Here's a strange one. A friend of mine does not use Word, but gets . doc attachments in emails from other users. He usually allows Wordpad to open them when he double clicks. Recently a number (but not all) produce an error message - this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut...

have somehow lost my recycle bin icon from desktop and now cannot restore deleted files. I can still send files to the recycled folder but they just show as Dc.? file. can anyone tell me how to get the icon back and restore without having to reload windows 98se as I have all updates and fear that I...

I have posted this to several Win98 newsgroups, because I am not sure which one is the most appropriate. I have an older computer on which Win98 is running. This system basically crashed after an attempt to re-install a printer that was giving me a problem. I have tried re-installing Win98...

my son just got a little mp3 player and he's bummed because it is only compatible with windows 98 se and will not work with our plain old windows 98. i hate to go out and buy XP because this is an old computer and when the time comes to buy a new one, it'll prpbably come loaded anyway! Am I...

For some reason, my pc is starting in dos mode, how I make it start in windows again? I appreciate any help.. thanks Paola F.

The link to notepad in start is broken and notepad.exe has disappeared. I did find notepad.exe.bak in c:/windows and assume this is a back-up file. If so can anyone tell me how to re-install it or where to download notepad.exe? Many thanks.

Hello: Could you tell me what this is. smm4201 modemline interfacecard is.also would you know where i can get a driver for this card.Thanks.

A statement download from my local bank to Money04 did not execute properly. Download from that bank have been successful int the past, but this time an error message came up: "The Windows Installer failed to install the program associated with this file." the file in question being in the...

i was going to passowrd protect my computer but when i went into my control panel there was no password icon, is there anywhere i could get it again? If you could e-mail me that would be great, if not thats still awesome if you could post a reply. Thank You.

Once in a while, while in Microsoft Word, I'll click on Print or Find and nothing happens. The very top line will blink on and off and at the bottom it says "Virus scan requested". I do have Norton Products installed but I don't see the connection. This is an intermitent problem and goes away...

OS: Win98 First Edition 64 megs of RAM I've got a friend who lives out of town that I have been trying to help get upgraded to a newer browser, etc. (Firefox, Netscape 7, Mozilla), but no programs will install on her Win98 Gateway machine. She hardly uses the computer, (the machine probably has...

I was told to come here and I posted in another computer help forum but they referred me here.Soo here is the forum thread I posted http://castlecops.com/postlite108339-.html

I've been getting an alert from my firewall asking if I want to allow MicrosoftQMgr, C:/WINDOWS/LOADQM.EXE. What is it and should it be blocked? It looks like a microsoft application but it doesn't mean it is right? Thanks.

I have an error window on my screen that continues to come up even after re-boot. It reads as follows: Wtoolsa This program has performed an illegal operation and will shut down. If problem persists, contact the program vendor...when I open the details it says: WTOOLSA caused an invalid page...

I cannot defrag my computer. It stops at 10%. It sounds as if an application is running. I recently installed DSL. Could that be the problem. Also, I recently used windows update and not I do not have sound. Anyone know what could be the problem? Thanks, KS

After starting Windows Help, no matter what "troubleshooting" problem button I select, it takes me to a blank window with no help at all. Are files missing or can this be fixed?

what is msnappau.exe and g.msn??

Whenever I download a zip file off a website and try to decompress the file, it doesn't automatically use the WinZip extractor, but the program app instead. This happens for all zip files, not just some. This never happened until today. Please help me out on how to open my zip files.

Can I use the System Policy Editor (poledit) from Windows 95 on a Windows 98 machine (i.e., are the registry entries the same?) Can't seem to find the 98 disk....

I have just formated the HD and reinstalled win 98 after lots of problems. Now when I go to defrag the HD I get this message. ID# Defrag009 Your computer does not have enough memory to defragment this drive. shut down one or more programs and try again. Well guess what it drfrags D. E just find...