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Monday, May 14, 2001		Dr Tribune

I’m having a P II processor with Windows ’98 as a operating system on it. The problem is that whenever I want to browse Yahoo! it gives me error saying "The page cannot be displayed". I’ve check all the properties regarding that but all in vain.

— Sachin- Satinder Kumar Ludhiana

Dr Tribune: From your message it appears that you are using Internet Explorer for browsing the Web. When you get this error message also please check another message at the bottom of the page, which says "Cannot find server or DNS Error." Now in order to solve this problem, using the TCP/IP diagnostic tool PING: www.yahoo.com. If you get another message saying "unknown host www.yahoo.com. it means that you must recheck the TCP/IP configuration of your Internet connection. Thus in order to solve this problem just hang up and connect again. This is the first step in solving your problem as this error could be due to a "noisy" line causing some data-corruption. Then check on your new connection in WINIPCFG, that you have now a DNS-server defined for running WINIPCFG. Simply click on the Start button and then click on Run. In the Run window type WINIPCFG. In the IP configuration Window make sure that you have selected the correct adapter i.e. the "PPP Adapter". Now verify the properties of your dial-up networking connection and select the default setting for your IP address and DNS address. Now close all Windows and retry for the Net connection. By all chances your problem will get over. However, if the problem still persists, make a new dial up connection and then try connecting Internet with the new dial-up connection.

I want to give a password to a folder. How can I do that? Please detail me on this.

— Sonik Laroiya Chandigarh

Dr Tribune: There are many programs available for providing password protection to files as well as folder. However, for suggesting them to you I would need information about your operating system. Otherwise general speaking, there are some programs like Icon LockIt 2000 available at http://www.iconlockit.com/password.htm, Folder Guard available at http://www.winability.com/folderguard etc. You can use these products to password protect your files or folders.

My operating system is Windows ’98 SE. Whenever I try to download wallpaper from any site, I receive a message stating "Could not load c:\ windows\ localsettings\ temporarayinternetfiles\ content.I.E.5\ 2800600[1]. zip." Here 2800600[1].zip is the program that I was trying to download. Please tell me is there any type of setting that needs to be done for downloading wallpapers from any site.

— Kanwar Bhatti, Patiala

Dr Tribune: It appears that your file 2800600[1].zip is not fully downloaded and because of this reason you are getting this message. Other possible reasons for such message could be that your file (2800600[1].zip ) is corrupt or has some errors. Thus as a possible solution, please download this file again and then try to load it on your computer. If you still get this error, please check your file for errors.

I want to ask that can I configure my Outlook Express to receive and send Yahoo! and rediff mails.? Can I save songs from the Internet that have raw format?

— Vineet Arora

Dr Tribune: You can certainly configure Outlook Express to send and receive Yahoo! mails. However, for configuring rediffmail in your e-mail client you will require its SMTP and POP address, which is basically a Web-based mail. So, unless you know the POP and SMTP address of rediffmail, you can configure it in Outlook Express.

I have an assembled PC with the following configuration:

P III 667, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB HDD (Seagate), Creative CD ROM, Intel 810E Chipset, UPS.

My first problem is that I have uninstalled some installed games from a CHIP CD. But by doing so computer gives a message "Device file missing, Window registry refer to system.ini file and this file is no longer exists, Press any key to continue". This happens whenever I boot up

After this message when I press any key then system goes off.

The other problem is that my CD ROM is not responding.

— Atul Sharma, Kalka

Dr Tribune: It is for your benefit and for the benefit of other reader to give clear details about the hardware, operating system and also the exact error message if any. In your case you have forgotten to mention your operating system, which is required for the solution of your problem. Now regarding your problem, it appears that during the uninstallation process, a windows system.ini file either got deleted or corrupted. As the best solution for your problem, reinstall Windows ’98 on your system. This will take care of your existing problems as well as your problem related to CD ROM.

I am working in an organisation where we are facing a problem regarding keeping a check on the mails being sent on the Internet. We use Outlook Express mainly to receive and send mails using Glide and Satyam connections with the Internet access available to all users on stand-alone machines. We are in the process of upgrading our network (that is going to be Win ’ 98 networking). Please advise us on how can we keep a tab on outgoing mail.

— Ashish

Dr Tribune: Normally blocking Internet on a network is simple than blocking it on each and every individual PC. However, if the size of the organisation is small then it is not so difficult. The best solution to your problem is using the software, which restricts the outgoing e-mails to the entries present in your address book. So, you can make an address book containing all your e-mail address, whom you may send e-mail addresses and protect it by password so that it cannot be updated by any other person except the administrator. This address can be installed on each and every stand-alone machine that has Internet access available. However, in case of network, you can install firewall to control the flow of your e-mails.

I have Intel processor 533 MHz, 10 GB HDD, 810 motherboard, 64 MB RAM and Internal modem Motorola 56 KBPS and half-duplex sound card. My OS is Windows ’98. Earlier I had made partition of my HDD in which I was using Winnt sever as d: & Win ’98 as c: But I stopped using Win NT server and now I have used my d: in Win‘98.

My first problem is that when I start my Win‘98 windows registry checker error comes. The system says that Windows will start and repair the system registry for you and when I restart my computer then also I get the same message.

Sometimes when I open my connection and open 2 or 3 sites together, an error that explorer has performed an illegal operation of Kernell module appears.

— Ashish Kapoor, Ludhiana

Dr Tribune: The facts provided by you unusually suggest that you have Windows ’98 on both C: as well as D: If this is what you mean to say, then I would need to know from which Windows ’98 system (C: or D:) you are getting this problem. However this seems to be a case of registry corruption and either you need to reinstall Windows ’98 again or use some registry repairing programs. As far as your second problem is concerned, I would need the exact message that you get to fathom in which module and memory address you are getting the problem.