Troubleshooting nVidia and Windows 98 Lockups

Written by Ron Merts


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Now openrepparttar Windows folder andrepparttar 107733 Inf folder Locaterepparttar 107734 following files and change their extension from .inf to .old pnpwfdc.inf pnpwide.inf pnpwtape.inf pnpwppt.inf Userepparttar 107735 “Back” button and go back torepparttar 107736 Windows folder and openrepparttar 107737 System folder Locate and openrepparttar 107738 iosubsys folder (it is hidden and should appear “greyed-out”) Locaterepparttar 107739 following files and change their extension from .vxd to .old drvwq117.vxd drvwppqt.vxd drvwcdb.vxd Closerepparttar 107740 window and restart your system. The lockup should be resolved.

What this does is prevents Windows from actually seeingrepparttar 107741 conflicting component (driver) and thus eliminatingrepparttar 107742 lockups. The necessary files are still there; only Windows won't see them.

Should you find that you indeed needrepparttar 107743 files for use with your tape backup, you can openrepparttar 107744 SYSTEM.INI file inside C:WINDOWS and appendrepparttar 107745 following torepparttar 107746 “[386Enh]” section: DMABufferSize=64

Once again, save and closerepparttar 107747 SYSTEM.INI file and restart. You only need to perform this if you need these files because you have a tape drive you are going to use onrepparttar 107748 system, otherwise it is recommended that you renamerepparttar 107749 above files to eliminaterepparttar 107750 problem.

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PC Doctor+ Guide 20 How To Make Money From Your Web Site (Part3) Affiliates

Written by Steve Latimer


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Select Your Advertisements Once accepted you can scan throughrepparttar available graphics and choose which you think isrepparttar 107732 most appropriate. This will generaterepparttar 107733 HTML code which you can paste and copy intorepparttar 107734 main body text of your site. If you are using FrontPage or Dreamweaver then you can insertrepparttar 107735 HTML into your WYSIWYG view directly which makes positioning easier. The graphics incorporate links either to an advertisers home page or to a particular product page. An advertiser may have several advertisements leading to different product areas of their site. Normally,repparttar 107736 code you have inserted will pick uprepparttar 107737 actual graphic fromrepparttar 107738 advertisers server each timerepparttar 107739 page is loaded. This allowsrepparttar 107740 advertiser to changerepparttar 107741 graphic keeping it fresh and up to date without any site administration on your part. Other facilities available include: Deep Linking which allows you to create a link direct to a specific page that you choose on an advertiser’s web site. Dynamic Content which allows you to generate whole pages of products from an advertiser. I suggest you leave it a while before getting into deep linking or dynamic content. A case of walk don't run. What About Payment - How Does It Work? Each advertiser defines their own payment scheme. These can vary and can be one or any combination ofrepparttar 107742 following: The Advertiser..... Pays an amount for each 'lead' -repparttar 107743 definition of which varies withrepparttar 107744 company Pays a further, usually more generous amount for an actual sale Pays if a visitor signs up to a web site or a newsletter fromrepparttar 107745 company. May pay for each click made on their advertisements (very few do.) Commission levels themselves can also vary with higher sales leading to higher commission levels - not unlikerepparttar 107746 tiered commission rates offered to retail staff. Who's keeping Track Of All This? The HTML code you generate for each advertisement includes your own affiliate reference code. This reference code allowsrepparttar 107747 Affiliate Company andrepparttar 107748 advertiser to track sales activity from your site and isrepparttar 107749 method by which commission is calculated. Cookies and Cookie Length So suppose a visitor to your site sees an advertisement for an item which gets him thinking about purchasingrepparttar 107750 product. He clicks onrepparttar 107751 advertisement and has a good look atrepparttar 107752 product but chooses not to go ahead and buy it there and then - maybe atrepparttar 107753 end ofrepparttar 107754 month when he gets paid. Comerepparttar 107755 end ofrepparttar 107756 month he goes direct torepparttar 107757 advertisers own site and buysrepparttar 107758 product. Haven't you lost your commission? Not necessarily. Advertisers operate a cookie system. When a visitor clicks on an advertisement on your site a cookie is placed on his machine registering that he has visited their site on a certain date as a direct result of clicking on an advertisement on your page. The cookie has a 'cookie length' which means ifrepparttar 107759 user revisitsrepparttar 107760 advertisers site withinrepparttar 107761 cooking length period then any purchases he makes are still credited to you and will still earn you commission. Cookie lengths vary and are typically 30 or 90 days but I have seen a cookie length of 999 days! Ifrepparttar 107762 user has cookies turned off completely or is inrepparttar 107763 habit of deleting cookies then you lose out. As mentioned, being UK based I have concentrated on Affiliate Companies where a UK bias to advertisements is at least possible. I have selected five Affiliate Companies for you to have a look at but there are many others available. I've restricted myself to these five because I have been sufficiently impressed with their on-line help facilities andrepparttar 107764 overall efficiency of their operation to feel comfortable about recommending them.

Browse across to http://www.arrival-computers.co.uk/pcd20_2.htm to view my recommendations. A few final points about affiliates It's very easy to go mad with affiliate adverts. You may think your site looks cool but a visitor might just see a site full of adverts and leave immediately. Remember to place your ads in context - you'll be more successful The revenue you earn from any advertisements is directly proportional torepparttar 107765 number of visitors you receive. Do not forget that content is king - work on it.



Steve Latimer is Systems Manager at Arrival Computers (http://www.arrival-computers.co.uk). PC Doctor+ Guides can be used as additional content on web sites in return for a link back to Arrival Computers


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