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A friends Gateway ME system is doing something odd. From cold it freezes after bios, then after a hard restart it gets a little further in the boot process, another hard restart and it freezes at the safe/normal/logged screen, another hard reset a little further etc etc, until the 6th …

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I have Windows 98. I have connected a DSL modem. After installing the modem, I cannot connect to the Internet. Before I installed the DSL modem, I had a Cable modem. I was able to connect to the internet with the Cable modem.

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hi my windows 98 PC keeps on displaying the following error stop C000021A {Fatal System Error} The session manager initialization process terminated unexpextadly with status of (0x00000000 0x00000000) the system has been shutdown. can anybody help me resolve this problem? Thanks for your help in advance.

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When I start my computer with the on button nothing happen. It does power up because I get a light on but it does not boot. If I push the reset button 4-5 times it will finally boot. When it does boot, the screen says that the system has failed …

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Okay, I have an old old old pc with windows me installed on it, and I just accidentally clicked the wrong thing in wingrub's setup menu, and now instead of a shiny new mbr, I have a shiny new partition boot record, and thus cannot boot windows anymore... does windows …

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I'm trying to get the Eject Hardware facility on my Windows 98SE system. I understand I need to install hotplug.dll to get the Eject Hardware icon into my system tray. I have downloaded hotplug.dll but how do I install it?

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Windows 98SE At shutdown when Restart in MS-DOS mode is selected; when the computer enters DOS the following command is displayed: C:\>LH C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\MOUSE\mouse.exe Microsoft (R) Mouse Driver Version 11.00 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1983 - 1995 all rights reserved At this point the computer is locked up with a blinking …

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I have a problem with the display....It used to run on 256 colors but now that I ran a windows 98 update SE the only two options that I have now are 16 colors and 2 colors.. This is really anoying because every think looks like crap!! Does anyone know …

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i just built a new comp and when i try to install win 98 it goes to setup page but when it gets to preparing directory it stops @ checking available disk space and then prompts and says insert disckette for drive b and press any key i don't know …

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can i connect my old hard drive with my new comp and copy files between the old hdd and the new hdd so i don't have to load os on new hdd

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Hi everyone I can sign in to Daniweb fine on my computer (xp) but I can't on my laptop. I enter my name and password but as soon as I click "login" the password box clears itself so it tries to login without the password field. This has also happened …

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Alright guys, this is going to be long, so sit back and crack open a soda. Windows 98 SE. I was always having trouble with my comp. Unable to access files or folders like My Documents, My Computer, Windows Explorer, Control Panel, etc. Whenever I'd try, 9/10 it would go …

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I've been having a problem with Windows ME where, when left alone for a length of time, it will freeze. It will awaken from sleep, but will freeze if just left alone. Any help with this issue is appreciated.

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[COLOR=Blue]Hi, I am having problems with my computer i would be really grateful if someone could help! I had Windows XP on my computer but found that updating my windows did not allow me to use some of my programs that I had when having Windows 98. To solve this …

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When i turn on my PC it works fine, but then it stops on the windows 98 screen and says cannot find SYSTEM.INI what should i do?????????? PS does anyone know where i can get windows 98 CD for free

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I am trying to get my parents on the internet using dsl. But I am missing the "ethernet driver?" I can't find the cd anywhere to put it on there computer. Is there a place where I can download the drivers? Free would be nice.

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I just formatted the hard drive with one partition and installed WIN98SE, 4.10 2222A. When the program boots it gets to the initial screen and then crashes the system. It has never really fully installed itself. Just prior to the boot to windows I get the error message: There is …

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I recently ran the disk defragmenter. Now when I first boot the system, Windows 98 appears on the screen but does not load. After I press the reset button, the system reboots to a plain screen with a list of 7 choices, with safe mode highlighted. I'm not sure what …

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A friend had a computer that had windows 98se on it, and he changed monitors. Now it does not start in windows what can I do? I tried putting the cd into the cd rom and it says invalid system disk. Now I have to use a public computer to …

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I have an older Sony Vaio laptop (PCG-FX215) that I have watched many movies on, it will no longer playback DVDs. The Interactual player does not find a DVD player - DVD Decoder missing. I do not know what has happened. I do not remember downloading or deleting anything that …

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Hi, I formatted my HD and reinstalled WIN 98. I'm OK with that part but when it came to answering the question about all the devices it found, there were no drivers that they could use from the system. I've spent much time going around the 'Net downloading all kinds …

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my machine has XP installed and i want to get rid of it and use win98. how do i do it without losing my data

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Hi, I recently bought a used Compaq Presario 1200-xl 106 notebook, and it originally had Windows 98 installed as the operating system. My desktop computer is also a Compaq Presario, and it came with 3 discs to install Windows Me. I attempted to use these discs to intall Me onto …

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"scheduled events"(mstask) - Where they are stored I have searched EVERYWHERE, but NOONE(and I really MEAN - NO ONE) seem to have noticed what I have - that scheduled events doesn't show up ANYWHERE in the registry, or in ANY of the files in the C: drive! I have run …

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Recently, I've been having quite a few problems with my computer keyboard. If I hitthe shift key a "*" appears. Press "e" an 8 appears ollowed by an "e". The 7 key brings up a "u" with it and my backspace key doesn't backspace anything. I've tried a couple of …

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trying to get USB ports working for friends computer. Computer keeps asking for usbmtmap.sys file downloading off web but computer will not recognize it off floppy anyone know the ultimate destination of this file in WinME will try to copy it there really could use an original ME disk but …

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HI, I can only get on dial-up up untill a week ago. have an hp pavilion, win-me,speedstream box. Thanks Suzy

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Hi All, My beloved 98SE HD suffered a mechanical failure- I'm trying to reset up 98SE with a new drive- everything is fine- except the system doesn't see the ethernet stuff- this is the same PC- just a different HD. I've got to get a 98SE back up and working- …

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I run Windows 98 SE because I have programs that won't run on anything else so upgradind software is not an option. I think my old motherboard is getting a bit flakey but I have been warned off upgrading to a modern motherboard explaining that Windows might not be able …

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Am trying to refurbish a cf27 - w98se etc . Cannot find the driver for a "sound blaster Pro or compatible" that installs the pci multimedia audio device. Also all USb devices require a driver to be installed but en drives etc dont come with driners. Can anyone help please. …

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