Monday, September 4, 2000		Dr Tribune

Dr Tribune: You have not stated you problem clearly. Does your computer hang while you are using a particular programme or does it hang in general? It seems that the problem is with one of the programmes loaded in your computer, which could be Microsoft Excel.

As far as your second problem is concerned, it seems that the server setting is not properly configured. Normally, MAPI server is not being used at an individual level. So if you are getting an error message, you must set your browser for POP 3 server then.

Dr Tribune: The problem of seeing the password box on booting is very common. However, the solution is simple. We will deal this problem in detail in the Tips and Tricks column. In the meantime, you can download a programme called tweak power toys from http://www.generation.net/hleboeuf/powertoy.htm and install it on your PC. This software has a feature that can help you getting rid of this problem.

Regarding Outlook Express, in order to recall a message from the Sent folder, you can copy it by selecting the message and pasting in the message window of the new e-mail and send it. If there is a message, which you are going to use often, then in this case you can save it in Drafts folder and send it from there.

Dr Tribune: There is basically no problem if a CD makes some noise while rotating, as it is normal. Normally all CDs make such noise except for the audio CDs, which rotate without much noise. All you can do to reduce the noise is to run the CDs in normal mode and not in turbo mode.

Dr Tribune: I would advice you, not to add anything to your computer. Moreover, please do not try to install Windows '98, as it will not be able to run on it. At best you can use Windows 3.1 on a computer with such a configuration.

Dr Tribune: Since, you loaded Visual Studio 6.0 enterprise edition (excluding VJ++) in drive D, it must have installed its systems file on drive C. As you have formatted drive C, you should unload the whole software first. In your case, the software is actually being reinstalled because of which it does not run successfully. However, you must uninstall the software, including all components of Visual Studio from C and D drives and then install afresh. Merely re-installing cannot solve your problem. Regarding your problem related to MS Access, please mention, which version of MS Office you are using.

Dr Tribune: Logically, there should not be any problem with the internal modems. They are as good as external ones. However, some problems may arise in configuring the modem, which is probably what you are referring to as the com port problem. You must always install internal modem on com 3 or com 4 port and not on com 2 or com 1 port. Secondly, for disconnection, you can refer to our Tips and Tricks section where we have discussed problem for frequent disconnection. For slow speed problem, please refer to the previous issues of Login…Tribune.

Dr Tribune: From the details furnished by you, it seems that the major settings of your computer are fine. Sometimes, this problem occurs when there is a clash in an Internet browser. Try uninstalling the Internet browser and reinstall it fresh. Moreover, if you are comfortable with both Internet Explorer and Netscape, try using the one, which you were not using for voice chat earlier. However for chatting, Netscape is a better browser.

Dr Tribune: You have not mentioned which Internet browser are you using. Moreover, the information about your operating system is also critical for solving your problem. Please send us more specific information.

As a general solution, you can try uninstalling Winamp and reinstalling the same again. In certain cases, even Scandisk also solves such kind of problems. As another solution you can uninstall WinAmp and install other players like Sonique for playing the music files. However, there does not seem to be any problem with the sound card.

Dr Tribune: The skins and plugins are add-ons to your WinAmp player. Skins have nothing to do with the performance. However, it increases the visual appeal of your player. Plugins are add-ons, which add features to players. For installing skins & plugins, open the WinAmp first, and then press Alt+S. This will open the WinAmp preference Window on your computer screen. On the left side of the screen, you will find tree for plugins as well as skins. Using the appropriate tree structure you can add any skin or plugin.

Dr Tribune: Normally, it should not happen. However, you can try again by following this procedure. Open HyperTerminal. You will find a connection description window here. Enter the name of connection. This could be the name of the person you wish to connect. Press OK. Now you will get connected to window. Enter the phone number of the computer you wish to call. And press OK. This should make your HyperTerminal connection work

As far as the names are concerned, all major motherboard manufacturers are making these. These are referred to as EB. You can ask for an EB motherboard for 133 MHz bus frequency.

Dr Tribune: There is a difference between the Internet speed and the browsing speed. We refer to the connection speed when we talk of Internet speed, whereas the browsing speed is related to quick opening of sites. For increasing the connection speed, there is not much you can do by altering the components of your computer as it is based on the telephone line and modem. But if you wish to increase the browsing speed, then you can achieve good results by increasing the RAM to minimum 64 MB and preferably 128 MB.

You can make e-friends on any chat site like Yahoo. Here you will find several categories of chat rooms. You can go to a room of your choice and make friends.