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free firewall that supports Win98SE? by Robert M Jones
Now that Zone Alarm no longer supports Win98SE what should I be doing about my wife's machine upstairs (behind an ethernet wired router with a NATS firewall) - At the moment it has ZA free version but that won't update any more. Can anyone recommend a free firewall that still supports Win98se...
July 24th 06 11:38 PM
by Robert M Jones Go to last post
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How to use USB on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive by Erik
How do I use a USB device on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive? Says cannot find driver, insert CD... Thanks.
July 24th 06 12:40 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Stuck on Start Up Screen by amyc
I hope someone can help me. I have a windows 98se computer. I cant get past the blue windows logo start up screen. I can get into safe mode but once I'm there I'm not sure what to do to fix this problem. Can someone please help me. I dont have any restore disks etc. This comp was given to me. There...
July 24th 06 03:39 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Changing the name of a win98 computer by Robert M Jones
Is it possible to change the login name on a (networked) win98SE computer that I have passed on to my wife. Currently the computer name is myfirstnameinitial - that will stay so I don't have to reconfigure any network settings The Windows logon is my FirstName Initial Surname with a password and...
July 22nd 06 11:18 AM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Windows 98 reinstall from c: drive by BenL
I have an old machine that had windows98. Recently, we had a power out and when I restarted the machine, it went through the usual blue screen "scan for errors" routine. Foolishly I eXited from this (as I often did!) but I subsequently received an error message (in DOS) that GDI.EXE couldn't...
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July 21st 06 07:37 AM
by Noel Paton Go to last post
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Wndows 98SE End of LIfe support by mixer
Will existing updates via the Windows Update Cataloge or Windows Update still be available for Windows 98SE after the End of Life this July???
July 19th 06 05:25 AM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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Is this newsgroup still alive? (HELP: Win98SE won't boot on my new PC) by Dhruba Bandopadhyay
I recently installed Windows 98 SE on a ECS 915G-A (Intel® 915G & ICH6, Socket 775) http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=471&MenuID=93&LanID=9 motherboard, which has built-in graphics card. Though I do have installed a Nvidia GeForce 4 440 Ti AGP. CPU is a Pentium...
July 17th 06 01:17 PM
by Noel Paton Go to last post
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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format? by Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY
Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large installed base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about releasing a CD to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S., DirectX, and security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and...
July 12th 06 09:29 PM
by Paul (Bornival) Go to last post
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Clean up my mess when I lave by Roar
Hi I have made Task Schedule to maintain my computer. But I would like to Task Schedule to be activated automatically just before Windows closes down. Can it be done, and if yes: how? And by the way: can my 'Recycled Bin' (not sure about the name in English) be automatically emptied at the same...
July 11th 06 10:43 PM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
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Password - how to avoid using? by John Brown
Yes, each time I boot up am presented with a box ....Windows 98....Enter Password - select User Name..there's a couple..there's two user names shown neither of which are now valid..so I click Cancel and I'm in. How do I arrange for this Enter Password box to NOT display?...I'm the only user and...
July 11th 06 05:45 PM
by John Brown Go to last post
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no dial tone by Bruce
Helping a friend, when it is dialing we hear no dial tone and say the phone line is in use of disconnected. Have had some lightening storms, reset everything. Tried a different jack and different phone line, also. Is there anything else I can try
July 11th 06 04:40 PM
by Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY Go to last post
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Cannot reinstall Windows 98SE by rb
My operating system is MS Windows 98SE. For some reason I wanted to reinstall the operating system. After successful copying of files the system restarted automatically. But then it gave an error message - "Invalid VxD dynamic link call fromVWIN32(01) + 00000714 to device '0009', service 1. Your...
July 11th 06 01:50 PM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
1 1,313
EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module explorer.exe by vibrantjewels
I installed a game called Thomas The Train Trouble on the Tracks, and after that I have not been able to get windows to start. I log in, and then get a blank screen with the above error msg. I have re-installed Windows 98 TWICE, and also tried to replace some of the .dll files with newer...
July 10th 06 06:29 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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WINDOWS CANNOT START UP by Fran Chw
Hi all, Recently I am unable to startup window in normal mode. I can only start up in SAFE MODE. Please advice how to solve this problem. Thank you much. Francis
July 8th 06 04:39 AM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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Controlling RealPlayer by killjoy
How can I control RealPlayer, on occasions when my machine is running slow and I check task manager i can find 10 or more copies of RealPlayer have loaded in the background. ?
July 6th 06 01:56 AM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
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word freezes in 98 - help? by [email protected]
My dad's been given this Toshiba Satellite Pro 480CDT laptop with Windows 98 on it. It has 80 meg ram, a 4 gig drive and unspecified processor speed. It serves internet use well, only a bit slower than my almost current laptop. About the equivalent of a side-and-a-half of letter-sized paper into...
July 4th 06 08:46 PM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
1 1,110
limit memory used by WIN98 DOS diskette on 2GB box? by Les Caudle
Is there a way to limit the amount of memory that a Win98 DOS diskette will attempt to access? I'd like to restrict it to 1GB or less on a 2GB box. -- Thanks in advance, Les Caudle
July 4th 06 05:42 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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Make login required by Roar
Hi, I want to chance my win98 setup. I want to make sure, that you have to log in befor you are able to work with windows. How do I do that? Roar
July 4th 06 10:51 AM
by John John Go to last post
6 1,229
Windows98 freezes at final stages of installation by gilbertlab
First, let me give some background to the computer I am currently working on. The computer is my brother's. He first encountered problems when Windows 98 would not always boot up all of the way. Sometimes it would get halfway and just freeze, sometimes it would get halfway and restart itself, and...
July 4th 06 06:01 AM
by Bill Watt Go to last post
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98 won't start by bubbadillo
I uninstalled gozilla and it messed up the registry. It deleted the COMMAND folder and scanreg.. I finally ran registry repair from 98se C.D Windows now boots then goes to dos and has a C: prompt. What do I type at the prompt to get windows to finally start? Thanks in advance for your help.
July 3rd 06 01:29 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
6 1,190
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