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computer freezing by denise
In the middle of using my computer it freezes up and wont allow me to do anything, I have to shut down by ctrl,alt delete. any suggestions I have already defragmented
June 16th 04 05:03 AM
by denise Go to last post
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Please wait while Setup updates... by MARY
For past several days I have noticed when I turn on my notebook (Win98se), every so often, the phrase comes on the screen: "Please wait while Setup updates the configuration files.." (I believe that is the wording.) What could be causing this? I have seen this in the past after I made a Critical...
June 16th 04 04:52 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Memory question by John Callaway
My computer is an IBM PC 300PL Win 98se os, 500 mhrtz pIII processor with 576 mb ram. It has 3 memory slots. It came with 2 64mb sticks of memory. I bought 2 256 sticks. I have put 64, 256, 256 respectively into slots 1, 2 and 3. When I boot up memory checks out ok. When I test my memory using...
June 16th 04 03:39 AM
by Matt Go to last post
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Sloooow App Start by DSL-Dave
I am running WinXP Home and lately, it is taking about 45 seconds for Word to start. Other Office apps start fine, and I did a repair, which didn't help. I have current virus protection and have run the latest copies of Ad-Aware and Spybot. I've done chkdsk and cleaned out all old garbage. So far,...
June 15th 04 09:49 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Trouble shooting nas VXD shut down Errors by Fran
I am unable to get trouble shooter to the next page. It come up a blank. I am getting a fatal exception error when trying to shut down "OE at 000028 c02a27a8 in VXD VWIN32 (05), not to be confused with c028bac6 in VXD Vwin32 (05). i need help PLEASE. Thanks Fran
June 15th 04 06:52 PM
by Fran Go to last post
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computer will not boot even in safe mode by Shar
I have tried to use my emergency boot disc and have had no luck.... is there anyway I can extract files before replacing bad hard drive.... i have bad sectors when scandisk runs.... How do you get bad sectors? Can you fix them? thnx, shar
June 15th 04 04:57 PM
by Brian K Go to last post
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Pcmcia boot disk by ed
Hi: I have a toshiba notebook computer( about 2 years old) I have a pcmcia card install that have two usb2 outputs. (the card bus is 32-bits) One of the output I have go to a usb2 enclosure with a hard drive in it. My OS is Win98. I am using this external hard drive for my backup files. In Win98...
June 15th 04 04:18 PM
by ed Go to last post
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7akq.exe by Erick
I have found an unknown program that is called 7akq.exe. I don't know where it came from and if I don't ctrl+alt+del and end it, it slows down my computer and keeps the windows task bar from working. Can anyone help?
June 15th 04 12:54 AM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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Windows startup issue by curious
How can I access the files that appear on the Startup tab of the System Configuration Utility (msconfig)? I'd like to remove the files I don't want to have start up with my computer from the available choices. I've found that my computer works better if I uncheck some of these items but if I...
June 14th 04 09:53 PM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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Repost - Failure to Resume after Standby -Win98 by Kierana
I've had this problem once or twice a month for the last 3 months, now it's a daily thing. Any attempt to resume after the computer goes into standby/power management is a waste of time. All I have is a black screen that remains blank despite all efforts ; CTL-ALT-DEL, reset, and power button...
June 14th 04 10:20 AM
by Kierana Go to last post
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invalid page faults by ron
I keep getting this message that SERVICES caused an invalid page fault in module Services.exec 017f:004032b3.I can't find anything on this in the troubleshooting database and I can't see any recognizable changes in the way the computer is running.Any ideas on how to figure this one out or should I...
June 14th 04 03:05 AM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Game shuts down in the middle of it by Rich
On all my full-screen games I play, I always experience the same problem. During the middle of play, the game either minimizes or ends for no reason at all. Any suggestions for fixing or even finding the source of this problem? Also, I don't know if this has anything to do with the same problem,...
June 14th 04 02:56 AM
by Rich Go to last post
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Windows 98 shutting down by Knott70
I cannot get my computer to shut down all the way. It gets to the point of saying windows is shutting down. what can i do?
June 14th 04 02:42 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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sound by Michael
After downloading service pack 6, I lost all sound. What can I do?
June 14th 04 01:44 AM
by glee Go to last post
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constant "work offline" messages; and can't delete files by Emily
Whenever I turn on my computer, before it even fully boots up, I am getting a message saying "work offline. No connection to the Internet is currently available. to view Internet content that has been saved on your computer, click work offline." This "work offline" message keeps popping up every...
June 13th 04 10:19 PM
by DSL-Dave Go to last post
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Is there a backup limit? by DSL-Dave
I am attempting to backup my laptop's 20 GB hard drive using Windows (Seagate) backup, and it quits before completing (after about 5 GB completed). The backup drive is a USB external 120 GB hard drive with a 40 GB FAT32 partition and an 80 GB NTFS partition. I have successfully backed up a...
June 13th 04 09:54 PM
by Steve Baron - KB3MM Go to last post
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Unusual problem in Windows 98 SE involving hanging... by ForteMP3
I'm not quite sure why, but I seem to have a lot of hanging issues whenever I boot up Windows 98, or whenever I'm opening a folder full of shortcuts and it loads their icons...I also have hanging when running certain emulator programs, the odd thing is that this only seems to happen on a random...
June 13th 04 02:49 PM
by glee Go to last post
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0177:BFF9DFFF by Cat
This error comes up almost every time the computer starts up, along with that beautiful blue screen. Is there anything I can do about it? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Cat
June 13th 04 09:21 AM
by Gerry Cornell Go to last post
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scandisk by bob
when I run scandisk I get the message " scandisk has restarted 10 time, try closing some running programs. How do I do this?
June 13th 04 12:12 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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XMS Manager by [email protected]
Running Win 98 SE-for some time when I boot the xms memory manager is not available. The emm386.exe is present on drive. Is there other files required to initiate xms mem mgr? if so, what are they and I'll start lookin for them. Thanks for any comment. JB
June 12th 04 08:53 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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