I did it once, dont remember how or where i found the instructions.., i know i needed about 8 floppys. Computer prblems reading from CD bay want to do a floppy install again... any help ? thx. Sam

I had a tech reload Win98 by hand one time. It was a disaster. Especially with dther drivers I'm pretty sure that without "un-natural" acts being performed, you need to load Win98 from the hidden partion Compaq designed.

I am having problems with QUIKVIEW in win98se I had to recently recover my registry due to some errors and now quikview of files is not an option in the file extension properties area I do have quikview.exe in the proper directory (folder) and it does not work with command line use ie quikview...

Hi, Is there any way that I can create a script or something else that will set up the Regional settings and keyboards settings for me rather than keep manually setting them. This process is repeated many times as I repair many win9x systems. Regards John

I need to install two operating systems Windows 98 on one computer so that one of them were a reserve OS. Is it possible to do with stabdard operations or do I need any other software for that? -- Best regards, Oiprox

Hi, I want to start my screensaver manually. In past I could do this by simply double-clicking the *.scr file in the explorer. But now I've lost the link to the correct *.exe to thart the file with. What is this file? MG

I got out my old IBM Aptiva (400mhz K6-2, 8gig HD, 96mb ram) to give to my father and I loaded the IBM restart disk to do a fresh re-install of Windows 98. During the process, there was an error and it restarted. When the PC rebooted, I got this message on the DOS screen: "Invalid system disk. ...

When the computer boots up I have the driver screens come up on top for the CDROM & the CD burner. How do I stop this from happening. All I did was look for new drivers for my stand alone CD burner.

I tried posting this to a modem ng but got no responses --I believe it is actually a W98 issue, no hardware or driver problems, so here goes: After installing W98SE on an older AT&T PC I couldn't get the installed modem to configure because I don't know the brand (it is a huge old thing with big...

After I reformatted win 98, it will only start up with the aid of reinstall disc. IT goes through the start up page, I can access the setup page, then just get white blinking cursor. Waht am i dong wrong? -- Debbie

I have set my Windows password, but when I sign on all I have to do is click on cancel and it takes me right to the desktop....How can i keep this from happening?

Greetings, I have a Thinkpad with Win 2000 and a PC with Win 98SE. I like to copy files from the Thinkpad to the PC and I originally used an IBM 128mb USB Memory key with Win98se drivers. When that key broke, I purchased a 256mb IBM USB Memory Key. That device DIDN"T include Win 98se drivers, but...

when call outlook express the dial up connection box appears. 1. I have a cable connection active. 2. under connections I have "never dial a connection marked" any suggestions on how to stop this????

For systems exceeding 512MB, you should add this line to the section of system.ini: MaxFileCache=512000 That is normally the only setting you need if you have installed up to 1GB of RAM, in Win98/98SE. Your mention of adding MaxPhysPage=40000 to the section of the System.ini file should not...

Hi All I know this might sound a weird query, but I've never had to do it. Friends of family have Win98 machine, but its the 1st edition not the 2nd. Wondered if it was possible to download Win98 SE as a sort of update and basically run it to apply it. Can it be that easy?

when you go start--programs you get a long list that requires scrolling. is there a way to get it in multiple columns like 95 or xp has?

Hi All Friends of family bought latest Belkin wireless router and Belkin USB wireless dongle for their Win98 machine and thought it could link up. I was sceptical that the Belkin USB dongle would work under Win98 and even though the box says it can the documentation inside says it is...

First, why do you find it necessary to crosspost to so many groups? Second, how are you measuring the amount of memory in use? Where are you seeing these percentages? Third, since unused memory is wasted memory, why are you concerned? ;-) Memory usage will vary with each boot, even with the same...

I am using Win98SE system. Had trouble with the older MSI motherboard, so the tech shop just replaced the motherboard with an ASUS P4P800-E motherboard. Here is the problem - I still have some old DOS programs that need to use the MSDos command prompt. So to activate MSDos, as I click on...

wrote: My computer runs on Windows 98SE, with 1GB of RAM. The memory usage, after startup and everything else, but before I launch any program, can differ up to 240MB ! Sometimes Windows 98SE only uses less than 6% of the total memory, leaving me up to 94% (or...