# Computer question not found in sticky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-not-found-in-sticky/258248>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-not-found-in-sticky/258248 "2004-08-04T04:31:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-not-found-in-sticky/258248/1 "2004-08-04T04:31:42Z")

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In the past, I’ve been able to download and save movie and game files, such as .wmv or .swf. I noticed the problem when I couldn’t view an email attachment. Figuring it was a corrupt file, I went to the URL and still couldn’t open it. Checked some other favorite sites of previous downloads, and no response from .swf files-unless I already have that file saved. New files are unresponsive, and I can’t right click to Save target as for other file types.

Win98SE latest service pack/patch/upgrade installed.  
Windows media player says it’s fully up to date.  
Downloaded and installed Shockwave player 10 from Macromedia.  
NAV, NIS, NAS all current.

The only other item noteworthy is I have a game file downloaded which is under a 30 day evaluation. I might buy it, but not if it’s goofing up the otherwise happy box. Perhaps coincidence, but that’s one of the only things I can think of right around that time frame. A week or so previous I had done scandisk, defrag, spybot purge and virus scan.

HALP!

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**Author:** ![asheets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@asheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asheets)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-not-found-in-sticky/258248/2 "2004-08-04T16:58:53Z")

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For extension issues, the fist thing I look for is extension hijack, which means (for me, anyway) a spybot check. make sure that you have current copies and sigs for ad-aware and spybot search&destroy.

If that doesn’t fix it, than a quick reinstall of the app that is supposed to take care of those extensions will definately reset the registry associations.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question-not-found-in-sticky/258248/3 "2004-08-05T02:21:55Z")

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I ran both of those malware utilities, and also reinstalled Shockwave player.

Any other ideas are most welcome.