I keep getting a message that I have critical updates. I go to the sight and there are the same two updates everytime. I download them, reboot my computer and then about an hour later I get a message saying that I have critical updates. It's driving me crazy. What do I need to do to make sure...

Hi: Can anyone suggest any aplications (freeware, shareare,etc.) that will actually wipe your hard drive clean not just erase the pointers so that any persoanl data that may have been on the Hard Disk is not retrievable by anyone no matter how good of a hacker they may be ? Will doing a...

Windows 98 is having trouble installing this software for our new NTL broadbrand connection. Once the modem is recognised (and the green lights show), the PC requests to restart and Windows locates new hardware and builds the driver database, it then tries to install the software for it. During...

Ever since I downloaded a new version of windows media player, it does not work. When I try to play something by clicking on "listen now" on a radio station website, for example, a message pops up that says: Windows Media Player cannot play this file. Connect to the Internet or insert the...

I have windows SE on my old Celeron. I think someone in the house tried to uninstall a program and that deleted or corrupted some .dll files. When I try to open IE, I get a blank screen and can't connect to websites. When I open programs I get a message relating to "OLEAUT32.DLL" can't open....

I created some documents on my old computer in Windows 98. I can't tell what version of word ( the old computer has crashed)..I would assume it was the standard version that came with windows 98...anyway..why can't I open the old documents on my new computer that has Windows XP? Are they not...

What free virus scanners (that are still being maintained) will run on Windows 98 SE?

I have a Compaq Presario 7360 with Windows 98 Second Edition. One day I booted up the computer as normal, the password screen came up and I entered the password. An error message occured after entry and it looked like this: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Explorer.exe...

Me han mandado un parche por correo para mi windows pero no se si abrirlo, tengo miedo ^^

can anyone answer me the following question..... i loaded windows 98SE on my harddrive and when windows loads it wont load all the way and when i go to device manager and click on the performance tab under file system some drives are using MS-DOS compatibility virtual memory

Thanks, but its been over a week I have been trying everything.

Ok, I was using a cable modem, with comcast, and Have two computers, one main on 98se and the other on 2000, the 2000 is a laptop on a station. A few weeks ago I Set the 2000 on the desk and wondered what would happen if I pluged in the usb cable from the back of the modem, which has a eithernet...

Hmmm, well like I said, Computers suck. I have tried everything. All spyware, addware, anti trojan, virus and worm programs, cant get this stupid ie hijacking off. Also, when I type anything in the address bar and hit go. this other window opens up, mainly of porn or other usless crap. I got a...

Ok, heres an odd one. both Internet Explorer and Netscape will only let me surf for a few min, the stop letting me surf and start saying that it cannot fin page or just does not do anything. Same goes for yahoo chat. But my Messengers work fine. Anyone?

Anyone heard of a spyware or adware or whatever, that screws up your clock? I go to properties and uncheck it and where the clock is theres an invisible spot that opens and closes. If I go to the system file or click on the blank spot the clock properties come up! I dont know what happened?

Having trouble with 98se, cant load install any programs, auto run wont start and if I close a program with alt, ctrl, del hit end task the comp freezes, please help?

I went to istall a new program (Photo Finale) and it asked for the product key number. So I entered it and installed the program. I had some problems and had to uninstall the program and then reinstalled it. The first time I installed, the program had some extra software installed so I could...

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Hello, Whenever I bootup the computer, I get the following error message: "Error Starting Program: A required DLL file, DMIAPI32.DLL was not found" I have used Windows Update and installed all the critical updates, but to no avail.

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