Now and then, there are comments made that a particular problem should be brought to the attention of the appropriate Newsgroup. I have some questions and issues regarding Visioneer Scanner, MSOffice 2000, WordPerfect, Iomega Zip Drive, etc. I have tried to get to the right Newsgroups, but have...

I have been having intermittant MSIMN faults related to the DLL above as 'invalid page faults' for weeks. Yesterday OE6 became unusable crashing every couple of minutes after trying to send to NGs or going off-line. I've scoured the web looking for fixes and unchecked the log-file troubleshooting...

I was bound to do do it sooner or later; I guess today was the day. I d/l the latest AVG DB yesterday and it started a sequence of bugger-ups involving my startup items. The latest consequence is the loss of my Display settings ... I mean, really lost. Even the options that appear in Control...

I hope this is the right group, at least for starters. I use Windows 98SE. The Problem: Under system properties, screen performance, there is a message: "Compatibility-mode paging reduces overall system performance." The problem began when I installed then uninstalled hardware and...

Ok here's the thing. I love XP but I am trying to format & reinstall 98 for someone else and I got lost. I have the OEM CD and Product Key, I booted from the CD and ran through setup. It didn't ask me for the key at all nor did it ask me how I wanted to install; that is, the typical, custom, etc...

Sorry to ask here, but my newsreader won't subscribe to any DOS newsgroups. Maybe someone here still remembers DOS 6.22? A used 486 computer. I get the message "missing operating system" as previous owner probably wiped the hard disk. i want to start with DOS 6.22, then maybe W95 or something...

My Win98 Solitaire will open and I can select any menu item but the only thing that actually works is the "about Windows". I can't play a game as no cards appear and all other menu options once selected do nothing. I have removed it and reintalled it with no joy using the control panel. I've also...

When I shutdown my 98 SE I get a program error. In mksc it say: This progran has performed an illegal operation and will shutdown. Can anyone tell me what program it is and what I need to do? And Sometime I get: Afatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:C29B3373 in VXD PCIMP(1) + 00001C33. The...

Please help!!! I was receiving "this program has performed illegal operation" errors and could not run any internet applications. I attempted to use the steps listed in Article ID : 298343 to repair the comctl32.dll file but it seems the file was removed but then was not extracted (was given bad...

This weekend I attempted to add AOL to my roadrunner service but it would not locate my roadrunner connection so I decided to uninstall the software. Since the AOL uninstall I cannot connect to the internet or run many of the microsoft applications. I get the "this program has performed and...

My computer running Windows 98 SE wont start up anymore. It says that explorer.exe and comctl32.dll is missing and it freezes up, even though the files are there. I can't reinstall Windows, either. I am utterly confused and I have no clue what to do.

Is there a way of permanently disabling Task Scheduler with Win 98 SE which will leave the rest of it working unchanged? With my Presario 7477 it always returns on next boot up if I disable it in its Advanced window. With thanks for your interest and trouble.

http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/index.html As you can see from this web page -- Windows NT (New Technology) is affected again by more security issues than Windows 9x. Windows NT includes 2000 and XP while 9x includes 98 and 98SE. Currently, two of the high security issues that allow a...

Having a problem with my background disappearing randomly...Half the time when I restart the computer, it's there - half the time, missing. I have a picture set as my background, but in the times where it disappears, the background reverts to one of the generic "shape" themes or is either...

I want to back up my hd and should like to know whether this is possible with an HP Presariio Desk Top 7477 using CD-R discs in the F drive and the Back Up program in Win 98 SE. I have tried without success being unable to set up the process. The CD writer is in working order but I don't get that...

I receive this warning everytime I do a "scandisk" I generally ignore it, but is this a potential problem? (There are about 15 errors pop up, all with "66character" cynosure) Thanks for any assistance. http://cjoint.com/data/fnfrzgHWFd.htm

Hi, My grandson is having problems with a game and I was wondering if anyone can assist in this problem He has bought a pc game called Grand Theft Auto 3 which he has installed today. ----------------------------------- This error message error is coming up and game cannot be played - Required...

I didnt realize it was improper to sell Windows 98 OEM software. Well, I did this on ebay and my auction was cancelled. Here is the question that I have, shouldn't other people selling Windows 98 OEM software on ebay have their auctions cancelled too? Here are some Windows 98 OEM auctions that I...

Hi there.. Take a look at this picture what does it tell?? Someone told me to uncheck something in this dialog box inorder to make my sound card work.. but how since it's "freeze"!! Thanks for any help BT

I have a friend who un-installed KB891711 from Add/Remove then went to Windows Update for the new version but was informed it was already installed. What else needs to be removed? Anyone know? Would appreciate any information. Regards, Bill Watt