I've tried a few methods, but I cant get the setup on windows 98 disc to work. Im trying to upgrade from nt. I have two hard drive. I formated the unused one, then the latest way was I copied all of the win98 files onto the hd. When I restart the computer with the boot disc, and...

I have a PC that runs Windows 98. My son has deleted some files (he doesn't know which ones) and consequently now when the PC starts up it has an error message on screen "Invalid system disk - Replace the disk and then press any key". I've tried to reinstall Windows 98 but with no success. Would...

Once windows has started desk top is blank sceen. Even in safe mode. Note the start toolbar appears breifly then disappears?

I was rebooting my comp. As it was rebooting, I received an error box that said; "Internet Explorer has performed an illegal operation, and will be shut down." I clicked on the OK choice, however the computer did nothing further. I tried to reboot several times and the same damn thing occurred. I...

I am trying to debug a start up issue with Windows 98. When I start up in "step by step" mode, I can get up to the point of loading the Windows drivers. I load a number of drivers and get to the point of loading the MSMOUSE driver. Whether I say Y or N, that is the last item I respond to. The...

When I try and start windows 98 second edition I get the following error message: Explorer: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor. If i click DetailsI get the following EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in...

On starting up PC (even before the desktop and taskbar are loaded) I get an error message regarding msgsrv32 and how it has performed an illegal operation. After I close it an Explorer error message appears saying that I have performed an illegal operation. I can't do anything but close the...

Hi all, I have a huge problem regarding the startup of Windows 98. I had problems installing Wanadoo Broadband, to the extent that I gave up because it wouldn't work. Anyway, the next time I rebooted the system after this, Windows refused to boot up. The following files were said to be missing or...

Hi, I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E that won't startup. I get an error message that reads "While initializing device VKD" and that is as far as it goes. I recently installed a wireless card, and it was working okay and then this happened. Also, the battery is being drained instead of being charged by...

Hi, I have a windows 98 and tried to change it to windows 98 2nd edition using a cd rom disc, and when it was changing over to back up files , it froze and then would not do nothing. After hours it was still just froze up. I shut the power off and then waited about 5 to 10 minutes and turned it on...

I have windows 98 from 3 computers ago and through the learning curve have pretty well got it screwed up. I don't even have the disk anymore. I bought Windows ME full edition and was told by a friend I would have to uninstall 98 first and then reinstall Me. I have all my files backed up but how do...

i have a 133 pentium w/ 78 mb ram and a 10 gig harddrive. i upgraded by uninstalling my windows 95 and reformated my harddrive and installed my windows 98 when i but in my license number i recieved a error message that it was not right so i called 1800 ru legit they gave me a new license #. now...

I have a Compaq Presario laptop that is at least 7 years old but has always worked fine. After doing a Windows Update (security) & re-booting it will only boot in Safe Mode. I have de-fragged & re-booted several times, all with the same result. It will only come up in Safe Mode. Any ideas, please?

Apologies if this is a FAQ - I haven't found the answer scanning the web and I'm now thoroughly confused. Background: Windows NT installed on a PC with 2 x 4GB SCSI disks. Disk 0, Drive C: has WinNT plus some stuff. Disk 1, Drive D: is empty. Need to installed Windows 98 since daughters' games...

My granddaughters Aptiva computer bought in 98 worked fine until last night. Turned it on and got the Microsoft startup menu. Hit safe mode, the grey box came up with "This program has performed an illegal operation and will shut down." Looked at details, said "explorer caused an invalid page fault...

hi i am using windows 98 & my system file's are installed on drive D: to secure my file. but there was an error message popup after i played some game's on my pc "dlhelp" error i think so my pc was hang up & i had no choice but to restart it, after the automatic scandisk my pc does not load...

How do I turn off write behind caching in Windows 98. Probably Second Edition, although I do not know. Thank you for assistance. Have a great day ... Ian

I've been cleaning up my system (Windows 98 Second Edition) by removing applications I don't use and using RegClean, RegSeeker, and JV16 Power registry cleaning tools. I've managed to reduce the size of System.dat from 9.5 Meg to 7.8 Meg. One of the biggest registry hogs was Norton System Works,...

Having cleaned up my hard drive I can no longer access the computor as on boot up the desktop background is empty except for a message 'windows needs to be reinstalled' followed by a box saying 'A required.Dll file, MSVCRT.DLL' was not found. All is then frozen and I can only shut down with the...

Turned on the computer today and it gets stuck when trying to load Windows. Restarted and it goes into safe mode so that I hope is a good sign. I defragged and restarted and still Windows will not load. I had this problem a few months back and then it just corrected itself. Some time after that,...