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Safe Mode Fix? by geezer
Sometimes due to an improper shutdown (even outage), or sometimes due to causes unknown, when I boot up cold, I am forced into Safe Mode. And, of course, if I then shutdown to full restart, it will then boot up in normal mode just fine. But I am curious - what is actually happening here? Why does...
March 12th 05 11:24 AM
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Win 98 won't start by [email protected]
This happened a few months ago and I fixed it, but don't remember what I did. I thought I had picked a registry to load from an earlier date, but that does not make sense to me now. When turning on the computer it goes almost through the boot process, but right after the win98 screen comes up for...
March 20th 05 11:26 PM
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IE keeps switching connection to "Never dial" by FACE[_2_]
Under IEToolsConnections, the setting of "Always Dial my default connection" keeps changing to "Never dial....". This happens several times a day. Any ideas why? FACE
March 22nd 05 12:44 AM
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Win98 vs Win98SE by Steve L
Does anyone know where I can read up on the differences on these 2 OS'es? I couldn't find it on Microsoft.com. I would like to upgrade my Win98 to Win98SE, but don't have the 'upgrade' disk (but I do have the full win98SE disk). Would using the full disk wipe out all my previous settings and...
March 22nd 05 08:54 PM
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Win98 Media player .wmv files load too slowly by Steve L
I hope this is the right group to post this to. Does anyone know why the .WMV files load so slowly in media player ( win98 and WMP 7.1)? It takes about 1 minute to load and start playing, could it be some codec I need? I use irfanview to run mpg and other files and they load and run in about 1...
March 23rd 05 02:46 PM
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muti-meda CD woun't play in 98 by goodm5
Hi, I have a muti-media CD (data and music) that I used to access in 95 but not anymore in 98! I'd like to see the video data that was on the disk but 98 keeps calling it a audio CD. What can I do, thanks.
March 23rd 05 04:17 PM
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What's the deal with MS05-002 (KB891711.EXE) and Windows 98? by Bill in Co.[_20_]
Well, and I should add: True security lies within. Bill in Co. wrote: Simple. None. (And I'm still here to prove it). Next? Gary S. Terhune wrote: OK, maybe you can share your philosophy on how one decides *which* updates to install and which not to install.
March 25th 05 05:25 AM
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Lost "New" and "Find" selections in Windows Explorer's right-click menu by Pegboy
I use to have the "New" and "Find" selections available in the Windows Explorer's right-click menu. Today, suddenly the are gone. I have tried re-booting, still gone. Does anybody know how to restore these menu items. Thank you. ------------------ Pegboy
March 25th 05 04:50 PM
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Low System Resources Problem by Bob Zimski
When I boot up my system resources stand at 70% after I run anything it gets down into the low 60's eventhough I closed the application. As it gets lower the system gets slow and eventually hangs. I have a PIII-600 with 256meg ram. I don't do anything fancy, just small spreadsheets or word...
March 26th 05 03:21 PM
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mpeg movie daisy chain by budd
Where can I get a program that will automatically play my downloaded mpeg movie shorts one after the other without my having to physically select the next in line?
March 19th 05 09:21 PM
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Win98SE with Norton Internet Security 2005 by Pegboy
Anybody have any experience running Norton Internet Security 2005 on Windows 98 Second Edition. I upgraded from NIS 2004 to NIS 2005. It took about 3 attempts to get NIS properly installed, but after I did, my 5Mbps cable internet connection dropped dramatically. All processor time appears to...
March 17th 05 03:06 AM
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Resetting network properties in Windows to "Fresh Install" state.. by PattyL
I expect that this has the instructions that you are looking for: How to Remove and Reinstall Dial-Up Networking and TCP/IP Files http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=181599 PattyL "Etop Udoh" wrote in message ... Sorry but wasn't...
March 20th 05 11:16 PM
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What's the deal with MS05-002 (KB891711.EXE) and Windows 98? by Bill in Co.
Well, and I should add: True security lies within. Bill in Co. wrote: Simple. None. (And I'm still here to prove it). Next? Gary S. Terhune wrote: OK, maybe you can share your philosophy on how one decides *which* updates to install and which not to install.
March 25th 05 05:25 AM
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Safe Mode Fix? by geezer
Sometimes due to an improper shutdown (even outage), or sometimes due to causes unknown, when I boot up cold, I am forced into Safe Mode. And, of course, if I then shutdown to full restart, it will then boot up in normal mode just fine. But I am curious - what is actually happening here? Why does...
March 12th 05 11:24 AM
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Download Problem by Tony Kozlowski
Hello - I hope someone can help me with this. When I try to download a file, say from download.com, sometimes the file just downloads into the cache and I have to retrieve it before it gets deleted when IE shuts down, and sometimes I get a download popup from IE to save it to my download sub-dir....
March 12th 05 09:10 PM
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Can't boot Win98 to Safe Mode by Westwick
I've attempted to boot to Safe Mode by holding down Control key or the F8 key on separate occasions, but I still can't get Win98 to boot to the Safe Mode. I need to run Ad-Aware and Spybot while in Safe Mode in order to remove some suspected spyware that is slowing down the computer's performance....
March 13th 05 06:07 AM
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What causes win98 to bog down after moving a folder by GregChi
win98se, P3 533, 256mb memory, 8mb sis pci video card, Norton utilities shows: 1250mb win total memory, 27mb PM free, 763mb VM free, 15% cpu usage. What causes win98 to bog down after moving a folder between partitions? I have a 46mb folder in "J" drive that I moved to "K" drive.
March 13th 05 02:46 PM
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Speed by john
I would like to know how can I check the connection speed,and,how can I improve it.That why I'm far from the connection speed that the provider has declared. Thank you
March 14th 05 08:40 PM
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Windows 98 Problems/Drivers by [email protected]
March 30, 2005 Dear Sir/Madame I am on low income social security of $6000 yearly for medical problems and have Windows 98 1st Edition for a Dell Latitude P166 notebook computer at home but I have problems. I have no facilities to back up my files. For some reason, some of my drivers in the...
March 30th 05 06:29 PM
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