I was wondering is it actually possible to upgrade from windows 98 to windows 98 se.

Hi. I got a request to upgrade a users PC from Win98SE to Win98SE service pack "C." I've never heard of a "service pack c" for win98se. Anyone know about this, or about how win98se updates are named? TIA

can't start my old window keep getting error message This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down

I know enough to be dangerous, and proved it when I corrupted my Win98. I need to reinstall from MS-DOS as my Windows will not load - locks up at Explorer.exe ("illegal operation, will shut down"). Any help, greatly appreciated.

I've been using ME for about 2-3 years, and I'm sick and tired of it's instability. I'm trying to change the OS to 98SE, and I'm not having much luck. Apparently, the person who loaded ME onto my computer didn't let ME create the proper files to let it uninstall. As far as I can figure out, my...

I don't have a problem with knowing my product key (w98se) but, out of curiosity, I tried the often recommended way of finding it: find /i "ProductKey" c:\windows\system.dat from a DOS box, after making system.dat not hidden, not system. The string was not found, and I discovered this is...

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Well my computer is a 486 system. Here is a list: CPU(prosseser) is a 486DX. ??MHz Only has ISA SLOTS. NO IDE connections. NO RAM memory at this time... BIOS: AWARD And have a card that has FDD & HDD conections.and the card is an ISA card. And last my sound card has a CD-ROM connection.

I upgraded to Windows second edition over two years ago. I have a folder with Windows Cab files on C: drive, but I don't know if they are the ones for Second edition. Would the Second edition upgrade automatically have copied the cabs because I had this set up for Windows98? How can I identify...

This site is so big I don't know where to start. I am lumbered with trying to fix a Packard PC that needs a re install. I have the discs, etc but no CD product key.... How do I set about asking MS for a key? Thanks

Recently after removing old application not being used the Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have removed a critical file, but I don't know how to check. When I start Explorer (or My Computer) it takes about a minute to open. Once started when I select a folder it takes another minute...

Hi Ron! I nedd to change windows 98 to windows 95, because I have a machine that is very old and only works with windows 95. so if it is possible to change 98 to 95 it would be a lot cheaper for me to do that than buying another machine. Thanks again Adriannin

I have a hewlett packard vectra .. 128mg pentIII 500mhz..the pc has a smaller hd which is 6.5 gigs as the master drive.. I installed another hd.. the slave .. which came from another pc whose motherboard went bad... the "slave" is partitioned.. what I would like and NEED to do is format the slave...

In the thows of trying to kill a trojan I accidentally deleted file "C:\windows000\system.dat". My PC is now unable to access my broadband connection and does not recognise my AHDL modem. Help! Was this file vital and if so how can I restore it. I would be grateful for your...

Hello. I have been trying to look for a solution for my problem. I only have a windows 95 full operating system install CD, but i have windows 98, and ME upgrade cd's. According to may sites the windows 95 creats a boot partition of only 2gb's and no more. I upgrades to windows 98 (because ME is...

Just re-installed Win98SE and on opening Outlook Express, I seem to receive the following errors: msimn; another I receive is HBsrv. Also getting this error at random:lexplor any help is appreciated

Reformatting Win 98 back to original, got as far as entering Product ID #, and realized I cannot locate. Any way around this?

I have a Compaq Presario CDS 633, 66mhz computer There was no operating system installed, When I put the Win98 boot disk and then run setup through CDROM, it runs fine...in the setup it runs for a lil while, then it says CAB files are corrupt...when they aren't, yet it won't do anything else and...

I am posting this because people often post problems, but NOT the answers! :( Well I have the answer - at least for my situation. I have a 3 GHz system running a P4P800 motherboard. The user requires dual boot Win98se and WinXP. The original deployment had 512MB of RAM and worked perfectly. Due...

I have totally corrupted windows 98 and have been advised my only route is to delete win.com via dos and re install windows but i don't know how..any suggestions