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| gateway windows 98se | 3/2/2009 |
Q: My friend bought a used Gateway from the Salvation Army. It worked fine until her daughter, who is ...
A: I think we're talking about two different things here. The selective mode you can enter from the ...
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| Windows for an old PC | 3/1/2009 |
Q: Is there a way to download Windows 95/98 or XP on a flashdrive to install on an old computer? We ...
A: great use for an old PC that still works! There's really no legitimate copies of Windows that you ...
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| gateway windows 98se | 3/1/2009 |
Q: My friend bought a used Gateway from the Salvation Army. It worked fine until her daughter, who is ...
A: I don't know of anything to re-install Windows 98 that comes on a floppy. Just CD. If you can get ...
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| compaq model? | 2/25/2009 |
Q: and thank you for taking my question. I have a REALLY old Compaq notebook running win95 that needs ...
A: cute joke about the weight, I can only hope your child is under the age of four! The laptop is a ...
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| Windows 98 Infrared Transfer | 2/25/2009 |
Q: A specific Infrared question for a Windows 98SE person. When I right-click a file and click on SEND ...
A: You would get the "Communications could not be initialized" error when Windows could not talk to ...
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| please help me! | 2/25/2009 |
Q: my printer is canon iP1880 series.. every time i will print a documents, the user intervention ...
A: the answer could be different depending on what it is that the printer wants the user to do. If it ...
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| Windows 98 Infrared Transfer | 2/24/2009 |
Q: A specific Infrared question for a Windows 98SE person. When I right-click a file and click on SEND ...
A: Windows 98 always had some trouble with the IR transfers. This article from Microsoft describes one ...
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| multiple OS problems | 2/19/2009 |
Q: My computer was running Windows 95. I didn't like it and decided to upgrade to Windows XP. Now I ...
A: there is no direct upgrade path from Win95 to XP, that's why it installed the second one. You can ...
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| 98SE-XP | 2/17/2009 |
Q: was planning to install XP over 98SE on an old system. requirements are fine, will i lose saved info ...
A: sounds like a cool idea. His response here: response: nope, just format over it during the xp ...
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| Windows '95 | 2/14/2009 |
Q: Can you get Windows '95 to connect to the internet? What NIC card do you use? Booting from a floppy ...
A: Windows 95 will definitely run a NIC card and connect to the internet. You just need to make sure ...
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| window size and color gone | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I chose you, because you were in the service. You all hold a special place in my heart, especially ...
A: I do believe you've found the problem Karen. That should not say Standard PCI Graphics ...
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| window size and color gone | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I chose you, because you were in the service. You all hold a special place in my heart, especially ...
A: hopefully we can get this fixed up for you. Did you try adjusting the screen resolution? You do that ...
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| Follow-up on Computer in SAFE mode. | 1/15/2009 |
Q: I hope by now you received my last post. The computer is working fine again, thanks to you. There ...
A: I did see the post. Glad we're getting there. To get rid of the login window, as long as you're not ...
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| Under | 1/15/2009 |
Q: Using Yahoo browser with IE 7.0. On the top (File. Edit. View) when I click on 'file', then to ...
A: This happens when Windows can't tell what email program to use. There are options within IE to tell ...
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| Moving files from a DOS drive to one w/ W98 | 1/14/2009 |
Q: I had many useful files in a DOS machine and copied those to an extra hard drive in an emachine with ...
A: I'm not sure I quite understand what's going on here. The files you kept on the DOS drive - are they ...
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| NEC Computer in Safe Mode. | 1/13/2009 |
Q: My old NEC computer, about 8 years old and used as a spare, has locked-up on Safe Mode after I tried ...
A: No problem Ken. When you had it in selective start up, did you uncheck all the boxes on the startup ...
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| NEC Computer in Safe Mode. | 1/13/2009 |
Q: My old NEC computer, about 8 years old and used as a spare, has locked-up on Safe Mode after I tried ...
A: starting in safe mode is a good sign. That usually means it's just a bad device driver. There are ...
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| IMG files | 1/6/2009 |
Q: Shot! I appreciate your prompt answer on the previous issue ( The italian job) and I have already ...
A: Hopefully I can be of a little more help with this one, although I don't actually use Magic ISO, I ...
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| Win 98 based software | 1/6/2009 |
Q: I have a series of CD's containing a history of literature, The reading material can be accessed ...
A: Well, you're right, it doesn't ring a bell. But I was able to find some information on it. The ...
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| Win 98 based software | 1/5/2009 |
Q: I have a series of CD's containing a history of literature, The reading material can be accessed ...
A: I understand what you're asking, and it makes perfect sense. Problem is, if the software uses a ...
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| aol upgrade prob | 4/21/2008 |
Q: i apologize if this sounds to simple to you or is not your area of expertise. anyway, my com which ...
A: AOL is not my area of expertise, but I have run into some issues setting it up. The error you're ...
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| Booting Up problem in ME | 4/18/2008 |
Q: My son has a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop and upon booting up the computer gets the message, "No boot ...
A: This message indicates that the computer can't find a properly formated boot partition on the hard ...
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| ME to XP | 4/17/2008 |
Q: I inherited a machine that was running XP. When I got there was not a hard drive in the machine. I ...
A: the BIOS is firmware built on the motherboard, so it wouldn't care if the computer had XP or ME on ...
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| HD Migrating | 2/21/2008 |
Q: I have an ol school win95 HD, it got a lot of files which dont run on any other OS. It ran out of ...
A: To migrate everything over and boot off a new one, you will need to use a third party software such ...
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| HD Migrating | 2/19/2008 |
Q: I have an ol school win95 HD, it got a lot of files which dont run on any other OS. It ran out of ...
A: are you just trying to add a second drive, or move everything and boot from the new drive? If ...
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| No Operating System | 2/7/2008 |
Q: I have a Win95, 1996 cpu that started with no operating system. The CD drive stopped spinning. Was ...
A: I may not have understood correctly Magy, does it say No Operating System when booting from the ...
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| No Operating System | 2/5/2008 |
Q: I have a Win95, 1996 cpu that started with no operating system. The CD drive stopped spinning. Was ...
A: lets start with the CD drive, if you can fins someone willing to repair it, the repair will most ...
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| XP Pro slow after installation of IE7 | 1/29/2008 |
Q: I re-installed XP Pro which worked fine, but when an automatic download of IE7 was installed the pc ...
A: If you can get into task manager and see what's using all the resources, that would narrow it down ...
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| XP Pro slow after installation of IE7 | 1/28/2008 |
Q: I re-installed XP Pro which worked fine, but when an automatic download of IE7 was installed the pc ...
A: there are several things we could try here, I just need to make sure I'm understanding what you have ...
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| Windows 98 Sodabot Trojan Virus lexplore.exe | 1/26/2008 |
Q: My dad has windows 98 and has this lexplore.exe twice in his running processes, when he ends the ...
A: Iexplore.exe is the executable file for Internet Explorer. You wouldn't want to get rid of it ...
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| CPU | 1/21/2008 |
Q: My computor was working fine until we changed around our office the ther day. Now upon start up the ...
A: Is it a black screen at startup that says this, or Windows? If it is a black screen, depending on ...
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| CPU | 1/18/2008 |
Q: My computor was working fine until we changed around our office the ther day. Now upon start up the ...
A: I would try the obvious thing first, like making sure you have all the cable connected correctly and ...
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| Slave-drive install into w95 PC. | 1/15/2008 |
Q: I just came across this site for the 1st time while browsing the last few days for help & it looks ...
A: I'm pretty sure I know the reason you can't see it in Win95, the real question is how do we fix it. ...
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| windows xp desktop,toolber and start menu gone! | 1/13/2008 |
Q: The Tool bar,start menu and everything on my desktop is just gone i have looked and explorer.exe is ...
A: have you tried starting the computer in safe mode to see if you can get explorer to come up? The ...
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| O/S | 1/13/2008 |
Q: I have a NEC 1996/Win95 cpu. I replaced the hard drive with a compatible one I found in the ...
A: the message No Operating System found is normal if you are trying to boot from a blank (new) hard ...
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| Windows ME failed to start up after installing directX 9 | 1/12/2008 |
Q: Recently I added a PCI video capture card (DVD Maker from Kworld) to my old Windows ME system. ...
A: there are a couple of things you could try. First, will the computer start in safe mode by pressing ...
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| Hard Drive & Windows 95 | 1/4/2008 |
Q: Wondering if you could help me with a question I have about my old computer. Here goes... My first ...
A: I would look in the device manager on your new computer. (control panel>System on the hardware tab ...
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| Hard Drive & Windows 95 | 1/3/2008 |
Q: Wondering if you could help me with a question I have about my old computer. Here goes... My first ...
A: yes you could pull the hard drive out of the old computer and hook it up to your new computer as a ...
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| cd rom drive | 12/27/2007 |
Q: we are having trouble getting the D: to work it says not accesible can you tell me how to fix it? I ...
A: this usually happens when the computer thinks there's no disk in the drive. Have you tried more than ...
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| WIN98 taskbar | 12/21/2007 |
Q: I'm having a bit of a fit MOVING the taskbar. As normal it starts at the bottom of the screen. Now ...
A: you're on the right track. You need to left click and hold on a blank area of the taskbar, and then ...
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| what is missing | 12/20/2007 |
Q: I bought my son a laptop from ebay when I turn it on it says to push f2 then says invalid system ...
A: that message means that the computer cannot find an operating system. i.e. Windows. Either the ...
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| creating a DOS directory | 12/20/2007 |
Q: I used a Smith-Corona PSP 125 word processor for all my college writing. The Smith-Corona book says ...
A: I'm fairly certain the SC book only says to create a "DOS" directory because that was the operating ...
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| Missing operating system | 12/17/2007 |
Q: I won a Dell Latitdue C600 from work. They wiped the hard drive so that I could remove it from the ...
A: Well that helps narrow it down, at least we know it will boot from a disk, just not the Win98 one, ...
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| Missing operating system | 12/16/2007 |
Q: I won a Dell Latitdue C600 from work. They wiped the hard drive so that I could remove it from the ...
A: Ok, it sounds like you found the right spot in the setup, and you have it set to boot from floppy ...
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| Missing operating system | 12/16/2007 |
Q: I won a Dell Latitdue C600 from work. They wiped the hard drive so that I could remove it from the ...
A: what that error message is trying to say is that it can't find any operating system. Anywhere. So ...
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| slow computer | 12/13/2007 |
Q: I am 15 and I have a very slow computer. It takes about five to ten mintues to start up and i always ...
A: Yes Svyatoslav, I do know of RAM for free, but we need to figure out what kind you need before we ...
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| slow computer | 12/13/2007 |
Q: I am 15 and I have a very slow computer. It takes about five to ten mintues to start up and i always ...
A: there are a few things you can do that don't cost anything, or at least not much, but I need to know ...
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| Windows Explorer | 12/9/2007 |
Q: How can I restore my Windows Explorer in Windows 98? All I see is my wallpaper. There are no icons ...
A: this could be a tough one. If it will let you press the Windows key (between CTRl and ALT) and the ...
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| reloading windows 98 | 12/8/2007 |
Q: hey hello shot; I have an IBM aptiva 2270 label on back says windows 98 second edition I get a ...
A: if the computer performs a function for you, I wouldn't recommend junking it unless repairs cost ...
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| win 98SE control panel, Explorer, My Computer | 12/7/2007 |
Q: My computer hangs when trying to access these tools. I have used the safely remove hardware and ...
A: this particular symptom happens once in a while, and it's a long, drawn out process to fix it. There ...
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| I. E. favorites....moving them from the bottom | 12/6/2007 |
Q: I run Windows XP. I have over 1700 favorites. The ones I use most are at the bottom of the list. ...
A: the easiest way that comes to mind is to organize them in folders. You can create the folder and ...
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| Windows 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: Assuming the hard drive is bad, which it sounds like, you would need to buy a new hard drive. It ...
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| Windows 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: the first two problems actually sound like one. The hard drive has apparently failed, so it is not a ...
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| WINDOWS 98 | 11/3/2007 |
Q: SOMEHOW MY EXPLORER ICON AND PROGRAM HAVE DISAPEARED,HOW CAN I GET A COPY OF EXPLORER FOR WINDOWS 98 ...
A: you can try running IE by going to Start>Run and typing in "iexplore" without the quotes (and no "r" ...
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| CPi r | 10/31/2007 |
Q: My computer won't get past the first page of start up the page contains the dell logo and a space ...
A: I don't think it would hurt anything to try another hard drive, but to get into the BIOS, you should ...
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| duel system (W98SE &W XP) | 10/30/2007 |
Q: Could you tell me if it is possible to install Win 98SE and Win XP Home onto a 160gb Hard drive if ...
A: Congratulations Mike! It's not often I run into people who have done such a great job of keeping up ...
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| Lexar 1Gb jumpdrive recognized but cannot load drivers | 10/30/2007 |
Q: Shot, (cool name) I just purchased a Lexar SecureII 1 Gb flash drive and downloaded the drivers from ...
A: I can certainly try to help. The file you downloaded should have been a self extracting zip file. ...
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| Windows 98 | 10/28/2007 |
Q: Have an old computer that was unused for awhile. When I set it back up, had errors on IE, outlook ...
A: Sure. How are you trying to install Windows? Are you booting from a floppy disk and then running the ...
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| CPi r | 10/28/2007 |
Q: My computer won't get past the first page of start up the page contains the dell logo and a space ...
A: will your computer boot from a floppy disk or CD? If so you could run some diagnostics on the hard ...
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| Windows 98 | 10/27/2007 |
Q: Have an old computer that was unused for awhile. When I set it back up, had errors on IE, outlook ...
A: It's still not a total loss LoisAnn, what is the error message that you are getting? Have you ...
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| Boot win98se from external hard drive | 10/27/2007 |
Q: i have a very base knowledge of pc's I have a laptop toshiba M50 satellite. What I have done is ...
A: you would not have to uninstall XP. The computer will boot off the first bootable device it sees, ...
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| Windows 98 | 10/27/2007 |
Q: Have an old computer that was unused for awhile. When I set it back up, had errors on IE, outlook ...
A: I don't think the computer's toast, we just need to figure out why it isn't accepting that code. ...
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| Boot win98se from external hard drive | 10/26/2007 |
Q: i have a very base knowledge of pc's I have a laptop toshiba M50 satellite. What I have done is ...
A: in your BIOS there is a section for selecting the boot order. I presume you have the option there to ...
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| iexplore error | 10/23/2007 |
Q: I have windows 98, it used to work fine when I was online, but all of a sudden I get the an error ...
A: Ahh yes, I forgot about the good old Yahoo messenger. This definitely could be the problem, ...
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| Older DOS programs accessed through Win 95. | 10/22/2007 |
Q: I work in an industrial environment where we need to access numerous DOS programs. Our older ...
A: I don't know a a virtual DOS program for Windows other than what comes with it, but there is one for ...
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| iexplore error | 10/20/2007 |
Q: I have windows 98, it used to work fine when I was online, but all of a sudden I get the an error ...
A: did this happen to start right after installing a new printer? There are some known issues with ...
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| Windows 95 | 10/19/2007 |
Q: My husband has an old laptop running Windows 95 which heis finally ditching. How can we get some old ...
A: probably the easiest way is just to hook up a serial cable and copy the files from one computer to ...
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| Windows 98 Internet connection | 10/12/2007 |
Q: I tried to respond with a follow up question in Allexperts.com but it gave me a "Too many follow up ...
A: I'd like to post the answers here in case other people need them in the future, as long as we don't ...
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| No sound | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I am using windows 98 first edition operating system and cannot hear sounds after my modem connects ...
A: I agree with your thinking, the modem is taking over the sound, and probably because it's a voice ...
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| Windows 98 Internet connection | 10/10/2007 |
Q: I tried to respond with a follow up question in Allexperts.com but it gave me a "Too many follow up ...
A: it's good that they can ping each other, it does mean that they can talk to one another. I think the ...
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| Windows 98 | 10/8/2007 |
Q: I have recently updated my win 95 to windows 98 SE, but I can't connect to the Internet. I was ...
A: Those settings should do just fine Max. Do you have other computers on the network? (a laptop ...
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| Windows 98 | 10/8/2007 |
Q: I have recently updated my win 95 to windows 98 SE, but I can't connect to the Internet. I was ...
A: Ok, there are several things we can check here, if you haven't checked them already. Have you ...
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| Windows 98 | 10/7/2007 |
Q: I have recently updated my win 95 to windows 98 SE, but I can't connect to the Internet. I was ...
A: I'm sure we can fix this one. Please tell me more about your internet connection. Is it a high speed ...
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| missing kernel.32.dll files | 10/4/2007 |
Q: while trying to open a photo program..I get the mssing file message. How can I reinstall this file? ...
A: when you go to the web site and click instant scan there, that's when it asks you what program to ...
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| missing kernel.32.dll files | 10/3/2007 |
Q: while trying to open a photo program..I get the mssing file message. How can I reinstall this file? ...
A: not a problem. :-) I'm sure this is something you can do. First, if you don't have a zip utility, ...
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| missing kernel.32.dll files | 10/3/2007 |
Q: while trying to open a photo program..I get the mssing file message. How can I reinstall this file?
A: yes you can reinstall it, but it's probably not actually missing, just the wrong version. If you ...
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| Hard Drive | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I have a WIN95 with original 2.1GB. Is it okay to change it with a compatible 20GB? , just so I can ...
A: Ok, now I understand better. There are several ways to do this. You can temporarily attached the old ...
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| Power shuts off after a few minutes | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 2350 that shuts off after being on for about 10 minutes. Any ideas as to ...
A: it sounds like the computer may be getting hot and turning itself off. Please try checking all the ...
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| Hard Drive | 9/22/2007 |
Q: I have a WIN95 with original 2.1GB. Is it okay to change it with a compatible 20GB? , just so I can ...
A: anything is possible, it's just a matter of how to get to it. Let me make sure I understand, you ...
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| Hard Drive | 9/20/2007 |
Q: I have a WIN95 with original 2.1GB. Is it okay to change it with a compatible 20GB? , just so I can ...
A: if your hardware supports a 20gb hard drive, then it will depend on what version of Windows 95 you ...
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| fat | 9/14/2007 |
Q: I have a gateway computer with win 98se on it and it is using the fat system and I would like to ...
A: there are other ways to do this, but first, lets double check to make sure you don't have the ...
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| Zen | 9/8/2007 |
Q: Well no luck, the player is charging on my sons computer, but when I click on creative media device ...
A: if the plays for sure utility won't recognize it, I'm not sure what to do. We could ask one of the ...
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| Wireless network adaptor | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I am trying to add an old laptop which is running on Windows 98SE to my home network. When I try to ...
A: I'm not exactly sure why you're getting this message, but the IPX/SPX protocol is used to connect to ...
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| USB | 9/7/2007 |
Q: What's Up? I finally got my MSINFO32 thing right, and my computer says that everything is running ...
A: you can use the recovery tool to reload the firmware. Unfortunately, it requires Windows XP or ...
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| Word 97 | 9/6/2007 |
Q: On our home computer windows word 97 was somehow deleted from our computer. I'm guessing one of the ...
A: Unfortunately, Microsoft Word is a licensed program. You need the installation disk and the ...
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| USB | 9/3/2007 |
Q: What's Up? I finally got my MSINFO32 thing right, and my computer says that everything is running ...
A: glad I can help. Or at least try to. Well at least it's finding the phillips device, now we know ...
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| Microsoft System Information | 9/1/2007 |
Q: I have a creative Zen Micro and a Philips Mp3 Player that are both usb devices, the computer quit ...
A: Hey Greg, those files are kind of hidden on the CD, they're in .cab files, which are compressed ...
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| Microsoft System Information | 9/1/2007 |
Q: I have a creative Zen Micro and a Philips Mp3 Player that are both usb devices, the computer quit ...
A: I remember the good old IRQ conflicts well! If you had one though, it should show the big yellow ...
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| Microsoft System Information | 8/31/2007 |
Q: I have a creative Zen Micro and a Philips Mp3 Player that are both usb devices, the computer quit ...
A: I have to admit you kind of have me stumped on this one. I can see why Wordpad might not allow you ...
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| error message | 8/31/2007 |
Q: 1. iexplore general protection fault in module GDi.exe at 00026:00001489 ...
A: I'll try to help here, but there are many things that can cause this, so I'll need some more ...
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| Unregister operating system | 8/30/2007 |
Q: I am going to get a new computer and I am thinking about giving the old one away. Windows 98 is ...
A: yes there is a way to change the registered owner, at least in some versions of office. There are ...
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| windows95/98 | 8/28/2007 |
Q: I recently bought a old laptop from ebay with no operating system. I tried to load Win98 only to ...
A: are you trying to boot from a Win95 Floppy or CD? I'm going to assume a floppy since you said "A:\". ...
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| linking problem | 8/27/2007 |
Q: After a while on the computer when I click on links they don't work, and then even when I click on ...
A: Ok, now I understand what you're saying, thanks. This problem has several different causes, and ...
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| linking problem | 8/26/2007 |
Q: After a while on the computer when I click on links they don't work, and then even when I click on ...
A: I'd love to help out, but I need more information to be able to help you. What do you mean by ...
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| Copying files in DOS | 8/25/2007 |
Q: Ok... thanks so much for helping. Here is what i'm trying to do: I want to copy files in DOS off of ...
A: this is a tricky one. There are USB drivers for DOS, so you could copy to a mass storage device such ...
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| CDROM not ready | 8/24/2007 |
Q: After clicking, system, cdrom, then properties, it is supposedly working properly. However, when I ...
A: this problem has been around a long time and has many causes, so lets see if we can narrow it down a ...
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| Cookies listing | 8/15/2007 |
Q: Nicholas How can I get to the listing of all the cookies stored on my Win98? I know I stumbled on ...
A: right click on your start button, and select explore. That will open Windows explorer to your Start ...
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| DLLfile not found | 8/7/2007 |
Q: I hope you can. When I start up my PC an error starting program says "DLLfile,BWESEC.DLL was not ...
A: I'm not sure if you've got the solved yet, but I think you're talking about BWSEC.dll. bwsec.dll is ...
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