What are the best ways to increase system resources with Win 98SE? I was told that removing items from the start menu would help. When the the remove button wants to send a folder/shortcut to the Recycle Bin, does that remove it completely, or just from the start menu? I've been going fro...

On rebooting today, almost all of my shortcuts do not function and have reverted to the MS non-specific icon. None of my .exe files will open when I click on them directly in the directories; I get the "Open with..." box. I can open and run the programs from the Start | Run box. Norton...

Hi, I've got a Win98SE machine in the shop which I use for running accounting software and playing shop's background music on Windows Media Player 9. The problem is that when I, for example, start Windows Explorer or open a new IE6 window or even click on a hyperlink to go to the next webpage,...

On rebooting today, almost all of my shortcuts do not function and have reverted to the MS non-specific icon. None of my .exe files will open when I click on them directly in the directories; I get the "Open with..." box. I can open and run the programs from the Start | Run box. Norton...

WIN98 SE Athlon 2000+ In mid-september, I updated to the latest pattern file of Spybot S&D. I have recently noticed a change in reaction when I run it. Where it used to search the disk for the various names like "golden palace" and i could see them rapidly going by at the lower left of the panel...

WIN98 SE Athlon 2000+ In mid-september, I updated to the latest pattern file of Spybot S&D. I have recently noticed a change in reaction when I run it. Where it used to search the disk for the various names like "golden palace" and i could see them rapidly going by at the lower left of the panel...

What are the best ways to increase system resources with Win 98SE? I was told that removing items from the start menu would help. When the the remove button wants to send a folder/shortcut to the Recycle Bin, does that remove it completely, or just from the start menu? I've been going fro the...

Computer was working fine one day, next day it says NTLDR is missing, press any key to continue startup. Then says insert bootdisk along with the 'a' prompt. Tried the bootdisk and get invalid stuff. No commands will work. If I put the cd in it goes to the setup which will work, then restarts and...

I am currently having a probelm with my mouse lagging behind in movement. Also the same is true of keyboard entries, it seems to lag a few character behind, unless I type very slowly and methodically. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the suggestion....unfortunately it is still not responding. Could this possibly be a viral thing?? I mean, it used to be working fine and all of a sudden it just stopped. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestion....unfortunately it is still not responding. Could this possibly be a viral thing?? I mean, it used to be working fine and all of a sudden it just stopped. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

I have a dual o/s sys with 98se and xp pro. long story short, yesterday i discovered several of my 98se system files missing (bootsect.dos, command.com and a couple of others); luckily i had backups of these files on my xp partition and copied them back onto c:. anyway, i'm checking the posts...

Sometimes I get a cannot load program because there is not enough memory message. What can I do?

Sometimes I get a cannot load program because there is not enough memory message. What can I do?

Immddiately after the desk top icons appear, "Microsoft Chat room 1"appears, and then on top of this dialog box another boc appears telling me I am not connect to the Internet, which I cancel, than cancel "Microsoft CHAt Room This occures each time I open my PC.

I can not open attachments from e-mails or open links. Each time I try to open these - a dialog boc appears stating that I need PROGRAM EXE. to open. I never required this Program exe. before. What's happening?

Windows 98 freezes part way through boot-up and displays message "128 unknown error (code 5)". What does this mean? How can I stop it appearing? Message disappears and boot-up continues normally on pressing key.

Immddiately after the desk top icons appear, "Microsoft Chat room 1"appears, and then on top of this dialog box another boc appears telling me I am not connect to the Internet, which I cancel, than cancel "Microsoft CHAt Room This occures each time I open my PC.

I can not open attachments from e-mails or open links. Each time I try to open these - a dialog boc appears stating that I need PROGRAM EXE. to open. I never required this Program exe. before. What's happening?

I have BSOD message: "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C029B5F4 in VXD VWIN32(05) + 0000411C" What do I do to dig myself out of this one?? My computer is very old: Pentium 160, 2Gb hard drive, Windows 98SE.