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BIOS problem by Brian Gotjunk
I am going to ask this question, and then duck so that I don't get hit by all the stuff that is about to be thrown at me. Machine specs - Gateway 1ghz - Win98SE I was updating my BIOS and did a Ctrl-Break in the middle of the update (hey that old shoe just missed me) I know, I know STUPID - but...
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March 18th 05 10:21 PM
by Vic Dura Go to last post
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Wrong Licence Key? by JamCo
I am restoring an old Compaq laptop for a co-worker. He has the OEM restore CD , it is not in the original sleeve but the label he made will not activate 98. Is there a way to view the OEM key to reinstall 98? I cannot remember where 98 stores the reg info. I can boot to safe mode and run Regedit...
March 18th 05 09:53 PM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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monitor flickers off after boot-up by Daniel
I have a Dell pc that starts off booting up ok, but after the Windows 98 screen, the monitor goes off. When I press the power button to turn the pc off, I get a Windows 98 screen again that says it is powering off. What is the problem? How do I go into safe mode? Isn't it F8 before the Windows...
March 18th 05 02:47 AM
by Brian A. Go to last post
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problems after re-install of W98SE by Phoebus
x-no-archive: yes Hi. Irrecoverable problems with trying to boot Win98SE (himem.sys is missing or corrupted, etc etc accompanied by immediate shutdowns - totally inexplicable) led me to reinstall Win98SE. Used emergency bootdisk made 2 yrs ago, installed Win98SE so it installed on top of...
March 17th 05 09:09 AM
by Bill Watt Go to last post
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Windows Updates question by NightCrawler
Are the updates suppose to just pile up in my add/remove program panel or should they overwrite one another as I add em? Cause now all I see is a bunch of updates.
March 17th 05 06:42 AM
by Jim Eshelman Go to last post
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No mouse by [email protected]
Have a machine that will be running without a mouse. Is there a Registry entry I can set to force this? I am trying to stop the message that comes up when the machine first runs up. Regards, Eric
March 16th 05 05:52 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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mouse click by Christopher
until very recently, every time I clicked on a URL, I heard a 'click' which was at least reassuring! My 'click' is missing - it is not life threatening, buy I do miss the click and wonder how I can recover it ? Any ideas ?
March 16th 05 11:51 AM
by Galen Go to last post
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HOWTO install if Lost Product Key by Obadiah
I wish to transfer a Windows 98 license from an old desktop to a laptop. I have the original cd and startup disk, but have lost the product key. Is there any way to get the key off the existing installation, acquire another key, or any other idea? Thanks. -Obadiah Manley
March 15th 05 11:35 PM
by Obadiah Go to last post
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CD Player does not play---Why? by Chiropter
CD player in my Win98SE-based computer stopped to play CD music. I checked the integrity of CD-Rom (Creative 48X) and the sound card (Sound Blaster) and found them OK. In fact Windows plays sounds (like welcome or ding) and CD-Rom device works fine as disk drive. When I get the CD Player up with a...
March 15th 05 09:21 PM
by chiropter Go to last post
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No driver recognized for CD Rom by milkman2283
I formated my drive, fdisk, then format, installed win 98 over ME, set up took, but when I went to connect to internet through Yahoo set up disk, would not recognize my ethernet card, so I put in another one, tried to load driver, then started getting messages of missiing files. I formated the...
March 15th 05 03:38 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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HD installed by Rik
Hi, I've installed an 8 Gb HD coming from an winXP computer in a win98 computer. It doesn't show up in the BIOS. What should I do? -- Thanks! Rik
March 15th 05 01:22 AM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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What's the deal with MS05-002 (KB891711.EXE) and Windows 98? by Dan
Wow, thanks for the warning. User is now highly thinking of making due with posting in Mozilla Thunderbird. Have a nice day! Hmmm, I must research this information "John John" wrote in message ... : Ditch OE altogether. : :...
March 14th 05 08:22 PM
by Galen Go to last post
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Registry Problem by Phone dialer
Hi, I have a licensed version of windows 98 SE. After the installation when I install AGP or any other device, it ask me to restart. After restarting I get an error message saying registry is corrupted, do you wish to get the original registry configuration. If I press Yes it will work without...
March 14th 05 12:22 PM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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DIRECTX 9.0 PROBLEM? by JW
To any knowledgeable readers, I'm running a PIII 450 MgHz., with 256 Mg. of RAM, a Guillemot Riva TNT2 video card with 32 MG of memory, all using Win. 98 SE. I have upgraded my video card driver with a more recent version of the appropriate NVidia driver and Direct X 9.0. Now, any 3D animation...
March 14th 05 09:35 AM
by Martin C Go to last post
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Win98 SE reinstalled; desktop hesitation by 1966olds
I say hesitation cause its not long enough of a delay to be considered hanging. But after installing Win98SE over Win98FE and also over a separated Win98Se partition, both developed this hesitation at a point when the desktop is almost fully loaded anyway. Its only for a about 5-10 seconds, and...
March 13th 05 06:03 PM
by 1966olds Go to last post
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What's the deal with MS05-002 (KB891711.EXE) and Windows 98? by Dan
Nothing AFAIK. It is just a side conversation, I guess. ??? BTW, John I do have Mozilla Thunderbird working in both this newsgroup and the xp general newsgroup. I tried it and it was great. However, I just choose to continue to use Outlook Express. "Gary S. Terhune" ...
March 13th 05 04:42 PM
by Dan Go to last post
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Explorer folders won't stay sorted by Jim
My Windows Explorer folders won't stay sorted. I prefer to keep them sorted by Name in List view but they keep defaulting to sorting by date! I've tried resetting them in View/Folder Options/View/Reset All Folders and I've also tried setting all folders the same. The problem exists in the...
March 11th 05 03:52 PM
by John John Go to last post
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Volume Control icon gone from system tray,win98,now have no sound. by mandy
I lost the volume control icon on Win 98. and have no sound. The whole audio page in control panel/multimedia is not active. I ran the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, but it freezes half way through collecting information for sound.Seems to be as puzzled as I am! I ran it to try to find out if I have a...
March 11th 05 03:00 PM
by mandy Go to last post
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determing startup mode from within AUTOEXEC.BAT by ME
Is it possible to check while booting in AUTOEXEC.BAT via DOS commandline commands, whether Windows98 got booted "normally" or "commandline only" (by pressing F8), so I can load mouse-drivers and stuff dependent of if I'm in DOS-mode or booting up Windows?! i.e.: IF EXIST %NORMALBOOT% GOTO...
March 11th 05 02:42 PM
by Mikhail Zhilin Go to last post
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