I just accidentally installed DirectX 8.0 BDA on my system that has DirectX 9.0b. Will this installation mess up my system? Did DX8.0 BDA replace DX9.0b? I'll greatly appreciate someone's help. Kind regards, Cherub

"The disk in drive A: is not formatted. Do you want to format it now"? Anyone know why I would be getting this message in Windows 98? I get the message on any floppy disk I try to use in normal Win98 mode. The floppy drive works fine when I'm in 'safemode', or 'Booting' from it on the same...

Somewhere someone told me about a MS website that you could download a windows 98 SE cd that included all the updates. You still have to use your original CD key to do the install. Does anyone know if this is true and the website?

After installing a new motherboard, I can't download attachments. Help!

I Can't download attachments after installing new motherboard. Help!

I am trying to upgrade to win xp from win98SE but i get an error message saying setup cannot copy D:\i386\mfc42.dll to C:\windows\setup\mfc.dll can you please help. Many thanks 3Q

Please help. I've been running Windows 98 Second Edition for two years without serious problems. Now, after startup, EXPLORER is not listed in the Ctrl-Alt- Del Close Program feature. How do I get it back?? I tried to uninstall and then reinstall Win98SE through the Add/Remove Programs feature....

When turning my computer on it seemed to take a long time to start up, so when it started up this last time I hit the ESC key and file creation error is what shows on the screen how do I clear it? Thanks!

I can't properly install windows on said computer without getting this message during the process of setting up the "plug and play" devices on the computer. MSGSRV32 apperantly caused an illegal operation and was shut down "MSGSRV32 caused a general protection fault in module SETUPX.DLL at...

I am attempting to reload Windows 98 onto a re-formatted hard drive. The drive was completely clean upon beginning this endeavor. I reformatted the disk by the following: 1. Insert Windows 98 SE startup disk into floppy. Power up computer 2. go to c: prompt. type "format c:/s" 3. All infomration...

My computer crashed, I'm trying to reload windows 98 and can not find the cd case with the key code on it.is there any help for me ? Thanks

Is there a way to be sure Office97 doesn't erase my Win3 side Office 4.3? I got zonked before and I was hoping there was a more rigid way yo be sure it doesn't do it I think itis some obscure setup question, but I slipped once

can anyone tell me how to upgrade from windows 98 to xp please.

Hi! I have deleted some files on my computer by accident. Now when I boot it up it says, "Missing Companion.exe. This program is needed for opening files of application." Is this a windows 98 file? Can I reinstall win98SE? If not where is file from AOL? etc. Thanks, Linda

Hi there, How do i set my computer so i can access all of the programs on my computer and other users cant. So i can pick which programs are displayed and are accessible for other users. e.g. Like in a school there are administrators, technicians,teachers and pupils. The administrators can access...

Installing Win98SE on a Toshiba laptop. The installation locks up at "Setting Up Hardware and Finalizing Settings" Restarted several times but hangs. Is there a work around or fix that I can do? Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS TIA Tim

Win98_se. After sutting down with option "restart in dos mode", and corretly booting in dos, PC no longer boots in Windows. All attempts fail. Upon booting, I see 1st blue windows screen, but boot stops at "C:\windows". Cursor is flashing and dos commands are accepted. Typing "win" gets me to...

I cant find the update download for Windows 98SE update? can someone point me in the right direction please ta

I'm trying to do a "clean install" of W98, a process that I've done before but this time I've encountered a problem that I'm not sure how to get around. My copy of W98 is an upgrade version and when prompted to provide "proof of a previous version" I inserted my W3.1 #1 diskette, then the install...

Control panel, internet options, programs tab: If it is not checking to see if it is the default browser, mark the box and launch IE. Once you get Netscape set as the default, go back and remove the mark. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base...