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So many people shudder when they see Win ME I find it prudent to leave off that tidbit since for such people it is not a good aspect of the program irregardless of the benefits using the Win ME Defrag bring to the show While I'm typing. My primary boot OS is Win XP. I try every free and trial program and method I see recommended for defragging and always go back to running GeoDisk2 from Win 98 on my dual boot system. This being one reason I stick with FAT32; anyone dual booting with an NTFS volume will not be able to use GeoDisk2 on that volume. Safe Mode does not always result in the expected good environment for a fast Scandisk & Defrag. Yet when Safe Mode doesn't work GeoDisk2 most often still works as expected. Additionally booting to safe mode on a frequent basis is asking for trouble. Doing so can occasionally result in change system settings for the Desktop and the Video card being changed for the normal boot. When that happens it is very difficult to put things right. Since I'm certain XP users also read this forum I will add... The only defrag program for Win XP system I've found that comes close to bringing me as much joy and happiness that GeoDisk2 has for Win 9x system been Power Defragmenter. But I have not found a way to get it to defrag all the drives. It only lets you point it at one at a time and does not accept any parameters that I'm aware of. The other program for Win XP I've found useful is PageDefrag. However, it is not a full drive defrag. It specializes in the registry hives and the pagefile(s). PS If you haven't realized it I'm not a DiskKeeper fan

Geodisk2 is not a ScanDisk or defrag replacement. It is an extremely small program which consumes 576Kb of space on my harddrive. The user sets the program with the desired options and then lets it run. The program shuts off all unnecessary running processes and runs one, two, or all three of these selections: Its own internal Cleaner, Microsoft Scandisk, and Microsoft Defrag.

When running Scandisk/Defrag on Win9x systems I've found nothing that works better than first performing a cleanup with a good program such as CCleaner and then using Geodisk2 to control the ScanDisk/Defrag activity. GeoDisk2 is a program specifically written to deal with Scandisk & Defrag freezing on Win9x systems.

I would avoid using it on any system critical components.

HOW TO: Configure a System Policy Setting to Disable a Predefined Shortcut Key in Office XP

PV.EXE that is installed with PrcView is a command line task killer that works nicely in batch files. The file PV.TXT gives all the details on usage.

Easier to do it at startup rather than shutdown. You can use a cleaning program most of which have the ability to be run at startup. Or you can use a batch file that runs at startup. You may find this list of cleaning programs useful. I cannot tell you that all of them have the option to run and clean at startup but I know some of them do. CCleaner (my favorite) HDCleaner (somewhat difficult GUI but very complete) DustBuster XP (fully automatic for XP only) BeClean (it has been reported that BeClean can "hose" Win XP installations so use with caution if you have Win XP) CleanUp! Disk Cleaner (simplistic interface yet has the info needed) Empty Temp Folders CleanCache Free Internet Eraser (I don't like this one much but it works) CM Disk Cleaner (not free) Fast Cleaner (shareware) A List of Safe To Delete File Types (keep CAB files as they are needed to fix program problems)

You cannot ban freeware. The notion in and of itself is ridiculous.

It is the DLL used by the Group Policy editor to handle policies regarding Software Installation.

ROTFLAMOCan you say, "apoplectic"?

You can make a batch file and use the SC command from it to do anything you want with services. SC Command

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OpenOffice.org can read various versions of the MS Office documents. You also can save your documents to various MS Office formats. However, not everything available with OpenOffice.org Writer can be transferred to MS Word, and not everything can be imported. It is also able to read/read other file formats such as StarWriter.

It is an excellent FREE substitute for MS Office. Not too buggy etc.. I would not go so far as to say it is exactly the same as MS Office since there would be some copyright issues if it where. They have had to name some of the functionality and menu selections differently which can be confusing. The biggest difference is how the HELP file search works. I think its terrible but what do I know. And yes it will run rather slow on an underpowered underRAMed system and a Win98 box may crash from time to time if you use up all the resources. This resource issue is a problem with Win98 not Openoffice but to work around it turn as many running processes off as you can before starting any big (lengthy) projects with it. And do save data frequently.

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I say that more than 50% of the task of resolving or answering computer problems is knowing where the information comes from to answer them. Best place to start is with the HELP file of the program the problem is related and don't forget the HELP that comes with Windows. Next step is to look for Google hits using various keywords that seem likely to provide success.

If the Unofficial Win98SE update still only works with Win98SE you may be interested in this link: critical updates and other beneficial updates for Windows 98

Doing so would require that you edit the Registry so that each and every instance of Windows.0 is changed to Windows. The way to successfully do this is to delete the content of your Windows folder and then copy the content of your Windows.0 folder to your (now empty) Windows folder. Then edit the registry and restart the system. It will begin to use the Windows folder after the restart. A third party Registry Editor that has a Search and Replace function would likely be most helpful. However, you can export the entire registry as a REG file and then use an advanced notepad type editor (that has Search and Replace) to edit that REG file. Then simply merge the REG file back to the registry. A good example of an advanced notepad replacement is Metapad.

As far as I know you cannot stop the creation of the Recycle Bin folder itself after you delete it. All you can do is stop the system from using it.

It was easy enough to break out of the frame by right clicking and selecting open in new window which made it easier for me to read the tweak. Tweaks should have a link on them to a printable/downloadable "version" for easier tweaking offline and while restarting.

There is a little tiny program called PV.EXE that comes in the ZIP file for PrcView 3.7.3.1 which will do exactly what you are trying to do. It returns error levels for use in batch files. In the ZIP file the two files you would be interested in are PV.EXE and PV.TXT. The text file is very complete.

From the WinXP command line: SC (the non-MS explanation) SC (the MS explanation)

How to Manually Remove Programs from the Add/Remove Programs List There are several programs that allow you to do this without having to mess with the registry. Some can be found at this link: www.snapfiles.com search results (scroll down the page)

The system cache set to 2 Mb is using resources but I doubt it is the actual and only cause of your problem. Out of memory usually means that your system has run out of resources required to pass data back and forth between the RAM and the rest of the system. This is a rather common problem with Win98 which is one very good reason why WinXP is a better Operating System because it handles memory allocation and usage far better than Win98. The worst cause of this situation is having too many running programs and processes starting up when you turn on or restart your system. The best solution, obviously, is to have as few running programs and processes starting up when you turn on or restart your system. The next worst cause of out of memory issues are programs that incorrectly shutdown and fail to release system resources related to memory thus eventually using up all the system resources required to access the RAM. This type of problem is better known as a "memory leak". To resolve this type of problem you would have to obtain an updated version of the program (if one is available) and hope they corrected the memory leak issue, or stop using the program if you can identify it and determine that you don't really need to use it, or restart your system frequently enough that your resources do not get so low that your system freezes before the restart (especially remembering to restart as soon as you close the program that is behind the "memory leak" issue. The next worst cause of out of memory errors would be a habit where the End User might leave programs and explorer windows open either in the background or minimized to your taskbar when done with them instead of closing them. In that situation when you keep opening new windows and running more programs while leaving the ones your finished with running and open you would again use up all the system resources related to memory thus eventually using up all the system resources required to access the RAM. In this case the solution is obvious. Close and stop running any windows and programs after you are finished using them.