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Win.98 start up disk by Tammy
Bought used compaq computer. Everything removed. Trying to install win.98 as the op.system. Unable to locate start up disk. Downloaded one from microsoft, still no luck. I would be greatful for any advice.
July 13th 04 01:41 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Upgrade to win 98se from win98 problem by Richard
I am trying to upgrade my windows 98 to 98 second edition but every time I try it says that I have the wrong disk. I have a brand new win 98se installation disk. can anybody help
July 13th 04 01:10 PM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
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Reinstall problem by Jon
Ive just reformatted my Hard drive and and having problems reinstalling 98SE. I can make it was far as when it does scan disk then it says copying files needed for windows or something like that. Then the screen goes blank and it takes me back to a dos prompt. Any body knows why or how to fix it?
July 12th 04 11:21 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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SCSI HDD problems with Win98SE by Maxtor, C.A.
Hi All, I'm having lots of trouble with Win98SE running on an old Dell PowerEdge server (PentiumII-233/128MB RAM/18GB SCSI 10K RPM HDD). Even when I was installing, there were times when Win98 setup rebooted and I got a "no boot disk" message afterwards. I could get past those booting...
July 12th 04 08:19 PM
by Maxtor, C.A. Go to last post
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missing cdsetup.exe file by Dave
I am getting two error messages when I start my computer with Windows 98 installed. The first is, 'Cannot find the file cdsetup.exe or one of its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all libraries are available. The second is, Could not load or run 'cdsetup.exe'...
July 12th 04 06:21 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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bootup ntdetect by
i have a hp pavillion 6545c and when i boot up its says nt detect file(S) not found and i dont hav any recovery discs? but i have the file on a floppy w/msdos
July 12th 04 05:40 PM
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reinstalling windows by Todd
Hi There, after some help trying to reinstall windows 98 - at the moment when i try to start the computer it comes up required .dllfile shlwapi.dll not found and says you need to reinstall windows. Unfortunatley this is before i can get into the main screens to run the windows cd. how do you run...
July 12th 04 02:06 PM
by Todd Go to last post
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Upgrading from win98 to win 98se by Frank
Is it possible to download an upgrade from first edition to second? Can first edition be tweaked to work with software that requires a minimum of win 98se? I am looking to go onto broadband but my telco advises me the min spec is se - can I get round this?
July 12th 04 01:44 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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cannot by pass user password by Steve van Dongen [MSFT]
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:10:01 -0700, brenda wrote: I have an older computer which uses windows 98. my young son entered a user password at set up and has now forgotten the password. As a result we can no longer even get past the set up section and cannot start...
July 12th 04 07:09 AM
by Bill Watt Go to last post
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color resolution by crous
The c: drive on my computer was formatted and windows 98 installed - message keeps coming up to change color resolution to 800 but won't let me change
July 12th 04 03:53 AM
by Li'l Roberto Go to last post
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windows key by create_share
i want to reinstall windows 98 on my system which already has windows 98 but i forgot the key of it. Now it is asking me for the key. I don't want to format my disk. Is there a way to see which windows key is installed. My current windows is working but there is some problem in it so i want to...
July 12th 04 02:36 AM
by Bill Watt Go to last post
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Possible Virus Wiped out my hard drive by John
I had Windows 98 SE installed on my computer and now when I boot up I get the message "Explorer" This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If this problem persists, please contact the vendor. Then when I click on Details, it says; Explorer has caused an invalid page...
July 11th 04 11:00 PM
by cquirke (MVP Win9x) Go to last post
2 1,334
Modem error couldn't open port by limeybiker
I get this error message. When I did a Google Search, I found this article, but it leads to a dead end. Anyone know the fix, it relates to the modem being diagnosed and the computer going in to standby. The coincidence is that a friend has the same problem.
July 11th 04 10:33 PM
by limeybiker Go to last post
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Boot problem by Brad F
I have 2 hdd's on my computer, a 4gb running WIN98, & a 40gb running WIN2K Pro. I went to MS.com to get an update to protect from the sasser virus. while there I was prompted to upgrade to Win Media Player V9, which I did. Now WIN98 will not boot past start screen. (no icons) and I get an error...
July 11th 04 09:24 PM
by Brad F Go to last post
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How to limit amount of physical RAM that Windows accesses for Safe Mode by Bäz
Hi all, I'm running W98SE on a computer with 2 GB of RAM. To be able to do that I had to apply the MaxPhysPage=30000 setting to the system.ini file like it is mendtioned in KB184478. After having done a misconfiguration W98SE wants to start in Safe Mode which means that the MaxPhysPage setting are...
July 11th 04 05:15 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Get error when dragging file onto printer shortcut by Stephen Ford
I have a piece of softeware for managing printing (FinePrint). Dragging a file onto a shortcut to the printer generates the following error -: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in My Computer by clicking View and then clicking...
July 11th 04 02:21 PM
by Stephen Ford Go to last post
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Install win 98 without reformat by Ralph Taylor
I have an interesting problem which I haven't seen discussed before. A couple of years ago I got a new 20GB hard drive for an old computer. The bios of this computerdoes not support a hard drive this large so the guys at the computer shop used some kind of overlay software to format the drive so...
July 11th 04 10:47 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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unexpected error... setup chaged by Anubad
Suddenly I have faced an error which I have not seen before. When I am trying to open any source code of any html file (IE -view-source) , it is showing that notepad file as a temporary internet file adn does not giving any option to change or any save. I think there is some internal change...
July 11th 04 09:28 AM
by Anubad Go to last post
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bootup problem by bootup
anyone know why after fixing several self induced problems on my childrens computer that Windows 98 boots to the black screen and asks for Normal, or Safe Mode etc? It does it every time I boot and I can't get it backto going into Windows the regular way?
July 11th 04 01:54 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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desktop moving by big jim
I have win 98 and when I move the mouse the entire desktop screen moves instead of the mouse how can I fix it? -- Jim S
July 10th 04 06:28 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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