I eventually deleted a line*windows.....blablabla echo off when I edited config.sys once.my laptop *toshiba satellite2100cds8 fails to launch windows whenever I started my laptop. Are there any solutions to resolve the problems? what is the right way to edit the config.sys application? any...

I understand that windows 95 was a long time ago but would there be someone out there willing to help me through installing windows 95 on an old Compaq LTS 5400 laptop?

I'm having a few problems that frankly have me baffled. One problem is that I have "Personal Web Server" installed, but the system tray icon is not showing up. Yes, I have it checked to "Show tray icon". I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling in safe mode, but it has no effect. Actually, I'm...

This problem statrted outof no where. The computer froze, then when rebooted I got this message. I tried using my Windows startup floppy and do a SYS C--no help. Scandisk says no problems found. Also, I put in my Windows disk alone and it of course brings me to the windows install/setup screen and...

Whenever i try to install Windows98 SE on my Compaq Presario 2515EA, i get an error message during setup that "A fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:FF02847B." And my system halts everytime. I repartitioned and reformated the harddisk, but same error.

Over and over I have tried so many ways to FDISK and Format and delete partitions etc... But every time I run SETUP from the W98SE CD I get the same message saying that an operating system already is installed and that I need a Windows 98 Upgrade. This doesn't make sense to me because I own the...

Hi Carol, From a DOS prompt, type SCANREG /RESTORE (there is a space between SCANREG and the /), and hit Enter. It should bring up a screen offering you choices of previous "good" copies of your Registry you can restore. Post back and let us know how that works. Curt -- W98 Support &...

This newsgroup doesn't seem to want to post my reply to the original message ("Catch-22 in new HD install") so I'm going to write the !#^%&!@#! thing over and post it as a new message. ANYway... Thanks Dave for the info and the link - I got the new drive partitioned and formatted, and I think the...

hey it's been a while reinstalling a pretty old pc like this dell gxi which doesnt have the option of booting from cd-rom in the bios. i've done it before twice a while back seem to have forgot. i wanted to know if i was maybe doing something wrong in the 98 boot-up disk. i used fdisk to set the...

If you're running Win 98, and have recently (within the past week) gone to Windows Updates and updated your computer, you almost certainly now have the file "KB891711.EXE" running in the background. How can I determine whether it runs in the background on my system or not? Will it show...

I am running Windows 98 Second Edition. What key(s) do I use to get into C-MOS?

Did you install the promise 378 ATA driver? I had 1 Seagate 160 SATA drive on the promise controller and it worked fine until I bought another. Switched to Raid driver and changed to raid in bios and has worked like a charm in Windows XP SP2. "Lars-Erik Østerud" .@. wrote in...

I have had to reformat my hard drive due to a virus. Formated ok, then loaded the start up disk. When typing the command setup i get the error message CDR101 Not ready reading drive E I have found out it is connected to the CD driver which has worked perfectly well in the past. No matter what i try...

i want to format my drive and want to make sure i do it right. So do i just type in DOS c:\format c:\ then after it finishes put the CD in the CD-ROM and wait till win98SE installs i only have the CD, do i need a start-up disk? if i do, where could i get one or make one. I think my computer...

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I have a 5 station LAN, and am beginning to run out of drive letters, what happens after I get to Z? Can I just use double letters after that? AA, BB, etc. thanks, niteowl

Keep getting this message said run setup again. Did. Same error help

Jonny told me in his last post to me You can't set jumpers to both master and cable select. One or the other, not both. My computer manual says use cable select but do you think they mean only to added ide things on that bus. i did add the cable select jumper to the master with the master...

I turned on the computer and before it gets to the windows start up screen all of a sudden it is telling me that Norton Antivirus needs to be uninstalled and reinstalled. After I click ok to that error messagea box pops up and is asking me to enter my CD key for windows 98. If I click cancel it...

To briefly describe my problem, I built my computer and I was installing Windows 98 on it, when I keep getting this message: A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0167:BFF9DFFF. The current application will be terminated. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please let me know!