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Re-install
Office 97 to fix AutoCorrect files
Question: My three-year-old turned off the PC while
I was working on an AutoCad file. After restart, the PC
prompted me that it was unable to link two files with an
ACL extension. I randomly linked them to the file manager,
which then caused it to be opened twice every time the PC
is turned on. To save the annoyance, I deleted the two files.
Are these two files important? If so, how can I restore
the damage that I have made?
-- Winnie
Answer: ACL files are Auto Correct List files. They're used by Microsoft Office 97 to auto-correct spelling mistakes. They're auto-generated by Office, so a simple reinstall of Office should work fine. If you do it through the "Add/Remove Programs" applet in the Control Panel, it should be relatively painless. There's more information about ACL files on Microsoft's web site at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q160/5/52.asp.
Worrisome gotchas
Question: A recent article on formatting your hard drive and re-installing Windows 95 has a couple of gotchas that caused me some concern. After preparing a boot floppy, it would be wise to ensure it properly starts up the computer and particularly the CD-ROM drive, before proceeding to format the C: drive. Before you start this exercise it would be prudent to ensure you have a full-blown Windows 95 install disk, because an "upgrade" disk would not install on a newly formatted hard drive. And you also referred to FDISK, but didn't discuss it.
-- P.J.
Answer: Good points all around. I would add that if you have an upgrade version of Windows 95, all you need is a version of Win 3.1 kicking around to pop in to a drive when prompted. As for FDISK, it's DOS utility used to create disk partitions, in case you want to carve up a large hard drive into several smaller drives. It's not mandatory to copy it to a boot disk, but it's handy if you have hard drive partitions on your system.
Losing time
Question: A friend has put a question to me and I had no answer for him. He asked if there might be a virus that makes the computer lose time. He has to adjust the system clock periodically. If you have come across or already covered this in your past columns, can you let me know? My assumption is that there is a battery in his system that has expired. Could this be correct?
-- Eddie
Answer: Yes, your guess is correct. He's probably got a battery in his system that needs replacing. Some older systems, especially 486s or older have batteries that recharge but may wear out. Some simply need replacing.
I covered that topic in depth in a previous column, but it's worth mentioning
again. You can find it in
our January 1997 archives.
It might be worth doing a virus scan as well, just to be sure. .
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