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    Partitions

    Student 999,"If u are using Fdisk, Fdisk does not see the NTFS logical drive on the hard drive. U can not delete it with fdisk, use partition majic to get rid of the partition and start all over" You can remove any formatting cept' Linux- with FDISK it has the command to delete...
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    Save picture as only save as a untiled bmp

    What version of IE or Netscape are you using? Do you have any graphic software installed like Paint Shop Pro or Adobe? What about Front Page? If you can make front page your HTML editor in IE Tools than it should work. The picture at the type of the page is a .gif file. Recheck your advanced...
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    Partitions

    What type of drive do you have? If you have one of the bigger name brands (Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor)use their software to partition and reformat the drive. You can obtain these files from their websites respectively. Always remember it is very bad to keep formatting a drive. It is...
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    Dell clocks lose time

    The two techies above me are correct in their assumptions. I just wish to let you in on another common cuase of this problem. Norton (Symnatec) i.e. Anitvirus, System Works, etc. all can cause this problem and the fix can be found on their site...
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    hard drive hell

    Use a Windows 98 start disk to boot the PC. You can make a disk off another pc by having a blank floppy and going to the Control Panel and clicking on Add/Remove Programs. Then click on Windows and then on Start disk and once it is done reboot the pc and have the start disk in A: drive. Now the...
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    I am looking for a driver for a 420T compaq monitor

    One of the ways to get rid of this problem in Windows 98 or ME is to go to System in the Control panel and remove the Display driver and the Monitor Driver both. Then reboot and windows should auto find the correct ones (using the standard ones if necessary). This has worked for many older...
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    Goofy USB issues

    Two things you need to turn on in your BIOS.Restart the PC and get into your BIOS, usually the F1 key or the Delete key when it prompts you get you in. Once there go to Peripherals or similar title and look for two things and ENABLE or Turn them ON.1. Legacy support for USB2. USB SupportThese...
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    [n] entries left in IE Cache after Cleanup?

    This is normal as far as I know. You need to delete them inside of Windows Explorer under c:\windows\temporaryinternetfiles You select all and the delete them. i have only seen Netscape successful at deleting these. Master Frodo
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    ie5.5 run time errors

    Go to Internet Tools in the Control Panel and click on the advanced tab. Once there check EVERYTHING BUT the following… Check for Publisher’s certificate (BOTH of these) Print Backgrounds (unless you like printing them of course) Always show IE Radio toolbar (Unless you like this) Display a...
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    Intellimouse Optical drivers not found in Windows ME

    Two things you need to turn on in your BIOS. Restart the PC and get into your BIOS, usually the F1 key or the Delete key when it prompts you get you in. Once there go to Peripherals or similar title and look for two things and ENABLE or Turn them ON. 1. Legacy support for USB 2. USB Support...
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    Media Player 7 Crashes with IE.5.5 & WinME

    You should start media player once you have the internet running and it should prompt you to upgrade after a few minutes. The latest MP doesn't have the pathces installed. The upgrade may not work though since it is acting up but might as well try anyway. Hae you searched Microsft yet?
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    win98 upgrade to Win Me

    Right click on the Recycle bin on your desktop and select Properties. A new window will open. In the newly opened window select the Global tab. In this tab you will see a check box that says,” Do not move files to the Recycle bin. Remove files immediately when deleted". If the box is...
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    need help with the sound card?

    Follow the link below to C-Media and download this latest driver I have found for you. Hope this works http://www.cmedia.com.tw/edl8330.htm Master Frodo Anything free is worth what you paid for it.
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    how would i go about....

    If you have software and other parts you can use from your current PC then buy a barebones system and yes go to pricewatch and look for barebones there too. Master Frodo Help stamp out and eradicate superfluous redundancy.
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    Win 98 Second Edition shutdown problem

    I didn't take time to read all the threads but this has been a problem with Win 98 FE/Se. The patch can be reapplied to stop the regression for a while but the true problem lies with turning off your power control in the BIOS and settings your screen saver to NONE. This is the only way I have...

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