Question: I was running APM (Advanced Power Management) before I switched over to ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) on a fresh install of Windows 98. Both times, however, I have experienced extreme difficulties getting either of these power management configurations to work properly. The system seems to hang after I try to resume after […]
Question: The screen on my new Cyrix 200 mHz MMX unit will randomly freeze during pretty well any activity, from surfing the Internet, to playing games, to moving through directories and files. When this occurs, the system will not respond to Ctrl+Alt+Del, and my only recourse is to hit the reset or power switch. The […]
Question: My husband and I are hoping to hit the road in the not-too-distant future and, with kids in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg, brothers, sisters, and elderly parents in Holland, and friends in many other parts of the world, we have been wondering how best to stay in touch with them all. In the past, […]
Question: My computer does not seem to respond correctly in the morning or whenever I first turn it on. I hook up to the net, but my browser will not pull up any web sites. It says: “Web-site found, waiting for reply”, but nothing comes up. After a couple of minutes, it disconnects me. This […]
Question: Every time I open Microsoft Word 97, the program First Aid 97 interrupts with the following message: “General Protection Fault, Application: Winword.Exe, Description: This application has performed an illegal operation.” How do you solve this problem? I do not have any problem opening the other Office 97 programs. I tried to re-set all my […]
