running my trusty Gateway Windows98 PC, installed a D-Link 802.11 wireless card and wireless router. Win98 machine connects to wireless network and able to go to internet. Turned on the WEP encryption, still connects to wireless network however cannot go to internet, get the standard, unable...

I have a couple of questions. I had a computer, now dead, that came with WIN 98 and I bought at one point a WIN 98 Second Edition upgrade and I got a second full install Second Edition for another computer, no longer running WIN 98. I donated one system to my wife's school but I can't tell from...

I lost the information on the web-link and book about the Chaos theory that got you started. I have been so busy and then I clicked on the information in the link and it was there but then read and I do not have enough patience to go through so many posts since I am trying to catch up from being...

my computer is such a little iggit. about an hour ago, it set itself back like to the mode it was about 5 months ago. it does that every so often and I don't get it. also, I have this stupid toolbar in IE. it's called AZESEARCH and I ahve NO CLUE how it got there. there's nothing in my...

I tried bringing up win98 in safe mode and ran the MS defragmenter (after running scandisk of course). It runs for hours, gets to about 95% complete, and then reports "disk contents changed, restarting". What's going on? There is nothing else running. No AV software, no spyware detection, no...

I am working on an 11 year old Dell Optiplex. During boot it goes through the memory count and then straight into Win98. It never gives me the option to hit del and enter setup. How do you fix a problem like this? How can I enter setup? All help appreciated. Also, once into windows explorer, how...

Hi Reloading software and drivers onto the PC after a crash. However when trying to install the drivers for the sound card, half way through it comes up with a message asking for the Windows 98 disk to be inserted. Once inserted it then pops up with an error saying that it cannot find the...

This may not be the place and hope you can bear with me. Just reinstalled my 2nd pc with w98se , and in the DM, "Other devices"- PCI Multi media Audio Device, -PCI Universal Serial Device The pc only have Serial mouse, Serial Kb, (56k modem -driver installed) Looking at the mobo, "07/20/1999...

my usb 2.0 is jumping to 100% cpu usage when in use? and stay like that till i reboot even though i moved the usb device?!??!?!?!? any help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been working on a cloning (backup) scheme using a BAT file but would like to confirm existance of a 'drive' before launching a utility. For example, Win98se is on drive-G. All that exist in the ROOT of drive-G is directories (no files). In a BAT file I can use the following to confirm the...

It's not a major problem but last night when I used my roxio go back facility to revert my hard drive to the time before I installed winamp( it turned out to be a pest and kept crashing and I thought uninstalling would leave excess rubbish behind), I received a message on the black screen that I...

My friend in Tucson has a Gateway. Her system crashed last week. As of last evening, when she started up the computer she receives a message on her screen which reads "power saver on", then the screen goes blank and she can't do anything. Where should she begin. Please use basic instructions,...

i did all the security updates in october after i crashed and recovered but i noticed after doing this that i lost my troubleshooter in windows help--i didn't do anything then--but now i am having trouble with my sound--its there and suddenly i have none--any suggestions on this? and also how can i...

Got a virus on my computer and part of the procedure to remove it requires me to go into the registry. But when I type regedit it says that the registry editor was disabled by my administrator. I am the only one using this system. I tried going from Safe Mode and also copying regedit.exe to...

hi, going to bed, check reply tomorrow. Each time I have gone into Safe-Mode and completed whatever task I was there to do, I reboot and return to find my Desktop Settings absolutely in Disarray. All Display and Pixel and Icon Size settings are as if an OS has just been installed prior to putting...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI warned Tuesday that a computer virus is being spread through unsolicited e-mails that purport to come from the FBI. The e-mails appear to come from an fbi.gov address. They tell recipients that they have accessed illegal Web sites and that their Internet use has been...

mpwgd readers, I am running win98 with all the upgrades. In the background I am running Mcaffee antivirus and Zonealarm, both latest versions. The problem is that the power management feature does not turn off the monitor or harddrives as set in the control panel display dialog boxes. The screen...

Please tell me how you keep your system(s) secure and I will try to the best of my ability to help you solve your problem(s) or questions. Security on Electronics is my Passion GodSpeed!!! "R. McCarty" wrote in...

Hi I have a p/c running win98se on a network that can see and logon to any other p/c on the network but will not connect to the internet. I am using a netgear router and adsl and all p/cs have fixed ips. this is the only p/c not to connect to the web. I can ping 127.0.0.1 etc, but not the gateway...

My computer was just wiped and windows 98 was reinstalled. Every thing is working fine except i can not change the pixel setting. Is there a update for this or any other way to fix it?