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Questions ----Snippet---- - Any number of things could have happened to your icons. Sometimes, Windows will forget where your icon is stored, (usually in a .dll file or the program's .exe file) and replace it with a generic Windows icon. Here's something you can check: Use Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\WINDOWS. Look for a file called Shelliconcache. Delete it, and restart your system. If this doesn't work, please post your question in the forums, maybe someone there can help!
----Snippet---- -See the Tips&Tricks section from December/2000's NewsLetter at: /newsletter/123100.htm
----Snippet---- -The best way that I could suggest, is a college or university accredited Computer Sciences degree. Technical institutes and collegiates are another option, but they will vary from place to place and some programs may be limited. Check out one near you! If you have some experience working with PCs, maybe develop a self-study program and work towards your A+ certification as a start. Move on up to your MCSE certs. There are thousands of very good books out there. Take a look at some of the certifications available and what is required in the tests. Watch out for the online and mail-order courses. They do have their place and can be good for the person that needs some guidance and a regimen. But, they are self-study programs. Even if they provide some cheap computer for you to work on, you could find yourself paying good money for information you already know. Some of them also boast of support, either online or by phone. This 'support' can often fall short of what is needed by the average student if a problem comes along. I would post this question in the forums
Davy, and see what other kind of suggestions come up. Maybe somebody
has some more ideas for you. Good luck!
----Snippet---- -So much information is missing Chan! Is this a new drive or an old drive? Is it set up by itself or does it have a slave? Have you tried to add new hardware, like a second drive, a CD-ROM or CD-RW? Have you just added or removed any programs? Did the problem come up all of a sudden or did it progress slowly? What kind of computer is it? What kind of hard drive is it? How old is the BIOS? Are you using overlay software of any sort? Perhaps there are bad sectors on the drive in the Master Boot Record area. Or, perhaps the MBR itself is damaged. Its possible that the controller on the IDE drive has become defective. The drive could be configured improperly, the jumpers could be set wrong. There could be a conflict with another piece of hardware. The ribbon cable could be damaged. I truly wish I could help you out, but as you can see, this type of question could end up in countless number of emails. What I will say is that it is definitely time to back up any important data and information you have on this drive. It may need to be repartitioned or replaced. I would post this question on the forums, Chan! (With more info, of course). There's always the chance that someone else had the same problem with the same type of setup, and has an answer. Post a message for Tiger or Sean, they may be able to give you an idea if SpinRite could be of any use on this drive.
----Snippet---- -You can do a complete install from your Windows98 Upgrade CD. It will ask you to insert your Windows95 CD just to prove that you qualify for the upgrade software, but it won't copy a thing from it. Remember to make a boot disk and check it out. Make sure you have access to your CD-ROM using the boot disk, before you do anything to your drive.
----Snippet---- -A couple of places you might want to
check out:
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