In the news today it was announced that all Windows OS's, back to W98, need critical security updates installed. Going to the Microsoft site, I don't see any updates for W98 - they all seem to be for XP, ME, 2000 etc. Any suggestions? John A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey

Why am I seeing over 300 duplicated posts in this NG!? It seems the first post in many threads are showing the initial post TWICE. In some case, entire thread segments are duplicated. My inclination is to reset the NG. But I must go now-- no time to even investigate! The posts are identical, but...

I thought I'd start a new thread here on this subject, since the YouTube one had drifted off subject. LostGalliFreyan wrote: Bill, if you want to hear a 32 kbps MP3 test of a clip about 52 seconds long, I posted it in alt.binaries.test.test "For Bill, a small MP3 at 32 kbps test" The...

Hello to all, These are the immediate problems I have after installing Win98 via copying files to a folder from dos and running setup from there. (so far so good) Primarily I am trying to get the modem to work so I can get on the net and do all the updates, especially Outlook & IE. After...

With the html 5, I'm constantly getting script errors in the browsers I have been using, namely K-Meleon, Netscape, and Seamonkey. I quit using IE years ago, and know that IE6 is the last version for 98. (which was always crap). I found a browser called Flock, and found out it wont run in Win98,...

From: "PA Bear" | | | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-002: Vulnerability in Cursor and Icon | played a major role in getting them fixed. | snip | AFAIK KB891711 should no longer load at Startup and display as a running

Hello tech gurus: I just reinstalled all the SW in my Win98se PC from scratch and had it working perfectly. Then I installed a new Belkin NIC in a PCI slot. Immediately after doing this, I could no longer boot properly. The PC would only let me boot into Safe Mode. I tried the following, but...

modem question and modem string wanted Is it ok to have an isa modem and pci modem installed at the same time? I have a dual boot system. 98se and xp. 98se and puppy Linux live cd does recognize my ISA modem (cl-md56xx

In order that we might better dissect the obvious problem that is KB891711.EXE, I'd like to request any and all persons who have encountered the problems to please do some tests for me and report the results according to the schema below. My goal here is to collect data in a standardized and...

Which company is the best for protecting your computer? Which company has the best anti-spyware, anti-virus, and firewall solution to protect the individual, companies and the government? Please post your feedback and here is an article from Forbes about the two...

As per the subject line. Where does W98 store the physical layout of the desktop icons (because it surely does)?

"PA Bear " wrote: PS: Extended Support for Win2K ends in June 2010. When that happens, there will be NO further security updates for your computer Ergo? No more Cumulative Security Updates for IE, for one.

I have a program software that works on Win 98 but not Win2K or XP. So I am trying to install Win98 on a brand new harddrive using Win98 installation disk (upgrade). In the past I was able to do so without difficulty. But this time, after having proceded up to the first reboot and reappearance...

Greetings to all. Well, after some vacation away I've returned to the trusty W98se Gen.Disc.Newsgroup where all issues are always fixed by the knowledgeable and steadfast denizens who 'live here'. g Please forgive my lengthy tome here; I'm trying to explain as best I can about what is what, in a...

I will see you all on about the 20 or 21 of March. Take care and thanks for all the support. I am so gone -- LOL!!

While I would like the USB and other upgraded support options of SE, I have been putting off upgrading to SE on an older laptop, because, 1.) the FE config is running great & 2.) if anything goes wrong with the upgrade, I don't look forward to reinstalling FE with all the fixes. I don't have an...

I have successfully installed the latest version of Opera 10.52 on Windows 98 Second Edition even though the download calls for Windows 2000 or greater to run. I wanted to let everyone know because it is nice to have a browser that will run in windows 98 SE and that is currently supported.

Emrys Davies wrote (in alt.windows98) My wife is using my 15 year old PC and it has a fault amongst many as you will expect but can you help with this one? It is a Win. 98 SE with a C Drive capacity of 19.1 GB of which 5.47 GB is used. It has 384.0 MB of RAM and 65 per cent of this is...

I read (here, I think) various opinions about whether to go for XP, but don't recall if there was a consensus against upgrading. More advice would be much appreciated. -- RobF

I understand that the new version 7 will no longer work on anything other than 2000 and XP. Sigh... Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: