i have re-formatted my drive using fdisk from the win98 floppy. All goes well and it verifys the drive integrity etc. i then run setp from cd until it gets to the point where it reboots and the splash screen says " running windows 98 for the first time". It then crashes saying " windows protection...

dos program hp3330 multi function printer start entering items in dos program say for a purchase order and the "header" will spit out. tried everything from spooling msdos print jobs to "print directly to printer" to using LaserJet Series II driver to not sharing. Ive seen articles on how to...

I try to open it up and it says Microsoft Task Launcher can't do what Ineed it to do because it cannot access one or more files its supposed to because of being renamed, deleted, or moved. Try Re-installing Works, and then starting the program agian!? How do I do that?

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I have an old Win98 operating system on one of my computers. It recently started giving an error stating it cannot find WINAPI32.dll. I did a scandisk and found a couple of bad sectors on my hard drive - probably where this file resided. But I'm not familiar with this file and don't know...

Hello, I have Windows 98SE for a long time now (has been the most hardware-change surviving OS so far with only 2 installs in over 3 years) and a relatively new motherboard with a 900 MHz Celeron in it and 786 MB of memory. The machine also has a RAID0 array, SBLive! 5.1 soundcard and a brand new...

In an earlier post I described my problem trying to format. the problems in a nutshell are this; 1. when trying to format, on screen identifies the cd drive but says initialization of the cd drive failed. 2. I downloaded a win98 ebd from bootdisk.com that apparently has universal drivers for cd...

I have IE properties set to "run: maximised" (as i do with almost all apps). However, if I right click a link in the IE window and choose "open in new window" the subsequent spawned instance of IE no longer initialises maximised (full screen). Is there a setting some where that allows control over...

I've caught a small bug and need to disable System Restore. I've tried Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-File System-Troubleshooting- only to discover there is no "Disable System Restore" box to check. How do I disable System Restore?

I've caught a little virus and need to temporarily disable system restore in Windows 98 (Second Edition) so that I can delete the virus file. I have been to Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-File System-Troubleshooting but discover there is no "Disable System Restore" box to check.

What are the optimal swap and cache settings given a pc with either 256 or 215 mb ram with a Celeron 2.6 Ghz CPU? What about other stuff like himem.sys, emm386 (and it's various settings), smartdrv, buffers=, files=, etc?

Daughters PC sponataneously wouldnt start - Bootlog.txt had a load of font error messages starting with martell.ttf . copying the font files didnt work, so i reinstalled fromthe CD - seemingly without problem However, it still wont boot heres bootlog.txt Loading Device = C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS ...

I just put a new Intel/Xircom combo cardbus in my ThinkPad. Almost everything says it isn't there, including the W98 wizards and the Xircom modem finding utility. I can install the old Xircom driver fine, but it still sees no modem. One utility does list the card, with a big question mark beside...

I was rebooting my comp. As it was rebooting, I received an error box that said; "Internet Explorer has performed an illegal operation, and will be shut down." I clicked on the OK choice, however the computer did nothing further. I tried to reboot several times and the same damn thing occurred. I...

Windows 98 SE hangs while installing on a Dual Tech Laptop when it gets to the Setting Up Hardware part with 11 minutes to go. I have tried the fixes using the System Configuration Utility and also the troubleshoot and help screens in safe mode. Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.

ok, I've read the Q265115, and I really don't want to pay MS for this fix. Can't someone just tell me what it is? And I don't have a hibernate tab on my Power Management applet in CP, so I can't do the workaround as stated. I deleted all the other power schemes and tried resetting that way, but it...

Hi All!! I have an annoying problem that I am having trouble figuring out.....no luck with any searches on both the knowledge base and here... I am setting up a computer for someone to "play and learn on" using Win 98. Windows 98 INSISTS that there is a 5-1/4 (shutter) installed when I (and...

Running Windows98 Second Edition. I am not experiencing any trouble. Initially got into a registry cleanup project because scanreg/fix (running in DOS) would stall at System.dat 1%. At that time my system.dat was 9.4 Meg. I removed unused apps, Norton system works, a bunch of Adobe stuff related to...

Weet iemand hoe ik er moet aan beginnen om mijn comp. te herformatteren in win 98 en dat ik nieuwste versie van win 98 kan starten?

My internal cd drive is nonfunctional. I have an external USB cd drive. I need to format my c drive and reinstall windows 98. Once I wipe my c drive will my external cd drive continue to function so that I can reinstall windows 98? What can I copy to a floppy boot disk for support of my external...