R
Ronnie
Hello. I was having problems with my computer being slow
so i went into a eMachines local chatroom, i was to to
follow thease steps given by the technichian on April 7th
2004:
"Clear the cache, cookies, and history from Internet
Explorer.
From the start menu, click Control Panel
From the Control Panel, double-click Internet Options.
From the General tab, click Delete Files.
From the Delete Files dialog box, click to select Delete
all offline content, and click OK.
Under Temporary Internet files, click Settings.
Under Check for newer versions of stored pages, ensure
that Automatically is selected, and click View Files.
From the Edit menu, click Select All.
From the File menu, click Delete.
From the WARNING dialog box, click Yes.
To close the Cookies window, click X.
From the Settings dialog box, click OK.
Under History, click Clear History.
From the Internet Options dialog box, click Yes.
Click the content tab.
Click Auto Complete
Click Clear forms
Click Ok
Click Clear Passwords
Click OK
Click Ok.
Disk Cleanup
Click Start, Programs (or All Programs), Accessories,
System Tools, Disk Cleanup.
Choose the correct drive usually C:\, click ok.
Check all square boxes.
Click Ok.
May take a long time, once completed will disappear.
Speeding Up the Display of Start Menu Items
Right click on an open area of the Desktop
Select Properties
Click on the Appearance tab
Click on the Effects button
Uncheck Show shadows under menus.
Click Ok
Error-checking tool:
Close all files and programs. Go to Start/ My Computer.
Right-click on C: and select Properties from the list.
Click on the Tools tab and under Error-checking, hit the
Check Now button.
Under Check disk options, click the Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors check box.
Hit the Start button.
Close out and restart.
If a message pops up saying the volume is currently in
use, you will have the option to do the disk checking the
next time you restart your computer. If you choose to do
this, then the next time you restart, disk checking will
begin and you will not be able to perform other tasks
while it's running.
System File Checker
Click Start, click Run, type sfc /scannow, and then click
OK. (Notice the space after sfc)
May take several minutes once completed will disappear off
your screen.
Disk Defragmenter: Please run this as a last step, do not
proceed until all other steps are done, not including
recommended downloads! Caution: The Computer cannot be
accessible or used during the process of Defrag, please
only run when computer is not being used. Problems may
occur if being used by another application. May take
several hours, please be patient.
Click Start
Select All Programs or just Programs
Select Accessory
Select System Tools
Click Disk Defragmenter
On the screen Disk Defragmenter, select C: and click
Defragment
Indexing Services
Click Start, click Run, type services.msc and then click
OK
Find Indexing Services, and double click on it.
For the startup type choose disable.
Click Ok.
System Restart
Right click on the My Computer icon
Select Properties
When you see the System Properties, click on "Advanced"
tab"
In the Startup and Recovery portion, click on Settings.
By default, "Automatically Restart" is enabled. Uncheck
it.
Click Ok.
Please scroll up to the top, and go down in order, DO NOT
skip steps. These instructions are provided to go down in
order, for best results."
After doing those steps I realized my Windows XP Home
Edition's Theme was no longer there and everything was set
to a Windows 98 type theme with the boxed toobars and
stuff, I've tried to get more help and coming back for
help later doing every step possible.. and yesterday (June
17th) I was givin thease instructions by yet another
eMachine's tech operator:
"To reinstall Windows manually, click "Start" then "Run"
then type in "c:\windows\i386\winnt32.exe" and click okay.
This brings up the manual windows install.
Disregard the message about the "Option to Upgrade is not
available."
You need to agree to the license agreement to continue
reinstalling windows.
It then asks you to get the Microsoft Product ID Key,
which is located on the back of the CPU Tower.
Just click next after that, except to SKIP the option to
download updates over the internet.
It should take roughly 60 minutes to reinstall windows
manually. It runs mostly by itself from this point."
After doing that overnight i woke up and completed the
steps. Then after the computer restarts I have 2 options
to start "Windows XP Home Edition" then under
that "Windows XP Home Edition" now the option on top has
the theme I needed from the begining but the one below it
is the original one and still dosen't have the theme..
when i want to open in safe mode i still have to pick
between the two "Windows XP Home Edition" options can
somone help me here, the eMachine Tech people are now
saying "Their not advised to give this kind of
information". Can somone help me...anyone?..Bill Gates?..
so i went into a eMachines local chatroom, i was to to
follow thease steps given by the technichian on April 7th
2004:
"Clear the cache, cookies, and history from Internet
Explorer.
From the start menu, click Control Panel
From the Control Panel, double-click Internet Options.
From the General tab, click Delete Files.
From the Delete Files dialog box, click to select Delete
all offline content, and click OK.
Under Temporary Internet files, click Settings.
Under Check for newer versions of stored pages, ensure
that Automatically is selected, and click View Files.
From the Edit menu, click Select All.
From the File menu, click Delete.
From the WARNING dialog box, click Yes.
To close the Cookies window, click X.
From the Settings dialog box, click OK.
Under History, click Clear History.
From the Internet Options dialog box, click Yes.
Click the content tab.
Click Auto Complete
Click Clear forms
Click Ok
Click Clear Passwords
Click OK
Click Ok.
Disk Cleanup
Click Start, Programs (or All Programs), Accessories,
System Tools, Disk Cleanup.
Choose the correct drive usually C:\, click ok.
Check all square boxes.
Click Ok.
May take a long time, once completed will disappear.
Speeding Up the Display of Start Menu Items
Right click on an open area of the Desktop
Select Properties
Click on the Appearance tab
Click on the Effects button
Uncheck Show shadows under menus.
Click Ok
Error-checking tool:
Close all files and programs. Go to Start/ My Computer.
Right-click on C: and select Properties from the list.
Click on the Tools tab and under Error-checking, hit the
Check Now button.
Under Check disk options, click the Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors check box.
Hit the Start button.
Close out and restart.
If a message pops up saying the volume is currently in
use, you will have the option to do the disk checking the
next time you restart your computer. If you choose to do
this, then the next time you restart, disk checking will
begin and you will not be able to perform other tasks
while it's running.
System File Checker
Click Start, click Run, type sfc /scannow, and then click
OK. (Notice the space after sfc)
May take several minutes once completed will disappear off
your screen.
Disk Defragmenter: Please run this as a last step, do not
proceed until all other steps are done, not including
recommended downloads! Caution: The Computer cannot be
accessible or used during the process of Defrag, please
only run when computer is not being used. Problems may
occur if being used by another application. May take
several hours, please be patient.
Click Start
Select All Programs or just Programs
Select Accessory
Select System Tools
Click Disk Defragmenter
On the screen Disk Defragmenter, select C: and click
Defragment
Indexing Services
Click Start, click Run, type services.msc and then click
OK
Find Indexing Services, and double click on it.
For the startup type choose disable.
Click Ok.
System Restart
Right click on the My Computer icon
Select Properties
When you see the System Properties, click on "Advanced"
tab"
In the Startup and Recovery portion, click on Settings.
By default, "Automatically Restart" is enabled. Uncheck
it.
Click Ok.
Please scroll up to the top, and go down in order, DO NOT
skip steps. These instructions are provided to go down in
order, for best results."
After doing those steps I realized my Windows XP Home
Edition's Theme was no longer there and everything was set
to a Windows 98 type theme with the boxed toobars and
stuff, I've tried to get more help and coming back for
help later doing every step possible.. and yesterday (June
17th) I was givin thease instructions by yet another
eMachine's tech operator:
"To reinstall Windows manually, click "Start" then "Run"
then type in "c:\windows\i386\winnt32.exe" and click okay.
This brings up the manual windows install.
Disregard the message about the "Option to Upgrade is not
available."
You need to agree to the license agreement to continue
reinstalling windows.
It then asks you to get the Microsoft Product ID Key,
which is located on the back of the CPU Tower.
Just click next after that, except to SKIP the option to
download updates over the internet.
It should take roughly 60 minutes to reinstall windows
manually. It runs mostly by itself from this point."
After doing that overnight i woke up and completed the
steps. Then after the computer restarts I have 2 options
to start "Windows XP Home Edition" then under
that "Windows XP Home Edition" now the option on top has
the theme I needed from the begining but the one below it
is the original one and still dosen't have the theme..
when i want to open in safe mode i still have to pick
between the two "Windows XP Home Edition" options can
somone help me here, the eMachine Tech people are now
saying "Their not advised to give this kind of
information". Can somone help me...anyone?..Bill Gates?..