I right click on desktop, select properties, then appearance.I try to change the the desktop theme, hit apply and the syytem locks up. I control, alt, delete and it says display properties (not responding).Another issues is that various fonts on my pc are broken up

Hello: I'm having trouble changing the display properties with the Windows 98 on my computer. I want a different color scheme, but every time I try to change it, the program freezes and I have to close it down. Any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks.

Every time I boot up my display is at 640x480. Tried changing it but the settings are lost. Everything seems ok in Device Manager. I am not set up to run VGA (video adapter looks ok). msconfig settings look ok. I don't know anything about regedit - could there be a problem in the registry? ...

I just refreshed Windows 98 and afterwards the fonts were huge and the display setting were set to 640x480 and 16 colors. When I adjust the settings, Windows accepts teh change and does a restart. When the restart completes, the old settings (640x480;16 colors) have returned. I have a dell p991...

Many months ago I saw in display properties under the settings tab where it said "Extend My Windows Desktop onto this Monitor"..I put a check mark in the box and played around with it,unchecked the box again and clicked apply,I thought everything was ok...Now I'm unable to change...

I've got a 5 year old Gateway computer that I reformated the HD and put Win98 back on. I used the original restoration disks so I have all the right drivers. This computer has a Intel Tolstoy motherboard w/intergrated sound and video. Now my problem is when I change the screen resolution to...

I cannot change the screen resolution on a windows 98 PC. In display settings, I can select a new resolution and a new colour settings, but on clicking "OK", it doesn't display a preview as normal - instead it says that the computer must be restarted in order for the changes to take effect, but on...

An old wallpaper keeps popping up on the desktop on opening & closing Windows. I find it on the wallpaper list (from right-clicking the desktop & clicking on Properties) but no way to delete it. ( It has long been deleted from My Pictures.) It may seem like a little thing but it's irritating that...

i've tried to change my screen resolution, but after moving the slider, i have to hit the 'ok' or 'apply' button, but they are inaccessible as the dialog box is too big. i move it up as far as i can using the top border, then make the bottom toolbar disappear, but the buttons are still too far...

Hi, I'm in the process of upgrading the memory of my Windows 98 machine after a system crash. It says in my PC manual that I must install PC-100 compliant memory modules if the processor operates over a 100 MHz system bus. As my PC is 4yrs+ old now, there is a strong possibity that this machine...

Suddenly can't open JPEG files. Get message to go to My Computer--View--Folder Options, but can't make that work. Please help! Thanks

I'm running Win98 SE. Recently, my computer has frozen while the screen saver was on. Both times the message indicated something was wrong with a 3D module. The second time it happened I had to hit the re-set button to reboot and left the computer. When I came back, it was off. I started it up...

my daughter played with my win98 computer when i wasn't looking. i think she made the colors all the same so when i try to load something on desk top i just see pink. she said she also did something with the size so i can't see start button or task bar at bottom, although when windows first loads...

Recently I very frequently have a situation where clicking (left or right) on the desktop icons does nothing - the system acts as if they aren't there. If I reboot, then everything is ok for a while, but then the problem reoccurs. Any ideas? Thanks.

Had been using Windows 98SE for more than a year. Recently, a lot of corruption developed on my hard drive. In desperation, or frustration, I finally reformatted it and then reinstalled Windows 98SE and AOL 9.0 Security Edition. When I tried to reinstall Microsoft Internet Pack Service Pack 1,...

When I select a .jpg from my files to use as wallpaper, I get a message that says I can only use the image if I enable Active Desktop. I don't want Active Desktop enabled . . . and I used to be able to load any image without this happening. How can I get around this?

Whenever I try to put an image as the wallpaper on my desktop the screen freezes. I pres Ctrl+Alt+delete to end task, but sometimes I have to restart the computer. How can I stop it from freezing everytime I want to change the wallpaper?

I just updated from Win95 to 98. Now when I try to change the desktop settings on my monitor I receive the message "An error accurred while Windows was working with the Control Panel file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DESK.CPL". This occurs whether I right click Properties on my desktop or I...

Hi, I have an ATI graphics card/adapter/drivers installed. After a reinstall I cannot install the display properly. Display will not change to ATI and 256 colors. I have tried to reinstall the drivers on numerous ocassions. The display always says VGA and 16 colors. Now I found out the system is...

My comp really suck:( I cannot change the size of my moniter from the smallest setting. I need a setting of 800x600 but the slider wont move at all. Please help me!!!!