Computer help thread

ok i'm pissed with msn messenger, it is causing me to want to throw my computer out into the snow *deep breaths*

a few days ago, i downloaded the new msn BETA. well, all yesterday and today it wouldn't let me sign in for some reason.."we weren't able to sign you in to .NET. please try again later." something along those words.

so this morning i deleted msn BETA...went to control panel, remove programs..etc. so i removed it the proper way. well, now everytime i restart, that stupid msn icon in the right bottom corner pops up.

i tried downloading the normal msn again, but my windows won't let me. so i'm msn-less

HELP anybody??

Mia, eventhough you deleted through the control panel correctly there is always a possibility that some portion of it is left in the registry, looks like in your case the 'start on boot' is still there. There are ways to remove it completely but depend on your PC.
When you say it doesn't let you download the other version again, do you mean the MSN site thinks you still have messenger installed and the download doesn't even start?

Clear the registry.

And no, not all of it! Just the traces of MSN messenger.

Actually, I've never had trouble downloading an older version of msn, but it seems Reza and Rapierist might be right about it still being in the registry.

Answer reza's question and try giving us as much detail as possible, hopefully, then one of us should be able to help.

btw, if you go into the registry, be careful (don't just delete anything). Mess things up in there and the computer will mess up badly.

Anyway, one thing I can do is send you an email with msn 6.2 (I still have it on my laptop) installation. This should (hopefully) replace the beta version traces left on you PC with the old version.

ok guys, i'm a computer dumbas$...i don't even know where the registry is!

when i downloaded msn from the site...it got to 100% on the bar, then an "x" appeared as a failure.

not only do i have a problem with msn appearing every time i restart but also another program that i deleted. could u guys be more specific about the registry? lol. i don't want to mess something up even more

after i get that part cleared up, dev you can send me the older msn

thanks for the help guys!

Mia, I sent the old version of msn to your hotmail address

I can't actually look into your problem at the moment as I need to get to bed, but I'll have a look when I get some spare time.

As for using the registry, I'm not sure if its a great idea for you to just delete files in there, especially if your unsure about what it is or how to access it.

btw, its no big deal if you don't know about registries, seeing as many (possibly most) average computer uses don't have any clue about it (good thing too )

*phef* not the only dummie

thanks a lot dev...i'll try downloading msn again.

i appreciate your help!!!

For Dev or other PC experts

Similar to the way the XP start menu has recent programs and recent documents...is there an app or some way to have recent folders/directories?

Sorry, I'm not really sure I know of any way to do that with the possible exception of "my recent documents" folder in Windows XP.

Another possibility is to develop a program to do that.

My problem....Anyone know how to build a DNS in C lol

edit: Reza, these links may be of use actually....

http://www.x2net.com/recentdocuments/purchase.htm

http://www.conceptworld.com/RecentX/default.asp

hope this helps

Neither of those two came up on my search, thanx Dev

Originally Posted by rezag

Neither of those two came up on my search, thanx Dev

lol, thats cool, glad to help

wow nice thread,anyway my problem is differnet from others,my CD-ROM has a problem of reading CD-R Disks anytime i slot into it,it show will me that the CD is empty even it contains data in it,

Originally Posted by Shomo

wow nice thread,anyway my problem is differnet from others,my CD-ROM has a problem of reading CD-R Disks anytime i slot into it,it show will me that the CD is empty even it contains data in it,

There could be a number of reasons this could be happening. Did your drive read CD-Rs before or is this the first time you tried a CD-R in it?

If its an old CD-ROM drive, then it could be a first generation drive, meaning it can't read copied disks at all (even if they have data).

I'll try to help further but need a little more info I'm afraid.

yeah it used to read CD-R before but after My laptop crashed it stopped,also it's a new CD-ROM

hmm, I can't really say much without knowing the model of your drive. I've had a similar problem in the past as have others, and usually reinstalling the driver often helped.

If this doesn't help, then give the model of your drive and maybe I can find something of help. Another option is to try tech help forums, which usually have people of far greater knowledge of such problems than most here.