I've been plagued by these three processes running on my PC. I can't kill the processes, and they slow down my PC terrribly. Also, all processes are "recognised" as Microsoft Corp. apps. All these files are 172 kb. and cant be found when booting from booting from a disk. A Google search reveals...

Windows 98SE 2 HDs 5 partitions C,D,E,F,G Usually CD dive boots as H: Have added external USB 80mb drive If I boot when it's connected, this boots as H: and CD goes to I: If I plug in USB drive after booting, it adds in as I: How, please, can I get the CD drive to stay as H: regardless of the...

UPUPEXE always keeps coming back in Startup no matter how many times I delete it. Any ideas where this is coming from?

Any advice of suugestions on the following would be appreciated: The FAT table on my hard drive has gone corrupted - is there a way of correcting this as there is some data on the hard drive which I need to remove and, in anticipation to your question, that data was not backed up TIA Tom

My add/remove list has several entries that I cannot delete because the original setup CDs and/or files needed for proper removal are no longer available. Examples are early-generation Kodak Picture CD entries that require the original volume/group setup CDs be provided before add/remove of the...

Following on from the recent discussions, could someone with an up-to-date Win98SE box please run msinfo32.exe and indicate which of the many updates have been installed? Are there any other OS updates which msinfo32 does not detect? I would also be grateful for a list of the updates appearing in...

Anyone know how to restore this file without a Win 98 CD? This file has been coming up when I boot up.

Whenever I login to Windows with MS networking, the system stops responding and I found that MPREXE.exe is not responding when I press Ctrl-Alt-Del I found a solution from Internet telling me to edit the registry of the server machine, but I don't have a server machine on the network... Any other...

Hi, I have a Pentium II machine running Win98 second addition. All updates are current. I have noticed that the mouse does not work in normal operation, but when I am in "safe mode" it works. I find this puzzling and hope that someone can help resolve this. Thanks so much! Dr. Palpatine

I am computer nerd wannabe, trying to help a friend who has a problem with his Win98 (not 2nd edition) laptop. I suspect he has never obtained Windows updates. The laptop has no modem, and he does not have an ethernet card for his PCMCIA slots, so I have no easy way to connect to the Internet...

I was reading your posts about news group messages and thought you might have the answer. My husband left me a DBX file with messages in it. I cannot seem to open it, import it to Outlook Express 6 or anything else but perhaps curse it. Any ideas on how I can get a look at these messages.

On two pc's running 98se one recognises the a USB pendrive ok. Inserting in USB port loads and shows up under My Computer. On the other pc inserting in the USB port loads (shows in device manager) but does not show under My Computer until rebooted. It now continues to work ok providing it's...

Ok so i downloaded a couple songs that i bought *gasp* and they are ..wma format... and to make matters worse i had to download the licence to play them in WMP... what really chaps my ass is the restrictions by the licence which are as follows : 1) This file can be played an unlimited number of...

Nero and incd is not working. I used to have it working ok, then had to replace the rewriter drive. (six months ago) Installed the new software from the disc supplied with the emprex drive. The new drive works ok when game cd's are in the drive. Have used nearly all the "cleantools" from the...

Forum Folk; I had mouse problems the other day, which I fixed. For some reason the scheduled defrag now returns the message that follows. I am running W98, OEM version, and I don't have a disc. Any advice on how to fix this would be...

W98SE I have both Compact Flash and SD readers. I also have a program called Total Commander which is like Windows Explorer on steriods. These removable drives do not show up on My Computer but do show up on Total Commander. I would like to correct this. Any ideas?? Thanks, Lar

When I use a scanner, Still Image Monitor (stimon) is inserted into the start-up group and stays there in subsequent sessions until I delete it in MSconfig. This is true even if the scanner has been disconnected. I'd put up with it except that it can and does crash Windows Explorer on occasion,...

Hello, I have just recently been having this problem. When I boot up my Windows 98 SE computer I am presented with the "Enter Network Password for Microsoft Networking" screen. At this moment my cursor disappears. Even if I use the keyboard to select okay or cancel, the cursor does not...

I have 2 DVD drives (E and F) which have stopped working. I get the "E:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready." error message. Same for F. Things I have tried: Plug and unplug to see if one is dead and making both or the other not show up. Results are inconsistent. Sometimes after a...