Windows XP glitch

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:07 pm

Just to see if there is a problem with the drive...

Click START->Run...

<a black command dialog appears>

Type c: <HIT RETURN>

Type md newfolder <HIT RETURN>

Type [b]exit[/b]

Now in windows navigate to the C:\ Drive and see if there is a folder called newfolder on the disc.

Let me know how you get on...[/i]

by **Robern** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:29 pm

Hi!

Just thought I'd add that httl://www.hitmanpro.nl is an excellent software that runs about 5 different spyware apps in one. One scanner alone rarely gets all the buggers, so download this one, it's awesome!

Btw, Windows Xp is full of glitches and problems so if nothing else helps, format for the win...

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:44 pm

CrazyChick wrote:Btw, Windows Xp is full of glitches and problems so if nothing else helps, format for the win...

True, but hopefully not the only course of action available? :lol:

by **Robern** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:02 pm

Nope, but the most reliable one available for now.... :lol:

I format every 2 or 3 months, and that's still with weekly defrags and spyware scans!

Going to be soooo interesting to see what Vista will be like...

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:15 pm

Have you tried the Vista BETA?

So sloooooowwwww... though perhaps when the final code ships they will have optimised it.

Very pretty though! :wink:

by **Robern** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:23 pm

Nope, haven't tried the BETA yet, but it does look UBER COOL

In saying that though, I'd be happier if they could just give un an OS that works lol :roll:

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:27 pm

I have here a mint copy of MS DOS 6.22 (on floppy discs), that worked very well... no problems with Virii, Trojans, Spyware there...

And ran quickly with a small memory footprint!

:lol:

by **Robern** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:28 pm

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:41 pm

I bet you can't even remember that far back can you? :shock:

PC's were much simpler then...

***AMIGA rulez***

by **Robern** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:47 pm

I was too young to be into PC's at that time really :oops:

Nintendo was the name of the game for me then tbh

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:54 pm

Hehe...

I have never owned a Nintendo!

Other than a Game & Watch, but that is even more before your time I expect!

:oops:

by **Jecca** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:37 pm

Click START->Run...

<a black command dialog appears>

no black command dialog. a small box entitled "Run" which says "type the name of a program, folder, document or Internet resource, and Windows will open it for you".

I had an amiga :-)

AND a spectrum ZX!!

by **Bipedal Male** on Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:25 pm

Jecca wrote:no black command dialog. a small box entitled "Run" which says "type the name of a program, folder, document or Internet resource, and Windows will open it for you".

DOH!!!

Sorry, click START -> RUN, then type cmd, that will bring up the black dialog box...

I apologise!

by **Jecca** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:35 pm

yes, that creates a new folder :-)

yay, at least i have a way of getting round the problem now... or at least for creating folders.

by **Bipedal Male** on Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:16 pm

OK, at least the drive is fine...

I will see what I can come up with to sort out the issue properly!

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