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  1. decibel08

    need to recover 'file fragments' !!!

    i recently installed win xp pro on a disk that already had a few folders and files on it. the contents of the folders were fine, but the few files i had outside of folders dissapeared. these were very crucial files... now there is a folder on the drive named something like 'FOUND.000' which...
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    strange xp booting hang - geforce2mx driver related ??

    recently when ive booted the computer it occasionally hangs at a black screen after the xp pro logo goes away, sometimes with a frozen mouse in the middle of the screen, sometimes no mouse at all - just black screen. half the time the computer will reboot on its own from here, and the other...
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    driver installation order in xp

    is there a specific order i should install drivers in for xp? seems that xp has taken care of lots of the drivers, but do i still need to install abit or 4in1 via drivers if im using the abit kg7-lite ? thanks
  4. decibel08

    how do i get rid of msn messenger in xp ?

    i know instuctions for this have been posted a dozen times, but i can't find em. so how do i permanently get rid of msn messenger?
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    XP Install - asms parameter incorrect -> ??

    i am getting an error message when installing xp, which says that a file could not be installed (c:\windows\i386\asms or something) because the 'parameter is incorrect'. ive used this xp cd to install before, so what could be wrong ? and how do i fix it? thanks very much for any help danny
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    Direct Connect phantom names ?? why

    hey everyone - i recently set up a hub using Direct Connect (neomodus software) for people at my university and it works great (ips restricted to only people at my school). only problem is sometimes these strange user names come up which are the same as one that is already logged on, with a...
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    New edition of Morpheus - college lan thing

    anyone know how to set up this college/lan aspect of the new version of morpheus? i can't seem to get it to work. thanks
  8. decibel08

    MORPHEUS - new edition - College Lan ??

    anyone know how to set up this college/lan aspect of the new version of morpheus? i can't seem to get it to work. thanks
  9. decibel08

    msn messenger in xp

    how can i make msn messenger permanently go away in xp? it keeps creeping back somehow
  10. decibel08

    os install issues, not sure which component is messing up.... !

    i am trying to install an operating system (at this point have tried win98 and xp) and the installation either doesn't start or doesn't make it past the preliminary steps. with 98, i would try to install and it would quit before it got away from dos-looking interface and just return to the...
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    clean system os install problems - which component is messing up???

    i posted a similar question a little while ago, but seems the problem has become more general... i am trying to install an operating system (at this point have tried win98 and xp) and the installation either doesn't start or doesn't make it past the preliminary steps. with 98, i would try to...
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    why wont win98 install... ?

    so i formatted my hard drive and run windows setup from the cd. it runs the blue screen scan of the hard drive and seems fine. then it says 'copying files needed for setup' and then suddenly goes back to the dos prompt (with the cursor not blinking, if that makes any difference). i have no...
  13. decibel08

    Unable to Access any Microsoft websites ? -> why

    i can connect to the internet and surf around just fine on my 56kmodem, but for some reason all microsoft websites refuse to load. hotmail, msn, microsoft.com, none of these work. even from within outlook express my hotmail account is not accessible. what the heck is going on? i know their...
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    geforce2mx400 hardware acceleration major issues!!

    i am using an inno3d geforce2mx400 and windows will not fully load unless i boot in safe mode first and set the hardware graphics acceleration under system properties to the second lowest (of 4) notch. this is preventing directdraw and direct3d from running properly and hence dvds from playing...
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    is this dvd drive broken?

    my samsung 612 12x dvd drive does not recognize dvds at all. it plays cds and runs programs from cds just fine but simply does not recognize dvds. i installed powerdvd2.55 so the software is there, so does this mean the dvd drive is busted and i should return it? or is there another...
  16. decibel08

    system tray empty and windows doesn't respond.... help

    so when windows (98) boots up, everything seems fine aka the mouse moves, but the system tray has nothing in it and the clicking the mouse or hitting keys has absolutely no impact. i have to ctrl-alt-del or reset every single time. i have noticed that if i set the tab under system...

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