Whenever i try to start up my computer i get a message that Explorer has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE at 0167:00401f31 Can anyone tell me how to repair this? Thanks for an help.

I downloaded a program to optimise my comp and when i restart, the following error box appear as : Explorer in Explorer.Exe at 0167:00401f31 Registers: EAX=00000000 CS=0167 EIP=00401f31 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00000001 SS=016f ESP=0080feec EBP=0080fef4 ECX=c16f9cf0 DS=046f ESI=00000000...

Could anyone tell me how to get pass a bios password that has been forgotten. I'm not sure how to use 'cmos password' that I downloaded from this site -- http://www.cgsecurity.org/?cmospwd.html and really not sure of any other software to use to get this done. Since I've never tried this...

Could anyone tell me how to get pass a bios password that has been forgotten. I'm not sure how to use 'cmos password' that I downloaded from this site -- http://www.cgsecurity.org/?cmospwd.html and really not sure of any other software to use to get this done. Since I've never tried this...

I just reinstalled Win98 because my computer’s been crashing frequently. (It was originally a Win95 machine that I upgraded to Win98SE a few years ago. I suspect the problem was spyware/virus. Spybot Search & Destroy found DSO Exploit. I tried to clean it, but it kept reappearing when I reran...

I just reinstalled Win98 because my computer’s been crashing frequently. (It was originally a Win95 machine that I upgraded to Win98SE a few years ago. I suspect the problem was spyware/virus. Spybot Search & Destroy found DSO Exploit. I tried to clean it, but it kept reappearing when I reran...

I have Windows 98SE and when I recently went to start the computer the following appeared: "A required .DLL file, C:\windows\system\msvcrt.dll wsa not found." After this, a screen appears telling me there was an error loading explorer.exe and that I need to reinstall Windows. Questions: Anyone know...

I am running Windows 98 and all of a sudden, when I rebooted 3 machines it starts in Windows 98 Setup. It asks for Product Key ...when entered it hangs.

Hello. I've got a computer that used to dual boot to either winxp or win98 with each operating system on its own drive. Anyway I tried to install linux -BIG MISTAKE- but it didn't work and stopped the computer from starting. It said the linux installation had been successful and to press any key...

My main OS is win98se. the 40g slave drive I put in had (i think) windows nt on it, I formatted it and instead of showing 40g it now reads 2.05g and I have discovered that it is fat16 instead of fat32. I have been formatting and converting all day to no avail, can anyone help a poor semi ignorant...

I get the following message when booting up: A Fatal Exception OE occurred at 0167:00000001 I can not start in safe mode either. Can anyone help?

Im sorry for posting this here. I just can't find win2000 group to tell my problem. Can someone post a link to get there or tell me becouse all I see in the selection is win 9x and winme. Please help. tanks -- Need a FREE Anti-Virus Software GO TO: www.avast.com

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I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SEARCH FOR WINDOWS 2000 NEWS GROUPS! MY COMPUTER STARTED DISPLAYNG THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN: WINMGMT.EXE HAS GENERATED ERRORS. THIS ONLY STARTED WHEN I LOADED WIN2000 SERVICE PACK 3. PLEASE HELP I ONLY WAY I GOT ON HERE IS THROUGH TASKMANIGER. AND HAVE NO START MENU NO DESKTOP...

Basically I'm trying to help a mate fix his laptop. I haven't seen his computer so I don't know any error messages. He had about 10 viruses on his laptop and he managed to clean the viruses with antivirus but now windows won't load. It just freezes at the win98 splash screen. My question is what...

I just reinstalled Win98 because my computer’s been crashing frequently. (It was originally a Win95 machine that I upgraded to Win98SE a few years ago. I suspect the problem was spyware/virus. Spybot Search & Destroy found DSO Exploit. I tried to clean it, but it kept reappearing when I reran...

I just reinstalled Win98 because my computer’s been crashing frequently. (It was originally a Win95 machine that I upgraded to Win98SE a few years ago. I suspect the problem was spyware/virus. Spybot Search & Destroy found DSO Exploit. I tried to clean it, but it kept reappearing when I reran...

I just reinstalled Win98 because my computer’s been crashing frequently. (It was originally a Win95 machine that I upgraded to Win98SE a few years ago. I suspect the problem was spyware/virus. Spybot Search & Destroy found DSO Exploit. I tried to clean it, but it kept reappearing when I reran...

We're having difficulty in properly load EMM386. Here are the first 2 lines of the config.sys file. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE With the above configuration an error message appears during boot up, EMM386 not installed, press any key. After pressing a key another...

just a quick one just formatted one of the kids old pcs it had died and have no cdrom support to reinstall win 98, how do i create the floppy disks to give support from the cdrom, have my laptop to pull data off the win 98 disk to create the disks, thanks in advance. phil h