Three times in a row, Win98 fails to instal by switching off the PC at the first reboot ("Restarting your computer," #3 of 5 in the top left list, I think.) The error message was on screen for only an eyeblink but appeared to say "Error loading ATMSYS.DRV" (which is indeed a real file on my other...

My computer got hit with spies. When I was deleting some temporary files, I accidently deleted some important ones. I reloaded Windows 98 and I'm getting a runner error. It says Invalid BackWeb application and lists an ID #. Can someone tell me what this means? Thanks very much.

I just reformatted my computer and re-installed windows98. however the usb ports dont work. i tried installing them using "add/remove device" but that didn't work either. how do i make them work

When booting the computer, I always get a message "Update Complete....continuing to load windows". There has not been any software installed or updated. I ran McAfee virus scan and cleaned the computer. I ran SpyBot and I have cleaned everything. There was alot of spyware on the computer and I...

Hi, i am sudhi from bangalore i am finding problem while installing fresh copy of Win98 on my machine. i have changed the HDD and also Changed the RAM. even then it is not installing win98 on the machine why? it will copy the 98files, after that it will reboot. After rebooting while registering...

MS KB # 312108 offers the MS unofficial hotfix for a divide-by-zero error when installing Win98 to CPUs faster than 2.1 GHz. The error occurs in the Network Driver Interface Specification driver. The hotfix must be requested by voice to MS at 1 866 727 23389 (extra digit optional: 2338 is French...

A few years ago I bought a used IBM Thinkpad. It has W98 and several other programs, like Office, that I want to retain. I want to upgrade to W98se so that I can use a wireless card with the system. I recently bought a W98se disc labelled 'for distribu- tion with a new PC only". What, if any, is...

I updated my windows 98SE last weekend after I received a critical update notice from Microsoft. This was one of the latest patches to prevent hackers from getting into the system. I downloaded the upgrade, but when the system restarted, I got the follwing message : An Exceptin 06 has occurered...

Is there a log somewhere that records installed software details, dates etc. For instance, if a user has downloaded and installed a Tetris game or similar. Ideally a list of changes and when they occurred would be useful. TIA Phil

Whenever computer is booted, a window comes up for Microsoft Interactive CD Sampler ... asks for Win98 CD to be inserted. Options given: OK or CANCEL. I tried inserting my Win98 CD and if memory serves me correctly, it only gave me information on 'purchasing' the sampler. I do not wish to have...

I have encounterd a very strange error while trying to install 98 on the system on one of my friends machine. i am trying to install windows on a brand new HD that has been partioned and formatted. when we move on to the install the system will randomly freeze. this happens at different stages...

I have a small C drive, but a large D drive, can I set the temp folder, or just the system, to use the D drive for extractions, and setups etc...?

Hi, I was updating a machine from Windows 95 to Windows 98. I did the simple delete and recreate a FAT32 partition, then install Win98. After it did its first reboot I got an error message stating that vmm32.vxs is either missing or it cannot load. My only option after that is to reboot the...

Can anyone help, after having difficulty installing some Norton software, I have been told that I have missing /corrupt Mircosoft Installer files. Can anyone tell me how I access/install these files? Thank you

Having a bit of a problem when booting for the first time after reinstallation of win98 se - when I boot, it goes to the win98, loading windows for the first time screen, and doesnt lock, just stops working, so I press ESC and a message is there that says, Config.sys too large for memory, remove...

I have an HP that came with it's own recovery disk. Original Windows is 98...then I installed 98 update...then ME. I was having problems so decided to re-install the original software without formatting the C drive. It gives you the option of formatting or not to save files. After re-installing...

my computer crashed-trying to restart from boot disk-get error message that file windows\command missing any advice

i, am having troubles with msn messenger ver 6.2 since i install it i cannot get audio with netmeet or webcam also now i cant shut down my computer as i ticked something i should have ,,,,,,thankyou

Dear All, I have the following problem and I was wondering If someone can help me. When I install windows 98 in my machine which is a P4 3.2Ghz with 3 CDRoms and 2 HDD (80Gb and 120GB the second one in two particions 20MB and 100MB)LAN and sound on board (MSI motherboard) when the installation...

I have a computer that's getting fatal exception errors, occasional freezes during boot, an autoreboot on occasion; all after I fdisked and reinstalled 98, with all updates and current McAfee virus definition files. I checked the harddrive surface with scandisk, updated the BIOS and now I'm...