When using Office (97), how can I get the "Save As" dialog box to default to either "Desktop" or, better yet, the last saved location, rather than "My Documents"?

About a week or 2 ago, I enquired about recommended specs for a new system. Several responses were made and I recall mentioning an MDG ad for an Intel Pentium 4, 3 GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 533MHZ FSB with XP Pro MCE *512MB DDR Memory with free upgrade to GB, *120GB Western Digital HDD with free upgrade...

I want to get a faster cpu, which is going to mean a new mobo. I understand that all current cpus are win98SE compatible (albeit dual core ones would only use one thread), however it seems not all mobos include Win98 drivers anymore. Is there anywhere I can find a list of which boards or...

Reoccurring and intermittent problem related to "a fatal OE has occurred at 0028:C02817E8 in VxD VMM(06)+000047E8" on an 8 Gig 466 MHz Celeron HP with Win 98SE current with all updates including for Avast, AdAware and Spybot. What happens to the existing files and installed software if I were...

I have a Dell running W98 with MP9. I'd like to record something on a cassette tape on the hard drive (using MP9(??). I connect the headphone jack to the microphone jack on my sound card. I can hear the recording through the speakers but nothing is being recorded on/with MP9. Should I be using MP9?...

no matter how I resize the taskbar ( could be one line or more) the icons normally to the left of the clock ( volume etc.) stay below the clock. So if I have the taskbar set at one line on the bottom of the desktop I can't see the volume icon until I raise the taskbar up so it is 2 lines tall. Any...

PLEASE READ MY PREVIOUS POST AGAIN! PART OF MY PROBLEM MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO VIEW OR REPLY TO POST. tHAT IS WHY I ASKED FOR ANY HELP TO BE EMAILED TO ME!

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"Peabody" wrote in message news:3WIpf.31497$Mi5.16424@dukeread07... I use a simple boot diskette which includes the two system files and a few DOS utilities like Fdisk, Format, etc. I also use a floppy to run Diskedit and sometimes Ghost. It would be convenient...

I recently read about and installed the Firewire supplement available he http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/1394/Default.asp After checking the driver versions, it appeared they had been updated, but the "Safe Removal" utility icon doesn't appear in...

Is ther anywhere I can download this file or have someone E-mail it to me? I have tried everything to extract it and create a stert up disk to fix it I need this file to view my desktop as a web page. P.S. I dont have a disk with windos on it

Hi all... W98 (not se) Old Compaq Deskpro 4000 My monitor died unexpectedly, so I connected an old old 15 incher crt hoping I could use that to at least copy out info. Problem is the settings are wrong so I can't read anything...weird scanning. I can't remember how to get to Safe Mode on this...

Long time no see, Tevi! I take it you haven't used Win98 in a while, as the ability to remove the shortcut arrow was broken by the update mentioned in this article, which was released some time ago: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Shell Could Lead to Code...

I'd like to buy a Kingston 512 MB USB Flash Memory Stick. In its features, it says it is for USB 2.0. I have an older computer and it has USB 1.1. Does that memory stick work on my computer, though slower?

what is this for "wsloader"? It shows up in the task menu but I can't find out what is is when I do the usal web search on it.

While attempting to use my Dell DESKtop to format a DVD in my new DVD-RW drive for use with the drag-to-disk application, I received the following error, "WARNING: The application cannot detect an external power source connected to your computer. If your computer is running on battery power,...

Hi, Sometimes when using IE it freezes. I do a CTRL-ALT-DEL and 'End Task' for somethinmg called 'STATIC' that appears on my task list. That does the trcik. Any ideas as to how to stop this happening? Is it a virus? Thanks.

Back in September there were some postings about what looked to be IE add-in which kept starting up and appearing at the bottom of the screen, then sucking memory and slowing the whole show down. (I think the poster was "Strongest"). If I don't Ctrl-Alt-Del and close STATIC then eventually...

Is there a program available that will display, in real time, the amount of RAM (in MB) in use? It would be handy if the displayed amount appeared in the System Tray and was active all of the time. Paul

I may be in the wrong topics forum for this question. While cleaning up a friend's Compaq Presario 5070, I wrote a note using notepad; the keyboard letters worked fine but the special characters did not. ie: left square bracket gave me a double circumflex accent instead ( [ = ^^ ); acute accent...