Thanks Rick. Hey guys it is Rick "Nutcase" Rogers. Long time no see. Will you stop by to say hello again in 98 newsgroup, Rick or at least post here to say hi. : smile "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... : Hi Mark, : : The...

Greetings, In the dim past I remember that there was a way of making the desktop icons text background transparent, so the desktop image was not blocked. Can someone recall how that is do? Thanks Larry S

,I don't know what happened because I did not choose to "not" have my computer quit going into standby mode. When I went to put my computer in the standby mode the choice was not there! It's done this before but I can't remember how I fixed it and this new forum to get answers quick is for...

I have a P3, 733Mhz, 128 MB of RAM, and am running Win 98 SE. Can I install and run Office Professional 2003?

I have had an annoying problem for quite some time now. While not terribly windows savvy, I did work with DOS quite a bit years ago. My MSI PC is running win98se and always freezes or reboots when any thing with sound is run, it even does it very occasionally when the windows sound byte is run...

Hi Folks, I need to get a SIMPLE firewall. I once had McAfee and I had to take it off because it was so complicated that it would not even let me on the internet! I need one that is easy to understand and use. I am a novice at this computer even after using it for a while. I do not understand all...

Hi!; I have few PCs has join to network domain. Once PC win98 join to domain, I don't want user disjoin the domain without the administrator permission. However Win98 allows user to join or disjoin the domain easily even without the permission from system administrator. So any method can disable...

Sorry, I changed my email address and so I'm posting this again: "I don't know what happened because I did not choose to "not" have my computer quit going into standby mode. When I went to put my computer in the standby mode the choice was not there! It's done this before but I can't remember how...

Just recently the "Standby" will not operate on my Wndos 98SE. The monitor will go on standby, and goes dark, but the computer will not. I then have to reboot the computer to start it. Where is the folder and what file controls "standby"? or what and where is the program line. I can replace...

I had to reformat my Quantum hdd becos I suspected it was in areal bad shape. Then I started reinstallling Win98SE using the startup disk. On typing set up at the command prompt, the setup window came up; all was well up to this stage. At the "Preparing to run Win98 setup" stage, the progress...

How can I get the KB823386 Hotfix? Solomon

When I go to any wesite, is ther any pictures in the site, the pocures shows up as a red X mark. Why I am not able to see the pictures.How can I see the pictures.

It's relatively easy to associate a file name extension with a program, such as .TXT with Notepad. But if a given program is associated with a list of different extensions, is there a way of removing one extension from the list? (A recently installed program has grabbed a bunch of extensions for...

Yahoo's tech Tuesday has some interesting stuff and here it is: http://news.yahoo.com/techtuesday/ http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20050214/tc_pcworld/119666&cid=1093&ncid=1730&sid=96089681 Microsoft Window users need to apply latest patches due to hackers taking advantage...

I am cross-posting this with 98 newsgroup for more helpful ideas for John P. "John P." wrote in message ... : Thx for the tip, Jeffrey. I'd seen mention of VFD in one of your : earlier posts when I was searching newsgroups for info on...

Hello, I've never used Active desktop. Nor will I ever do. I have a button on the start menu "settings|Active Desktop". How do I remove that button? Thanks Fredrik

Hi When starting the computer the win98 screen appers, then the black screen with keybord text but then the curserer onley stands there blinking nothing happens ... is it a virus or driver problem ? windows starts ok in safe mode. in regedit under run is there at standart list over files/programs...

I have a couple of programs that do not display the font correctly in the task bar at the top of the window nor in the status bar at the bottom. Rather just a series of squarish zeros are displayed. I've just been living with it as I'm familiar with the programs. These programs displayed fine in a...

I have here a used USB 2.0 3.5 inch USB enclosure with HD installed. I connected to an XP machine and it works fine but won't read/write from my 98 SE machine. I have drivers installed for another USB drive so this new unknown make is visible as drive D: There is little info on the box. On the bar...

Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here. Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel icons in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the options on the Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why? Tom McFarland