At first I thought this problem was related to a low memory condition, that I often get, I have ordered additional memory should be here any time. But it isn't that, but what I have noticed is that whenever I right click on c: the internet lites up and it transfers a few bytes each way. So I...

Operating system has been infected and willnot allow me to download anti-virus updates, load from disk anti-virus, etc. Has affected and disabled internet explorer. Can I eliminate virus without blowing out 98 and doing new install of windows 98?

if your computer is running slow download Spybot and Ad-Aware from www.download.com (they're both free and very good and easy to use..) install both.. update them and run them (not at the same time though) restart.. and see how that works :P thx for reading.. -Jonathan

I installed TextMaker which seemed to have overwritten the default MSWord desktop icon and also seems to open MS Word files by default from within explorer. I do not like this as I'd rather open TextMaker first, and then open a Word file, instead of vice versa. Textmaker does take longer to load...

Could u please tell me what is all needed in 98 Se in seletive start up to run the machine with out any added programs?????????? ty John Eichmiller

Please help, my kids can't play any of their cd rom games! the cdrom does not work, that is the drawer opens and the light goes on, but then nothing. my computer shows the a:floppy drive but d is not there anymore. device manager shows it as there and working properly, that there is a driver and...

On startup and when opening or browsing a site it seems and sounds like a program is running and my mouse pointer freezes then moves then freezes repeatedly.

I have a 98 that has Pro Publisher 20 installed and when I try to run it, all it does is freeze-up as soon as it shows up on screen. It's the only program that does that, all other loaded apps run fine. I've taken it off and reinstalled and the same thing keeps happening. On other pc's there is no...

I have just discovered something that makes me think my problem is not in the KDS monitor. I have two other machines, on with WXP, the other with W98SE. Both machines show a FULL SCREEN display on this same KDS VS-195E monitor. Therefore my problem is unique to my new ECS L7VMM3...

When clicking "my computer" I crash. It shuts down my norton crash gaurd. I can't get in "my computer or explore it at all.

how do you password protect a computer to keep someone from getting on it? - not the log in screen where they can just push cancel and still get on the computer. the computer is run by windows 2000. thanks

Windows 98 locks up every time I try to empty the recycle bin. Can anyone help me out?

my computer will defrag and get to 10% then start saying Driver's contents changed...restarting but i won't have anything running and it will go back to 0% and start over? what do i do?

when working with graphics and printing my work, keep getting message, running low in virtual memory, and there is something in my system that is eating a lot of RAM, but do not know what? Can anyone would know what's causing this problem? I will be very glad to get an answer. SHM

afterI have tried to close down computer, a large grey message appears from WIN 95 RPC Wmsg Window and says this program not responding, you may wait, cancel, or shut down program. I will noy allow me to shut down until I choose what to do. This has nener happened before . How do I fix this?...

when i reboot or shut down on my win.98se i get error volume that was removed had open files on it that needed to be flushed then press any key to continue but when i do it fatal exception and cant get to desktop what is this error and how do i fix it ? Please need help

I am having problems. All my Windows 98SE windows do not show up in alphabetic name order, even when I set up my Windows to be "Like current folder" in Folder Option. How can I get this to work? -- Y.

Recently my computer has been slowing down. Right after a boot-up, it is fine, but the longer it is on, the more it hangs every few seconds or so. The clock also looses time in the process. PLease help~!

I'm not sure if I'm in the correct forum, so bear with me. Last week I scooped up a computer out of the trash heap. It's a P-III running at 956 Mhz, Abit BH6 motherboard, AGP video. My initial problem was that Win98 kept looping into scanreg on startup. I replaced the BIOS chip, which fixed the...

Freezes even when I am on the internet. I shut down and can only get on the net by back door. All my icons come up on the desk top. But I cannot open them. Ctrl, alt,delete I have to end task always stuck on Wintsvtr. Sherry