Kayak,

It's actually a faintly yellow bar which appears beneath the address bar to explain there is a problem when trying to download. By clicking it, it allows the download to take place. It's similar to the bar which appears explaining how to temporarily remove the pop up blocker (only that's in blue). Sorry, it all sounds very confusing I know.

I have rebooted without success.

I'll keep trying.

Thanks again.

Done it!!!!

Only problem is I'm not sure how. Something to do with internet content anyway.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Kayak.

Greystone

Why do you think you have blown the sound card?

I use a Tosh Satelite Pro and I remember that after SP1, I had to get hold of the latest drivers to make the sound card work. Which drivers are you trying to install?

Optimist - Haven't looked at this for a while cos I gave up on it... ;-)

In Device Manager, if I look at Sounds and Audio Devices Properties, it shows no devices present and is all blanked out. If I look at the hardware tab, it shows devices present and working properly.

Edit: It seems I do not have a Multi-Media Audio Controller installed. Where do I get one of those from.....?

Confused of Murcia......

Greystone

I suggest that you start by looking on the Toshiba site for the latest drivers.

Once you have them, uninstall the sound card from device manager, and then scam for new hardware. With any luck, the card will be re-found and you will be able to install the latest drivers.

Your model may well be different from mine, but I had trouble with my sound using Win XP and some MS updates, hence the need for the latest drivers.

Thanks Optomist. Will give it a try.

Got myself more confused than ever. ;-) Will just have to put up with the sound of silence for a while longer. :-)

Hi all

A friend of mine has a HP Athlon 1500 latop that when trying to boot up comes up with the error: AMD ATHLON CHECKING NVRAM. he took to a computer shop and they recommended changing the graphics card - he has now fitted this and still gets the same error.

Can any of you tell me what this error means and what may the likely cause/remedy?

Many thanks in advance

I've been trying to get my pc to run in safe mode by pressing F8 when restarting, having disabled 'system restore' in order to do a scan/clean - but it ain't working. Where else do I find safe mode please? WIndows ME - but not for much longer :S

Edit: Think I'm in big T too - when I realised I couldn't find safe mode I tried to re-enable the system restore setting - 4 times now - and it's still disabled.

chocolat,

This link gives a guide to manual safe mode start, you will need to select operating system

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001052409420406?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

Hope this helps..:-)

SC

Cheers Stormie

Phew! Dunno how, but re-enabled again now.

Ok - did a trend micro scan earlier which recommended the system restore/safe mode thingie before I re-scanned the machine for a trojan 194.A lurking in file C:\explorer.cab*explorer.exe*.

"Solution

Additional Windows ME/XP Cleaning Instructions

Users running Windows ME and XP must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of infected systems.

Windows Millennium Edition (ME) and Windows XP have a feature known as System Restore, which creates backups of certain files in the _Restore folder. The System Restore feature usually backs up files with EXE or COM extensions, which may include infected files and malware programs. Files in the _Restore folder are protected and can only be accessed using System Restore. This feature must be disabled first before Trend Micro antivirus can access and clean these files.

The following procedure disables the System Restore feature:

For Windows ME

Right-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click Properties.
Click the Performance tab.
Click the File System button.
Click the Troubleshooting tab.
Select Disable System Restore.
Click Apply > Close > Close.
When prompted to restart, click Yes.
Press F8 while the system restarts.
Choose Safe Mode then hit the Enter key.
After your system has restarted, continue with the scan/clean process. Files under the _Restore folder can now be deleted.
Re-enable System Restore by clearing Disable System Restore and restarting your system normally."


Well I can't do that - safe mode won't let me connect to the internet.
Flummoxed now.

chocolat

You need to start in safe mode with network support.

Might be a stupid question but does Windows XP still have a clipboard?

I'm trying to print a screen shot to the clipboard but I can't find it????

Try Start/Run C:\WINDOWS\system32\clipbrd.exe
I don't think you can print directly from the clipboard

skg

You don't need to access the clipboard necessarily Harlosh, just open any graphics program (even Paint) and paste.

This is a very good and popular file viewing program: http://www.irfanview.com/

Apologies for reposting but can anyone help?


A friend of mine has a HP Athlon 1500 latop that when trying to boot up comes up with the error: AMD ATHLON CHECKING NVRAM. he took to a computer shop and they recommended changing the graphics card - he has now fitted this and still gets the same error.

Can any of you tell me what this error means and what may the likely cause/remedy?

(wrong answer removed :) )

OK it looks as though it might just be failing the memory check. If there are two memory cards, remove each in turn to see whether one is causing it to fail the check. It could also be the CPU or motherboard though. No way to know really without swapping memory cards to start with, with good ones from another laptop if necessary.

Kayak

many thanks - my initial thoughts was the memory card but have swapped this over without success - cpu and motherboard next then!!!

You could also try resetting the BIOS parameters to the factory defaults. Just guessing as I don't know Athlons.