Re-installed windows after fixing up some problems in my home computer, and this is what is still unresolved: - at Win startup and before logo shows on screen, it asks "press F1 to continue, DEL to enter setup". Never did this before. - it shows "floppy disk(s) fail (40)", but drive A seems to...

Re-installed windows after fixing up some problems in my home computer, and this is what is still unresolved: - at Win startup and before logo shows on screen, it asks "press F1 to continue, DEL to enter setup". Never did this before. - it shows "floppy disk(s) fail (40)", but drive A seems to...

I am using a windows 98 system mainly for e-mail and MSN with my kids in university. I am frustrated that for the little I actually use the computer it always freezes whenever I want to watch a video clip or anything with more than a few seconds of continuous motion. What could be the...

I am using a windows 98 system mainly for e-mail and MSN with my kids in university. I am frustrated that for the little I actually use the computer it always freezes whenever I want to watch a video clip or anything with more than a few seconds of continuous motion. What could be the problem and...

If you are using MSN, uninstall it from Add\Remove Programs, and then reinstall it. Please note that besides MSN, there are other dialers and connection managers that can also cause the error....see here for an example - http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/cd/windows/dialup/psudlw2k.htm If you do not...

(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...

(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...

(cross posting reduced) That message can occur for many reasons, whenever a wininit.ini file is = created by some program.=20 The file is used to change files after a reboot, that are in use when = Windows is running. Next time it happens, find the file "wininit.bak", open it in Notepad, = and...

Apparently you are not the only one with this problem, after a quick Google and Google Groups search. I suggest you post your question in an msn messenger group: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.msn.messenger Do you have the latest DirectX 9.x installed? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98...

(Excessive cross-posting reduced) Go he http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm Click the "Restore NEW Command" link on the left. Direct download: http://aumha.org/downloads/new.zip Unzip the file and follow the directions in the readme file. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems

A large number of posts lately are reporting that several functions of Windows Explorer (Explorer.exe) are failing, all with the same error message: "EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:07c7fc6e This includes trying to open "My Computer", Control Panel, Windows...

When using Ctrl-Alt-Del I get the 'Close Program' dialogue box. I can 'End Task', 'Shut Down' or 'Cancel', but if I use the 'x' in the right hand corner to close the dialogue box the system hangs, and I need to do a hard reboot (system reset). Has anyone come across this problem? I've tried to...

When using Ctrl-Alt-Del I get the 'Close Program' dialogue box. I can 'End Task', 'Shut Down' or 'Cancel', but if I use the 'x' in the right hand corner to close the dialogue box the system hangs, and I need to do a hard reboot (system reset). Has anyone come across this problem? I've tried to...

I have BSOD message: "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C029B5F4 in VXD VWIN32(05) + 0000411C" What do I do to dig myself out of this one?? My computer is very old: Pentium 160, 2Gb hard drive, Windows 98SE.

I have BSOD message: "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C029B5F4 in VXD VWIN32(05) + 0000411C" What do I do to dig myself out of this one?? My computer is very old: Pentium 160, 2Gb hard drive, Windows 98SE.

After some time of my computer good job I see a blue screen with following words A fatal exception 0E has occured at 0028:C02865AA in VXD VWIN32(05):000022A2 After three finger combination and computer restart it worked normally sometime even for a long period of time, even some days, or sometime...

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.

muti-media CD's and 98 Hi, win 95 used to recognize this muti-madia CD with is an audio CD but also has video files. All win 98 will recognize is that it is an audio CD and I cant't get to the main menu with the videos. Anybody find the solution to this? thanks

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.

muti-media CD's and 98 Hi, win 95 used to recognize this muti-madia CD with is an audio CD but also has video files. All win 98 will recognize is that it is an audio CD and I cant't get to the main menu with the videos. Anybody find the solution to this? thanks