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When it comes to windows 9X, I find reinstalling it the best bet.

thanatoid wrote in : I would REALLY appreciate it. sed - it's a available from GNU. Stands for stream editor. instructions:

When I boot up my computer sometimes a movie screen pops up usually with an advertisement for an upcoming movie. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot, anti-virus programs, but can't seem to get rid of this. Any suggestions?

Registry errors can affect your computer in several ways. They can cause your computer to crash frequently for no obvious reason, they can cause you computer to run slower than normal and generally behave in an unexpected way. There is no doubt that a smooth running machine makes for a happy...

-----Original Message----- What exactly are you looking at when you see this figure of 36Mb? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 "smockey" wrote in message ... In order to be able to connect to an older IBM AS/400

On my Laptop, when I am bringing the system up, I either get an automatic shutdown or sometimes it will give me a blue screen. The message says that there is a fatal fault at 0028:CA14BDBO. What does that mean and where do I look for the problem. Does Windows 98 have a log record of the...

Whenever I turn on my computer, before it even fully boots up, I am getting a message saying "work offline. No connection to the Internet is currently available. to view Internet content that has been saved on your computer, click work offline." This "work offline" message keeps popping up every...

Your best bet may be to ask here about the settings that you don't understand. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

hello. After turning my computer on, and after the windows 98 splash screen whilst loading, the following message apears (below the box with all the computer details in white writing with black background) Veryfying DMI Pool Data.... C:\C:\Windows\cwcdata\cwcdos.exe

Hello, I have win98se and I installed and configured K-Meleon as my default browser. It automatically opens .html files from my hd. However, when I click on a url in my newsreader or mail program, IE launches. Typing a url in the run box also produces an IE window. I want to use K- Meleon for...

Software to repair system registry can help computer users maintain their PCs in good condition. It is a vital component of the computer that I once neglected too. It eventually made me lose a lot of important data, and you should make sure that it does not happen to you. This article will discuss...

Hi, Do you think a huge registry (62MB when saved in a .reg file (exported)) would affect the performance of the computer? Like the speed at start-up? Thanks.

I have 2 OS's, win98se and xp home, on one hd, in different partitions. Why is it when i boot up directly into XP, I get a reminder that my C drive is short of space. That is where my win98 is installed. I'm not using it except for a tv tuner that does not work in XP. I do not use it for...

Looking for a newsgroup pertaining to XP home networking. I did a search and tried subscribe and found nothing under Newsgroup types. Does it exist?

I can not install any new programs off of a CD. I get the error: The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. This is a Win98 stand alone computer. There is no poledit.exe program on the computer.

Hi, I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first. Problem: For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't had any problems. About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons I went back to dialup. Everything works fine except this one...

My print que isn't large enough to spool all of the files I need to print in sequence. Is there a way to increase the size of the que so it will print all of the files in stead of just 10 pages or so? Thx Tevibear

Sometime over the last week, I have lost all sound from my Pc and do not have a clue where to start looking. Could someone point me in the right direction? Paul Dulong

I was checking this group out to find help with some problems I'm having, and found at least two people,i.e. ~robear dyer and ron martell, advocating ad-aware to detect many different types of hijackware. I thought they would like to know that I couldn't install ad-aware because of a corrupt...