work. why is she the only unable to open it?

here is the link:
http://www.icq.com/img/friendship/static/card_16961_rs.swf

Draheid
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09-09-2001

Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 1:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Cndeariso: The problem sounds like she needs to visit Macromedia Flash Download and download/install the latest shockwave player (.swf is a shockwave flash file extension). Once installed, she will probably need to close her browser and restart it in order for the link to be recognized.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
thanks, will pass it on and let you know.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Can anyone help? I think I killed my computer.

Last night I opened add/remove programs and removed a Palm hot sync program, because the palm device has been replaced with something else and we don't use the program anymore. The final instruction box during this process told me to restart the computer in order for the change to take effect. Since I shut down the puter every night, I just did that.

This morning I started up the computer, and it did its usual AVG thing (no viruses found), then tried to start up the rest of the way but instead a small box came up saying:

Error starting program.
Required .DLL file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVRCT.DLL was not found.


This was then covered up by another small box which said:

Error loading Explorer.exe.
You must reinstall WINDOWS.


There was an ok button but nothing happened when I clicked it.

Sooo, am I up a creek?

This is a HP Desktop 6633C, running the original Windows 98 it came with in 1999.

I'm at the library now, but will back here tomorrow to check in to see if anyone has any thoughts. I'm sure I still have the emergency crash disk that came with computer, but am wondering if stuff (programs, documents and pics) would be lost if I used it. If I have to re-install programs, then I'm also wondering if I should just get a new cheap (but updated) PC desktop instead. Been thinking about doing that anyway. The current PC has some minor pain in the ass idiosyncrasies that a new one would not (it won't stay asleep, you have to open the fonts folder to get a normal font every time you start it up EVERYDAY), and we apparently HAVE to have one in the house so Ms Thang can use PC Anywhere for work stuff if needed. :-)

Any info and opinions are appreciated! Thanks!!!

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
is you had the restore feature on, maybe restarting in safe mode and turning it back to a previous date, worth a try, but i cant remember if windows 98 had that?? are i might want to think about unpkuging the desktop harddrive unit and carring it to a reptable computer place,a dn have them restore it, so that way you wont lose anything else, programs u installed, passwords, etc. ( becuase if you restore it using the restore discs, you will lose what ever you had installed, well this is my opionioon, hope others will post too

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
My thought is that if you reinstall Windows 98 (without reformatting your hard drive), it will overlay all the Windows 98 files only, and not touch your existing programs and related other files. In other words by reinstalling Windows 98 you will regain the use of Windows 98 and not lose anything else. This has been my experience with my PC and Windows 98 in this kind of situation, but I can't guarantee it will work that way with you. That's what I would do if it was my PC. Good luck BR!

P.S. This will work if you have a Windows 98 clean installation desk. If you have a recovery disk that will install Windows 98 AND all the original programs that came with your PC, then it will wipe out everything that's currently on your hard drive and reinstall everything that was on your PC the day you purchased it, but nothing else.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Personally I'd do a system restore to the last day when things were working. I think you can do that with 98.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Here's what I googled: "To restore the Registry, select Start, Shut Down, click Restart in MS-DOS mode, and click OK. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type scanreg /restore (don't forget to put a space before the slash) and press Enter. Select a backup from the list and press Enter again."

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I think Windows 98 did not come with System Restore. I think System Restore began with Windows ME, two versions after 98.

I would get a brand new inexpensive desktop. That laptop is getting to be too old to be relied on if Sweet Thang has to have a computer. It will just keep failing.

And then I would try reinstalling Windows 98 on the laptop and use it for backup and travel if you are successful. I have a Gateway laptop out on the table right now that I have to reinstall with Windows ME. I think it has recovery disks and not a clean install. I will let you know if what Weinermr says is true about losing all the programs using the recovery disks. I am pretty sure he is correct. On the other hand, your laptop might just be old enough that you actually got a clean copy of Windows 98 and not a recovery disk.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Babyruth, I did the reinstall from the recovery CDs last night. All programs and data that didn't originally come with the laptop were lost. I was thinking there might have been an option to save them, but there was not.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Well then Br try doing the dos thing I mentioned above to do a restore and see if that helps.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Thanks Mocha, Weiner, Taterheadtwo and Juju! I'm going to see what I can do and I'll get back with ya tomorrow. You've all been quite helpful. :-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Can anyone recommend a good program that they have personal experience using for recording mouse and keystrokes and then re-playing them based on a short-key command? I would prefer if it is free, but inexpensive shareware will do as well.

I've already done a google search for this but I'm not sure of the quality of the programs that it is showing.

Thanks!

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
exactly why would you want a keylogging programs? who is it you want to monitor?/ kids are spouse??lol

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Welp, I successfully used the recovery program per Weiner's suggestion and didn't lose any programs or files. YAY!
Now, I just can't get it to connect to the internet. Arrgh.

Mocha, this machine wasn't able to do your suggestion, but thanks!

Replacing this ancient desktop with a new laptop is sounding better and better...I'm going to make CDs of the documents on file. Already have recent CDs of all pics. ThenI'll keep fiddling with the internet connection. If nothing works, this ol' metal clunker is may go out the window. It's waaay outdated.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
now would be a good time to back up all , passwords, pics, doc,etc you want to keep are not lose.. then if you have to do a total reformat u have what u need to get all of it back, jusyt have to do the time to reinstall it all, wish u luck

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL – I don’t want a key logging program (I don’t need that! ).

What I want is a program that will create macros based on keystrokes and mouse clicks and then assign the macro to a particular key combination, so that it can be run to avoid repeating all of the key strokes. Thanks.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Babyruth, don't forget to back up your Bookmarks or Favorites.

Internet connection - go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, System and look at Device Manager. See if there are yellow question marks or yellow exclamation marks on your modem or whatever device you are connecting to the internet with. If so, go to properties and try updating the driver.

And if that doesn't work, tell us how you are connecting to the internet. Well, or ... how you would, theoretically, if you could connect, LOL.

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 5:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
BR, congratulations on getting your PC in operation again.

Are you on dialup? If so, maybe your ISP can walk you through reconnecting to the internet.

Do you use DSL or cable modem? If so, try resetting your modem. It's worth a try.

And once you get the PC back onto the internet, you need to immediately proceed to Microsoft's Windows Update site. The version of Windows 98 that you loaded is the 1999 version. You're going to have to go through several iterations of downloading updates and rebooting in order to obtain all the various Windows 98 updates and patches that Microsoft has issued since 1999 to bring everything back up to current and safe standards.

Of course updating to a new laptop is pretty cool too. Good luck!