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Hello, We are having a major problem with our Windows ME boot-up. Yesterday my boyfriend downloaded a recent Windows Automatic Update. As soon as the download completed, the computer froze and he restarted. The computer then booted up to the login page and after loggin in, you hear the pretty …

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Hi I am hoping someone can help. I have been infected with trojens and popups ,my McAfee deletes the trojens and I just recieve a warning to scan my computer which comes back clean of viruses but has alot on Look2me thingies on there :mad: I have downloaded the Ad-Aware …

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Purchased a computer at a yard sale. Windows 95. The computer says "Ultra". Never heard of it before. Seemed like a decent little learning comp for my son. Issue: It came with no discs. There is an error with Internet Explorer. Need a disc to solve. Couple of other minor …

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When I shutdown my computer (Windows 98 OS) it hangs on the Full Window message that say "Wait while the computer shutsdown".

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I have two drives. The d drive is windows xp. The c drive is windows 98se. When I tried to reboot for the windows 98se, it has an explorer error, and will not load. Can I correct windows 98se from my d drive? If so, how? And, if not, what …

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OpSys: Win 98SE (installed by Dell), Ver. 4.10.2222A, Update Q890175 Machine: Dell Dimension 4100 P3 / 866mHz / 512mB RAM, SB Live, GeForce FX5200, USR modem, USB hub, dual CD-RW. Key software: MS Office 2000 Pro, IE, Visio, CompuPic, SB audio, ZoneAlarm, Norton Anti-virus and System Works, Roxio and too …

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I have a HP Pavilion 6535 and I cannot get windows to start. I do not have a restore disk. If you know another way to restore or get into windows please reply. This computer had windows 98 but windows xp was downloaded on it. I do not care if …

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Hi all. A rather annoying problem has developed on bootup. Occasionally, the system freezes just before the AVG icon ususally appears in the system tray. I'm running Windows 98. Could anyone help with simple straightforward instructions? ta

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hi i am using windows 98. i dont know what happened but from a few days back.whenever i start the system.i get a dialog boxasking for user name and password.which i can remove by pressing the "esc" buton. is there any way by which i can stop this dialog box …

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Hi i dont need to know how to install windows but the laptop im using is a old laptop and is only going to be used for the internet and im useing it right now to even type this right now. this is what i wanna know i just never …

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I was told a problem was due to corrupted Java, so deleted all files and folders using find function. I also wiped MSIE to use an earlier version which I was told contained MSVM. Original system: W 98 SE, MSIE 6 SP1, AOL 8.0 Java working normally current system: W98 …

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Hi all, First time here - please be gentle with me... I'm running 98SE and my monitor is stuck with 16 colors. When I try to change the settings to 256 colors and OK/Apply, I'm asked to restart the computer but when I do I still have 16 colors. At …

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defragment shows 4% and again comes back to 0% for nearly half an hour. Scandisk runs ok. Any solutions ???

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Hello and thank you very much in advance for the help: I am running Windows ME and just had to get it re-installed through Gateway tech support. Now my icons are large and everything seems perferated. A friend mentioned it could be the drivers associated with the video card or …

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I figured this would be the place to find a solution. PROBLEM 1: I can't download the AIM installer from aim.com . it doesn't give me an error message or anything, but when it brings up the download prompt, which kinda looks like this Would you like to open this …

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i recently hooked my old comp (dell dimension L1000R) with windows me back up and when i go to start it seems like it is going to boot but stops at a black screen with a blinking - in the upper left corner....no clue even where to begin. i do …

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I have Windows 98SE installed and a reasonable spec machine. I have been having a little problem with the computer freezing up after a certain time. Now I leave my computer on all the time and the only time I turn it off is if I go on holiday. I …

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I need help uninstalling windows me. I can't uninstall it for some reason. I want to install windows xp but it won't let me unless i uninstall me. please help :sad:

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Hey all. Not sure how to explain this, but you know when you get a web page and there's big gaps with a small red cross in the corner where a photo should be, and the general layout of the page is in a skeletal form as if it's in …

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I Have a serious problem with my AST computer loaded with windows 95 when I switch on .The screen comes up with this: FIRST SCREEN AST BIOS Version1.00.5.CW0Q 0016384 KB PLEASE WAIT PRESS F1 KEY IF YOU WANT TO RUN SET UP KEY POARD DETECTED MOUSE DETECTED HARD DISC 0 …

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On my sister's thinkpad I was trying to reinstall windows 95.(We were have issuse with it) After the installtion was complete and I was told to restart the laptop. After it got to the window 95 start up screen this message appeared: A file device file that is specific in …

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I am running Windows 98 SE. Recently I have had problems with "frequently" visited sites (ebay, games.yahoo.com, dell, etc.) not opening while other sites open? I have ran my spyware, pconpoint, adware, norton, cwshedder, etc. nothing seems to resolve the problem?? I have tried several other fixes (internet explorer repair …

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I Reinstalled Windows 98 2nd Edition On My Pc....but For Some Reason, I Did Not Install Freecell...how Do I Go About Reinstalling It? I Have The Windows Cd...

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Hi, My computer has been gradually deteriorating, more frequently freezing at all levels, e.g. Windows, startup, even floppy disk boot. Sometimes there is no way to restart except plugging out the wire! The freeze takes place at all levels, Startup DOS, Windows. The system is Celeron 700 running Win98. Would …

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Problem began when I installed Steganos Internet Anonymous 7.1.5 in my PC which is Windows 98SE. The installation wizard froze during the installation of the software. I closed it using task manager. I tried to reinstall but got an error message which I forgot what it said. Then I began …

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Hi I have upgraded to Broadband (AOL) and am trying to install the router, and have a wireless laptop which shows that connection is excellent but I cant get on the internet. On my desktop I can get on the Netgear site with IE but not AOL with the router. …

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I'm fixing up some old laptops to sell them on ebay (NEC VERSA 2650 CDT). I have done many already by deleating the primary dos partition and creating a new one, formatting drive C and then installing win98 SE. Well right after the reboot on one machine i keep getting …

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hello, i hope some one can help. theres a button on the keyboard on the right of the @ key that has the # symbol and the ~ symbol. what it is the ~ symbol obviously works in windows, but doesnt in dos mode, another 2 different symbols appear in …

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Hi I have a Windows 98 SE When I go to screen area and move the arrow to 800 600 pixels it wont stay, it goes back to 640 480 I have a Authentic AMD AMD-K6tm w/multimedia extensions On display properties Display IBM 6331 E54 on Cirrus Logic 5446 PCI …

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