How does one activate the sleep mode for my monitor? In other words, I would like my monitor to go into a sleep mode while the computer is not being used. However, once the mouse is moved, the monitor will light up and display where it was left.

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Would anyone happen to know why my mouse pointer shows up periodically on my screen saver? Once the pointer appears, it stays in the same place until I move the mouse and return to my desktop. My mouse pointer is set on normal select. Any help would be highly appreciated. Pentium III 1...

My display has reverted to 8-color and it won't change even when I select a higher setting from control panel - display - settings. ALso, "true color" is no longer listed as a setting option. Any ideas?

My Win98 image is inverted at start-up. Looks like I am looking at it in a mirror. . . Any ideas? Thanks, Jill

Hello all , i have problem on the win98 system fonts. i am using chinese win98, i don't know why it can't show normal system fonts recently, it just can show some strange words. just like the upper arrow and the lower arrow of the scroll bar will change to a number , e.g upper arrow - '5' instead...

When my computer goes to the screensaver mod, it freezes up after a short time and the only way to get the computer to work is to shut it down and restart it. Any ideas? thank you in advance Bob

Windows 98 has worked very well for me since I bought my computer 5 years ago. It has served me well through grad school. Now I find however that I cannot run my PDA or any external HDs with anything older than 98 SE...I need to upgrade. Can this upgrade be done without erasing my HD or is this a...

The Named: box includes a pulldown arrow at the right hand side. Typically, when you click on this arrow, you get a list of all the entries you have made in the Named: box. I am trying to clear this list (history). Does anyone know how? Thanks

Apparently the latest Windows Update patches have destroyed my Win98SE Active Desktop. After the patches installed, I made one modification (changing the font style on the active title bar), and now I can no longer make any further changes with Active Desktop. Anything I try with it locks it up...

I have a second hard drive installed on my PC, but whenever it is displayed it appears with the same icon as my CDR. I know this is pure cosmetic but it does get confusing some time when in a hurry. Is there a way to change the icon so it can be properly reflected. I have tried to do so like any...

Hi all, Had a "Computer Nerdz" guy come and remove adware and spyware from computer. Since then, reported problem to them too busy to get back to me though. On the internet, many of the websites come up with the pictures as white boxes with a red X in them. My online

My win98SE desktop icons are set for one-click-to- highlight, two-to-open. However, they highlight on mouseover, while still requiring a double-click to open, despite several visits to Custom Settings in Folder Options. The settings are always correct (what I want), but the behavior is not. ...

Hi, Whenever I start W98 a prompt comes up, "Display Control" Windows cannot use the display setting you have choisen. If I X it out everything works fine, I have tried changing resolution/colors etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Can anyone help me I cannot find out what drivers I need for my Hitachi Visionbook Pro 7630. I just reinstalled windows 98 and I can't find which drivers I need to use. I'm stuck with 16 colors and a 600x460 resolution. I would take my computer apart but I don't want to risk messing somthing up....

Hi After I reformatted my hard disk some of the images of people are grainy now. I have win98se with a thinkpad 380ED Thanks

When I boot up my screen saver is gray&pink.In Displaysettings the "color option" only has 2 color & 16 color choices.In the "on screen area" the slide bar will not move,it stays on 640 by 480 pixels.How do I fix these problems.My computer is: Dell Dimension L500cx Intel Celeron Processor 127.0mb...

My Icons also other color graphics etc. appear like I am looking through a screen (as in window screen) at them. Not clear and sharp. This is a Pentium 3 running windows 98 se. Have reinstalled windows, run Norton Works 2004, run the driver disk that came with the Mother Board, tried adusting...

Recently there was a power outage in my city and when it was recovered and i turned on my computer, the screen display area was very large compared to before. I have used the tools option to change the text size, etc. this text size is okay, but the area that i look at is much too large...thus...

Hi, My screen has shrunk along the top and both sides. I now have a black border about 1/2" wide?? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks