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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.
April 6th 08 07:31 AM
by B.W. Go to last post
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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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August 26th 05 01:19 PM
by b21playa Go to last post
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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...
August 5th 05 10:39 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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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...
August 28th 04 08:08 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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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',...
September 10th 04 01:07 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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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)....
April 5th 05 08:04 PM
by Mikhail Zhilin Go to last post
1 1,557
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...
July 16th 04 11:21 PM
by alexiaalex Go to last post
2 1,588
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...
December 14th 04 11:02 PM
by Barry Angus Go to last post
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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.
October 2nd 04 01:57 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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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?.
October 10th 04 02:00 PM
by PattyL Go to last post
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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?
September 8th 04 12:33 PM
by philo Go to last post
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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...
July 9th 04 02:44 AM
by Li'l Roberto Go to last post
1 1,686
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...
October 7th 04 06:43 PM
by pjp Go to last post
1 1,077
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...
February 18th 05 03:15 PM
by PattyL Go to last post
1 1,155
Win 98 won't download attachments by Beemer
After installing a new motherboard, I can't download attachments. Help!
July 3rd 04 11:24 AM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
1 1,387
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.
August 28th 04 07:12 PM
by same boat Go to last post
2 1,239
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
September 18th 04 09:58 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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1 Attachment(s) 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...
October 30th 05 01:50 AM
by Ben B Go to last post
3 1,032
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?
June 1st 04 11:58 AM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
2 1,501
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...
October 25th 06 04:13 PM
by Moses Go to last post
3 1,314
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