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Q: Please revert regarding the basic background required for pursuing SAP/R3 and from which institute the same can be done.
Anirudh Chatterjee
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A: The only real background you need is that you should understand what makes a computer go. Just ensure you choose an authorised training centre. because SAP is very aggressive about software piracy. More details can be had from http://www.sap.com/india/

Q: I have a PIII with 128 MB RAM and Windows ME. Whenever I start my PC, I get a message "Windows encountered an error accessing the registry. Windows will repair the registry for you and restart the computer." Sometimes the machine restart normally but often it fails. I also get error that Explorer has caused an unknown error. Please help.
Samrat Ganguly
via e-mail

A: Such recurring (looped) errors indicate a damaged Windows master registry. The best solution is to backup user data like email folders. And then reinstall the OS from the original media. If prompted to keep existing files, select over-write. If the problems persist even after this, email us again.

Q: Thanks for your superb supplementary. This time I decided to contributing to it@tt which has helped me many times when I faced any problem. Mr Patrick Gomes (Mailbox, it@tt, 17 April) complained about errors about a missing file VNETSUP.VXD. I've faced the problem too but solved it in a different way. First I searched for the missing file using File Find and after not finding it, used System File Checker to retrieve the file from the Windows CAB files. I haven't face the problem since.
Subhakar Rudra
via e-mail

A: Thanks for the tip. That's the best way to recover a lost or missing file. We used the other approach; that you don't need the file anymore, therefore.....

Q: What are the laws regarding Internet in India? What are the precautions that one should take while accessing Internet (visiting a site, downloading or e-mailing)? What is legal and what is not on the Net? What are the penalties associated with such violations?
Tapan Pal
via e-mail

A: There are many publications available on the codified Information Technology Act, 2000. The precautions to be taken have been extensively covered in previous issues of it@tt. Please read us online at www.careermosaicindia.com/itattt for more. The penalties for getting caught are severe: jail, loss of your Web connection or worse!

Q: A reader writes...
"Hanging" is the word, not jamming, and it is an integral property of all Microsoft OS which are based on the 9x kernel, so don't be upset. Hanging of the machine when you are online is a classic case of low resource computers bundled with heavy-duty software. Especially when you have a Celeron or Duron processor which can't provide the 512kb L2 cache which their big brothers, the Pentium and the Athlon can. Another important aspect to a trouble free online experience is to choose processors with at least 600Mhz clock speed coupled with 128 MB RAM.

To further improve your on-line experience, avoid installing the latest browser when its released. Avoid multiple browsers as they (can) make the system slower. Minimize applications or terminate ones you rarely use as they tend to consume the major share of system resources. Don't run any applications or engage multimedia resources when online. Try this tweak (at your own risk) to rescue some system resources. Before you go online, select Run from the startup menu and type 'msconfig' and press enter. In the general tab, choose 'Selective startup' and check all the options except the 'Load startup group items' and click 'OK'. It will ask you to reboot. After rebooting, (this is the important part) manually run only the antivirus (a must) plus a download manager (optional) or Internet accelerators like Netsonic from the Startup menu, which you will need while online. After you completed these chores, again run 'msconfig' and select 'Normal startup'.

Those who sell assembled computers invariably provide you with pirated software which are invariably full of bugs. Also if you are using Windows 95 or 98, they will not recognize Pentium III as that chip was not developed when they were. It will recognize it as Pentium II (as both the Pentiums' are based on the same core architecture). The problem should not arise with Windows 98 SE or Windows Me. You can even check if you actually have a PIII from the BIOS startup screen. This is not a foolproof as the BIOS can be hacked and reconfigured, but lets hope that most system integrators don't know how to do it.
Arnab Mitra
via e-mail

A: Thanks for the update. However, pirated software isn't usually buggy. After all its just an illegal copy of an original. What you need to watch out for is Beta or Preview releases that may be buggy. As a user, I feel there's enough free tools available without needing to resort to pirated copies of anything. You just have to compromise.

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