Hi, I downloaded window98 SE from MSDN subscription and I'm trying to install it on my newly formated hard drive from DOS, but with no success; When I type "setup" or "win98\setup" or ..... I keep getting the error: "bad command" or "This command cannot run in DOS mode" I used the command "Dir"...

I believe i have deleted a couple of file's called Explorer.exe and something called MSVCRT.DLL. Because when i turn on my computer it will go through all the normall rutiens but then it would come up with error finding: Explorer.exe. I click the ok button then it comes up with the file MSVCRT.DLL...

OP 98, My computer will not start. I ran the Set Utility I found the following (Onboard) USB CONTROLLER IRQ 11 (Slot 4) Other Communication Devive IRQ 11, (On Board) SMBus IRQ 3, (OnBoard)VGA Controller IRQ 3 and (Onboard) Audio Device IRQ3. How will I change this values to the correct values and...

Just re-installed W98 after a rather nasty worm/virus/something ate half of my OS. Going through the process of re-installing all of my software and whatnot, and now, I'm getting this problem (that yellow exc. point thing) with the "PCI Serial Controller" in the Device Manager settings - does this...

im installing windows 98 japanese in a DELL PC with Pentium 4 2.6 Ghz PC, after all the setup files has been copied and the computer restarts.. it shows an error.. i can't really understand the error cause its written in japanese. the only words taht i can understand is NDIS and WINDOWS.. i've...

My laptop has gone into MS-DOS mode. I have lost my Product floppy Disc and Product ID number. How can I switch back to my Windows 98 applications? (I did install two(2) programs; one is P_Spice and the other is Derive. the former caused the laptop to go into MS-DOS mode from which it seems to...

Hi I know this is off topic, but i caouldnt get an answer from win95 group. Where can I download this file from? TIA J Carey

It's w/98SE. Can I hide the MSIE icon on the desktop ? -- Al Dykes ----------- adykes at p a n i x . c o m

Spent ten bucks (yard sale) on a beautiful old Thinkpad 755CX running W95 and NT. Would like to give it CDROM capability using a 4x4x6 burner that's on hand. In order to run the burner, UBS is required. I have a PCMCIA-USB card available but understand that USB will not run on pre-W98 OS's. Am I...

I purchased windows 98 2nd. edition to update windows 98. I recieved no instructions on how to install it. Windows has no info on thier web site about this. Zero!!!!!

Hi there, I just set up a second user account and was able to personalize this new desktop accordingly (ie. for each account differently). However, Outlook Express displays BOTH the same entries at all the folders and also its address book is identical as in the original account! The same applied...

went to restore my dads windows 98 and its asking for a product key . is there a master key i can use

I keep getting a warning message that my computer has ver low system memory. I also get messages that my system resources sre low. What is this and how can I fix it? I have a 200 GB hard drive and 768 Ram of memory. I can't be out of memory.

Hey guys I have a question for you. Probably sounds kind of silly but does any one know where I can get a copy of a Windows 98 startup disk? The reason I am asking is because when ihooked up my computer it gave me an error message saying : "Insert bootable media disk to begin set up" Do I need a...

PROBLEM #1 Though laptop's Win98se would boot up successfully, it would first display a couple of messages regarding corrupted files. SO --- used startup floppy to fdisk and format. BIG PROBLEM #2 But now can't reinstall W98. On each bootup, after choosing "Start computer with CRROM support" ......

I had to format my hard drive and am now reinstalling Win98. It asks for the product key. I haven't had the product key in YEARS. What do I do to reinstall, short of buying a new Win98. I had upgraded to Windows XP, so I can't load that on unitl I have Win98 on board.

I have machine with win98 OS (German language edition), and because am in Australia have had to update to Win98SE + critical update using English updates. I now can't get the Start menu to display programs, as German for "program" is "programme". Any suggestions much appreciated. Cheers.

How do you password protect your C drive, so that others cannot bypass the need for entering a password by clicking "cancel" in the password window? This is flaky, but if you follow the instructions in "Help" for password protecting your C drive, then restart your computer, you get a window...

My son gave me an old laptop with Windows 98 on it. I didn't have the Windows cd for it so when I wanted to used Windows setup, I mistakenly used another cd from another machine that was out of use. I don't know the product code for the cd I used. The machine is locked up so I can't use the correct...

I have installed Win98 and cannot locate my product key. My laptop has lock me out so as it is unfunctional without the key. Any help would be appreciated.