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Mark Twain wrote:
It finished one pass with no errors but beyond that I really didn't understand what I was seeing or was suppose to see. Robert You reconfigured the RAM in the 8200, to a configuration that would boot. By running memtest86+, you're doing the minimal amount of work to prove the memory is "trustworthy". Since there were no errors in one full pass, there should not be an immediate corruption issue when booting and running Windows. And that's why you did the test. Normally, the order would be: 1) Reconfigure memory. 2) Run memtest86+ first. You can run multiple passes if you want, but one pass for me is the minimum. And Test #5 is the hardest one to pass, for sub-standard or slightly defective memory. 3) If memtest86+ passes, you can now try booting Windows. Note that, when working with someone, I *did* have a case where Windows was corrupted (damaged) by bad RAM, and this was *after* passing memtest86+. I like to use Prime95 Torture Test as a better kind of test, but that one is a lot harder to explain. So while the above three step procedure is not optimal, at least you can say later, that you put a little effort into it. And if Windows was corrupted, you do have your backup MRIMG. Which would be all-important in this case. If things went downhill, the procedure would become 1) Reconfigure memory. 2) Run memtest86+ first. If you can't pass memtest86+, you may need to try some other, known good RIMMs. 3) Download and burn a Linux LiveCD. Download Prime95 static version from mersenne.org . Run the Torture Test for four hours without error. 4) If (2) and (3) pass, you can now boot Windows. Naturally, step (3) is a lot of work and learning experience. And notice I didn't throw you into that "bottomless vat of fun" :-) I gave you the easy one to run. HTH, Paul |
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Understood, and the 8200 is running very
smooth and all the Seagate drives have been very quiet. It looks like were done unless you would like me to do something else? btw, whenever I start a letter in Word I get this: http://i68.tinypic.com/i3bhps.jpg I still have all the original disks that came with the 8200 and I loaded the two disks (small business bundle with Excell and Word on them) but it never seems to correct the problem or maybe I'm doing something wrong? Excel works fine and actually so does Word except when I start typing a letter I get that message. Thanks, Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
Understood, and the 8200 is running very smooth and all the Seagate drives have been very quiet. It looks like were done unless you would like me to do something else? btw, whenever I start a letter in Word I get this: http://i68.tinypic.com/i3bhps.jpg I still have all the original disks that came with the 8200 and I loaded the two disks (small business bundle with Excell and Word on them) but it never seems to correct the problem or maybe I'm doing something wrong? Excel works fine and actually so does Word except when I start typing a letter I get that message. Thanks, Robert ""The Office Assistant requires Microsoft Agent 2.0 or later" error message when you start an Office XP program or use the Office Assistant in a program " https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/301990 "Method 3 Download Agent Core Components Download and install the Agent Core Components from the following Microsoft Web site: http://activex.microsoft.com/activex...t2/msagent.exe " But before you run off and do something like that, this article addresses what MSAgent is for. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/969168 "Microsoft Agent-enabled programs do not work in Windows 7 Hotfix Download Available Microsoft Agent is a set of software services that supports interactive characters within the Microsoft Windows display. Some examples of the Microsoft Agent characters are the Office Assistants. The characters included Clipit (the paper clip), The Dot (a shape-shifting and color-shifting smiley-faced red ball), Hoverbot (a robot), and The Genius (a caricature of Albert Einstein). The characters would interact with users by offering help with tasks currently being performed. " So by not having that function, you're avoiding seeing the Clipit character :-) Paul |
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If that's all it is,. I can live without
it. Again, many thanks for helping me work through the problems and setting up the computers. Robert |
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Wow,
This thread is now so long, it "broke" in my Thunderbird - I can no longer collapse it, it only collapses a portion of the thread, with the remaining messages displayed below, and no way to collapse them (I ended-up deleting the whole thing). First time I see this behaviour... Regards, -- ! _\|/_ Sylvain / ! (o o) Member-+-David-Suzuki-Fdn/EFF/Red+Cross/Planetary-Society-+- oO-( )-Oo Have you hugged your sysop lately? |
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B00ze wrote:
Wow, This thread is now so long, it "broke" in my Thunderbird - I can no longer collapse it, it only collapses a portion of the thread, with the remaining messages displayed below, and no way to collapse them (I ended-up deleting the whole thing). First time I see this behaviour... Regards, The counter in mine says 382. And the display eventually folded back and started on the left edge again. Paul |
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[Default] On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:42:11 -0500, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Paul wrote: B00ze wrote: Wow, This thread is now so long, it "broke" in my Thunderbird - I can no longer collapse it, it only collapses a portion of the thread, with the remaining messages displayed below, and no way to collapse them (I ended-up deleting the whole thing). First time I see this behaviour... Regards, The counter in mine says 382. And the display eventually folded back and started on the left edge again. Paul Mine too, and collapses just fine in Agent v6. Agent doesn't start at the left edge, but does stop further indentation, even though I have indenting set to be only one character. To get more indentation, I'd have to delete the OP, and then the a reply to it, etc. |
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Sorry about that guys.
Robert |
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