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Byteback
WHEN I run Win98 setup it starts fine but after scandisk a black screen appears prompting me to restart the machine. Why? Besides, I have lost my motherboard CD which had all the drivers. How can I get these drivers. SAAD NAFIS
Peshawar
Editor replies: It is likely that there is some kind of hard drive problem. Try reformatting your drive and then running setup. If that doesn’t work, get your hardware checked.
Secondly, go to the vendor sites; for instance, in case of Intel motherboard, search for your drivers on
Multiple OS
MUSHU
Editor replies: You can easily manage up to four operating systems on your machine, depending on the number of partitions. You don’t have to delete any of the exisiting systems. If you don’t have more than three partitions, you can create one specifically for Linux by using Partition Magic 8 (or 7). Also create a 512Mb of swap space. Run the Mandrake CD, And you’re set to go. If you are a new user of Linux, make sure you read the howtos of Linux, before you begin installation.
Downloading Yahoo mail
ASGHAR ABBAS
Editor replies: For Yahoo you have to set your POP and SMTP server as
Weird file extension
UMAIR FEROZE
Karachi
Editor replies: It seems like you have a virus on your system. Reinstall Windows and then reinstall Office. That will work and remove the virus as well. If you don’t want to reinstall your OS, just reinstall Office again. It will work.
Unsolicited emails
ASLAM KHAN
Karachi
Editor replies: There is currently no service that can really get rid of this trash. You’re most probably using Hotmail that’s where most of the spam comes too. If you get such emails on your local email client then there is a solution. Get hold of anti-spam programs such as the Spam Killer, etc, that filter out the spam.
For web-based accounts, most offer the option to get mail only from restricted people, and the rest gets filtered. You can enable this feature on your Yahoo or Hotmail account. And as a thumb rule, never answer a spam. It will only open doors to many more unsolicited sources.
Slow processing
I want to have PLUS! suite on WinXP, which requires 16MB of RAM. I have tried to increase my memory to 16MB but it doesn’t seem to go beyond 8MB. Why?
Do bad-sectors affect the speed of PC?
SUHAIB JALEES AHMED,
Karachi
Editor replies: There could be three main reasons for these problems:
Your Win98 system is getting slower because of lesser available space as a lot of space is used by multiple operating systems. Viruses may also be playing havoc with your system; they definitely cause the speed to go down. Perhaps you are using a poor cable internet service which is causing MSN to disconnect and IE to not opening the pages. Try to use a better service.
It is also likely that some virus have corrupted your core system files. Check your machine with any updated antivirus program. It should fix the problem, but if it doesn’t then just reinstall your OS.
Your computer doesn’t have a 32MB VGA card, the minimum required to run WinXP. Your processor would have gone berserk trying to render all those effects that XP uses. Windows XP would in any case make Celeron go slow. In order to use WinXP with Plus suite you have to upgrade your machine.
External CD drive
YASIR MAHMOOD
Wah Cantt
Editor replies: Your problem is related to the drivers of the CD ROM. You can try these to solve this problem:
— First see if all the wires are firmly attached to the system. If any of them is loose or not attached, put them back in. Then re start the computer. This will ensure that the computer redetects the hardware.
— Try Add/New hardware feature in the Control Panel and go for Auto-detection of your device
— Reinstall the drivers that came with the CDROM.
— If all this fails, try to hook up the device to another computer and see if it works there. If it doesn’t, then you have a problem with the CD ROM itself.
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