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Desktop pictures by
B.W.
Where are the pictures stored for the desktop backgrounds. A friend had a
family photo as a background and has lost the original, would it still be
retrievable?
TIA
B.W.
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April 6th 08 07:31 AM
by B.W.
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installing windows by
b21playa
Ive just formatted my HDD and tried to reinstall and i get
"Bad fault in MS-DOS Extender"
Ive reset the CMOS, changed ram, CPU, hdd and still nothing
ive tried another boot disk as well, still no difference
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Installing 98 SE on a memory stick - diskless workstation? by
[email protected]
Hello all,
I am curious if this is at all possible.
Basically what I want is to install Windows 98 SE onto a 1GB memory
stick like it was a regular old hard drive. The workstation that the
memory still will be used with will not have a hard disk, and will boot
directly from the memory stick. The...
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help please by
Babette
I was doing what microsoft told me to do while trying to
fix my sound. A box came up said I didn't need something
and I deleted it. My computer will not even bring up my
start button, or any of my icons. Do you know what the
cammand line is for a reboot? It says explorer.exe has
cause an invalid...
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reloading 98 windows by
[email protected]
While tring to reload 98 Windows I ran into trouble. I
have a ton of files and other items missing. How do I get
these items back or reloaded. I had made a mistake in not
making a back up disc. I have a Compaq computer. Missing
are the following 'dhcpc
svc.dll', 'mgallx64.dll', 'choosusr.dll',...
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Foreign characters by
BAnders
Hi,
During a set-up of the english version of Win98, wrong language was chosen.
Later changed to the correct one (swedish), incl changes in the config.sys
file. Sometimes the swedish character å is like "i" but with the point on
top replaced by a small line (the french language has got several)....
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Computer freezes on startup by
Barry
Hi Everyone,
After reinstalling Windows, the computer freezes up at the
first dialog box ( the windows setup screen where it asks
you for your name and company). I can get into Safe Mode,
and all the programs from the installation disk are there.
I've formatted the hard drive 3 times hoping it was...
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windows protection error by
Barry Angus
Hi
Not sure if this is the right newsgroup, but any help appreciated.
On starting up a PC , we get the usual dos windows loaded, it then give the
following error message:-
"While initialising Device VKD, Windows protection error. You need to
restart your computer".
I checked the FAQ on...
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product key by
Barry Blair
please tell me how to finish installing windows if you no
longer have the product key, I can find my cd case and
have to reinstall windows.
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Unable to install software by
bazzer
I need to re-install some software but every time I try
the installation terminates after the setup box appears.
It makes no difference if I use autorun,add & remove
programs or run from the the start menu.Any ideas?.
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October 10th 04 02:00 PM
by PattyL
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no discs by
[email protected]
i bought a used comp from a friend.(premio comp)
it had win 98 installed , but she had no disks with it.
alot has been deleted.
now the comp won't load past the ms windows98 screen.
the dir has nothing in it .
how would i reset the dir , or what is the problem?
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September 8th 04 12:33 PM
by philo
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An Exception 06 has occured at 0028:00000017 in VxD---. by
BB
Hi,
When I restarted my PC I am getting the following error
message. All I can do is logon to the Safe Mode but can't
take any back up of my data. How can I restore my data
before reformatting the hard disk?
An Exception 06 has occured at 0028:00000017 in VxD---.
This was called from...
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Loading win98se without the authorization code by
[email protected]
I upgraded my Windows 95 with Windows 98se several years
ago. I had to restore the maindrive back to Win 95
because of a virus but I lost the Win 98 capability. I
still have the disk for Win 98 but in a move by my
daughter, I cannot find the original setup book with the
authorization code--it is...
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October 7th 04 06:43 PM
by pjp
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weird characters shown up instead of original symbols by
Bee Chu
Something happened that the menu & screen symbols become strange characters
in my Win98 SE system.
Is there anyway to check why the font files in the FONT folder are not
used/accessed properly ? I'd checked that marlett.ttf and other ones are
the same as before i.e. not corrupted. In fact, I'd...
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February 18th 05 03:15 PM
by PattyL
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98 to 98se upgrade by
behind the times
I recall that microsoft offered a CD that would upgrade
from 98 to 98se for $9.95. Well I am finally ready but can
find nothing on the microsoft website. Is it still
possible to do this upgrade? Please don't tell me that I
should move on to ME or XP. Thanks in advance.
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PASSWORDS by
BEN
HELLO, I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE KNEW HOW TO SETUP A
PASSWORD SO THAT ONLY I CAN USE WINDOWS ON MY COMPUTER. I
HAVE HAD SEVERAL USING MY COMPUTER WHEN IM NOT HERE AND I
HAVE BEEN GETTING VIRUS'S. IF ANYBODY CAN HELP PLEASE
WRITE BACK.
THNAK YOU
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A Pest from Where? by
Ben B
Hi. I uninstalled QuickTime a couple of weeks ago and made sure all files
and registry entries had gone. As this ap will, it has sneaked back several
times but now seems to have accepted that I don't want it.
My problem is that I cannot get rid of a persistent message telling me that
QT has been...
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October 30th 05 01:50 AM
by Ben B
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help with OS by
benandbec
Hi,
I don't know why, but when I turned my computer, which
has Windows 98 on it, on I receive the following
message "Operating System not Found and that is all I get
and all the computer will do. Can anyone help me or tell
me what to do to fix this problem?
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XP/98 Dual boot by
Benjamin Dow
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...
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October 25th 06 04:13 PM
by Moses
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