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Everybody has them---so
I'm trying to just list the good ones....
Maybe you had trouble getting to the set-up page:
Some Old Compaqs, Epson (Gemini), IBM, IBM PS/2, Toshiba, most old 286s use The Set-Up Disk.
| Press del during boot= (AMI, Award). Press Esc during boot= Toshiba. Press F1 during boot= (Toshiba; Phoenix; Late model PS/1 Value Point and 330s). Press F2 during boot = (NEC). Press F10 when square in top RH corner of screen= (Compaq). Press Ins during boot=IBM PS/2 with reference partition. Shift Ctrl Alt + Num Pad del= - Olivetti PC Pro. |
Ctrl Alt ? =some PS/2s, such as 75 and 90. Ctrl-Esc = Misc Puters Ctrl Ins= some PS/2s when pointer at top right of screen. Press reset twice= some Dells. Ctrl Alt Enter= Dell. Ctrl Alt Esc=AST Advantage, Award, Tandon. Ctrl Alt + =Misc Puters Ctrl Alt S= Phoenix. Ctrl Alt Ins= (Zenith, Phoenix) Ctrl S =(Phoenix). Ctrl Shift Esc= Tandon 386. |
Sound Card Problems:
I recently upgraded/Installed a new SB Live card. It works but there is one problem. It doesn't work with Dictate Naturally Speaking (Personal Edition). The Audio Setup Wizard would tell me that the SB Live card doesn't support the sample rates required by the audio setup wizard. And if I click on Cancel, it seemingly continues with the setup. But of course half way through it, (around step 5 of 9), it again pops up an error message and tells me that it may have detected more than one sound card. If I click on Cancel, it continues (or so we think), until at the very end, where you are supposed to start the voice training. At this point, if I hit next, the audio setup wizard just quits, and nothing happens.
First, A tip on Vcache--if 128 mem--then set:
MaxFileSize=8192
MinFileSize=8192
ChunkSize=512
If you have a voice modem, try this for the FIX:
Go to Control Panel/Multimedia/Devices and expand the Audio Devices. See if there is
anything besides the Audio for Creative SB Live! Wave Device. If there is, go to
Properties on the other devices and click Do Not Use Audio Features and uncheck Map
Through This Device.
Then reboot and retry DNS install (DONE).
I am getting frequent lockups in Internet Explorer 4.0 on my 4824-4880 Presario and have to reboot. Why?
There is a known conflict between Interntet Explorer 4.X and any PC which uses the ATI
Rage Pro graphics controller chip, either integrated on the systemboard as in your
Presario or on a separate PCI or AGP video card. The solution is a simple editing of the
system.ini file.
1. Open Windows Explorer and go to the C:\Windows directory.
2. Double click on system.ini (you must have "Show all files" selected and
"Hide files with registered extension" UNCHECKED in your folder properties.)
3. With the file up in Notepad, look for a header saying [display]. Below it will be a
line as follows: DeviceBitmap=0 4. Change the line to read: DevBmp=0 (be sure to observe
u/l case and it is "zero"
5. If you do not see the header, add it anywhere in the .ini file and add the shorter line
below it.
6. Save changes to the file and reboot the computer.
The freezeups should cease.
Compare Your Registry or Text Files:
First, copy 2 files to compare and maybe call one (before.txt and the other one after.txt).
type the following command: FC Before.txt After.txt > C:\Filediff.txt. To view the results, open Filediff.txt in Notepad (or another text editor). Done....
If you Have W98--then use Windiff.exe....
Do you want to know your IP Address?
Windows*95/98 and NT* 4.0,
It's easy to find: connect to the Internet, then click the flying window flag
"START" button, click "Run", and type in "winipcfg". Windows
will pops up a little box giving you the IP address that you are currently using.
Also posted By Mickiesoft On Errors:
These will fix alot of problems, so if your having any problems with W98---Try them, It can't hurt: Extract these vxd files manually from cab 47 and 48 into c:\windows\system and c:\windows\system\vmm32 vcomm.vxd, vdmad.vxd, configmg.vxd, vdd.vxd, vmouse .vxd, ntkern.vxd, vflatd.vxd DONE....
Reinstall Windows 95 to a different folder:
To rule out the possibility of damaged files. For example, if Windows 95 is currently
installed in the Windows folder, install it to a Win95 folder. If your computer has a Plug
and Play BIOS, reinstall Windows 95 using the "setup /P I" command to rule out a
defective Plug and Play BIOS.
If Windows 95 still hangs during the shutdown process after you reinstall it, your
computer may have faulty hardware or faulty system components including RAM, the CPU, the
motherboard, or an internal or external cache. Contact your computer's manufacturer for
assistance.
View the Bootlog.txt file to pinpoint the problem.
If Windows 95 still hangs during the shutdown process, examine the Bootlog.txt file for
"Terminate=" entries. These entries are located at the end of the file and may
provide clues as to the cause of the problem.
Each "Terminate=" entry should have a matching "EndTerminate=" entry
on a successful shutdown. If the last line in the Bootlog.txt file is
"EndTerminate=KERNEL," Windows 95 shut down successfully. If the last line in
the Bootlog.txt file is one of the following entries, check the listed possible cause:
Last line Possible cause
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Terminate=Query Drivers Possible QEMM or other memory manager issue.
Terminate=Unload Network Possible conflict with real-mode network driver in the Config.sys
file.
Terminate=Reset Display Disable video shadowing. You may also need an updated video
driver.
Terminate=RIT Possible timer-related problems with the
sound card or an old mouse driver.
Terminate=Win32 Problem with a 32-bit program blocking
a thread. Possibly Microsoft Visual C for Windows.
If this doesn't fix it, YELL at your MotherBoard MFG because you have a CMOS/BIOS Set-Up
problem....
Want to change the path from (A) drive to your CD:
Example, on setup, W95 looks for (A), well--let's make it
look at your CD drive instead to make install easier:
Edit the registry with System Policy Editor and change
the Setup source path from (A) to your CD drive letter:
1.Click the Start button, click Run, type "poledit"
(without quotation marks) in the Open box, then click
OK to start System Policy Editor.
2.On the File menu, click Open Registry, then double-click
Local Computer.
3.Click the plus sign (+) next to System.
4.Click Network Path For Windows Setup, then type
the new source path.
5.Save the changes to the registry, quit System Policy
Editor, and then restart Windows.
To modify the Setup source path with Registry Editor,
modify the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath
Got a Error in W98 and need a File--No Problem:
Hit the start button, then in the RUN command type
( SFC.EXE ) and tell it what you want!!!!!
To Re-Associate Files and You Refuse To Use Winfiles.exe:
1. Choose Start > Programs > Windows Explorer.
2. Select a file whose file format association you want to change. For example, if you
want to change the file format association for all JPG files, select a JPG file.
3. Press Shift + F10.
4. Select Open With from the pop-up menu.
5. In the Open With dialog box, select the application you want to associate the file
format with. If the application isn't listed, click Other, then locate and select the
application you'd like.
6. Select the Always Use This Program To Open Files of This Type option.
7. Click OK.
8. Repeat steps 1-7 for any other file format associations you want to change.
Windoz Doesn't See Nothing (A CD or Hard-Drive):
Make backup copy of your registry, because you need to make Windows attempt to
reinitialize the protected-mode IDE driver by removing the NOIDE entry from the following
registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET \SERVICES \VXD\IOS
If you are using Windows 98, navigate to the Tools \Mtsutil folder on the Windows 98
CD-ROM, right-click the Noide.inf file, and then click Install. If you have problem with
install, Right-Click Noide.inf Hold down the SHIFT key and press the function key, F10,
choose Install. This will remove a NOIDE entry in the registry if it exists and re-detect
at Boot, so restart your computer. Done....
IE 4 cannot open the Internet site (https://):
It may be due to An error occurred in the secure channel support. To Fix-It, Goto the RUN command and type "regsvr32 rsabase.dll" (without quotation marks), and then click OK. This up-dates the Registry----DONE....
