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[shubles]

im having a prob with iexplorer that i havent been able to understand

everytime i open the BB with iexplorer (and sometimes opera5 too) it wont close when i click the close button.
it remains on the screen, unusable and unclosable even with cntrl+alt+del

what am doing wrong now??????

[phil]

That is weird...it sounds like a software clash. How many other programs are running? Are you running Win98 or ME? When was the last time you re-installed Windows and how much other programs to you have installed?

Win98 is notoriously flakey when you start intalling a few other programs. I would not recommend anybody run anything other than Win2K/XP in the Windows series.

[shubles]

Originally posted by phil
That is weird...it sounds like a software clash. How many other programs are running? Are you running Win98 or ME? When was the last time you re-installed Windows and how much other programs to you have installed?

Win98 is notoriously flakey when you start intalling a few other programs. I would not recommend anybody run anything other than Win2K/XP in the Windows series.

im running win98
i reinstalled just last weekend
i have about 4 programs running (yes that includes background progs wylie)
i have only the necessisities installed - office xp, genome etc

the probs started after i reformatted (is it possible i haven't installed iexplorer properly?) and its also crashing opera 5 (which i just installed this weekend)

[shubles]

tis ok

i figured it
though it still shouldnt be happening

iexplorer, opera and sometimes windows crashes when it uses java

is this normal?

[wylie]

Shue if I know you you've snuck a few progs in there somewhere...:p
want to try win2000?
only problem I've had with it is the wife cant play wolfenstein under it but its about time she started playing something a tad more recent :D

[wylie]

....and good to see you've listed "genome" as a "necessary prog" :D :D

[shubles]

Originally posted by wylie
Shue if I know you you've snuck a few progs in there somewhere...:p
want to try win2000?
only problem I've had with it is the wife cant play wolfenstein under it but its about time she started playing something a tad more recent :D

yeah... coz u got time to play around with my computer

*Sharki Shue*

[wylie]

Shue I will gladly help you, however given your recent events you are more than capable of doing it yourself.........you'll sure learn a lot more too!

[shubles]

Originally posted by wylie
Shue I will gladly help you, however given your recent events you are more than capable of doing it yourself.........you'll sure learn a lot more too!

if its the reformat you're talking about, nothing has been the same since i did it.

sure its running a lot faster and i no longer have all that crap taking up cycles or hard space, however, simple programs are no longer working the way they used to.

for instance i cant get audio catalyst to work (i lost the crack), Heroes 3 wont work either (shock horror - can u help me with that? ive tried everything to get it to work)

ive done a botch job of it :(
can u have a look at it for me please?????
when you're no longer busy that is

[wylie]

email on its way

[ozlink]

Originally posted by shubles


if its the reformat you're talking about, nothing has been the same since i did it.

sure its running a lot faster and i no longer have all that crap taking up cycles or hard space, however, simple programs are no longer working the way they used to.

for instance i cant get audio catalyst to work (i lost the crack), Heroes 3 wont work either (shock horror - can u help me with that? ive tried everything to get it to work)

ive done a botch job of it :(
can u have a look at it for me please?????
when you're no longer busy that is

Shubles

Because you did a reformat/reinstall any and all upgrades you may have applied now need to be reapplied.
Dont know why audiocatalyst wont work but considering its a cracked version anyting is possible.
Heroes may not work because you dont have updated video drivers or possible the correct version of DirectX (required by games for video etc)

I would recomend you pop along to windows update and grab all the updates available then give your problematic programs another try.

FWIW: I know you have roxio 5 (because you borrowed it off me:)
It will rip songs from CD for you so give that a try if you don'e end up getting audiocatalyst to work.

[shubles]

Originally posted by ozlink


Shubles

Because you did a reformat/reinstall any and all upgrades you may have applied now need to be reapplied.
Dont know why audiocatalyst wont work but considering its a cracked version anyting is possible.
Heroes may not work because you dont have updated video drivers or possible the correct version of DirectX (required by games for video etc)

I would recomend you pop along to windows update and grab all the updates available then give your problematic programs another try.

FWIW: I know you have roxio 5 (because you borrowed it off me:)
It will rip songs from CD for you so give that a try if you don'e end up getting audiocatalyst to work.

cool ta
idiot shue also forgot to write down the number from roxio cd cover too... oops

so my copy wouldnt have worked anyways

[wylie]

Originally posted by ozlink


Dont know why audiocatalyst wont work but considering its a cracked version anyting is possible.
.

sheesh guys.....SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH!!!! :D :D
still reckon you should give win2k a go.....yesyesIhearyoualllinuxtoo......:p

[shubles]

Originally posted by wylie


sheesh guys.....SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH!!!! :D :D
still reckon you should give win2k a go.....yesyesIhearyoualllinuxtoo......:p

so come install it already

[wylie]

another email on its way............:rolleyes: :cool:

[ozlink]

Originally posted by wylie



still reckon you should give win2k a

Hmmm.
I thought you were gettin pissed of with 2k wylie. The crashes you were having etc etc no stability etc etc.
Thats the reason you told me you wanted to install linux for stability and run windows via win4lin or vmware.(also to play with linux)

Now you are trying to convice shubles to use Win2k can I now assume you are no longer having any issues with your win2k install:confused:
Or are you just a vicous nasty person who wants shubbles to have more troubles:D

[wylie]

Originally posted by ozlink


Hmmm.
I thought you were gettin pissed of with 2k wylie. The crashes you were having etc etc no stability etc etc.
Thats the reason you told me you wanted to install linux for stability and run windows via win4lin or vmware.(also to play with linux)

Now you are trying to convice shubles to use Win2k can I now assume you are no longer having any issues with your win2k install:confused:
Or are you just a vicous nasty person who wants shubbles to have more troubles:D

errr........wha????
I told you crashes were due to faulty jumpers & ide connectors.
I also said I didnt want to get XP but rather try linux due to the product activation stuff, not that I was getting pissed off with w2k. Dont confuse a grumble about isolated incidents with total disgust for the whole package. Never met anyone who didnt complain about some aspect of a computer before.

[ozlink]

Originally posted by wylie


errr........wha????
I told you crashes were due to faulty jumpers & ide connectors.
I also said I didnt want to get XP but rather try linux due to the product activation stuff, not that I was getting pissed off with w2k. Dont confuse a grumble about isolated incidents with total disgust for the whole package. Never met anyone who didnt complain about some aspect of a computer before.


Ahhh . Ok a little confusion there :)

When you referred to XP I thought you ment Office not windows XP. I myself dont even want XP (windows that is) at the moment as it offers me nothing over what I already have.
Although I may install it on my new laptop (order it yesterday)

PIII 1.13Ghz
128M ram
20G HDD
32M DDR Geforce 2
15.1' screen
8X DVD
and the usual laptop stuff. Should be delivered in 2 weeks :D :D :D :D :D