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Windows 98SE Compaq Presario 7478 ESS Allegro PCI Audio (WDM) When I try to play anything in WMP the window opens and it acts like it will play. The title of song and the length of the song are displayed. It thinks, and thinks, and thinks, and things,e tc. Sometimes, …

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OK, it may not be the floppy drive itself, but... Every time I boot Windows (doesn't happen in Linux) my floppy drive light comes on and starts buzzing. It happens about 2-3 times before it finally stops. I'm thinking it's virus-related, but is it a virus trying to infect it …

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Hello - I had to re-install Windows (98SE) the other day, and since then, I've been unable to access any secure pages such as checkout pages on shopping sites. Also, my son is unable to open his Hotmail email or MSN message board. I've re-installed IE version 6, but still …

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Good Day, Im having a problem with my computer, when i turn it on it always shows a error message: "Invalid Setting in MSDOS.SYS : SYS" can somebody help me with my problem...

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Please help, for some reason its like explorer keeps restarting itself.. I was infected with a virus but I got rid of it.. It was a Trojan Dropper, I had read that it is a backdoor.. I didnt want to post in the virus/hardware forum because I don't know if …

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Hi there, Im haveing a problem with the PCtools Program called Spyware Doctor This is the error i get when clicking on the icon.. [IMG]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7613/error1mt.png[/IMG] Computer Info.. [url]http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/bowdown/Report.txt[/url] (used EVEREST v2.20.405) Anyone know how i can correct this problem?

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Hi Everyone, I am having a big problem with a computer i was just given that had windows 98 on it. When I turn the computer on, it starts to boot up, it checks for the: Primary Master: Maxtor Primart Slave: none Secondary Master: none Secondary Slave: none Then it …

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I'm using Windows ME. When i click on My Network Places it pops up an alert box of Low Resources says "Ninety percent or more of your system resources are in use. ......" At that time i didn't have any applications on. What's wrong with it? How do I fix …

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my msn messenger isnt working and it hasnt been working for 2 days when i try signing it says sorry we are unable to sign u into messenger at this time please try again later....i tried everything to get it working i uninstalled and reinstalled i also checked the network …

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I am running Windows 98 SE on a Celeron 2 GHz with 128 MB RAM. I am having problems installing msi files. My system will simply not recognize them though I have the Windows Installer Service already installed. Could someone please suggest a solution to my problem. Thanks rational611

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ok I have windows ME, 256 RAM, intel celeron, Hp computer. De-frag does not work because an error screen comes up after 10 min and says there are errors on my disk, and to run scandisk to fix the problem, i go and run scan disk, an hour later i …

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I had a computer made for me with Windows ME by a friends brother. PC has worked fine, until when I switched it on today an error message saying "Invalid System disk replace the disk and press any key" has come up as soon as I switch on my computer. …

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Recently I bought a VCD and tried to play it on my computer with 32X LG CDROM. The video was playing without the sound. I tried to play the same VCD on a friends computer and it was playing all right with the sound. What could be the problem with …

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Upgraded to xp from me and all was well until it booted and as soon as my desktop should have loaded and appeared I got the "an error has occured in windows explorer" window and when I select "don't send report" I am left with an XP desktop theme with …

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Hello, I just took the hard drive out of my daughter's computer and installed a new hard drive.... Turned the thing on and it says: "No Operating system found". So, I tried to reload the disks that came with her computer (HP) But, it didn't work... I go into "Set …

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I cant find a file called wmdaud.cat and I need it for my onboard sound card... YAMAHA Native DS1 WDM Ive got the rest of he files .drv .ks .sys but all I need is this .cat file. I went to YAMAHA website but that doesnt seem to work.

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When I restart or shutdown machine stucks at "WINDOWS IS SHUTTING DOWN". any solution ???

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I have installed the IE6 in W98SE following all the instructions that appear in several sites of experts in the subject (Compu-Docs and others). It was all OK in a notebook, so I recorded a CD with all the necessary archives (following the instructions already mentioned), trying to install IE6 …

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We recently bought a new computer and have put our old one in our childs room. The computer is dreadfully slow, how can we remedy it. It is an HP Pavillion, we had replaced the hard drive after a crash. It has WinMe on it along with tons of programs. …

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I have a PC with windows 98 as its OS. In the last couple of days I have not been able to start it up simply because I get the above message. Can you help me please?

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I was advised to use my Windows CD to repair some files and find that I now have 2 sets of system files on my machine. They are: C:\System.1st 4,797 1ST File 10/21/04 C:\System.new 6,045 NEW File 5/23/05 How can I safely get rid of the earlier one, regain disk …

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Hi! I want to buy a used Compaq laptop with Win98. The owner say it has a problem: computer goes to Compaq's help program when you start it and you can't go to neither windows or dos. Is it a difficult problem to fix? Any ideas out there? Thanks, Alan

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Hi. I use some seriously antiquated hardware to run my picture and video servers for my site [url=www.huntsvillecarscene.com]Huntsville Car Scene.com[/url]. Each server runs Win95 osr2 with MS Personal Web Server 1.0a. One is a Pentium Pro 180 with 32MB ram. The other is a 486dx33 with 24MB ram. They work …

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I'm having a problem when adding a printer on a machine in a network on a host that has xp professional ;its saying I dont have the permission to open a resource.I went to check if the printer is shared ,and yes its shared and the guest account is enabled.I'm …

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Hello. I'm hoping to find some solution to the "3cmlink has caused an error in 3CV42.DLL. 3mclink will now close" error message. When this happens, stuff freezes up and I gotta go back, Jack, do it again.... I have WIndows ME ( i know, i know...), but all of what …

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I've developed a problem with my STANDBY mode. When I try to go on STANDBY (START>SHUTDOWN>STANDBY) the system will hang on me. When I use ALT-CTRL-DEL it says that the STANDBY is not responding, so I press END TASK and then the system hangs on me. My SHUTDOWN & RESTART …

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cannot play high bit rate mp3 files i.e. more than 96 kbps. Only 16kbps files can only be played. 96 kbps files are moving but not smoothly. any solutions ???

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When I attempt to boot Windows 98SE, it says "Starting Windows 98" and then it quickly flashes the boot screen and complains about a missing COMMAND.COM. When I use a boot disk, it says unreadible disk(unsure of exact wording, check tomorrow). I would appreciate help, and find a way to …

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I have no idea why, but after I leave my computer for about 15 or 20 minutes, the screen freezes. The screen goes black with 3 groups of skinny, close-together vertical white lines. The lights on my computer are still green and not orange, so it hasn't shut itself down. …

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Hello All, I have a minor annoyance in My Computer. It seems that when I installed the drivers for one of my digital cameras a camera system file was also installed in my My Computer. When you left click, nothing happens. When you right click, all you get is an …

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