When turning my computer on it seemed to take a long time to start up, so when it started up this last time I hit the ESC key and file creation error is what shows on the screen how do I clear it? Thanks!

I have a computer that's getting fatal exception errors, occasional freezes during boot, an autoreboot on occasion; all after I fdisked and reinstalled 98, with all updates and current McAfee virus definition files. I checked the harddrive surface with scandisk, updated the BIOS and now I'm...

i, am having troubles with msn messenger ver 6.2 since i install it i cannot get audio with netmeet or webcam also now i cant shut down my computer as i ticked something i should have ,,,,,,thankyou

Can anyone help, after having difficulty installing some Norton software, I have been told that I have missing /corrupt Mircosoft Installer files. Can anyone tell me how I access/install these files? Thank you

Hi, I was updating a machine from Windows 95 to Windows 98. I did the simple delete and recreate a FAT32 partition, then install Win98. After it did its first reboot I got an error message stating that vmm32.vxs is either missing or it cannot load. My only option after that is to reboot the...

Whenever computer is booted, a window comes up for Microsoft Interactive CD Sampler ... asks for Win98 CD to be inserted. Options given: OK or CANCEL. I tried inserting my Win98 CD and if memory serves me correctly, it only gave me information on 'purchasing' the sampler. I do not wish to have...

When booting the computer, I always get a message "Update Complete....continuing to load windows". There has not been any software installed or updated. I ran McAfee virus scan and cleaned the computer. I ran SpyBot and I have cleaned everything. There was alot of spyware on the computer and I...

while installing win-2000 professional with win-98 as dual boot, i found a problem that whenever i am installing the network based operating system,my pc restarts automatically.and i can not finish setup.I found that problem when devices detection time while installing. what should i have to...

when i turn on comp.and it loads some a black screenappers and says file creation error then finishes loading how can i get this to go away

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

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.

I can't properly install windows on said computer without getting this message during the process of setting up the "plug and play" devices on the computer. MSGSRV32 apperantly caused an illegal operation and was shut down "MSGSRV32 caused a general protection fault in module SETUPX.DLL at...

To briefly describe my problem, I built my computer and I was installing Windows 98 on it, when I keep getting this message: A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0167:BFF9DFFF. The current application will be terminated. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please let me know!

Read the response I made and you will have your answer. Click on the + sign to see responses. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

Could Anyone Please Help. I just tried installing a printer (Lexmark1020) on a Win98SE PC. Problem is that the PC is also connected to a Novell Netware 3.12 network. The Netware server has 3 printers attached to it, on Lpt1 Lpt2 and Lpt3. As soon as I log onto the network from a local PC, the...

Seeing that I do have a eithernet card, I may do just that. Thanks again Ron.

My Win98 system ground to a halt. It would boot but freeze soon after, usually when saving something. This coincided with the appearance of the Sasser virus, but they say it doesn't affect W98 systems. I eventually managed to repair the system, but it was old and unstable, so I got some new kit...

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...

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...

While reloading Windows 98 I received an application error "suwin caused segment load failure in module KRNL386.EXE at 0001:116E". I've searched and searched and searched. But no luck. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for the help in advance! W E Bradshaw(Bill)