Is Acronis true image home edition, backup software , that much better than the backup software that comes with the 1 TB Western Digital (My Book) home edition ($300), that it is worth another $50. http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/ This would be for a Dell XPS T450...

I'm trying to interconnect my desktop machine which is wired to a D-Link G604T Wireless Modem / Router, and a D-Link DWL-G630 Wireless CardBus Adapter in my Windows 98SE Tecra 8000 Laptop. The Tecra is unlikely to be able to support Win 2000, or better. The Tecra has successfully installed the...

I was amused by my us-cert email this morning about how Apple has patched numerous vulnerabilities on their operating system. So much for the argument that you always hear from Walt Mossberg's column in the Wall Street Journal about how great Apples are and how Walt thinks they are so superior...

On the system in question (win-98se, fully patched/updated - to the extent that it can be) IE was well behaved. I was away for a few days and a relative stayed at my house and was using the computer. At some point IE got screwed up. So right now when IE is launched, no IE window is created or...

I have Win98 loaded onto my current PC and need to transfer my files to my new PC which has Vista. My PC does not recognize a USB flash drive to save my old files, photos, etc...so how can I get all of my old files transferred?? Please help!!!! Thanks so much!!!

Hmm, seems Microsoft may not be content with the present DRM technology, seems intent on extending device control. Whatcha tink??? http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/06/13/microsoft-sets-up-digital-manners-police -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

I have an old computer with windows 98 loaded on it. I would like to clean off the entire hard drive, but then reload Windows 98 back on it. I have a cd with "Windows 98 Upgrade" on it. Will that load okay without anything else? In other words, after I have completely cleaned off the hard...

Hi, I would like to upgrade a old PC from win95 to win98 in our company, but I've several question and hope someone can help: 1. do win98 install CD have upgrade function that can upgrade from win95 to win98 ? 2. if yes, so I upgraded from win95 to win98, wil the data stored in win95 can be...

Hope this isn't OT, but where in the registry to I find the value that enables the popup window to set IE as the default browser if another browser has been installed? I think it's HLCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Internet Settings, the Default string. Is this right? If so, what...

Please do not spam the Microsoft newsgroups.

Is a eSATA 7pin cable (up to 3Gbps), the same thing as a eSATA II cable, 3Gbps? , for backing up data to a external hard drive? Thanks, Ginny

I copied many pages of a PDF. file at it says it saves it in my clipboard. I noticed that even after I close the file it still stays in the clipboard at uses up memory. Why does this happen, and how can I clear it manually? Sol

How do you create a tiny url, please.

Brian Livingston at Windows Secrets wrote: We usually skip publication on any 5th Thursdays that come around (such as May 29), but serious problems involving Service Pack 3 for Windows XP have made us work overtime to bring you today's special report. http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080529

What's going to happen to Win98 users when Microsoft no longer supports Win98 after this June!? What exactly will it mean to casual users like me? Are we going to be abandoned? I have Win98 on a PII machine, and it continues to run beautifully for my high speed Internet and multimedia work. To me...

From http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/06/20/towards-9- 51?startidx=200 Originally posted by = illiad: well first I would say... WHY are you using ME when XP (inc. SP2!) is available for £50???? Maybe not everyone can afford it, if you live in UK or USA...you can make those £50 in a...

Opera 9.5 for Win 98 gives a startup message saying you need a me version of msimg32.dll. ...

This question does not belong here but I don't know where yes and I am sure one here knows the answer. I am listing to the a archived video from c-span. when I try to fast forward it I can't hear sound. Sol

Using w98se, I have 8 folders of printers, ports and files with some duplicates, which relate to none existent printers. How can I delete these? TIA

PCR wrote: I've had to move my reply up-- you didn't go high enough! Rick Chauvin wrote: "Bill in Co." wrote in message When you install something big (or even a normal program), a new