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We have a HP Pavillion computer with a non pavillion hard drive (our first hard drive burned and crashed). We have WinMe on it and tons of other stuff we have acquired. I want to know how to erase the hard drive and start fresh.

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More problems on my end.... Computer boots fine but it has error msg... Illegal Operation... WINHDD.. The computer will continue along just fine, but what is WINHDD? I have looked on Google and Microsoft to see if they had anything... but nothing came up. Help here?

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What are some of the things that you can do to speed up a computer? I know that you can do a disk clean, scan for viruses, clean your cache out, and do critical updates... but what else is there that I can do? Also, what can I do Hardware …

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I restarted my computer and after i logged in, it said that it could not run "fntldr.exe", (it was missing). i think i need this for the WIN.INI file but how can i retrieve it?

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Another problem that I am having..... Okay, I re-installed Win98SE and it started fresh... When I try to install it (OfficeXP) this time, it says that I am missing file[B]MSFR3EN.DLL[/B]. I have checked the disk for the file and there is no such file. I have inspected the disk and …

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me once more! Alright, I have a monitor that turns off automaticly. I have already checked the powersave options and it is turned off. I have it set on ALWAYS ON and nothing shuts down unless the user shuts it down. But it still turns off for some reason. The …

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Just in case there is any other poor soul on this board that is still running Win98 like me, read this short article. [url]http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002736.asp?cp1=1[/url] :sad: I wonder if I'll be able to get those handy patches any more? "Patches?? We don't need no stinking patches!!" :rolleyes:

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I have a computer that is going weird on me. I need to get hte problem fixed. When a teacher tries to access a website, the error message pops up: [B]TOO MANY OTHER FILES ARE CURRENTLY IN USE BY 16-BIT PROGRAMS. QUIT ONE OR MORE 16-BIT PROGRAMS OR INCREASE THE …

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Hello, I am trying to install windows 98 on a new p4 3.2ghz system and keep getting a error. It goes like this: While initializing device NDIS windows protection error. Windows did load but every time I try to restart it, it comes up with that error and won't go …

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[FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkOrchid]i need some help or something. everytime i get on the computer i get swamped with ads that pop up all the time and now this program thing keeps installing itself on my computer. i uninstall it but it keeps coming back. its apparently called Ezula and i've been …

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Doesn't anyone use 9x anymore? I actually still use 98se on my 650mhz sony vaio laptop Surprised no one has posted about these OS's yet So I decided I'd be the first

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I have several programs that will not uninstall and they are just taking up space. They all say that the uninstall file is missing. Any thoughts?

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i have been having trouble windows me whenever i try to install a usb storage device like a jump driver pro or other such mass storage device, have zip drives and peerless iomega drivers working perfectly, but if i try installing a jump drive (key ring drive by lexar) the …

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Make -ASUS P2B-B motherboard with the latest Bios update installed. CPU - Pentium II 400 mz Ram- 2 X 128 mb Sdram Hard Drive - Maxtor 20 g 7200 rpm (free space 18 + gb) Windows Version - Clean full Install of Win 98SE Internet Connection - none Not connected …

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Impossible to open a file (from cd or downloaded) with a name written in different language as european, for example chinese, japanese or korean. I can't open, rename or even erase! Is it impossible to deal with non-latin script files under windows Me? Anyone can help me~?

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Me again. I am having a huge problem with a modem. My grandfather decided that he didn't need all this 'junk' on his computer, so he decided to uninstall all of it and not contact me. Needless to say, he can't get back on the internet. I took a look …

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I am having a bit of a problem with the A drive on a particular computer. It is always wanting to format every disk that I put in there. I have tried replacing the drive and it does the same thing. I have tried replacing the wires and connections, just …

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I ran msconfig several times to delete start up of several programs. Some of these programs have been uninstalled on my computer using either the uninstaller in pgm group or add/remove pgms in windows. The removed pgms still appear in the 'start-up' list. Is there anyway to delete them? Any …

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Everytime I turned on my laptop this thing appears on the screen... Updater Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost. Please tell Microsoft about this …

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My company bought some new Sony laptops without floppy drives, and they want to install Win98 on them (for software compatability reasons). But the Win98 CDs are not bootable CDs. They tried to connect a USB floppy to the computer, but it only gets recognized after WinXP has loaded. My …

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Help. I need to free up my system resources to increase my computer's speed. I use a DSL connection but the system "gurgles" forever. Performance rates are at 64% 80%- Any susgestions? I'm not super computer savy.

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Hello.I'm having a problem with installing any type of softwares.I tried to download Imesh,it didn't work.The download was complete but an error message said that the installation couldn't be initialised(CRC).It's not that my softwares are old they are new...how can I solve it ? Also...anything I'm downloading as zipped files,I …

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Hi all. While trying to use partiton magic8.0, I lost everything on my c drive. I couldn't restore or had backed up any of my files or programs.(doh)! So I had to reinstall the win98se OS. After the installation ,I couldn't find the factory settings. The laptop is a IBM …

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I just bought a 21" used monitor for my IBM, running ME. It has RGB plugs at the monitor end and a 15 pin adapter with some 'sliding' pins on it. It isn't working in the present config and am wondering if there is a site I can go to …

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I just purchased a laptop that has no O/S but was refurbed with an O/S that was removed. The RED SCREEN message at boot up is as follows, "Save to disk partition not found. Save to disk feature is disabled. Run Phdisk for information. File: create new. Partition: consult manual. …

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Hello. I use MSN/Messenger, and I can never seem to sign in. For the past few days, whenever I try to sign on, a message informs me that "either the network is busy, or I am not connected to the Internet", when I am absolutely certain that I am indeed …

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first I want to say I really like this place, I found it through a web search ! #1 it seems a lot of times the taskbar & desktop freezes up, you will be able to access programs running by alt + tab,but that is it,I have tried looking into …

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Hello! I need to uninstall WindowsME without uninstalling DOS. Basically, my problem is that I just bought a new computer. I have lost my copy of MS-DOS, so all I have is a restore disk from my old PC and the Windows98 CD. I used the restore CD to at …

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I don't know what to think about this one. I've not been able to get a peep out of the sound card. I installed an ALS and all I could get out of it was a rumble. I put a Sound Blaster 16 PCI and I don't even get a …

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