OE Wiped Clean......???

"DGuess" wrote in message
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No wonder things aren't going right. I think you may well want to start it
on a fresh setup. Is there any hardware that didn't pass the XP
Compability test? BIOS update, etc?

Hardware was fine....downloaded XP drivers before the upgrade for a couple
of things. I had no idea that I had to update the BIOS.....found that out
by reading some articles later. Upgrade Advisor didn't mention that.

Also have an antivirus in the BIOS that I didn't know I should have disabled
either.....a lot of things I was not aware of, to be honest. I either
deleted things.....or downloaded XP drivers......for all that the Upgrade
Advisor said. Thought I would have no problems. Yet I had a *hinky
feeling* that something was going to go wrong. And it sure did.

Fun......eh? Oh well, I will get that second hard drive and put it on that.
Only THIS time.....the tech will do it. I don't need the aggro, as the
Aussies say, grin.

Cheers....Heather

I just upgraded a computer for a lady that M goes
to church with from WinMe to XP and had no problems. Well, there were some
but I updated things in WinMe first and also removed all the spyware, etc.
After that, the upgrade to XP Home went fine.

Never had a problem installing XP on anything so far and I've done quite a
few upgrades. Any hardware that was suspect, I pulled first then did the
install. Have to use Drivers.com a lot at times.

Now I know why I never cared for WinMe.

"Heather" wrote in message
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"DGuess" wrote in message
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No wonder things aren't going right. I think you may well want to start
it
on a fresh setup. Is there any hardware that didn't pass the XP
Compability test? BIOS update, etc?

Hardware was fine....downloaded XP drivers before the upgrade for a couple
of things. I had no idea that I had to update the BIOS.....found that out
by reading some articles later. Upgrade Advisor didn't mention that.

Also have an antivirus in the BIOS that I didn't know I should have
disabled
either.....a lot of things I was not aware of, to be honest. I either
deleted things.....or downloaded XP drivers......for all that the Upgrade
Advisor said. Thought I would have no problems. Yet I had a *hinky
feeling* that something was going to go wrong. And it sure did.

Fun......eh? Oh well, I will get that second hard drive and put it on
that.
Only THIS time.....the tech will do it. I don't need the aggro, as the
Aussies say, grin.



No fun there, that's a fact. Maybe you can get it going soon. Look at the
info I sent, maybe that might come up with some new ideas.

dg

Thanks, Majik.......I will do some phoning around tomorrow.....

I appreciate the info......Heather

"DGuess" wrote in message
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"Heather" wrote in message
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"DGuess" wrote in message
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No wonder things aren't going right. I think you may well want to start
it
on a fresh setup. Is there any hardware that didn't pass the XP
Compability test? BIOS update, etc?

Hardware was fine....downloaded XP drivers before the upgrade for a
couple
of things. I had no idea that I had to update the BIOS.....found that
out
by reading some articles later. Upgrade Advisor didn't mention that.

Also have an antivirus in the BIOS that I didn't know I should have
disabled
either.....a lot of things I was not aware of, to be honest. I either
deleted things.....or downloaded XP drivers......for all that the
Upgrade
Advisor said. Thought I would have no problems. Yet I had a *hinky
feeling* that something was going to go wrong. And it sure did.

Fun......eh? Oh well, I will get that second hard drive and put it on
that.
Only THIS time.....the tech will do it. I don't need the aggro, as the
Aussies say, grin.



No fun there, that's a fact. Maybe you can get it going soon. Look at the
info I sent, maybe that might come up with some new ideas.

dg

There is a woman having all sorts of font problems on our WinME General
ng......and she happened to mention that she downloaded the same darn
program I did just before her computer went haywire......so I have provided
them with the link.

It was called Photo Impressions by HP and she referred to *Image Zone
Express* which is part of it. I still have the folder for that update to
the original photo-editing program on my C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data.....that is the one I pulled out of APPLOG.

We are now wondering if it isn't that one that is causing mega problems.
Something totally wiped out my OE and Firefox......not to mention I no
longer have Quick Launch and some of my icons are just plain jane MS
ones....Roxio, MS Word, etc.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E21D150DA - this is the page I found in HP that
has 109 documents with regard to problems with this Image Zone Express.....

Are we perhaps on to something here? Seems a bit coincidental that we both
have major problems......she is getting Greek symbols and words in AdAware
and other programs. This appears to be the only thing in common.

Just a thought......

Cheers....Heather
"DGuess" wrote in message
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"Heather" wrote in message
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See inline.....

"DGuess" wrote in message
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The one thing I'm curious about is this. Why the dragging and dropping
of
folders?

Well, I didn't think it belonged in Applog.....and it was a *hidden
folder*.....and OE had absolutely nothing in it but the usual default
folders (Inbox, Sent, etc). I had done a search for *.dbx files and
they
were showing up as C:\WINDOWS\APPLOG\Application Data......so that was
the
reason for my trying to move it out and over to the Folder named
Application
Data.......am I confusing you? (g)

Do this, create a new user account in XP. Switch to it. All programs
will
be there but you will have to set up OE and import the mail and address
book.

Did that last night with the contents of the above dragged folder. Had
a
problem importing the *.wab file......but finally found an old one in
your
program and used that. It just plain would NOT import from the usual
Internet Explorer spot. Besides, it was only 173 kb......so no names in
it.


Yep, that one was empty.


I will print off your instructions and muse on it. I would just like to
sort out what belongs where under Application Data, so figured I would
wait
a day or two and watch the date changes (or lack thereof).


Here's a thought. Go into Tools | Options | Maintenace tab | Store Folders
button. What location dos it show for there? On XP, one of the first
things
I do for my own messages is to move it to a folder such as C:\Msgs or
C:\Mail and use it. Sure makes life a lot easier.


I don't have duplicates of everything......but I also have the added
confusion of a lot of XP folders on this HD which I am not entirely sure
I
can remove. I know.....a reformat is in order, but you know how Martha
would feel at the word *reformat*.....grin.



Well, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Say, I have an idea. Move
on
down here to the Bluegrass and I'll come and pick it up and fix it G

"DGuess" wrote in message
...

Here's a thought. Go into Tools | Options | Maintenace tab | Store Folders
button. What location dos it show for there? On XP, one of the first
things
I do for my own messages is to move it to a folder such as C:\Msgs or
C:\Mail and use it. Sure makes life a lot easier.

Majik......missed this somehow. So you move all your email messages to your
C Drive?? Out of OE?? Might just do that.

Hoping that we can find something with this HP program coz it is the only
thing I downloaded before all h*ll broke loose. Grasping at straws really,
but am going to get that 2nd HD and put XP on (or the tech will do both for
me)....then maybe concentrate on sorting out ME once I get all the data from
it.

XX Heather


I don't have duplicates of everything......but I also have the added
confusion of a lot of XP folders on this HD which I am not entirely sure
I
can remove. I know.....a reformat is in order, but you know how Martha
would feel at the word *reformat*.....grin.



Well, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Say, I have an idea. Move
on down here to the Bluegrass and I'll come and pick it up and fix it G

"Heather" wrote in message
...
There is a woman having all sorts of font problems on our WinME General
ng......and she happened to mention that she downloaded the same darn
program I did just before her computer went haywire......so I have
provided
them with the link.

It was called Photo Impressions by HP and she referred to *Image Zone
Express* which is part of it. I still have the folder for that update to
the original photo-editing program on my C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data.....that is the one I pulled out of APPLOG.

We are now wondering if it isn't that one that is causing mega problems.
Something totally wiped out my OE and Firefox......not to mention I no
longer have Quick Launch and some of my icons are just plain jane MS
ones....Roxio, MS Word, etc.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E21D150DA - this is the page I found in HP
that
has 109 documents with regard to problems with this Image Zone
Express.....

Are we perhaps on to something here? Seems a bit coincidental that we
both
have major problems......she is getting Greek symbols and words in AdAware
and other programs. This appears to be the only thing in common.

Just a thought......

Cheers....Heather



We know one thing, you ain't gonna install it on the computer anymore. G

It could have messed with the email settings, especially if it's one of
those "email friends and family" type programs. I generally advise against
installing those unless they have no other alternatives. Dell has/had one
that was a demo and when it expired, it expired......left a ton of junk and
file associations to rebuild. I think they sorted that one out though.

"Heather" wrote in message
...

"DGuess" wrote in message
...

Here's a thought. Go into Tools | Options | Maintenace tab | Store
Folders
button. What location dos it show for there? On XP, one of the first
things
I do for my own messages is to move it to a folder such as C:\Msgs or
C:\Mail and use it. Sure makes life a lot easier.

Majik......missed this somehow. So you move all your email messages to
your
C Drive?? Out of OE?? Might just do that.


I move it out to the root drive (Tools | Options | Maintenance tab | Store
Folders button | Change button) but you have to create the folder first as
there isn't a way to create a folder from within the Change dialog.



Hoping that we can find something with this HP program coz it is the only
thing I downloaded before all h*ll broke loose. Grasping at straws
really,
but am going to get that 2nd HD and put XP on (or the tech will do both
for
me)....then maybe concentrate on sorting out ME once I get all the data
from
it.

Once you get XP installed on the second drive, wave goodbye to Me (not me
but Me G)

"DGuess" wrote in message
...
"Heather" wrote in message
...
There is a woman having all sorts of font problems on our WinME General
ng......and she happened to mention that she downloaded the same darn
program I did just before her computer went haywire......so I have
provided
them with the link.

It was called Photo Impressions by HP and she referred to *Image Zone
Express* which is part of it. I still have the folder for that update
to
the original photo-editing program on my C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data.....that is the one I pulled out of APPLOG.

We are now wondering if it isn't that one that is causing mega problems.
Something totally wiped out my OE and Firefox......not to mention I no
longer have Quick Launch and some of my icons are just plain jane MS
ones....Roxio, MS Word, etc.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E21D150DA - this is the page I found in HP
that
has 109 documents with regard to problems with this Image Zone
Express.....

Are we perhaps on to something here? Seems a bit coincidental that we
both
have major problems......she is getting Greek symbols and words in
AdAware
and other programs. This appears to be the only thing in common.

Just a thought......

Cheers....Heather



We know one thing, you ain't gonna install it on the computer anymore. G

It could have messed with the email settings, especially if it's one of
those "email friends and family" type programs. I generally advise against
installing those unless they have no other alternatives. Dell has/had one
that was a demo and when it expired, it expired......left a ton of junk
and
file associations to rebuild. I think they sorted that one out though.

BINGO!! That is what it did.....had a website to view albums and you could
crop and fix photos and email from within the program.....Elayne never got
the picture.....and all I got was a crummy hard drive....grin!!

And as for XP......yep, gonna do that. And get rid of ME eventually....but
never YOU, lol.

Still think you should hitch a ride up to Toronto.......I promise to feed
you well......chitlins and all that sort of oddball stuff.

XX Heather

"Heather" wrote in message

"DGuess" wrote in message
...

Here's a thought. Go into Tools | Options | Maintenace tab | Store
Folders
button. What location dos it show for there? On XP, one of the first
things
I do for my own messages is to move it to a folder such as C:\Msgs or
C:\Mail and use it. Sure makes life a lot easier.

Majik......missed this somehow. So you move all your email messages to
your
C Drive?? Out of OE?? Might just do that.

Hoping that we can find something with this HP program coz it is the only
thing I downloaded before all h*ll broke loose. Grasping at straws
really,
but am going to get that 2nd HD and put XP on (or the tech will do both
for
me)....then maybe concentrate on sorting out ME once I get all the data
from
it.

XX Heather


I don't have duplicates of everything......but I also have the added
confusion of a lot of XP folders on this HD which I am not entirely sure
I
can remove. I know.....a reformat is in order, but you know how Martha
would feel at the word *reformat*.....grin.



Well, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Say, I have an idea. Move
on down here to the Bluegrass and I'll come and pick it up and fix it G

If you do change the Store Folder, make sure the folder you are changing to
already exists or OE will blackhole all your messages. And you make the
change inside OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

BINGO!! That is what it did.....had a website to view albums and you
could
crop and fix photos and email from within the program.....Elayne never got
the picture.....and all I got was a crummy hard drive....grin!!

And as for XP......yep, gonna do that. And get rid of ME
eventually....but
never YOU, lol.

Still think you should hitch a ride up to Toronto.......I promise to feed
you well......chitlins and all that sort of oddball stuff.




It's hard to get me into town when I have to go and that's only 16 miles.
G

Never tried chitlin's and probably never will. I've cut up a few hogs here
and there, cows or two, a few deer or so. I'm just a meat and taters kind of
guy. A friend of ours, now passed away, owned a BBQ shop. Good stuff, not
that soupy stuff they have in Owensboro at Moonlight and such. Never saw why
people thought so much of that place. Anywho, he's have a varmit feast once
a year. Did it up right too. G