Help. My son's computer is running Windows 98 SE. I installed the operating system and created some folders for his music, pictures, etc. Everything worked fine for 2 months. I went to create a new folder for him, but when I right click on the desktop, the "NEW" option is now missing?! It is...

Not sure if this is related to the latest security update. There is no longer a "New" option on the "File" menu or when clicking on the 'Desktop" I have reinstalled my video driver, no change. I saw something on the knowledge base but it seemed to refer to older versions of IE and WIN 98.

Dear friends, I have a Windows 98 B installation with the following problem: When I right-click in a Explorer/folder window the popup menu that appears does not include a "New" submenu. The problem arised after the installation of DCOM98 pack which I downloaded from Microsoft site. I don't know...

I upgraded to WIN XP and was able to dual boot my win 98SE and XP systems until last night when I added drivers to win98 system. It was my intention to install my LAN drivers. The installs seems to go OK - no error messages. What I got instead of a working network, was "VFAT...

My computer comes up with a message "no OS found" after starting it up, is there anything i can do?

I tried to open a file the other night and it said to click on open with NotePad and to make sure to check the Always open using so that it was off, well I read it wrong and I checked the stupid box. Now I need to uncheck it and I have found a file or two with the "Open with" and I click on...

If I shift+right-click on a file and select "Open With...", the list of programs which then opens includes programs which I no longer have. Is there any way of removing these from the list? -- Regards Nigel Stapley www.judgemental.plus.com

The program whose header reads "Open With" pops up on my desktop during startup. I delete it and it keeps coming back. I don't know the name of the program, so I can't find it to "kill" it on startup. This began shortly after I had downloaded several Microsoft "critical updates." Anybody know...

When I print screen and save it with the Paint program, I used to be able to open it in paint. Now it opens in Quick Time. How do I revert Paint as my default viewer. My operating system is Windows 98SE. Thanks, Bob

I would like to find a software solution like "PhoneTray Dialup 2.0" offers, but, alas, NOT for Win98; that is, with "call waiting" I can know and accept phone calls while on line. So far, all I have found is the above, which I cannot use. Thank you

Very infrequently, usually after a crash or unsmooth software installation, I get a popup window at Windows startup that says: ---------------------------- Power Meter Show meter on taskbar Power status ----------------------------

Hello Have just received & deleted two fairly authenic looking emails supposedly from Microsoft but actually emails containing trojans/viruses - and detected by my anti-virus software (www.Vet.com.au). Both had attachments. I know these are not new but thought I'd bring them to the attention...

I notice that there is a folder called "Recycled" in the root C Drive. It has a couple of dozen "DC" files in it. What is this folder for if there is already a recycle bin? What are DC files? Thanks, Sasha

My system is running Win98SE. When I try to "Shut Down", it does a "Restart" instead. "Disable fast shutdown" is already selected. Anyone know how to fix this?

Hi MVP's; How do I get myself into these messes? The |Start|Shutdown|Restart| command sequence = "This program not responding....20 seconds to finish." But, it doesn't finish. I would appreciate guidance as to how to remedy this. On the previous restart; = "IE .. performed

I had some problems with Win98se, re-installed, and had some errors during install. Re-installed again without incident, but now FIND and RUN from the start button do not work. RUN causes Explorer error in module unknown, and FIND just causes the screen to blink, and acts as if nothing was...

When I make a connection in "Dial-Up Networking" and I dbl-click the icon, I can enter my username and password, but the check box "Save username and password" is inactive. I have to enter my UN and PW every time I want to connect. How can I reactivate it? Thanks Javad

Today I installed a new email program and changed my default setting to the new program. How can I get the right-click "send to" command to send a file to the new email program instead of the old one? (note: I can't uninstall the old program because it's part of an integrated Netscape suite). I...

Is there a way to add a "Show Desktop" shortcut icon in the taskbar? If so, how? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/19/2004

My computer has been infected. Desktop is now blue with claim that IE has been hit with "Trojan-Spy.HTML.Smitfraud.c" Am running Win98, IE6, AOL6. I'm getting lots of pop-ups and frequent freezes. Also unable to use shut-down; must shut off power to turn off. In addition, when I try to use my...