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Hi, I suppose this problem has been covered over and over, but here goes: I have an older machine that had Win 98 on it but bombed out. After many hours trying to get Windows to run, and since I had the original CD, I went ahead and formatted the …

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Hi, Windows 98 SE. In the last few days cut and paste has stopped working. No software has been installed recently. The PC doesn't have Internet access. I'm thinking maybe a virus or registry corruption. Are there any other possibilities? I have to travel to access this PC so want …

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When i log into msn messenger the whole program freezes up after only 4-5 seconds of it running. I have tried downloading different versions but all are the same. The web versions of msn messenger, however, work perfectly. Any ideas on how i can fix this problem. Thanks.

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hello i'm running a rather old pc its a HP pavilion purchased at wal-mart, pc was bought in 2001. OS : Windows ME name of motherboard is "Tortuga" when i boot up it gives me the following error "The driver file that displays items correctly on your screen isnt working. …

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Oh this has me tearing my hair out! For no reason I can see except I must have done something it did not like, now when I try to boot Win98, the boot starts, the Win98 logo appears, screen, booting with antivirus starts, goes to black screen then resets...over and …

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In the process of trying to update my Win 98 to XP, XP told me that if I proceeded it would erase some 500+ files from my trash bin. My trash bin is empty. So they must have been stored some where after they were deleted from the trash bin …

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i installed windows xp with out uninstalling me first and niw i cant connect to the internet. i have a netgear wireless router and when i try to connect to the network it says i need to install the hardware for it, but one of my freinds said that the …

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[COLOR=Cyan]Hello. [COLOR=Black] My Compac win98 was running Ok. but now when I start it show the window logo, and then then this message came: ' VMM32.VXD is required to run windows. if this file is not in your PATH, you may need to reinstall windows. I don't have disk for …

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I have a Dell Desk-top (I belie the 4200 series) installed with Millenium. When trying to do my taxes on Turbo tax, I learned Turbo Tax will no longer work on Millenium. I was wanting to save my previous tax years (04 & 05) to a flash drive and move …

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i am an artist totaly ignorant of almost everything technical apart from design/image apps. I have an etower with "windows me" installed and want to install "2000pro" or at least "2000". Is this possable and will my drivers be affected or whaterver?? Please help thanks Tim:)

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Hi, I have seen quite a few of these threads but now it's my problem I guess. I get this message both on my IE and Netscape browers. Any help is greatly appreciated. I ran HijackThis v1.99.1 and here is the logfile: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:54:39 …

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:-| have a compaq pc w/win98. have used at&t broadband for awhile but have horrible ping of up to 500ms. not sure, but think ping was decent at one time. also have a 2003 linsky lne100tx network card. cleaned harddrive w/o any improvement. also, my laptop came in at 24ms. …

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How can I get drivers for the PCI Ethernet Controller? I need thm to get onto a network and the I-Net. Any ideas?

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I am getting a message on starting windows 98 that " The OLEAUT32.DLL file cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem . " Also I am unable to run any programs on windows 98 . Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Well according to Microsoft Windows 98 will not be supported by Microsoft at the end of the year! yay!!!!!!

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Hi, anybody please help... I am currently having some problem with my computer. I reformat my hdd and now i can't install OS. I was always being prompt with "cannot continue setup because disk cannot be read or written" or something like that.. The problem history was... I am trying …

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Need chip drivers - conflict on intergrated ethernet and video display Win 98 OS Using dual boot xp pro - it works fine but Win98 has issues! ati 9800 pro video card Thank you much i875p ch5 dell dimension 8300 Performance/Mainstream Desktop Chipsets Comparison Chart Add More Products Start Over …

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I want to delete everything thing off my computer and start over. Can I do that by myself of should I get someone that knows what they're doing....if i can do it by myself what are the steps?

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Hello, I've been having problems with Norton Internet Security 2005 for a while, where I was unable to uninstall it. Norton restricted me from using AIM and any other messaging tools. Today I took some action, and seeked some user help, and deleted the folders for Norton in regedit area. …

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Hi All I have a problem with windows Installer trying to install something. Everytime I boot up it pops up when the windows screen is loaded. It says preparing to install then the blue bar gets to about 90% and then it disappears only to try again later. It seems …

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Ok Here Goes, I Am Trying To Fix A Messed Up Computer. I Had Done A Fdisk And Format On C. It Is Now Saying That I Have A Missing Operating Stsyem, Please Help!!!!!, I Cannot Get A Prompt Of Any Kind, Need Help......thanks

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hi all i removed the cmos battery after some advice given to me, now the desktop pc is completely dead :-| if i remove the battery wait a minute then re fit the power light flashes on then straight off again. any ideas?

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I have already downloaded the patch from Microsoft, but itys still hangs up. What else can I do?

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Here is the solution for the "Automatically Adjust Clock For Daylight Saving Changes" feature for Microsoft Windows 95,98,98SE,ME,NT,2000,XP (no SP),and XP SP1. [url]http://files.ww.com/files/28806.html[/url] 1. Download the ZIP file. 2. UNzip the file. It will create a folder. 3. Left click twice on the folder to open it up. 4. Inside …

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I've been thinking of putting a SATA card in my machine to connect a 160Gb hard drive. Can Windows 98 SE handle a drive this size?

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System Info: Windows ME 4.903000 E machine Etower 600is When I try to do a defrag I get this message: Windows cannot defragment this drive now because it has been locked by a disk utility. Quit any utilities that may have locked this drive, and then try defragmenting the drive …

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Hi, I have window Me and use Internet Explorer. When I visited some overseas sites, "AvtiveX plugin" were prompted. ActiveX disappeared but became worst. It changed to " Error: failed to load plugin:_ir_tu2_temp_0\1RZip html (#1)" recently. This appears on the window every time I go from a site to site. …

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i hv D815EEA mainboard with P3 and windows 2000,i m nt sure whether i hv pci slot on my mainboard or nt.in the device manager i can see this: [url]http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledir9.png[/url] i want to install nic card,pls also temme is there any special make of nic that wil work or any …

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On powering up, I only get "COMPAQ" displayed on monitor. No POST. However, if I move the mouse, I get what I think is a beep code 323 from regular speakers. I suspect BIOS battery gone, or power defective, but am wondering what to do next. (This is for a …

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