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Virtual Memory by Jean
I am trying to understand Ram and Virtual memory. What is the default setting and what would be the optimum settings for Virtual memory. I am running Windows 98E, 256mb of Ram, 20Gb Hard Drive and I have used about a quarter of my hard drive allocation. When I checked my Virtual memory dialog...
June 19th 04 09:55 PM
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Wtoolsa Error Message by Jean-Pierre Sighe
Hi All, This morning I had a power black out in my area and obviously my computer was abruptly shut down. Since I restarted my machine, I'm having the following message that keeps poping up on my screen : Wtoolsa This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
May 23rd 04 11:46 PM
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graphics choice 2 or 16bit -32bit lost by jeannie
after my sons girlfriend deleted some files and programs from computer the graphics have been distorted and 32bit resolution has been lost have tried settings etc does anyone have any ideas have installed new graphics card but even that has not updated comp to 32 bit
July 29th 04 08:03 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Windows 98 start-up by Jean[_3_]
When we turn the computer on, it stops in DOS mode with the options 1: normal, 2: logged, 3: safemode, 4: step by step confirmation, 5: command prompt only, 6: safe mode command prompt only. When normal is entered the message "incorrect resource assignment" comes up and the computer freezes...
September 26th 04 02:40 AM
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Win98 shutting down during boot-up by Jeff F
I have a AMD K-6 II 450 Mhz with two hard drives that will not boot up, as I said in the earlier post this came on after installing a new USB device, so I have isolated that it is stopping after trying to load the vmouse.vxd file. how do I go about resolving this? the computer will boot up in...
August 19th 05 02:53 PM
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Win98 SE shutting down during boot-up by Jeff F
After updating some drivers my computer go through POST then shut-down, I know that I have to find which file is causing the problem, but does anyone have a good place to start? It appears to shut-down at about the spot whereit's loading virtual drivers, (Safe-Mode works fine). Thanks Jeff
August 7th 05 07:11 PM
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Win98 SE shutting down during boot-up by Jeff F
After updating some drivers my computer go through POST then shut-down, I know that I have to find which file is causing the problem, but does anyone have a good place to start? It appears to shut-down at about the spot whereit's loading virtual drivers, (Safe-Mode works fine). Thanks Jeff
August 17th 05 06:19 PM
by PattyL Go to last post
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Win98 shutting down during boot-up by Jeff F
I have a AMD K-6 II 450 Mhz with two hard drives that will not boot up, as I said in the earlier post this came on after installing a new USB device, so I have isolated that it is stopping after trying to load the vmouse.vxd file. how do I go about resolving this? the computer will boot up in...
August 16th 05 01:12 AM
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slow (15Min) startup by Jeff Jones
I am running a P3 600 mhz computer with 512 MB ram with Windows98SE. It has been running fine for 4 years. Last weekend I installed Diskeeper 8.0 Pro and started having 15 MIn. startup times. Computer runs nomal speed up to the point I log in and then it hangs up and takes 10 min, to get to the...
July 12th 04 09:15 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Help - I'm stumped by Jeff Richards
1. 32+32 is 64. However, he might see other figures than either 32 or 64, depending on what he's looking at. 2. There is no part of a modem that takes a startup disk. You need a much better explanation of his problem. 3. Re-install the game. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "Milton Banana"...
August 9th 04 07:33 AM
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Config and autoexec by Jeff Richards
These files are not required by Windows 98, unless you have installed an application or device that has some special requirement for them. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Milton Banana" wrote in message ... Another...
December 3rd 04 12:31 AM
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Seks v polnolunie by jelinek
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March 18th 09 02:16 AM
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Seks v polnolunie by jelinek
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March 18th 09 02:16 AM
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Can't defragment by Jenni
Hi all I can't defragment my hard drive. Scan disk runs with the maintenance wizard fine then disk defragmenter starts but stops shortly after saying some other program is stopping it from running. System file checker ran with no problems detected. Windows 'working in backgroud flag' is constantly...
June 20th 04 04:12 AM
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system.ini dfs.vxd by jennifer
i've read all the posts, and tried all the suggestions, but so far unsuccessfully. like many others, my system.ini file is missing, but at the end, mine says dfs.vxd. under vxd, there is a dfs key. do i delete this? extracting from the disc has not worked, and resulted in more problems that...
September 21st 04 12:25 AM
by Buffalo Go to last post
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multiple problems with windows 98 after much money & time by jennifer
i have several problems, some i've had for a while, some new, and need help badly. 1.right after having my computer crash, and spending 200 to re-load and fix, i started getting a message about system ini files missing, and device files missing, which a come up each time i start. i have tried for...
August 31st 04 08:21 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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98 Doesn't Like My RAM "Insufficient memory to initialize windows" by Jeremy B
Hello. I have a multiboot system running 98SE, XP Pro SP3 and Ubuntu. I bought a 1GB stick of RAM for a Dell computer that matches the specs of my motherboard perfectly. The RAM is recognized fine by XP and Ubuntu. When I try to boot into 98 I get the 98 boot screen for a moment and then I get...
June 4th 08 09:40 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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98 Doesn't Like My RAM "Insufficient memory to initialize windows" by Jeremy B
Hello. I have a multiboot system running 98SE, XP Pro SP3 and Ubuntu. I bought a 1GB stick of RAM for a Dell computer that matches the specs of my motherboard perfectly. The RAM is recognized fine by XP and Ubuntu. When I try to boot into 98 I get the 98 boot screen for a moment and then I get...
June 3rd 08 09:39 PM
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Shortcuts & icons no responding by Jeremy Ogden
This might be a Windows issue or it may be that I've been well and truly 'virsed'. To cut a long story short, after running Norton SystemDoctor to fix some errors the other other day, many of them registry issues, none of my icons or.exe. files will run. In order to load any software, I have to...
June 7th 04 09:42 PM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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registry by jerrod
how do i get to the registry to delete files that were associated with my norton antivirus 2000 so I will quit getting this error.
May 16th 04 10:55 PM
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