The "cannot find chrystal chip".... error seems to refer to your soundcard and probably refers to its DOS mode function. You will probably have to look up your sound card online and read the instructions on how to set it up to be used in DOS mode. The MDAC error: This link explains what MDAC does...

I just installed Win2000Pro onto a partition (25GB) on my main HDD (120GB) that also has Win98SE on it. Win98SE is on the C:\drive and Win2000Pro is on the i drive. I formatted the Win2000Pro partition to the NTFS format while 98 and the others are still FAT32. Was that a mistake? Seems that...

Using Win98SE. I have one HDD and another CDrom drive. I would like to keep my old 40x CD drive to possibly use if I want to copy a CD to the DVD burner. What would be the best place to put the DVD Burner? I'm thinking to put it as a Slave on IDE#1. At present I have the HDD as Master on IDE#1 and...

New version is out. Anyone hear of any problems with it?

Roomate's PC. How do I restore a registry from DOS? Scanreg /restore just hangs. Too long to explain right now except that the system hung , while in System Information while doing a Registry Check. I wanted to back up the Registry due to a problem with booting due to the MB and/or the PSU. Now,...

New update for ver 1.05 AdawareSE Personal free edition.

How does it compare to ZA, Spybot,AdAware,SpywareBlaster, and popup blockers that are free? It is free for ComCast Internet customers and comes in one package. Any user comments? It contains, I believe: Parental Control Firewall Pop-up stopper Spyware and adware detectors and removal Thanks.

Can this be installed on Win98SE? I was on the java.sun website and Win98SE was not mentioned for it. Thanks, Buffalo

Can this be installed on Win98SE? I was on the java.sun website and Win98SE was not mentioned for it. Thanks, Buffalo

My path command is: SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;"C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\";C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1 and it causes an error : Too many parameters. How can I modify it so that the Ghost portion is loaded and also the ATI Control Panel? Thanks

Using Win98SE. I have one HDD and another CDrom drive. I would like to keep my old 40x CD drive to possibly use if I want to copy a CD to the DVD burner. What would be the best place to put the DVD Burner? I'm thinking to put it as a Slave on IDE#1. At present I have the HDD as Master on IDE#1 and...

How does it compare to ZA, Spybot,AdAware,SpywareBlaster, and popup blockers that are free? It is free for ComCast Internet customers and comes in one package. Any user comments? It contains, I believe: Parental Control Firewall Pop-up stopper Spyware and adware detectors and removal Thanks.

Does Task Manager need to be checked in msconfig ? If so,why? I understand that some defraggers may use it when you set them to 'Optimize'. Is that the only purpose of Task Manager? Another question. I only have one "LoadPowerProfile" entry in my msconfig instead of two. I do not use...

I was downloading a Half-Life2 video from FilePlanet and it was around 600MB is size and the download was instrumental in having my FAT changed or corrupted. I have Win98SE on my C:\ drive partition (8GB) and I was downloading it to my 25 GB H:\ partition (both on the same 120GH HDD). Somewhere...

Hi folks I have a friend who asked me to take a look at their Win98 machine as it is having problems booting up, having had problems installing a new piece of hardware and subsequently cancelling the installation. The PC boots the initial Win98 screen and the taskbar initially flashes into the...

Hi folks I have a friend who asked me to take a look at their Win98 machine as it is having problems booting up, having had problems installing a new piece of hardware and subsequently cancelling the installation. The PC boots the initial Win98 screen and the taskbar initially flashes into the...

I have had a 60G external hard drive that has worked flawlessly for 2 years with both my desktop computer running Win98SE, and my newer laptop with Windows XP. This external drive was formatted with FAT 32 and NO PARTITIONS for all 60G. Because I have a Lot of music files and digital pictures,...

I have had a 60G external hard drive that has worked flawlessly for 2 years with both my desktop computer running Win98SE, and my newer laptop with Windows XP. This external drive was formatted with FAT 32 and NO PARTITIONS for all 60G. Because I have a Lot of music files and digital pictures,...

I keep getting this error: OSSPROXY has caused an invalid page fault in ? module (I don't remember what module). Does anyone have a clue what I can do to fix this?

I now have a new error coming up after I updated windows98. "memory access violation in module Kernel32 at ( it gives a bunch of numbers). I only have 32MB left on my machine. I am trying to get rid of alot of games the kids play and see if that works. Thanks for all your help.