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QUESTION: copying files
netwo...@911networks.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion See: http://www.911networks.com > Windows ME > The computer hangs when copying files from the CD! just stop copying from the cdrom (but it still looks like it is still copying) but in fact it will be stuck on "10 minutes remaining" for 20 minutes.

Stuck in DOS
Be aware that dselect is confusing, so be prepared for self-inflicted wounds. ps I've already downloaded mtools but since I can't copy the mtools files from the floppy to my partitioned debian drive, I'm stuck!!! My debian pc seems to be up and running just fine, I just can't do this or any other commands to the

Mail sending problem
You can place files in %Windows% directory, %System% directory, or "Downloaded Program Files" directory - that's it. If you want to perform something more complicated, you need to use hooks. There are two ways to do that. First, you can write an installation program that would create directories, copy files

Arthur D. Little Study (Very Long)
bay-journal bayjour...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general I want to thank everyone for their input. Everything seemed fine until I tried to open the DVD drawer to copy some data files. I've spent about four hours with two different HP techs and they couldn't find the solution.

Big Media Comes Under Scrutiny, Hardball Games
I type "setup" and it says "ok" and runs scan disk then says "please wait wil setup initializes" then "scanning system registery" then "copying files needed for windows setup" and then instead of going to the CD drive and begining "setup" it just goes back to the A: prompt. SNIP Hi Brenda, This is only a guess of

cannot start windows: missing .vxd
Help files at my site for this. ******************************* Once finished. Use the free WRP backup program at my site to make a copy of the registry first(only works on single profile machines)or use Regedit to copy it by exporting if you have a pre-win98 version of Windows. Try Regclean 4.1a to tidy up the

Can no longer copy files
If installing a program from a floppy copy the complete file to your Desktop first then install from there, not the floppy. 2. It copied 4% of the files and froze. Are there any service packs available for Windows 98 (Second Edition) or am I stuck? Any help much appreciated? -- Alasdair Baxter.

.INF troubles (thouroughly stuck now)
I am doing an unattended network installation of Windows 2000 Server. Once the winnt.exe command line is executed, setup begins to copy files. The problem is when the file copy reaches 100% it just stops and I have to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. It should automatically do this! Can anyone help me with this?

Windows XP installation problem
The best result for Vista SP1 was in the single file drive-to-drive copy, while the best result for XP SP2 was extracting multiple files from a compressed folder. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2192546,00.asp Re: Configurating updates: stage 3 of 3 stuck in endless reboot loop ,----[ Quote ] My install of

driver download problem - win 98 + cups
Cannot Find a Device File That May Be Needed to Run... Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows or a Windows application. got this problem: i was installing Windows 98 Second Edition on my Compaq previously with Winodws 95 with Phoenix. when it was at 100% copying files it froze up. i hit the

DVD Drive stuck even though Vista says there's no problem.
If you admit to any copying at all and/or the RIAA has some good evidence against you, you cannot get a jury trial because the only issue that a jury could decide would be how much you had to pay and since the RIAA is going for the minimum, the judge gives them a declaratory judgement and you are truly stuck.

DVD Drive stuck even though Vista says there's no problem.
Time for another new drive and Windows reinstall. I stuck in a new drive and my Windows XP Pro CD, and attempted to install Windows. A little over 50% of the way through copying files to the hard drive, the Windows installer (running from the CD) stopped and complained that the copy of a file to the hard drive

DVD Drive stuck even though Vista says there's no problem.
Then you have to explain to ten thousand users that the Copy and Paste commands work from Mozilla to KOffice, but to go the other way you have to use Copy and middle mouse button instead. And why the Open File dialog in Acrobat Reader has different columns for directories and files, but in KWord there's just the

Command prompt confusion
While trying to copy files to an external hard drive using Norton Ghost, after the computer restarts to copy files the puter starts in Dos with the following choices: 1. Run Norton Ghost Operation 2. Return to Windows without running ghost operation. Enter Choice:1 I am unable to enter a choice I would like to just

DVD Drive stuck even though Vista says there's no problem.
Is there a 16-bit API call I missed that will do what I want - copy a file from one place to another? If not, is there a single function that will do what I want? A small piece of code? If I get stuck, I'll just wind up using iostreams and rdbuf(), but I'm willing to bet that for such a simple and commonly used

Windows XP Freezes during install
I keep having problems trying to copy files to/from CD, it takes seven to ten seconds to expand the C drive into the various folders and create a new folder. Everything in this system is brand new, and Windows XP doesn't like any of it. Sorry to vent, but I'm thinking I should have stuck with Windows 98.

Linux programmers dont live on this planet!
NoStop nos...@nospam.com microsoft public windows vista general On the Bridge wrote: Oh no... thats bad news! you should be very careful when updating firmware! Everything seemed fine until I tried to open the DVD drawer to copy some data files. I've spent about four hours with two different HP techs and they

Someone gets the problem
Rich Manalang rich.manal...@gmail.com jruby-users I just updated my app with JRuby 1.1RC2 and got stuck in a loop with this error: javax.servlet. ..... JRUBY-2023 Serious NIO-multithreading breakage in print/puts on Windows JRUBY-2024 IO#open, IO#popen, File#open with block should not raise error when io is closed

I've dumped Linux and moved to Windows XP.
kay k...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Your problem seems to be the same as mine. Everything seemed fine until I tried to open the DVD drawer to copy some data files. I've spent about four hours with two different HP techs and they couldn't find the solution.

HELP copying files over a serial connection
It began copying files, then a System messagebox opened saying (approximately, as I translate it from french) "MsgSrv32 caused an Illegal Operation", and when clicking on I clicked close, and the PC remained stuck on the blank screen (no icons). Upon pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del", I saw only one Ati task was running.