I have Windows 98 Disk with the code number QRTTH-74X9C- 4PXDP-4XKT7 & Windows Me with the code numbers TYGBY- PCYCC-PRWHD-CF6FH. 98 is Second edition X04-14310 & Me is X05-60892 The code numbers are not right there needs to be another 5 group on the end which I dont have I though that I wrote...

Have installed Game Net/Links 2003 but unable to play the game because Microsoft Audio Compression is not installed. Have gone through the procedure as quoted in Article 310684 i.e Start/Settings/Control Panel/Add/Remove/Windows Setup/Multimedia/Audio Compression etc. but when I am asked for...

One of my staff has a windows 98 box. This morning, after opening My Computer, for some reason, all drives letters are appearing in My Computer as if there were drives using all those letters when they are not. They appear as local hard disks. Any ideas why this might happen? -Aaron

I'm working on a clients machine and scan disk will not load. Already ran spyware removal.

I am running Win 98 SE, and recently, I have been getting an "Invalid File Handle" error when I have been transferring groups of files from one hardrive to another. It happens randomly, and when it does happen, I have to wind up copying the files one at a time, which is starting to become very...

When I put in the cd-rom into the cd player,the contents doesn't come up. I get a msg that says "An exception has occured at 0E0000????? V*D Some more numbers are listed. Then it says I may be able to continue normally-press any key to continue or cntrl+alt+del. I am frozen out of my computer and...

I get error message "F:\ is not accessible. Device is not ready". "F" is the CD ROM drive and was working well. How shall I get it back to work?

I was using my Roxio Easy CD Creator 3.5with no problem. After loading AOL 9, Roxio will no longer format CD. I get "invalid file fomate, Disc is bad" I've reloaded Roxio and deleted AOL and tried several brands with the sdame results, can there be another problem with windows that my also...

I think I seem to have overwritten a large windows backup (.qic) file with a smaller one. Can i restore /recover all or part of the original back up file.

Both of the DVD player and the CD Burner continue to spin and will not allow the computer to start up. It is like they are stuck. Then the computer will not turn off with the power switch (I have to pull the plug.) I can push the eject button and the DVD player will open but it immediately shuts...

In win98se "my computer" lists drives c: and d:. They have the same names. The d: drive seems to be a copy or mirror of c:. There is no second hard drive in the computer. In "safe mode" only the C; drive is displayed. This computer also freezes shortly after starting windows in normal mode. Any...

I have been attempting to install new HP printer software. As soon as it begins, I get an error message that reads, "Disk Write Error. Unable to write to drive C. Data or files may be lost." I can close it out and move on, but it continues to pop up throughout the installation process. ...

hi there, my name is florin and ai have a problem with my windows 98 second edition sometimes I have this messages and on the blue screen : a fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:C00372D1 in VXD IFSMGR(01) Please help me, for this !!!

when i bought my compaq presario it came with some games but now they wont load. my e drive is full but i cant delete anything cause it is read only files. ever heard of this before and how i can fix it. i put the disks in and they dont do anything but i can play a cd.

cd rom drive will not read media

Problem with CD drive. Drive won't work. Message says, "Unable to access drive E: The drive is locked by a disk utility." System utilities says that CD drive is working correctly.

Is it possible to install WINDOWS 98 Second Edition in a SATA Hard Drive? If it is possible, then is the method same as used in a Parallel ATA Hard Drive? If not, what is the correct method of installation?

I am facing a computer where I cannot boot the system. I started by using Win98 startup disk then went on to c: drive I DOS files no Windows 98 or Data files. When I typed FDisk it shows the 2GB of space is intact from 40GB. The system has SMART BIOS any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in...

I have 2 CD ROMs when the disk has been in either machine for an extended period of time I get a change in Windows Explorer showing 2 drives of the same name (ie..G:12345 and G:Sys) if I change the disk to the other drive H: G: will remain like this until H: displays the same error then G: is...

I had a friend that thought he was helping and installed windows 2000 on my computer and it is not working and I want to get back to windows 98 second edition, but I can't find the recovery disk. Can anyone help what can i do. Please email me with any suggestions.