[windows-9x] Forum Topics

hello. I get problem installing Kazaa. I get a message that say can't find "program.exe." Help please.

This is my first post and I don't know much about computers. I have an HP with Windows 98 second edition and a factory installed Nvidia TNT 2 Pro set-up. My problem is: after internet surfing for a bit, the graphics display as red x's instead of how they should …

hi i just recently installed a new modem in a friend's pc, everything is setup correctly to my knowledge, but when i try to connect to aol, it hangs up at the "talking to network" step. So then i figured ah AOL=shite, so ill try to use my cox remote …

win 98 doesn't automatally load device drivers for usb and other port and devices, what do i do

the colors on my moniter arent right. cant get 256 color or 32bit to stay. the color was right before, now its not. been told maybe video display adapter. are there any web sites with free downloads to fix my problem? im new to this so im not sure what …

Hi I have a Win 98 gateway desktop computer I wanted to reformat the hard drive to erase my files etc., before I give away the computer. I did the following; went in to MS dos mode cd\ format c:/s then Y Then I switched off the computer, Inserted the …

Monitor stopped working. Upon booting up started to get Black screen in DOS telling me that there was "Resource Conflict - PCI Display Controller in Slot 02" Choice given was F1 to continue & F10 for setup. Once I choose F1 and continued, I got the Windows Desktop, but when …

Yea So im making my brother a computer and its a old dell xps mother board and penteam lll and i have 2 hard drives and it has partial operating system(they dont work at all) one is 98 and the other 2000 i want to put xp on it but …

I am new at this, so if this is in the wrong spot, please forgive me. I need help solving the following: I have to reboot my computer everytime I need to use it because if I leave it on to hibernate I cannot connect to my dial up provider. …

I have a world of troble lol I can't run any java apps and script errors all around me. I've only had this computer for a couple of months. I am running windows ME on a refurbished machine. i got a virus, killed it,(I think), got a new ver. of …

Everytime i go to Windows Update it downloads Kb828026. i've tried downloading it from Windows Catalog with the same results. Update says it was installed successfully but wants to download the next time i go there. i did a search here with no results. i tried advice from the Langalist …

it says that my hardrive has been locked by a disk utility.whats wrong and how can i fix it?i boot up in safe mode and no help,i closed all apps running in the background and still.diskeeper says there is an error and it cant run either.please help thanx so much

Can any of you tell me the way to clean ALL temp files? If I do it on TOOLS, Internet Options, clear temp files..Is that enough OR is there a better way like on windows 98 explorer, look for drive c, Temp files & clear the file folder.. Can someone …

Recently I have been getting various error messages when booting up Windows ME. Usually, I get to the desk top, but as the sys tray is loading programs it crashes and I get a blue screen with error codes. This usually happens at about the same point in the boot …

Hi. My brother recently got cable internet for his old computer. It is an Inteva with Windows 98 Standard Edition. I believe this computer is 8 years old or so. It is a Pentium 2 , 300mhz, 196 MB of RAM computer. I call this ancient. I had to install …

I don't know if this is the right forum or not as i am not running Windows NT. I see that KB891711 is back at the Windows Update site. Want to know if it is safe to download yet?

Hi, It's time I sought some assistance from the more technically minded of you. I have a small (big?) problem I'm trying to resolve. The situation is this: For Windows 98, the system can be backed up, using MSBackup, and restored by using PCRESTOR.BAT, which resides in the TOOLS folder …

Following up on something I saw on this forum, I rightclicked on the Taskbar then on Toolbars, and found all the options were greyed out. I don't know when it could have got like this, I haven't accessed this for a long long time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. …

Yeah, I'm the same guy whose burner still won't burn (see related thread) but my other problem, which may be related, is that I have the same problem as the other person who could not ScanDisk. I get the error message saying "ScanDisk has restarted 10 times because Windows or …

It's a long line of frustration and just when I've about got it licked, this. First, the "about blank" hijack thing forces me to opt for a Windows 98 reinstall. (Understand that, for the most part, I have no idea what I'm doing and am relying on forums like this …

I got 2/3 through an installation of windows 98 and i recieved an error "You started your computer with a version of MS-DOS inompatible with this version of Windows. Insert a Startup diskette matching this version of windows and then restart. The system has been halted. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart …

Scan disk restarts 10 times, due to some program writing to the hard drive, i have ran scan disk with tool bar turned off and with only exploror and systray running. and i still get this error message, i ran many virus scans and no viruses, then i ran scan …

I want to format my machine and load Windows 98. Windows 98 is dumped in my computer in D:/. I also have a network with other machines. Can any one guide me how to do this. I have OS : Windows 98 Lan Card Sound Card Floppy Drive I don't …

SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME FIND A MISSING FILE??? I have a compaQ windows 98 year 1999 or 2000?? My problem started when I downloaded My Web cam from Logitech and got an Error after restarting my computer win..98 cant run atl71.dll need ANSI version So I went to their …

Helloy all. Ok, so i have this client who is older and needs to hav his text size in windows larger so he can see it clearly. I've messed around with the obvious display settings under the Appearance tab in Display in the control panel, set text contrast colors to …

In a windows 98 SE I have loose the "new" option. It don't appears nor in the "file" menu in explorer nor in the desktop when right click. ¿any idea?

Hi everyone. I cant open my attachments in outlook express 6. When it gives me the option to open or save them I click on open and a blank box opens with the subject but no picture or text attachment. I use Norton and zonelabs so maybe these could be …

I may have inadvertantly removed a shell file. now my computer woun't boot. I have to keep starting it over and over then if I'm lucky it will start in safe mode then evenually shut down before I can do anything with it. It was reading a some kind of …

iv had help from this website before this is like the same thread. im getting errors after i go to fdisk after i go through all the questions. after it restarts there is an A:> i forgot what drive to type in i tried format C , D, E, F …

Im recieving this homepage at startuphttp://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Internet+Explorer&fr=ieas Ive tried adaware, spybot and still no luck. Im using Internet explorer 6. Windows 98 se.