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Dual option
Question: I installed WindowsXP on my system, but later on deleted it by formatting drive D, in which WinXP was installed. Now, I want to remove the dual boot option from the system’s start-up, since I only use Win98. What should I do?
Ghazala Farooq
gzfarooq@hotmail.com
Editor’s reply: I suggest that you edit your Boot.ini file. Ensure that you can see all your hidden files (Open any Folder in 98, Folder Options, View System Files) and then go to the root of the partition on which your Win98 is located (usually C:\). Here you will notice a file by the name of Boot.ini.
Open the file in Notepad, and you will see a line ending with \Microsoft WindowsXP. Delete the entire line. Be very careful when you are doing this. Any other changes and your computer will not run. I suggest that you make a backup copy of this file on your desktop by any other name. After deleting the line, save the changes.
Start-up error
A while after I start my PC, it gives the error titled “SVCHOT” which says: “This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.”
The message offers two options: either to close down the window, or to provide details. Please suggest a solution.
Mohammad Hassan
handsom_007ever@hotmail.com
There is no such file as “SVOHost” in Window’s System. There is a SVC host which manages 32-bit DLLs and other services. At the start-up, Svchost.exe checks the services portion of the registry to construct a list of services that it needs to load.
SVOHost is most likely a virus or the remains of one. Do run a system scan from http://housecall.trendmicro. com.
Also, type “Msconfig” in run, go to the start-up tab. Uncheck any file that you do not understand or which might be a virus. This will hopefully solve the problem.
Sending files
Please suggest a free internet account from where I may attach and send a 40MB file. I tried sending it through Gmail, but it did not work.
Sajjad Ali Soomro
sajaadsoomro@gmail.com
The maximum file size that anyone can send through Gmail or any other account or ISP is 10MB. Anything larger than that slows down the ISP’s lines tremendously.
What you can do in this case is create a website on Yahoo!. Go to www.geocities.com and use the existing templates to create a site. Upload your file to the server and create a link. To learn how to do that visit Yahoo!’s help pages or visit www.webmonkey.com.
After this, send the website’s URL address (for instance, www.geocities.com/Sajjad) to your friends and they will download the file from there.
Turbo C++
My system is a 2.4GHz Celeron with 256MB RAM and 2006 OS. All the partitions on the hard drive are on NTFS file system, but some of the programs like “Turbo C++” compiler and programs made on it do not run. They give the following error:
“C:\WINDOWS|SYSTEM|AUTOEXEC>NT. The system is not suitable for MS_DOS and Microsoft Windows Application Close Or Terminate.” I tried reinstalling Windows but the same error occurs. What should I do?
Naveed Iqbal
naveediqbaal@gmail.com
Have you tried changing the software CD? Perhaps the Turbo C++ compiler that you used is defective. Try getting a CD, which you are sure will work 100 per cent.
If, however, you are sure that the CD is perfect, than try running Turbo C++.exe program with the compatibility mode set for Win98 (right-click properties > compatibility). Also, it is always better to install Win98.
Pop-ups
How do I get rid of unwanted windows that pop-up incessantly while I am online?
Hadia Matloob
hadiamatloob@hotmail.com
Your OS has been infected with Spyware. Please download “Ad Aware Se” from www.download.com and also Google Bar from http://toolbar.google.com. This should resolve the problem.
‘Living with the enemy’
I read the article with the above title with great interest and alarm! It was about air, water, soil and noise pollution. Poison, poison everywhere, but never a drop of antidote. Antidotes will be produced if research heads in the right direction. For now, apathy and indifference abound.
These are the greatest poisons. And they existed much before pollutants built up to menacing proportions. When education is successful in creating research that finds an antidote to apathy, then the lesser poisons of pollution will be dealt with. That may take eons.
So the next best thing to do is provide incentives for creating pragmatic concepts and plans on how to get rid of pollution. This may be developed at the school, college or industrial research level. As automobiles are the biggest source of pollution in urban areas, this may be looked into in great detail.
Who knows, research may one day enable buildings, trees, roads and vehicles to be equipped with lightweight devices to trap the smog and filter, detoxify or neutralise the poisons that are polluting our lives.
We might have to wear anti-pollution masks on the road in the very near future — with large ID cards on our shirts to identify the persons behind the masks! However, if you like the natural look then join the nature’s side right now.
Dr Fawzia A. Usmani Karachi
‘Fighting for survival’
The article titled “Fighting for survival”, which was published in the Sci-tech World on April 29, had been written by Zofeen T. Ebrahim for the Asia Water Wire. It was published under Dawn’s arrangement with the Inter Press Service.
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