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I went back to my old computer after a few months on my new one. At that time I removed only the hard drive. So now, with my new one on the sidelines, I thought of putting back the hard drive, which I had made a slave on the new. It was partitioned and thats all. Now, when i tried to boot the...

Win 98 SE 17" CRT monitor Desktop resolution set at 800 x 600 Replacement hardware not an option at this time. CRT hardware(firmware) controls of display no longer working. Software solution sought. Display width has crept until it is about 2" wider than will fit on my

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avg75free_432a904.exe this is the correct version for Windows 98SE. This is the second time I downloaded it at 17MB. Bcz of my crippled modem, I used the FreshDevices DL manager, and it literally takes *hours*. Double click. I get this Error message: "This program is not a valid Win32...

How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926 Sounds like a program being loaded at boot is at fault. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info:

Have a HP Pavilion running Win XP. A message pops up "NT Authority System will shutdown yr computer". PC restarts automatically- very frustrating. How can I solve this? Thanks,Bill

Hi all, I keep getting illegal operation errors with all of my programs, the error messages appear randomly & it's driving me insane. Here's what happens most of the time - I run MS Word (for example) and a few seconds after starting, MS Word says an illegal operation has occurred and the program...

Hello I've made a partition of 1Go on a disk of 40 Go with a view to using it for the virtual memory. This partition is G: I have a disk with C: E: and F: and a disk with D: and G: When I go to the set up panel - performance - memory, the list of disks shows G: as having 0 Mo free space. I can...

I have a win98SE Machine that been working fine. I needed to do the annual cleanup, so I opened the machine up . However, after I put everthing back together, I wanted the start the unit, so I pressed the power button, all I get is the CD / DVD drives light, and the floppy light, and I hear a...

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I'm not sure if this is the correct group for this, but it seemed the closest. If I'm wrong, please re-direct me. I recently installed some critical updates for Windows 98 and I have had several problems since. I have eliminated most of them, however, FreeCell is still giving problems: It never...

If you are using MSN, uninstall it from Add\Remove Programs, and then reinstall it. Please note that besides MSN, there are other dialers and connection managers that can also cause the error....see here for an example - http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/cd/windows/dialup/psudlw2k.htm If you do not...

My computer is an IBM PC 300PL Win 98se os, 500 mhrtz pIII processor with 576 mb ram. It has 3 memory slots. It came with 2 64mb sticks of memory. I bought 2 256 sticks. I have put 64, 256, 256 respectively into slots 1, 2 and 3. When I boot up memory checks out ok. When I test my memory using...

I hope this is the right group to post this to. Does anyone know why the .WMV files load so slowly in media player ( win98 and WMP 7.1)? It takes about 1 minute to load and start playing, could it be some codec I need? I use irfanview to run mpg and other files and they load and run in about 1...

A Compaq can boot into Safe Mode but hangs (desktop wallpaper but no icons; no bar across the bottom; keyboard, including Start Button has no effect) if attempting boot into Normal Mode. Can a virus or other "malware" be the cause? I'll try editing the Registry at "Run", "Run Once", etc., to see...

win98se, P3 533, 256mb memory, 8mb sis pci video card,=20 Norton utilities shows:=20 1250mb win total memory,=20 27mb PM free,=20 763mb VM free, 15% cpu usage. What causes win98 to bog down after moving a folder between partitions? I have a 46mb folder in "J" drive that I moved to "K" drive.

Try searching for and deleting all copies of NORMAL.DOT on your hard drive, then restart and try Word again. -- Richard G. Harper * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ......

Hello. I have a multiboot system running 98SE, XP Pro SP3 and Ubuntu. I bought a 1GB stick of RAM for a Dell computer that matches the specs of my motherboard perfectly. The RAM is recognized fine by XP and Ubuntu. When I try to boot into 98 I get the 98 boot screen for a moment and then I get...

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