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| | What is the best / fastest way to format a hard drive that currently has windows 98 on it? I currently don;t have any computers avail w/ xp to put the hd into. -Ron J |
| | I am having problems with loading photos from my digital camera, and on the website for the camera, it said the following: 4. The automatic launching software (Exif Launcher) may not be functioning correctly. Perform the following: <Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000> a. Right-click the Exif … |
| | Hi. I have one problem. I have made multisession dvd-r. Now it is full and i closed. When I am trying to view files in Win98, I can see and use only the first session. In WinXP everything is ok. Maybe I have to install some special drivers for W98? … |
| | I have three .tmp files that I cannot delete from C:\Windows\Temp when in the normal mode. I can delete them from the safe mode but once I reboot in normal mode they return and cannot be deleted. Are these a problem? If so how can I delete them premanently if …  |
| | i'm trying format my hard drive .. after i formatted it does not see drive c:.. and partition is active.. windows 98 startup disk |
| | :eek: Of late, programs seem to freeze for no reason. In order to close them and reopen them, I have to "ctrl alt del". When I do that, I see in the list "Windows Not Responding" and have to select that to 'end task' to get things running again (as … |
| | Microsoft Changes The Game Plan: Windows 2003 A True NOS? Sit back get a cup of coffee it's time for another tale of technology by Jimmy Freligh Jr | April 1st, 2004 A lot of people ask about Windows 2003 is it better then Windows XP? Ha! I wish, there … |
| | Hello all. My sister is having a problem with Rundll32 and can not get online to download any fixes because her AOL wont install correctly because of the Rundll32 error. Is there a way to fix the error offline? Any informatioin would be much appreciated. Susan :sad: |
| | I am using Win98. I was having problems with invalid page faults, mostly in winsock32.dll, and program freezing, mostly but not only IE5.5 and Outlook Express 5. I eventually found a virus in winsock32.dll and ended up reformatting the hard drive. I thought that would be the end of it. …  |
| | I bought a rebulit computer and it was running ME so I formatted and installed 98 SE but now the sound driver's won't work any ideas? |
| | I am running Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222.A on a generic machine. I booted my computer after being away for four days, and the Start button wouldn't pop up the menu. The icons on my Quick Launch toolbar were missing, too. The recent program installs were SlowGold and Colorful Movie … |
| | My display properties have somehow messed up and I can't restore them. It got stuck on 640x480 and 16 colors. When I restart the CPU, the screen looks like its on safe mode, but it doesn't show "safe" at the corners. I have reinstalled the drivers, but it doesn't seem …  |
| | I have a IBM Thinkpad 365X Laptop o/s win.98 PLEASE EXCUSE TYPOS: "Can not find the device file that may be need to run windows or a windows application. The windows registry or system .ini file refers to this device file but the device file no longer exsist. If you … |
| | I guess this is the closest spot I could post this :) Anyway, I recently got a hold of an old Pentium 90, going to use it to play old games that don't work on XP and in windows... When I try to play a game that requires the game-cd, … |
| | I have a IBM Thinkpad Laptop 365X with a floppy disc & no cd-rom operating system is windows 98SE. After being online about 10 minutes a message comes up "you have performed an illegal act the system will shut down." Off I go......until I restart & go back around once … |
| | Hi, I am running Window's 98SE with all the latest updates, on an old pentium II 350. My computer stopped booting up, with the dos prompt, "Data error reading drive C. Abort, Retry, Fail? I have booted from a startup floppy and run Scandisk, scandisk stop's at checking file structure … |
| | please help... :cry: When I load up my computer, it crashes...ok, that was vague, let me explain. I boot up, and it loads but when it gets to the desktop and starts load there, the "blue" error screen and says that all my programs have crashed through a problem with … |
| | when puter is turned on it starts to load like it always did, but now it stops and says PRI MASTER HARD DISK: S.M.A.R.T. COMMAND FAILED will not go any farther. went to bios and turned off still won't run. my o/s is ME, my puter is a no name. … |
| | I am currently running windows ME on my home Compaq PC. After many many hours of grief I finally purchased windows XP home to use instead. I want to completely rid my computer of ME first and then put on XP as the new operating system. I know this has … |
| | [FONT=Lucida Console]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=3]undefined[/SIZE] Yesterday when my virsus scan updated and windows updated, I rebooted and when I got back on my quick launch toolbar had disappeared. I did a search for Quick Launch and found the folder- so it was there- sent it to the desktop and dragged it down. When …  |
| | Hi, I recently brought windows 98se to replace windows 98nt because bt braodband requires this for some reason (something to do with digital signatures). Anyway, When the cd loads I can't install windows 98se because the computer says "Your computer already has a operating system installed, which can not be … |
| | Hey, On my other computer I have win 98se. I am going to install windows server 2003 (enterprise edition), I want to partition the drive so win 98 can have half and windows server the other half. I've never dealt with partitioning b4, so I'm not sure where to start. … |
 | No, this is not an advertisement for the website, this is an errormessage that comes up everytime I boot up the open computer on my network. (I have an extra to keep on the network) When it boots up it says that it is labled in the win.ini file, but … |
| | Please help, I have: Dell Dimension L700CXE runs WindowsMe recently installed Wimdows Me, Spyware6, ad-Aware. Iam getting the msg: " windows Update: IE and Internet Tools. Setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running setup again." This is repeating after each try..it will … |
| | Alright, i'm running windows me. I was having some problems playing DVDs so reinstalled direct-x. The computer then took an age to restart and when i finally got it running again my sound card seemed to have packed up. i checked in device manager and under 'Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) … |
| | I have windows Me in my system. Basically I am trying to erase my hard drive but I cannot use the fdisk command.. Whenever I run it and I get to the screen that gives me the warning you are about to delete your drive, I hit enter and get … |
| | Dear all, I've trouble when try to connect a printer on win2k from win98. The win98 pc not same subnet with win2k pc, but from win98 i can ping win2k. what should i do to connect share printer on win2k from win98. please help  |
| | Recently my mouse has begun to hesitate whenever my hard drive is working. This is a new behavior, 1-2 weeks and is frustrating. I have also noticed that when this hesitation is occurring, my keyboard is also inoperative. I have recently downloaded the most recent CWShredder and this didn't help. … |
| | hi there! when i try and burn an audio cd with windows media player (using a nero fast burning plugin) it says that I need to be the administrator for it to work......can anyone help????? i have windows me... cheers |
| | Hey, When i type something into a search engine(also happens with the Google Toolbar) , i have tried google.com and yahoo.com, the internet explorer screen freezes and then the whole computer. the only way to fix it is to use task manager to end the program. Btw when i search … |
| | I am trying to set up my Cox email account through my Outlook Express, but so far I haven't been able to get it to work. I go through and set it up and put in the host server names as told, but when I'm done, and I try to … |
| | Hi Does anyone know what vynotl.exe is? It's in C:\windows\system, and I'm unable to remove it. I have searched the internet with google.com and nothing comes up. |
| | Hi, I was having problems installing Win98 on a machine, and I ran fdisk, however, I made the mistake and deleted my main partition, now i cant install anything. I cant access my C drive from command prompt, therefore i cant install windows. What can i do?? |
 | I have developed a minor nuisance, which developed, literally, over night for no apparent reason. Every time I open up an internet link that is 'not' on my desktop, but in quick launch or a file, I get one of the following messages: ___________________ [Heading of alert box]: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet … |
 | On holiday abroad bought a CD-ROM of scuba diving but cannot open it on my Windows-ME system. It will not Autoplay so checked that this is enabled in Properties - it is. Managed to get thumbnail piccys by double clicking on CD icon - can open picture one at a … |
| | I have a W98 Packard Bell computer (Pentium 3 with 256 RAM) and monitor. I was trying to clean up my applications (mainly games downloaded by others) using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. I have no idea whether it was the removal of a game that had somehow interfered with … |
| | New to laptop keyboard. I cannot work out how to operate the key board to bring up an apostrophe as used in for example - she+s My laptop is second hand so I have no manual. regards, FreeFolios. Cyprus |
| | hi to you good folks......I've been given an old computer for the wee lass with win95 installed...told you it was an oldie.....I want to install win98se onto it but don't know where to start. I have a win98se floppy boot disk and win98se CD....where do I go from here please....I … |
| | ME SUCKS ASS i hate it do bad. this computer is so slow. can sumone tell me how to make it faster. i have norton and spybot to take care of viruses. andi got them all off. and i defragmented the hardrive what else can i do!!! |
| | Hi everyone.... I have a small problem..I recently installed Win98....but i'm trying to change the color resolution from the display tab (When u go to desktop properties>Settings>Color (16 or 256 colors, etc)) BUT I seem to not have the option to do so. The only option I have is 16 … |
| | of the lists found in the add/remove programs which are the ones that actually need a purchase of a license? Canon CS-P CNET Inc. CatchUp v1.3 Generic Setup Alias Java Runtime Environment v1.1 Lotus Notes v4.6x Lotus Sametime 3.0 Macromedia Director Runtime MS-Access 97 MS-Binder 97 MS-Exchange Client v4.0 MS-Office … |
| | I wasn't sure where to post this, but since I am running Windows 98, I thought I would start here. I have Quicktime Pro, which is what opens photos and such when I have photos saved in My Documents. Before, every once in a while, when I would click to … |
| | Initially, disabling ACPI in BIOS caused error when restarting Win'98se. Asked to install Plug & Play BIOS. Turned out bios.vxd was missing from C:\Windows\System. Downloaded bios.vxd from driverguide.com and all seemed well as i was now able to install & configure NIC Now i have the NIC configured and it's … |
| | New To Internet. So Calling Me A Newbi Would Be Saying To Much. Ha Everytime I Try Opening Explorer I Get Caused An Invalid Page Fault In Module Msvcrt.dll At 018f:780154a7. Please Help |
| | As a newbie to forums, was my thread ok? Was it descriptive enough? |
| | A friend has a compaq with no restorsation disks , will my Gateway restoration disks work on his computer ? |
| | Hi everyone.... i have a laptop Compaq Presario 1247.... I installed Win 95...so i can upgrade to XP...bcuz that seemed the only way to do it....After installing WIN 95...I was not able to get into my desktop at all...I kept getting this msg....."Restart your computer" and i did so...but nothing. … |
| | my scandisk keeps re setting.........even in safe mode; nothing obvious running in background ( CNTRL ALT DEL); even Norton Utilities Disk Doctor stalls in Registry check ( Win Doctor works) I deleted everything from startup thats not needed virus scan, hijack this, Sybot all working I am stumped thanks :-| |
| | I am having a problem I hope someone can help me with. I am using Adaptec Easy CD Creator v.3.5c to burn data and audio cd's on my pc which is running Windows ME. The problem is this: when I burn files to a cd everything seems to be going … |
| | hey folks, got a problem with my comp, running on ME. When i choose restart from the shut down menu it shuts down windows but then leads onto a stagnant screen with just a little flashy line at the top. i left this for a while but nothing happens and … |
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