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stupid question
Name: duhhh Date: February 7, 2002 at 13:28:00 Pacific
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what is the yellow triangle icon with an exclamation mark on it mean. It just started appearing and is relentless.....
Name: Don Date: February 7, 2002 at 13:38:46 Pacific
Reply:
This will show up in device manager next to a device and is meant to tell you that the device has a driver problem or is not installed properly.
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Response Number 2
Name: duhhh Date: February 7, 2002 at 13:49:48 Pacific
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everything in device manager is ok, this just started and so far everything appears to be working alright, thanx for the suggestion
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Response Number 3
Name: dsf Date: February 7, 2002 at 14:08:09 Pacific
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Where is it showing up! Normally Yellow triangles are with exclamation marks are Warning signs indicating there is something not quite right and therefore demands you attention. Have a look in the Event Viewer as this will show some information.
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Response Number 4
Name: duhhh Date: February 7, 2002 at 14:15:44 Pacific
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sorry, its in my taskbar.....and it shows me nothing, when I click on it, it just goes away to reappear very shortly....
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Response Number 5
Name: Xirius Date: February 7, 2002 at 14:22:56 Pacific
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That happend to me one time, I have no idea what it was.. If someone know I would be happy to know too.
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Response Number 6
Name: duhhh Date: February 7, 2002 at 14:28:23 Pacific
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event viewer says the source is ntfs, and a {delayed write failed}
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Response Number 7
Name: Jess Date: February 7, 2002 at 17:02:33 Pacific
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this happened to me, and i found out it was my sound card. try reseating your sound card.. it worked for me
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