I have something really wierd. The windows folder from c drive has been deleted and replaced by individual folders on the c drive as "dir0001", "dir0002" and so on, about 40 in all. Needless to say the pc has crashed, any ideas. Thanks

After I did a update from microsoft, When I right clicked on the recycle bin I couldn't empty it because my empty recycle bin was gone, please help I hate a messy computer

When using Help. And then going to troubleshooting;modem,sound,printer and all the others.No results appear when you dot the type of problem you have. I fear it has something to do with secuity updates. It worked fine before. If anyone has experienced this problem I could sure use some help. My...

whenever i put a new contact in my address book I get microsoft desktop icon with a tilde (~) beneath it. Then the tilde gets into my registry or win.ini files. Anyone have the same problem or a fix for it?

Can anyone tell me how to set my computer so that I am the Sole (only) user of Windows 98 on this computer? Everytime I reboot I have to log off and re log to get to my preferred settings. How do I get to be the only user?

I have deleted a lot of programs including Mcafee from Add/Remove programs in cotrol panel but they are still showing up in control panel. When I attempt to install other applications or Norton to be specific, it tells me that Mcafee is still installed when in fact is not. Is there any type of...

I cant open my pics by just double clicking on them. the first time i did it it asked me to choose a program to open it with and i chose the wrong one. Now i need to go into paint or wateva and select open file which is a big pain. how do i change it so it will automaticly open my gif/jpeg files...

Just installed new hard drive, kept original one on pc to transfer files. Was hoping to remove this to install in old pc but cannot boot up using new hard drive. Any useful advice appreciated?? HOPELESS

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

I needed to install Adobe Acrobat 6 to view some files. I got a message saying I had to update to Internet Explorer 5 or higher. I went to www.microsoft.com and downloaded IE 6. It downloaded and installed OK. It said I had to restart my PC, but the error message "memory access violation...

Can anyone advise re the following. I think it seems to be a Windows prob. Thanks Iain "I have had to re-install Viewer 3.0 (Family History GB 1881 census CD set)and the disks now do not run.

Is there anyway to get netsend (command prompt) on older operating systems, specifically win98 because I will soon lead my household as the server and without the ability to netsend, i have no way to annoy, i mean update my friends and family without getting up, and getting up is unreasonable! Any...

Do any of you know if Windows 98 SE is better than Windows 98, and if so, why???

I'm having trouble with frequent hangs, and it seems to be getting worse --that is, more frequent. I'm running Win98 SE on a Super Micro P4SBA+ P4 1.8GHz. (Further details on request.) It's a funny hang, because without warning, it stops responding to both mouse and keyboard, with one exception....

Can anybody help me with my toolbar that has risen to the top of the screen, and it is too high to lower?

I use internet cafes a lot to do research, and am always copying and pasting stuff from the web browser to Wordpad. When I use Internet Explorer, if I copy a story and try to paste it into Wordpad, I have to use "paste special" to get unformatted text, which is what I want. When you are doing this...

When my previous mouse started, on random occasions to move horizontally, normally but not vertically I fitted a new mouse. Now the new mouse has started to be ok for vertical movements but at random it will not meove horizontally. Sometimes it might with the arrow keys if i am lucky. If I switch...

I'm using a plugin for viewing tiff images of patents; the plugin is called 'Innomage'. In order to view tiff images (I have Internet Explorer 5.0), I need to download the file: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/i e501sp2/default.asp Unfortunately this link isn’t...

Win 98 se clean format new install. when I open prog files - only ms98 prog are listed. I have backup of old computer on maxtor 40 g usb hard drive. This backup is in two different directories because when I did the backup I could not do it in one file because I got the message that the file was...

When clicking onto a message to see what help that sender requires, It may sometimes take a couple of minutes to download, then a message comes up stating that my NNTP server is not responding. so what is causing this problem? Terry.