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...this problem? Go to your Start button and select Settings, then Control Panel, then Internet Options. Next, select the Programs tab and hit the button that says RESET WEB SETTINGS. That should restore your PC to its previous defaults. Gee, that was simple, wasn...
...Jackson issued "findings of fact," which both sides agreed were unfavorable to Microsoft. In the findings, Jackson determined that Microsoft has "monopoly power" in the market for PC operating systems...
...looks almost identical to Windows 98. The main differences are under the hood. One thing I liked: bugs that plagued my home network magically disappeared after installing Millennium, thanks to its emphasis on home networking. But while Millennium is designed to be more stable than previous Windows, my home PC still crashes daily. Millennium is also supposed to speed up the time it takes your computer to start up. If it did, I couldn't tell...
...especially compared with OS X's new approach. Have you ever installed a program only to find out that Mr. Computer doesn't like it? That happened to me recently with Quake3. When I installed the game, it apparently screwed up the driver for my sound card, silencing my PC. I tried uninstalling the program, but that didn't help. I finally had to reinstall the sound-card driver. Millennium behaves like a time machine so you can easily roll your system back to the day before whatever trouble you're experiencing began. Naturally, it didn't work...
HIGHS AND LOWS Here's some news: PC prices are up, and you're not getting more for your money. Did somebody suspend Moore's law? Don't PC prices always go down? Gravity has been reversed, at least temporarily, in PC pricing. Supply constraints, increased demand and a chip shortage tied to last year's earthquakes in Taiwan have kept prices up. But don't run out to buy that PC to beat the next hike. With Y2K problems no longer a threat and production back on track, prices should head down in a few months...