Recent content by jwm888

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Oatman - will give pcpitstop a try. Slapshot - thought that they were the latest drivers though will check out the website and download the latest from there and give that a go. Many thanks Cheers Jon

Hi oatman, Yes, there is a wizard. I tried that and installed one of the cds. Thought that was great after gong around in circles !!! Had also changed the display settings from 32 bit to 256 colors, and this worked fine. However, after saving the settings for this particular program, and after...

Hi all A friend is having problems with some games and educational cds not being able to be played/installed on her computer- and yet when I try them on this computer, they install fine. Both run XP. When you insert the cds, a message comes up along the lines of “… runs only in 256 color palette...

Thanks oatman. Have been using windows defrag 1-2 times a week but that obviously is not doing the job. Will try your suggestion. Hopefully will soon have a proper operating system :-)))) Cheers jon

Hi oatman Funny - just did another test and now uncached memory is okay. Only difference is that I tested it with IB running at the same time. Have listed it on Pitstop now http://pcpitstop.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=95479&st=0&#entry979634 Thanks cheers jon

Thanks oatman - would like to use xp but not with the screen freeze :-(( Will get onto pitstop and see what they have to say. cheers jon

Hi Hoping that someone can help me out. I run win98\athlon amd1600\512mb ram with a 40gig hard drive – partitioned into 2x20gigs. Have noticed screen freeze on numerous occasions while running IB workstation and IB charts. Reformatted and installed Xp but ended up with the same problem – though...