We are operating on Windows 98. Do we have to already have the 2nd edition installed to upgrade to XP? We have tried to install XP & it won't finish installing.

Window wont come on Message says: Window protection error

it goes to 2% and then starts over...in both scandisc and defrag.....when I first start pc I get a window that says....missing....stms.exe.....both of these probelms occured around the same time frame....get that missing 'stms.exe' everytime I sign on.....help!!!!! and thank you........

I am still using Norton Utilities (Disk Doctor and System doctor) for performance reasons on two of my Win98 machines. Until now I have had little or no problems running LiveUpdate regularly but today LiveUpdate suddenly failed on both machines with error code LU1806, the secondary error referred...

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when i boot my computer screen comes on saying that system.ini refers to device files vredir.vxd and dfs.vxd and that they no longer exist. i have no idea what apps thes files belong to or how to fix tis problem. also, after that i get an error msgbox saying "cannot load link library" and that...

Does anyone know what sblvyx.exe is? It is in my startup, and listed as an 32k application in Windows. I hve never notice this before, ansd searches through virus and spywre didn't come up eith name.

IE repeatedly sets it's homepage at something called "about:blank" and pops up with an ad for spyware detecters. Also, certain system files are missing or corrupt. I've run virus scanners, spyware detecters, scandisk, sfc and dr Watson. Neither detected anything, however dr watson gave me this...

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Does anyone know where to go to get a free download of quikview.exe? Mine got accidentally deleted from my computer. THANKS!

Does anyone know where to go to get a free download of quikview.exe for Windows 98? Mine has been deleted from the computer.

message:the windows installer failed to install the program associated with the file,any advice grateful

I have subscribed to the newgroups but when i try to get on the one i want (sport) it does the download thing and then shows the following information Account: news.btinternet.com Server: news.btinternet.com Protocol: NNTP Port: 119 Secure(SSL): 0 Code: 800ccc0e so can someone tell me what im...

please help me, my windows 98 se crashed and i was trying to uninstall a not needed program and when i restarted the computer it crashed my system. Please help, i don't have the windows 98 cd to put the authenticity number. please help, where can i get this to start my computer back?

I have a user running WIN98/196M_RAM. She runs a DOS application via shortcut to a network drive, periodically, when toggling back to WIN98 it will hang (black screen) requiring power reset. I have other users running the same DOS based App. without problems...

My older computer will not shut down by loging off windows from the start menu. It just keeps coming back on. I can only shut it off by using the main power source. The button on the pc will turn it on, but will not turn it off. Is this a power button problem? Or a problems in windows? (I...

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While in the Carribian islands I had my notebook serviced for an internet problem. When I got back to the states I went to use it and now everything ( all the captions, prompts, etc.) is in French...no English to be found anywhere. The operating system is Windows 98. How can I get it back to...

With computer started in dos mode, usb keyboard does not operate. Any ideas anyone?