The Advanced search MSKB page offers no active dropdown box contents for me (as of now); all four are empty. One can type the desired search for stuff, but the page doesn't work without setting the parameters, which are completely absent. What...

hi. i have a 98 machine here that tells me it doesn't have enough free physical memory to do either scandisk or defrag. it has 64mb ram installed. i end task all the programs from task manager (except Explorer obviously) and it still doesnt work.

I ge a small box in the center of the desktop on startup which ststes, "a valid dll flie was not found". I cancel it and go on and the computer seems to run fine. What is the warning screen all about? Thank you, George

Something happened to me about a half hour ago that I have to share with this NG. I'm not going to reply to any posts (of course I'll read them). I just want people to see this. I'm not reflexively negative about Microsoft by a long shot. I think that properly tweaked, stripped of marketing...

Something happened to me about a half hour ago that I have to share with this NG. I'm not going to reply to any posts (of course I'll read them). I just want people to see this. I'm not reflexively negative about Microsoft by a long shot. I think that properly tweaked, stripped of marketing...

I have downloaded a few items, one being a Free Defrag, as my Defrag for my Win98 never worked properly. But in the past week or so I have not been able to open up anything I download...it keeps saying for each one that Windows was unable to create a file in Windows/Temp and that they are all...

I have installed the Microsoft Windows Security Update CD. The program is not able to run due a missing dll file: VETCONF.DLL

every time I go to window updates it always says yo download the same update 823559 ??

I found a lot of *.log files in the root folder of my C:\ drive. Also, I found a few text install logs. Would it be safe to delete these?

Dog-eared white icon says "Data that will not be moved". These clusters CAN'T be moved? SHOULDN'T be moved? Thery're right where they should be and don't need to be moved? Just curious. Thanks. Keith

When I try to install Adobe REader 6.0 I get the following error, "unable to launch windows\temp\adminstaller.exe create process return code 2" Anyone have any ideas??

Can the log on prompt be removed in safe mode..

how do you set up the folder or document to preview it in the folder when you click on it.

I don't know if this is the right forum ---but I have recently changed the original setup of my win 98 pc and cannot use the "restore" cd that came with it (Compaq). I had to take it in and have a repair shop restore with a win 98 cd (that they gave me). My question--is it possible for me to made...

Helo Folks, I have been working on a Windows 98 machine which is doing something bizzare lately. After doing a normal shutdown on this machine, approximately half an hour later the computer reboots...Could this be a hack happening or is there a hardware issue that I haven't heard of? Thanks in...

I know about the "NoClose" Win98 registry key to remove the "Shut Down..." selection from the Start menu. I would like to know if there is a way to leave "Shut Down..." available from the Start menu, but remove "Shut down" or disable it in the "Shut Down Windows" dialog box so my users can...

Just picked up a Gateway 2000 tower pc for my daughter at a tag sale. It has Windows NT installed, I want to format & upgrade it to 98SE, but can't figure out how to bypass the logon password. Someone suggested I remove the battery & give it time to forget, but I'm not sure where the battery...

Hi, I have a friend who have this errorAn OE has occurred=20 @017F: BFF9DFFF when she tried to copy something on=20 internet and tried to send this to a friend. Recently she change her ram on her computer and she have=20 window 98. Can she do something to correct that or her new ram...

At the conclusion of windows startup, an error message block appears. DLGLI error is displayed. In addition the following message is displayed. "The Program has performed an illgal operation and will be shut down." Then I click OK and have no further problem with Windows 98 during the...

i am running windows 98..i recently installed a 5 port usb card...successfully..it shows up in device manager... i attached a scanner to the usb port after installing the drivers for the said scanner.... the scanner is showing up in the printers folder. whenever i try to use the scanner i get a...