after reinstalling windows 98se on a compaq laptop that i had it on previously (and ran into this problem before i just didnt think to write it down) i get the error message 'Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer .. C:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd: missing/unable to load.' Any...

Hi I have Windows 98, and when I start my computer it loads up and then it comes to the Destop and the username password comes up and another window comes up and it says "Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128D Driver cannot load MIDI waveset.MIDI playback has been diabled." So I guessing I have to reinstall...

When I try to install Windows 98 components the system asks me to put the installation disk in the CD drive (E) but tries to locate the files in a directory (C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\Q312339 ) which no longer exists. Using the browse button and pointing to the E drive has no effect and I get...

Hi all, I keep getting illegal operation errors with all of my programs, the error messages appear randomly & it's driving me insane. Here's what happens most of the time - I run MS Word (for example) and a few seconds after starting, MS Word says an illegal operation has occurred and the program...

I need to upgrade a win98 system to 98SE? Is it downloadable?

Greetings; I recently installed an external hard drive (Maxtel OneTouch) to my machine (W98). I partitioned it into 4 drives G-J. It seemed to work fine. A few days after I started loading stuff onto it I noticed that the G drive was not accessible any longer. The next time after I emptied...

My win 98 installation cd is damaged where do I download the cd??? or apply for a replacement???

Please help! Whenever I start my computer up I get a message System.ini file no longer exists and windows will not work properly. I don't even know what file I got rid of that deleted that file. How do I fix this?

Hello, I own a IBM Thinkpad 600e and I am having severe problems booting up the machine on Windows 98. Everytime I attempt to start-up ot displays the following message: 'Error Message: While Initializing Device VKD -- Windows Protection Error -- You Need to Restart Your Computer'. Even in safe it...

Hello my name is Janie Strifler. I sold my old computer which is an AST 9316. The adults pluged it all in and all they've been getting is a black screen with a C:\. Then they see the Windows 98 logo then a black screen with the same prompt. They can't do anything else with the computer. What are...

Hi, when I shutdown my PC, it freezes at the final screen that says windows 98, it is now safe to turn off your monitor. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks

hi all, This problem has been with me a while, but I just decided to try to figure it out. I went into the Accessibilitiy Options in the Control Panel and had it set to give me audio cues when I toggled the CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, and SCROLL LOCK. It stopped working a while back, now making just a...

The longer my machine stays running the lower my available resources get. Is there any way I can get my resources to increase without having to re-boot the computer. A bare minimum of files are running in the background and the memory has been replaced recently for another problem. TIA Buck

I'm not sure how to edit the autoexec.bat file to include the loading of the CD-Rom driver. Can you provide the command and where should I put it within autoexec.bat? Also, I copied the startup disk to C: and then tried to remove all instances of a:\ from both *.bat files. (I used another...

I have an IBM Aptiva with windows 98. I used the recovery disk to restore my computer. Now when it comes up it asks for the "Windows product key #". I lost the book that came with the computer that had the number on it. Now what do I do? Any ideas.

I've apparently been "virused," and my PC keeps losing its configuration. Support helped me restore a backup by going into DOS, step-by-step configuration, and selecting a backup date to employ. I failed to write down the steps for doing this, and now I'm back in the same boat. Does anyone know...

Windows Update has foiled my system. For some reason the installation failed and after restarting the computer, I was only greeted by a black screen with no cursor. I decided that I might as well reinstall 98SE again from a boot disk, and now that's getting hung up at the last step with a fatal...

Is there a method to repair/reinstall W98 files without having to reconfigure the entire computer?

I have a Gateway 2000 purchased on '97. Originally, the computer had Windows 95, and later someone installed Windows 98 SE Upgrade. Now, I need to reformat my computer, so I need help in the procedure. Some people tell me to just intall Win 98 and others say to install Win 95 first. I need step...

Formatted hard drive and receive this message each time I start to run the Win98 setup from the startup disk. Any idea what causes this and how I can get past it??