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Monday, March 12, 2001
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I tried to download Bonzi Buddies from the Net. My computer stopped all drop down menu’s on right click. In order to remove Bonzi, I restored my computer to an earlier date and Bonzi was not there. My computer then started in a safe mode and struck at Scandisk C drive a number of times. I undid restoration and Bonzi reappeared with a message "finish installing now". Now, whenever I start my set I get a caution message "Error Starting Program". The CTB.EXE file is linked to missing export MFC42.DLL: 6453. When I click OK the machine functions smoothly.

How to rectify above caution so that it does not appear again.

Computer specifications are Zenith: 20GB HDD,128 RAM,OS WINDOWS Me ed)

— GKS Sidhu

Dr Tribune: The problem in your case is of incorrect installation of the software Bonzi Buddy. This problem happens in two cases. Either, a program you installed overwrote the file MFC42.DLL in your Windows system folder with an older version, or the program that caused this error did not install the latest version of MFC42.DLL. Since in your case, your program was never installed correctly thus it seems that your MFC42.DLL file has been corrupted. Now, the best solution in this case is to reinstall the Windows, so that the error in this file is fixed.

 


I have few queries regarding my PC, please explain:

1. How to run a virus scan on the attachment that I receive through e-mail. I use Trend PC-Cillian virus scan.

2. Sometimes, when I play a song in Winamp, it gives an error — Nullsoft waveout plugin v2.02(x86) MMSYSTEM007. There is not enough memory available for this disk. Quit one or more programs and try again. Surprisingly, there is no program running. But when I shut down my PC and restart it, sometimes it works OK. I have Pentium-III 550 MHz and as per manual it has B1W2B motherboard with an inbuilt audio card—ADI 1881. I use Win 98 SE OS

3. I would like to use my TV as a monitor too. Tell me how can I view the display on my Tvand watch movies while they run from CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Will the display be clear.

— Gurpal Singh

Dr Tribune: For running a virus scanner to scan all downloadable attachments automatically, you must configure your Virus Scanner to the auto protect mode. This will automatically check all your downloadable files for the viruses and will thus not require any instruction from your side. This is also the default setting for majority of virus scanners.

Regarding the WinAmp player, try the following settings. Open Winamp and then press Ctrl + P. Now click on "Output" and highlight "Nullsoft WaveOut." Now press "Configure." In the drop-down box, switch it to the other option(s) then try to play a file with Winamp. However, if this solution does not solve your problem, then you can install the latest version of this software available at www.winamp.com. For using your TV as your computer monitor, you need some special hardware like video card. Having these cards installed in your system, you can use your TV as monitor. You can get this hardware from a company called AverMedia. The hardware converts your monitor video to a signal suitable for television display. Thus it will get to 1024 x 768. But keep in mind that TV resolution is only 352 x 244.

Pertaining to the Feb 12 issue of Login Tribune, in the Tips and Tricks section. I tried your guidance for "Fine tuning the Net connection" and in the modems Extra Settings found a line "atx0 S10=254 " already written there. Please tell me what does this line mean and how does it differ from S10=254 ? Also can I use both the lines for comfortable Internet access. If yes, please show the Format/Syntex for it (For example - atx0 S10=254,S10=50).

— Ashoo Duggal

Dr Tribune: The setting you have written is the optimal setting and you do not need the setting S10=50. Since the earlier setting is more broader, thus in your case you do not need this setting.

I have a Celeron-400 MHz, 32 MB SD RAM, 8.4 G.B. HDD and Windows ’98
installed on it. I have a Logitech mouse and am connected to com1. It is
shown as Standard Serial Mouse. I have not installed Logitech mouse driver on my PC. I have set the mouse acceleration to maximum in the control panel. But I found that the cursor movement of my mouse is slow as compared to the movement of the cursor on other computers. I have cleaned the mouse. But it showed little improvement. Now my mouse is clean but the cursor speed is slow. The double click speed is good and can be increased further. Please tell me how can I increase the cursor movement speed through my mouse.

Sukhdeep Singh

Dr Tribune: On installing Windows, your operating system automatically detects the mouse on the specific com port and installs the most appropriate driver for it. Thus you are not required to install any driver manually unless you are installing any special mouse. As far as the speed of the cursor is concerned, the motions menu of the mouse properties governs it. Thus if you wish to increase the cursor speed, then open the control panel and then double-click on the mouse icon. Now this will open the mouse properties window on your computer screen. Click on the motion menu and increase the pointer speed to the desired level. If you want it faster then set it to the maximum level. After moving the pointer speed to the desired level, click Apply and then OK. Now you will find improvement in the speed. Similarly you can set the double-clicking speed also in the mouse properties window. Having your mouse clean is a good idea as it ensures smooth movement of mouse, which you may feel as increased speed. However, though it does not increase the speed of your mouse.

I have 200MHz, 32 MB RAM assembled computer with Windows ’95 operating system. I use Internet Explorer 5.5 for Web browsing. Recently I am facing problem regarding downloading file from the Internet. Rather than downloading the file, it downloads the page on which download file appears or even if it starts downloading, it will download for a certain period of time and then stop. I have tried reinstalling Internet explorer and have installed Godzilla. The problem still persists.

Pankaj

Dr Tribune: This is a very typical problem and needs further exploration. Please write back, since how long you are getting this problem. Also write that does this problem occurs in case of Netscape Navigator also.

I have a P III 500 MHz system with 64 MB RAM, 10.2 GB hard disk,
56 KBPS internal modem and Windows ’98 SE as OS. I use MS Office 2000 on my PC. My problem is that when I try to change the font type in MS Word it gives a message "There is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation." I have a free space of more than 5 GB. Please advice.

Vivek Chawla

Dr Tribune: The problem you mentioned could occur because of the following reasons:

1) Conflicts caused by Word for Windows’ Automatic Table of Contents bookmarks

2) Not removing already-inserted XE fields between attempts at building an index

3) Embedded graphics
4) Corruption of your project’s Doc2help.ini file. In order to correct this problem, try these solutions.

In your general settings, from the Tools menu, choose Options. This will open the options dialog box .Now click save. Deselect allow fast saves and automatic save. Now click general. Deselect background repagination, then click OK. It should solve your problem. If it does not then from the Tools menu, choose repair manual. This will open the Repair manual dialog box. Now select remove automatic TOC bookmarks (deselect other available options). Then click OK.

As mentioned earlier, this problem could also happen due to embedded graphics in your document. These documents put considerable constraints on memory, while indexing. If despite applying the above-mentioned solutions, your problem persists then as another solution you should break any links to embedded graphics to resolve this issue. In case of linked or embedded graphics, if you turn on field codes and see your graphic replaced by "Embed", "Import", or "Include" information, you will need to break the established links. Even despite these efforts, your problem does not get sorted, then you can try by reinstalling Microsoft Office again.


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