Windows 98 all of a sudden when it was turned on, began to function as if it was being setup for the first time, and is asking for the key code. It will not go into safe mode. that I get is a Windows Explorer error that it has performed an illegal operation. What do you think is wrong and how can...

whenever you start the computer, it always says loading windows for the first time, and then one has to select the normal startup option from the startup menu. What should be done so that windows starts normally and does not go into the startup menu

MY OS is Window 98SE. I like to upgrade itto WindowXP, so I bought the upgrate version. I try to instal it but failed. Would anybody to tell me how to do it the proper way and step by step. I appriciate very much for I have this updat for 2 years and I try all the time and failed all the...

Hi All, I have a dell dimension 4100 running Win 98SE. I don't know what happened but here it is: when i click on start, programs, the only thing showing is a startup folder (and its empty). There are no programs listed. If I look in C, Program Files, all of hte programs are there. Part of my...

Everytime I insert an Audio CD.. I get the error message that "Windows cannot find Winamp3.exe. This program is needed for opening files of type 'Audio CD' " First of all... I don't want my Audio CD's associated with Winamp, but with Windows Media Player... but I don't know the correct file...

Windows 98 Accessories game package When starting Freecell I get Close/Ignore screen....only Close works....then I get illegal operations error. When checking the details I get General Protection Fault in Cards.dll module. When Starting Solitare...I get the screen, but no cards appear and...

WHEN I TURN ON MY COMPUTER, IT ASKS ME TO OPEN WITH 6 DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WHEN I TRY THE SAFE MODE, IT CUTS MY COMPUTER OFF. PLEASE HELP BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT IS WRONG. PLEASE HURRY WITH YOUR RESPONSE.

Hi everyone. This might be a tough one so i appreciate anything you can provide. I am trying to upgrade my laptop which is running WIN 98 SE to WIN XP or WIN 2000/ME. The problem im having is that i don't know how to go about doing this. I don't have a WIN 98 SE disk but i do have the WIN 98 disk....

OK... This is an ongoing problem... If you read through this message you will find the original problem. Currently I want to try to do an Internet Explorer repair and see if that fixes anything. So how do I go about doing that? Any help is very appreciated. Thanks, JIM

In some applications that require a user name, the system seems to store these somewhere. I'd like to remove previous users, and mis-spelled current users from this list whic appears automatically when typing begins in the user name box within the application.

I was given a computer by a 'soon to be deceased' friend, which they bought 2nd hand through a small local clearing house. It came with no CD, no hard copy instructions and missing the interactive tutorial part of "Welcome to Windows". I received the gift with the rapt enthusiasm that one would...

Hi all. When use some programs which is crashed when I'm using in Window98Se. I always receive a notice: Ex: "Run32.dll caused a General Protection Fault in module User.exe" After that, I have to reboot my computer by press Ctrl+Alt+Del coz my computer's responded.

Does anyone know a good online tutorial for Microsoft Mail? I have it installed on 2 98 networked boxes. on the first one I set up I can send mail to myself. On the second one I set up I cannot send mail to it, and when I try to send to the first one, it is undeliverable. any Ideas? I can't...

Hi opening the Win98 Help System, choosing Troubleshoot (spelling ?? since I use a Swedish version) and any of the wizards presents a first page of several options. Checking any of the radio buttons and click NEXT only presents a blank page. Having tried to find a solution I am now out of...

Every morning I check for updates and every morning the same update shows up. I download it for an install and it tells me it is successfully installed. Then the next day it's there again telling me it needs installed again. I restart my computer after each check and successful install and I shut...

I have an old laptop. I ran a utility that listed: PCMCIA device disabled in hardware, relating to TI PCI-1130 Cardbus Controller. What does this involve, is it needed, and how to correct this? MS

Hi, A friend of mine had a virus and now when he turns the computer on he has the following missing files: C:\Windows\system\vmm32\ifsmgn.vxd C:\Windows\system\vmm32\105.vxd C:\Windows\system\vmm32\fsmgr.vxd He said that he has tried retoring the system files using

Lavert: L Running Win98 Second Edition. Recently formatted hard drive. Re-loaded L Win98SE. Have Computer A and Computer B networked. Both computers can see L the other computers. Can't access files on Computer A when I click on L Computer Icon. Any help w/b appreciated. Did you...

okay I have a dinosoar of a computer, but thats not the problem. I tried to download something, and it said I had to choose an application to open the file. I didn't know what I was doing, and I clicked Miscrosoft word. The file came out in numbers and little squares. Now everytime I try to...

Posted a number of days ago and ??...can't find my posting. When I attempt to password protect the computer, that is to say...my desktop, etc. (using Windows98) all I need do to overide that is click the cancel button on the screen that asks for the password. Is there not a way to prevent that...