Is there anyone who knows a way to fix the explorer error will shut computer down. That is all it does when I turn the computer on. It wont clear ar restart it just freezes that way. I need help

My Dell desktop pentium III can't seem to find windows 98. The last time I used the PC it worked ok. I did a normal shutdown. Today I tried to boot it up and the windows setup wizard appeared. This is the 3rd time in 6 months that this has happened. The last 2 times I reloaded windows and the PC...

I have both the XP home and Win98se on the same computer in one hd, different partitions. I'm trying to install my printer with usb connection and with the win98 cd install Lexmark version, it went smoothly in the xp os. But with that same cd which was made prior XP, I cannot have success with...

I installed my printers application and positively chose English version. Even though the printer works just fine, but each time i go into properties, all the tabs are in spanish. I hate to reinstall the program to get the english part..does anyone know of a 'quick fix' for a situationa as this?

While in the Carribian islands I had my notebook serviced for an internet problem. When I got back to the states I went to use it and now everything ( all the captions, prompts, etc.) is in French...no English to be found anywhere. The operating system is Windows 98. How can I get it back to...

I use Netscape 7.1 as an email client. When i click any URL out of email, it brings up the 7.1 browser. (Of course this could be stopped, but no reason to do so) The browser has a built in popup-stopper option -- works great. In late July I suddenly noticed that there were a half-dozen pop-ups...

Knowing that spyware, trojans, etc are often included in downloaded apps that are in installation .exe's. is there any way to check just what files and programs are included in a downloaded .exe installation file before they are executed? Thanks, FACE

When trying to load some (most)applications in windows 98 i receive the following error message accompanied by a blue screen A fatal exception 0e has occurred at 0028:c02a27a8 in vxd vwin32(05) + 000012d0. The current application will be terminated. I have tried to fix by re-installing windows...

I get a blue screen and the message that the system is busy. Hit any key to continue. When I do I may get a Warning message (the the system is unstable), and then hitting the space bar gives me a black screen and a computer that needs to be restarted.

I keep recieving the following essage anytime I try to open a new explorer window, be it Control Panel or IE, can someone please help its driving me nuts! EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module MSVBVM60.DLL at 0177:660300ec. Registers: EAX=0156e828 CS=0177 EIP=660300ec...

It seems like my 98 PC takes a long time to dial into my ISP and connect when compared to my Macintosh running OS 8.6. Perhaps many of you have not compared the two, but the Mac seems much faster, why is this? The Mac I have is a very old 1995 beast, and my PC is a Pentium II. Perhaps I have a...

2 questions: If hard drive defragmentation is interrupted (stopped) before completion, does it leave copies of files it temporarily made on the hard drive, or are these deleted? Is there any way to determine the identity of which files are fragmented (or are then fixed by defragmentation)on the...

The sound icon has disappeared from my control panel. This has happened since I down loaded and install a fix from MS for win 98 2nd edition shutdown problems! I still have shutdown problems. Thanks

IEXPLORE executed an invalid instruction in module KRNL 386.EXE at 0001:000021 A 6. What the heck is this? I keep getting this message every time I try to play a game. Can anyone help?

I had to upgrade my chipset and also my video card for a certain program to work effectively. About a few days after doing the upgrades, windows crashed on me. Does a window crash nullify the upgrades?. I shouldn't think so, but one never knows for sure. Thanks

Tonight, I mistakingly decided to delete some files and free up some hard drive space which led me to have to reinstall my Lotus Smart Suite ( i also downloaded a new version of aol). After restarting it, I have received a few error messages. The 1st window pops up stating: No Effect Control is...

My computer fails to shutdown about 50% of the time. When it does, I get the message: " A fatal exception has ocurred at 0028:BFF88112. I have been unable to find an answer in the Microsoft website files having to do with shutdown problems with the Windown 98 Second Edition. Can you help me? It...

I had a problem with my older sony computer that limited hd to 32gig. But for some reason whenever I tried to boot up, I kept getting message that NO Fixed Drive found. Brought to a repair shop and he fixed the problem by adding another Bios via software. ..at least that is what he told me. Does...

Recently I reinstalled Win98 on my pc and now I am getting invalid page faults on everything. If I try to start Windows normally I get "Explorer caused an invalid page fault in Module Iernonce.dll @ 015f:7cc616c0....So, I started in safe mode. If I go to HelpIndex I get "HH caused an invalid...

How do I make Outlook Express my default mail. I went and it was not highlighted for me to check. How do i get it highlighted.? Thank You