I am using W98 and a dialup connection to my ISP. When I start Netscape I get the message "Cannot load the Internet Configuration Library ICFG95.DLL. The following error occurred. A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed." If I click on the OK that comes with the message the dial...

Hi Gary, The cookie blocking - Now I am on the settings you suggested obviously we keep getting prompts (which can be a bit of a pain) and we could not log on to ebay at all, haven't tried ebuyer yet where we buy computer stuff. Do you adjust the settings as you need to or is there a "cunning...

My W98 disk is kaput, several cracks running outward from the center have rendered it unusable. The supplier of my PC with which W98 was supplied has gone belly up, Microsoft understandably redirects all service issues to the supplier. Is there a way to get the disk replaced? -- Spartanicus

Everyday my it comes up telling me there is an important update (823559: Security Update for Microsoft Windows) and i should do it, BUT i'v done it everyday for like a week and it doesnt seem to be "saving" to my comp. I also went and downloaded the file another way and loaded it but it still...

I used to be able to block sender with 'block sender option' in hotmail before. But I no longer see it. Is this something new or only available to premium accounts? I have been using hotmail account for a few years. Any info appreciated, Thanks -RoottihC -- _______________________

Some sort of audio card // building a old buggy for a bloke // 11 year old daughter knows more than him //has never used a comp before // can't find driver // error is subject of above // Thanks Andy

I was syncronizing my pda and browsing the web on my laptop. The Win98SE system suddenly died and acted like it got a hard reset. The Laptop does not have a reset switch on it that I could tell, so I don't think it could have pressed anything accidentaly. Now it will only boot up in safe mode. If I...

I'm running 98SE and whenever i right-click on the desktop and select "New", explorer crashes. i've tried over-installing windows without success. for what it's worth, here's the crash dump. thanks for any help. EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at...

Hi, i am comfortable with editing the registry on individual computers (restricting users with certain actions etc). But how would i create a regsitry file that could be used on all computers. regards

I've been told Windows 98 can only handle 512 MB of memory. What is the maximum amount of memory for Windows ME? I have a mainboard that can take 2 GB.

Evening, The users in my house brought in some garbage. I got rid of it all except for callinghome's executable. That's callinghome.biz. It resides in the System folder. I go into safe mode and get rid of all the files and then go into the registry and delete the keys and values and after a...

Hi guys, I have started a Word Document whereby I am saving links from this group relating to particular questions. I have quite a few so far but when I bring up the Word Doc and hover the cursor over an address it doesnt act like it should. I get no access to zipping off to the address. I know...

I have 2 PCs LAN on twisted pair. The PC with winXP has broadband connection of 256 kbps. The win98 PC connects via ICS (internetconnection sharing). My page selections on 98 via IE 6 with SP1 prequently returns an error (2 to 3 out of 10). This is causing me lot of problems in downloads (windows...

Hi, to all, just to keep myself active, I would like to know more about the run-command 'winfile'? I see lots of information, could you tell me its significance as opposed to msconfig and similar? I have never seen a Techy here mention it or point someone in its direction. (phew, relief to change...

Is there any explanation why my monitor has gray lines wherever there is text? Could it be a settings problem virsus burned lines from being left on?

Hi all, I'm having a problem with Win98SE on a Jetway 630TCF mobo. The machine's been giving problems for a while now, being riddled with spyware etc. I returned it to its owner in an apparently clean state a few weeks ago, but he's been complaining that it's still giving problems - random...

Ron, this post reminded me of the time when my housemates (we all go to the same church) computer got a terrible virus and the virus wiped out his hard drive and put about 7 or 8 megs into a normal Fat32 partition with the rest going into a Fat8 partition. A friend of mine helped me use fdisk to...

I am using Segate 4.10.1397 backup with my Win98. Before I formatted my PC I backed up all my digital photos. I always check to make sure no errors are reported, especially if I am nuking the PC. Now when I've tried to restore it gets to the last four folders on the disk and restores half of the...

When attempting to run a utility program just installed on my windows 98 computer I get and error box stating "protection error 89". What is it and how do I get around it?

I'm the one with the "SpyBot killed my computer" thread going on. Assuming I get things back to normal again (big assumption right now =:-O), then what? This computer has not had virus protection for about 6 months on cablemodem, and although it has SpyBotS&D and AdAware's latest versions...