I recently reinstalled Windows 98SE, and since I usually leave my PC on permanently, I never checked about Restarting or Shutting Down. Now when I pressed the Start button, I discovered I don't have a Shut Down option. Any ideas anybody?

i am working on a project in VB that tweak windows 98. when i make some changes to registry, the changes are not visible even after restart while i have seen some product like winboost which shows the changes without restarting the computer. i want to know how it is possible in VB. please help...

who know how to get rid of this pop at start up of computer? if so email me at or . please let me know about this thanks!

Hi friends! Ill like to know how can I open automatically (from a program) the "Dial up networking" folder that is inside the My PC icon. Its suppose that the next command: RUNDLL32.EXE RNASERV.DLL,CallerAccess

When Windows Explorerer comes up on my Win98SE box, I always use it in two-pane mode, folders on the left, content on the right. One day last week, it suddenly began showing only grey on the left panel. I could do a View|ExplorerBar|History or View|ExplorerBar|Media or the like, but when I...

I have a batch file that pops up a message when a user logs into the computer. The message is colored yellow on Red. It works fine under windows 2000 and XP but it is still white on black on the windows 98 machines. How can I fix this?

When I'm typing things, and a program tries to access the internet or a virus scan runs, the window always pops up above everything and it screws things up. I've once ended up cancelling a virus scan because of it and sometimes may have denied internet access to a program requesting it for...

I learn computer for littel childrens and after every class i see some of the icons(short cuts) dissapear I want that evry boot its restore the desktop as it was before Thanks for your help Yuval

hello, I have a friend that messed up his machine. it has registry registered software that cannot be re-registered. (company went out of business) I don't know exactly what he did but here is what I need to fix. after boot up there is nothing on the screen except for the background. no taskbar,...

Please help ... my file kernell.dll desaper,

When Right clicking start button, Open & Explore are greyed out with only Browse With Paint Shop and Find showing. How to restore or Edit. thanks

Group, I have been unable to find info on the Microsoft support website or searching the web concerning the following virtual driver fatal exception shown below: "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:xxxxxxxx in VxD PALE(01) + 00001EF4" (xxxx=various hex codes) My machine is an AMD K6...

i got this error message: explorer has caused an invalid page fault in module shell32.dll at 0177:7fcbcf19 and also Ddhelp has caused a general protection fault in module gdi.exe, at 0002:00000057. i run windows 98 second edition, please help!thanks

Until recently everything on my W98 system behaved normally - but now when I bring up the right-click context menu and select "New" (looking to create a new Shortcut for instance) there is a delay of about a second, then Explorer crashes! No sub-menu items appear... just the hesitation prior to...

Have you tried going into the control panel and creating a new user, then delete the default one? -----Original Message----- Whenever I start Win98SE, the Start Menu displays "Log Off..." , exactly like this, without showing a user name, only 3 dots. This "nameless" account is apparently...

When I start Windows 98, I immediately get an error message telling me Explorer has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. The details a EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module IMSHELL.DLL at 0167:1001790c. Registers: EAX=01427c44 CS=0167 EIP=1001790c...

Even though I have selected "show and manage the pair as a single file" under "managing pairs of web pages and folders" in Windows Explorer folder options, they still appear as two things and have to be moved or deleted separately. Solution?

When configuring folders (specifically, changing from the default "Large Icons" to anything else) and then clicking "Like Current Folder" on the "View" tab of "Folder Options", some folders will display accordingly -- but most in deeper layers do not. I still have to manually configure the options...

are you sure its shell.32.dll and not shell32.dll? shell32.dll is in C:\windows\system32. -----Original Message----- I have run a search on the internet, the Google archives and the MS Knowledge Base and there is no report of an error message reading: "please check file SHELL.32.DLL" --

When I open an email on Incredimail in Windows 98 and want to go to a web site sent to mee through Incrediamail the link will not longer open. For instance: When I open belief net it will not take me to Aquarius so I can read my horrorscope. (using this as an example) this is a new thing. How do...