I get a message that system.ini was deleted and I have no idea what to do now. Any suggestions? Please help!!

Why doe's win98se keep automatically reinstalling hardware that I don't need and don't want.After I deleate something,the next time I start windows It puts it back.I'll start my computer and it will give me a message saying windows has found Glockenspiel, we are now installing. Then I'll get...

does anyone know what ERROR LOADING C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1 \NEWDOT~2.DLL SYSTEM CANNOT FIND PATH SPECIFIED means?...it's been showing up everytime I boot up...showed up while I was on holidays and some other people were using my computer. if anyone knows how to get rid of it please email me. thanks

If Adware finds a bad file that it cannot delete, I know in 98SE that I can restart my computer in safe mode if access is denied to removing the infected file due to safeguards put in the file by malware writers. What is the alternative if this same file written towards XP gets on a...

Are a file's attributes recorded as part of the information contained in the file itself, or are a file's attrubutes simply recorded in the operating system? TIA.

Can someone tell me how to make a folder or file open in "List" mode? I keep stiing it to list when I open them,but after i close it and open again,its in large icon mode. This sucks!LOL! All my files,folders,and outside drive does this!GRRR!

hi i have a problem with my system, i was previously using win98se but i decided to upgrade to win2k so i just load in the win2k disc and installed win2k from there...well eventually i got what i wanted, win2k os but i found out something when i switch on the system. Everytime the system will...

Can someone tell me whether it is safe to delete the entries in this folder. I have over 4,500 of them and wonder if it causing my shutdown freezing probem. Thanks

Have 98 2nd edition update. Created a start up disc over 8 months ago when installed. Computer will not start on its own and I have to open with safe mode. How can I use the floppy that was created to get a normal start????

In C:\Windows\Inf folder are files with extension .pnf Are those files necessary, or can they be deleted?

Installed Nero burner demo version 6.01 Won't run message says "missing wnaspi32.dll". Used "find" command, it's nowhere to be found on my HDD. Where do i find this file? My OS is Windows 98 SE. Thanks for your help...

I have an older computer that is still running Windows 95-- yes, I know...it's old! lol--I would like to put Windows 98 on this computer. Can anyone point me to the place where I can download Windows 98? I have looked at Microsoft and only find updates for Windows 98 but not Windows 98 itself. ...

Hi to all, I have a problem with WIN98SE recognizing the attached PS2 mouse. On the first boot, it reports "Windows did not detect a PS2 mouse attached to your computer". Then, if I unplug and plug in the mouse again, then press ctrl+ALT+DEL to restart again, the mouse IS RECOGNIZED and further on...

I have lost , or sombody lost, my Windows 98 CD, is there anyway of getting it replaced or do I have to buy a new one?

The Windows98 Explorer shows bad disk capacity using the properties/general feature window. In fact with fdisk command, information: i have partition c: 2047 Mbytes FAT32 pri dos type, and a d: 4095 Mbytes FAT32 ext dos. The Explorer shows me c: 5.98GB disk capacity and d: 3.99GB. The information...

I'm using a IBM Aptiva with Win98 and I "sometimes" have a problem with the programs/webpages on my desktop not opening. This usually happens after about 3 or 4 hours of continued computer use but it doesn't happen all the time. When I double click onto any icon on my desktop it opens up the...

Another logon related question - help needed ! TIA Windows 98 SE. With 2 users (profiles), no logon passwords. On booting-up we get the logon window, and have to validate it (carriage-return or click!). Else the logon window will stay waiting forever. I understand this is by design. Well, what I...

This is an old laptop loaded with W95 OSR2 as originally designed. It has only 16 MB RAM and with basically nothing running but W95, it seems to be using nearly 100 % of available RAM. Years ago I ran W95 on a desktop with 32 MB and never had resource problems. Is this normal with only 16 MB? The...

We have Win98 SE which in March 04, we found a lot of virus, sypbot, and adware problems, which were completely cleane off. Anti-virus software is now running and is beeing updated. When we try to install a scanner, that was working before we cleaned system, now shows all signs of connection...

Dear all, I am trying to install Win98 ( First edition )on a Pentium 4 2.7 Ghz machine with 256 MB DDR Ram, i am getting the " Error Initializing NDIS " error message, which has been referred in KB 312108. "312108) - When you are installing Windows 95 or Windows 98 on a computer that has a CPU...