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Reformatting problem by Matt
After reformatting my laptop I noticed that the graphics where limited to 16 colours and there was no sound. Someone suggested that my graphics and sound cards needed to be reinstalled but I don't know which cards I have. Do I have to open my laptop and find out what cards I have manually or is...
July 1st 04 02:49 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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SaveAs box displays inverted file list by Dagwood Bumstead
For the last couple of weeks the SaveAs box (or Open box etc) has been displaying the list of files in *descending* order. Does anyone know how to correct this, so that they list in normal ascending order? I've never seen or heard of this problem and I've got a sneaky suspicion that this is a...
July 1st 04 01:20 PM
by Dagwood Bumstead Go to last post
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List of start up items to remove by MOo!
I had a list from Windows that gave all the information regarding what what can be removed from the startup menu (msconfig) and a description of each thing. Unfortuneatly I never printed it out and have had my computer cleaned out after a virus. Is there anyone that can help me find this list. I...
July 1st 04 04:28 AM
by MOo!! Go to last post
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Desktop clock loses time and computer freezes up for several seconds by Jerry
This is a new motherboard using AMD 2600 Athlon My desktop clock loses time and the computer freezes up for 2 seconds to 10 seconds then operates normally. These are the only obvious symptoms. When I try to de-fragment it will only go to about 36 percent and then starts over.
July 1st 04 04:15 AM
by glee Go to last post
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CPU Performance by Keith
This is a rather odd one. One of my companies PC's was running rather slow. So I installed some monitoring software. What this showed, was that although the system was idle the CPU was sitting at 85% - 100% usage. The really odd thing was that, if I started to wiggle the mouse about, the usage...
July 1st 04 12:59 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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dial up modem out by RB
My friend has an old Micron MPC Pro Q pc running Win 98. He's on dialup ISP. His modem quit the other day, and we're trying to put a replacement in. Once we physically get the new one in, is it as simple as going through the "add hardware" Win 98 routine to finish the install (plus running...
July 1st 04 12:29 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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System Performance Problem by Ellis Hillinger
I have a performance problem with my Win 98 system. It is a Dell with a P III / 550 MHz and 128 MB memory with 700 MB of free disk space. The symptom often seems to be certain web sites that hang for no reason. I believe I finally traced it to another problem today. On occasions after the...
June 30th 04 03:36 AM
by Ellis Hillinger Go to last post
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Program has stopped responding by Anthony Litterio
I keep getting this on my Windows 98 machine when I try to shutdown, but it does not list any program... The title bar is blank. Any idea what this could be? Thanks Tony
June 30th 04 03:06 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Win 98 machine constantly writing to disk by Jesse13579
I have a machine that is running windows 98. The machine has become sluggish and hangs very often. I suspected a stealth virus. After updating and running virus checks several time I found nothing. I updated the applications on the machine and still nothing. I can run scandisk from the command...
June 30th 04 03:04 AM
by glee Go to last post
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general fault error by mike
PLease direct me to the correct forum if this is not it. Here is my error message. It is an IBM 600 laptop running 98SE with office 95 application. It is on a home network. I get it with all applications not just WORD and the screen freezes if I am trying to access the network printer. I find...
June 30th 04 02:41 AM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Win. 98 error: Msbb by Joseph Kirkwood
Hello again, I need help finding out about the error Msbb. *Msbb* An error has occured in your program. To keep working anyway, click Ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this program, click Close. You will lose information you entered since your last save. *Msbb*
June 29th 04 11:00 PM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
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Pour Performance All Around by PLEASE HELP
I am running Windows 98 SE on a PII 400 with 256Mb of RAM. I have recently experienced a long list of problems, including the following. 1. Windows will not shut down. When I chose to shut it down, it reboots. Any suggestions? 2. I have recently installed a highspeed internet providers software...
June 29th 04 05:22 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Problem keeping profiles separate by Paul
Hi, I setup 3 different profiles in my W98SE computer. Some days after doing it, the screensavers got messed up, now when anyone of us changes it from his profile, it changes the others' profiles as well. Same with the Recycle Bin: anyone can see what the others deleted in another profile. I...
June 29th 04 09:45 AM
by Paul Go to last post
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can't get past windows logon screen by Winford Maneice
I'm having problems with Windows 98SE on my machines. I create a user account on the desktop and assign a password. I then logout as administrator and try to log back in as the user using the assigned password. The system goes to the desktop view then immediately goes back to the logon to windows...
June 29th 04 07:01 AM
by Winford Maneice Go to last post
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VFAT Device Initialization Failed by Margo Guda
There is an article in the MS knowledgebase that addresses my problem, only none of the solutions suggested there seem to apply to my situation. And restoring a previous registry makes the problem go away, although I cannot say this really solves the problem, because any changes I made to my system...
June 29th 04 03:39 AM
by Margo Guda Go to last post
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VFAT Error by [email protected]
Recently, I have encountered the VFAT error. I conducted a search of the Microsoft KB for VFAT, and discovered Microsoft KB article ID - 139063 that addresses this issue. This article provides six options to resolve this problem. However, I wasn't sure about the intent of option three, which...
June 29th 04 02:44 AM
by JM Go to last post
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Windows My Computer problem by cmsmith
How do I keep the my computer window from opening every time I start my computer?
June 29th 04 02:42 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Short of memory for DOS programs by JP
I do not have enough free memory for running a DOS program I need about 512k of free memory Any ideas how to increase this? Memory Type Total Used Free ---------------- -------- -------- -------- Conventional 532K 81K 451K Upper 0K ...
June 29th 04 01:24 AM
by Steve Baron - KB3MM Go to last post
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Can't Get Past Log On Screen by Kim
I can't get past the log on screen before the pc freezes up. Nothing works to unfreeze. I have to reboot then I am stuck in safe mode. How do I get out of safe mode? thanks in advance
June 28th 04 08:40 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Error on Booting NTKERN by Outback
WIN 98 SE When I use the step by step Start Up option after pressing the F8 key on booting, I get "override standard NTKERN Y?/N? prompt. It doesn't seem to make any difference iin performance whether I confirm Yenter or No escape. The problem appears to have occurred after a recent WIN 98
June 28th 04 10:19 AM
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