You haven't been precise in your report. Did something go wrong with the procedure, or did the procedure work-- but the problem remains? Anyway... "START, Find, F/F, WINDOWS.CHM". R-Clk it, & select Properties. Does it look like this (Win98SE)... WINDOWS.CHM Type: Compiled HTML Help file Loc: ...

Reformatted hard drive. Loaded Win98 Second Edition. Want to change registry so Windows won't ask to insert CD. Received reply from Alan Edwards with a reference to HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE. But don't know what line to change. Any help w/b appreciated. Lavert Bryant Powder Springs GA

When I click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop or try to go into my Control Panel, I get the follow ERROR MESSAGE. EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:07c7fc6e. Registers: EAX=0044a3a0 CS=0187 EIP=07c7fc6e EFLGS=00010246 EBX=01c00e00 SS=018f ESP=0177cc4c...

When I turn on my pc, evrything loads up ok, but the last thing to happen is a window opens up that has C:\Windows in it. I noticed that when it first opens there is a MSDos thing on my taskbar for a short while. I can close the window and carry on ok, but it is annoying. What can I do to stop...

A fatal exception has occurred at 0e 0028:c14cfbee in vdx vdt (01) = 0000024e What is that all about, please. What happened? I keep getting this error message. I have an old pcchips motherboard and a PIII 1gig cpu George

Where can I find instructions for the W98se startup disk?

Thanks for all your suggestions. I've since narrowed the problem down to a Java corruption/conflict. There were 2 Java plugin icons in Control Panel, I found a disable button on the older one and updated the newer one to version 1.4.0_01. Now IE seems stable but Netscape is still a bit flaky....

Irregardless, there are a growing number of us sitting on the edge of our seats awaiting the quake large enough to swallow Terhune AND his Poodles! -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR

I clone a 4.3G to a 40G HD and yes scandisk could not see/read the new 40G hard drive. Did you clone your new disk? If so, it is the cluster sizes that are messing you up. FDisk, Reformat and Reinstall is the only way that I found to work for me. Hope this helps.

Neither rebooting nor selecting "Normal" on the Windows Startup page works.

Working on a friend's computer with Win98, reinstalled OS due to other problems. Can hook up to dial-up, but can't get any page to display. The title of any box is "No page to display - Microsoft Internet Explorer" and the message is "Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web...

Try a thorough Scandisk. DO NOT have the Repair Automatically line checked. It is best to see the report before repairing any bad sectors on the HD. "not enough disk space report" could mean there is a bad sector on the HD that the OS can't read beyond. Is "Sage" a game? Are you installing it to...

Had a meltdown on my laptop running 98se and had to reinstall the OS. Now when I try to install some utility programs I have troubles because I do not have the proper version of file 'instmsia.exe'. Can't locate it on the Microsoft web page. Any suggestions? Thanks

During a storm our power blinked....both of my computers got knocked out. They both re-booted just fine....afterwards I shut them both down. This morning I tried to boot them up and one booted just fine but the other one acts like is isn't even plugged in. What could have happened here? Or better...

Hello again, chums. I've been having an intermittent problem with blue screens & GPFs in gdi.exe recently (I blame that crappy v5 update of ZoneAlarm - I had to get shot of it and re-install the previous version : software companies - don'tcha just love 'em? Always trying to 'improve' things which...

I have an early version of Windows 98 and would like to add Excel capabilities to it. My system is 400 mhz laptop, Pentium II with a 6.4 gig hard drives. Any ideas of how to accomplish this without upgrading to XP or similar?

I'm needing help with an error message that I cannot find a resolution for in the knowkedge base. The message reads "wtoolsa caused error in kernel32.dll wtoolsa will now close." Any guidance would be appreciated!

I click on Windows Update and it says Administrators Only. I have been using Windows Update for over 3 years now and all of a sudden it is for Administrators Only. How can I resolve this

On startup of my Windows 98 I get the following error message: "WTOOLSA caused an invalid page fault in module KERNAL32.DLL at 017f:bff671f." Then it lists the registers as...

I really don't know. But, taking the message at it's word, perhaps it is a job for Scandisk. I must warn that Scandisk may not do a great job when there is a great one to do... http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/scandisk.htm Therefore, perhaps UNcheck "Automatically fix errors" on it's front screen. It...