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Try this: Open Date and Time in Control Panel. Click the Internet Time tab. Clear the Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server check box. I do not recall if this option is available if you have disabled the service.

Originally posted by KairoAnnunaki: Quote: I have disabled the Plug And Play service. If you disable Plug&Play service, you cannot use Device Manager (it is totally blank) until you re-enable the service... Quote: Plug and Play is a core operating system service, and therefore, it is best to not disable it.

Have you tried running it on compatibility mode? Right-click the shortcut/executable, select Properties. Click the Compatibility tab. Try running it on 95 or 98/ME compatibility mode and if it does not work, then try to select "Disable visual themes", "Run in 256 colors" and "Run in 640x480 screen resolution". If that does not help, post more info.

You can enable it at on your own risk Registry editor. Browse to path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak". Create new DWORD "NvCplDisableRefreshRatePage", value 0 (in hexadecimal).

Yeah. It is pretty neat program. I have restored several passwords with that. Here are some other programs: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

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Why do not they work? Do they give any errors?

Originally posted by m_phoenix83: Quote: Posted by theefool: Quote: Usually, I do SFC first, then I try an overlay. Then reinstall (if needed) any windows updates. Pardon for asking, but...What do mean by an SFC? Thanks Phoenix System File Checker. For XP,2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310747 For 2k: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/EN-US/ For 98: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/185836/EN-US/

My onboard (ac'97) is better than my old soundblaster addon card, at this time... so my vote for the onboard.

WING library means the common WING.DLL or WING32.DLL files that are needed to run many Windows 3.1 games. You can download it from here http://community.the-underdogs.org/pub/tools/other/wing.zip. Just unzip the file into your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory before running the game. And from http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/simtower.htm, you can download the wavmix16.dll. Scroll to "Technical Stuff". The game is rather old, so no promises that it will work on Windows XP...

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Read instructions.

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Or dyndns: http://www.dyndns.org/. Free version allows to create DNS name like leemur.dyndns.org, leemur.kicks-ass.net, etc.

My .02c Can you move your programs, games, etc. to second partition? Then you can use the 2000 setup application to format the first partition. After that you can install the 2000 to it.

Have you tried the repair installation? 1. Start Windows 2000 by using the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or Setup boot disks. 2. When Windows 2000 Setup starts, press ENTER to start, and then press the R key to repair the existing installation. 3. Press R again to initiate the emergency repair process to fix the existing installation of Windows 2000. 4. Press F to initiate the process that automatically repairs the computer. 5. If you have an ERD, insert the disk when you are prompted, and then when Setup completes repairing your boot sector, restart your computer to finish the process. If you do not have an ERD, press L. Windows starts to search for the installation and displays any installation that it finds. If the emergency repair process cannot locate the Windows 2000 installation, reinstall Windows 2000.

Is the file system set to NTFS? Quote: Using Windows XP, 2000 or NT, if you need to format a drive that is larger than 32 GB, Microsoft recommends using the NTFS file system in place of FAT32. Windows does not let you to create FAT32 partition bigger than 32GB, you'll need to use 3rd party programs (like Acronis Partition Expert) for that. Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk (If you want to create >32GB FAT32 partition). Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/EN-US/

Can you access safe mode? (Press F8 before the text "windows is starting up" or the windows logo shows up) If you can then, do this: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;192926

Check your event viewer for errors and warnings, in Software and System. Start->Run: eventvwr.msc Does not harm to check: What does your HOSTS. file got? "C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc" It needs only contain: Quote: 127.0.0.1 localhost Have you tried this,Flash Player standalone installer: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/killbitblock/flashplayer7_ax.exe It only installs ActiveX control, no more. Check your browser settings: Firefox 1.0: 1. In your browser menu, go to Tools > Options > Web Features 2. Make sure Enable JavaScript is checked, and click OK 3. Go to Tools > Options > Downloads 4. Click Plug-Ins button > make sure SWF is checked (enabled), and click OK. IE: 1. In Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Manage Add-Ons. 2. Highlight Shockwave Flash Objects by clicking on it. Click Disable, then click OK in the confirmation pop-up window. 3. Re-enable Shockwave Flash Objects. Highlight Shockwave Flash Objects, and click Enable. Click OK in the confirmation window, then click OK in the Add-Ons dialog box.

The boot.ini should be: Quote: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe C:\="Windows 98" Or if your 98 is installed to H: then the last line is: H:\="Windows 98" You are missing bootsect.dos file for Windows 98? The bootsect.dos file should exits in "C:\" or in that drive where you have installed Windows 98 ("H:"). Repairing the Windows® XP Boot Loader 1) Create a Win98/Me Startup Disk, floppy 2) Create a Notepad file with the following entries, exactly as shown: Note! Change the C:\ to H:\ if your 98 installed to it. Quote: L 100 2 0 1 N C:\BOOTSECT.DOS R BX 0 R CX 200 W Q 3) Save the file to the Win98/Me Startup Disk as READ.SCR 4) Boot the computer with the Win98/Me Startup Disk and at the A: prompt type DEBUG < READ.SCR Steps 1 - 4 create the BOOTSECT.DOS file needed to boot Win98/Me. Now lets repair XP boot loader. 5) Insert your XP CD and boot from it. 6) You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair. 7) You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter 1. There is usually only one installation. 8) You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is blank, so just hit Enter. For Pro, enter the same password you did during setup for the Administrator account (this is not the same as the password for an Admin level account. It must be the Administrator account password). 9) At the C:\Windows prompt, type FIXBOOT. You'll be prompted to confirm. Do so. 10) When FIXBOOT is finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will reboot.

Files you mentioned are: System File Checker files: "SFC.exe" "SFC.dll" "SFC.os" "sfcfiles.dll" Internet Explorer Administrator Kit: ieakeng ieakgie ieakvi MS IE Peer Objects: iepeers IE stuff: iernonce iesetup I and Google does not know what this is: iedkc32

Have you tried update your AGP drivers? And try older drivers (e.g. 61.77)? Make sure that "Hardware acceleration" is set to Full on dxdiag.

Originally posted by PEFL: Quote: A couple of days ago i decided to download the game off internet (edonkey rules) Ever heard word: piracy ? If you like the game, buy it. Some pirated programs just do not work. Period.

The first entry is for Windows XP SP2 and last is for Windows XP (with or without SP1).

Originally posted by CaptainCheerios: Quote: but its running with a program called dcdp.exe which is located in my c:/documents and users/all users/startmenu/startup folder DHCP.exe ? Then you got WORM_RBOT.AKW. 1) Disable System Restore. Log on as Administrator. Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop and click Properties. Click the System Restore tab. Select Turn off System Restore. Click Apply > Yes > OK. Continue with the scan/clean process. Files under the _Restore folder can now be deleted. Re-enable System Restore by clearing Turn off System Restore. 2) Removing Autostart Entries from the Registry Removing autostart entries from the registry prevents the malware from executing at startup. Open Registry Editor. Click Start>Run, type REGEDIT, then press Enter. In the left panel, double-click the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft> Windows>CurrentVersion>Run In the right panel, locate and delete the entry: windows dhcp = "DHCP.EXE" In the left panel, double-click the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft> Windows>CurrentVersion>RunServices In the right panel, locate and delete the entry: windows dhcp = "DHCP.EXE" In the left panel, double-click the following: HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>OLE In the right panel, locate and delete the entry: windows dhcp = "DHCP.EXE" Close Registry Editor.

My first pc was one of first IBM's Aptiva series, do not remember exactly, but something like this: * Cyrix cpu (486). * 640 MB HDD. * Windows 95.