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my aol email is sending multiple copies

I am using AOL email program 9.VR and I send one copy and receivers are getting up to 6 copies. Any ideas to fix this?

Tags: E-mail providers, warrenL, AOL E-mail

Discussion threads 2007-06-16

install usb drive

I have installed a USB drive, It shows up in Device Manager under other devices with a yellow question mark. A message says there is no driver. Also it says no driver is required.My problem is on My Computer, there is no Icon showing up for the USB.Any ideas?Win 98SEWarren

Tags: warrenL, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

freeze ups

When I leave my computer on in an idle condition for a fairly short time, it freezes up and I have to push the power button and restart.i have the computer set topower scheme always on never turn off in standby " " ...

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Discussion threads 2007-03-02

AOL 9.0 SE disconnects

AOL 98SERoadrunner LiteIE 6.0AVGZone Alarm.First two above recently added. Keep getting knocked off and going back to reboot,while reading mail or using internet.Getting frozen and too many blue error screens.Any ideas appreciated

Tags: America Online Inc., AOL 9.0, aol email, e-mail, warrenL, web surfing

Discussion threads 2006-10-11

can't bring up desktop

Keep getting blue screens with various messages.One is "A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028-C0048BB736in VXD VFAT(01) + 00009486"I run registry restore and sometimes I might get thru. Maybe one in ten tries.I plan to leave my computer on now that I have finally reached to internet.HP6630 computerWIN98SEAny ideas...

Tags: warrenL, desktop

Q&A 2006-08-15

clean out computer

I have a friend that has a computer that she wants to give away. I know there have been many articles on clearing out personal info before doing this. Any ideas on this will be appreciated.tnx,warrenYou can do a low level format of the hard drive. But the only...

Tags: disk, hard drive, POSTER, warrenL, computer

Q&A 2006-08-13

monitor shuts down

Have a KDS K700 crt monitorIntermittent trouble. Monitor shuts off at times on startup or shutdown.This does not happen at other timesThe green and amber lights go out, and i must push the power button twice to reset the power switch.I think the switch is like some TV switches that...

Tags: Monitors & displays, swITch, monitor

Q&A 2006-05-22

Send To problem

win MEdell dimension 4100When I right click START, and select EXPLORER, The list that appears doesn't show SEND TO.I need to know how to add SEND TO to that list, as well as other items.There are not many places I can send to at the present time. warrenLMake sure...

Tags: Send-to

Q&A 2006-03-07

XP Slow start up

friend has XP Home edition that takes very long time to start up. He has many items on his start up menu, most I have never seen before.What are the minimum necessary items to be checked on the start up menu?Thanks,WarrenYou can start without any of startup programs. You can...

Tags: Start, Start Menu, warrenL, Microsoft Windows XP

Q&A 2006-02-13

version of CIMOM

win98Get this notice "The repository file was not created by the current installed version of CIMOM"I was trying to bring up newly installed BELARC program Any ideas to fix this problem?Thanks,warrenCIMOM stands for Common Information Model Object Manager, a database of objects and is heavily leveraged by the Windows...

Tags: CIMOM

Q&A 2006-01-20

cursor has changed

My friend has win XP, and his cursor that flashes on the screen, was a vertical line and has changed of a small box.How can he change it back to it's original shape?Go to "control panel" found in start menu find and locate "mouse" double click "mouse" or highlight "mouse"...

Tags: Mice, vertical line, mouse

Q&A 2006-01-17

can't bring up win 98

When I try to use the dos prompt on my son's computer and type "scanreg /restore" I receive a bad command report.If I don't type anything I shortly receive a list of "the following files are missing or corrupted".c:windowshimem.syserror in config.sys file on line 1c:windowsemm386.exeerror in config.sys file...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 98, device driver

Q&A 2005-12-30

powerpoint

Would you have any idea how to extract photos from a PowerPoint presentation? I'd like very much to save the individual photosWell if you open Power Point and then edit the file you should be able to extract any photos but viewing them could be a different story depending...

Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, MS PhotoEditor, Save, warrenL, windows

Q&A 2005-07-17

red X

My friend is using XP home edition and IE.He is having trouble sending pictures via email and addressees getting red X'sAny ideas to fix this? warrenWhere is he seeing the red X's?In the browser window?In his email client?I as an addressee only get a frame and the red x in...

Tags: E-mail, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP

Q&A 2005-05-17

can't set volume control

Running WIN98SEMy volume WAV control keeps dropping to minimum and I can't figure out why. I reset it to mid range and close the window and it immediately drops to minimum again. Once in awhile it will remain set OK, but not for long.Any ideas on this one?Thanks,warrenDo you have...

Tags: warrenL, Winamp

Q&A 2005-03-29

can't defrag

I use win98SE, and suddenly can not complete the defrag operation. I have let in run for over nine hours and it shows no percent of completion, and just keeps running.Any ideas are welcomeThanks,WarrenDid you turn the swap file off befre attempting to defrag?If you have not already done so,...

Tags: POSTER, run scandisk, Safe Mode, warrenL, willcomp, windows

Q&A 2005-03-02

start button

running Win98SEWhen I right click the Start button, the OPEN and EXPLORE are not highlighted. They used to be.How do I get them back to normalthankswarrenMicrosoft says you may have used TweakUI to hide one or more drives.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188209dustyD How did you know how to clear my problem so quickly? You...

Tags: TweakUI

Q&A 2005-01-11

Adobe photo deluxe

When I try to add a new screensaver, I get a message "the browser application could not be started. please verify that it is installed correctly" How do I go about fixing this problem? Are thry talking about IE browser? running WIN98SE HP6630 IE6.0warrenCould you be a little more specific?Are...

Tags: Adobe Photo Deluxe, Adobe Systems Inc., warrenL, windows

Q&A 2004-12-24

Program needs FOXFIRE.EXE

Use Win98SE, and IE6.Just deleted Foxfire, and now I try to access certain programs Belarc is one, and I get a PROGRAM NOT FOUND screen.Windows cannot find FIREFOX.EXE needed to open files of type 'HTML File'. I am asked to type in the location FIREFOX.EXE after C:I have searched files...

Tags: HTML Files, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Set HTML, Set HTML file, Set HTML-file, warrenL, Web browser

Q&A 2004-11-23

Additional Resources

IP Address

I want to block AOL instant messageing or any AOL activity from my PC. How can I do it? Using Win XP SP2 and IE6 SP2.Also, I want to setup MS Outlook to get my messages from Yahoo, but I can't find Yahoo's IP address for the Outlook setup.You...

Tags: America Online Inc., firewall, IP, IP address, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Setup, software, stephenlent88@..., Yahoo! Inc.

Q&A 2006-01-07