Hi 98 Guy, and others, I have a WinXP computer and will use that to download the software and "activate", which I assume I can do via the DSL modem? "NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD": Regarding "Network Neighborhood". I do not have that on my desktop (WIN98 PC). I don't recall if it...

Hi 98 Guy, "Network Neighborhood" problem solved. I am sorry I left out important details: I did not install a network card in this computer until 10 minutes ago. After installing the driver for this NIC, I was prompted to insert Win98 System CD rom. After all was done, I now...

Hi 98 Guy, My DSL modem is a Westell model A90-750015-07 Rev: Z . Additional info: WEP: 9DB55D7B6D

I'm running Windows 98se with KernelEx API enhancement, and I have Java JRE 6 update 24 installed on my system. This is Opera 11.01 / build 1190 (Opera thinks I'm running Windows 2k). Under Tools - Quick Preferences - Enable Plugins is checked. Under Tools - Advanced - Plugins, I don't see...

I wanted a tiny portable computer that didn't cost much. Dell's X50v qualified till my sight made using it a rediculous task, and it only runs Windows Mobile. A Psion Workabout MX was cheap until a few idiots started demanding a couple of hundred quid each and another idot paid, setting a...

Hi to all, Yeah, yeah I know, this is a 98 group and here I am talking XP. All my favourite and oh so knowledgable Gurus hang out here. Have an XP machine at work, I would like to be able to go online wirelessly with it. We have wireless here for hotel guests. On this machine there is no...

Hi, I normally format (FAT32) a 10GB or 20GB HDD (hard disk drive) in the computer I install it. However, I would like to format (FAT32) a 10GB HDD in one computer, which I plan on installing in another. I have a very good reason for doing this which I will explain later. Does...

Why is it that when I open wordpad and drag a .TXT file over to it, it throws an icon of a text file in the workspace instead of actually opening the damn file? And when I double-click this icon, notepad is spawned and the file is opened in notepad.

I read somewhere that AGP cards with 256 MB or more would cause havoc with Win98. I imagine that these cards would be the last of the AGP breed before switching production to PCI express, and that drivers were not tested or even made for Win9x. But is there some innate limitation in how much...

the dir /on command does NOT list the files in alphabetical order! I tried on some folders, no problem. On the folder with 1548 files the listing will not come up properly in alphabetical order. Anyway to fix this? At least in works in 'sections', but still wanted the whole list in one pass.

Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8674678/Internet-Explorer-users-have-below-average-IQ.html Users of the most popular web browser, Internet Explorer, tend to have lower-than-average IQ, according to a survey of online habits. PC World...

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Hi 98 Guy, Thanks to you and the other person for your responses. Note: I will do this on computers with Win98se. I won't have to explain why I want to do this because you basically covered my reason in your reply: "In fact, I will usually copy a whole ****-load of software to the...

\"NachtWacht\" wrote: No more W98 ? It's still my primary OS on my home and office computer(s). I suggest you have a look in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion instead of this group (alt.comp.os.windows-98se). You'll find a little more activity there than you see here.

website I need to use has 'upgraded' to requiring silverlight. This website presents flat photos, no reason for silverlight, yet it is required. Trying to install program says missing referenece for NTDLL.dll for exit, or something. Which tells me Win98 is simply 'out of date' Any workaround?

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A few different NNTP servers are indicating that there are new messages being posted here, but when I go do download message headers I'm not getting them. When I look at google-groups, it is also not showing any new posts. So I'm thinking that there's some spam being posted here that's...

In the past I used a small utility that could download the content of a web site starting from a particular URL. You could specify whether or not to follow off-site links, and you could limit the number of levels. Unfortunately I can't remember it's name. Could anyone recommend a similar...

So where's Lostgallibladder? Too busy putting out fires? I guess all the street-cameras in the world isin't stopping your country from self-destruction.

Can't directly gain access to images on the government website. Here's what happened, did a search, found the patent, went to get images and was told had to download some whiz bang plug-in to view .tif format, because that was the only way the website would supply them. System Description ...