I realize this may be a difficult question, but does anyone know of a way to change the Windows logo key assignments that are given by default in Windows? I'm not talking about disabling the Windows keys, but changing the assignment of a particular Windows key combination. In Windows 98, there are...

For some reason Win98 won't keep track of the directories on the floppies: Example: Two floppies. both have only one subfolder each with many files in each subfolder Disk 1 has folder Book 1, nothing else in root Disk 2 has folder Book 2, nothing else in root Windows Explorer shows 3 1/2 floopy...

Bill Blanton wrote: "Rasta Robert" wrote in message ... On 2009-10-29, MEB wrote: WARNING DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS Stop spamming the same text over and over, please. I second the...

On an elderly PC I help a friend with, where he's copying a lot of his old LPs to CD, we use burn4free (though I think the problem is not with burn4free itself). More often than not, when hitting the "burn" button, it says "please insert a disc" - even if there's one in. When, by fiddling,...

Hi, I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive") for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems. Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a chance on...

Apologies for being OT, but that may not always be the case. Three of my favorite groups now are 70-80% spam, so it's difficult to see what the real chatter is. Everybody on these sites don't seem to mind because they set a filter in their browser. I can't. It sometimes takes three pages of...

What are 4 types of setups when you install windows 98

Hi, I'm using my old Win98 PC as a temporary external hard disc for my newer Vista PC (until I get a proper external) and was connecting via TightVNC. However the old monitor has now broken and something seems to be preventing the 98 PC from booting properly, at least I can't see it on my...

After shifting my two PC's with Win XP SP3 Home Edition to an office nearby, I am left with a HP Pavilion pre-loaded with Win 98SE. I formatted the hard disk and reinstalled the OS using the Recovery CD. With assistance from Robear Dyer, I managed to upgrade I.E. from 5.0 to 6.0! I have a...

There are postings on this group from someone purporting to be "MEB". They generally quote large chunks (or all) of the post they are following up, contain rants, talk a LOT like THIS with lots of WORDS in CAPITALS (or occasionally in *asterisks* or other ways OF emphasiSING). About every three...

With ie6 using Flash Player 9 watchin a live cam, I get the video freezing frame about evey second or so. On the same machine and same programs, I get smooth video. Is this an isue with win98se or can it be fixed?

Hi good ppl,,, I have a question to ask, and it will be a memory-taxer for both. When I came here a while back regarding my connection being constantly cut off, and other things. Question is: did I mention anything about the fact that my cd-rom player was not playing my music cd's? It didnt...

When the screen was 5,000,000 by 4,000,000 there was room for all the icons on the DeskTop. Then I changed it to 800 by 600 and many, many icons could no longer be found on the DeskTop. Assume monitor is gone and cannot go back to the large screen size, so how do I move a number of icons back...

High Vulnerabilities Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3522 Original release date:10/01/2009 Last revised:10/02/2009 Source: US-CERT/NIST Overview Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before

When the screen was 5,000,000 by 4,000,000 there was room for all the icons on the DeskTop. Then I changed it to 800 by 600 and many, many icons could no longer be found on the DeskTop. Assume monitor is gone and cannot go back to the large screen size, so how do I move a number of icons back...

Endulini wrote: Hi, I'm using my old Win98 PC as a temporary external hard disc for my newer Vista PC (until I get a proper external) and was connecting via TightVNC. However the old monitor has now broken and something seems to be preventing the 98 PC from booting properly, at least I...

Endulini wrote: Hi, I'm using my old Win98 PC as a temporary external hard disc for my newer Vista PC (until I get a proper external) and was connecting via TightVNC. However the old monitor has now broken and something seems to be preventing the 98 PC from booting properly, at least I...

Hi, I'm using my old Win98 PC as a temporary external hard disc for my newer Vista PC (until I get a proper external) and was connecting via TightVNC. However the old monitor has now broken and something seems to be preventing the 98 PC from booting properly, at least I can't see it on my...

For some reason Win98 won't keep track of the directories on the floppies: Example: Two floppies. both have only one subfolder each with many files in each subfolder Disk 1 has folder Book 1, nothing else in root Disk 2 has folder Book 2, nothing else in root Windows Explorer shows 3 1/2 floopy...

Given a new machine can I have window7, XP and 98se in separate partitions and run them accordingly. Lastly do current machines boot from USB drive and nuternal drve.