My Windows 98 operating system can not load up properly. When you restart the machine it goes through the normal boot up process initially, then it proceeds to Microsoft Scandisk (due to not being shutdown properly the last time) and scans completely. Next the Windows 98 logo appears...

How do I get win98 to show multiple pics in thumbnail view for a single folder? There is no option for it in View i.e. the word Thumbnail does not show in View.

I have windows 98 first edition on a IBM 300PL computer and purchased an disk with windows 98 second edition to upgrade my computer to windows 98 second edition. I am getting different answers to whether or not installing the windows 98 second edition upgrade will wipe out my hard drive and I will...

when I key in a keyword, the typing comes in as greek characters. also if there are several sub-headings in the left hand box these are in greek characters. However, when I click on the greek the right jand box gives me the help advice in english. This has only happened recently and I don't know...

Help guys, I am a 63yo tyro and my Gateway 2000 has taken to loading Windows 98SE in "Safe" mode. How can I revert to normal. Grateful for any assistance. Tim

I turned on computer one day and it says comp. is running in safe mode. Screen is too blurry to read. How do I get it to run as it used to? I am not a comp. genius, and need easy detailed help. Thanks!!

HI, IAM WORKING ON A PC FOR A FRIEND.THE PROBLEM IM HAVING IS THE FOLLOWING:THE C" DRIVE WAS OVERLOADED THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT IM RECIEVING IS INVALID LONG FILE NAMES.I CREATED A STARTUP-BOOTDISK,TO RETRIEVE WINDOWS 98,HOWEVER IT WILL NOT LOAD WINDOWS.ACCORDING TO THE INFO I SAW, IT SAYS CAN NOT...

I reformatted my computer after a critical error. Windows was reinstalled but I can only get up 16 colours instead of the 256. As a novice and only a casual user I would appreciate step by step instructions please. Thankyou Crystal age 13

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

Can anyone help with this? Windows 98 hangs at the Windows 98 logo at startup. I can start the machine in safe mode but when I attempt to start it up normally the system hangs. How do I get around this? My last resort is to reload the operating system I am trying to avoid that.

The windows explorer shows an additional CD rom drive when there is none. What could have gone wrong? Otherwise the cpmputer runs fine. Thanks.

Everytime I start my computer with a Pentium II @ 400 MHZ 128 RAM running on Windows 98OS, I get this small window with the following message: MS Script Control: Unknown error I am going "Bananas" trying to get rid of this annoying message. I did not change any settings other than the size of my...

I WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO MY DSEKTOP AFTER TURNING ON MY COMPUTER BUT THE WINDOWS 98 DISPLAY PAGE SEEMS TO SIT FOR 2-3 MINUTES. CAN I DISABLE THE DISPLAY PAGE? Brad

My computer got all screwed up when a friend visited an advertisers web site. I deleted everything off my hard drive and reinstalled windows 98, but noe my display resolution won't change from 16... it says I have the most recent driver for my video card and that it is functioning correctly...HELP!

When i Set a background for my pc.But i don't want.So i Hope to delete.But i don't know how it will done. But i hope that I don't delete the file and don't change it's location. How will it possible? Send any body immidiate reply......

Hi all, I am into writing some drivers for win 98. Do kindly someone tell me a good book describing the internals of Win98 with respect to driver programming. Tonnes of thanx in advance, karthik bala guru

All windows dialog's corner icon (ie. maximize / minimize / close button) becomes symbol. How can I fix it? Thanks.

I have the same problem as Crystal. (see copy of email below) Also, now everything is huge and wider than the width of the monitor, so it is beyond where I can reach it with the mouse. I have a 17" monitor. I went to this site (http://www.s3graphics.com/) and it says "earlier drivers are obsolete",...

I set up my desktop, with Control Panel, My Computer and Printers in Large icon view. I set all other folder windows as View/Details. Regularly used folders remain, but after a short time, less used ones revert to large icons. Can anyone explain, and give a solution?

Just did a repair install to fix a cd rom issue. When viewing windows as web pages the window icon (L/H top corner)appears large with no blue shading behind it and large lettering for the folder name. All other icons appear correct size. Some folders when opened (notably Windows & Network...