With some spare time in the offing, I opened XT Gold, logged every file on my computer and sorted in descending order of size. This fellow was evident at 300Mb and unknown to moi. May I give it the kiss of death? or is it important.

I am reposting the problems I am having, just in case it was getting missed in other post. Please also see "TO glee, FROM daddyzaring's POST!" post to see previous progress. I am using, a HP Pavilion 6573Z, P3, 500mhz, 256mb RAM, total of 80G HDs capacity, with Windows 98SE, The problems I am...

PCR, this ng moves so fast, I thought I better post this new to update you on what I found out about my HP CDWriter drive that quit, as you wanted to know the outcome. It turns out my HP Cdwriter is bad, surprise due to HP brand, but the tech said mine was after HP went to China, quality went...

Hi I tried to install windows xp onto a 98 machine and provoked it to do so by running the winnt.ext file from the i386 directory rather than go through the usual set-up procedures. What happened was that win 98 now doesn't load up at all with the computer saying it finds no bootable media on the...

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I know how to form a URL to a NG as a hyperlink in an email e.g. news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general but, is it possible to do that AND take someone, (who clicks on that hyperlink and who is not, in OE, cuurently subscribed to that NG but, who for e.g. when clicking on...

My CD drive is not working, and a reinstall is desirable, as my current install is about 5 years old. 1. Recommendation of webpages, MS and otherwise, on install from cab files on hard drive. 2. What normal folder in windows are the install files located? I searched for "install.exe" in windows...

Hi Guys I just installed a Intel 865perl mother board, New Intel processor, PSU and a sata hard drive (Seagate SATA 300GB), I reused a 30 GB pata hard drive. Now the problems: When I boot the machine I get a fatal error saying there are not enough stacks in config.sys. Do I have to add a line to...

My mother got a new computer for Christmas, and I'll be setting it up for her. I'm sure there is stuff on old machine that she would like to be on the new one. The old machine does not even have a cd burner. It does have a USB port, and I do have an external drive that I can borrow. I think I can...

When I start 98SE it gets to the spot where my password goes and freezes up. Nothing works....mouse, keyboard etc. I can get into safe mode if that helps. How can I bypass the sign in window so it goes right to the desktop? I have been running XP for awhile and cannot remember anything about...

I have a windows 98 and do not have the disc anymore.....My computer is asking for the registration number and when I cannot give it...my computer shuts off. How can I bypass this and get back into my computer?

The following problem occured immediately after the final reboot after installing a network setup disk from an XP MC computer to the Win98SE unit. I can only boot in dos mode (safe mode will not run). I will preface problem by adding that I have tried all fixes posted in several other messages...

HOw does one reboot to safe mode?

Hi everybody, I have a Windows 98 second edition, the screen was originally set to 800 x 600 pixels. It happened around a month ago that as I started my computer, the windows 98 stopped responding. Therefore, I restarted the computer on the safe mode, went to help-troubleshooting, and did as per...

I was looking through saved data files to gather requirements for a new custom computer. It will run W98SE, needs to be capable of later running either W2000 or XP Home. My use is primarily internet, text editing, simple photo editing, playing old DOS/windows sports and aircraft games. I don't...

Does anyone know how to bypass the registration number that windows 98 asks for when my computer starts up? If I do not give it the number that was on the original 98 disc which I now do not have nor do I have the number for it............then the computer shuts off by itself. I...

I have never had a problem installing software before but I have bought an MP3 player and the software won't install directly from the disk so have tried to put it on via the Start-Run- (either) D:\ or Q:\ SETUP.EXE & in both cases the message comes up saying that the components can't be found or...

Hi all, I've got a strange problem since a couple of hours. When I check the start button, none of the shortcut appearing in the list are active (for example programs). Not even the shutdown shortcut (I currently shut down through the task manager, closing Explorer). But in Windows Explorer, the...

During the boot up process, my PC makes it past the windows 98 screen, then I get the following error message: explorer.exe at 177.00401F31. This error occurs in both normal and safe mode. I get two options - either close or details. When I click clock the box goes away and the there is no boot...

I need a private free mail server that has smtp and pop3 for my computer. Does anybody know a good free program?