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i have a laptop that was brought to me from Germany by a relative.It's running fine,but everything comes out in German language.What do i do to run it in English? Do i need to re-install Win 98?

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when i want to play a game it appears direct sound error: no driver. what should i do ?

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Even though we still have the playoffs and Super Bowl to look forward to, fans of American football are ([I]really, really[/I]) disappointed that the regular season ended yesterday. Since there's not much else to do but kill time until the 2009 season starts nine long months from now, let's have …

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helloooooooooooo ............. Compaq Presario v 4.90.3000 5wv280 MS W ME 128 mb of ram 32 bit Amd Athlon (tm) 900 mhz processor 30 gb harddrive ie 6 sp1 and internet tools i recently got this pc. i went to play games at pogo and i got everything to work but …

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A lightning strike fried my mother boad and I moved the hard drive to another machine about the same vintage. Yea it's kind of old. I was running 98se but now it won't boot to windows but I can access the hard drive. Problem is I am trying to backup …

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This guide is shared to help people put any video on their portable devices. Most devices only accept the following common video formats: [b]iPod/iPhone:[/b] H.264 (up to 320*240, 768kbps, 30fps), MPEG-4 (up to 480*480, 2500kbps, 30fps). [b]Zune: [/b]WMV, MPEG-4, H.264(30fps). [b]Creative Zen: [/b]AVI. [b]Sansa: [/b]MPEG-4, MP4. In order to put …

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Can someone give me the filename where I can find email. A guy brought me his old drive and wants his emails saved to a disk so he can put them back into his now clean system. Is there any trick to getting them into his now clean system. The …

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I dont know how it happened but only a few months after having a technician clean my computer I now have spyware/malware! The very same that I had before where the desktop displays "warning your computer is at risk, please download antivirus software" None of my programs will open so …

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hey, i am new to this site, i don't even know if this is the right place to ask this on here. My computer has been running slow especially when shutting down, it takes forever to shut down. When it is started up a box pops up saying "error loading …

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When I start Windows98se,all my icons in status bar next to time,are visible . When I try to open any icons on Desktop: There is this notice "Explorer.This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.If the program persists,contact the program vendor" This refers to the Windows …

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Windows98se. I am talking about Windows Explorer not Internet explorer. For no apparent reason,there appears a box with this inside,'The program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.If the problem persists contact the program vendor" Details- This program caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at …

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DaniWeb Home > Forums RSS Forums RSS Hardware and Software Please support our Hardware and Software advertiser: Programming Forums Our Hardware and Software forum category encompasses topics related to end-user computer technical support troubleshooting, tips and tweaks. Please be sure to always post in the appropriate sub-forum and do not …

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On Meadco's website for their Neptune plugin they do not mention Windows 98. However, if you reach out to them via their feedback e-mail link on their web site they will provide you with an archived version of their program that does work on Windows 98. They do not support …

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Okay I have Windows 98 and I was just wondering if theres a way I could put a password on a certain folder because you see I share my computer with three other members in my family...and I would like a little privacy. I would really appreciate the help. Thanks.

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I have read other people having probs with 98SE, please help. 1. i have added a 128ram to machine PC133 which i assume is to fast as the PC only reads 68ram of it, can i get a slower 128ram. Also i added a usb pci card but in system …

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On one of my desktops, which runs Win ME, Ebay has slowed to a crawl. No other sites are giving me problems. Any suggestions or opinions? Thanks a lot.

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My P-3 500mHz Gateway running Win98SE has lost its "Desktop" line in the list of folders under C:\Windows\ - how may I restore it? In DOS mode the C:\Windows\Desktop\ appears with its files intact but looking by using Windows Explorer the "Desktop" line does not show up. I first noticed …

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[COLOR="Red"][/COLOR] Ok i have a Window ME computer, and i also was gaven a e machine computer and i has Windows Xp and it has a 80 gb hard drive but that computer doesnt reconize having a monitar plugged into it and was wondering id it was safe to put …

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Hello DaniWeb --- New to this forum, I'm writing to find a Windows 98SE driver for my Patriot Xporter XT 32GB USB Flash Drive. The driver from Patriot's website does not work, and Patriot Support is not responding to my call for help. My Patriot drive has VID=13FE and PID=1F00. …

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I have a spare computer - reformatted the HD and now cannot get into bios to reinstall Windows ME. I hear the fan running, it continually reads both CD-Rom drives but will not read any disk. It will also not respond to any F key at startup to load BIOS. …

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I have had a new hard disk drive installed into my computer. the guy has split the drive into two - which seems to have upset the recognition of my memory stick into the second USB port. It used to be 'd' but this is now something else. Can I …

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Well im looking for an old machine for my gran. Looked out my old thinkpad. She only needs it for (possibly) dialup internet, emailing, and typing/printing letters. Its only got 128mb ram and a 600mhz cpu. 20gb hdd. Originally had NT4 (downgrade rights from 2000). Tried 2000 on it but …

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I am sure this must have come up before - but can anyone explain why I can no longer access certain websites with Windows 98 ?? I have recently had a new hard drive fitted and had no problems before. I can still access websites like Google but not the …

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I downloaded Free Video Converter application and when I try to open it I get this error message: Please set Registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\.NET Framework\InstallRoot to point to the .NET Framework install location So apparently it requires .NET to run. I installed & uninstalled .NET a couple times attempting to resolve …

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I have installed the Hauppauge Impact VCB Basic Analogue video capture card. Part number 00558, model # 64xxx. I have Windows 98 se. I inserted the card, re-booted and my computer asked me all the necessary questions. I successfully installed the drivers from the WinTV CD. The card has 3 …

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well when i tried to change the operating system from me to xp my power shut off so i turned it back on and i tried again and it says it cant cause windows/system32/ is corrupt or missing ????

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Hi I wonder if someone could help me, I am getting the following error. [QUOTE] Generic Host Process for Win32 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for inconvenience. [/QUOTE] I am sure you have all seen this before and I have read a number of …

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Hello all together, my old computer with WinME got a really bad virus that I couldn't remove so I reinstalled the OS. The trouble is, that after the setup BIOS tells me that no OS is installed - which seems to me that the MBR (first sector with information about …

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I have lost my product key. I am using a windows 98 PC, and it has office 2000 pro installed. I have tried several programs to recover my serial key #, but some just give me the Productl ID #, some don't give me anything. Is there a good program …

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Couldn't figure out where else to post this - How long should Norton Disk Doctor take? I've had it running for like 2 days (??)... it can't possibly take this long can it? It was read Drive C: 85% but then later it's showing 28%? Also Pass 3 of 8 …

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Goto start/settings and press CTRL while clicking 'taskbar & start menu' and you will see the new tab (I didnt know that was there till today!!!!) I dont have anything in that section though..

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[url]http://www.computercraft.com/docs/prog.shtml[/url] Very usefull programs!!

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I get an error message about Stimon when I start up Windows 98SE. Does anyone know how I deal with this?

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Something happen to my Computer. When I turn it on and ME is finished loading. I get only a few Icon on the desktop and my start bar doesn't work. It stays pressed down. and when I try to open a file from the icons that are on the desktop …

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At me such question I can not change the menu in Windows, it looks on new why that.... Help to adjust... At me of a Window 98

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I have recently added a sound system to my computer, and by and large it works fine. However, when I call up Windows Recorder from my programmes menu list in order to make a sound recording, the maximum period for which the programme will record is 60 seconds. It then …

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Hello to the great folks at Daniweb !!!!!!!! I bought my first laptop, a IBM ThinkPad 600, with Windows 98 on it. Not much of one but I didn't need much for just surfing the net in the livingroom. I bought it used, $20.00 and had a dead cmos battery …

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Hi Every One I have a new mother board with a intell duel core 3 ghz processor and 4 gig of 1066mhz ram. When i try to install win98 i get a message not enough memory. Can any one help. Thanks oneamp.

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Can you connect 2 PCs on 1 phone line? Like daisy chain? Are the modem outputs 'phone' and 'line' connected? ie: shorted together

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I have cable internet. As of the past couple of days, my Win ME computer has slowed to a snails pace. I have the free McAfee through Comcast. I started a virus scan last night, and it's still doing it, real slow. It's been scanning all night. I'm wondering if …

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If I use a dialup ISP nonMS, does Internet explorer do all the "explorering"? Or does the ISP have it's own.? I use search engines google and yahoo and save favorites for all my webbing. How do I know if IE is behind the scenes running the show. Reason foe …

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hi everybody i'm on win me and i cant use my ethernet cable cause the card is not working telling me that there is no driver where can i find one please? Property Value Device ID PCI\VEN_100BDEV_0020SUBSYS_F3111385REV_00\50F000 Status 0x08000620 Has Problem Problem 0x0000001c (28) Capabilities 14 00 00 00 Config …

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Had a e-machine brought to me, was told it was garbage. Installed a floppy drive, booted to 98 startup disk, fdisk(fat 32), formatted drive and started with win 95. ran setup, said it was rebooting , then it hung during "starting windows for first time", Sigh, so I finally found …

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I uninstallled Norton antivi as I have systemsuite6 prof and like it better. Now during DOS startup it says theres a file system ini wants and can't find. I press continue and all proceeds without incedent and everything seems to work. Norton is long gone and I wouldn't know how …

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Hi, I'm Fred. I understand Computers somewhat but definitely no Expert. I have a question about a Display Properties feature. My Computer is an HP 6738 Pavilion Windows ME 4.90.3000 700 Mhz 319 MB of Ram Internet Explorer 6 Outlook Express 6 I have created custom colors and other features …

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Hi, I hope someone can help me with this cause its driving me crazy!! I have a number of folders in the c:\Windows directory that I cannot delete (they all start with lots of underscore ______) and also 4 shortcuts in the quick link bar and cookies in the cookies …

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all I get when I start my computer is the wallpaper pic and error missing C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL THEN IT SAYS ERROR LOADING EXPLORER.EXE MUST REINSTALL WINDOWS IT WON'T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT SHOW THESE 2 ERROR MESSAGES

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