Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I recently did a clean install of Win98 due to a system crash. After the install windows is now running very slowly eg double clicking icons takes a long time to open them. This was not a problem before the crash. Its running on a AMD K6 with 64MB of ram....

Can anyone tell me if "Virtual Memory" is running while the system is in Safe Mode? The reason I ask is that I am wondering if it is more efficient to run "Defrag" in safe mode, versus, shutting off virtual memory and then running defrag in normal mode, after shutting down all non esential...

Tech Support, I have a Compaq computer with Windows 98. When I start up the computer the first screen I see is the orange compaq screen then the next screen is the Microsoft Windows 98 screen. The next screen is Blue with a gray box that has the error message " This program has performed an...

I can't seem to get my Windows 98 operating system to shut down anymore. Friday night it shut down with no problems, then on Saturday night it just wants to restart when I try shutting it down. I have tried repeatedly to shut it down, but it will only shut down if I do it manually and not...

Tech Support, I have a Compaq computer with Windows 98. When I start up the computer the first screen I see is the orange compaq screen then the next screen is the Microsoft Windows 98 screen. The next screen is Blue with a gray box that has the error message " This program has performed an...

Can someone suggest a free 0nline virus scanner OTHER THAN Trendmicro/Housecall? FACE

I know when you click delete a file file from you hard disc it doesnt fully delel it. Can you tell me how i can fully delete it so that there is no record of it and also how i can recover it if have clicked delete thanks

Upgraded from 95 to 98. Had to resinstall IE to cure invalid page fault with Explorer. Installed upgrades via windows upgrade. Now getting the following message after connecting to internet RNAPP - this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down - RNAPP caused an invalid...

Hi everyone. I have 256mb Ram with not many programs running in the background apart from the usual. Occasionally upon boot up I get the above message. My swap file is also set at an acceptable level and I have 10gb of free memory on my c drive. Any ideas anyone. Please feel free to e.mail me...

As I booted up my system and looked at the post readings, it had stopped and their was a message about overclocking. Now, I never overclocked in my life. It said press F1 for the bios and press F2 to change to default. I didn't know what to do. I just shut off my system and rebooted, hopeing it...

This message was also posted in the General category. I hope someone can help me out here. My problem seems to be very difficult to solve. Recently, I reformatted my HD and using the Windows 98 startup disk, I created new logical DOS drives so that I have a C:, D:, and E: all one one hard...

Hi; Can anyone tell me if I can run Front Page 2002 with my Windows 98se? Thanks Lil

Help!! The option to create a new folder has disappeared on the tool bar. Under the FILE menu, I have CREATE SHORTCUT, DELETE and RENAME all of which are not available (grayed out). FILE --- NEW ---- FOLDER is nowhere to be found. If someone knows how to fix this, I would very much appreciate...

Help!! The option to create a new folder has disappeared on the tool bar. Under the FILE menu, I have CREATE SHORTCUT, DELETE and RENAME all of which are not available (grayed out). FILE --- NEW ---- FOLDER is nowhere to be found. If someone knows how to fix this, I would very much appreciate...

I'm trying to play an older game that worked terrific when I had a P1 133, but it has no speed control, so playing it on a PIV 3000 is so fast as to be unplayable. Does anyone know how to force my computer to slow down significantly in a Windows 98 environment? If Windows doesn't have...

(sorry if this is a duplicate post, last one didn't appear to go through) I'm trying to play a game that worked great on a P1 133 system, but since it has no speed control, is way too fast on a PIV 3000 system. Does anyone know how to manually slow down processor speeds in a Win 98 environment,...

(sorry if this is a duplicate post, last one didn't appear to go through) I'm trying to play a game that worked great on a P1 133 system, but since it has no speed control, is way too fast on a PIV 3000 system. Does anyone know how to manually slow down processor speeds in a Win 98 environment,...

I'm trying to play an older game that worked terrific when I had a P1 133, but it has no speed control, so playing it on a PIV 3000 is so fast as to be unplayable. Does anyone know how to force my computer to slow down significantly in a Windows 98 environment? If Windows doesn't have anything...

I posted a message here in regards to a "problem" I was having with enabling thumbnail view on the My Pictures folder. Everytime I enabled it, the folder automatically got marked as Read Only at the same time. I kept un-checking this box and could never see my thumbnails. Eventually, I...

I posted a message here in regards to a "problem" I was having with enabling thumbnail view on the My Pictures folder. Everytime I enabled it, the folder automatically got marked as Read Only at the same time. I kept un-checking this box and could never see my thumbnails. Eventually, I...