Windows Explorer is locking up more and more. Even to the point of preventing a normal reboot to be able to get things up and running again. Is it possible some file has changed? and needs to be "refreshed"? How is this done? Or, how is the file that's changed found and refreshed? - Robert -

Good afternoon! After an OS reinstall (done by someone else) booting up is really irritating. I get the Compaq screen followed by a black screen with a blinkink cursor, the windows loading screen, another black screen with a blinking cursor, then the windows desktop background, THEN the icons...

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

(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...

The maximum HDD size Windows supports is 128GB ( since there are no 128GB drives... 120GB ). However, depending on the MB, you may have to flash the BIOS to recognize the full 120GBs. Without any changes, 512MB is the limit for Windows. However, by adding the line MaxFileCache=512000 under the...

I've gotten an error msg about an installation not being able to link to Shell32.dll. But I have that file in the Win/System directory. Is it a problem with a version? How do I update/upgrade/replace the one there with the best copy available? I have access only to dialup... Thanks!

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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,...

I have two computers: a new one running XP; and an old one running 98SE. I've just about got everything I need off the old one, and onto the new one. The older one has serious problems. It may be hardware, but the symptoms appear as a non-functioning Windows Explorer. I can't use it. And any...

What would be the best free combination of the above for W98 that is still freely available and is least demanding on system resources. TIA

What would you suggest I have as Min & Max settings for V-Cache? I have PII350MZ with 64MB ram. Thanks, Dan

After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my mouse to "wake up" my computer, a button remains on my taskbar that is very annoying. I had this problem before, but do not remember how I made it stop appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver...

Hello - I'm getting emails and browsing using Avant, but if I open up a DOS window and to ping www.ibm.com, I get Timeout messages. I'm not sure this is the problem, but I have a firewall, Tiny Personal Firewall, but I do not know what setting is causing ping to not work. Or if that is the...

Hello I've made a partition of 1Go on a disk of 40 Go with a view to using it for the virtual memory. This partition is G: I have a disk with C: E: and F: and a disk with D: and G: When I go to the set up panel - performance - memory, the list of disks shows G: as having 0 Mo free space. I can...

A Compaq can boot into Safe Mode but hangs (desktop wallpaper but no icons; no bar across the bottom; keyboard, including Start Button has no effect) if attempting boot into Normal Mode. Can a virus or other "malware" be the cause? I'll try editing the Registry at "Run", "Run Once", etc., to see...

I am running Windows 98se. I enter a lot of contests online, out of about 180 daily contests, about 19 contest pages will not let me load. I get a “cannot find server error�, though these 19 pages seem to be available to a lot of my friends. I have cleaned out temp files, adjusted my browser...

I am running Win 98 with a Pentium(r)II Processor, Intel MMX(TM) with 32 MB of RAM. Is it possible to get more RAM for this older processor? IF so, will it increase my Internet download speed? I ran disk defrag and the speed of my computer is ok. I am trying to increase my internet access speed. I...

Used to have a single CD ROM, set up as master at the end of the cable. Added another CD ROM, for R/W, set up as slave. Boot up everything lists ok. Yet, can't access information on CD ROM Went back to single CD ROM and still disk won't read info. Worse, Windows Explorer badly hangs trying to...

I can not install any new programs off of a CD. I get the error: The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. This is a Win98 stand alone computer. There is no poledit.exe program on the computer.

I am stuck in safe mode! Help