All i can say is this john i am running now and its a lot smother and faster
than it was before. I have a few issues with my internal combo drive and my
external with not reading dvds but thats ok i can live without that part for
now. And yes i have gone and got updates for everything that i had before and
everything is working fine. thanks for the vote of confidence, I may not be
as good with computers but i am good with following directions from people
with the intent of helping me.
"john" wrote:
> no way it was a clean install
> he did a wright over
> get rid of his
> av program log files sys files hist files same folder
> go get ie update 5 6 7 what he had or better
> go get windows up dates 84 plus
>
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
> > Real Player... yuck! The thought makes me shudder...
> >
> > As you already know, you need a player to read/watch DVD's, if Real
> > Player cannot play them try Windows Media Player or try another one of
> > the many available players out there. If other players don't work I
> > think you should probably start a new thread for this question, it is a
> > completely different subject than what was being addressed in this
> > thread and the DVD experts (which I am not!) might not even be reading
> > this thread because they are thinking it has nothing to do with DVD's.
> >
> > Tip: Give the subject line in your post a meaningful title, it will
> > attract more experts or address a target group of helpers. Many experts
> > and helpers here are busy with all kinds of other things. When they
> > read these help groups they may be monitoring 20, or even 50 groups! If
> > they only have an hour or so to pass and read the posts they may skip
> > over many posts that they deem to not be in their field of expertise, or
> > they may skip over many posts with vague subject matter. In the case of
> > the current thread a DVD expert may have looked at it the first time you
> > posted and decided that it was out of their area of expertise, or that
> > you were getting good help from other respondents, they may skip over
> > the posts the next time you post.
> >
> > If you give your new post a meaningful subject line like: "Cannot
> > Read/Play DVD Movies" the experts out there will be interested in your
> > post and they will read and reply if they think that they can offer
> > helpful advice, the other ones who know little about playing DVD's and
> > who only have a short bit of time to peruse the groups will be able to
> > skip the post without your losing potential expert help.
> >
> > Regards;
> >
> > John
> >
> > gizmoandback wrote:
> >
> > > I finally got it to work I took a few but i am up and running now thanks for
> > > all your help it is good to know that there are people out there like you for
> > > people like me.
> > > Now for the next question. How do i get my internal dvd/cd-rom and external
> > > to read dvds. They are trying to read them but they are not loading. I have
> > > realplayer version 11(build 6.0.14.550) distrobution RN40PD and WMP 9. Got
> > > any ideas why they are not reading dvds?
> > >
> > > "John" wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>John John wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>John wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> > Start your computer and tap F8 before boot logo.
> > >>>
> > >>>>Select 'Command Prompt' and then press Enter. Choose the OS you want
> > >>>>to start.
> > >>>>Login to Windows XP as an administrator.
> > >>>>At the command prompt, type in:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>FORMAT C:
> > >>>
> > >>>That will not work, John. You cannot format the System or Boot volumes
> > >>>of the Windows installation onto which you are logged on. Using any of
> > >>>the boot option by tapping the F8 key will log you on to the Windows
> > >>>installation.
> > >>>
> > >>>John
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Well, I'm out of ideas.
> > >>
> >
