Computer prepares to boot and then goes to blank screen with cursor blinking in upper right corner. Not a true cursor, machine not accepting anything.

When I start computer it comes on,goes to screen with name etc on it then goes to black screen with all the information on it and it freezes there.I have to reboot it about 6 times before it will come on ,then it goes to black screens a couple of times telling me to "press enter when ready" It...

When I start computer it comes on,goes to screen with name etc on it then goes to black screen with all the information on it and it freezes there.I have to reboot it about 6 times before it will come on ,then it goes to black screens a couple of times telling me to "press enter when ready" It...

Can anyone assist with how to improve system resources with W98? I would appreciate any responses.

Windows went to safe mode for a few minutes then shut down comletely. When I start it up it runs the scan disc then shuts down. How can i fix it?

Computer prepares to boot and then goes to blank screen with cursor blinking in upper right corner. Not a true cursor, machine not accepting anything.

I have an antivirus and keep it updated but still got trojans. My startup had a supicious entry called sys in c:\windows\system\winvoa32.exe everytime I uncheck this and rebooted it always came back.In the meantime the preformance of my pc deteriated to the point that now all my desktop icon...

On my windows 98se system, explorer freezes regularly. This behaviour is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 153114: "Opening a Folder Takes a Long Time: The total space used by all directory entries in the folder exceeds 32K." I found, after a reboot the problem is gone - but only for...

Running Windows 98, using IE....When I attempt to open PDF files...get error stating "can't find Microsoft.exe". I recently corrected a Hijacker issue...but the Microsoft.exe error still occurs...any help for me.

Running Windows 98, using IE....When I attempt to open PDF files...get error stating "can't find Microsoft.exe". I recently corrected a Hijacker issue...but the Microsoft.exe error still occurs...any help for me.

hi anybody help me to speed up my system running win98 PI. I tried defragmentation, removed files from temp folder, internet temperory folder also, upgraded with ram 128MB, harddisk 20GP. I am using Norton antivirus 2003. scaned for virus no virus found. Kindly help how to speed up my system....

Hi, I am running Windows 98, and today I ran into a problem. I was using the intenet and my Norton Anti- Virus told me that I had to update my virus definitions, so I did and then my computer had to restart. After is restarted, I tried to boot up and when it got to that black screen where all the...

Win98 SE. P3 800. I'm getting a fatal exception error for no reason. Diudn;t have one last night. Here it is this morning. The exact error is: 0028: C023DB7f in VXD VDD(09) + 00001803. Can anyone helpe me please?!?

I got this computer used and it hasso much stuff in it that the fat is full and almost all the othe free space is to. How do Iknow what files/programs I can get rid of and which ones I need to keep?

my grandkids use my old laptop to play their CDs offline. My granddaughter was playing Freddie Fish when it froze and a fatal error message popped up with word "scuum" now it won't play any CD...help

Recently, when I click my shortcut to my homepage I get a redirect it seems to the addy below "http://my.yahoo.com/p/d.html?v" I Am taken to my homepage then but I am concerned about this new addition p/d.html?v. Should I be concerned? Thanks in advance Stetzoid!

When I go to shutdown Windows 98 SE, I get a message saying something to the effect that Windows is having trouble ending RNAdmin. I have to chose End Task in order for shutdown to complete. Any idea what is causing this?

All of a sudden i tried to play some of these files, and no matter what player is attached to them, they either just play the audio ( no picture ) or something is always missing. I just reinstalled win98 se and xp. Quicktime says there is a file missing, and the same for media player. Just like...

i deleted the user.pwl file and have gone in to control panel to be sure the profile stuff is gone. but the stupid thing keeps asking me for a password when it starts up. it has my name in the first box and nothing in the second. i just hit cancel what a huge pain this is when i just the thing to...

Apparently you are not the only one with this problem, after a quick Google and Google Groups search. I suggest you post your question in an msn messenger group: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.msn.messenger Do you have the latest DirectX 9.x installed? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98...