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Q. I have an assembled PC of configuration of processor PIV 1.4 GHz motherboard, D850GB Intel RAM, 128 MB RDRAM display (TV out), Riva TNT2 32 MB RAM Motorola internal modem, 4channel Yamaha sound card, 40 GB Barracuda HDD 52x max LG CD-ROM. My problems are - My PC shuts down automatically (some times after 20 minutes, sometimes after an hour) while the keyboard and green light on the motherboard remains on and to start the PC again. I have to switch off the main power supply (till the lights turn off) and switch it on again. Secondly, I have installed Active Monitor from the Intel CD now. Whenever I switch on my PC, it displays the warning that System Zone 1 is working at the temperature higher than recommended and the details show temperature in the range 73 to 79 Celsius. I am using Windows '98 OS and CVT. Sachin Sharma, Kulu, HP A. From the description of the problem mentioned by you, it is clearly evident that the problem in the PC is being caused by the high temperature of the processor. It should normally be less than 60 Celsius, whereas in your case, the temperature is in the range of 73 to 79 degrees, which is alarming and a big cause of concern. For the possible solution of your problem, please make sure that you have used the recommended size of the heat sink and the CPU fan and also thermal compound has been applied on the upper side of the processor to bring down the heat. Also please install chassis fan in the PC to blow out the hot air from it. Installing 2 chassis fans would be a good idea and 1 fan is being put at the front side, whereas the second fan is being put at the backside. The frontside fan blows the air in, while the backside fan blows the air out. Remember, the high temperature of the processor could prove fatal for the computer and this problem needs to be addressed immediately. However, if you think that all above mentioned methods have been taken into consideration, then contact your hardware vendor for the possible replacement of the processor, else this problem would continue to occur and become worse as the summers will arrive, provided your CPU manages to survive till then. Q. I have a P III, 933 MHz Intel 810 motherboard with onboard sound and graphics, Samtel 14" colour monitor, Samsung keyboard, CD ROM Logitech mouse, 1.44 FDD. My operating system is Windows NT server 4.0. I have forgotten my password. I can't remember my administrator password and user id is disabled. There is no other id exit. I do not want to lose the data. Please guide me how I can overcome this problem. Bubun A. This is a tricky situation and often termed as problem with no guaranteed solution. There are many solutions available to this effect but there is no guarantee of working of these in your case. You can find some solutions to this problem on the Website www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm. This site offers solution for a price. You can view their terms and conditions and also its importance for you. Another solution is available on http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd. You can try these solutions for your problems. Q. I want to disable (lock) the Control Panel folder in Windows operating system. How can it be done? Rishi Pande A.You can download software called lockdown from www.securitysoft. com /new601/ld_home.htm for locking the control panel. This is a versatile advanced Internet management solution and performs many functions like easy management of system and application access control, along with full file locking of personal and confidential files, drive hiding and time management for all applications including on-line usage. This software prevents your PC from the security risk and also protects from the accidental or deliberate tampering of your PC. Q. I have a PC, P III 733 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 20 GB HDD and 52X CD ROM Drive. I am using Windows '98 Se as Operating System. My problem is that recently I have used a Demo version of Software named as "AfterCam 2.2" (From vizway), which is a trial version. This software is multimedia software and used for viewing movies as well as viewing gif, bmp files. The problem is that now this software has become a default program for accessing gif, bmp, jpg files. Now the trial period is over and I am not able to view the over said files because the computer always search for the software "Aftercam 2.2" whose trial version is over. Please guide how I can change my default viewer. Sunil Kumar Rana, Palampur, H.P. A. The solution to the problem is quite simple. All you need to do is change the association of the program with the specific file types, which you have been using. For changing the association of the file types, click on Start > Programs > Windows Explorer. Now select a file whose file format association you want to change. For example, if you want to change the file format association for all gif files, select a gif file. Now press Shift+F10, or Shift+right-click the file you selected. Now choose Open With from the pop-up menu. In the Open With dialog box, select the application with which you want to associate the file format. If the application isn't listed, click Other and then locate the desired application. Now select the option labeled "Always use this program to open files of this type," and click OK. This will change your file association and will thus solve your problem. Q. I have Pentium III, 850 MHz processor, 20 GB HDD, 128 MB RAM Intel motherboard, Window '98 operating system. My first problem is that I am interested to download answering machine in the computer. Please tell me the Website and second problem is that from where can I download the latest version of real player through the Internet. Harpreet Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh. A. There are answering machines available as free software on Internet. However, most of them are shareware versions and would expire after some time. So, the best solution is to load it from the CD of your modem drivers. Normally, these modem driver CDs contain fully functional software also and the answering machine are the most common software available on them. This will solve your problems food good. However, if you could not find these programs on the modem driver's CD, then you can download it from the Internet. One of the Answering Machine software available on the Internet is EzVoice and you can down load it from www.internetsoftsolution.com/pages/download.htm. Regarding your second query, you can download the Real player from www.realnetworks.com Q. I have P III 600 MHz, Intel 815 motherboard. I am using Windows XP and Office XP. I was able to use speech to text when I had Office XP installed in Windows Me. Now I have installed Office XP in windows XP professional with the same CD, but now when I try to configure microphone I get the message, "The microphone you are using does not support gain adjustments." I have checked the microphone settings in control panel. My microphone is working properly. It is also working in sound recorder. My second problem is about Windows XP. How can we make Windows XP Java enabled? I always get the message "Download Java virtual machine," when I try to open any Web page containing Java. Rohit Gupta, Panchkula A. Please check the Audio
drivers in the device manager under the Systems tab in control panel. If
the drivers for Windows XP are not installed, this error occurs. It may
also happen in case of upgradation, the aforesaid driver has not been
updated, therefore you get this problem. You can reload or first
uninstall and then reinstall the particular Audio driver with the
correct version for Windows XP and can thus correct the problem.
Regarding your second problem you can download the Java virtual machine
or Java compiler from the www.microsoft.com/java/ download.htm. You can
also download the required plugin from http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html.
After downloading this software please install it for the solution of
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