I am using a Compaq Armada 1700 laptop which runs Windows 98 Second Edition. The last time I used this computer to connect to the Internet was some 2-3 months ago. Just last night I attempted to get on the Internet with it, but I was unable too. My network PCMCIA card works, but cant connect. I...

I just installed and activated MS Office XP on my Windows 98 SE machine. It has created all sorts of problems. Slow, sometimes not booting, Lexmark printer software crashing, etc. So bad I'm considering de-installing it. (1) Do you think adding more memory would help? (it has 128mb now, I could...

I can not install any new programs off of a CD. I get the error: The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. This is a Win98 stand alone computer. There is no poledit.exe program on the computer.

I have Windows 98 and somehow lost my DVD player. I have Windows 98 but am unable to find it on my CD. Also, I got an error message that says since I have a newer version (updates) than the CD the CD has been disabled. When I try to play a DVD it says, "This file does not have a program...

Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a friend. Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd, set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a missing operating system error, and bios does not recognise it... Please help?

Hmmm, My Clock is not in the task bar, and I am using Win 98se. Anyone?

Hi; I am running windows 98 SE and all of a sudden I keep getting this error message from wtoolsa "this program has performed an illegal operation and will shut down". It is persistant. Is there a link where I can d/l this portion of windows and reload it? In an effort to stop it I deleted the...

Hi, I have installed some applications that require settings be made in the autoexec.bat file. I have made the necessary entries, but the autoexec.bat file doesn't seem to be read when booting up. ie: From a DOS prompt I should be able to invoke various applications that have been referred to in...

I moved my data to a 2nd drive in my computer. I removed a memory module from my computer that appears to be bad. This left 2 other modules in the computer, in the appropriate slot. When I went to rebuild my computer with win98 scandisk ran. It stated it found problems and was...

I have used windows98 as my OS for some time. Recently I have installed windows XP in my system as second OS (dual boot), but due to some problem my system frequently restarts, so I formatted both the operating systems and reinstalled windows98. But during installation, at system check process...

Hi, I have an unused HP Pavilion with the fallowing specs: # Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz, 2000MT/s System Bus) # Memory: 2048MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1GB) (expandable to 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) (64-bit OS)/ 4 GB (4 x 1 GB) (32-bit OS)) # Hard Drive:320GB 7200RPM SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)...

Trying to install MP9 on Win98SE. It downloads from the MS website, installs, then comes up with the message: Error Starting program "The SETUP_WM.EXE file is linked to missing export ADVAPI32.dll:InitiateSystemShutdownExW." I don't understand the message: The dll is in windows/system (dated...

Hello to everybody! How can I put a command result in a variable? For example: set x={output of the command hostname} Does sombody know how to do this on win98?

at some point, I lost lost the ability to use notepad and wordpad. this makes it difficult to read some important information, does anybody know where I can get a copy of it? I don't have an actual Windows disk, just some sort of restore thing. thanks in advance Greg

Dear all, I have a probelm with my windows 98se operating system.Mine is a compaq 1200 series presario and I have winodws 98se installed into it.I need to install a new antivirus software which I don't have one,But the latest version of antivirus software is not compatible with the Windows 98.I...

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...

I hope this is the right newsgroup I can't seem to remove McAfee, They have not helped me in the past with reinstalling what ever might be missing so I bought a NORTON and want to install it. I have been told to make sure McAfee is out of my system completely, but it won't let me. I have done...

All of a sudden, after I go online, I have been subjected having my computer freeze when I go onto a program. When I activate the CTRL + ALT + DELETE, the answer that I get is that WINDSERVN is not working. How do I overcome this situation and what is windservn? When I reboot, sometimes I can...

I'm running 98SE and Zone Alarm. After installing new 98SE patches and a new Zone Alarm, I keep getting message boxes saying the program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. It says there is a page fault in vsdat.dll when called by vsmon.exe and zlclient.exe, which are...

I want to set Front Page Express as my default HTML editor but when I go to Internet Options, Programs, all the HTML Editor drop down list has are Notepad and Microsoft Frontpage Editor. Can someone tell me how I can get it to show Frontpage Express or how to set the default HTML editor to...