Kathryn,
Birthday Reminder - Delete the bad birthday reminder by opening the Appointment Book. Then use the "Next Month" button to scroll through the Calender to the date of the bad birthday and then select the day of the bad birthday by clicking on the actual day and then after it gets highlighted click on "Delete Entry" to remove it.
If things are screwed up and you don't see the bad birthday in the Appointment Book or it just won't delete then try this instead:
Delete the bad reminder by using Notepad to open the apptmnts.dat file located at C:/Program Files/Zabaware/Ultra Hal Assistant 5/apptmnts.dat
You should see something like this inside the file:
Your birthday is on Saturday, May 21, 2005, and I can't wait to give you your birthday gift! I am going to give you something really really good for your birthday
5/21/2005
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If it is the only reminder entry in the file then just delete all the text and then be sure that the cursor is at the very top left hand corner of the file with no blank characters and no blank spaces after it. It's hard to explain but the file just has to have no data/characters of any kind. Then save the empty file with the same name. If you have other reminder entries within the file besides that bad birthday reminder then you need to edit the file very carefully as to not to corrupt the file format for the other entries, so it is easiest to just delete all the text the way I just described and then re-enter the other reminders the usual way by telling Hal during chat or using the Appointment Book. If you have a lot of reminders that you don't want to lose and re-enter, then you can just email me the apptmnts.dat file as an attachment and I'll fix it for you and send it back to you. Or post all the data and then I'll post the new data for you to copy and paste back into the file.
Error 28: "Creating Graphics Device"
-Try using different display settings.
16-bit color is generally the most stable, followed by 32, and finally 24. The Haptek Player usually requires you to be in either 16-bit or 32-bit color mode.
To change your display settings, go to Start/Control Panel/Appearance and Themes/Display
Or just do it the easy way, by right clicking on your Desktop and select Properties and then click the Display Properties "Settings" tab.
Then, from the Color Quality selection box, choose 16 or 32 bit color mode, and then click "Apply".
32-Bit is usually the System Default Display Setting for many XP Systems so just change it to 16-Bit instead.
Best Regards,
Rich_A
ricramo@netscape.com
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