Hey. I have a question, obviously. The other day, my computer froze, so I did the automatic Control-Alt-Delete method to shut it down. Well, instead of starting back up like normal, the whole Windows restarted and asked for my user name and long twenty-something number. After digging through...

This is from the Wn 98 Resource Kit. Search for Locked and then click Installable File System from the list: The 32-bit VFAT works with a 32-bit, protected-mode cache driver (VCACHE). This driver replaces the 16-bit, real-mode SMARTDrive disk cache software provided with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1....

A Shall I "Toss" my computer B Shall I kick the damn thing C. Shall I hit it with my fist (Again) D All of the above. My religion is strong but my computer skills is week. Please, HELP! God Bless!!!!!!!

Internet wont stay running after a few minutes. Int. service says computer problem? When I start my computer, 4 "Warning" boxes pop up." 1. "csinject" a reqired dll file apphelp.dll was not found. How can I correct? 2. Cannot find FNTIDR.EXE ??????????? 3. FNTLDR.exe or one of its...

I keep getting this error. EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module CQGWIZ.DLL at 0167:10017d00. EAX=01427c44 CS=0167 EIP=10017d00 EFLGS=00010256 EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=0141f82c EBP=01427c78 ECX=01427c44 DS=016f ESI=00000003 FS=2527 EDX=20261430 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000 Bytes at...

Internet wont stay running after a few minutes. Int. service says computer problem? When I start my computer, 4 "Warning" boxes pop up." 1. "csinject" a reqired dll file apphelp.dll was not found. How can I correct? 2. Cannot find FNTIDR.EXE ??????????? 3. FNTLDR.exe or one of its...

When I start my computer I run at about 85% free, but within the last few days once I start my computer and open any program/s, that percentage drops to like 1% - 5% and the program does not work and the computer locks up. I have never experienced this problem before and have been able to run...

In Win 98 SE, is it safe to delete all of the files in the C:\windows\temp folder? If so, do I have to boot up in DOS mode to do it?

Hi, The following are the longest times from my bootlog (out of the 1336 entries). I have been doing a lot of cleaning up of my system, Startup, Spyware etc on my Dell Dimension 4100 P3 933. I would now like to speed up the boot process if that is possible. I don't have a tape drive...

When I start my computer I run at about 85% free, but within the last few days once I start my computer and open any program/s, that percentage drops to like 1% - 5% and the program does not work and the computer locks up. I have never experienced this problem before and have been able to run...

Recently I tried to defragment my hard drive several times. Each time it comes up and says that there was an error with the defragmenting and to run ScanDisk. I followed to instructions. ScanDisk said there were no errors, but that there were 4,096 bytes in bad sectors. How do I fix this?!

Hi all. This computer( at hubbys work) cannot connect to the net. Win 98 OS. get this message; Microsoft visual c++ runtime library Program: c\program files\internet explorer.exe Application has requested runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Contact the applications support team can anyone...

Hi all. This computer( at hubbys work) cannot connect to the net. Win 98 OS. get this message; Microsoft visual c++ runtime library Program: c\program files\internet explorer.exe Application has requested runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Contact the applications support team can anyone...

Hello all, I have read the previous mail regarding RAM with interest as I've been thinking of increasing RAM on my system from 256 to 512meg. A computer "expert" tells me not to bother as W98 won't use it. One RAM manufacturer says 1gig max under W98, another 512meg. Several KB articles IMPLY...

Hi there, Would appreciate any help here, my Win98 set-up somehow got corrupted (perhaps due to a misbehaving scandisk), and started causing various problems, particularly with the CAD prog I use for my work. I couldn't use it properly, so tried to uninstall it, but it wouldn't uninstall. I...

Hi, I have a compaq presario(1240) laptop. It's 6 years old, it has a 3.81 G-disc and 64mb's of RAM. It has never been used for any high-performance stuff, I just used it for admin, e-mail and stuff . Two-third of the disc is free. Problem is that the last 6 months or so its getting slower and its...

Hi, I have a compaq presario(1240) laptop. It's 6 years old, it has a 3.81 G-disc and 64mb's of RAM. It has never been used for any high-performance stuff, I just used it for admin, e-mail and stuff . Two-third of the disc is free. Problem is that the last 6 months or so its getting slower and...

Thanks to all who replied to my post "MEMORY" of Sep 9. I installed an additional stick + everything happily running with 512meg RAM. Has improved performance of multimedia applications & games in particular. Well done guys. Eric

Thanks to all who replied to my post "MEMORY" of Sep 9. I installed an additional stick + everything happily running with 512meg RAM. Has improved performance of multimedia applications & games in particular. Well done guys. Eric

Hi, I have a Copaq Presario(1240) laptop wich is unusually slow the last 6 months or so. It has always just been used for admin andsome mail and internet stuff. It has been fine, but now it's just so slow and I get these blue screens that says there something wrong, but hey????? It has a 3.81G...