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Product Key - message "value not set" in Regedit by 1SillyBilly
I have the OEM Win98se CD with no product key anywhere. The OEM has gone out of business. I tried to get the key from HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version but under the heading NAME is a symbol with ab in it, followed by , and under the heading DATA is (Value not set). ...
December 31st 04 10:25 PM
by 1SillyBilly Go to last post
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Micorosft Works does not show up in Add/Remove programs... by Brad Pears
I want to uninstall Microsoft Works from a WIn98 machine. It does not show up in the Add/Remove programs applet. How can I delete it and clean all registry files and whatever else it has installed???
December 30th 04 09:40 PM
by dadiOH Go to last post
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Installation of game wrecked my sound!!......... by PSYCHOPIXIE
I bought what looked like a good game that was apparently compatible with my pc and installed it and all seemed to go fine until afterwards. When I clicked on the game icon(with the cd rom in drive) it seemed to think something was missing. I then found what seemed to be the extra I needed on...
December 30th 04 02:58 PM
by PSYCHOPIXIE Go to last post
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98 overlay on XP by JLP20
In a nutshell, my XP went South and can't be repaired. reinstall of XP wipes drive clean and I want to save some photos and data from past two weeks. First, is it possible to install my old generic 98 OS onto the same hard drive as the damaged XP without altering data files. Second, if this is...
December 30th 04 09:32 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Win98 SE 48bit LBA support for esdi_506.pdr driver by user
Dear MS Customer Support! I would like to convince You to enhance support for esdi_506.pdr IDE driver, becouse all current Intel based PC systems (chipset 865/875/915/925 with 48Bit BIOS suport) has controllers which use esdi_506.pdr driver to handle IDE drives. As all we know there is no support...
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December 29th 04 11:37 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Win98SE on Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT by Charlie
Has anyone managed to get Windows 98SE working smoothly on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT notebook PC? I formatted the HDD and did a clean install of Windows 98SE and installed the updates from the Microsoft website. I have three problems. 1. Windows shuts down correctly if I've only used it for...
December 29th 04 08:24 PM
by Charlie Go to last post
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Adding additional hard drive by mitch
I added an additional hard drive to windows98 SE. It is jumpered as a slave. When I go into windows, it does not show. Is there anything that I need to configure to view it? Thanks. Mitch
December 29th 04 04:17 AM
by mitch Go to last post
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File D3D8.DLL not found by C
Hi, I have a PC thats Win98 SE and when I was opening a game it said "File D3D8.DLL not found." Can some one help pls?
December 28th 04 12:15 PM
by ID Go to last post
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Autoexec.bat disappears by Bill DeShawn
I've had it for years, but now it's gone and when I recreate it, it disappears as soon as I leave the MS-DOS window. Then I go to Explorer, and create it with notepad. But Notepad says it's already there. Then I see it in Explorer. Then I go to MS-DOS window and it's not there. I...
December 27th 04 12:59 PM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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I have a suggestion. by C
I have a suggestion, microsoft can use phpBB for a microsoft support group, its a forum like this but realy user freindly, I realy recomend it to microsoft, I'll tell about it, Here is a list of a couple of features: Supports popular database servers Unlimited forums and posts Multiple language...
December 27th 04 12:45 PM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Su0013 hell (win98 First & Second Edition) by 1966olds
Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list...
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December 26th 04 10:14 PM
by 1966olds Go to last post
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"stretch" option disappeared in display options ?? how to get it back?? by niteowl
hi, I just installed a new video card and now have lost the "stretch" option for the wallpaper.. I thought that was a windows thing, am I wrong? or is it dependent on the adapter? it's only giving me "Tile" and "Center". Any way to get that stretch option back? thanks,
December 26th 04 06:50 PM
by Patti MacLeod Go to last post
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recurring fatal exception even after reinstallation of windows and the games that apparently are causing the crash - help? by niteowl
Hi all, My computer crashed earlier this evening, giving me the blue screen and the following error: "A fatal esception 00 has occurred at 0028:C023DB7F in VXD VDD(09) + 00001803. The current application will be terminated." on reboot I got a windows protection error, rebooted into safe...
December 26th 04 02:51 PM
by niteowl Go to last post
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Need advice on cleaning out dead dlls and registry entries by T. Duprex
I am not experiencing any problems. My system is running fine. I have been running Windows98 (new second edition) on my computer for six years and over that time I am sure I've accumulated excess baggage in the form of dlls and registry entries that were planted for any number of internet...
December 25th 04 04:40 PM
by dadiOH Go to last post
2 1,093
Win98 doesn't use all available RAM by Ray K
I have 768MB RAM (as two 364MB modules) on my Asus A7V-E mobo (800 MHz Duron). The BIOS recognizes it all, and Control Panel/System Properties/Performance shows 768.0 MB, so Windows also recognizes it. (Fat 32) On that same tab, the Virtual Memory "Let me specify" settings a Hard disk:...
December 24th 04 10:42 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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System Configuration Utility Questions by Tom Duprex
I am running on Windows 98 second edition. I am not experiencing any problems. I just discovered that in my System Configuration Utility (Run Msconfig) that on the General Tab the radio button for Selective Startup was set. I don't know or remember how, when, or for what reason that was done. I...
December 24th 04 02:18 PM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
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How to remove start up message box? by George
I am running Windows Me, but this also occurred with W98 before I upgraded. I was given an older second hand laptop (1999 vintage NEC Versa) - It must have originally been owned by a company who put in a custom warning screen, although no company name comes up. The message box appears...
December 24th 04 06:43 AM
by George Go to last post
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IRQ Timeout Error Message by zimmer
Just writing zero's to hard drive as in the past and during the process received that message. Does anyone know what it means? Thanks, Don
December 23rd 04 12:44 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Boot display by [email protected]
What is the significance of the following line appearing during my laptop boot, first one line, then a day or two later two identical lines in succession? c:\set tvdumpflags=10 Jim L --
December 23rd 04 12:40 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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New hardware found by YubaG
Everytime I boot up my computer windows detects new other device hardware. If I alow it to install it messes with other programs like it is tying up a resource like a com port. Therefore everytime I boot up I have to cancel the new hardware installation for all my other programs to work. It is...
December 22nd 04 02:02 AM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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