Hello. Please I need some help. Where can I download the files to make a Win 98 boot disk. Thank you very much.

I am running an old (1992) dos billing programe under windows 98. The software vendor has told me that if my computer dies, I will not be able to put windows 98 on the new computer and so will have to upgrade to xp. I was told that the dos software will not run under xp and so I will have to...

Hi, (no reply in group win98.networking, so i try here ...) I have two computers (a win2000 domain-server and an old win98) in a LAN. I can ping from one to the other. I installed on both computers NetBeui. The disc on win98 is shared for everybody. Access is set on share level. When i try a 'net...

I am running an old (1992) dos billing programe under windows 98. The software vendor has told me that if my computer dies, I will not be able to put windows 98 on the new computer and so will have to upgrade to xp. I was told that the dos software will not run under xp and so I will have to...

This PC has been Formated. Can anyone tell me what operating system it had and where to get a OEM disk to get it going again. All I want it for is internet and e-mail Thank You Dave

My latop just crashed and I had to format the drive. I used the recovery disk that the Latop came with and I load it up and it runs and is extracing and inflating files to get back to the original settings and it stops, then it reading "CDR101: Not Ready reading drive Q". Is there a way to maybe...

I'm having difficulty discerning priority of installation order for MS recently released updates: MDAC 2.8sp1 JET 4. VB6sp6 runtime Once MDAC is installed for W98se is it necessary to install the other two to add their functionality or are they included in the MDAC?

I have a question regarding a Dell Dimension XPS T500. I am trying to install an external hard drive which is a Maxtor 6 250GB drive mounted in a Metal Gear USB 2.0 external drive box. The USB drivers came with the drive unit and it recognizes the hardware but does not install the drive as...

Below is the copy of the response to this problem from a month ago! I've tried both solutions but still no success. This is an all usb pc...does that help? Any further assistance would be great. Tks. And, should Noel's correct solution not work for some reason, try a work around by assigning a...

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Help, My system used to save what applications were open and windows sizes when I did a system shutdown, it no longer does that. Why? and can I get it to save that information once again? Thanks

Help, what does it mean when I get 2 short beeps, pause then 2 more shorts beeps after the win command? TANX

I want to reinstall DIRECTX as I have a Ddhelp error when accessing some sites with IE. Normally I get round it by using Firefox instead. Unfortunately one of the sites which throws up the illegal operation is Microsoft's which doesn't like Firefox, which means I cannot update the Direct X. Help

I am running this old IBM i1400 steamer which I THINK had first edition loaded It continuously (40% of the time) gives me "Windows Protection Error You Need To Restart Your Computer" error messages just after the splash screen. This can only be corrected by going into safe mode and restarting...

(cross-posting to unrelated groups reduced) Does it give this error no matter what disc you try in the drive? Have you tried an audio CD in the drive....will it play? Boot up with a startup floppy disk with CD-ROM support, note the drive letter it assigns to the CD drive, and try doing a DIR...

I've used Control Panel/System and regedit to disable drive write-behind on windows 98 but it always turns itself back on. After about two or three days it goes back to write-behind enabled. How do I disable drive write-behind for all drives (internal and removable) and make drive-behind remain...

I have an old copy of Lotus123 V2.2 that I want to run within windows 98. If I boot up in dos mode, lotus runs, but if I boot to windows and use a dos prompt, lotus goes directly to some search function so that calling up the lotus menu by using the "/" key will not work. Obviously the...

Hi all, I downloaded the latest free ZoneAlarm onto a W98SE machine. When I run the installer, I get the error message that validation failed for C:\windows\temp\vsinit.dll and another message about c:\windows\temp\glb40b2.tmp file. There is also something about a root certificate. So my...

I plan to move up or down the two hard drives and two CD drives in my Win98SE PC, currently crowded together with the data cables in a weird tangle since otherwise not long enough . . . (also an undocumented feature of the ASUS P4P800 SE main board, which crowds together the IDE and floppy...

Whilst setting up my home wifi network I have managed to set up some 'unwanted' connections. When I expand the tree under Entire Network there are elements listed there I want to remove but I cannot see how.