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Win98 SE reinstalled; desktop hesitation by 1966olds
I say hesitation cause its not long enough of a delay to be considered hanging. But after installing Win98SE over Win98FE and also over a separated Win98Se partition, both developed this hesitation at a point when the desktop is almost fully loaded anyway. Its only for a about 5-10 seconds, and...
March 13th 05 06:03 PM
by 1966olds Go to last post
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Su0013 hell (win98 First & Second Edition) by 1966olds
Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list...
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December 26th 04 10:14 PM
by 1966olds Go to last post
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Product Key - message "value not set" in Regedit by 1SillyBilly
I have the OEM Win98se CD with no product key anywhere. The OEM has gone out of business. I tried to get the key from HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version but under the heading NAME is a symbol with ab in it, followed by , and under the heading DATA is (Value not set). ...
December 31st 04 10:25 PM
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Upgrading to XP by 3q
I am trying to upgrade to win xp from win98SE but i get an error message saying setup cannot copy D:\i386\mfc42.dll to C:\windows\setup\mfc.dll can you please help. Many thanks 3Q
July 3rd 04 04:34 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Installing win98 SE by 4e
Will windows98 SE work one a mother board that has 4GB of RAM MEMORY and a 3.00GHz CPU(prosseser)and with 2 300GB Hard drives and 2 floppy drives and 1 CD-RW Drive and a DVD drive????
October 8th 04 01:57 PM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
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Upgrade to Win 98 by 5hulses
A friend of mine gave me his old computer with Win 95 on it. I have a CD marked Windows 98 (a copy), but I don't know if it is a full version, OEM, or upgrade, as my computer says it can't load because I need the upgrade. I wouldn't mind if I uninstall Win 95 (Lose everything) and install Win 98....
September 28th 04 03:16 PM
by pemallbrown@hotmailcom Go to last post
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Check out this security update by 98 Guy
Rob Bright wrote: (...) Where is the original post, supposedly by Rob Bright? It's not on the NNTP server I use (AIOE). Google groups won't even show it. Is the MS server showing it?
December 16th 07 12:05 AM
by 98 Guy Go to last post
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Antivirus software for 98 by 98 Guy
Don't be a jack-ass by multi-posting. Why didn't you cross-post instead? Jack wrote: What type of antivirus software do people using 98 use now that Norton and AVG no longer support 98? There are no "drive-by" vulnerabilities that affects Windows 98. Never
January 9th 10 05:11 AM
by 98 Guy Go to last post
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Max performace settings (swap/cache) with 256/512 mb ram? by 98 Guy
What are the optimal swap and cache settings given a pc with either 256 or 215 mb ram with a Celeron 2.6 Ghz CPU? What about other stuff like himem.sys, emm386 (and it's various settings), smartdrv, buffers=, files=, etc?
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November 6th 04 01:49 AM
by XMan Go to last post
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nothing opens up by 98remembered
I click on any icon - anywhere - and nothing happens. How do I fix it?? Ray
December 7th 07 06:43 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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Help with setting up cd burner by 98remembered
I am a ((((Mac)))) enthusiast - who is just now learning about the OTHER computers. In Mac, I put the cd-r into the box, and the OS does the rest for me. Well - how do I do this with a Windows 98 unit? I have installed a Lite-On cd-rw SOHR-5239S - the system treats it as a play only cd. Nero...
March 1st 07 12:53 PM
by John Dulak Go to last post
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just joined need help by 98remembered
I have a IBM NetVista PIII 800mHz model running Windows98. I can't get it to produce sounds - the only sounds I do hear are occasional beeps at the very beginning of a start up. It has a built in audio in, out, and mic in. But I get no sound with speakers or head phones. Any suggestions on how to...
February 16th 07 09:16 PM
by philo Go to last post
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reinstalling win 98 by A.west
I just formatted my HD. I installed my quickrestore CD and got an error Msg "please contact Compaq Service of your Dealer." Did I miss a step? Thanks for your input. A.west
February 7th 05 02:11 AM
by A.west Go to last post
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Hindi support in Win-98? by a1
Help? How to enable simultanious support for English and Hindi Language in Windows-98? Where to find Hindi fonts? How to select keyboard? How to enter text in Hindi? How to switch back to English? How to trigger this in other third party software? thanks
September 30th 04 03:03 PM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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aaaWin98SE start up disk not recognizing ANY CD players by AA
I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS. However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always says "no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto other master\slave settings and...
January 31st 05 08:25 AM
by Mikhail Zhilin Go to last post
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Help with win98se install from hard drive - about to scream! by Aaron Perman
I've been trying to get Windows 98 SE onto this box forever. Basically, it's an old sony vaio that had win98 se on it then the hard drive failed. I replaced the hard drive, but of couse didn't have the recovery CDs. So I tried to install win 98 se on it all the normal ways (boot to floppy, run...
May 10th 06 05:52 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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installing windows 98 with only CD or floppy disk available by abc
I have a PC with one slot to accept the floppy drive or the CD drive. Is there a way to install Windows 98 having access to only one drive at a time ?
April 9th 05 02:17 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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upgrading win 98 to win 98 se by AC
I was wondering is it actually possible to upgrade from windows 98 to windows 98 se.
August 23rd 04 01:56 AM
by Jon_Hildrum Go to last post
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starting windows 98 by acolcheia
my computer uses windows 98 and something happened to it. everytime i start the computer it says "VMM32.VXD is required to run windows. If this file is not in your path you may need to reinstall windows. Windows has stopped." what does this mean? Help please. Thanks
June 19th 05 03:17 AM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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problems with installing windows 98 by acolcheia
I had windows 98 in my computer and all of the sudden I think the computer crashed. When i turn it on it gets to the screen where it says verifying dmi pool and then a certain path is not found therefore windows 98 may need to be reinstalled. the problme is i thought it would be a good idea to...
June 18th 05 10:26 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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