First, let me give some background to the computer I am currently working on. The computer is my brother's. He first encountered problems when Windows 98 would not always boot up all of the way. Sometimes it would get halfway and just freeze, sometimes it would get halfway and restart itself, and...

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Hi, I'm about to start the process of reinstalling Windows in a different folder because I keep getting Explorer.exe errors. I just have a few questions to ask. 1) My Windows folder is currently on the C: drive and my personal files are on the D: drive (two separate drives). If I was to reinstall...

I've pretty much been told to reinstall Win98 to solve my explorer.exe. I know this will cause all my programs to stop working. I have one question though, I'm looking to upgrade to Win98SE. If I can purchase this will the upgrade solve my problem and still make my programs work?

I have got rid of the MS-DOS window that opens on startup and the error message that comes with it "C:\explorer.exe is not a valid MS-DOS file. It may be damaged or corrupt." On startup I just get the standard "explorer has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown." I've tried to...

You might remember that I posted earlier last week about a problem that I had regarding msgsrv32 and explorer ("Windows 98 Startup"). On startup I would received an error message from both and after I closed them all I would see is my standard green wallpaper with nothing else loaded. Well I got...

On starting up PC (even before the desktop and taskbar are loaded) I get an error message regarding msgsrv32 and how it has performed an illegal operation. After I close it an Explorer error message appears saying that I have performed an illegal operation. I can't do anything but close the...

Hi, I keep getting a program that loads up on startup even when I removed it off the system and checked off its box in the Startup tab of msconfig. It seems that even when I check off its box in msconfig it still loads up on startup. I go back to msconfig only to find a ticked check box. It like...

(cross-posting to unrelated groups reduced) Does it give this error no matter what disc you try in the drive? Have you tried an audio CD in the drive....will it play? Boot up with a startup floppy disk with CD-ROM support, note the drive letter it assigns to the CD drive, and try doing a DIR...

For systems exceeding 512MB, you should add this line to the section of system.ini: MaxFileCache=512000 That is normally the only setting you need if you have installed up to 1GB of RAM, in Win98/98SE. Your mention of adding MaxPhysPage=40000 to the section of the System.ini file should not...

First, why do you find it necessary to crosspost to so many groups? Second, how are you measuring the amount of memory in use? Where are you seeing these percentages? Third, since unused memory is wasted memory, why are you concerned? ;-) Memory usage will vary with each boot, even with the same...

Hold down the Windows Key and press the first letter in the items name. Example: If the shortcut name is DATA, press Win+D -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Meepo" wrote in message ...

Lost Product Key for my OLD Compaq Presario. When I perform a restore from the original disk it asks for Win98 Product Key. I have no idea where it is at in the basement. Anyone have a Product Key number for me to input to restore my OLD laptop. I was going to upgrade to XP but machine is not...

Scenario: Gateway Solo 9101 w/formatted 4GB HDD. Am attempting to reload Win98SE. Regardless of which drive I place first in the boot sequence, the following message always appears: Non-system disk. Replace and press any key when ready. Have tried booting with Win98 Boot, Win98 CDROM, Win2K boot...

I have an Ibm clone that I recently purchased and somehow it has dropped the winit.exe in the startup, as a result it shuts down as soon as it starts opening windows. I do not have a win 98 disk but the disk has been copied to the hard drive how can I restore the missing file since windows will not...

I have been trying to install win 98 se as an update from just 98 and when i do after installing and rebooting when it get s to the updating configuration settings it hangs. The icon is still animated but there is no progress on the timer or the graph. It stayed in one spot for over an hour....

like I say i nead help with this :!? i want to insatal win 98 on my USB stic (512MB) can I ? i try but i don't now how? any idea?? -- ************************************************************************************** visit:::::........ http://www.infokladionica.com/

A friends PC keeps restoring an old registry, but that old registry is bad. I have let it go ahead and do this, then cleaned out the registry, but in a few restarts it load the old copy again. How do I eliminate all the old copies, such that only the good one is available, and in doing so keep...

About 90% of the time the CD player won't play cd's I've recorded. They play fine on other PC's. Original CD's will play. Hardware is DVD-ROM. Plays DVD's fine also using PowerDVD. Most of the time I put in the recorded audio CD it is not detected. I can hear the drive spin a few times, then...

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