Last night I went to help one of our senior members install a ADSL connection. Prior to that I installed a Mercury 10/100 Bbps Fast Ethernet PCI Card into the computer which is running windows 98 SE. I checked in Device Manager and the card is there and there are no conflicts showing. I then...

For some reason, my win98se system font seems to be forced into italics. It seems to be at a basic system level. For example, when I use google the search window I enter into is in italics. Some message and chat programs show italics. When I use outlook express the message font is italics, and...

Hi, i have formatted my hard drive and i want to install windows 98. I do have a boot disk from bootdisk.com, when i insert the disk and get prompted with 3 choices: i cant remember all of them, but one of them is to uyse cd-rom support, which i want to do. Once i click that, the computer reads...

When I am trying to install a download from Norton's update, my computer tells me that the oleacc.dll file is missing. Where do I find the file and to what location do I download it? I'm pretty dumb about computers so please be very remedial with me. Thank you for any info you can provide.

Hi, I am looking for a way to see how much total memory is used (or free) in detail, not by percent or rounded to the nearest MB. In Dos, I used the "MEM" command, but it isn't reliable for Windows . I couldn't find out via "System Information". Do you know a method? Thanks in advance, ...

After about 20 mins. I receive a message that says I have been idle for 20 mins. and asks if I want to stay connected to my server. How do I adjust this to a specific time that is longer than 20 mins. I would like to set an idle time that keeps me connected longer than 20 mins. How do I do this?

My daughter is using an IBM computer using Windows 98 SE. When the computer is showing the desktop and not being used, the screensaver will not operate, but if she has any program opened the screensaver will then activate. And thoughts please? --

Weird DNS issue. Friend screwed up their box somehow. Here's the scoop: Can hookup on any dialup connection we try, no problem. Cannot resolve any domain names with any of these connections. Winipcfg shows the current / correct IP info including two DNS severs. Can ping IP addresses all day. IP...

I run W98SE, my defrag has stopped working, it gets to the checking drive for errors 0% and no more, but the hard drive is making a lot of noise.......SO how do I fix it Please..........."I know that I can defrag in safe mode which I did and it worked ok" regards Mike

How can I embed ASCII control characters in a text file? I can use Notepad, Word Pad, Works, or Word.

Hi I am unable to connect with my dial up connection through outlook express when I open express. I keep getting a Cannot connect to server error or line is busy..but If I go to the dial up connection folder and double click the connection I can connect and only then can i send and receive mail. I...

Hi. I use Win98SE. Tonight I wanted to play a CD on my computer and must have created a file association that I now want to get rid of. The symbol I double-clicked on in My Computer/ to play the CD looks like a clapper board and is described as an 'X32 File'. I associated it with something...

How do I set the idle time that right now disconnects me from my server after 20 mins. ?

Hello all, Getting blue screens at work - only affects Windows 98 systems, have not received these under Windows XP. Usually occurs when running a module from Office XP, or when running our database program. Fatal Exception 0E at 0167:BFF72885 Fatal Exception 0D at 17DF:00000081 Any clues?

My brother, (who had a new MSI Kt6v mobo a few weeks ago), 'phoned to say that he plugged his little Olympus C150 into a USB port - XP Pro detected it - several little balloons popped out from his system tray in quick succession, (i guess xp was detecting and setting up a "mass storage device" and...

After about 20 mins. I receive a message that says I have been idle for 20 mins. and asks if I want to stay connected to my server. How do I adjust this to a specific time that is longer than 20 mins. I would like to set an idle time that keeps me connected longer than 20 mins. How do I do this?

When I get round to formating my hard drive on my windows 98SE system I will have saved and backed up all the important documents, favourites and messages. Will I again have to download all the critical updates since 1999 or can these be backed up as well. Bob This is the place for spooky...

I am having a problem with emm286.exe. I get the error "unable to set page frame base address" Can anyone help me find a resolution to this problem. I have to have it in order to have a program work properly. Thanks

My HP9500 series CD Writer quit writing CDs. Just hangs up during test phase. Uninstalled the software and tried to remove the device, but my computer just locks up and I have to shut down the process of removing. Is there any way to remove the device other than device manager? Pat

How can I embed ASCII control characters into a Text File. I have Notepad, Wordpad, works, or Word. I need to do this to control an label printers functions.