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pauldepstein
Yesterday, I tried to install some fairly complex software which
required changing the path settings on dos.
I installed quantlib and dev c++
This has caused no end of problems with my computer. I'm assuming
that the problems are that I messed up these settings, but I'm not
sure.
Is there a way to check that these settings are ok, or to get back to
the default settings that appear when windows xp operates for the
first time?
Some problems with my computer are as follows:
Unless I start the computer in safe mode, I don't get a taskbar or
start button.
Sometimes I get out-of-memory messages even though when I go into the
C drive and click properties, it says 26 GB free.
When I try and start the internet, I get a long error message. Some
details are as follows:
physical memory 746/1014 MB (free/total)
free disk space 25 GB
process id $13c
executable wwDisp.exe
version 6.0.2.466
madExcept version 2.7e
exception class EOleSysError
exception message: The RPC server is unavailable.
The method I know to set the environment variables is by right-
clicking on My computer and going into Advanced Properties and then
Environment variables.
There are then two environment variables, one called TEMP and the
other called tmp.
Another possibility that just occurs to me is that although there is
plenty of disk space, there is not enough RAM and that is causing
problems.
Perhaps, it's nothing to do with the environment variables or path
setting.
So what I want to do is a) sort out the problem so my computer works
normally. (I tried System Restore but it doesn't seem to work) and b)
check out the environment variables.
I think that, by starting in safe mode, I will have enough
functionality to uninstall the new software but I'm a bit reluctant to
do that.
Another problem is that the computer doesn't shut down using the
normal methods -- I have to actually disconnect and reconnect the
battery.
Thanks a lot for any help
Paul Epstein
required changing the path settings on dos.
I installed quantlib and dev c++
This has caused no end of problems with my computer. I'm assuming
that the problems are that I messed up these settings, but I'm not
sure.
Is there a way to check that these settings are ok, or to get back to
the default settings that appear when windows xp operates for the
first time?
Some problems with my computer are as follows:
Unless I start the computer in safe mode, I don't get a taskbar or
start button.
Sometimes I get out-of-memory messages even though when I go into the
C drive and click properties, it says 26 GB free.
When I try and start the internet, I get a long error message. Some
details are as follows:
physical memory 746/1014 MB (free/total)
free disk space 25 GB
process id $13c
executable wwDisp.exe
version 6.0.2.466
madExcept version 2.7e
exception class EOleSysError
exception message: The RPC server is unavailable.
The method I know to set the environment variables is by right-
clicking on My computer and going into Advanced Properties and then
Environment variables.
There are then two environment variables, one called TEMP and the
other called tmp.
Another possibility that just occurs to me is that although there is
plenty of disk space, there is not enough RAM and that is causing
problems.
Perhaps, it's nothing to do with the environment variables or path
setting.
So what I want to do is a) sort out the problem so my computer works
normally. (I tried System Restore but it doesn't seem to work) and b)
check out the environment variables.
I think that, by starting in safe mode, I will have enough
functionality to uninstall the new software but I'm a bit reluctant to
do that.
Another problem is that the computer doesn't shut down using the
normal methods -- I have to actually disconnect and reconnect the
battery.
Thanks a lot for any help
Paul Epstein