Rob Bright wrote: (...) Where is the original post, supposedly by Rob Bright? It's not on the NNTP server I use (AIOE). Google groups won't even show it. Is the MS server showing it?

I need help to know what the product key is on windows 98 it use to be Millennium Me and now I have to reinstall microsoft word.And I don't have the information!Can someone tell me the long product key code my other code doesn't work.

My computer is demanding a boot disk (which I don't have) and also has a faulty A:\ drive. If anyone has a boot file they are willing to send me and maybe some advice on how to get it to stop asking for a boot disk I would greatly appreciate it!

All I have in my root directory is the following: @C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG6\bootup.exe @PATH C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 REM REM REM C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL AN UPDATED DRIVER FOR SOFTSCAN SCANNER, MY COMPUTER FROZE UP, HAD TO TURN OFF POWER. WHEN I TURNED COMPUTER BACK I COULD NOT ACCESS 'HELP' - POP UP MESSAGE STATED 'CANNOT FIND FILE HH.EXE.

Hope someone can please help. When starting my computer I get error messages saying that the following drivers/files missing: VREDIR.VXD FDS.VXD and after pressing any key to continue, I get: MSNP32.DLL not available. I can still operate windows 98, but HOW DO I RE-INSTALL THESE FILES....PLEASE...

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i reinstalled win98se, when it came to the part to restart your computer, comp restarts then hangs on the windows screen where it says using windows for the first time and doesn't go any further, blue scroll line on bottom keeps moving but nothingelse happens. computer does not freeze as cursor...

Hi, I have an HP Pavillon 4450 which came with W98 and a 6GB HD. Over the years, I upgraded to ME then to XP and upgraded my CD to a CD/DVD drive and added a 60 GB HD. Everything worked fine until last week when we had a power failure (I leave the computer on all the time). To keep it short,...

I don't know the reason, but you should use a bootable floppy or CD to be able to install a new copy of your OS. Javad "bgosper" wrote in message ... ALl of a sudden I am getting this message--no idea what...

when i turn on comp.and it loads some a black screenappers and says file creation error then finishes loading how can i get this to go away

I'm having difficulty discerning priority of installation order for MS recently released updates: MDAC 2.8sp1 JET 4. VB6sp6 runtime Once MDAC is installed for W98se is it necessary to install the other two to add their functionality or are they included in the MDAC?

I am passing on an older computer to my sister and wanted to give her a "clean" computer. my son tried to remove the programs and in the process deleted something that is needed by W98 to start. I have a Windows 98 CD but there is no setup file on it. I need a floppy disk with the setup...

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...

by mistaken i change excel properties to notepad. by right clicking on it i am able to open it with this option:open using microsoft excel for windows but the icon displayed for excel sheet is same as that for notepad. so pls help to change the icon of notepad to excel

Hello, Fresh install of OEM Win98SE on a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS laptop (new in 2000). Installed Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird for internet access and email. I'm giving this laptop to my sister and don't want to confuse her, so I'm removing anything I feel is extraneous. Does anyone...

I am attempting to reload Windows 98 onto a re-formatted hard drive. The drive was completely clean upon beginning this endeavor. The disk is the Windows 98 SE upgrade from Windows 95. I get all the way to the end of the setup and when windows reboots for the final time, it freezes on the Windows...

Hi all, My computer crashed earlier this evening, giving me the blue screen and the following error: "A fatal esception 00 has occurred at 0028:C023DB7F in VXD VDD(09) + 00001803. The current application will be terminated." on reboot I got a windows protection error, rebooted into safe...

I was trying to remove some programes from START - CONTROL PANEL - ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM. Upon selected the program and click 'Add/Remove' button, the pop up window showed "This MSI must be launched through set-up" followed by Fatal Error "Installation ended prematurely because of an error". I...

I have a computer with win 95 already installed and I need to upgrade to win98. Does anyone have the upgrade disk, I only have the full version.