[Ham-Computers] Ham-Computers; Problem program

Tue, 21 May 2002 13:09:35 -0500

... Ontrack's Fixi-It is great at finding all those dead things!

73 de W9YQ Dwight

----- Original Message -----
From: "jim/kb2tlb" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Ham-Computers; Problem program

> Hi Ben, et al-
>
> You can always edit the registry, by going to "Run" and key in
"regedit"
> once the page loads, click on "Find" key in the name of the
program
> "Cybermedia", "Firstaid 98", etc. the program will search the
registry and
> find all the entries, (one at a time)once they find them, you
can delete
> them. Only thing is, you have to repeat the "Find", "Find
Next", and
> continue until the system mentions there are no more, or "Done
searching "
> It is sometimes a long task to complete, but it does work.
>
> jim/kb2tlb
>
> end
> *************************
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Coleman" <[email protected]>
> To: "ham-computers @mailman. qth.net"
<[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 10:18 AM
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Ham-Computers; Problem program
>
>
> > Gentlemen;
> > I have been with QTH Ham/Computers for over a year and the
information I
> > have aquired from all of you has been a great help. I keep
most of your
> > msg's in a file on my Outlook Express (41 total). Especialy
the one's
> > from (but not limited to) Aaron Hsu. Thanks to all of you.
> > O.K., enough slobbering!. My problem is a program I
unwittingly allowed
> > a friend(?) :^(    to install on my machine. Called-
CyberMedia First
> > Aid.
> > The first time I used it, it found 3 "critical problems". It
corrected
> > 1, I corrected the other and left the 3rd alone for later.
> > After that, I tried to open up the program (First Aid) and as
it
> > started, it said that my Explorer 'crashed'---leaving me with
a puzzle.
> > I tried to close the program and my screen went black---not
even a DOS
> > blinking cursor! I waited 5 minutes, nothing happened, tried
> > Ctrl+Alt+Del---nothing. Had to restart my machine. This
happened 3
> > times. So, I went to Add/Remove and recieved the following
msg;
> > **********************************************
> > CAUTION: Restore any trimmed application features before
uninstalling
> > CyberMedia First Aid 98 or you must later reinstall the
application to
> > restore the feature.
> > To restore trimmed applications,cancel this procedure and
then start the
> > installed version of CyberMedia First Aid 98.
> > See help for step by step instructions.
> > In CyberMedia First Aid 98, a trimmed Application displays a
small " T "
> > by its icon.
> > Do you want to continue to uninstall CyberMedia First Aid 98?
> > Yes                  No
> > ************************************************
> > My "friend" has left the area with the install CD, so, what
do you
> > suggest I do???
> > Thanks for any suggestions any of you may have.
> > Ben KC5NOP           [email protected]
> >
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