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Firewall/Antivirus by El.Plates
What would be the best free combination of the above for W98 that is still freely available and is least demanding on system resources. TIA
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December 5th 06 07:09 AM
by Steve Winograd [MVP] Go to last post
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memory losses by Robert Griendling
Lately, I'm frequently getting a message that there is not enough free memory to run my programs. I've added no new programs lately. Is there any way to "clean-up" memory or to decipher this problem? Bob Griendling
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December 17th 04 02:05 AM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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DVD drive is not playing DVD by Nutty
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry"...
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May 5th 05 05:16 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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PC Stuck on "shut down" (win98) by áòæ
From time to time when I wants to shut the PC ("shut down") it get stuck. Seems like the "shut down" proccess is running but get stuck on a black screen. The only option then is to push the "power" or "reset" botton. Any idea ??? if extra data is needed ... Included my standart hijackthis log.
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March 15th 06 02:41 PM
by BoazBoaz Go to last post
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How to change Windows Media Player in Windows 98 to not play CD's? by Bible John
Whenever I insert a CD into my Win 98 laptop it always launches Wndows Media Player. How can I change this so that the CD Player app launches instead? I have a older laptop (only 266mhz) and Media Player takes much longer to load than the CD Playing app that Windows 9.x shipped with, which is...
February 12th 07 06:07 AM
by Bible John Go to last post
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V-Cache settings by Rubyjack
What would you suggest I have as Min & Max settings for V-Cache? I have PII350MZ with 64MB ram. Thanks, Dan
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February 27th 07 01:19 AM
by ssome Go to last post
26 5,438
Windows Startup Issue by arnymars
When I startup the PC, at the end of boot process it appears to hunge looking for something about 3 min then printing two times on the screen: c:/ , and then starts normally. What do these c:/ mean - it can't find a previously refenrenced and then uninstalled program? How I can find out, why it...
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November 22nd 07 06:33 AM
by arnymars Go to last post
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Dr Watson Reports by Dougair
With limited RAM at present (64MB's), I'm working hard to keep up with a selection of fault messages and reboots, and in the last few days, Dr Watson is reporting:- "Windows User-interface core component attempted to access memory that does not exist. Module Name: user.exe Description: Windows...
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November 6th 08 04:55 AM
by newscruzer1 Go to last post
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Can NOt Drag Icons after a short time of use. by Justin Baker
HI.. i am having problems with my Windows 98 system. My icons seem to not reacte to my draggin them.. When I reboot it is fine i can move the icons.. and then after a spell of internet browsing. (using IE6) .. or just doing normal stuff on my computer ... the icons are unable to move then.....
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July 12th 04 07:35 PM
by glee Go to last post
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Shell32.dll by whomper
I've gotten an error msg about an installation not being able to link to Shell32.dll. But I have that file in the Win/System directory. Is it a problem with a version? How do I update/upgrade/replace the one there with the best copy available? I have access only to dialup... Thanks!
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January 2nd 08 03:28 PM
by kraut Go to last post
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How to flush disk cache? by JS
Is there any way to force Win98SE to flush the disk cache(vcache)? TIA
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September 12th 04 04:51 PM
by SFB - KB3MM Go to last post
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USB notification missing by Francine
On one of my 98SE systems, I am not getting the notification that a USB device is plugged in and there is no icon in the systray, therefore I do not have the ability to safely remove it. What do I need to do to get this on my system? I have that ability on all the XP systems and my 98SE laptop,...
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May 29th 05 09:26 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Lots of Problems all of a Sudden by Chris
I wonder if anyone can help me. I am having a lot of problems with my WIN 98 2nd Edition Compaq Presario 5716 computer and I am running out of options. I thought the problems might be memory-related, so yesterday I installed another 128 MB of RAM. Now all three sockets have 128 MB each, and there...
May 27th 04 10:00 AM
by Tom Go to last post
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Data recovery Help! by Slave to the machine ;-\)
Can someone pls advise a software program to recover data from an accidentally erased external HDD? -- Slave to the Machine ;-)
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October 6th 05 08:41 AM
by lukeles Go to last post
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How to record more than a minute with Windows Sound Recorder by Bible John
How can I record more than a minute with the Windows 98 and Windows XP Sound Voice recorders that ship with Windows? -- Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. CERM-Church Education Resource Ministries http://www.cerm.info
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May 9th 07 08:24 PM
by J. P. Gilliver Go to last post
26 4,658
Blank Dialog Boxes by Elizabeth
Some of the words in my dialog boxes are missing or faded. The 3 boxes at the top right hand corner are blank. Everything works fine as long as I can remember what box to click on. It gets confusing even trying to correct the problem because I can't see what I am doing. Help! I'am running...
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January 29th 07 02:16 AM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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How to remove Windows login? by Joe Magiera
Running Windows 98...how can I completely remove a windows login that appears when I boot the machine up? It is not a network login, it is only a windows login. I have been able to set the password to (nothing), but I can't figure out a way to remove the login alltogether. Thanks in advance, Joe
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May 1st 07 05:35 AM
by Dave[_2_] Go to last post
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Win98SE CPUROCKET.DLL Not found! by Wayne
I have: AMD Athlon 1.2GHz; 256MB DDR RAM; Abit Siluro T400 graphics card; ASUS A7A266 DDR SDRAM 266MHzFSB AGP Pro/4X SOCKET A Motherboard; Creative Soundblaster Live MP3+5.1 . A couple of weeks ago I mistakenly (I think) downloaded and foolishly used Advanced Stystem Optimizer from Systweak Inc. ...
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December 6th 04 08:54 AM
by Alan Edwards Go to last post
16 4,476
Question of curiosity by FACE
Every few weeks, my IE Internet Options/Connections setting goes from "Always dial my default connection" to "Never Dial a Connection". And it appears to do it all on it's own. (Obviously something is causing it) Any idea what? FACE
December 7th 04 02:50 PM
by Buffalo Go to last post
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Button remains on taskbar from Screensaver by Kristen
After my screensaver has been running for a while, and when I move my mouse to "wake up" my computer, a button remains on my taskbar that is very annoying. I had this problem before, but do not remember how I made it stop appearing. I know it doesn't have to do with the specific screensaver...
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August 23rd 06 08:13 PM
by J. P. Gilliver Go to last post
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