I have something really wierd. The windows folder from c drive has been deleted and replaced by individual folders on the c drive as "dir0001", "dir0002" and so on, about 40 in all. Needless to say the pc has crashed, any ideas. Thanks

Often when I save an file into a folder in My Documents, it kind of gets lost. I look in My Docs and it is not there. But I figured out to navigate up, up, up to My computer, then click C: then My docs and viola it is there. I seem to have two My Docs. One is C:\MyDocuments and the other is...

Hi, i was wondering whether anyone knew where can i get access to the 'Task Manager' in Windows 98? The task manager shows CPU usage history etc. I am currently reading a book which says "by pressing CTRL, ALT & DEL, it should appear".

I downloaded a critical update today for Microsoft Outlook Express. Now I can't open the program. Any ideas on how to resolve this problem? The error message dialog box has "Msimn" at the top of it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- crashusmc

Hi, i am trying to cut back on the no. of programs running at strat up. I have cut down on a few already. I was wondering whether the 'Task Monitor' (C:/WINDOWS/taskmon.exe) is necessary to have running in the background. Also I ahve something called 'ScriptBlocking', but i dont know what it...

The link to notepad in start is broken and notepad.exe has disappeared. I did find notepad.exe.bak in c:/windows and assume this is a back-up file. If so can anyone tell me how to re-install it or where to download notepad.exe? Many thanks.

Ran the windows update on a win98 (first) edition. First thing downloaded was MSIE 6.1. Rebooted, then went back for all the critical updates. First, got directX 9.0. After rebooting , the game Freecell will launch, but the cursor remains an hour glass anywhere inside the window border. ...

How and what do I reinstall so that I have this missing file put back on my computer? My Norton's System Works says that I am missing the file named MSCOREE.DLL and I am unable to run certain applications until I fix this. Thanks for any help you may have.

HI, can anybody tell me where i can details on the speed of the following on my computer: 1) My Dos version 2) The read / write speed of my CD-RW and DVD drives 3) FSB, memory bus, AGP bus, PCI bus, ISA bus and the IDE- ATA bus.

I receive this error message everytime I boot-up my PC. Spool32 this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown, contact the programming vendor. it gets to the wallpaper screen and just stops, no icons just this message. Please help!!!

Is there a reason for my applications running slowly when I close them? Insted of quickly minimizing they close gradually in blocks down the screen. Please help! Thanks

My desktop file (c:\windows\desktop) was deleted. This action also deletes the recycle bin. Since I cannot the bin, I cannot recover the desktop. Is there a way to restore these items?

Can anyone tell me how to bring back my msconfig utilty? I don't know why but using the RUN function I cannot open msconfig. thanks

I have a problem making a backup from both Quickbooks and MYOB onto a re writable CD. In both cases I can go as far as the backup command in the programmes and then I get a pop up window headed: "Backup You do not have permission to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to...

I keep recieving the error message "msbb has performed an illegal operation and will shut down". I can't find any information on this. It doesn't seem to be affecting anything, but I have to close it twice and once I couldn't close it at all. Thanks, Shannon

In reference to the startup menu obtained by start/run/msconfig/startup is there a way to remove permanently items that have been added and disabled over the years ? Thankyou in advance, Peter

I have deleted a lot of programs including Mcafee from Add/Remove programs in cotrol panel but they are still showing up in control panel. When I attempt to install other applications or Norton to be specific, it tells me that Mcafee is still installed when in fact is not. Is there any type of...

I cannot defrag my computer. It stops at 10%. It sounds as if an application is running. I recently installed DSL. Could that be the problem. Also, I recently used windows update and not I do not have sound. Anyone know what could be the problem? Thanks, KS

No matter what program I minimize, no ICONs are added to my taskbar (or is it the toolbar?) located at the buttom of my screen. This problem just started recently and I have never seen the problem before. If I hit CNTRL ALT DEL after minimizing the program, the program is still running because it...

We have been given a short video taken on a digital camera on a CD when we tried to open this it asked "which program would you like to open this with" by error we clicked Accessibility Wizard instead of Windows Media Player (How, I have no idea). How do we change this. Thank you in advance for...