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Tech Clinic / Internet Troubles
« on: April 08, 2004, 01:33:20 PM »
Somone with the same problem got it fixed here.
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Software / Windows Explorer always opens on start-up
« on: April 03, 2004, 09:58:08 AM »
In Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
delete the value DesktopProcess if it exists
If it doesn't, I can't help any further, I'm sorry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
delete the value DesktopProcess if it exists
If it doesn't, I can't help any further, I'm sorry.
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Software / invalid CLSID errors
« on: April 01, 2004, 05:13:35 AM »
What tool are you using? Norton WinDoctor? What problems are you experiencing?
IF problems = none GOTO exit
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
IF problems = none GOTO exit
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Software / Regedit will not saty open.
« on: March 25, 2004, 04:12:26 PM »
Nikhil is probably right about the virus. However, a quick workaround is to rename \windows\regedit.exe to regedit.com, bypassing the block.
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Software / Networking 2 windows xp
« on: March 25, 2004, 04:04:07 PM »
On a network with only one internet-connected PC, a firewall is only needed on THAT PC. When you're at home the only door you need to have locked is the outside one. You don't lock the internal doors as well. Internal firewalls are not only unnecessary, they'll wreck your networking. If you have a modem connected via a router, the router will have a hardware firewall, and in that case you don't need a software firewall on ANY of the PC's.
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Hardware / Monitor immediately goes into sleep mode
« on: March 22, 2004, 02:19:01 PM »
It's not the monitor, it's the video card or video drivers. The video card is sending garbage signals to the monitor, so it goes into sleep mode as it doen't "know" what else to do. The reason the older monitor worked is that it doen't pay any attention to those signals. Silly question, I know, but did you read the instructions that came with the monitor? Some have a trouble-shootiing guide, not restricted to things like "check all the leads are connected...".
First thing to do is to reboot in safe mode, and check settings. too fast a refresh rate is a common cause. Other possible reasons are an IRQ conflict between the video card and another bit of hardware, NIC or TV card maybe.
Many people aren't aware that installing an updated driver for the MONITOR can often cure such problems, but concentrate on the video/graphics card. Go to the manuf. site, if possible, to see if they have any available.
First thing to do is to reboot in safe mode, and check settings. too fast a refresh rate is a common cause. Other possible reasons are an IRQ conflict between the video card and another bit of hardware, NIC or TV card maybe.
Many people aren't aware that installing an updated driver for the MONITOR can often cure such problems, but concentrate on the video/graphics card. Go to the manuf. site, if possible, to see if they have any available.
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Hardware / Western digital HD 8 M cache
« on: March 22, 2004, 01:31:59 PM »
Depends on what you used to test it. I installed a Maxtor 120Gb 8Mb 7200rpm drive last year, and instantly could SEE the speed improvement. Two tests - Norton Sysinfo and Scisoft Sandra reported similar results - over twice as fast in data transfer, much faster access times. Could be your PC is some years old, and your IDE channels are limiting data transfer, so you don't see much or any difference.
I use Norton SpeedDisk, it's fast, intelligent, you can tell it where to put individual critical files like pagefile, to move little-used files to centre of disk etc., and it keeps an image of system areas like FATs and folders to assist Norton Disk Doctor to recover HD contents in the event of a serious problem.
Forget what you read about Norton stuff being error-prone, over-blown etc. you don't NEED to use or even install those progs at all. It's worth getting N.Utilities just for SpeedDisk and Disk Doctor - still excellent products.
I use Norton SpeedDisk, it's fast, intelligent, you can tell it where to put individual critical files like pagefile, to move little-used files to centre of disk etc., and it keeps an image of system areas like FATs and folders to assist Norton Disk Doctor to recover HD contents in the event of a serious problem.
Forget what you read about Norton stuff being error-prone, over-blown etc. you don't NEED to use or even install those progs at all. It's worth getting N.Utilities just for SpeedDisk and Disk Doctor - still excellent products.
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Software / custom boot screen from installation
« on: October 23, 2003, 02:57:27 PM »
I believe the filesize is included in the appropriate INF file, but I might be wrong.....
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Tech Clinic / low on virtual memory (very low)
« on: October 18, 2003, 01:38:38 PM »
This has NOTHING whatsoever to do with RAM - the message is about the pagefile. I've seen this problem aired on another forum, but can't remember which. Try here for some inspiration.
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