I just format my hard drive, when I go to run the setup of windows 98 I got this error message "This program requires microsoft windows" I am not be able to run setup through command prompt. Please help.... Mac

When re-installing W98SE, A window pops up Windows Update An error occured loading C:\Progra~1\Common~1 \System\Wab32.dll The file may not have been installed or it is currupted. Why do I get such a message while installing Windows, how can it be missing if the installation is in process? What...

tried to upgrade from win 98 to windows pro but after running the 1st step of setup, I found out that I didnt have enough space on my laptop. nOW, evertime I turn on my computer, there always an option wether I want to boot win 98 or continue setup of win pro. How can I get back to my previous...

Hello NG, I was looking for a solution to this problem in the NG. Was pointed to a solution somewhere. For the reference: Go to the BIOS Setup (F1 after a "planar ASCII icon" appears in the upper left corner of the screen). Select "Startup Options" Make sure that "Virtual Wire I/O APIC Mode" is...

Hi Have a problem if someone can help will be greatly appreciated. Bought a laptop 2 months back with the french keyboard layout with win98se installed. However the laptop broke down and I do not the CD, can anyone kindly tell me where I can get hold of a copy of win98se french edition?? Thanks

I get this error message doing internet connection....What to do to fix it?

Can anyone offer a solution as to why I cannot enter my user names or password on any website. When I go to any website and I am directed to the portion of the site where you would enter such information, the entry fields remain blank, and the curser disappears not allowing me to enter anything....

I reinstalled Win 98 on my computer, not a problem. It starts up fine; however Win doesn't stay on it rolls over to an error message after about 10 seconds. Message reads a "fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:FF086BBE" and I can either restart or press any key to continue. When I press a key I...

Hi there! Indeed, I noticed on a Laptop that some characters are mixed up: Examples: "@" appears at key "Q" (Alt Gr) "!" appears at key "1" (upper case) "+" appears at key "!" (lower case) etc., etc.! Hmm, so could perhaps someone give me "the tip" of how to fix it? Thanks a lot in...

Hello, I'm looking for a little help. I'm fixing my friends' computer... I created a new partition using Fdisk (as none had previously been created), and then started the Win98SE installation, all of that went normal. And for the first official (get to your icons on your desktop and all...

Hello world! Could you please tell me what are the required programs for Win98SE to run at startup (the minimum) Also in task manager (Cntr-Alt-Del) and in Startup tab in Msconfig. Does Ipconfig works there as well?Seems that's so,but switches are different from XP.So could you also ,please,send...

Using the system restoration disk (CD). I can make it almost all the way through the process without trouble; then, near the end, there is a point where I'm told to remove the CD, and then a few moments later to put it back in. At that point, however, I get a message saying it can't find...

"-RS-" wrote in message ... Asus P2B-F 168MB of RAM Celeron 550 I was doing a clean install of Win98SE on a freshly FDISKed and formatted system and it seemed to go well. The only card in the machine was the PCI video...

Hello, Reinstalled Win98 SE and the icons on the desktop and on the Programs menu will not work. Double click on the icon nothing. Anyone have any suggestion. Thanks, R. Hayden

I have a neighbors win 98 box and I can't seem to get it to boot into regular mode! the darn thing will only boot into safe mode. no matter how I try it still boots into safe mode. I have even tried to reinstall windows over top and it still will only boot into safe mode. i am trying to upgrade to...

can i perform a clean install of XP Pro with the Pro upgrade CD? Will I need another OS cd to prove that I own a previous version, which I have a Win98SE cd Any articles you can point me to or suggestions on how to go about doing a clean install are appreciated Thanx

i have the system up & running, the mouse is reponding well but the keyboard isn't? What should have i missed? is using a PS2 type not a USB port. It doesn't show on the device manager? What should i do? Any help would be gladly appreciated. Thanks

Hi: I have a toshiba notebook computer( about 2 years old) I have a pcmcia card install that have two usb2 outputs. (the card bus is 32-bits) One of the output I have go to a usb2 enclosure with a hard drive in it. My OS is Win98. I am using this external hard drive for my backup files. In Win98...

Hi people this is the first time i use this so i'm not too sure how to go about the whole thing. Anyway, I created separate profiles for my parents and i on the home PC. However, my parents now wish for me to return things back to normal as they are not too happy with me doing this. I know how to...

I am attempting to reload Windows 98 onto a re-formatted hard drive. The drive was completely clean upon beginning this endeavor. I reformatted the disk by the following: 1. Insert Windows 98 SE startup disk into floppy. Power up computer 2. go to c: prompt. type "format c:/s" 3. All infomration...