[windows-9x] Forum Topics

I've got a problem. Windows Explorer no longer opens. Also, some of my desktop folders won't open, and others (including MY Computer) won't close once they're open. I've done a virus scan with Norton, and have used both Spybot and Ad-Aware. I used HijackThis, but I don't know what's safe …

Hello there, Since a few days I have this Windows message error I'm not able to get rid of that says: (it's not IExplorer!!! but Exploring you know the tree structure where you can see all your folders) Explorer "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut …

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Throughout the day, I am constantly opening and closing programs (just like everyone else). Is there a good program that details the programs that are loaded into my PC

I have a modem on an e-Machine that will not stay open. It will open the port, hear the dial tone and then just click off before it can dial the number. The OS is ME Also, I just recently did an update with the drivers from the Microsoft website. …

Hello Techies this is my first post on this forum, i have a weird problem. I am using Win 98 SE and Office 2000. Now the problem is i cannot print mails from the sent items folder. I can print from any other folder in Outlook except from sent items. …

Hello My first post here. My problem is with the Explorer window in Windows 98SE on an new, custom 1800 Celeron system with dual hard drives and 512 RAM. It's a problem I've not seen before on three of my own systems and two of my wife all running the …

My computer is on Powersaver,my mouse won't work.How do I change this setting?Everything works in safe mode.I even reinstalled windows and it still does it.Can anyone Help?

That's what it says. When I start up my old comp (the one my parents/sister use) it says windows protection error, press any key to restart. whenI prss any key, it just shuts down. Then, when I turn it back on, it gives me startup options (you know, start in …

I was always told that when u press ctrl alt delete, it should tell u that u are running programs. I was also told that at start up u should ony be running Systray and Explorer, now i am only running Systray, how can i run Explorer again????

I get alot of errors when I go into scan disk on this one computer. It gives me that 'Scandisk has restarted 10 times...' stuff and it will not fix. I tried to defrag it last night and nothing happened. I have also uninstalled some programs that I knew were …

Well, that is what the teacher told me. This is an old computer running Win98 and it keeps freezing. She tells me that it freezes when she submits her attendence (the program here is called Winschool) or when she checks her e-mail (Outlook) or does anything. If she has more …

I am needing to upgrade from Win95 to Win2K. Is this possiable? If so, what is it that I will need other than the boot disk?

Okay, simply put, I have no idea what I am doing here, and probably less business being here on this site. But, this is my issue: I am trying to update a free photo gallery page for my son and the damn thing keeps saying "this program has performed an …

Hi, first time here, great site, hopefully you can help me with my problem and in the future I may be able to help as well..... I have Windows 98, for some reason I cant explain all of a sudden the setting in the Settings/Display box went to 640 x …

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It's been a long time since I used Windows 9x systems. Hell I was on WinNT back in those days but I think if your on any of these systems it is time to upgrade big time stop waiting stop getting problems after problems. There really is no different from …

My girlfriends computer will not boot up. Here's what it does: Upon starting the computer it will go to the Network Log In Screen where you input your user name and password and then the screen is just blank w/ only the background, you see the task bar for a …

Do to some puter problems, I have had my computer hard drive completely redone. Upon reinstalling my windows 98 and then all the updates, I have been confronted with this update for .net framework. Being computer illiterate I have no idea whether or not I need this download and because …

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I have a Gateway Pentium 4, 1400 mhz, intel with windows me. We started having alot of problems with error messages, so finally as a last resort, we uninstalled windows and reinstalled it. We noticed that alot of the error messages seemed to have …

Hello everyone How do you clear some memory from C drive when using just the command prompt. I can't remember how to do it! I tried to install GNU C++ and I had to put some commands into autoexec but things went wrong and now can't bootup to windows or …

Hey Currently running Windows M.E At boot up I was told to run scanreg/fix to fix a problem I had. I did so, and the computer successfully loaded to the windows login screen However, we have 4 identities on this computer and a number of problems have now arose. 1. …

Can somebody please help me? my cd burner crashed right when i was going to burn a cd- at the bottom it says no supported cd-r/ cd-rw drive! i don't know what's going on...

Does anyone know where to get a PCI Ethernet Controller? I need one so that I can get onto the network.

Hello, if someone can help me, that would be GREAT! I have a network running in the house with 2 desktops and a laptop. I am connected with SBC DSL with a wireless router that it came with. I have internet running on 1 desktop and the laptop, but cant …

[size=5][font=Times New Roman]Hey hey can anyone help my, I have been using a computer with windows 98, the problem was that the C drive was full so naturally I moved some of the files to its D and E drives unfortunately being slightly retarded I inadvertently must have moved some …

Every time I start up my computer I am prompted to enter my username and password. I am running windows 98 and the dialog box says it is for microsoft networking. How can I change this?

hi im having trouble installing windows 98 my computer has windows xp how do i install windows 98

Last night I got a new LAN card and installed it. Booted up and Windows ran plug-and-play. I installed the drivers for the LAN from the floppy and rebooted when prompted as I've done with every other peripheral upgrade I've ever done. On reboot though, before it posted, the PC …

I'm trying to install win 95 into my laptop,which has an external floppy and no cd drive. I partioned and formated the disc and now when I install the first disc all that comes up is "this program cannot run in dos mode". Any help out there!

If I launch Internet Explorer from any of the different locations in Windows 98, Windows Explorer actually access the internet instead of IE. I have scaned for viruses and trojans but nothing has come up. This is very odd cause it just started to do this. I would have not …