1. I was playing around with my Win95B machine and I saw there is no more-than-useless "suspend" item on the stupid start menu. I can't remember how I got rid of it, I can't figure out how to do it, so I can't get rid of it on my 98SEL machine. Does anyone know how? 2.

I have a CD copy of 98se and it doesn't boot. Are there any cabinet files that would contain mscdec.exe and some generic ms-dos driver? I'm not quite sure how to boot this CD since it's not bootable. It's just a copy. I know I will need io.sys and msdos.sys and autoexec.bat too atleast maybe...

Up to this date I have been using IE6. However, lately I have started experiencing situations where it would stop in loading a web page. When it hit control,alt,delete, it states that the page that is loading is (not responding). I did a search and there is a Microsoft page that says that there...

OK; KernelEx does not seem to be of benefit on a Win98SE machine (yes, Unicows.dll installed and registered). How can one test it? * What i did: Replaced * I had: Win98SE Win2K: Version "Windows 98" nil VersionNumber "4.10.2222" ...

I am trying to rescue some old files from a computer that has Win98 SE as the OS. The computer did function until recently and I obviously did something wrong. Now when I power up this error message immediately comes on: "CPU is unworkable or has been changed. Please recheck-CPU SOFT MENU ...

What's the standard precedure now for dealing with the security issues below (and others that will inevitably follow) for users of Windows 98? The described flaws are in IE and WMP. Can any of the available Microsoft patches be applied (presumably the answer is no)? Are there attempts being made...

I had taken note on 7/19/05 of this critical update, which I was going to update later on. Today this critical update is no longer at the Windows Update site. Checked my installed updates, in case I had updated it but forgot about it, but the update is no longer there. Below is the note I had...

OH...FOR GOODNESS DAMNED SAKE !!! ....surely there is a SINGLE ...all singing / all dancing - "install it and forget it," ...REALLY, REALLY GOOD ....firewall / anti spy/scum/mal/crap-ware application out there that can do everything for me automatically, .....without having to read through...

ISTR the old DOS-mode surface scan utility - the one that used character mode, and drew a screenful of blocks, with each block representing a sector or a number of sectors (it told you how many), with some of them shown as B if it contained any bad sectors - did not, by default at least, retest...

I needed to restore a backup on my windows 98 system, and the backup was still using AVG free. Needless to say that isn't a good choice anymore. Can somebody please recommend a free antivirus scanner for Windows 98? I can't seem to find an installer for Avast that will work. If there is such an...

Hi all, I think I may have mentioned this prior but due to increase in frequency I am bringing it up again. My hard drive is making a sort of 'knocking sound' but Only at the beginning & end of a download from the internet. Is this something that is 'normal' at times or something a little...

convert, say for example, a 1992 P166mmx 32mb 72 pin simm 1.2gb hd machine, in a slightly soiled and aged case, - into a top of the range P4 with everything ? :-) regards, Richard

Anyone know what I need to do in order to view the following video ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7806756.stm It just spins in a circle for me.

I'm trying to reinstall windows 98 on my computer. I succesfully reinstalled it, but it didn't have everything on it. I found the first disck to reinstall and figured that was my problem. So I tried to redo it with this disc but now my computer freezes when i try to install. It freezes when it...

Hello again Mr. Badour: I called HP support--they said my system would not run XP--not enough power. I then went to HP's site obtained a chat session with a technician that said it will. Had to download 'advisor'. I did, but the file(upgAdv.exe) has a digital signature error and the certificate...

My Win98SE Computer has the following Specification : Intel Pentium 120 Mhz 40MB RAM 1MB PCI Graphics Card 2No. HDDs Drive C: 4086MB (3871MB free) Fat 32 Drive D: 1025MB (262MB free) Fat 32 Intel i430 FX Triton Motherboard. 5 port USB2 PCI adapter card installed Operating...

Question for M$ Fanboys: Is Windows 7 finally the compelling reason to migrate from Windows 98? Side question: what do I do for Microsoft Fax?

Why do I three Sent Items.DBX files? Sol

I'd like to know if 14 rb.cabs for is the limit for W98se. -- LuckyStrike The best Tweak and your ally for IE = **Disable Active Scripting** ------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know how much info is necessary, so I'll begin with what I hope a simple Q. What is the best way to access and/or transfer data from an old computer to a new one? When I got the new unit, I thought I could simply connect the two units with a USB line and that would be that. Then I...