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>Missing VXDs? Don't Use MS Windows!</H3>
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<p><strong>From megabad on Tue, 06 Jun 2000
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hello please my i have 5 mins of you time.
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Since I have installed by Sis 6326 card when I start my computer
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it says missing 5591agp.vxd and then missing 5600agp.vxd please
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help cos i have not got a clue
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thanks
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>
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Those sound like MS Windows problems. You're system has been
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infected with the infamous and widespread "Redmond" virus
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and you should wipe out the whole system and install Linux.
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Alternatively you should contact a vendor that support
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Microsoft products. I don't.
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(BTW: VXD is the extension used for "virtual extension drivers"
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or something along those lines. The were introduced in MS Win 3.1
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or so IIRC. The AGP stuff is some sort of "advanced graphics
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port" <TT>---</TT> a type of slot in newer PC motherboards. I presume
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that this error is to tell you to install a new video driver).
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>winmail.dat and (Former) Friends</H3>
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<p><strong>From iwomack on Wed, 07 Jun 2000
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Dear Answer guy!
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Why is it that, whenever I send a word document file to one of my many
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First, let me contratulate you on NOT sending me a 'winmail.dat'
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file.
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winmail.dat is a file attachment that Microsoft's Outlook mail
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client attaches to most mail so that it can contain any of
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MS' extensions to mark up the text of your mail. So the basic
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text of your message, with no highlighting or special formatting
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is supposed to comprise the main body of your e-mail, while
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'winmail.dat' is supposed to contain all of the formatting and
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I personally find winmail.dat files to be mildly annoying.
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However, I find that mail sent to me in proprietary formats
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(such as MS Word .doc) to be highly irritating. Basically people
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have to pay me to read those. If you're not a customer or my boss
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and you send me something as an attachment in any format that I
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can't readily read <TT>---</TT> your mail goes into the bit bucket faster
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than you can say "delete."
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Of course it would be unfair to single out Microsoft in this
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regard. I don't like Netscape's "vcard" attachments any less
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obnoxious than "winmail.dat" and I find Netscape's previously
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default behavior of appending HTML formatted copies of the
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body text to all outgoing e-mail to be almost as bad as appending
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.doc or other binary formats. (At least I can read between the
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tags if I care to).
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Of course I'm a curmudgeon in this regard. I think that plain
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old unadulterated text is a fine tool for communications and I
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don't like to see a lot of formatting fluff to confuse the
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issue. I still use Lynx for most of my web browsing, and I
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still work from text mode consoles more often than not. (Although
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I've made it a point to stay in X most of the time on my new
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laptop, mars, and on my latest home desktop client, canopus. I
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still use a big xterm running a copy of 'screen' for almost all
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of my work).
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Anyway, If you want to learn how to send mail that is likely to
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be most effective and least irritating to the broadest range of
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correspondents, then eschew all of the fancy formatting, and
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learn to write!
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As for configuring your mail client to behave itself, I don't know.
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I don't use any MS products and certainly wouldn't use a GUI mail
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client. Perhaps Microsoft offers some sort of support with their
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products. Last I heard they run a 900 (pay-by-the-minute)
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telephone service. Perhaps that could answer your questions more
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thoroughly for a few quid.
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(On the other hand, you could switch to Linux, which would make
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Outlook basically unavailable to you. Then you'd also be protected
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from the next few outbreaks of the "Melissa" and "Love Bug" viruses
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among others. Indeed you'd be immune from that whole class of
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plagues).
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>CD Problems</H3>
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<p><strong>From Sheree_Shannon on Thu, 08 Jun 2000
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Hi, I purchased a 1998 Chrysler Town & Country van recently that has a cd
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player. When I try to put a cd in, it immediately comes back out. Someone
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told me another cd must be stuck in there. How can I find out, and how do
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Thanks.
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Sheree'
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I know this is going to sound shocking, but did you look in the
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owner's manual or contact a factory dealership?
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<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
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I suppose you could try the "Ask Chrysler" CGI program at:
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<DD><A HREF="http://ask.chrysler.com"
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>http://ask.chrysler.com</A>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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Or take it down to your favorite neighborhood car stereo shop and
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have them take a look at it. Of course all of those venues will
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try to sell you a new CD player, or a new car, or something.
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I won't try to sell you anything. I just answer Linux questions
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for this online magazine called the "Linux Gazette." They picked
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"The answer guy" as a name for my column which is presumably how
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you got tricked into mailing this question to me.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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O.K. I lied. I'll try to sell you something. You could try
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replacing that CD player with an automotive MP3 player. That would
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mean that you'll "rip" your CDs on you home computer, download
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them into a little computer in your car and use that to play them.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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Here's a few links on that idea:
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
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Open Directory <TT>-</TT> Computers: Software: Operating Systems: Linux: Music
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<DD><A HREF="http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Music"
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>http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Music</A>
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</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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(BTW: the Open Directory Project, dmoz, is very cool.
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Think, community driven Yahoo!)
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
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Knight Rider MP3 Player
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<DD><A HREF="http://knightrider.linuxave.net"
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>http://knightrider.linuxave.net</A>
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</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
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<A HREF="http://www.slashdot.org/">Slashdot</A>:IBM and Mp3
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<DD><A HREF="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/04/04/1530213.shtml"
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>http://slashdot.org/articles/99/04/04/1530213.shtml</A>
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</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
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Slashdot:Doing the Quickee Boogie
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<DD><A HREF="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/13/226240.shtml"
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>http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/13/226240.shtml</A>
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>update</H3>
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<p><strong>From texastootles on Mon, 12 Jun 2000
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WebTV Support Line? NOT!
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<P><STRONG><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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For 3 days I get this update when i try to get on webtv I have let
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them but they just never seem to finish what shall I do?
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</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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~tootles~
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This is not the WebTV tech support line.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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Perhaps they offer some sort of customer service with the product
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they sold you and the "service" to which you are subscribed.
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[Rolls eyes heavenward! Sighs!]
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>Copyright ©</a> 2000, James T. Dennis
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<BR>Published in <I>The Linux Gazette</I> Issue 55 July 2000</H5>
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