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transfer files from (mostly) dead computer by
bookworm656
I'm trying to transfer files from an old computer running Windows 98 (it was
originally running Windows 95 but was upgraded) to a computer running Windows
XP. The computer running Windows 98 will start up, but it comes up with an
error message and then the blue screen of death almost right after it...
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Disk Defrag by
RW
Does anyone have any thoughts as to why Disk Defrag only works in Safe Mode
on my PC? Is there some registry setting I can change?
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User profile problem by
Alan
I have Win 98SE with User profiles enabled. Recently, I have had problems
with the Profiles not working correctly. The most recent occasion was that
the PC has to all intents and purposes lost the profile of a particular
user. When you logon using the name and password of the user in question,...
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May 11th 06 09:20 PM
by ernie
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Backup by
margie
I did a backup on my elderly neighbours computer and turned AVG off so they
came up as errors in the backup.
Also these errors came up:
MyBackup.qic
Schedlog.txt
Cookies\INDEX.DAT
History.IE5\Index.dat
temporary internet files\content\IE5\INDEX.BAT
these all came up as busy.
Any help would be...
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KB891711 WINDOWS 98 PATCH????? by
margie
Does the above need to be in the startup, i have disabled everything else
except volume control and AVG -Grisoft anti virus.
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margiegirl
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April 29th 06 11:54 PM
by margie
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AD-AWARE SE PERSONAL OR SPYBOT - SEARCH & DESTROY by
margie
I have installed Spybot on my elderly neighbours computer. I have Ad-Aware
SE personal on mine, I use Windows XP. Neighbours computer has minimum
memory.
Can ad-aware run on Windows 98 and does it do what spybot does or more????
-- Thanks.
margiegirl
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April 25th 06 06:12 AM
by margie
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Media Players are crashing 98 by
Victor
Just recently I have been having problems with my media players (WMP v.7,
MPclassic). Every time I load them and try to play a file, they hang and
then I must reboot windows. I've tried updating my video driver,
un-installing and re-installing the players and even restoring the registry
from a...
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April 22nd 06 01:58 AM
by glee
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Removing Bad Drivers by
Steve Wade
Hi Guys,
I made a bit of a pig's bottom of installing some USB drivers for a "mass
storage device" and I'm left with a lot of yellow markers and an
unrecognised MSD.
Unfortunately, when I try and remove said drivers the system freezes/locks
up.
Any suggestions of how to remove these drivers or...
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HDD size limits under Win98? by
Steve Wade
Hi Guys,
Is there a maximum size of HDD, I can use in Win98se?
If so, if I buy an HDD larger than this, is there a work-around?
Thanks!
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April 20th 06 10:08 PM
by Ian
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Window in Danish (?) by
Candy
I hope this is the right section to post this question to . . .
Somehow (I have NO idea how) the language on some of my windows (i.e., the
window that appears when you press control/alt/delete) got changed to what
looks like Danish (?). How do I change that back to English. It is not...
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April 16th 06 04:01 PM
by glee
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USB interface. by
[email protected]
Hello All,
I want to transfer data from USB port on an hardware board to
USB port of windows.How to go about it.Where can I get the details or
some sample code.
Thanks,
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installing windows 98 by
mostwantedplumber
at my whits end, Ive erased my hard drive, i boot up with floppy disk i
change my settings to r and go threw the process but when the instalat5ion
gets to the enter key lic number it tells me that my product key is invalid,
so i called microsoft they gave me a new one and the same thing...
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April 13th 06 11:53 AM
by glee
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Problem with copying big files within Win98 by
Steve Wade
Hi Guys,
If I try and copy a large folder from one drive to another, with a drag and
drop or sendto option, the copying starts but right at the end, when the
progress bar looks 100%, the numbers indicating the number of minutes to
completion, go into the many thousands.
What might cause...
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April 10th 06 02:27 PM
by dadiOH
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installing windows98 by
Tote
I am trying to istall windows98 in a computer that had windows95 on it. I
installed win98 frist from a hard disk and need to install it now from the
cd. but the cd-rom is not reading it. I think I need a command, but not sure.
and not sure what it whould be. Any help will do. thank you
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Win98 and logging in.. by
Ted Gervais
How does one set up win98 so that when you turn the computer on you don't
have to login. In other words.... the computer comes up and you are looking
at your desktop ready to do something.
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Managing Swap File by
Fred
Been awhile since I had to get into the old system -- how do I limit the
size of my swap file or move it to another partition?
Thanks!
Fred
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April 8th 06 05:15 PM
by Fred
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Outlook 2000 horrorshow by
JL Jones
Massive trouble with Outlook 2000 under Win98SE. I'm trying to use it for
email (just to keep up with using it) and keep having inescapable errors.
Have "detected and repaired" and run scanpst.exe (no errors) and renamed
all my .pst files and set Outlook as my default mail handler and searched
the...
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April 1st 06 04:07 AM
by glee
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Windows Explorer cannot open Word files by
Rosemary
Hi
I am running W95, and can no longer open Word files from Windows Explorer.
They can be found and opened OK from Word. can anyone suggest a cause and a
solution?
Many thanks.
Rosemary
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