Howdy: How come when ever I create a new folder on my desktop and then view it in Windows Explorer it displays a plus sign to the left of the folder name, like there are sub-folders inside. But there isn't. I click on the "+" sign and it goes away until I close and re-open the window, then it...

Is there a place I can go to find a step by step on how to change hard drive to a larger one already formatted for w98. I am looking for bios and other things I have to do to set it up.

I keep being offered the same critical update, even though it shows as been successfully installed 3 times. How do I stop this from happening. Bob

Hello! I'm having an emergency with my boss's PC. We don't really have an IT, and since I'm the most experienced user I get stuck with it. Normally it's fine, but I think I just killed my boss's PC. He's been having a problem with spyware/malware so I did some research and downloaded SpyBot S & D...

I get a dialog window displayed with netdc error when booting up. Think there is a missing .dll file. However I do not have a 98 disk. Please advise where I can download what is needed ?

I noticied in my recycle bin that under the properties and then under C: it says my drive is only 1.99 Gigs. It is the right size in the settings in my computer. Is this a Microsoft error in 98SE or only a minor issue on my computer. Thanks in advance for any and all responses.

I'm running Windows 98 first edition. The Start button on my keyboard is no longer funcioning, although I can still use the mouse to select the start menu. I also get a bell ringing sound when I try to do a Control-C to copy some text. In addition Alt-Tab is not changing the asctive window,.

How can you determine whether the os system is 98 or 98SE? Thanks -- Email no good, reply to group

Using Win98SE, I found that I have a directory under the Windows directory called Vcm. I am not sure how long this has been here (probably since I downloaded DirectX8.1 - more later), but I am wondering if this has been causing a few Ddraw errors more recently. Inside this directory is a lot of...

I sometimes wonder if the people labor to who keep this OS functioning to its original design parameters get enough credit for their work. Mr Dundat, that was one hell of a fix for Troubleshooter. EOM

Does anyone know how I can stop OE6 from auto opening at start up? Checked msconfig start up tab but there was no entry for it. Had similar problem on some Sony & Toshiba laptop computers after installed SP2 in XP. A bios fix fixed that but there is none for 98SE.

I walk away from my computer for 15 minutes or so and I come back to a Blue Screen with the following message: A fatal exception 0E has occured at 018F:BFF9DBA7 The current application will be terminated. *press any key to terminate the current application *press Control Alt + Del again to restart...

I have a home network. 2 desktops with xp, 1 laptop win2k and a laptop with win98SE. I have a HP PSC 1210 printer to which I want to use from the Win98 machine (the printer is attached to one of the XP machines). I've run the printer wizard and can select the printer (printer sharing is enabled),...

Hi, i have recently purchased a usb memory stick - 128MB. I am using windows 98 SE. I do not have a CD ROM. So, i copied the WIN98 folder from the CD onto a floppy disk from my friends computer. Thereafter, i inserted the disk into my computer and executed the setup file. When i insert my USB into...

Hi, My son who is visiting us seems to have picked up a virus of some sort on his PC. Whenever he logs onto the internet, it runs ok for a few minutes and then closes him down. He had not updated his anti virus program for a few weeks when he was away, and now of course, because of the shut down...

Hi, I think my lodger might be using my laptop because when I've been out it wakes up (from hibernation) in the account that's opened when you press 'cancel' from the log in screen. Is there a way to view a log of logins? Or if not maybe a place to put a simple script to write to a file the date...

Hello, Friend had SBC Yahoo DSL installed. DSL worked fine on tech's laptop. When installed on friends computer the connection last 8 minutes then states that it lost the connection. The only way to reconnect is to restart the computer. Then 8 minutes and same happens, does not matter if you surf...

My system was infected with a virus, and it fatally infected a DLL called BBJLCB.DLL. Being a little too cocky, I deleted from my virus vault, thinking I could go to a DLL site, dowload it, and simply put into /windows/system

I keep on getting the following message that causes Internet Explorer to close and my desktop becomes white and I have to restore it, Why? Windows User-interface core component accessed memory improperly or encountered some nonspecific error. Module Name: user.exe Description: Windows...

Hi all :o) , My question is does anybody know of a way of setting up your desktop so that no icons appear? What i'm thinking about is to have the present wallpaper i have up , show up on my desktop and have the one with active icons on it behind it or like a second page desktop? The reason...