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| | This just started a few days ago, and I can't seem to figure out the problem. When I am on the computer at ANY random time the screen turns a dark red color which makes things extremely hard to see, and is very annoying. The problem can go away at … |
| | After the windows 98 screen loads, screen comes up and says that there are missing device files the files are, vnetsup.vxd, vredir.vxd, dfs.vxd. Is there anyway I can replace them? |
| | Good Evening. Two irritating problems began 2 weeks ago: 1: I run Windows 98 SE and in the past have dealt successfully with spyware and virus problems, using Antivir, Adaware, Spybot and running Hijack this. My outlook Express Inbox file is huge: 350 mega, but I have removed all of … |
| | Ok i had a normal desktop compaq computer, with fine working sound and i transferred it to a new case, and now there is no sound. i tryed getting a a sound card but that didn't fix it. Ive also tryed all the common things wrong with it and none … |
| | I am running WIN98 SE and IE 6.0.2800. I can't get Flash to install. When I go to the flash page and click on the "INSTALL NOW" icon, it doesn't do anything. I was able to install Shockwave and that works fine. I have reinstalled IE and SP1. I have … |
 | Hey. :) I've been wanting to play some of my old games for a long time, but haven't been able to because they aren't compatible with XP. Currently, I have Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 and SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional, each on their own 80gig hard drive. The … |
| | Ok I need soem help. I built my own computer over the weekend and now I'm trying to get it all to work. Right now I'm still having troble installing Win98se. I only have the cd for it, not even sire if there are floppies for the Win 98, but …  |
| | Hello... new to this site. Having a problem with my older system running Win98SE and startup. The system was running fine the day before. Here are the scenarios: While the startup logo is displayed, there is an intermittent pause, then it restarts itself, logo comes back up and then the … |
| | I am having trouble getting audio to play in WMP. I've only noticed this problem when I downloaded the player, which was no problem until my last reformat. I have tried re-installing the sound card driver, which did nothing, and reinstalling WMP, which also did nothing. I first noticed the … |
| | Have a problem on a friends computer. When the start button is pressed it just stays pressed and nothing at all pops up. Sorry I do not know when this problem started. I know he had trojans and spyware. I had to take the hd out and scan it in … |
| | Well, we have the hard drive reformated, but have developed a new problem. As I mentioned, my mother's computer has Windows ME. We can't get the resolution to change. It's at 16 colors and the 640 yadda yadda resolution. How would I go about fixing this? Thanks for any help … |
| | Windows 98SE 512 MB Ram 74.5 GB Hardrive Intel Pentium Processor 3 My computer runs regisry checker every time I reboot, is there any way I can get this to stop? :confused: |
| | Computer freezes up every time after viewing two or three web pages (like in the 1980s). First month I could go to C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files and delete everything and all would be OK. This week that has no effect. Win98 4.10.2222 A Gateway 2000 Pentium II 128 MB RAM 32 … |
| | This software is great and FREE!! :cheesy: It fixed my problem of running a 95 game on xp. I had black borders around the game even after compatability. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/util/multires.shtm"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]MultiRes 1.56 update[/U][/COLOR][/URL] MultiRes is a small, free, 32-bit alternative to QuickRes, with refresh rate, multi-user and multi-display support for up to … |
| | i have 98/xp both ... xp corrupted but 98 goes on working after some dayz computer boot ang given the msg ntldr missing how to repair that ... is there any way ... plz help ... thanks alot or to install from scratch ... no ... there must be any … |
| | I'm running Windows 98, and IE 6. I have a problem about my comp right now. I'm not sure when this started, but I just noticed this error kept on appearing after I installed some programs, like XP Web Buttons, Atomic Clock Sync and etc. I've removed those but it … |
| | Hello I am quite well with computers, but I have ran into a major problem that I've never encountered, and I have no idea how to fix it. I am in desperate need of help. The problem: With the computer being off, I press the on button. The screen does … |
| | I am setting up a PC for my sister to use... I took an old HDD and restored it in my own eMachine, then swapped it to a HP Pavilion 8250... the problem is, it won't go beyond the basic VGA PCI adapter driver, and the resolution is stuck in … |
| | [B]I recently formatted my hard drive and re-installed an old version of win 98se as I did not have win me which was on there. Since doing this I have managed to find some of the drivers for the hardware (graphics amongst others) but have been unable to get the … |
| | I recently inherited a newer eMachine that basically looks to me like the victim of a virus that disabled the HDD and caused damage to the main system board as well as powersupply. It is a T2482 and looking that up, noted some user problems somewhat similar...but as I swapped … |
| | Hi - thanks for the quick response- Was hoping it would be as easy as that - will give it a go tonight and let you know how it goes. Thanks in advance. James |
| | I am having a startup problem with my computer. After completing a printer software download windows asked me to restart my computer. When I did my computer would hang up on a blank screen and a message comes up saying ‘Out of Frequency’. Win ME is only letting me into …  |
| | When I try to download music to my mp3 player using "Windows Media Player" my computer freezes and crashes a few seconds into the download. Also, when connected to my pc, the mp3 display constantly flashes the word "busy". Can anyone help? |
| | Hi, tried several times to install Win 98 SE on an 'old' Compaq portable PC :mad: But I keep receiving all following messages: 1) vredir.vxd is missing 2) dfs.vxd is missing 3) msup32.dll is missing Then it is asking to copy files from Win 98 SE CD (which is in … |
| | Hello Guys, I am trying to help my friend overseas install a sound driver for his PC. He formated his Hard Drive, but he has no drivers CD. I was able to find all of the drivers needed for his PC but I couldn't figure out what sound card does … |
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| | Hi everyone, I'm HaloGal. I'm not a computer genius, but I know enough to get by LOL I have a problem with my mother's computer. We want to reformat the computer, but we do not have a restore disk (not included in her computer package I guess). It's Windows ME, … |
| | I have a computer I'm giving to my brother at college. I succesfully reformated and installed windows 98se. Now the display will not show anything other than 16 colors or black and white. It is a Gateway EV700 monitor, which is actualy a monitor made by samsung. How can I … |
| | I apologize if this is answered somewhere already. I searched using several different word choices. I am running '98 SE and IE 6.0. Each time I close out the last browser I have open (whether I had only 1 open or 3), I get the following error (see below) and …  |
| | how can I get rid of the win 98 login? I used to be able to boot right into the desktop with out login in. its been a long time since I used win 98. |
| | hi. i'm having a few problems with my pc. whenever i start it, i get runonce stoping mny pc from loading which a have to Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get my computer to run, then i have an program error from rundll32 appear, but ignore doesnt do anything so i close it … |
| | :eek: my pixels are low, i need 600 to maybe 800, but my computer won't let me change it. i know that i used to have them. what do i do to manually put them back in to get choices? now it's at 640x480 16 color. windows 98. i know …  |
| | hello, yeah im having the same problem, my win xp wont show D drive in my computer, and even after i put a cd in, it spins but it wont read it. I'm sorry im replying on the same threat, when u just asked some1 else to make a new … |
| | I am running Windows98 SE. My problem is that my Volume Control is non operative. When I click on "Multimedia Devices " in Control Panel the "Mixer Device" Tab tells me I have "No Audio Device". The Tabs Volume, Audio and Voice are "Greyed out" and I cant remedy the … |
| | recently i was told how to enter safe mode. on the way there, i entered into a screen that i will assume is the boot screen. here's what i see: 1. normal 2. logged 3. safe mode 4. step by step 5. command prompt 6. safe mode command prompt of … |
| | I currently have nothing other than Norton Anti-virus and Spybot on my PC. Should I have another program to prevent pop ups, adware from planting themselves? I run spybot but the same pop ups keep coming back. At least the Porn ads stopped. Any suggestions. Running Window 98 second edition. … |
| | I recently purchased a used Dell Latitude LS laptop with 128 megs of ram. The operating system is Windows98 SE. It did not come with a floppy drive or a cdrom drive. I seem to be caught in a "Catch 22" situation. In order to install some external devices, such … |
| | I have an older computer, Compaq Presario 4770 with a Pentium 200 processor, 32 MB RAM, running Windows 98. I am looking for FREE firewall and antivirus programs that will run on my system. I have tried Avast, AVG, and Zone Alarm, but they all require a faster processor and … |
 | Hi, I wanted to format a hard drive and re-install the operating system ( Windows 98). It only had a primary partition, in which I deleted and I went to format it and... I get Not Ready Format Terminated It does this when it reaches around 9%. It is a … |
| | I'm trying to help a friend, and she's messed up the system someway. It is a Compaq Pentium II destop with a Gateway 2000 CrystalScan 17" monitor, and the system is 98SE. In Device Mgr. the monitor showing is the PCI VGA, and the problem is it will not give … |
| | I have a CD-ROM drive. All of a sudden the icon for the CD-ROM drive does not appear in My Computer and using the find linlk I cannot find any othere disc frive except for drive C. How can I get my PC to show my CD-ROM drive? Before this … |
| | When trying to install fonts recently, I discovered that the "Install New Fonts" option was missing from the Font menu. After hours of googling I found someone with a similar problem who was told that the font file was corrupted. I tried the suggestions to restore it but they were … |
| | i kept getting a "need to close error" whenever i tired to open WMP so i uninstalled and reinstalled WMP10 and now well basically have this this error: [IMG]http://img301.echo.cx/img301/6532/error10bl.png[/IMG] so i removed WMP from my add/remove progs. and installed it again but the thing is it says i have the … |
| | please help| I am no longer able to hear sound when playing DVD's (Intervideo DVD) or cd's with video ie on Wndows media player. The only sound we hear is an ordinary CD in windows cd player. We do not hear sound when starting up Windows or Chimes etc. I … |
| | I have two IBM indenticle 425C PS/NOTE laptops. I know these are as old as time in the fast paced computer world, but was hoping they may handle JPG files for viewing on floppies. I had wanted to use Windows 95, but have only DOS 6.2 install disks right now. … |
 | If I created a tech site just like this one and had the same forum layout structure: meaning, I used the -Microsoft Windows - Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 - Windows 9x/Me - Web Browsers - Windows Software - Viruses, Spyware & Other Nasties - Windows tips 'n' tweaks Does that break the … |
| | Just a few days ago, I am unable to launch weblinks from in my email or any website. Once I click on a link, the program freezes for about 1 minute and then releases itself. It use to always open the site in another browser window. Now I have to … |
| | I keep getting a pop up that says: [B]Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Buffer overrun detected A buffer overun has been detected which has corrupted the programs internal state. Program cannot safely cont. execution and must terminate.[/B] It started when I tried to upgrade my AOL to the 9.0 Secutiry … |
| | Hi, I have a quick question. Is there any possible way to get the second restoration from Microsoft to reinstall ME to a computer? It was lost in a move and we need to reinstall the computer with ME. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! I don't know what service … |
| | I'm not sure I'd want to attempt a flash and fail, but out of all my BIOS systems, the Compaq DeskPro one is fairly limited and seems it could stand an update. My book PC uses Award's BIOS version 4 IIRC and dates to 2000, and not sure I need … |
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