i have been told b,y microsoft that the operating discs, an recovery disc are needed for windows 98 to upgrade to windows XP,, i do not have the operating discs, as the person that worked on my computer, did not return them to me, last fall, when i called microsoft in january of 2004 i was old the...

Hi. My computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows 98. When it was finished installing and the compter was restarted, all my graphics and pictures and internet sites are fuzzy and dotty and not clear like they used to be. does anyone have any idea how to fix it? thanks

Computer boots up but will not start windows. It keeps saying found new hardware but will not search for drivers. Says needs to reinstall windows but with the windows 98 disk in it give the message standard display adapter (vga) has a Rom. Test to see if windows can remove the device. But it will...

When I go on the internet explorer all of the pages seem out of context. The fonts and borders overlap each other. My font is bigger than it is supposed to be, which makes it so i can read text on web pages. I already reloaded the video driver to no avail. I have even changed video cards. Please...

I can't get my Web Page view to work?

how do i get my win 98 machine to load the last known good config? is it a function key that will bring up the option while booting?

I just downloaded a screen saver that I am doing some research on and I keep getting error messages saying that the parameters are incorrect each time it tries to kick on. What do I need to change to correct this? I need to get this started ASAP. Thanks.

After rebooting from a browser crash I found a shadow effect which streaks to the right from all dark text or icons. This shadow gives a venetian-blind effect to the entire display. The display is like this on all win98 programs (Explore,OE,PaintShopPro etc) except for CD based games. These still...

My display setting has reverted to 8-color, and "true color" is no longer listed as an option under "display - settings" in Control Panel. I have made no hardware changes, and no intentional software changes. If you can help, please e-mail me as well as posting. Thanks!

My grandson was here for a visit and now the whole row that says back -- forward--stop--copy--paste--refresh etc. will now show. Under MY Computer this line shows, but not when I open yahoo and other sites....how can I retreive this back?

Prior to installing new colorimeter hardware I made the mistake of following the instructions and attempting to update my video display adapter. I have ATI xpert 128 - the update failed, at least partly my own fault for failing to spot the instruction that said remove the old driver first. result...

I HAVE WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDTION ON A OLD NEC COMPUTER.THE SIS530 DRVER I HAVE IS SAYING THAT IT IS NOT MICROSOFT CERTIFIED.SO IT WILL NOT DO ANY 3D GRAPHICS SO I REINSALLED WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDTION ON IT AND RIGHT KNOW I HAVE DIRECTX 7.1 THE DRIVERS ARE NOT CERTIFIED BUT A LEAST IT WILL WORK.BUT I...

i have windows 98 and i cannot see the image preview of jpg files on the left hand pane of my folder when i select the file. i even click on the "view as web page " option but still its not working. although i can see the preview of bmp pictures and html files but it doesn't seem to work for jpg...

The icons in the system tray, on the title bar and the windows icon next to the "start" buttun have become smaller. I have uninstalled the graphics card drivers and this made no difference. I have come to the conclusion that this must be a windows problem. Can you please help me resolve...

I have a windows 98 machine that has the icons on the start menu all coming in yellow. This is where the problem mainly is. There are other areas, although random, where the icons are yellow. Any help on how to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated.

The windows explorer shows an additional CD rom drive when there is none. What could have gone wrong? Otherwise the cpmputer runs fine. Thanks.

I have a problem, but I don't know if it's my video card or what. When I open most windows, I have to minimize them and then restore them to see what's in them. Same thing to scroll down a page. Someone told me I need a new video card, but then someone else told me I may need to update the...

my dad has fnished making me a new computer. i installed windows and motherboard drivers and my raedon graphics drivers (raedon and the motherboard are not plug and play) and im on my desktop and the picture has horriztal streaks across it.can u help

When utilizing maintainance wizard, the progress bar for scandisk and defragmenting procedures does not display. However, the scandisk and defrag procedures do seem to complete. Any ideas why no progress bar display?

Hi there; I have been having problems with my display images when I start up. Everything is blurry, and the resolution is not clear. I receive no clear pictures. I never had this problem before, and the computer was always fine, receiving normal images. This problem started about a month ago. ...