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"search" option not available on disk C: by JohnB
How come when I right click my C drive, "search" is not available? This is Win98SE. I have found the same with some shortcuts to folders, that they are not searchable... Thanks, John
June 19th 04 04:51 PM
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HELP by frank davila
I have seem to lost my windows 98 product key numbers. Is there any way I can get these numbers. Or is there a way that I can get general numbers that work on all the discs???????? Thanks A lot, Frank Davila
June 19th 04 01:28 PM
by Jerry Go to last post
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Windows 98SE CD-Rom by [email protected]
I need a Windows 98SE CD-Rom. I cannot find the CD-ROM supplied by Gateway for my computer and Gateway says they cannot supply another. I need the CD-ROM to install a file 'secur32.dll' required by Actiontec DSL modem. Any help will be appreciated.
June 19th 04 11:25 AM
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windows back but modem disappeared! by Marsha
Thanks both of you for that, it turned out my cd rom wasnt playing so I managed to load via my cdrw. Now the next problem (oh my I will learn the hard way!). Having got windows back I have the following problem with hardware...... everything seems to have loaded on 'plug and play' except 1.a pci...
June 19th 04 11:19 AM
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Purchase Window 98 SE? by Don Underwood
Any ideas as to where I can purchase a Windows 98 SE CD? I have a very old computer that runs Windows 98 very well but I need to make some repairs and I can't find my installation CD. Thanks, Don
June 19th 04 12:11 AM
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Hard drive size not correct. by ray
Hello all, my problem is this; I've installed a 15GB Hitachi laptop drive into a really old laptop (P133) the bios doesn't support this size, and I can't get an update for it (IPC radiance-its that old!)so I got hold of a copy of disk manager (ver.6 I think) and used this to overlay the HD. Using...
June 18th 04 08:40 PM
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getting around RAM requirement for broadband? by Nikko
I just did a reinstall of 98SE for a friend. I'm trying to set up her broadband service, but the DSL SetUp says the minimum RAM requirement is 64 MB. She only has 32 MB, and it's an old laptop, so upgrading isn't a viable option. She has been able to use DSL on this machine with 98 before...
June 18th 04 05:34 AM
by will Go to last post
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missing files by [email protected]
Hello, Hello I do hope that someone knows what I am talking about becuase I am not sure. I got an error that said that I am missing a DLL. file. I have just gotten SBC DSL they said that the problem is not related and that I have to. Reinstall the file from the disc. I do not know how to...
June 17th 04 04:52 PM
by Jake Go to last post
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Drive Not Accessible by George
Suddenly I cannot use my CDRom. All I get is a message saying "J:\is not accessible. The device is not ready". Device Manager says it is working properly but it isn't? I cannot load any new software now so I am really stuck. Anyone got any suggestions please?
June 17th 04 03:19 PM
by George Go to last post
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disk defragmenter by Adhiraj Somani
Dear sirs, I am the owner of a windows 98se machine.due to the amount of files stored,my computer has become very slow.whenever i try to run disk defragmenter after going for about 10% it gets back to 0% and shows 'drives contents changed:retarting'.this happens a number of times and goes on for...
June 17th 04 06:02 AM
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Compatibility Mode Paging reduces overall system performance by Pam
I have Windows 98SE. My system got locked up and so I Control/Alt/Deleted to reboot. When it rebooted, it got the screen that shows what is in the autoexec.bat file and just stayed there. So, I Control/Alt/Deleted again, pressed F8 to get the safe mode menu. I choose to go into safe mode. Once...
June 17th 04 05:09 AM
by Curt Christianson Go to last post
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!! by Spottedfeather
I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it tells me that I only have around 100 mb. What happened ? I tried to run...
June 17th 04 05:09 AM
by Jay Perez Go to last post
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scan disk and defrag,too by crystal
Scandisk tells me I have an error and, once it begins to repair it, I get another error that says "An error occured while scan disk was attempting to correct the previous error. Complete a thorough check of this drive, then run scan disk again and choose to conduct a standard test". When I do this...
June 16th 04 11:37 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Change to Slave by Matt
Im Havin problems booting my my WIN98SE computer. It keeps pulling a "Windows Protection Error" on me. I tried many of the steps in in KB article 188867 and article 302956 (except disabling items in Device manager and dealing with TSR's). So, I tried to replace my current slave drive on my WINME...
June 16th 04 11:35 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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non system disk by debbie
ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1 and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt, but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk, remove and press any...
June 16th 04 11:14 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Need to get windows back... by Marsha
Hi, I have just (for the first time ever) reformatted the C drive on my sons pc. I followed all the details to the letter. It looks like it has reformatted but how do I get back to Windows. I presume I am in dos (have black screen with A:\) I assume this is asking me for a prompt. But this is...
June 16th 04 05:06 PM
by Marsha Go to last post
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Floppy drive not shown by Firas
I am trying to add a 5.25 and 3.5 in-one drive. I was able to setup the BIOS. And in DOS mode I can access both drives. But when in Windows 98 normal mode only the first drive shows up under MYCOMPUTER. If I go to windows 98 safe mode I find both drives under MYCOMPUTER and I am able to access data...
June 16th 04 05:05 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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disk sharing by naresh
hi, my hard disk ( Only D Drive) gets shared automatically whenever i boot the PC. After removing share when i reboot it gets shared again. I have checked for viruses. any solutions. pls. regds, naresh
June 16th 04 05:03 PM
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CD tray open and close by itself by Miten
Hello, I have win 98 se. The cd tray opens and closes while I am using my system even though I am not attempting any thing with cd drive. any one knows how to correct it? Miten.
June 16th 04 02:59 PM
by Matt Go to last post
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Object count in Status Bar. by Ken G.
When I select "View as web page" in Windows Explorer, the object count in the status bar disappears. When you change from one folder to another, the count appears very briefly - just a flash really, then its gone. Is there a way to keep the object count visible when viewing folders in Windows...
June 16th 04 07:39 AM
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