is there a program that will automaticly disconnect my modem after doing a download so I can start a download and then walk away and not stay on line for hours until I manually close the connection?

is there a program that will automaticly disconnect my modem after doing a download so I can start a download and then walk away and not stay on line for hours until I manually close the connection?

I have a strange problem I'm trying to solve ..... I have been given a music CD designed to run only on a computer (has music, album covers, lyrics etc) but on running it on my computer all I can do is play the music with a rather bland looking interface when I should be seeing all the album...

I have a strange problem I'm trying to solve ..... I have been given a music CD designed to run only on a computer (has music, album covers, lyrics etc) but on running it on my computer all I can do is play the music with a rather bland looking interface when I should be seeing all the album...

Alright ... here's the deal. Our Win98-powered Sony VIAO is having issues with, what I'm learning is called, system hang. The PC will intermittedly not respond during applications (on-line and off-line) and the clock loses time (I'm guessing b/c the system does not respond). Upon restarting, the...

On my modern XP machine I run a NES emulator called NEStron. I copied this emulator over to my PII Win98 laptop and it does not run so fast. Is it because I should be running a DOS NES emulator, because 98 is based on the DOS kernel? I use DOS mame and thjat emulates 32 bit arcades and it...

My operating system is Win 98 SE, my system runs pretty well, except on start up I am prompted to ( Insert disk labeled 'CAB File' Clock OK----Then I get prompt saying The File Polall1r.exe cannot be found. Please insert CAB File. I don't have CAB File that I know of. PC Cillin (TrendMicro) says...

Hi: I removed a software program which had put two start up which I previously disabled in Systems Configuration Utility - Startup. Those start up programs are still listed there. I had thought one could delete them from Regedit as they used to be listed under RunOnce or a similar value. I...

My operating system is Win 98 SE, my system runs pretty well, except on start up I am prompted to ( Insert disk labeled 'CAB File' Clock OK----Then I get prompt saying The File Polall1r.exe cannot be found. Please insert CAB File. I don't have CAB File that I know of. PC Cillin (TrendMicro) says...

Hi: I removed a software program which had put two start up which I previously disabled in Systems Configuration Utility - Startup. Those start up programs are still listed there. I had thought one could delete them from Regedit as they used to be listed under RunOnce or a similar value. I...

Windows 98 is hanging on shutdown. Searching the 'net, I found this to be a recurring problem and tried disabling fast shutdown, but this did not care for the problem. Any other ideas? Some other info: When I shut down after booting in safe mode, it shuts down without a problem. Also, if I...

I am operating Win98 SE / OE 6. I am scheduled for microsoft updates and download them all the time. Currently I am receiving Microsoft Security Update prompt once or twice a week for OE Security update (KB837009). I download it and receive message download complete. But, the next day or so I get...

I am operating Win98 SE / OE 6. I am scheduled for microsoft updates and download them all the time. Currently I am receiving Microsoft Security Update prompt once or twice a week for OE Security update (KB837009). I download it and receive message download complete. But, the next day or so I...

After recently shutting down my computer it will no longer boot up. Problem: When booting up computer it goes to scan disk (every time). Once at scan disk it locks up at 20%. I have trie this through safe mode as well, only to have the same problem. I have also tried to re-install Windows...

After recently shutting down my computer it will no longer boot up. Problem: When booting up computer it goes to scan disk (every time). Once at scan disk it locks up at 20%. I have trie this through safe mode as well, only to have the same problem. I have also tried to re-install Windows 98...

Running Windows 98...how can I completely remove a windows login that appears when I boot the machine up? It is not a network login, it is only a windows login. I have been able to set the password to (nothing), but I can't figure out a way to remove the login alltogether. Thanks in...

Windows 98 is hanging on shutdown. Searching the 'net, I found this to be a recurring problem and tried disabling fast shutdown, but this did not care for the problem. Any other ideas? Some other info: When I shut down after booting in safe mode, it shuts down without a problem. Also, if I...

I am running Win 98 with a Pentium(r)II Processor, Intel MMX(TM) with 32 MB of RAM. Is it possible to get more RAM for this older processor? IF so, will it increase my Internet download speed? I ran disk defrag and the speed of my computer is ok. I am trying to increase my internet access speed....

I've recently installed WinTop in my Win98 System. It's fine, but there is not a column showing the memory used by each process. Although I can right click each process to find this information, it isn't as useful as having that information visible at a glance for all processes, like Task Manager...

I've recently installed WinTop in my Win98 System. It's fine, but there is not a column showing the memory used by each process. Although I can right click each process to find this information, it isn't as useful as having that information visible at a glance for all processes, like Task Manager...