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RTLDI.exe by jseesengood
Whenever I boot my computer, a window appears that reads "RTLDI.EXE will terminate." What is this ? Where did it come from ? How do I get rid of it ? -- lostinwoods
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March 16th 06 01:40 AM
by jseesengood Go to last post
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon by Art Beck
I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? Art
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October 29th 06 09:14 PM
by Art Beck Go to last post
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Recovery disc re-instal: can't get past W98 logon (repost) by Bryan P
Below is the copy of the response to this problem from a month ago! I've tried both solutions but still no success. This is an all usb pc...does that help? Any further assistance would be great. Tks. And, should Noel's correct solution not work for some reason, try a work around by assigning a...
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January 26th 06 08:34 PM
by Bryan P Go to last post
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up grade Bios by DJW
how do I upgrade my BIOS so I can use larger hard drives?
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June 10th 06 02:37 PM
by John John Go to last post
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memory stick drivers by Curtis Croulet
I'm trying to install a Memorex TravelDrive memory stick under Win98SE. I'm able to download the driver from Memorex's website, and I can unzip it, and I can run setup from the unzipped files. Setup says it has installed the driver, but where is it? When Win98SE's install wizard detects the...
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May 29th 06 03:26 AM
by glee Go to last post
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98 hangs at setup by rick56
I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before the old bios only saw 8GB of the drive. At the point where the Windows 98 setup screen appears and I click continue, the progress bar goes to 11-13%...
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February 17th 06 08:19 AM
by Bill Watt Go to last post
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Passwords by [email protected]
I'll see if I can sneak in here without the angry guy noticing. How can you "get at" passwords. It seems that the only way to set a password is if you already know what is currently set. If you forget your password or, as in my case, have a password that seemed merely showed up at install, and...
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February 15th 06 03:52 PM
by dadiOH Go to last post
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can't install win98se by
As I have stated many times in attempts to get help, I can't install win98se on a new hard drive. I keep getting the following message: "The windows 98 startup disk could not create a temporary drive for the diagnostic tools. This may be because this computer has less than the minimum required...
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June 6th 04 11:58 PM
by Gerald Evans Go to last post
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Win98SE updates by computerguy
Given that Win98SE is now End Of Life, are updates (up to the date of EOL) still available? If I install Win98SE on a new machine, will I be able to automatically get all the hotfixes (say via Windows update) or will I have to install them one by one? TIA, -GB
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September 26th 06 03:02 AM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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Are all Win98 Startup Floppies the same? by Ed
For some reason I can't create a proper boot floppy (Startup floppy) on my Win98SE Dell Inspiron 5000 notebook... it can't find certain files. Can I use the Win98SE startup floppy I created on my desktop, or will it contain configuration data incompatible with the notebook? TIA Ed
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August 28th 05 05:37 PM
by Ed Go to last post
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Wiping computer and Installing Win 98se by DD
I have a seven year old computer which is currently running Windows XP Pro I want to wipe it and put Win 98 on it so that some of the older children's CD's will run on it. I have a legal Win 98se CD but unfortunately I do not have the key or start-up disk! What would be the best way to remove...
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November 20th 09 06:51 AM
by Juan B. Rivera[_2_] Go to last post
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Help - Foot, Gun...BANG by -ks
Greetings all, I have a problem. I have a Dell laptop running Win98 and was trying to install a Linksys Wireless-B PCMCIA adapter. After going to Linksys's site and downloading the latest driver, and installing it, Windows will not come up fully now. When I boot the computer I get the Win98...
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August 21st 04 11:28 AM
by cquirke (MVP Win9x) Go to last post
12 2,578
Win98 restore by CMAR
I am unable to boot into Win98-SE graphical interface, and I need to restore, using Win98/Veritas backup utility (.qic files.) I can't do that with the Win XP/Veritas backup utility, which uses .bkf files. How can one get and install on Win XP the older Win98/Veritas backup utility which uses .qic...
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September 26th 04 07:32 PM
by Ken Blake Go to last post
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Importing (some) settings from 98 to fresh install of 98SE by Michele Dondi
Hi everybody, someone may remeber me having huge difficulties upgrading 98 to 98SE: eventually I managed to do a fresh install of the latter (on another HD). Since I wanted to upgrade in the first place, now I'd like to import at least some of the main settings from the old OS to the new one. As...
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July 24th 04 08:42 PM
by Rick Chauvin Go to last post
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Can U burn bootable CD from complete 98 backup files? by TJ Sackville-West
I can burn bootable CD's using Nero and the Win98 startup floppy. Can you burn a bootable CD taking the contents of the Back Up files Win98 allows you to store? So in the event serious data loss you can boot up with that CD and restore the OS and files/settings/drivers from the 700MB disk. What...
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October 28th 04 10:23 PM
by Joseph Fenn Go to last post
11 1,772
Can I make a new partition on a HD and do a fresh install from the DOS prompt in that partition? by Steve
I have two hd's(C: and D:) C: came with my Dell PII and D: is newer and bigger. I had BootitNG make a new 5GB partition on the D: drive(which has some data on it, in other partitions, already). My question is, when I am in DOS and the prompt is F:(new partition) and I run setup on my Windows 98...
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November 11th 04 05:55 PM
by dadiOH Go to last post
11 2,379
DNS entry by [email protected]
While configuring networking I'm asked to enter the address for DNS. I've looked everywhere and never found what this entry is about. I think DNS mean domain name server and that there are servers on the internet that handle domain requests but what does that have to do with configuring a LAN? ...
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November 22nd 04 03:38 AM
by PattyL Go to last post
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Need CD by [email protected]
I bought an Intel(R) PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus II (mbla3456) OEM, but I really need the CD. Any suggestions? Jim L -- Reporters complain that Guantanamo interrogators use psychological pressure on prisoners. Glad somebody's doing their job.
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December 19th 04 12:29 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Win98 SE 48bit LBA support for esdi_506.pdr driver by user
Dear MS Customer Support! I would like to convince You to enhance support for esdi_506.pdr IDE driver, becouse all current Intel based PC systems (chipset 865/875/915/925 with 48Bit BIOS suport) has controllers which use esdi_506.pdr driver to handle IDE drives. As all we know there is no support...
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December 29th 04 11:37 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
11 3,060
How do I change background screen? by Family Man
I have a different background screen while booting and shutting down Win98 than I do while it is running. I know how to change the main background by going into Display properties Background. But how do I change the other backgrounds shown only while my PC is booting and shutting down? Hank
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March 3rd 05 12:08 PM
by Dave D Go to last post
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