Hi All I know this might sound a weird query, but I've never had to do it. Friends of family have Win98 machine, but its the 1st edition not the 2nd. Wondered if it was possible to download Win98 SE as a sort of update and basically run it to apply it. Can it be that easy?

that I haven't replied sooner re no sound icon in the tray. I did the following at your suggestion Safe modedevice managerexpanded 'Sound, Video and Game Controllers' and removed all entries related to the card etc. Reboot No joy Otherwise no probs. Yours was the best suggestion so far. Maybe...

I am experiencing problems, when I left click on most of the shortcuts in my start menu I get an error message: NAME OF SHORTCUT The object that 'C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Programs name.ink' refers to has been moved or is unaccessible. I have to right click, and select open to get anything to work. Most...

ATI Catalyst Radeon Display Driver 4.3 (Windows 98/ME) http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/2663/ati-catalyst-radeon -display-43-98-me/ Is this the best Win98SE driver for ATI Radeon 9800 Pro?

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/New.zip This .zip file contains a .reg file that will fix the problem. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour

Hi ! I'm currently installing Win98se on a very old machine. Usually, I create a second partition on which I redirect the swap file, the temp directory as well as the temporary internet files. This time, when I go into the virtual memory applet, Windows indicates that my D: drive has 0 M free...

Hi Does any one know which files and folders can be deleted safely in Windows 98 standard edition and Windows 98 second edition? If there are empty file folders in Program Files folder because some of these file folders contain programs that were uninstalled from Windows 98 operating system then...

I was given a copy of win98se. Is it possible to have the setup start by making the cd bootable?

I am using a 6 year old Compaq 5831 pc and have just reinstalled Windows 98SE on the new HD which is the master drive. I cannot run defrag or scandisk on this drive as I just get "out of memory" messages. There was no installation disk with the drive. Is this an issue I can fix from access to...

Running Win 98SE on a 6 year old 466MHz HP with 2 USB rear ports. I have a HP scanner connected to one and use the second port for my Cannon digital camera (wire always connected). In both cases I have problems with operating these two devices. After initial use the scanner will not work. The hour...

Sorry, didn't mean that to sound the way it did ! What I mean is, I hava a "Lame ACM MP3 Codec" / Windows 98 question. Later today, I'll be visiting a friend who recently bought a couple of little plastic boxes ("Retell" brand) that plug into a 'phone point and terminate into a 2.5mm jack plug...

Anyone Know what this is? It shows up when I ran Hijack this.With reference to Agent, It's in C/Windows/System. I deleted it with Hijack this, but it wont let me delete it from system It says windows is using it. It(properties) said it was created today, about 10 minuets ago.

For systems exceeding 512MB, you should add this line to the section of system.ini: MaxFileCache=512000 That is normally the only setting you need if you have installed up to 1GB of RAM, in Win98/98SE. Your mention of adding MaxPhysPage=40000 to the section of the System.ini file should not...

I have read earlier posts with replies but doesn't seem to help me here. No new programs have been installed to cause this I feel. Just started happening!! System is as follows----Win98se, WD Caviar 120GB, 512 ram, 1.44gig speed. I have been a receiving a blue screen- "Unable to write to disk in...

Would using 111 MB of swap file while having 4,096 bytes of 64 MB of RAM available cause the keyboard and mouse to freeze up? This seems like 175 MB of memory is being used. An upgrade is impossible for the RAM.

I recently got a fatal exception error: fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:C00051EF in vmm(01) 000041EF. What is this error, what is its cause and what is the fix. I am running 98 se. Please respond

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I just installed 98SE onto my "new" computer - a Dell Optiplex GX 110 with a P3 866 (that's twice as fast as any computer I've ever had!). Install was made from a full-up non-branded original non-OEM Microsoft 98SE CD (unopened even - from eBay). This computer will not be used for Internet. I've...

This blue screen error comes up on bootup. Running Win98SE with 64 MB ram on Celeron processors. I believe most of the computers that have this problem have the VIA integrated sound. They boot up ok in safe mode. Not all my 98 boxes have this problem.

hello group. I have a tricky challenge for you advanced techs: I have a new Dell optiplex gx620 w/ dual 160gb hard drives. I need to install win98se on C drive and already have winxp on the D drive. My boot up screen shows optin for both os's. Of course my win98 selection will hang and can not...