CD drives have disappeared from the system. I've tried reinstalling the hardware but no hardware is recognized.

whenever I load the cd_write I get a fatal error OE0028-00000000 (no letters) I have windows 98seEven when I load a blank disc.Thank you Happy thanksgiving

I am trying to install Frontpage on my new pc. Unfortunately i have lost the cd key for the disk. How can i find it from my old pc.

My CD tray opens when I boot up if left open and i boot up it closes.If i push the button to open the tray my computer locks up.I can eject going to my computer.When it is open and i try a CD it locks up. My computer is a H-P running windows 98. ...

Please help! My daughters' computer uses windows 98 and has recently started receiving the message that she does not have a cd rom installed on it! I cannot find it listed in the components or in my computer; although she did have one on this same computer. I did find the file in the "find" files...

after installation my new Cd rom, i cannot run it. error message 429, ActiveX component cannot create object. Any suggestions?

I am running Windows 98 SE and am a novice. I have a LG CD writer and a DVD Rom drive. My DVD ROM is not opening. The message I get is Mitsumi CD-ROM Controller with Double Speed Drive not responding. Kindly help me in setting this right. Rita

If you loose this information, how can you obtain it so you can do a full recovery on your system?

I have to rebuild my Windows 98 over the weekend and when I tried to reinstall Word 2000 I was asked to give the 25 letter/digit code from my Certificate of Authenticity. The one that came with my computer originally would not work. How can I solve the problem?

I recently have to reinstall all my Microsoft Words and Windows 98 programs after my puter crashed. Now when I try to reinstall Word 2000 I get a message asking for my Certificate of Authenticity & Product Key Codes. The ones that came with my puter do not seem to work. Does anyone know how to...

i opened a downloaded file in an e-mail .dat in the adodobe format now all dat. files try to open in adodbe. how can i change back?

Is it safe to change the name of a partition? Not talking the assigned drive letter, just the name I gave it thru Partition Magic. Thanks Phil

Hi i would like to know is it possible to change the name that is displayed for an application when you press ctrl-alt-del Ok if that wasn't clear......When you press ctrl-alt-del in windows 98 a list pops up with all the names of the current applications which are running. Now lets say...

My movie player will not work because it keeps using the old version of movie player. How do I change the file types to play on the newer version of the movie player

How do I add a 'p' to the end of all files within a folder in DOS. I also need to be able to remove the 'p' at a later date with one command string.

Would anyone know how to change the owner name of my computer? Every document I create or have created credit "Valued Gateway Client". I have changed the newest ones as I write them now- but they eventually default to "VCF". Thanks!

When I start up windows98se,then go to check my email in OutLook Express,I find that my user name and the phone number to be dialed have been changed.I can create a new dial-up but that works only for that session.If I shut down and start up again,the same thing happens in OutLook Express.I checked...

my office computer was purchased with windows xp home edition but because our main program didn't work with it, it was changed to windows 98 second edition. i am not using that program anymore and would like to convert back to xp, would like to know if any of my files will be affected or will it...

I just got a new machine running Win 98. There is no character map. Can this be downloaded somewhere?