re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 8:13 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by pscowboy (11 messages posted) You're off on a wrong tangent. My registry is being changed as to a file association. I physically see the old Acrobat executable in place of acrord32. This has nothing to do with intermittent memory failure. On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 4:54 pm, gewg_ wrote: >|This goes along fine for about 5 days when, suddenly while clicking a pdf, >|I get an error saying it can't find acroread.exe. >| pscowboy > >Hmmm. The classic example of "intermittent". >I would leave MemTest86 running >overnight for several nights. > >Perhaps just removing and reinserting the RAM sticks will clear it. >While you've got them out, burnish the contacts with a soft eraser. > >While inside the case, be careful about static >electricity. >You need to follow some simple guidelines: > >1) DON'T UNPLUG >THE MACHINE. >The 3rd prong on the plug is earth ground. You want to leave that >connected. >Any dangerous voltages are INSIDE the power supply where you can't get >at them. >The worst-case out in the open would be >if you miraculously managed to get between the +12V and -12V supply >for a total of 24V. > >2) Don't scuff >around on the rug while messing around inside your computer. >Don't slide in and out of a chair either. > >3) Immediately before reaching into your box, >touch some >shiny (plated, not painted) metal part of the chassis. >Screw heads are usually good. >The chassis is connected to earth, so your body will be too >(as well as its static electricity). >A half a second and it's all gone. >Repeat this every so often. (As you move about, you may recharge.) > >If you use a tool (e.g., a vacuum cleaner), >touch a >metal part of the tool to the chassis before you stick it inside the >box. > > >The same cautions apply while handling your RAM when it is unplugged. > Written in response to: re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (gewg_: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 4:54 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (gewg_: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 8:30 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (pscowboy: Wed, Sep 21, 2005, 10:35 am) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (gewg_: Wed, Sep 21, 2005, 4:54 pm) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (pscowboy: Wed, Sep 21, 2005, 8:13 pm) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (gewg_: Wed, Sep 21, 2005, 8:30 pm) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (pscowboy: Wed, Sep 21, 2005, 9:59 pm) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (TOASTER: Thu, Sep 22, 2005, 7:50 am) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (pscowboy: Thu, Sep 22, 2005, 9:02 am) re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Arminius: Fri, Dec 5, 2008, 6:27 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum