Diagnosing and fixing computer

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Does anyone know of a freeware program (like PC Bug Doctor) that will
diagnose and (hopefully)/or fix a PC running Win98se?
Thanks In Advance,
Homer
 
Well, that could fix it.....or create a whole new set of problems. But
more to the point, the last time I talked to Billy G., he said that
Windows XP wasn't anywhere close to being freeware!!
 
You could run the upgrade to XP - that would fix it.
Well, that could fix it.....or create a whole new set of problems. But
more to the point, the last time I talked to Billy G., he said that
Windows XP wasn't anywhere close to being freeware!!
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The cheap bastards haven't even made DOS freeware. They don't give
anything away, unless they think it is to their advantage.
 
Firstly you can do an "over the top" reinstall... Boot to the Win98 CD
and reinstall over your existing install. Benefits: you lose no data
you don't overwrite the registry, most of your programs still work fine
that don't use a specific version of a system file. Costs: 1 hour of
time, possiblitly taht you still have unfixable issues. Anyway try this
first.

If you have really corrupted your installation of Win98 I would
recommend that you back up all your vital data/images/documents etc
make sure you have the software and drivers for all your hardware then
reformat your drive, and do a clean reinstall of Windows.

HTH

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They don't give anything away, unless they think it is to their advantage.
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That could describe every business on Earth, plus most businesses on Vulcan,
Cardassia, and Romulus. :D

Bob

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They don't give anything away, unless they think it is to their advantage.
That could describe every business on Earth, plus most businesses on Vulcan,
Cardassia, and Romulus. :D
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There are businesses that try to contribute to the community in
which they exist, that treat their competitors with fairness, and
that make their best effort to abide by the laws of the land.
Microsoft isn't one of them.
 
There are businesses that try to contribute to the community in
which they exist, that treat their competitors with fairness, and
that make their best effort to abide by the laws of the land.
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I could never get over my cynicism about "How to Win Friends and
Influence People".
Microsoft isn't one of them.
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Cheers, Phred.
 
There are businesses that try to contribute to the community in
which they exist, that treat their competitors with fairness, and
that make their best effort to abide by the laws of the land.
Microsoft isn't one of them.
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Let's see, Bill Gates has probably donated more money to charity than anyone
in history. What is his evil, ulterior motive for doing that? I'm sure you
will tell me!

Bob

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Bob said:
Let's see, Bill Gates has probably donated more money to charity than
anyone in history. What is his evil, ulterior motive for doing that?
I'm sure you will tell me!

Bob
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Microsoft isn't run only by Bill Gates. And by $ he donated the most, not by
%. But I agree with you that Bill Gates has made huge donations to charity
and for me there's nothing evil about the man. By the way, I'm a very
content win98SE-user.
Rod
 
Does anyone know of a freeware program (like PC Bug Doctor)
that will diagnose and (hopefully)/or fix a PC running
Win98se? Thanks In Advance,
Homer
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All depends on what types of errors you get.
Before you finally decided to reinstall and lost everything,
try the following steps first (all the tools mentioned are
freeware and can be found easily using google searches):

First an formost, scan for virus and spyware (with Lavasoft
Adaware, Spybot-Search and Destory, and an anti virus
program). That'd fix most common problems of many PCs.
Second, try looking for things that are running in the
background that may cause conflicts (start => run => type
msconfig ). Or use some startup manager of some kinds (e.g.,
"Startup Control Panel").

In addition, clean out your c:windows/temp folder to remove
any potientially corrupted materials.

If problems persist, and is explorer related, try reparing
explorer (start=> accessaries=> system information), then
choose "tools" and repair Internet explorer.

If none of the above works,it could come down to the registry.
Reboot, go to dos mode and on command prompt type scanreg.exe,
it allows you to do several things including fix or rebuilding
your registry.

Also, get this:

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

UNOFFICIAL Windows98 Second Edition Service Pack 1.5
(Freeware)

It can potiential fix some problems that you have developed
(it patches or "reinstall" some component in windows, thus may
be a better alternative to reinstall everything).
 
Let's see, Bill Gates has probably donated more money to charity than anyone
in history. What is his evil, ulterior motive for doing that? I'm sure you
will tell me!
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Among other things, to get posts like yours ?

Plenty of rich people give money to charity. It buys them popularity.
Handy when wanting "friends" to help out with countering anti-trust
law suites etc.

In the long run such things are considered "good business". Another
way to promote a company image (read advertising). For Gates even
hundreds of millions of dollars is only petty cash.

If a bank robber steals a million dollars from a bank and gives
$10,000 to a charity then does he then become a "nice guy ?"

Gates represents the worst of American greed. Just look at the cost
of his products. Not only that but he has no interest in privacy and
security. Other than as "sales tools".
 
Gates represents the worst of American greed.
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lol

What's your opinion of those who piggyback on the success of his
products, e.g. by offering courses which include "Introduction to
Windows XP"?
 
Let's see, Bill Gates has probably donated more money to charity than anyone
in history. What is his evil, ulterior motive for doing that? I'm sure you
will tell me!
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Andrew Carnegie probably donated more money to charity than anyone
before him. But he had a lot of Americans who disagreed with him
shot.

There's less need to shoot people nowadays to have your own way.
 
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What's your opinion of those who piggyback on the success of his
products, e.g. by offering courses which include "Introduction to
Windows XP"?
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Fine by me. If people want to use M$ products then that is their
choice. If they want to learn how to use them properly then they
should do courses. If the main computer programs were released by
someone called "Fredware" then I/others would probably train in those
products as well.

Regards, John.
 
Fine by me. If people want to use M$ products then that is their
choice. If they want to learn how to use them properly then they
should do courses.
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I didn't ask about people choosing to use Microsoft products. I
asked about people who support and encourage the use of Microsoft
products and profit from it by offering courses. People who profit
by selling such support are helping Gates' market share. I don't
particulary have a problem with that, but I'm not the one who said,
"Gates represents the worst of American greed."
If the main computer programs were released by
someone called "Fredware" then I/others would probably train in
those products as well.
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And if you then say "Fred represents the worst in Australian greed"
and are asked questions about the morality of supporting Fred's
marketing efforts, would you then say that you would offer courses in
Alexware if Alexware were popular?

Popularity of Microsoft products in a red herring wrt the question at
hand. Feel free to dodge it one more time; EOD for me.
 
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I didn't ask about people choosing to use Microsoft products. I
asked about people who support and encourage the use of Microsoft
products
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I cannot speak for others. I promote the use of freeware products.
Not Microsoft products.
and profit from it by offering courses. People who profit
by selling such support are helping Gates' market share.
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Helping people to use programs that they have * already purchased *
isn't IMO helping sales of M$ products.

If it is appropriate I promote the use of non M$ programs when doing
training in M$ applications. I guess I am probably responsible for
reducing M$ application sales.
I don't
particulary have a problem with that, but I'm not the one who said,
"Gates represents the worst of American greed."
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He sure does. Whether people are trained, or not, in the use of
windows products doesn't change that issue.
And if you then say "Fred represents the worst in Australian greed"
and are asked questions about the morality of supporting Fred's
marketing efforts, would you then say that you would offer courses in
Alexware if Alexware were popular?
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Popularity of Microsoft products in a red herring wrt the question at
hand. Feel free to dodge it one more time; EOD for me.
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Training people to use products that they have already purchased
doesn't mean that more purchases will be made. Feel free to ignore
this point if you please. I expect you will.

Regards, John.

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Training people to use products that they have already purchased
doesn't mean that more purchases will be made.
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Sure it does. People are more likely to stick with those products,
eventually paying to upgrade to newer versions, since they have paid
you and learned how to better use the products. Much of Microsoft's
continued revenue stream depends on people sticking with familiar
products; you are a small cog in the large machine that perpetuates
Microsoft's incredible share of the market.
Feel free to ignore
this point if you please. I expect you will.
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I should have, having said EOD for me before. Now that you've
clarified the fundamental point of disagreement, hopefully it really
will be.
 
<news:[email protected]>:
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Sure it does. People are more likely to stick with those products,
eventually paying to upgrade to newer versions, since they have paid
you and learned how to better use the products. Much of Microsoft's
continued revenue stream depends on people sticking with familiar
products; you are a small cog in the large machine that perpetuates
Microsoft's incredible share of the market.
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I disagree. Training in eg. M$ Word helps people to better use a
word processor .....in general..... If someone like myself points out
to such a user that WordPerfect is very much cheaper, and even
does some things better, then a number of people will switch. If I
point out that there are also freeware office suites some will
consider those as well.

Regards, John.

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