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    help!!!, monitor goes red..

    could be bad connections in the cable. mostly it's monitor faults (not vga card) //Regards Soaplover
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    How to reinstall windows XP with windows 98 startup disk?

    get a ntfs bbot disk from sysinternals.com //Regards Soaplover
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    Need help in finding the slowest component

    Don't forget the powersupply ,if you are rebuilding you can end up drawing more power than today's setup . I would agree with paparazi about the WD (have it myself) . I would : 1) faster HDD (check if improvments are to your liking) if not 2)faster cpu and more ram.(check if improvments are to...
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    Connect to multiple networks?

    i use this one. Mobile Net Switch enables you to use your computer on more then one network with the click of a button. Mobile Net Switch allows you to automatically select the correct drive mappings, printer settings, IP settings and much more! http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/ //Regards Soaplover
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    CPU powers on.... but no power to my drives...?

    Of course they cannot be detected with no power (sorry). If there is no 12v on the molex connectors PSU must have gone bad . Is the fans running ( cpu fan , cabinet fan etc.) //Regards Soaplover
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    Had "invalid Disk Error" and now i have a black screen

    Files under root needed to boot windows 98. IO.SYS (hidden) MSDOS.SYS (hidden) COMMAND.COM AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS if you did what was on the other site ( sys a: c: ) you might need to replace this files . They can be copied between systems running same os (just unhide the hidden ones)...
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    Had "invalid Disk Error" and now i have a black screen

    There should be a MSDOS.SYS file in your C:try to unhide with ATTRIB -H C:\MSDOS.SYS clear readonly ATTRIB -r C:\MSDOS.SYS It should have the following content: [Paths] WinDir=C:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=C [Options] Autoscan=0 BootGUI=0 BootKeys=1 BootMenu=1...
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    Had "invalid Disk Error" and now i have a black screen

    in c:do a dir command you can save it as a text file using pipe parameter. eg at a floppy . post the result. c:\>dir > a:\dir.txt //Regards Soaplover
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    Auto creation of ODBC

    Easiest way we do is to mail the users the reg file. Either as .bat or .reg ,of course mail client must not block the attatchment . //Regards Soaplover
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    CPU powers on.... but no power to my drives...?

    in most bios'es there are an option to read temperatures . often called "pc health status" or simular . The voltages should be visible there . Drives use 12v . Or you could disconnect e.g a cdrom and measure the molex connector with a volt meter . check also that bios recognize the...
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    Had "invalid Disk Error" and now i have a black screen

    they are in C:(but possibly with read only attributes on them) type in ATTRIB -h -r C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT ATTRIB -h -r C:\CONFIG.SYS //Regards Soaplover
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    OS install

    It could be that fenix had an install of this cd on another machine. //Regards Soaplover
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    Outlook randomly printing my email

    Have you tried a add remove + "repair office" //Regards Soaplover
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    Microsoft Outlook - Setting up 2 accounts

    Fine ,glad it worked out 4U , btw thanks for the star. //Regards Soaplover
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    OS install

    Go here and download a utility that reads the product key from your registry (for w95/98/ME systems) . http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/productkey.htm //Regards Soaplover

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