I know that there is quite a bit of stuff on the net about this, but here's my experience so far (and a few questions). Motherboard in question is Gigabyte 8KNXP: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=1630 This motherboard was introduced in 2003 and is...

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A friend with Win 98 keeps getting Safe Mode and can't seem to get out of it, or get rid of it. Any suggestions?

I was experimenting with a piece of software which was going to organize my computer startup on Win98SE but actually wipes out everything in MS Config Startup. How can I replace the essential items (rundll.32, load power profile etc) plus my AVG Free, Microsoft Intellimouse settings in MS Config...

Hi, I am running out of ideas, have trawled thru microsoft troubleshooting issues. After resuming from Stanby mode I get an Explorer caused a general protection fault in module USER.EXE at 000f:0000610 register EAX = etc etc. A variant error message is MSGSRV32 caused a general proection...

A guy in tech support has told me that you only get one shot at installing a USB device in Win98 SE. If Windows doesn't find the expected driver at that time, it will never accept the driver and Windows itself will need to be reinstalled before another try can be made. Is this true? I have a...

I access this server via Outlook Express. I searched for a hardware dg but couldn't find one. Is there a ms dg that dedicated to hardware problems, such as with a power supply? I knew there are--or were-- groups for hard disks, display, and such. -- { : =( DaffyD® If I knew where I was I'd be...

Ron, that fiddle relating to putting a jpg/bmp in the device mngr was a ripper. Any more 'outstanders' that have similar be-dazzle-ment out there? Anyone else? Is Rons the best fiddle yet? Ian H

On my Win98 system with Outlook Express 6, I restored a 2-month old drive image to a new hard drive. I copied today's OE Inbox and other OE folders to the hard drive. I'm trying to bring my OE up to day. When I copy and paste the Inbox and other new email folders to...

I have a Windows98SE machine with two 20 gig hard drives -- "C" as master and "D" as slave. I have recently used Karen's replicator (http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp) to make their contents identical in order to protect me in the event of a drive failure. My question is: If my...

I can connect to the internet but I cannot open any internet software, i.e. Firefox, IE, or e-mail. When I try to open these applications they simlply fail to launch, despite showing in the list of processes currently running by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del. Eventually the machine crashes with a BSOD. Any...

My dad has an old computer running Win 98SE. He doesn't want to replace it and I'd like to be sure he has all the latest/final updates. Where can he go to download any service packs or patches that were available at the time Windows 98 became unsupported?

To reduce the loading time, I want to remove registry items that are totally unneccesary, like numerous file extensions in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT that are used by software packages I haven't and will never install. There are also several keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software that I can do...

It's a known fact that over 93.7% of computers that are over 30 days old are infected with spyware and adware. Such software is rarely accompanied by an uninstall utility and even when it is it almost always leaves broken Windows Registry errors behind it. Even if you bought a spyware remover tool...

I have Win98 SE installed as the primary master on the C drive. I have a new second drive which is the primary slave on the D drive. If I install Win98 SE onto the D drive, and then jumper both drives so that their positions are reversed (the new disk becomes the new C drive while the older disk...

Hi thread followers, Got rid of the u-beaut microsoft keyboard mouse combo 6000, as didn't suit win98SE (thank you gurus) Swappped for an el-cheapo combo - 'Cobalt multimedia keyboard and wireless optical mouse' (couldn't find any info on this chinese model ANYWHERE) with enough change to buy a...

I have Win98SE on a small partition which I use only occasionally for games and other software that I can`t/don`t want to run on XP. Whenever I start Win98SE, it finds hardware for which I only have XP drivers and which I will never use in that partition, anyway. Is is possible to prevent...

I have a HP pavillion 8676C computer with win 98se. For quite a while now, during boot up, the cursor locks up in the center of the screen. The cursor will not move with the mouse or the arrows. The only remedy so far is to press and hold the start button untill the computer shuts down, then...

A friend of mine loaded a game on floppy into his computer, and when asked if he wanted to run it in DOS mode, clicked "Yes". When he next booted up the computer, he had forgotten to remove the floppy from A drive and now it keeps booting to the game. He has tried quitting the game and has...

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