I really need help in fixing my windows. My win.com file is missing and I do not know how to find it and get it back on the c:. Is there anyone that can tell me step by step how to extract it from the disk, load it, rename it, etc? I have tried the instructions that is on the Microsoft webstie...

I've been using ME for about 2-3 years, and I'm sick and tired of it's instability. I'm trying to change the OS to 98SE, and I'm not having much luck. Apparently, the person who loaded ME onto my computer didn't let ME create the proper files to let it uninstall. As far as I can figure out, my...

I have a neighbors win 98 box and I can't seem to get it to boot into regular mode! the darn thing will only boot into safe mode. no matter how I try it still boots into safe mode. I have even tried to reinstall windows over top and it still will only boot into safe mode. i am trying to upgrade to...

Does anybody know how to start the installation of Win98SE (from scratch, ie. DOS promt) so that I get all the cab files copied into a diretory on the C: drive. I want to have the files on the C: drive so I do not need to have the CD in the CD-ROM drive everytime I install new hardware. I did...

Hi all, I have an old computer(don't know the mobo or model and it's still at work so can't check till Monday), am installing win98 on it, or trying... it has a Pentium III 750mhz cpu, 20G hard drive, 64M RAM, BIOS detects hard drive and CD drive okay, but when I boot up off the win98...

got a new harddrive reinstalled 98 now i keep getting an error message ndis file protection error and keeps restarting need help

Hi, During a set-up of the english version of Win98, wrong language was chosen. Later changed to the correct one (swedish), incl changes in the config.sys file. Sometimes the swedish character å is like "i" but with the point on top replaced by a small line (the french language has got several)....

wrote: I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP Have you tried just putting the 98 CDROM in when it gets to the point of looking for another version of windows? See method two: http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/clean.htm

Problem is that the Internet connection is usually broken after 5 to 10 minutes on the new PC (ASUS Pentium 4.) Although we are on a rural phone line, this does not happen on the old PC (Pentium 2) which connects well and stays connected. The problem may be / System / Network configuration. The...

I am British I want Favorites to say Favourites - how do I do this? Thanks

I am working on an older computer that has windows 98 on it but is not working properly. I would like a free copy to be able to download. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

It` me, D. female...I had a problem with hard drive (IBM) and finally I got a message from "Drive fitness test": failure code: 0x75-------Defective Device. Component Failure. TRC (Technical result code): 751035EA Is it "the end" of my hard disk? I`ve choose an option : "erase disk". After that,...

Thankyou for helping me with my question about the drivers. But can you tell me were the ISA device Downloads are becouse this place can get me lost at most times. And I usally don't understand or don't know what to type in the search box. Please...

I Can't download attachments after installing new motherboard. Help!

I have just bought a new machine, and installed my Windows 98 system on it, but over the years I have managed to collect a substantial selection of fonts. I thought I would have to do nothing more than simply copy my old fonts directory over my new one. But this doesn't work. How can I get all...

I lost my win98 boot disk, I'm now running win xp pro, I want to install win98 on an other computer, but I can't seem to find a way to create a new boot disk from my win xp system, can anyone help?, thankyou all.

Hi Ron! I nedd to change windows 98 to windows 95, because I have a machine that is very old and only works with windows 95. so if it is possible to change 98 to 95 it would be a lot cheaper for me to do that than buying another machine. Thanks again Adriannin

Have 4-5 year old compaq laptop and ran into many strange issues due to virus and spy ware. As a last ditch effort, had a brilliant idea to run the Emerency Recovery Disk. Now I'm receiving the error message "Operating System Not Found" upon start-up. I have since read further and learned that I...

Trying to understand the purpose of the following command in my config.sys file (W98SE): REM: The following two real mode drivers (csmapper & carddrv) allow PCMCIA SRAM cards to be treated as pseudo-floppy disks. Device=C\windows\system\csmapper.sys Device=C\windows\system\carddrv.exe /slot=2 I...

Im using a small program called "Access Manager" which has an easy interface for putting polices on a number of different PCs I have. I have locked down a lot of stuff (blank desktop etc) as i only want the user to access 1 icon in the Start, programs menu. Also in here is a folder called Startup...