| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Upgrades | 7/31/2009 |
Q: Karl Hi again. I have Win 98, but a recently purchased camera requires Win 2000 (SP4), orWin XP ...
A: Sandisk is a brand of memory card - not a spec. SD stands for `secure data' and, like I said, is ...
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| Upgrades | 7/30/2009 |
Q: Karl Hi again. I have Win 98, but a recently purchased camera requires Win 2000 (SP4), orWin XP ...
A: Your problem is that Win 98 does not support USB devices in a `plug and play' mode. Your camera ...
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| RE:My Old Computer | 7/25/2009 |
Q: I e-mailed you earlier about my 1997 Toshiba Tecra 510cdt. It uses a SATA hard drive so it doesn't ...
A: Sorry, I wasn't familiar with your laptop and was not aware that SATA rechnology was around in 1997. ...
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| My old computer | 7/24/2009 |
Q: I have an old Toshiba Tecra computer that I am having some problems with. It is a Toshiba Tecra ...
A: The last time I had your problem, the jumpers were set wrong on the hard drive. Some drives need to ...
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| Installing windows XP on a Windows 98 | 7/19/2009 |
Q: I own an HP computer with windows 98.I would like to upgrade to to windows XP. How to upgrade to ...
A: Buy a copy of the XP Home `upgrade' and run it from within Windows. You can order it from Amazon ...
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| unstable web pages | 7/10/2009 |
Q: Can.t seem to control any page on the net. When I.m trying to read the page, the whole page will ...
A: I'm afraid the computer itself is going south. The Celeron processor is famous for being slow and ...
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| Windows 98 file transfer | 7/8/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to get the important files off my girlfriend's old computer which is running on windows ...
A: Theoretically, all you need is a Win 98 driver for your external USB hard drive to make it work. ...
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| Operating system | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I recently bought a older P3 computer. The person who sold it to me put on an unauthorized version ...
A: All you need are Win 98 `drivers' for your modem and video card (and sound card if it quit working ...
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| driver for card reader | 6/12/2009 |
Q: Just bought a new card reader/writer from Stealth Cam. When I tried to install the CD Driver it only ...
A: Like I said, I'm sure that no driver is needed for XP. It therefore must be the card reader or USB ...
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| Temp files | 6/9/2009 |
Q: 3 days ago after I did Search *.TMP and deleted all the temp files that were not deleted by XP Home ...
A: First, no *.tmp files have any system value and deleting them cannot mess up anything. The same ...
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| Windows98/IBM Thinkpad laptop | 6/2/2009 |
Q: I just dusted off an old laptop that I havent used in years. It's an IBM Thinkpad (circa 1998/99). ...
A: First, to make your notebook wireless, you either need a USB wireless internet send-receive unit ...
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| windows 95 | 6/1/2009 |
Q: need a generic product key for windows 95
A: Am willing to help but am curious as to why you are still screwing around with Win 95. I don't even ...
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| Playing Games | 4/3/2009 |
Q: I have games which play well on windows 98, but I'm unable to play on windows XP. What must I down ...
A: I'm afraid you are out of luck. Programs are written to work on certain operating systems and ...
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| Laptop Problem | 4/3/2009 |
Q: I'm having an issue with a compaq Presario laptop thats about 2 years old. It's a great little ...
A: The end to my story is that my doctor moved to a new house and his notebook started working again. ...
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| Laptop Problem | 4/2/2009 |
Q: I'm having an issue with a compaq Presario laptop thats about 2 years old. It's a great little ...
A: I find it hard to believe this story because the same thing just happened to some friends of mine ...
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| Transfer 98 Files to Windows XP | 3/28/2009 |
Q: I just purchased a new computer with Windows XP. Problem is my old computer with ALL MY FILES are ...
A: Your operating system has nothing to do with your personal files. They are the same whether you ...
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| loss of sound | 8/4/2008 |
Q: my brother recently bought a 2nd hand PC and has discovered there is no sound. We clicked the ...
A: Go to your control panel and then the 'sound' setup. If there is a working sound device in your ...
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| 98 CPU | 7/15/2008 |
Q: Running a Windows 98 First Edition, I experience lag and stalls. My processor is a 550MHz Socket 7. ...
A: Go to 'run' and then run 'msconfig'. Choose 'selective startup', go to 'startup' and uncheck ...
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| Reinstalling Win98 | 7/5/2008 |
Q: I've got a Win98 PC that I keep as hardware backup to my main machine. I recently uninstalled some ...
A: If fdisk won't let you remove and recreate a primary partition, try formatting the hard drive first ...
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| Can't get back into computer! | 5/19/2008 |
Q: I have a systemax pc which uses Windows XP Home edition OS. I have had little trouble with it for ...
A: Let's see what we can do here. I always start out with the scenario that all problems are either ...
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| Missing cdrom drive in Win98se on new motherboard | 1/18/2008 |
Q: I built a computer a few years ago with a Gigabyte Skt A motherboard. The power supply failed & ...
A: You are just another victim of changing technology. The newest thing in hard drives is the 'serial' ...
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| Win 98 | 12/1/2007 |
Q: When I turn my computer on, it tells me "hard disk drive 1 failure. Strike F1 to continue. After I ...
A: I'm afraid you have a dead machine and the only way to fix it is buy a new one. If you go to ...
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| adding a 15 gig maxtor hard drive in win 98 | 11/21/2007 |
Q: i HAVE AN OLD COMPUTER WITH A 2 GIG HARED DRIVE. I WANT TO ADD A MAXTOR 15 GIG AS A SLAVE SO I CAN ...
A: Try connecting the 15GB drive to your secondary IDE connector on your motherboard (in place of your ...
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| question | 11/19/2007 |
Q: I need your help about four different matters: 1- I have an old IBM laptop with Pentium III 1.0, ...
A: I'm back. I will be more careful this time. As far as your current laptop, I would repartition it ...
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| No Operating System | 9/13/2007 |
Q: I have a 1996 WIN95 NEC that until yesterday upon power on reads NO OPERATING SYSTEM. I tried ...
A: Did you copy it to a CD and make it bootable? Were you still using Win 95 or did you upgrade to 98? ...
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| No Operating System | 9/10/2007 |
Q: I have a 1996 WIN95 NEC that until yesterday upon power on reads NO OPERATING SYSTEM. I tried ...
A: Your recovery CD won't work unless you have your 'First boot device' in your CMOS setup selected as ...
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| Problem in booting Windows XP | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I want to repair windows XP booting problem without wiping my installed software and data files. On ...
A: I would put in a new hard drive and try it. If the problem is interference from information on your ...
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| Problem in booting Windows XP | 9/5/2007 |
Q: I want to repair windows XP booting problem without wiping my installed software and data files. On ...
A: A blue screen usually indicates a RAM problem. Try replacing your RAM and see what happens. If ...
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| Migrating address book | 9/4/2007 |
Q: I have new computer Dell XPS running XPHome, Outlook Express6. Old computer is Win98SE, Outlook ...
A: In Outlook Express go to File>Export>address book. You will get a choice of wab format or csv ...
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| Migrating address book | 9/3/2007 |
Q: I have new computer Dell XPS running XPHome, Outlook Express6. Old computer is Win98SE, Outlook ...
A: Hey Eileen, Good question! I will spare you the details but I have faced the same dilema many ...
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| Windows98 Troubleshooting | 9/3/2007 |
Q: Sir, In windows98 I tried to change display property settings and on restarting computer I get ...
A: The registry is one of the most important parts of Windows because it contains information on all ...
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| Windows98 Troubleshooting | 8/31/2007 |
Q: Sir, In windows98 I tried to change display property settings and on restarting computer I get ...
A: You have two choices - first use the Win 98 'startup' disk like you are asking about or, second, ...
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| Windows98 Troubleshooting | 8/30/2007 |
Q: Sir, In windows98 I tried to change display property settings and on restarting computer I get ...
A: Like I said before, the message is telling you that you probably have a hard drive problem. ...
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| Windows98 Troubleshooting | 8/29/2007 |
Q: Sir, In windows98 I tried to change display property settings and on restarting computer I get ...
A: If changing the display properties has anything to do with your problem, you should be able to boot ...
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| Diamond 1200 Scanner & XP | 8/16/2007 |
Q: I am trying to get my scanner above to function having upgraded from Millenium 2000 to Xp and a file ...
A: XP is much smarter about making stuff work than ME was - unless your scanner is so old that there ...
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| Windows Me will not boot | 6/30/2007 |
Q: I have windows Me and it will not boot. It powers on and comes to the Windows password screen but ...
A: Your config.sys file only configures DOS based programs and has very little to do with Windows. ...
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| Windosws Media Player | 6/5/2007 |
Q: I haven't audio.This is the message that I received. "Windows Media Player cannot play the file ...
A: Go to your control panel and open the 'sound' setup page. Then click the tab that says 'sounds'. ...
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| Windows 98 ipf Kernel32.dll | 5/22/2007 |
Q: I have a problem with my IBM Thinkpad 600E. I repeatedly get the message that Explorer has caused ...
A: Explorer is the main navigational tool in Windows for all programs and problems like fragmentation ...
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| How do I get to the setup menu | 5/20/2007 |
Q: How do I get to the setup menu on my computer because my computer is not registering any CD-ROM ...
A: The CD drives will open by just having the power plug inserted. It is the ribbon cable that ...
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| How do I get to the setup menu | 5/17/2007 |
Q: How do I get to the setup menu on my computer because my computer is not registering any CD-ROM ...
A: You get into setup by (usually) tapping the Del key when you boot up. However, I think on a HP ...
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| size of display on lcd | 3/22/2007 |
Q: I have installed win98se upgrade to a win95 OEM (generic) on a Thinkpad 600 Type2645. The display is ...
A: The procedure is to go to the IBM.com web site and then the 'support and downloads' page. Go to ...
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| Windows 98SE and Java? | 3/18/2007 |
Q: what is the Java enabled and Java logging function? Should they be enabled or disabled?
A: Java is a computer programming language some companies use for gaming and such. If you haven't ...
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| Windows 98SE Screwup | 3/10/2007 |
Q: I bought a used Compaq Presario desktop that was corrupted. I installed a fresh copy of SE, along ...
A: I've seen this several times and it is not hurting anything. Go to Start>run and run sysedit. Then ...
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| Win 98se can't rename,delete.or move file | 2/26/2007 |
Q: I have a few file that start with oddball characters and would like to delete them.I think I have to ...
A: They are probably related to some spyware or virus program and are memory resident when you boot up. ...
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| wordpad | 2/11/2007 |
Q: I am trying to help a friend get her wordpad for windows 98 working again. They had tried to ...
A: Wordpad is used for creating (and reading) files in standard text format only. You are probably ...
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| Lost partition | 2/7/2007 |
Q: I have a hdd divided into 2 partitions. i took one of them as primary OS partition(win98) the other ...
A: If my memory serves me, a secondary partition should be created as an extended partition - not ...
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| No Sound after reinstalling Win98 | 2/6/2007 |
Q: I reinstalled Win 98 on my computer but can't get sound to work. Under Device Manager there is a ...
A: Your resources disk should have a folder named 'drivers' on it and a sub-folder named sound' or ...
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| Windows 98 Desktop Themes | 1/23/2007 |
Q: I have a Dell 8300 Dimension Desktop with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 installed. Before I ...
A: I haven't tried running 98 Plus in an XP environment - but have found something I like much better. ...
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| problems reformatting my computer | 1/22/2007 |
Q: I wanted to let you know nothing really worked, so I decided to purchase a new hard drive. I should ...
A: Let me know how you make out. You never did tell me much about your PC - age, brand, CPU, ...
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| problems reformatting my computer | 1/21/2007 |
Q: Well, unfortunately my excitement was short lived. I loaded all my drivers and everything was ...
A: Well, what to do now? The problem is either your RAM (which I mentioned before) or a defective ...
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| problems reformatting my computer | 1/20/2007 |
Q: ok, there was a problem with the computer, thats why i decided to reformat. There was a blue ...
A: I think I see now. The way I do it is boot up with a win98 SE `startup' disk, run `fdisk', remove ...
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| Inaccessible floppy files | 1/20/2007 |
Q: Karl I'm not sure WIN is where my problem lies, but I don't see a better category to try. Recently I ...
A: This is quite a mouthful! I think I follow you though :o) When faced with a similar problem, the ...
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| problems reformatting my computer | 1/20/2007 |
Q: ive been trying to reformat my computer all day and i'm having a problem hopefully you can help me ...
A: You left out a few details in your> How did you delete your old partition and create the new one? > ...
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| hp boot | 1/17/2007 |
Q: I was given a hp en775e system. The disk was messed up so I formatted and loaded windows 98se. ...
A: The first thing I would do is go into setup and check a few thing (I think you get to setup on a HP ...
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| Windows 98 - Lost File | 12/5/2006 |
Q: I have a 7-year old Dell computer which runs Windows 98. I have a very important file that no ...
A: Windows 98 puts everything on your desktop in a folder named (surprising enough) C:>WindowsDesktop. ...
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| windows 95 | 12/3/2006 |
Q: What can be done to undo it ? the machine is unuseable at this time. Thanks again, JimHello, I'm ...
A: The main thing she needs to do is upgrade her operating system to at least Win 98SE. There are lots ...
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| need help with ms dos boot partition error | 11/23/2006 |
Q: how do you create a ms dos boot partition to set up windows me its like it isn't picking up my ...
A: If you are trying to run fdisk and get an error message saying `no hard disk present' then either ...
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| Think Pad 600 laptop | 11/19/2006 |
Q: I don't know if you can help. I think this expert has it figured out but can't get in touch. ...
A: If you are still at 16 colors I doubt you have your display driver installed properly. This is the ...
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| Hard disk error.....Windows 98 Se | 11/11/2006 |
Q: ok I'll try taking the ram out and put back in her 32 stick. I pulled XP off because the machine was ...
A: I think I see your problem. Instead of beating your head against the wall, why don't you try a ...
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| Hard disk error.....Windows 98 Se | 11/9/2006 |
Q: I'm stumped on this one. Friend of mine has a celeron 466 and she was running win XP on it. Not well ...
A: My first thought is you mixed a PC100 RAM board with a PC133 board - and those two don't like each ...
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| saveing files | 11/8/2006 |
Q: well not much help karl....im trying to SAVE it if you read the words.if you try to do anything to ...
A: How are you trying to "SAVE" it? One last suggestion, if you are going to set yourself up as a ...
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| saveing files | 11/7/2006 |
Q: ...i have win 98..yes lol..still getting by. what i would like to know is....there is a web site ...
A: Normally you can save any picture on any web site in jpg format by simply right-clicking on it and ...
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| windows (98) protection error | 9/1/2006 |
Q: "Computer was working fine. Next day I turned it on and after the "Microsoft Windows 98" screen ...
A: Sounds like your hard drive suddenly crashed. Happens all the time for lots of different reasons. ...
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| Windows 98 SE Color & Sound Problem | 8/21/2006 |
Q: I just received a new (to me) Compaq Deskpro cpu from my employer that was running Windows 98 SE. I ...
A: You are missing the drivers for your video and sound (just like you were your network card). You ...
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| Questions about Windows 95&98 start up files | 8/12/2006 |
Q: i am a student at CIDA City Campus(south africa). i am studying ICT and would like to know the ...
A: When you first turn your computer on, your BIOS checks all of your hardware and then your `system ...
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| reinstalling windows 98 | 8/11/2006 |
Q: Ive been getting a message when starting my computer saying that im missing vmm32.vxd and that i may ...
A: Command.com is one of 3 system files needed to start any DOS computer. The other two are IO.SYS and ...
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| Shutting my comptuer down | 8/5/2006 |
Q: I have Windows 98. I often encounter as situation where the computer is completely frozen and will ...
A: The most common cause of computers freezing is fragmented files. You should run `defrag' from your ...
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| Windows 98 slow startup - Realtek Ethernet adapter | 8/3/2006 |
Q: I hope you can help me. I think its simple, but I dont know what´s happening. I´ve installed a ...
A: Your problem could be in your BIOS setup. Look in your peripherals section and see if there is a ...
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| upgrade W95 / W98SE | 7/28/2006 |
Q: Good evening. I have a computer with Windows 95 on it. I want to upgrade it to Windows 98SE, but I ...
A: You cannot upgrade Win 95 with a `full' version of 98SE. You need to back up all of your personal ...
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| No internet or email | 7/27/2006 |
Q: i have a computer running Windows 98 SE. i have cable internet. a few months ago I experienced a ...
A: If you cannot connect to the internet through your ISP's cable modem, installing a wireless router ...
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| Settings | 6/21/2006 |
Q: Karl I would like to reset previous setting on a computer with Windows 98. I have done this before ...
A: First, boot to a DOS prompt (tap your F8 key or hold down your `ctrl' key till you get a DOS menu) ...
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| Dell computer and windows95 | 6/18/2006 |
Q: Recently I purchased a used Dell computer for my son. It is a Dimension XPS D266 with a 267 mega ...
A: You probably know this, but to upgrade 95 to 98 SE you need the Win 98 SE `upgrade' CD - not the ...
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| Reinstalling OS | 6/11/2006 |
Q: I just bought a used Compaq Presario III with Windows 98SE. I believe that it needs to have the ...
A: The trick about reinstalling Win 98 SE is knowing whether the OS on your machine is a `full' or ...
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| Installing Windows 98 SE On New Hard Drive | 4/20/2006 |
Q: I purchased a new Windows 98 SE full install CD instead of trying the CABS files to “play it safe” ...
A: Just a thought but depending on how old the Thinkpad is, it's BIOS may not recognize a hard drive ...
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| movie | 4/16/2006 |
Q: I downloaded a movie encoded in XviD (actually something like TC XviD.avi), I downloaded the codec ...
A: You may have downloaded the wrong Codec - or a corrupt one. Go to ...
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| Problems logging onto system running Windows 98 | 3/4/2006 |
Q: I have had a problem for the last few weeks which I can't resolve. I am running Windows 98. Each ...
A: Windows is trying to load some background program that isn't cooperating. It could be a sound ...
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| downgrading to Win95 | 3/2/2006 |
Q: I have a Zenith Pentium 1 laptop in my closet that has been there for years. An older friend wanted ...
A: What I have done in the past is use an external parallel ZIP drive to install the operating system ...
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| registry problems | 3/1/2006 |
Q: ------------------------- Dear Karl, The regisry that was available at the time was the ones from ...
A: I understand your problem. I am pretty sure Norton Systemworks 2006 would fix it, but you need XP ...
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| registry problems | 3/1/2006 |
Q: I used the system restore frature of W98. In the coonad prompt line I typed in C:scanreg/restore. ...
A: Once you reset your 'system backup' frequency, it takes a while for the system to build a historical ...
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| colors? | 1/31/2006 |
Q: i have win98.....i had viruses...so i had to format my pc.... when i was finished the pics looked ...
A: You need to reinstall the drivers for your video card. You did not tell me anything about your ...
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| DVD - extremely slow & can't copy | 12/19/2005 |
Q: I have a 2.5 GHz with 1MB RAM computer. I installed a DVD ROM and a DVD burner. I copied a 400 MB ...
A: First, never use 'cable select' as a CD mode. The burner and player should both be plugged into ...
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| Bootup problems | 12/17/2005 |
Q: Yes, HDD is partitioned in FAT32 and formatted. BIOS auto detects it.I have just got a second hand ...
A: If you configured everything properly before you installed your operating system then you could have ...
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| DBX Files | 12/16/2005 |
Q: Irv, I'm using W98-2nd and OExp6. I've got about 400 .dbx files [compacted in the background] in the ...
A: There are 5 different types of files that have dbx extensions: DBX = DATABEAM bitmap image DBX = ...
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| Re: How to increase volume | 12/9/2005 |
Q: I am using Windows 98. I have the volume icon on my task bar at the bottom of my screen. When I have ...
A: In addition to your 'master' volume control, you also have sub-controls for wave sound, CD sound, ...
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| downloading | 12/9/2005 |
Q: I don't know where to ask this question but here goes: I have a Compaq Prosignia 150 laptop Windows ...
A: What are you using for your primary browser - Netscape or IE. Also, what is your e-mail program - ...
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| Modem | 12/6/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To No it doesn't work. I checked in the more info. and there is ...
A: In the 'more info' screen their is a diagnostics button that tests the modem. Did you try that? ...
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| Taskbar behavior | 12/6/2005 |
Q: I had to reinstall Win98SE on my daughter's computer due to a crash. I thought I had it running OK, ...
A: Understand your problem now. I have seen people create (by mistake) a second (or ghost) tool bar ...
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| Modem | 12/6/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- I have the disk that came with it and it seemed to load ok. The modem ...
A: Does that mean that you installed the driver and now it is working? If you are still having ...
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| Modem | 12/5/2005 |
Q: My modem worked fine untill I had to format and reinstall w-98. It now gives this : The modem failed ...
A: You obviously do not have your modem driver installed. If you know the brand and model you can ...
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| windows 98 | 11/19/2005 |
Q: I have windows 98 and it consonantly freezes up and sometimes I have to restate to shut down. I have ...
A: I used Win 98 SE for years and found it to be one of the most stable operating systems ever written. ...
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| Video card driver | 11/18/2005 |
Q: I have a HP Pavillion 8250,Worked great on W-98. I upgraded to Windows Me and now I can't get the ...
A: I'm guessing you have 'on-board' video that is integrated into your motherboard. I just checked the ...
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| Script Errors | 11/17/2005 |
Q: I get alot of Internet Explorer Scrip Errors, I always have, even on my old computer. Is there some ...
A: You might try disabling the Windows messenger service as a start. I have found a lot of spyware ...
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| Dialler | 11/15/2005 |
Q: Fujitsu/Siemens Computer Pentium 3 192MB Ram Windows 98SE Broadband Internet Connection Internet ...
A: Sounds like a Spyware problem. Suggest you pick up a program like Spy Sweeper and clean up your ...
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| Windows 98 Upgrade | 11/11/2005 |
Q: I updated a Windows 95 system to Windows 98. Before, I could shut down the computer from the start ...
A: That is probably not a Win 98 problem - it is a feature of your ATX power supply in your case. I've ...
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| Driver Detection Software | 11/9/2005 |
Q: Do you know of any software, preferably inexpensive or free, that will detect what drivers are on ...
A: Device drivers come with the device they support (video cards, sound cards, modems, etc.) and, once ...
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| Can not open programs | 11/2/2005 |
Q: my computer is running window 98se and I cannot get any programs to open by single or double ...
A: I would start by going to Control Panel and checking your mouse settings. Maybe your double click ...
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| HP Pavilion display | 10/31/2005 |
Q: I have an old computer that I'm using as a backup, it's an HP Pavilion 6350. Not surprisingly, ...
A: Reply......... When XP was first released it was nightmare city for the computer world - and ...
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| reinstalling win98 SE | 10/2/2005 |
Q: The C drive on this Dell laptop is formatted. I downloaded a bootable win98SE and changed in the ...
A: If you are booting with a Win 98 SE startup disk, it should be asking you if you want to start with ...
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| Windows 98 S-L-O-W Performance | 10/2/2005 |
Q: I have an HP desktop computer that runs Windows 98. For the the last ~6 mos., the performance has ...
A: First, the Win 98 defrag program is pretty useless. I use Speed Disk in Norton Utilities. Norton ...
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| clean install | 9/30/2005 |
Q: i just had a new hard drive installed bare boned...I used the 98se boot disk to startup the computer ...
A: When you boot with the 98 startup disk and select 'start PC with CD ROM support' it tells you what ...
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| clean install | 9/29/2005 |
Q: i just had a new hard drive installed bare boned...I used the 98se boot disk to startup the computer ...
A: First, do you have the full version of ME or the upgrade. If you have the full version you should ...
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| formating Win 98 SE | 8/29/2005 |
Q: Somehow I can not format the C drive in Win 98 SE. It keeps giving me the popup message "can not ...
A: You have to format a hard drive at the DOS level. Start your PC with the Windows 'startup' disk in ...
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| freeze-ups..... | 8/18/2005 |
Q: Why do i get so many "not responding" messages? I will be looking at the web, and then i open OE and ...
A: Sounds like you have a bad RAM stick. Are you using PC 100/133 SDRAM or DDR something? If they are ...
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| Error message | 8/8/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question - I have a Pentium 450 MHz 64 MB of Ram with a 4.0 GB Hard Drive. I installed ...
A: I guess I'm back to my first comment - Windows ME is a lousy operating system. Also, the ...
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| Error message | 8/6/2005 |
Q: I have a Pentium 450 MHz 64 MB of Ram with a 4.0 GB Hard Drive. I installed Windows Me and when I ...
A: It could be ME (that's a terrible OS). I would try 98SE (full) if you have a copy. It could also ...
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| windows 98 upgrade | 7/4/2005 |
Q: I have a Gateway Solo Laptop that is in perfect condition. Hardly ever used. Problem is it only ...
A: When you ordered the hard drive and RAM from Gateway, did you ask them if it would work in the ...
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| operating system | 4/9/2005 |
Q: I would like to ask a question about operating system win 98. I have in the computer win 98 and I ...
A: The only problem you may have is drivers for some of your devices like your video, sound, modem, ...
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| adding a hard drive | 4/7/2005 |
Q: I would like to add another hard drive to my wife's pc. It is a packard bell model #955 using win ...
A: Put both hard drives on your primary IDE cable (IDE0), jumper the one you want to be your C: drive ...
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| spyware | 4/4/2005 |
Q: .. I ran a Spybot check on my machine last week. It turns out I had the "Backorifice.b" trojan. I ...
A: PC Magazine gives Webroot's 'Spy Sweeper' its highest rating. I also like 'Spy Subtract' by ...
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| missing winfile | 4/1/2005 |
Q: greetings from australia, where i'm struggling to get my old win95 driven machine sorted out. i ...
A: Just so happens I'm working on some old PC's that were donated to our church and still have Win 95 ...
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| Formatting Hard drive | 3/25/2005 |
Q: Please tell me the correct way to format a disk. I format a computer disk a few times a week usually ...
A: First, I would not mess with 'bootdisk.com' - all you need is a Win 98 SE 'startup' disk which you ...
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| os | 3/21/2005 |
Q: 0002. - if i have windows 95 ( i think that is pentium), is it possible to upgrade it to the latest ...
A: It takes a new, fast computer to run XP. Doesn't sound like you have that. Upgrading means you are ...
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| Error Message | 3/16/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi I bought 2 used Compaq computers 500Mhz. 128 MB ram 10 Gig. HD. with ...
A: As I told you before - I do not do Win ME because I have seen the messes it creates. It was on the ...
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| Error Message | 3/16/2005 |
Q: I bought 2 used Compaq computers 500Mhz. 128 MB ram 10 Gig. HD. with Windows 98 2nd Ed. I tried ...
A: Win 98 SE is a far better OS than ME and if they are working now I would leave them alone. I have ...
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| Hard Drive Issue | 3/14/2005 |
Q: I have a Windows 95 system that is still very useful to me. It also has some proprietary software ...
A: Usually, when a hard drive starts developing bad sectors they are doomed to fail totally in a short ...
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| Internet Explorer | 3/9/2005 |
Q: When I downloaded a program from the Internet my IE stopped working properly. I can browse the ...
A: You have picked up some 'spyware' garbage on your computer. First, delete everything in your ...
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| Win 95 | 3/7/2005 |
Q: Any idea how I could get Windows 95 (or 98) on 3.5" diskettes? Yes you read it correctly. The ...
A: You can pretty much forget reinstalling Win anything from floppies. You would have to copy ...
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| reinstalling win98se | 3/3/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- the pc had a load of problems so i formatted the c drive and i am trying ...
A: It normally works best if you repartition the hard drive before installing. Did you run 'fdisk', ...
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| reformat | 3/2/2005 |
Q: I have a laptop. its a Toshiba 660cdt. I had windows 95 and I wanted to upgrade to 98. I don't have ...
A: If you have the FULL version of Win 98 SE, it is a bootable CD. You should be able to go into your ...
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| how to repair Windows operating system | 2/21/2005 |
Q: First thank you for helping a beginner like me! I have 2 computers- new and old. The old computer ...
A: You can reinstall Windows without doing anything else. All of your personal files will remain ...
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| format | 2/7/2005 |
Q: were can I download full version of formatt 98 windows Answer - Hi Sharon, I don't understand ...
A: First, formatting a hard drive doesn't really have anything to do with Windows 98 (or any other ...
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| window 98 & 95 problems | 2/5/2005 |
Q: First of all I must thank you for your kind attention. I am an employee of a large multinational ...
A: Sounds like you have a big job at hand. I agree that Win XP Pro is the best solution to your ...
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| losing pictures | 2/2/2005 |
Q: I am going to up grade from windows 98 1st.edition to windows 2000.I have over 200 pictures saved on ...
A: I don't like 2000 because it does not have a feature called 'msconfig' that allows you to disable a ...
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| losing pictures | 1/30/2005 |
Q: I am going to up grade from windows 98 1st.edition to windows 2000.I have over 200 pictures saved on ...
A: If you just 'upgrade' your current operating system you will not lose any programs or files you ...
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| clickable pictures | 12/7/2004 |
Q: I want to know how this comes about, what makes it happen. Does the person putting the photo on the ...
A: Web pages are full of things called "hyperlinks" which will take you someplace else. They normally ...
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| problems loading XP | 11/28/2004 |
Q: I have a computor that had a bad virus...couldn't seem to get rid of it......so I bought a new hard ...
A: The full version of XP is supposed to come on a bootable CD that does everything automatically. ...
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| No sound | 11/27/2004 |
Q: I have a 3 year old pentium4 running windows 98,about a month ago i noticed that i have no sound ...
A: If you will open your control panel, go to 'sound', and highlight an event that has a sound ...
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| Download issue | 11/24/2004 |
Q: Not sure if you can help but here goes. I am running Windows XP Professional. I am connected to ...
A: That is just a feature of your download manager. I use Download Accelerator Plus which is about as ...
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| Keep getting "the page cannot be displayed" error. | 11/22/2004 |
Q: I use Win98SE connecting via dialup. After connecting using BlueLight ISP, the BlueLight homepage ...
A: I would first check with your ISP, BlueLight. Things like firewalls being turned on can prevent ...
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| hijackers/hackers? grimlins?:) | 11/21/2004 |
Q: ..Well I am 1st, happy that the virus I have allowed me to write you. I use windows 98, with much ...
A: Go purchase the $30 version of Norton SystemWorks 2005. It will clean your system one of two ...
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| Win 98SE and 2.7 GHZ P4 | 11/19/2004 |
Q: My son put a new P4 2.7 GHZ In his machine and all it would do is hang up.He finally went to ME but ...
A: The CPU size has very little to do with the operating system. 98 should work fine. What was he ...
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| Win 98SE and 2.7 GHZ P4 | 11/18/2004 |
Q: My son put a new P4 2.7 GHZ In his machine and all it would do is hang up.He finally went to ME but ...
A: I would upgrade to XP - if he can. He may have to change out video, sound & modem cards to get ...
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| Quick Question | 11/14/2004 |
Q: I was wondering if you can install XP on a HP computer, or is HP proprietary in regards to the ...
A: XP will work on any computer that has enough RAM and CPU power to support it. Recommend at least a ...
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| Migrate Data to New HDD | 11/5/2004 |
Q: I have a Win2k pro system with Intel Celeron A CPU,433mhz FSB,512mb RAM and 13gb HDD. I will be ...
A: Most new hard drives come with a 'setup' floppy disk that will clone your data on your old drive to ...
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| Outlook Experss | 10/31/2004 |
Q: I just got back from my Uncle's house about 300 miles from here. I gave him a new computer with ...
A: The OE phone book is located in the 'program files>outlook express' folder and is titled "wab.exe" ...
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| virus | 7/9/2004 |
Q: I have a problem with my printer working with my HP Windows 98 PC. After scanning for a virus, I ...
A: First, 'systray' (system tray) is the little program that loads the tool bar at the bottom of your ...
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| Missing system files | 7/5/2004 |
Q: I got an instruction from a PC mag for reinstalling missing sytem files, as follows: Using Win98 ...
A: 'System files' are required to boot up a PC at DOS level and consist of 'msdos.sys, io.sys, and ...
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| Windows | 7/4/2004 |
Q: I think I'm dead in the water after consaulting your web site. I have a computer I want to give away ...
A: Pack rat that I am I have a number that may work on your '95 restore disk : 19796-oem-0013377-19189 ...
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