I just bought a cheap optical mouse that didn't come with a driver. When I plugged it into the USB port, Windows installed a "HID-compliant mouse" driver, dated 4-23-1999. I don't like this driver. I can't figure out how to set the tracking speed of the pointer, and it is much too slow for my...

When is combine and decode used and why is it not available for me. TIA, for all help and I know this is probably a really easy answer but it will be news to me. smile

I'm temping at an office at a Windows 98 computer, which is why I don't know the answer to this question -- as basic as it is. I want to be able to view a file tree, like the old Windows Explorer, but I can't find the option anywhere. It's a simple click of a button on XP, but seems well hidden...

Hello,my mother uses wordpad mainly but has been unable to open any documents or enter wordpad at all.when trying to enter wordpad all that comes up is that wordpad has performed an illegal function and has to close.I would appreciate any help as to repair wordpad.she has windows 98 SE thanks Dave

How can I setup users in Win98 similar to WinXP? I have a win98 system and want to set it up so that I can have my own access via a password and give someone their own access to their own space with a password but not give them access to my stuff. Thanks

I replaced my slower CD rOm with a 56x drive recently. Now my PC is VERY slow to boot up. I know it has something to do with the new drvie because when I take the IDE cable off, it boots normally. I have it set as the secondary slave to my CD burner which is set to secondary master--this is the...

I have the suspicion that this problem has been dealt with many times over. I experience repeated failures in EXPLORER.EXE most often when I use Windows Explorer, when I context (right) click on icons on the desktop and especially if I dare look at the properties of a file (object). The problem...

Guess the windows me defrag is a faster product then whats on windows 98se ? If so, where can i get it ? TIA Gimpy

All was well early this morning but just fired this thing back up a short while ago and screen went black and comp shut itself down. Restarted and got the Safe Mode screen with the options and a warning that 98 failed to finish loading. Played a couple of *very large* games of solitaire and tried...

This one is a real doozie! When I first start Windows (Windows 98SE) I get a little gray box that says ".dll file missing". Nothing else, just that.....have no clue which .dll file is missing. My system seems to be running just fine but I'm not sure why this keeps popping up when I turn on my...

I have Radio@Netscape installed as a choice install with Netscape 7.2 but it can also be installed independently regardless of ones browser. http://radio.netscape.com/radio/radiosell2.html Ok now here's what happens: First off I have IE6 set to alert me when a script tries to access an ActiveX...

One of our employees has obtained a used Win98 SE laptop. It has a built in DVD player but does not have any software installed to play DVD's. It does have WIndows media player but I'm not sure what version and if you pop a DVD in the drive, nothing authomatically opens up to start playing it. If...

Hi all, I am full of questions tonight. I got given a FlashDrive; How do I get the option of using it attached to my right-click menu.? (I know about send-to as I have swags of stuff and options on my send-to, but I dont know how to get my flashdrive option there) For xample....... I go...

need some help. i probably went about doing this all wrong but here's what i did: upgraded to Xp. learned that the upgrade option did not convert to ntfs. uninstalled xp (stupid). i tried to reinstall xp using the "new install" feature. tried to delete the existing partition and got an...

wanted to upgraded 98 to xp. install did not convet to ntfs. i unistalled xp (stupid) then tried to reinstall it using the new install method. could not delete the existing partition because set up files already exist on that partition. i tried to install using the recommended "upgrade" method....

ok.....please bear with me.frustrated here..came home from work, shut down wife's pc to remove an un-needed 2nd hard drive and swap her cd-rw for a dvd-rw. I was, and still am, wearing an anti-static strap. Since I had the case open, I checked to make sure all cables were good. Restarted, NO...

I have a clone with the next characteristics: Board AT SIS 5595 , Pentium III of 366MHZ New HD of 30GB, 64MB of SDRAM, AMIBIOS System v.1.2.0 and I bought the PC at 1998. I made a new and unique primary and active partition of the total HD as FAT32 through FDISK. Then I formatted the HD and...

Today I deinstalled the test version of a program (True Image) and installed the purchased version. Weird side-effect; the Protected Recycle Bin has lost its distinctive icon. You can't change the icon in the usual way in Properties after right-clicking on it, so I can't, AFAIK, undefault the...

Has anyone ever figured out why 98SE hangs when trying to restart from DOS? Typing win or exit, the machine just sits there locked up. -- John - Old age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.

I have a question about something I never saw before in the Misconfig. Under the tab, 2 items are checked. I think I have seen the first one but not the second. The first Checked one is: @ECHO OFF and the second one I never saw before is down the page a bit and checked: Set tvdumpflags=10. What...