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# 413: How do I print out my Temporary Internet File Contents?

Author: Deedh
Time: 15:23, 02/01/02 [Fri]
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I need to print the contents of my Temporary Internet File. There is no print option, and the print screen doesnt work! Thanks

# 414: RE: How do I print out my Temporary Internet File Contents?

Author: Guest
Time: 17:18, 02/01/02 [Fri]
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Go here http://aumha.org/freeware.htm and download PrintFolder. After installing you will be able to print the contents of any folder.

Good Luck!

# 403: help my old 486 Version 4.03

Author: rob6560
Time: 02:47, 01/29/02 [Tue]
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i have a 486 computer some one gave it to me how can i get it to boot up to windows? windows comes up and goes away again.it comes towere it says starting windows microsoft(R) windows 95 and under that is C:\> what can i put in there to make it work .i tried every thing.can you help me
there is no C drive it has ben formated

# 409: RE: help my old 486 Version 4.03

Author: xe77
Time: 06:14, 01/31/02 [Thu]
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You have formatted Drive C, and therefore all previous information on that drive has been erased. Someone has installed the Windows95 DOS boot files but not Windows. You will need to install Windows 95.
What you Need:
- a Windows 95 Boot Disk
- a Windows 95 Installation CD with a valid Product Key
- a CD-ROM Drive

Your computer must be at least a 386 with 4 MB (sometimes noted as 4096 KB) of RAM and have 115 MB of free hard disk space to install Windows.

1) Insert the boot disk into floppy drive A and reboot the computer
2) Insert the Windows Installation CD in the CD-ROM drive
2) Type the following at the DOS prompt "d:"[ENTER] (without the quotes), type "e:" if your computer has 2 hard drives installed
3) "cd\win95"[ENTER]
4) "setup" [ENTER]
Follow the on-screen instruction to install Windows 95.

# 389: Computer Virus

Author: Gaurav
Time: 05:23, 01/18/02 [Fri]
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My other question is this that I have heard that there are such type of viruses exists which can directly infects the RAM & other hardware pats. Is it true. If yes then how it is possible.

# 410: RE: Computer Virus

Author: Guest
Time: 14:51, 01/31/02 [Thu]
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Yes, some viruses can infect RAM and your BIOS.
How?
Most BIOS are flashable, that means that it is possible to update them from time to time. If you flash your BIOS with the wrong software, you can make your computer unbootable, perminently in some cases, so it is not much of a stretch to create a virus to do that to a computer on purpose. Some machines also have a 'user flash' area on the motherboard that is there so aid in the boot process of certain OS's, most home users would not use this memory area, but a virus could.

RAM normally 'cools off' as soon as your computer is shut down, athough there are exceptions, usually built into the motherboard as aids to the user for quick booting, or if you leave your comp on all the time, the memory never clears anyway.

Other areas:
Think about it, there is memory on your video card, some sound cards, some network cards, CPUs (cache), and on some other cards and accessories (like those new USB keys and some printers). If you. through your software, can access there areas for legitimate purposes, some hacker can do the same thing to screw 'you' up, although 'you' tend to be a random casualty rather than a specific target.

NOTE:

You may hear that there is no such thing as a real hardware virus, this may be technically true or not, but if some one can trash your BIOS to the point that you need a new motherboard, or change your CPU clock speed and burn it out, or damage the zero sector on a hard drive, rendering it useless, what's the difference?

# 349: memory counter

Author: crgibson
Time: 01:38, 12/28/01 [Fri]
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I just upgraded my RAM to 256 and now my memory counter (the first screen to show when booting) just keeps counting up to 262314 over and over again. To stop it I hit Esc key and the page continues to load. What did I do (to the BIOS) and how do I correct it? Thanks

# 183: RE: Downloading Internet Explorer 6.0 (Or any other version)

Author: Pontios
Time: 08:18, 09/14/01 [Fri]
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What you are saying can actually be done when you run setup. Click Custom Install Not Typical and then click next. When the list pops up click advanced and you will see a tick box that say download all components (full) or something like that. When you click you are taken back and now click next. Select the directory and off you go.

:-)

John Tounoussidis
E-mail: pontios@unite.com.au
Website: http://unite.com.au/~u6508a/

        # 413: How do I print out my Temporary Internet File Contents? ---- Deedh
            # 414: RE: How do I print out my Temporary Internet File Contents? ---- Guest
        # 403: help my old 486 Version 4.03 ---- rob6560
            # 409: RE: help my old 486 Version 4.03 ---- xe77
        # 389: Computer Virus ---- Gaurav
            # 410: RE: Computer Virus ---- Guest
        # 349: memory counter ---- crgibson
        # 183: RE: Downloading Internet Explorer 6.0 (Or any other version) ---- Pontios