Greetings. Trying to connect a Win98se with a WinME to share files/folders. Setup is currently both machines connected to a hub which is connected to a router which is connected to the cable modem. Both machines are accessing the Internet ok. Problems are 1) the Win98 Network Neighborhood is not...

Hi all, No big deal, just curious. Get this message when scandisk is run about "can't open in = MS-DOS/file length name errors/ blah blah" I always choose to "ignore = this error and continue" =20 The whole G Tek bundle of folders within folders was created when I = updated a printer driver a...

I am getting this error when clicking on .torrents and trying to open them. I think it is because I uninstalled a program that I used to open them, and now they are not associated with any program even though I re-installed that program. I checked Folder Options / File Types, couldnt find...

The Number Lock key will not stay on whenever I shut down & then boot up again. It has always stayed on before, but I had some recent repairs done on my computer and now I have to push it on each time I go to use it. Can anyone tell me how to make it stay on even if I shut down & later boot...

When I originally installed this update on my laptop PC, my computer experienced problems after the install and would lock up completely while starting up (after logging in and while the other startup programs were loading), requiring me to turn it off and back on. So, I booted into Safe Mode and...

My Sister, who has an old computer of mine, called me last night and described her situation as follows. She had turned on the computer, and gets thru to Windows spalsh screen, but receives the message " Data Error Reading Drive C, (a)bort, (r)etry, (i)gnore.... " Relevant specs of comp...

In the news today it was announced that all Windows OS's, back to W98, need critical security updates installed. Going to the Microsoft site, I don't see any updates for W98 - they all seem to be for XP, ME, 2000 etc. Any suggestions? John A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey

I'm trying to uninstall Nero but it won't let me. it keeps saying "Configuration file was not found."

I did a clean instalation of w98se and is fine, install winzip, adware and mozilla. hook up to the internet, do the regular windows updates, ad-aware updates - all fine. I also go to the internet thru monzilla, However, whether is coincidently, or not, when i close the monzilla "using the x on the...

My friend has a HP running windows 98. She is having a problem with it. When you right click on the desk top and hover the mouse over new as to make a new folder a message comes up as: This program has preformed an illegal action and will be shut down. Please contact the vendor for further...

My PC always not responding whenever I want to do the following: 1) Post a question to the Newsgroup/Microsoft. It will take a very long time and hang. 2) Cannot go to "Restart in MOS-DOS mode. 3) Not responding to most program on the desktop, 4) Need to restart the PC several times before it can...

My opinion is this --- after my XP PRO. SP2 was hacked we need more security in the software industry --- Fortunately, 98SE survived a hack from the government of China that was almost an 18,000 hack from China's government according to Zone Alarm Professional's tracking. The problem is many...

Running 98se, Ie6.0, system will not load .Net Framework 1.1 or .2. It will get 1/3 of the way into the download that then stop. States that system need to be 2000 or higher. On download site states that it is for 98/98se. I have checked add/remove prgrams, there is no listing AT ALL of .Net...

On a Win98SE system with IE6 SP1, it's not possible to watch some WMV streamings on websites. I think that was tried all kinds of updates, like Windows Media Player 9 and codecs from Microsoft. The window has player buttons, but keeps with stopped status. Anyone ever found a problem like this? Any...

Hi. I have a pc with win 98 (first edition). I was wanting to upgrade to 98se, but as we know the upgarde disks are rare (and expensive when found!). I need to keep my hard drive that has 98 1st on because I have some software on there that I can't reinstall (as I can't find the CD or product...

I get a "COMPAC" logo before windows loads but upon hitting "del" nothing happens. Is there something other?

Hello there, I have two computers networked - one running Windows XP and the other 98SE. I recently accidently deleted a file from one of the hard drives on the 98SE machine over a remote connection from the XP terminal. Is there anyway I can restore the file? Many thanks in advance for your...

I would like to know where and how to get my Windows 98 system to run True Color 32 Bit?

The midi files are opened with the default player: c:\windows\rundll32.exe c:\windows\SYSTEM\amovie.ocx,RunDll /open I have installed WinAmp that has created a WinAmp media file type that contains several file types including wav files. Q1: I would prefer to open wav files with the default media...

This mode is set up on an old Win98 computer we are trying to clean up. We thought we had re-set it to not go into Standby, but it's still doing it. Any advice? Thanks in advance. Barb