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.

Skg/Kayak,

Thanks for the help. Been out all day so will try your suggestions.

Thanks again.

Fundy, that HP problem could be nasty which is probably why not much has been posted. It sounds like a probably hardware fault to me.

I would open the box and pull all the cards (except Graphics) then restart and see what happens, if its OK put the cards back in one at a time and reboot until you find where the problem is. If it fails with no cards then remove the memory sticks and try booting with each one in turn.

If the motherboard has inbuilt graphics and a separate graphics card you could remove the graphics card as weiil in step 1 above as long as you make sure you have switched graphics to the onboard adapter first.

Anyone else having Internet connection problems? Some sites are accessable, some partially, some not at all?

skg

skg83239 - just before reading your post, I was marvelling at how much faster everything is loading this evening!

So it looks as though your loss is my gain:-) Sorry!

It maybe my new ISP, Bulldogbroadband. More speed, less data.

I need advice on a quick back up system to my office computer as we are running
an internet based data base and we are going to be charged for every 200mb at 25 per month and that appears to be like throwing coins into a whishig well.
And does anyone know if the 10 pc in the office can be covered under one anti virous licence or do they have to carry on paying 29 pa to Norton.
I just use avg and zone labs on my lap top as advised by spaceman.

Bresie

Have a quick look at http://www.btpcbackup.com/pricing.html

Bresie

If you have 10 PC's in an office, then you should really have a server to control security and data storage then all you have to do is but a tape drive on the server and back it up each night.

Norton do a server based AV package. It would have the advantage of being able to manage the AV status on each computer but may not save much money on your individual Norton licenses. I know of someone who uses Panda AV on mulitple computers. It seems to work well and consumes fewer resources than Norton. I think it was also cheaper. See http://www.pandasoftware.com

Thanks for the info ,we run on a wireless network using pipex for broadband anytime and the main office dell computer acts as the server as file sharing
is only used by the staff on a limited basis.
Should we buy a tape back up for the main dell and can it back up just the new files or does it do all sever files each time.

Bresie

If you were to buy a tape backup unit, it would probably come with some backup software although you may want to purchase a better program.

Any reasonable backup program will allow you to choose exactly which files or directories that you want to save and will run automatically at a set time each day. It's also useful if the system can send out emails if something goes wrong.

If you have a fairly small system, you can get a DDS5 tape drive for a few hundred quid which will backup around 70GB, then all you have to do is save the entire hard disk.

Using 10 PC's and having one as a server is stretching things a bit as Windows only allows 10 share connections. If you were to have a central server (running Windows Server 2003 or similar) acting as a domain master, you could use that to control access to the workstations and also use roaming profiles which would automatically save everyones settings and documents back to the server when they log out. You may need a hardwired network fo that but again, 10 PC's on a wireless network is pushing it. What you really need to decide is how much a couple of days without computers will cost the business.

thanks opo