I often have norton report that I have lost clusters which I know are areas of space reported to windows as in use but that actually aren't. Are these 'bad' clusters or is that something different. Is is best to allow these to be repaired and deleted or saved.The thread on bad clusters made me...

I noted in a thread about USB 2.0 _hubs_ that Win98SE is a "bare minimum" for supporting USB 2.0. Would that advice differ for a USB 2.0 _card_? Unlike the querier in that thread, I really would like to take advantage of 2.0 speed, and that would be the point of installing such a card. Would...

Hi, I develop a UPS device it belong to USB HID class and Power subclass, once this device plug on system, and you shudown windows later, it cause windows hang on screen "windows is shuting down" for one minute then actually shutdown completely. if I unplug it before ask windows to shut down,...

My Aunt who is a novice computer user, got a virus which has corrupted portions of her win98 operating system. She does not have a boot disk. nor CDROM funtionability. I live 3 hours from her, so I cannot do "hands on". Her WIN.INF files are missing so she cannot download a boot disk from...

Why is it that many of the web sites do not show the actual pictures of the objects instead replaces the picture?

I have a system that is running Win98SE, Sometimes, the cursor does not respond to movement of the mouse, sometimes cursor will not move, sometimes moves vary slowly. Each episode last several seconds, but can't seem to correlate anything in particular that might be making this happen. Ideas?

My pentuim II sometimes doesn't start properly and stops in booting just in between. I have to restart it manualy and then I am prompted to start windows in different modes with safe mode selected with default. help needed, thanks a lot.

Trying to install Windows 98 on an older PC. CDROM is not working w/ generic drivers in startup files. General instructions are to use manufacturer drivers if CDROM runs from sound card and won't work with generic drivers. That's the situation for me, but I can't find info on doing so. I've...

I connect via dial up modem. More than once, I will be disconnected during a critical update download and installation. After a reconnect, IE apparently thinks the installation was successful, and doesn't start back up where it left off, nor tell me there's an update to install. When I go to the...

All my searches on Yahoo or Google are saved and come up on the screen alphbetically like a drop down menu when I one individual key on the keyboard. I want it to stop remembering everything and I want to erase what it has remembered since I started using my computer over 5 years ago. It seems...

For the last while I hvae been be unable to use any trouble shooter in the windows help file. Everytime, I choose a problem I need to be answerred and then click on NEXT and nothing but a blank page comes up. Can anyone help?

I tried to d/l the Java Runtime Environment program to W98/ IE6. According to the Java d/l site, the Verify signal (animated steaming cup of coffee) indicated a successful d/l. During the installation, *no* cues nor clues appeared to indicate where the program would be installed. When I tried to...

Isn't where the time is located called the systray? Why can't I find anything about systray when I type it into Help? I only want to know how to add the "volume" icon to it... additionally I didn't find volume under sound - so what is the path to it? TIA

I am installing Win98 on an older Toshiba 430CDS laptop (I dunno why). I downloaded the drivers, but can't install it. I need config.sys and autoexec.bat on C; drive, but I reformatted the whole damn thin blush. what now? Thanks! x-- 100 Proof News - http://www.100ProofNews.com x-- ...

I have a P3 machine with WinXp Pro installed. We are using a COMDIAL phone system and I can dopwnload data from this system using a serial connection between the two. To connect, I use hyperterminal but am getting all kinds of hioergliphics... I am connected at the proper baud rate (19,200) as I...

Hi - Are there any freeware/shareware apps for desktop enhancements that will give Windows 98 the look and feel of WindowsXP? Thanks, NT

The 'yellow read light of my cd burner keeps on flashing even if there is no cd in it. Is it normal if not what is the solution? thanks

If you don't like the "see-through" folder icons in Windows XP, is it possible to make the folder icons look the way they do in Windows 98? I don't have Windows XP, I was just wondering. Larry

Hi, I`ve upgraded to AVG 7.0.300 free and it checks for updates automatically every day when I start the computer. Is it posible to turn this feature of ? I`ve looked in Updates Manger and can`t find any options to do this. Thanks Kim

Recently i installed a new CD-ROM drive. It was working fine but now it gets detected in the Power On Self Test and in BIOS Setup also. But inside the " My Computer " i am unable to see the CD ROM drive. I tried changing the CD-ROM interface cable & power cable but it did n't work. I am able to...