I have Windows 98 and somehow lost my DVD player. I have Windows 98 but am unable to find it on my CD. Also, I got an error message that says since I have a newer version (updates) than the CD the CD has been disabled. When I try to play a DVD it says, "This file does not have a program...

wanted to partition a friends hard drive with Norton Partition Magic 8 and after the installation of the program, it (PM8) would not run. Got the splash screen then the following error: When I initialize the program I get this: Pmagic9x has cause an error in PMAGIC9X.EXE (caused divide...

Been awhile since I had to get into the old system -- how do I limit the size of my swap file or move it to another partition? Thanks! Fred

Hi Guys, Is there a maximum size of HDD, I can use in Win98se? If so, if I buy an HDD larger than this, is there a work-around? Thanks!

Does the above need to be in the startup, i have disabled everything else except volume control and AVG -Grisoft anti virus. -- margiegirl

Hello, Where does Windows 98, 98 SE, and Me store their country/region and language datas in their registries? I am not having luck in determining what keys have these information. At first, I thought it was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\ with Locale, but I don't think this it....

I want to set Front Page Express as my default HTML editor but when I go to Internet Options, Programs, all the HTML Editor drop down list has are Notepad and Microsoft Frontpage Editor. Can someone tell me how I can get it to show Frontpage Express or how to set the default HTML editor to...

I get this error on loading Flash Mx 2004: FLASH Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module KERNEL32.DLL at 0167:bff886e7. I already tried reinstalling. How can this be fixed?

Windows 98 User loses ISP subscription July 2006 loss of MS support I got a call today from a friend who is looking for guidance. She has just spent three months recovering from an auto accident so has been out of circulation for awhile. She has an old computer and has been running Windows...

My grandson has been given a HP computer to use for his games, however, they need DirectX to run them. I downloaded DirectX from the Microsoft site on my PC but it wouldn't install on his computer. He has no internet on the computer, is there any way around this, please?

I have recently tried using an optical Dell USB mouse with my old Pac Bell, which has Windows 98SE installed. During bootup, a Windows error box will display something to the effect of, "Windows does not detect a mouse...". I have looked around the Net for some drivers that may fix the problem,...

The control and shift key in my microsoft office programs and explorer will not allow me to select more than one file or object. They typically work correctly on other computers, so I was wondering if there was a setting for this in the Windows setup that maybe got turned off or if there is...

for some reasons i can't open any folders or icon on my desktop. It says that Explorer has perform an illegal operation and will shut down. It also says in another window that an error has occured in Internet explorern and it will now close. However, i can access my files from the start menu....

hello people, i hope someone can help!!! :-s i have this evening just installed and uninstalled a program that came with my new nobile phone. now i cant open windows explorer, my computer, control panel or my documents, i get the following error message: EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault...

Greetings. Three problems I'm having: 1. When Windows starts, I get a message saying "ctrlpan.dll" isn't found. How do I fix this? 2. I seem to have lost my autorun.exe file from the C:\ folder. How do I get it back? 3. Weird one: when my computer starts lately, it automatically starts up a...

Well I guess the boo-boo started when I accidently forgot to uncheck "always use this when opening this type of file" Now any/all jpg's, gif's etc. open in notebook! uhg. I tried this: my computer/view/folder options/file types/jpg file/edit/open/edit/browsed for 'ms paint' Result: "can't find...

I have lost the ability to open a file in the related software without an Invalid Path message, it seems to be looking at each word in the path instead of the whole path. ie. something.doc will open the WORD software but comes up with the error message.

For some reason, my pc is starting in dos mode, how I make it start in windows again? I appreciate any help.. thanks Paola F.

Whenever I try to open JPEG, BMP, or GIF images using Paint I receive the following error message: "Paint cannot read this file. This is not a valid bitmap file, or its format is not currently supported." HELP!

when i log on to my pc, there are many programmes running that i can't seem to close. also i cannot gain access to my server unless i close some of these programmes. i have to repeat this each time i log on. HELP .