when i start my computer the windows 98 screen appears and nothing happens when i hit any of the buttons including f6. but when i hit escape a smile face appears in the left hand corner and freezes it up

ok so im an idiot!!! I delted some files and somehow mangaed to delte my "vmm32" files. now when windows goes to load it says it cant start because the files are missing. i can only get to the command promp. I didnt empty the delted files in my recycling bin. how can I restore these files without...

I'm running Windows 98 Second Edition. Each time that I attempt to shutdown my computer I receive the following message: A fatal exception Oe has occurred at 0028:C022A27A8 in VXD VWIN32(05)+000012DO. The current application will be terminated. * Press any key to terminate the current...

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I bought a used Compaq Desktop computer and I cannot run any programs of the .exe type. Keep getting message saying "windows cannot find ukcoxpeqy.exe." what can I do??? Thanks

at odd times, the monitor goes black. i know programs are still running, (such as my media player), because I can still hear the music. cursor doesn't show, nothing repsonds. i have to shut down NOT from start menu. each time i try to start system again, the screen goes black again before even...

Hi there, How can I turn on the group police configuration from W2K server to the W9x workstation? Is that possible? Thanks for your help!

i have so many problems now after trying to fix things myself that i think i will just reinstall windows. any way to do this without losing everything else?

When I press the tab key, it sometimes causes the file that I am working on to close. Restarting the computer fixes the fault, and the key works as it should for several weeks, but sooner or later the problem occurs again. Any ideas please.

Just after startup, the system hangs when all the icons are done being placed on the desktop....I can get the system to run if I ctrl+alt+del right before its completely done doing so. I try defragmenting but it stays running continously and if I try scandisk it tells me there's a program causing...

Please help! My daughters' computer uses windows 98 and has recently started receiving the message that she does not have a cd rom installed on it! I cannot find it listed in the components or in my computer; although she did have one on this same computer. I did find the file in the "find" files...

I have encountered error messages that come if from time to time that tell me to remove "INTERNAT.EXE". I started getting more information about it after loading Windows' "DrWatson" program that gives more info about a problem when an error (like, fatel exception...) comes up. Over a period of...

Hi, I'm getting a message when I boot up and just before my desk top icons come on. the message reads " can not find 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\svohost.exe'(or one of its components). where can i find the file and reinstall it? I'been trying to find on the microsoft web site but have stuck out so far. can...

i would like to update to windows 98 2nd edition--please help

When I right click on My Computer and the Find, a box appears with a drop down box that says containing text. How do I delete the text wording that is found in that drop down box? Thanks, Ed

I would like to update windows 98 to windows 98 2nd edition

I have lost the volume control from my task bar and am told in H&S that is is disabled. I am unable to get any sound on my pc now. How do enable it again?

Software program Street Atlas was installed under Win98. Due to glitch, the program folder was deleted and Uninstall cannot be done. Now when I try to load Street Atlas again, the program installation THINKS that it is already loaded, so I cannot do installation! I presume I need to edit...

I went to istall a new program (Photo Finale) and it asked for the product key number. So I entered it and installed the program. I had some problems and had to uninstall the program and then reinstalled it. The first time I installed, the program had some extra software installed so I could...

Every time I reboot It starts scandisk and surfice scan. how do i fix it