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timz2rules

10-09-2002, 11:00 PM

ok all you computer gunieuses out there, i need a tid bit of help...see...i think my registry is prety much screwed, but i've managed to fix it, yet some programs still have a hard time running, and others just don't want to run at all, some run fine and yeah, i'm just running out of ideas, and prety soon, the only option i know of that i can try is reformating :confused: so...help please!

ManagerJosh

10-09-2002, 11:22 PM

you could run a registry checker.....

In Windows 98 >

Start > Program > Accessories > Tools >

System Information

Select Tools from the Menu, and select Registry Checker.

timz2rules

10-12-2002, 08:35 PM

thanks Josh...i'll try it, dunno if it'll work though...i have Norton System Works...which has registry thinger in it too...

timz2rules

10-13-2002, 09:48 AM

alrighty, it didn't work and my dad says that my Windows Explorer is messed up...

ManagerJosh

10-13-2002, 03:27 PM

perhaps you should just reinstall windows then...

FaeLuna

10-14-2002, 10:53 AM

Agh, I hate it when the registry gets messed up.... I hope you can get things working again, good luck with getting windows explorer to work again, I use that all the time, I think I would go nuts without it!! :p

ManagerJosh

10-14-2002, 11:54 AM

That's why I have my computer do a registry check everytime I start up windows :)

FaeLuna

10-14-2002, 12:55 PM

...maybe I should go check how to set up mine to do that too....

ManagerJosh

10-14-2002, 02:59 PM

In Windows 98 it should be default :frowns:

FaeLuna

10-14-2002, 05:15 PM

I'm running Windows XP Professional... still getting used to what the settings are, it could be default and I just don't know it yet... we recently realized there is an automatic firewall I didn't know was there, it was giving me TONS of trouble when I was trying to use mIRC to chat!! :p

Jake

10-14-2002, 05:50 PM

i have Windows XP Home and am about the only one in the family that knows how to use it, my bro, who is the computer genius in the family will describe somethin that would work for 2000 and earlier and then i have to figure out how to do it on here.... one thing i find annoying is some programs wont work one here, they wont even install unless it was installed when i (or rather my bro) installed XP..

ManagerJosh

10-14-2002, 05:58 PM

If i ever want to use mIRC, I use Trillian to connect.

FaeLuna

10-14-2002, 07:27 PM

I tried Trillian and I didn't like it because I couldn't figure out how to set it up to have myself logged on "invisible" in some message programs and not in others.... I'm hiding from my parents half the time I'm online!! haha! :p ;) :D

FaeLuna

10-14-2002, 07:28 PM

... I'm guessing I couldn't use trillian to run my bot... heehee!

timz2rules

10-14-2002, 08:49 PM

btw, my dad reloaded windows...but didn't reformat...still slow and laggy and stuff still begs to not work :p so, yeah...looking grim over here, may mean i'll have to go away till i get it fixed worse comes to worse...

ManagerJosh

10-14-2002, 10:18 PM

I didn't have problems using Trillian. Usually I customize the startup sequence so that it loads me immediately into that mode ;)

Helén

10-15-2002, 11:02 AM

Hmm. good luck Tim.. :);)

timz2rules

10-15-2002, 03:50 PM

Trillian...?
thanks Nina...:)

FaeLuna

10-15-2002, 08:39 PM

Can you run remote and alias scripts from Trillian when you're on irc??

ManagerJosh

10-15-2002, 08:52 PM

Not sure fae..look into that.

www.trillian.cc

timz2rules

10-15-2002, 09:01 PM

erm...*eyes cross* i don't know what trillian is and i don't want to read on a site about it :p

Helén

10-18-2002, 12:41 AM

Is guessing "Trillian" is some program made by a wizard or so.. :confused:????

lworley

10-18-2002, 04:44 AM

trillian's a aim, msn, icq, and irc client all in one :)

Helén

10-18-2002, 11:50 AM

AHA!!!!!
But that sounds a lil bit complicated to me anyway. Isn't it hard to set securitysettings and stuff so the different IM's work properly?

I know about Miranda - which has msn and icq.

lworley

10-18-2002, 03:10 PM

not really hard, you still have yoru aim login icq login etc, it's a client which you have to login to start the program, that login automatically log's into your accounts with aim etc
and security settings are easy under preferance it's worth a go www.trillian.cc i think.

Helén

10-18-2002, 08:58 PM

Thanks for the info, :);) Sounds real interesting, only that i don't think I'm so keen on more IM programs.I have icq and msn :)
Do you know the differences bewtween icq 2002 a(have that one) and icq lite?? I have search info, but didn't find what i wanted.

ManagerJosh

10-19-2002, 12:22 AM

I prefer not to find out. Trillian suits all my needs so I have no complaints :)

That's why I got the pro edition :D :p

Helén

10-19-2002, 09:57 AM

Do you really have need for so many different IM's? :)

FaeLuna

10-19-2002, 01:41 PM

Part of why I ended up with different im programs was because one friend used yahoo... another used icq... another used msn... you get the idea. :) Not MY fault they couldn't all use the same im program!! heh. :p

Helén

10-19-2002, 05:37 PM

True - when you say it... Well I have MSN and ICQ and Yahoo actually, now when I think about it... heh.. ;) But I almost never use Yahoo. Mostly MSN o ICQ. :classic:

ManagerJosh

10-19-2002, 06:40 PM

I use them all....just that I use MSN and AIM the most.

However every so often I go under ICQ and Yahoo to clean up some business :)

Helén

10-19-2002, 07:11 PM

I use mostly msn today. :)

timz2rules

10-19-2002, 09:02 PM

MSN and AIM are what i use and i hate AIM so i use MSN more...but anyway...i don't think i want that thing...

ManagerJosh

10-19-2002, 11:13 PM

I like Trillian's MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo.....

Makes my life soooooo much easier.
However its interface for AIM is terrible so I use AIM

and what's so bad about AIM Timz..?

Helén

10-20-2002, 10:15 AM

I don't have AIM so I don't know at all.
But Josh - can't you choose which one's you want from Trillian's?
I wont need it anyway - since i have the IM's i want/need. :)

timz2rules

10-20-2002, 11:27 AM

erm...whats so bad...don't like their smilies, don't like the sounds (yes i turned them off) and i just don't all around like it :p

Helén

10-20-2002, 05:29 PM

Bad smilies? Ohhh... That's a real good point. :laugh:

ManagerJosh

10-20-2002, 11:09 PM

Nina ---> www.aim.com :)

Helén

10-21-2002, 09:47 AM

Thanks Josh! :classic:
Hmmm.. That smiley didn't look to awful to me... But the question is - do I really need AIM too?
Convince me for or against it. ;)

*sits back waiting for arguements* :classic:

FaeLuna

10-21-2002, 12:05 PM

Well *I* don't have AIM, even though my dear sis in law has it and wanted me to get it... I TRIED getting it and using it and I kept having all sorts of computer troubles when I tried to install and run it, so I finally gave up on it and never used it!! :p

ManagerJosh

10-21-2002, 03:05 PM

It is nicer....though I prefer using Trillian when I can.

Helén

10-21-2002, 06:46 PM

More arguments please... :)

timz2rules

10-21-2002, 06:52 PM

who says theres an argument...?

Helén

10-21-2002, 06:56 PM

I do. I want all con's and pro's about AIM. yes! :)

FaeLuna

10-21-2002, 06:57 PM

Not arguments like a fight tim, don't worry!! She's asking for points for or against it, like a debate, THAT kind of argument! :)

Helén

10-21-2002, 06:58 PM

Lol Fae. Thanks for the clarification. :classic:

timz2rules

10-21-2002, 11:11 PM

yes...thanks you...i wasn't in the mood when i posted that for any arguments :p

Cons: you never know if your message was recived by the other user and if he/she is typing back

ManagerJosh

10-21-2002, 11:17 PM

That's actually Wrong Timz. In the newest version of AIM, you can see people typing.

Helén

10-22-2002, 12:11 PM

Hmm in icq you don't see when the other person is typing... you just give/get the mess. But you have a great deal of "history" and you can leave offline mess. which I miss in msn.

timz2rules

10-22-2002, 02:46 PM

both people have to have the newest version of AIM Josh...

Helén

10-22-2002, 02:48 PM

Hmmm... keep on debating this guys.. ;);)

*hops up on the table and chewes a carrot*

FaeLuna

10-22-2002, 06:07 PM

I like yahoo because you can save the messages and log them, you can see the person's status while they're typing back, and you can leave messages for them while they're offline that will pop up when they log in again. I DON'T like that when I was using it in Win98 I had trouble where it wouldn't let me minimize browser windows and then see them in the toolbar to maximize again, my toolbar disappeared!! But I don't have any problems like that running WinXP Pro now. :D Oh, and I like that it's skinnable and I can make my own graphics and sound schemes... heh heh heh....

Helén

10-22-2002, 06:43 PM

Yes you can do that on icq too - save messages.. :)

The skins I don't think icq have., but I can do without them.. :)