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Upgrading Windows 98 to Windows 98SE by Roy Collins
I was told that I could download the upgrade from Microsoft, however, I can't seem to find it. My reason for this upgrade is so that I can use a newly purchased JumpDrive 2.0 Pro. Any help will welcome Thanks in advance
June 22nd 04 04:53 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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WIN98SE SE SE SE SE sheeeesh by jeff
I've lurked this group for a very short while, and tonight I had a look around for 30mins. I notice one thing that is as common as humans on the outside of this rock that floats in space, and it is the sheer amount of posters asking how to upgrade 98 to 98se. Is there some sort of diamond at the...
August 24th 04 10:22 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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having to run in Safemode by Tim
I am running Windows 98 on a laptop (IBM Thinkpad 380 ED). When I start up my computer, it is telling me: "Windows did not finish loading on first attempt" and then i have to startup in "safemode". I can not figure out why this is happening. Also, my D: drive is not being recognized. Can anyone...
August 27th 04 02:05 PM
by sue watters Go to last post
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proplem opening jpeg file by John Fodor
Yesterday I could open up all my photo JPG icons. Today the JPG icons on all photos stored in "My Documents" suddenly changed from regular icon to the Microsoft "flag," and now I can not open any of these files. When I double click on the icon I get the following message: "this file does not have...
August 27th 04 05:25 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Tapisrv by Laura
I frequently get the window - Tapisrv has performed an illegal operation, etc. etc. I was able to find the program - start, find, file - but I cannot open it and I don't want to delete until I know what it is. Hope someone can help me.
September 5th 04 03:51 PM
by glee Go to last post
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Can't open IE by Bill Merrill
Yikes! I've tried everything I know, and still can't get Internet Explorer to run. I *can* open a jpeg which displays under IE; it just won't connect with the Internet. The Problem: When I try to open Internet Explorer 6.0 under Windows 98, I get this error message for Explorer: This program has...
October 4th 04 01:20 AM
by glee Go to last post
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CD Burner by graeme@invalid
Ralph Ragsdale wrote: The CD Writers in the store, e.g., Memorex and Sony, won't work with W98 1st Ed, which I have on this computer. How can I obtain an external CD Writer that will work? The software in the Memorex box was by Nora. I have sent them an E-Mail with this same question, and...
October 9th 04 07:14 AM
by Steve Hayes Go to last post
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can't open windows/explorer.exe error NEXT?? by jojo
Hi, I had the problem that when I booted the computer I had a page fault explore.exe error and only got the blue screen. Same in safe mode. I restored an old registry file, and now explorer launches, but there is a new problem When I click the start button nothing happens.
October 14th 04 07:42 PM
by glee Go to last post
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Improve on NAV2004? by Jim
I have just installed Norton AntiVirus 2004 on my ageing Windows 98 system (64Kb RAM, PII 266MHz). It has slowed down dramatically compared with the Norton AntiVirus 2000 I had on previously. Can anyone recommend a reasonable antivirus that will not slow down my old system too much? Would I be...
November 3rd 04 04:11 AM
by Marc Romero Go to last post
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Ron and others by jeff
1)What exactly are 'cab files'? 2)I unfortunately had to accept having 98 on my computer after huge crash, how can I turn it into 98se? again, tia. jeff I'm just trying to learn, and being down under(oz) things are slower here.
August 22nd 04 05:30 PM
by Andrew H. Carter Go to last post
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Defrag problem by Jeff
My Defrag will not run, it gets to 1% and restarts consistantly. Tells me that one or more programs are keeping it from completing. I check my close program screen and close everything but Explorer and stil cannot get it to run.. Advice Please???? Jeff )
August 16th 04 05:15 PM
by Andrew H. Carter Go to last post
6 1,278
microsoft games by simon
Hi I am having 2 problems with games,firstly, solitaire performs an illegall operation & will be shutdown, & I have got microsoft games impossible creaturesII, just installed, when I try to start it I get a message that says A required .DLL file MSVCR70.DLL, Was not found. PC is celeronII 133mhz,...
June 22nd 04 01:52 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Zip disc by jojo
I backed up my files and pictures on a zip disc. The only thing I can retrieve now are the pictures. I get a message "not valid Win32 application." I have no idea what this means and I can't find any references to it. Any suggestions??? Thanks!
June 28th 04 09:18 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
6 1,147
MSCONFIG by Bernie P.
Scan Registry, IST Service, Welcome, AolAcsDaemon1 and America Online 9.0 Tray Icon are files shown to be active on the Startup tab on Msconfig Utility. By their name, most can be thought of what they may be about, but I haven't the slightest idea of what IST Service is or what its purpose...
July 6th 04 01:09 PM
by Bernie P. Go to last post
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windows 98 second edition by pikh
hello, if i have windows 98 on my computer, is there a site i can go to in order to download windows 98, second edition for free? thanks.
July 8th 04 04:46 PM
by CLARE Go to last post
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cannot run scandisc or defrag by suzy
it goes to 2% and then starts over...in both scandisc and defrag.....when I first start pc I get a window that says....missing....stms.exe.....both of these probelms occured around the same time frame....get that missing 'stms.exe' everytime I sign on.....help!!!!! and thank you........
July 17th 04 12:08 AM
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what is file: "ptsnoop"?? by allyson
this is present in my startup, and sounds quite odd--what is this application and what does it do?? thanks, allyson
6 1,584
Where's my WORD gone? by Sarah Bellum
I have happily used Win98 for years now and suddenly today whilst online my comp started to download something (well noises went ape,) and now I have completely lost WORD (Office) I cannot reinstall it as I have not got a disc with it seperate from the manufacturers one which installed everything...
July 26th 04 11:56 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
6 1,222
Creating PDF documents by L. Drucker
I have WIN98SE and Word 2000 (not Office, just Word). How can I create PDF documents from my Word documents? Thanks.
July 28th 04 09:13 PM
by Anthony Buckland Go to last post
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mcafee quickclean by seth
I accidentally deleted an important file using quickclean. As a result when windows loads, I only get my background, then I get a windows explorer page fault. Does anybody know how I can go into dos and restore to before my accident. I have twice tried to reinstall windows 98 and I get the same...
December 12th 04 10:13 PM
by seth Go to last post
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