Hi and welcome to the BBS, Can you tell us more about the appearance? Does it look like a green desktop wallpaper? Is the Task Bar showing? Try...
You can change contrast schemes in Control Panel -> Ease of Access Center -> Set Up High contrast -> Choose a high contrast colour scheme. You...
That's OK Pete. In the article, it seems to make quite a point about the drive not being able to read the media. Since it can be seen by Windows...
There is no dirt, scratches on the disk? If you clean it, use mild soap and warm water with soft tissue paper. Wipe from the centre out, not a...
I always investigate turning off the password protection. Something I have come across is that a program wants to throw up an error message on the...
Considering that it uses an IDE to USB adapter, I might wonder if that would work, BUT, thinking about it, is the external case made for...
I may not be much more help (if I did)...mainly because I have not used external optical drives, but if everything is "normal" I don't think...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, First thing I would suggest is to look for an update for the motherboard/chipset drivers. The m/b specifications will...
mtlmdm (.vxd) is a "virtual device driver" for the modem. Recommendations are to find updated drivers for the modem.
Hi, I suppose you have come across this:...
I expect the "greyed out" means the drivers are not installed (or the wrong drivers are installed). Identify the audio hardware correctly. First...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, You may need to give us more details. It is a external CD/DVD drive (you say "ext CD ")? What does the...
Hi and welcome to the BBS, Just a maybe. Do you have any mapped drives when you connect to the work network? Could say, directories or backup...
Here are the instructions for uninstalling the drivers and software:...
Hello Larry, I think I know what you mean. When you go into Device Manager in Safe Mode in 98 some devices may have long lists of the same entry....
This is only what I would look into. Does your system have any software (or use special drivers) for the keyboard? This may be along the lines...
Hi, That can be a sign that the shutdown process is not being completed correctly. You are using Start -> Turn Off Computer? Does it shut itself...
During a cold startup (not a restart), watch if the LED on the drive flashes. If not, it will not be getting recognized by the computer. You can...
If you do not check "Automatically..." it is done manually. It will ask you what to do if an error is encountered. That is a check for an error...
Hi, You may need to be a little clearer. Are you saying CD's will work on her computer, but not DVD's? Why do you reference your computer/system?...
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