I guess I accidentally deleted a news server and therefore all its newsgroups. Is there somewhere in 98 I can find which newsgroups I was watching? Temp files -- cookies -- etc? Mel

When I first got this pc I had CADKEY 5 a dos based Cad Program that worked quite well on here. But I lost it for a while and then reinstalled it and it will not run now. I restart in dos mode to run program but when it starts it ends up shutting down my pc in a sort of way, that the monitor shuts...

Sometime in the past something has happened to the "Admin Rights" function in my Registry. As a result, I can no longer update to recent BTYahoo! software as it aborts with an Admin Rights error message. Does anyone know how to restore these rights, what element of Windows controls them and...

Hi Can anyone help I did get into windows update and update all the security updates but now when I open the control panel there is no icons there,also when I search for a folder there shows 100 folders but nothing showing up in the folder side. How do I get them to show up also when I start my...

my hd died and warranty repair replaced the harddrive and reloaded the factory software. I installed my usb harddrives and then tried backup in system tools. says sees no devices yet device mgr. sees them and I can write to the usb devices. I uninstalled backup and rebooted and reinstalled...

Hi All I know this might sound a weird query, but I've never had to do it. Friends of family have Win98 machine, but its the 1st edition not the 2nd. Wondered if it was possible to download Win98 SE as a sort of update and basically run it to apply it. Can it be that easy?

I have set my Windows password, but when I sign on all I have to do is click on cancel and it takes me right to the desktop....How can i keep this from happening?

Hi, I want to start my screensaver manually. In past I could do this by simply double-clicking the *.scr file in the explorer. But now I've lost the link to the correct *.exe to thart the file with. What is this file? MG

I need to install two operating systems Windows 98 on one computer so that one of them were a reserve OS. Is it possible to do with stabdard operations or do I need any other software for that? -- Best regards, Oiprox

Hello and thank you for taking time to read this. I'll be as brief as possible. I was given a Dell Inspiration 3500 as follows: MODEL#: TS30t AND IS EQUIPED WITH: 5MB Hard Disk; 1.44MB Floppy Disk; does not have a cd rom device; Power Supply Input; Line In - Microphone - Headset Jacks;...

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:45:54 -0700, crazyjoepunter wrote: This is a question for tapi/dun/modem sexperts ;-) cannot get dun to work with aztech mdp3880-w(u) modem. installed latest drivers, install went fine. "more info" reported info from the modem.

I've just finshed a new installation on a formatted HDD, on 1st boot the setup returns to the hardware configuration screen and hangs on the PnP configuration with the following error, 0E eception at address 0028:C0008997 VxD --- PC also hangs on booting into safe mode I've googled the error to...

"Wee Peem" wrote in message ... I have got a message up when starting the computer saying boot disk failure. Checking in the BIOS neither hard drives are shown. Even when I try to auto detect them...nothing...

This is in a friends machine. She had downloaded Mcafee from the ISP's site and had some things go wrong. (don't ask me I don't know) Based on what happened she decided to reinstall the operating system. After two attempt she called for help. She says she has lost the desktop. "What do you get?" I...

I recently had to replace my harddrive on my dell desktop and so I'm starting over from scratch. I have the original bootdisk but only a copy of my 98se cd (i have the other, but its scratched beyond imagine). Anyway, I've installed the harddrive successfully (using the western digital software)...

I have partitioned and formatted my HD. At the CD Rom promt.. I type set up and get this Msg. Windows Setup Requires 734003. -- Bill R.

Win98SE I recently tidied up and moved lots of the desktop icons I logged off When Ilogged back on they were back in some old state I had before Is all the layout stored in the registry ? What's the best way to 'save' this layout for the next time ?

Hello and thanks in advance, I have a 98SE that after POST and before the OS fully loads, there are two screens black and white (DOS Like) and a Windows 98 Color Screen that comes between them. They have various lines like: C:\ Mode REM C:\ REM TSHOOT Code page funtion C:\ etc. What and how can I...

Hi. I uninstalled QuickTime a couple of weeks ago and made sure all files and registry entries had gone. As this ap will, it has sneaked back several times but now seems to have accepted that I don't want it. My problem is that I cannot get rid of a persistent message telling me that QT has been...

I am having problems with QUIKVIEW in win98se I had to recently recover my registry due to some errors and now quikview of files is not an option in the file extension properties area I do have quikview.exe in the proper directory (folder) and it does not work with command line use ie quikview...