All my icons on the taskbar have changed to a folder like icon and I have lost my "back to desktop" icon. Tried a system restore but no use. anyone any suggestions? Thanks -- Tommy

We need to re-install Windows 98 SE or ME or 2K-Pro on a laptop that has its CD drive internal connection damaged. The floppy drive works though. We have all the original Windows CDs and a Win98 boot floppy, as well as all the required drivers. The unit originally had Win98 on it that was...

PROBLEM: Installation Fails with the following for my newly purchased SimpleDrive External Hard Drive 160 GB : " Problem with System File Windows might not be able to run correctly VxD dynamic link call: NTMAPHLP(02) + 00000002 to " 004F " service1."

On a Win ME system, when I start Internet Explorer, I get a message "lexplore has caused error in kernel32.dll", and Internel Explorer shuts down. I tried the following: -Updated IE to IE6 Update 1. Problem persists. -Ran SpyBot S&D and AVG Anti-Virus, both with latest definitions. Found...

Is there any procedure for disabling the system tray clock ? I can right click the taskbar, select 'properties' and un-check 'show system clock'. That removes the clock, but on next bootup the clock is back. Any way to make the un-check hold for good ? -- Adware/malware/spyware free since 1996,...

Hmmm. Smells like a dead cat in here! Shane

Products: Compaq destktop running Windows Me, Airlink USB wireless LAN adaptor Symptoms: Upon reboot the network adaptor will not always function correctly. The systray icon showing the connection appears, then disappears, then reappears. Connection to the network shows to be working, but no...

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all got what you wanted g for a couple of minutes here in South Wales we had some white stuff falling trouble is it was a bit of hail and it's gone again but the sky is looking like trouble g Have a great day everyone. Joan

I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME installation on it. I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the details or where I read it. If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do...

As far as I can tell, Poc, this customised version of OE (and IE) from ntlworld would appear to be the problem (though with IE6 in WinME, one never knows eg). I'd like to see you (1) backup all your current OE data, (2) uninstall this customised version of IE/OE6, and then (3) do a clean install...

Hello: Here's an item from the Win 98 general newsgroup that may be of interest to some. Acronis True Image v8 supports Win 98 thru XP, including ME. However, while it supports ATA drives, it may not support SATA drives. I'm not sure. It seems to be a multi-step process, to fill out the...

From one start to the next I lost the icon for my 'Direct CD' (Adaptec) in the Systray and with it the ability of the 'CDROM' drive to recognize its contents. The error message at start-up reads: "CDRTC.DLL file cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem." I did check the file and it is...

Texican, I've seen a couple of your past posts about using F-Prot to run virus scan in DOS. Because I want to grow up to be like you g I downloaded "F-Prot Antivirus for DOS" and downloaded the latest virus definition. Believing that I would need to run F-Prot from floppies I tried to copy...

I get this error message and the screen turns blue. What is the resolution to this problem?

I have been experiencing a problem with my explorer programs that I cannot seem to resolve. If I attempt to open a folder on my desktop I receive the following error messages. These come in "two's" (listed in order). The first error message (1.) is immediately followed by the second (2.) after I...

The Update related to this Securty Bulletin is now available at Windows = Updates for Windows 98/98SE and Millennium Edition (at least, it's in = the Catalog.) Since there is no Windows Updates for Windows 95, I = figure Win95 users are SOL due to the following FAQ in the Bulletin: Q. Are Windows...

Every time I try to get new defs I get the message: "error retrieving updates." I wonder what the problem is. Never got this message before. richard

I'm tired of hearing Vista is the new ME (98 3rd edition?) being used to "slam" the OS's. Both are fine for the time they were put on the market. It's the user that has the problem. In a day and age when nobody is to blame for anything, why not pin it on the machine? When Windows 7 comes out...

Here is a problem I get sometimes on normal websites, like yahoo.com or cnn.com: ************************ =========================================================================== Error.txt File name:...

I know Microsoft has removed the online support for Windows 95, 98, 98SE & ME. However, I have a ton of learning CDs for my 3-year-old and they are Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 only (some of them). So, I need to be able to get the patches/updates for Win95-WinMe somehow. Can anyone point me in...