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Bill Nelson
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
375
Registered: 10-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:29 am: |   |
All you Comp. nerds, listen up.
Why or when, I can't say, but my e-mail, good old Outlook Express, won't let me open attachments of any kind! Says it is disabling the potentially dangerous attachments.
I seldom ever open one anyway, so maybe it's been that way for a while. However, recently, there was one I did want to open into Acrobat 5.0 (PDF) and no can do.
How can I get into the settings (where are they) and change whatever is blocking them)?
Ideas please.
Thank you in advance for your wonderful and astute direction.
bn |
Sheila Schmidt
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
496
Registered: 05-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:27 pm: | |
Bill, what antivirus protection are you using? I have Norton, and it deletes attachments all the time. (not every single time, but a lot). Other than that, I have no clue!
Sheila |
C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1645
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:53 pm: | |
Bill,
Do you have the "preview pane" option on in Outlook Express? If so, are you trying to open the attachments in the preview pane?
I have seen this feature get corrupted in Outlook and Outlook Express.
Try opening the e-mail by double clicking it (if you are using the preview option, that is) then click on the attachment.
If that is not your issue, save the attachment to your hard drive, and open it from there.
CEW
PS - you might try the Windows Update option and download any available upgrades for Outlook Express.
PPS - Check out, under the Tools / Options menu in the "Security" tab whether you have the box checked that says "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". If you have antivirus software, such as Norton, that scans e-mails, uncheck this box and try again.
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Bill Nelson
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
376
Registered: 10-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 01:35 pm: | |
C.E.,
YOU DA MAN! I did have the "do not allow..." box checked in Security. I looked at it once and didn't recognize if for what it was.
Thank you much. All works well now.
Sheila, thank you for your suggestion as well.
bn}} |
Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1215
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 06, 2004 - 12:16 pm: | |
Two questions...
Where is my "registry" and how do I get there? (Only counts as one question because I only used one question mark.)
One of my computers murdered its motherboard a while back and so I'm now using a much more updated unit. I've pulled the hard drive out of my old one and was going to put it in this one but... The old computer was operating on Windows 98 and this one's on XP. What would happen if I hooked it up? |
Richard Taylor
Awareness Member
Post Number:
8
Registered: 10-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 06, 2004 - 02:49 pm: | |
Hit Start > Run... then when the window pops up type in RegEdit and then press the OK button -- you're now in the Registry!
CAVEAT -- you can well and truly screw yourself in there if you're not careful and don't know what you're doing, so be careful!
Richard |
Todd Hunter
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
2050
Registered: 02-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 06, 2004 - 07:52 pm: | |
Dennis, I'm a little confused about what you're planning to do (by your last statement about operating the old computer on 98, and the new on XP).
Are you planning on removing the existing hard drive from the new computer, and putting the hard drive from the old computer in its place? Or are you planning to set up the old computer's hard drive as a slave drive? Is the computer you're putting the hard drive into the same computer that lost its motherboard before, or did you go out and get a whole new system?
If you're simply wanting to transfer data onto the new computer, I suggest setting the old hard drive up as a slave, simply to transfer files (such as manuscripts, etc). Once you transfer all the files you need, remove the old drive from the system, and reset the new drive as a single.
If you do in fact replace the new drive with the old one, be prepared (have your Windows CD ready as necessary), as your Win98 settings are still going to have the device manager set up for using your old motherboard...
I'm a bit confused about the registry question. Is this connected to the hard drive question? Richard's explanation will get you into the registry editor...but like he said, be careful about messing with that stuff!
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Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1216
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 05:56 am: | |
Here's the deal...
Old computer is dead. It's downstairs.
New computer (Windows XP)is upstairs on the desk humming merrily along.
Hard drive from old computer (Windows 98)is laying on the upstairs desk next to the new computer. Jumper has been changed so that it will become a slave.
If I put it in the new computer will it work? |
Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1217
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 06:03 am: | |
Now, the registry question...
When I bought this new computer I tried to hook up my old scanner. It wouldn't work because it's not compatible with Windows XP, the company that made it has been out of business for five years and nobody makes a driver that will talk to XP.
I uninstalled the scanner and gave it to my son who still has windows 98 and he's happy. I'm not because every time I start my computer it tells me that it can't find my scanner (Did you look in my sons house???) It says to either install the scanner or...
REMOVE THE SEARCH FROM THE REGISTRY
That's what I'd like to do... |
Todd Hunter
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
2052
Registered: 02-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 04:11 pm: | |
Hard drive......
You need to make sure the new computer's hard drive is set on master (or a better way to do it is jumper both as CS (Cable Select)...just make sure the old drive is put on the cable as a slave (I think that's the end of a two connector cable, without looking?))...
As long as you set up the 98 drive as a slave, it shouldn't even look at its operating system, I wouldn't think...of course, I'm certain CE, or someone else more knowledgeable than I am, can correct me if I'm wrong...
Registry......
What I would suggest (and I'm shooting in the dark on XP) is to go into your Device Manager (98 terminology), and remove the scanner there. XP, I don't know...but in 98, that's how you keep a computer from trying to use a device that doesn't exist...
One day, I suppose I need to plunk down the $100-200 for a copy of XP...cheap bastard that I am...
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C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1805
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 05:18 pm: | |
Dennis,
If you set your drive jumper to slave, you should be able to simply plug it into your IDE cable and access it the next time you log into XP.
If, for some reason (and it's possible), the computer boot up recognizes BOTH operating systems, the worst it will do is ask you which you would like to load. More than likely, it will simply load XP and you will see a new drive letter (D maybe) for the additional harddrive.
On to the registry...
Did you uninstall the scanner software from your computer? If not, do so using either the program's uninstall executable file, or from the control panel go "add/remove programs" and find it in the list and choose the "remove" button.
If you've already uninstalled, then yes, you are about to make friends with your Windows Registry (heavy on the sarcasm).
When you get the error on login, does it tell you what registry entry it is trying to find? Write it down (better yet, write the whole error down, or take a screenshot by using the "PrtScn" button on your keyboard and paste it into Paint or some other graphics program and share with us (or me, or whatever). Once you have that, you can actually search the Windows registry for it and nuke it.
You find the info, I'll tell you the rest (it's for your own protection, I promise).
Speaking of the windows registry, anyone ever get real tired of looking at Windows' little white "shortcut" arrow on your desktop icons? Did you know you can remove them? Another "fun with Windows registry" project  Again, I won't just put the info out there, cuz you can hurt your windows registry and kill your computer, but if anyone's interested, I can share
CEW
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Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1222
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 08:39 am: | |
Here's what I see when I start my computer...
A pop-up box appears. The blue band across the top says:
C:\EASYPH~1\REGISTER\remind.exe
The text is:
Windows cannot find 'C:\EASYPH~1\REGISTER\remind.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click search
There is an "OK" box under the text and when I click that I get the next pop-up. The blue band across the top says:
Desktop
The text is:
Could not load or run 'C:\EASYPH~1\REGISTER\remind.exe' specified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in your registry.
Another "OK" box under that and when I click it, my computer starts up. |
C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1806
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: 
Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2004 - 05:04 am: | |
Here's what you do, Dennis:
1) go to the start button and choose "Run"
2) in the box, type REGEDIT, then press the OK button
3) Now that you are in the Registry Editor, go to the Edit menu and choose "Find"
4) In the Find What box, type "remind.exe" (no quotation marks) and click the find button. The results of the search will be displayed on the right hand pane and the remind.exe item should be highlighted (look at the file location path to the right to make certain it's the right file callout, however, I'm willing to bet that you don't want ANYTHING called "remind.exe" on your registry). Delete it (just push your delete key on the keyboard).
5) Push the F3 key to search for the item again, if the registry editor has another entry for it, delete that too. (do this repeatedly until there are no more entries under the search parameters for this string).
Once you've purged the registry of this string, close the registry editor.
You're all done
CEW
PS - you may also want to make sure there is no shortcut to Remind.exe in your startup folder. Go to Start Button, All Programs, Startup. If you find an item in there called Remind or Remind.exe, RIGHT click it to delete it.
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Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1245
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 10:41 am: | |
Here's the deal...
Sometime back my 17" monitor decided to commit Hari-Kari and took the video card with it. I had an old (12 yrs.) 13" VGA monitor and I bought the absolurtely cheapest video card available, I think it was around $30.00.
Everything worked fine except that I was going blind trying to read an 80,000 word manuscript on that tiny screen. So I bought a nice, factory refurbished 21" monitor from a discount house in California. It didn't even light up. I called the dealer and they agreed to replace it. They shipped me another one and told me to discard the first one. The new one won't light up either, just a black screen. Looks like it's trying but I can't get an image.
Is it possible that this bargain basement video card just isn't enough to drive a king size monitor?" It's a NEC MultiSync XP21. |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1794
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 10:51 am: | |
I would think that the problem is with the video card capabilities.... call up one of your local comp stores and talk to one of the techies there and tell him what the name and make of the vid card is and see whether or not it is compatible with your monitor. I would almost bet you a trip to Reno that the Vid card really isn't powerful enough to do the job. Can you make it here before Christmans?
Just my stupid two cents, take it for whatever it can do to help you
Claudia
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Todd Hunter
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
2089
Registered: 02-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 03:51 pm: | |
I would attempt (on the old 13" monitor) to download the latest drivers for the video card (you didn't mention what kind that was)...before shelling out money on a new one...
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Olen Armstrong
Wandering Member
Post Number:
292
Registered: 06-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 06:10 pm: | |
Dennis,
how old is your PC? If it's the least bit long-in-the-tooth and the monitor is a latest-and-greatest the CMOS in the PC may need to be ungraded.
Hardware updates in peripheral devices (i.e. monitors) must have corresponding programming in the PC CMOS to allow it to talk to the new hardware.
Do a search at the PC manufacturer's web site on your model number and see if the CMOS needs to be flashed. This is one where you may need a techno-geek to help. If you screw-up a COMS flash your machine will be toast.
Or it may be the excuse you've been wanting to buy a new PC. Prices are cheap now. And will be cheaper after Christmas.
Just a thought. Your idea about the video card is also a possible. Try the new monitor on a friend's machine, one that's VERY new. If it works, make him a swap deal for his old one, then sell the 2nd new one to someone else, and you're good-to-go and money ahead, all WITHOUT having to mess with your CMOS.
Later,
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Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1247
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 06:56 pm: | |
The computer is one of those generic models and it's relatively new. The monitor is refurbished so I'm guessing that it's as least as old as the computer. I strongly suspect the video card because when I bought it, I seem to remember the salesman telling me that there were some limitations. Can't remember any more than that and I don't remember what I did with any info that came with the card.
I think I'll revisit the store where I bought the card. It's a small outfit and I'm sure they can help me figure this out.
As far as trying the monitor on someone else's machine... Ain't gonna happen unless I can bring their computer over here. This monitor weighs 90lbs. and I managed to get it to my upstairs office and it's not going anywhere. |
C. E. Winterland
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
1808
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 07:37 am: | |
Dennis...
Do you have a laptop? I thought I remebered you saying you did...
If so, you can hook the monitor up to it to see if it will work. It seems to me that any video card made today should be able to drive the monitor, but there are different types of cards... VGA (old-school), versus SVGA (current). There are also different grades... looking at the NEC website, it appears that their monitors require a minimum of 16-bit graphics card (that's pretty old-school, btw).
Is your graphics card a PCI card or a AGP card? You know, you can buy a brand new AGP card for like $40 - less if you catch a (Christmas) sale.
Also, I would be wary of small 'mom & pop' type computer shops - not to say that your shop isn't good or anything... but think of it in terms of economics... mom & pop shops don't have the buying power of larger chains, and tend to purchase unbranded or even remanufactured parts to save on cost. In this day and age, unless they are providing you with free service (such as explaining why your monitor might not work), there isn't a lot of reason to avoid the large computer store chains like CompUSA, Circuit City, and the like.
www.newegg.com has a card on their site today for $31.99, AGP 4/8x, 64MB DDR RAM - looks like a nice card running the NVIDIA chipset... see it here at http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-164-015&DEPA=0 (I buy a LOT of parts from newegg - they are quite good for an online retailer). PCI video cards are still available, but the technology is older and I imagine that most video card mfrs will stop making PCI types soon. They also have a refurbished and sale section on their site - and guarantee them for a certain amount of time.
Just my two cents. If you decide to buy a card and install it yourself, I will help you if you want - though it's really a lot like building legos.
CEW
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Dennis Collins
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Post Number:
1249
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 02:38 pm: | |
Why didn't I think of that???
My laptop won't light it up either.
The good news is that the monitor was damaged in shipment and insured. I filed a claim with Fedex and am hoping that they'll just reimburse me and let me worry about getting it fixed. |
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