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DVDRW Problem Reporting its contents - Why? by [email protected]
I am encountering a really strange thing. I am using W98, and I wanted to check the files in three DVD data disks I have inherited. I mounted the first, went to Windows Explorer, and all the data files were listed as expected. But when I mounted the other two disks, Windows Explorer continued...
October 11th 04 11:05 AM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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new load of win 98 extremely slow by Kymn
I have an older system with a 500 mghtz processor and 128 megs of RAM. I have on board video and sound. I re formatted and instaled win 98 (was 95). The entire system slugs now. Clicking the start button I can pull up the start menu- but if i click for instance settings, then control panel - it...
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October 11th 04 11:00 AM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Unexpected "CLOSE" button by aburrow1
Without notice and while working in different applications, a pop-up panel with a CLOSE button appears in center of screen. There are no options other than hit the button, shutdown and restart computer. What might be causing this and what might be a remedy?
October 11th 04 06:14 AM
by Buffalo Go to last post
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in Windows 98Se- Start,Run, %temp% by Josephine
In Windows 98SE- Start,Run %temp% Is it ok to do an Edit,Select All and delete everything?
October 11th 04 05:10 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Unexpected "CLOSE" button by aburrow1
Without notice and while working in different applications, a pop-up panel with a CLOSE button appears in center of screen. There are no options other than hit the button, shutdown and restart computer. What might be causing this and what might be a remedy?
October 11th 04 01:59 AM
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Start Up Problems by Grant Knapp
I was on the net and got spammed with multiple windows opening up and when I tried to close them down Explorer hung up and w/ not close. At start up now are two error messages of the "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" variety: 1) Explorer has caused an invalid...
October 10th 04 06:47 PM
by Buffalo Go to last post
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Disable constant Safe Mode? by Barb
While working on an older computer, Win98SE, we put it in the mode of showing the Normal, Safe Mode, Step by Stop . . . etc. screen. Now it comes up every time the computer is rebooted and we can't remember how to disable option. We have tried Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System...
October 10th 04 02:10 PM
by Greg[_4_] Go to last post
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MSVCP70.DLL by Marilyn Lynskey
Unstalled Norton SystemWorks. It is on startup but you can't assess it. When Tried to uninstall it says performed illegal error. When try to reinstall it says "C:Windowsystem\MSVCP70.DLL is corrupt reinstall" Where do I find it to reinstall? Then it says C\Program Files\Common...
October 10th 04 11:07 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Disable constant Safe Mode? by Barb
While working on an older computer, Win98SE, we put it in the mode of showing the Normal, Safe Mode, Step by Stop . . . etc. screen. Now it comes up every time the computer is rebooted and we can't remember how to disable option. We have tried Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System...
October 10th 04 05:30 AM
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Invisible task? by David Collins
I seem to have performance degradation so I bring up the system monitor and sure enough, there's something taking a constant 50% of the machine. Curiously, wintop.exe shows nothing. Mouse activity causes usage to dip (weird). Eliminating tasks one by one using 3 finger salute fails to...
October 10th 04 03:51 AM
by David Collins Go to last post
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.swp file getting bigger in size by Vinay
In my macnine, the .swp file in windows is getting bigger after deletion of few files and my hard disk size available (C:) is getting low.
October 10th 04 02:43 AM
by glee Go to last post
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MS-DOS compatibility mode by maurice
My computer is W98SE with 256 Ram, 55O mHz Athlon processor. It is exeedingly slow, hangs up often. I checked:" Control Panel - System Properties - Performance " and found that drive C, my harddrive, is using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system, as well did the Virtual Memory. It was further...
October 10th 04 02:41 AM
by glee Go to last post
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MSVCP70.DLL by Marilyn Lynskey
Unstalled Norton SystemWorks. It is on startup but you can't assess it. When Tried to uninstall it says performed illegal error. When try to reinstall it says "C:Windowsystem\MSVCP70.DLL is corrupt reinstall" Where do I find it to reinstall? Then it says C\Program Files\Common...
October 10th 04 02:27 AM
by Marilyn Lynskey Go to last post
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new load of win 98 extremely slow by Kymn
I have an older system with a 500 mghtz processor and 128 megs of RAM. I have on board video and sound. I re formatted and instaled win 98 (was 95). The entire system slugs now. Clicking the start button I can pull up the start menu- but if i click for instance settings, then control panel...
October 9th 04 10:08 PM
by Kymn Go to last post
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Defrag keeps restarting by Terry Smith
New 80gig HD. 98SE Tried Ctr Alt Del to shut all programs down, no difference. Tried Norton Speed Disk & Norton Optimization Wizard; they keep restarting. This hard drive has 32k clusters, total allocation units 2,442,537. I read an article by Ron Martell that if you're over 2,100,000...
October 9th 04 10:01 PM
by Terry Smith Go to last post
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DEFRAGMENTER by YODAMOM16
NEED DEFRAG HELP, GOES TO 5% THEN BACK TO 0%. CAN'T DEFRAG HARD DRIVE, HELP
October 9th 04 07:41 PM
by No Name Go to last post
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Defragmentation of C drive by Allen Parsons
Takes almost 9 hours to complete defragment drive. Goes to 10% then back to 0 for the longest period of time. Is there a faster way or is there a program that can speed up process?
October 9th 04 07:41 PM
by No Name Go to last post
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ScanDisk can't finish by James
I usally ScanDisk & Defrag every 7 to 10 days. Now ScanDisk cannot finish cuz something is searching my HD in the background. The HD starts clicking about two minutes after no activity all the time now even when I close everything except Explorer and Systray. No programs are on automatic. All or...
October 9th 04 07:40 PM
by No Name Go to last post
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Defragmenter and ScanDisk by Kathy
Recently I tried to defragment my hard drive several times. Each time it comes up and says that there was an error with the defragmenting and to run ScanDisk. I followed to instructions. ScanDisk said there were no errors, but that there were 4,096 bytes in bad sectors. How do I fix this?!
October 9th 04 07:39 PM
by No Name Go to last post
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scandisk and defrag by nancy
Each time I try to scandisk and defrag, I get an error message that a utility has locked the hard drive. Any suggestions on how to locate what utility?
October 9th 04 07:37 PM
by No Name Go to last post
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