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I restored my original settings that included win 95, and tried to use my upgrade disk for win 98. I keep getting the message: powrprof.dll cannot start . Initialization routine failed. What do I do now? discard the discard in the email address to reply Thanks

A friend of mine gave me his old computer with Win 95 on it. I have a CD marked Windows 98 (a copy), but I don't know if it is a full version, OEM, or upgrade, as my computer says it can't load because I need the upgrade. I wouldn't mind if I uninstall Win 95 (Lose everything) and install Win 98....

windows was playing up so i created start up disk and formated c drive, when i try to reinstall win 98se from my oem cd, during setup i get to 19% then error#65 you have interrupted set up. cd is clean scratch free. any ideas?

Hello, I own a IBM Thinkpad 600e and I am having severe problems booting up the machine on Windows 98. Everytime I attempt to start-up ot displays the following message: 'Error Message: While Initializing Device VKD -- Windows Protection Error -- You Need to Restart Your Computer'. Even in safe it...

After I downloaded Netscape Navigator from an ISP disk my windows froze on the Win98 screen during the restart. I went into safe mode and deinstalled the Navigator and then did a restart. Same problem. Win98 froze on the flag with win98 page. Then I did all the suggested troubleshooting...

I didn't make a start up disk before wiping out Win95 clean. My boot disks for IBM laptop Win 98, and Dell Dimension 8100 Win ME won't work. Will ANY W95 startup disk have correct CD driver for my Optiplex or must I get CD driver from CD ROM manufacturer?

I ran the Emergency Recovery Disk on Compaq laptop and somehow lost operating system since I'm receiving error "Operating System Not Found". Talked to Compaq and they don't provide the quick restore disk any longer - any ideas on how to obtain one? TIA gor000

Does anyone know what files determine the key mapping of a keyboard? I and some others have a problem with the dual stroke French characters. It does not matter what keyboard is used, but something seems to alter the key mapping in the French language. I suspect corrupted key mapping files....but...

Lighting struck my neighbors tree and it has messed up my machine. I have reinstalled windows over the top of itself by booting right off the cd. Now I have some programs that need to be reinstalled and some that don't. What I'm wondering is if there's anything I can do to "restore" all my programs...

I have what I believe is a retail upgrade disk for 98 to 98se. However, the OS is not recognizing/reporting that the current os is second edition. some of my programs will not run without the SE version. Anyone seen this before? any easy fixes? thanks

A friend of mine has Win 98, but cannot get the CD to autorun. What does she need to do to make it run when a disk is inserted? TIA

How to install windows 98 on a 48MB flash disk

I am trying to load Windows 98 SE onto a formatted hard drive. The computer worked fine before I formatted it. When I try to reinstall Windows from the CD the computer runs ScanDisk and the says; please remove all disks from the floppy drive and press any key to restart your computer. (or...

I'm trying to sort out a problem for a friend. They have a mature installation of W98se on a laptop which works well except that suddenly about 10 days ago it started acting slightly oddly. Various things work when approached one way, but not another eg a Word document will open from within Word,...

After Installing Windows 98 I get the following message: "fatal exception 0E has occured at xxxxxx in VXD VWIN32(5) +00003554" Thanks for your help please, Marc

please tell me how to finish installing windows if you no longer have the product key, I can find my cd case and have to reinstall windows.

My boot floppy disk will not run my cd rom to re-install windows. It says the OEMCD001 drive is missing. How do I fix this?

I have a computer currently running Windows 98 1st edition, I need to upgrade the operating system in order to be able to use the machine for broadband internet. I cannot risk loosing any of the applications or data stored on the machine currently. I have a Window 98se disk that came with another...

I would welcome advice as how to load Windows 98 into my computer. After reformatting the hard drive the method I have used previously no longer works. One possible reason is that I upgraded the CD Rom, though I have now connected the original CD Rom back as before. I can hear the CD Rom rotating...