I tried downloading the usb drives from the following site. http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php Now my thumb drives work but my usb internet connection no longer does. I get an error saying that the hardware is either not plugged in or the drivers need updating. Which is not...

With limited RAM at present (64MB's), I'm working hard to keep up with a selection of fault messages and reboots, and in the last few days, Dr Watson is reporting:- "Windows User-interface core component attempted to access memory that does not exist. Module Name: user.exe Description: Windows...

I'm not sure if I should be posting this here or in the XP forum. I've been having problems with Win98, particularly kernel32.dll, and I thought now would be a good time to upgrade to XP. Install a new operating system and get around the freeze-ups and abends I've been having. I put in the disk...

Hello, I have win98se and I installed and configured K-Meleon as my default browser. It automatically opens .html files from my hd. However, when I click on a url in my newsreader or mail program, IE launches. Typing a url in the run box also produces an IE window. I want to use K- Meleon for...

Win98SE Host file active Network OptionsTCP/IP Dial-up set to "enable DNS checking" I am on a Dial-up system. According to a document at http://www.uraniannights.com/www/deadsetfreestuff/security/hosts.html, i enabled DNS checking in Network, host set to "localhost, DNS search order has the...

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...

Hello, This may not be the most appropriate group, but I can't find a better one, if you no of one could you please advise... On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of things, including different...

When I startup the PC, at the end of boot process it appears to hunge looking for something about 3 min then printing two times on the screen: c:/ , and then starts normally. What do these c:/ mean - it can't find a previously refenrenced and then uninstalled program? How I can find out, why it...

Hi all, hopefully posting this to several groups isn't a problem. My parents have an old dell from maybe 6 years ago, and their display recently started getting vertical lines through it, so I assumed that the video card had gone. I got a new one and threw it in (a better card than the one they...

I have found that I am no longer able to shut down windows and have it restart in Dos. (i.e.Go to start, shutdown,select restart in DOS). In other respects Windows appears to be operating normally. I am using Win98SE with SP1 and all security updates installed. It use to provide a shut down...

I have Googled for memory manager reviews, but they are far from helpful. Anyone have any thoughts on whether a memory manager (Cyberlat RamCleaner, TweakRam) really helps performance or just uses up resources? Running W98SE, 256MB, PII350MZ, IBM PC300PL. Thanks, Dan Hacker

Hi! After I installed net framework version 2.0 redistributive package (x86). I was highly advised to install the latest security package for it, but when I tried to get windows update, it kept giving this message:Thank you for your interest in

Ok, let me explain myself before telling me that I'm just plain stupid. So, here's the situation. I have a customer that's looking to operate on old version of digitizing software. The software was designed to run on Windows 98. Here's the issue: when attempting to install Windows 98 on...

My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine...

W98SE. I am suddenly experiencing problems when running Disk Defrag. I shut down all the usual programs and until the past 4 days have never had any problem with this. Now, Windows freezes when I get to between 40 and 47% defrag and I have to reboot each time. Any guidance or solution would be...

Running Windows 98...how can I completely remove a windows login that appears when I boot the machine up? It is not a network login, it is only a windows login. I have been able to set the password to (nothing), but I can't figure out a way to remove the login alltogether. Thanks in advance, Joe

A link was clicked on and now I have an unwanted website popping up and trying to dial into my modem ( I use dsl) It places a short-cut on my desk top and my start menu. I've run virus, trojan you name it programs to try to locate the original source. If I go to properties on the short cut it...

I seem to have a problem. File D:/autorun.exe seems to have disappeared on my computer. I do not know how this happened, but I need to fix it. All I do know is that I had uninstalled my scanner today and then tried to reinstall it and a box from my Norton Antivirus popped up and said I had a virus...

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

I'm running a clone with 98SE. Have plenty of RAM and plenty of HD space. Processor is an AMD K-6. Have had it about 4 years. I installed a CD burner about 2 weeks ago which worked fine. When I turned the PC on today it gave me an error message of "hard drive failure" on both of my hard drives...