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BIOS problem by
Brian Gotjunk
I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by
all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me.
Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE
I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (hey
that old shoe just missed me)
I know, I know STUPID - but...
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Wrong Licence Key? by
JamCo
I am restoring an old Compaq laptop for a co-worker. He has the OEM restore
CD , it is not in the original sleeve but the label he made will not activate
98. Is there a way to view the OEM key to reinstall 98? I cannot remember
where 98 stores the reg info. I can boot to safe mode and run Regedit...
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monitor flickers off after boot-up by
Daniel
I have a Dell pc that starts off booting up ok, but after the Windows 98
screen, the monitor goes off. When I press the power button to turn the pc
off, I get a Windows 98 screen again that says it is powering off. What is
the problem? How do I go into safe mode? Isn't it F8 before the Windows...
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problems after re-install of W98SE by
Phoebus
x-no-archive: yes
Hi.
Irrecoverable problems with trying to boot Win98SE (himem.sys is missing or
corrupted, etc etc accompanied by immediate shutdowns - totally
inexplicable) led me to reinstall Win98SE. Used emergency bootdisk made 2
yrs ago, installed Win98SE so it installed on top of...
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Windows Updates question by
NightCrawler
Are the updates suppose to just pile up in my add/remove program panel
or should they overwrite one another as I add em? Cause now all I see
is a bunch of updates.
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No mouse by
[email protected]
Have a machine that will be running without a mouse.
Is there a Registry entry I can set to force this?
I am trying to stop the message that comes up when the machine first
runs up.
Regards,
Eric
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mouse click by
Christopher
until very recently, every time I clicked on a URL, I heard a 'click' which
was at least reassuring!
My 'click' is missing - it is not life threatening, buy I do miss the click
and wonder how I can recover it ?
Any ideas ?
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March 16th 05 10:51 AM
by Galen
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HOWTO install if Lost Product Key by
Obadiah
I wish to transfer a Windows 98 license from an old desktop to a laptop. I
have the original cd and startup disk, but have lost the product key. Is
there any way to get the key off the existing installation, acquire another
key, or any other idea?
Thanks.
-Obadiah Manley
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CD Player does not play---Why? by
Chiropter
CD player in my Win98SE-based computer stopped to play CD music. I
checked the integrity of CD-Rom (Creative 48X) and the sound card (Sound
Blaster) and found them OK. In fact Windows plays sounds (like welcome
or ding) and CD-Rom device works fine as disk drive. When I get the CD
Player up with a...
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No driver recognized for CD Rom by
milkman2283
I formated my drive, fdisk, then format, installed win 98 over ME, set up
took, but when I went to connect to internet through Yahoo set up disk, would
not recognize my ethernet card, so I put in another one, tried to load
driver, then started getting messages of missiing files. I formated the...
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HD installed by
Rik
Hi,
I've installed an 8 Gb HD coming from an winXP computer in a win98 computer. It doesn't show up in the BIOS. What should I do?
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Thanks!
Rik
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March 14th 05 07:22 PM
by Galen
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Registry Problem by
Phone dialer
Hi,
I have a licensed version of windows 98 SE. After the installation when I
install AGP or any other device, it ask me to restart. After restarting I get
an error message saying registry is corrupted, do you wish to get the
original registry configuration. If I press Yes it will work without...
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DIRECTX 9.0 PROBLEM? by
JW
To any knowledgeable readers,
I'm running a PIII 450 MgHz., with 256 Mg. of RAM, a Guillemot
Riva TNT2 video card with 32 MG of memory, all using Win. 98 SE. I
have upgraded my video card driver with a more recent version of the
appropriate NVidia driver and Direct X 9.0. Now, any 3D animation...
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Win98 SE reinstalled; desktop hesitation by
1966olds
I say hesitation cause its not long enough of a delay to be considered
hanging. But after installing Win98SE over Win98FE and also over a
separated Win98Se partition, both developed this hesitation at a point
when the desktop is almost fully loaded anyway.
Its only for a about 5-10 seconds, and...
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What's the deal with MS05-002 (KB891711.EXE) and Windows 98? by
Dan
Nothing AFAIK. It is just a side conversation, I guess. ???
BTW, John I do have Mozilla Thunderbird working in both this newsgroup and
the xp general newsgroup. I tried it and it was great. However, I just
choose to continue to use Outlook Express.
"Gary S. Terhune" ...
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March 13th 05 03:42 PM
by Dan
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Explorer folders won't stay sorted by
Jim
My Windows Explorer folders won't stay sorted. I prefer to keep them
sorted by Name in List view but they keep defaulting to sorting by
date!
I've tried resetting them in View/Folder Options/View/Reset All
Folders and I've also tried setting all folders the same.
The problem exists in the...
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Volume Control icon gone from system tray,win98,now have no sound. by
mandy
I lost the volume control icon on Win 98. and have no sound. The whole
audio page in control panel/multimedia is not active.
I ran the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, but it freezes half way through
collecting information for sound.Seems to be as puzzled as I am! I ran
it to try to find out if I have a...
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March 11th 05 02:00 PM
by mandy
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determing startup mode from within AUTOEXEC.BAT by
ME
Is it possible to check while booting in AUTOEXEC.BAT via DOS commandline
commands, whether Windows98 got booted "normally" or "commandline only" (by
pressing F8), so I can load mouse-drivers and stuff dependent of if I'm in
DOS-mode or booting up Windows?!
i.e.:
IF EXIST %NORMALBOOT% GOTO...
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