I am running on Windows98 second edition. In running a program to check for duplicate files (Dupeless) several sets of files that are duplicates in C:\Windows\Iinstaller appear. My question: Is it okay to erase one of the duplicates? The sets of duplicate files a 21c3b1.msp and 21c3de.msp...

Following this thread here http://tinyurl.com/yyojwj does anyone have a URL for the full download not just the installer, I have tried this http://www.updatexp.com/download-ie6.html but won't download everything as I won't run it when it wants to. It's for a full format on a 98SE machine. TIA

It probably happened when I was not looking, but early today, my quick launch bar disappeared from the bottom of the screen. The other components are there and work fine. When I right click the bar, and select Quick Launch, it says it can't create it. I am running WIN 98SE. I even put in my CD and...

Hello, My pc is win98se and I have a broadband internet connection. I have been using the broadband for a few years. And since the beginning of this year, my internet connection will be intermittently lost. At first, I thought something was wrong with the modem, which is terayon TA-102. I...

I'm trying to install 98/XP on a single HD under separate partitions. When I try to install 98 the setup doesn't seem to have a driver to recognize my cdrom. I get an error message saying cd rom can't be found and setup files can't be found. I'm using: SONY DVD RW DW-Q120A Any idea how to...

Right Click on "Start" opens a menu with the following. Open Explore Find Scan with AVG Open and Explore are now grayed out. How do I get them back? Regards,

Hello I have urgent problem to solve. I have Widows 98 and LIte on dvd recorder. It was working for a long time without any problems , but since last week I can't record any dvd. I can read them without any problems. Liteon is ok - on my other PC it's working with Windows XP. And I have another...

Hi, Can someone help me understand these items in the registry. I am concerned about the second line in each catagory, on the right side of the Registry. I have never seen this in any Windows registry. They are as follows: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Hi, My CD Writer drive recently packed up so I needed to buy another....and with DVD Writers now being available now I thought I'd upgrade......bad move. There doesn't seem to be any driver available for windows98! My drive is the SHW-160H6S-01C

I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? Art

Hi friends A problem accurd when installing WIN98. says : INVALID DPMI RETURN FROM 03B7:0170 Who can solve for me ?

Well the problem is I have a hard drive (Maxtor) which when I make a slave system does not see it. When I make it a master the best it will do is bring up the Windows log and stay there for ever. If I wait long enough and mash a lot of key I get three messages saying I am missing files. ...

I am working on an older computer that has windows 98 on it but is not working properly. I would like a free copy to be able to download. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

Seagate ST3160812AS-RK 160 GB SATA with 137 GB partition. MB drivers from CD and VIA_HyperionPro_V510A. SATA 1&2: Seagate 160 GB. Secondary IDE: Memorex DVD drive. P4 524 – 3.06 GHz. ECS P4M800PRO-M V1.0A motherboard. VT8237 Southbridge. ATI AIW 9000 Pro 500 k RAM W98SE

I managed to click one too many 'yes to all' buttons when deleting some files and lost windows\system\comctl32.dll with the result that Explorer won't load and I was told I must reinstall Windows. I have done so, several times, to the Windows directory. The problem persists and the initial load...

Hello everybody, my dad's PC (WIN98/SE) came up with a problem: the links are no longer recognized as links. Not Internet links: FILE LINKS! All the links (except for Explorer, that is not a link) on the desktop now show the generic Windows icon; the little arrow in the lower...

I have an old Compaq Presario 5600i with around 300MB of available RAM, which is ideal for running Win98, but not much else. I tried running WinXP on it but found it to be intolerably slow and want to downgrade to Win98 again. The problem is that the floppy drive has since died, so I can't make...

Hi, I have an older Compaq Presario desktop machine. It came with windows 98 on the restore CD that came with it. I also have an OEM (?) windows 98 SE CD disk that came with a locally built computer by a small independent store. It also had other CD s with the drivers for the sound card and video...

I want to install new hard drive I will set the jumpers to master and cable select that I will run fdisk and then install windows 98SE. Do I have to do anything in order to make it a bootable hard disk? Also if I install the old drive as the slave and remove the master jumper still with the older...

Jonny told me in his last post to me You can't set jumpers to both master and cable select. One or the other, not both. My computer manual says use cable select but do you think they mean only to added ide things on that bus. i did add the cable select jumper to the master with the master...