All user application programs are shut down. Then, when I do Ctrl+Alt+Del the "Close Program" window pops up. There are 22 programs on it's list. I have found instructions to load 17 of them under the Msconfig startup tab. Where are the instructions to load the other 5 located? Do I really need...

I am moving from win98 to win XP. On both computers I have Office 2000 installed. I know that on win98 and MO2000 the outlook data (contacts, emails etc.) has been stored in outlook.pst file but now I do not know where and how to put this file on winXP/Office 2000 configuration. Thanks you in...

Hello I recently discovered a boylai application installed on my windows98 HP laptop Does anybody have info about this ? Is it Norton related ? Thanks in advance

I am having trouble figuring out my USB ports. I am trying to download songs from my sons computer (Win98) onto a MP3 player, but it will not recognize the connection. On the MP3 it says it is hooked up to computer, but the computer doesn't see it. It says in device manager that it needs a driver...

Modem is perhaps needed for dial up internet. is there anything else for which modem is needed in computer? when burning CD by Nero Express, what is the difference between ' Copy entire disc' and burn data disc or when do u use 1st and when the 2nd option? thanks a lot.

My computer tells me I am missing NTDLL.DLL:NtShutdownSystem. How can I replace it?

I have a 2Ghz PC running WINDOWS98(SE) which currently has 384Mb RAM installed The motherboard is an ABIT BD7 motherboard. Please could anyone tell me what the maximum RAM is which I W98 can use if I insert the maximum this mobo can take. Thanks in advance

I need a freeware mail server for my computer so that I can send messages to people and recive messages from my computer without being online. Does anybody know a good free pop3 and smtp server?

Hi, 1) My Nero Express always burns my C: drive files (which are NOT "read only" when I look at their properties) to my CD-RW as "read only" - which prevents me from renaming, modifying or deleting files directly off my CD-RW. How can I get rid of this "read only" for CD burning? FYI: a) In...

My friend has an external address book he cant live without, but the software will not run under WinXP even in compatibility mode though it worked under his old Win98. He has a Dell 4700C which can boot from a USB device and he has a Western Digital 80G USB Hard Drive. Can we put Win98 on the USB...

I've been struggling with Windows 98 reinstall problems today and the current nightmare is a prompt stating "A required .DLL file, MSVCP71.DLL was not found". Shortly after this prompt appears the Windows 98 reinstall process stops. What is this file and how do I repair this problem?

Hi, My "Temporary Internet Files" folder has started to accumulate huge numbers of files, most of which I don't recognise. Yesterday there were 1105 files. I deleted them. Today there are 1118 files. I've run AddAware and Spybot. Both came up blank. Virus Scan same result. I'd appreciate an...

X-post to Win98 General Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification Click the Add/Remove button. Description of the Windows Critical Update Notification utility: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;224420 How to Remove the Windows...

I recently installed AOL 7.0, and I also have IE 6.0. When I log on to AOL, for like two minutes, the regular internet explorer works just fine, but then it stops connecting, and I can only use the explorer within the AOL browser. is there any way around this so I can use the regular explorer...

Windows 98 Soundblaster Live The sound drivers are all loaded, and say that they are working properly. I have uninstalled and reinstalled multimedia drivers through windows setup, still the same result. In Control Panel--Multimedia, the options to choose a playback device (and all other options...

Hello. I'm posting this in the Win98 forum because I think this is more of an OS issue I'm having, not a Internet Explorer problem (I may be wrong however). What's happening is after the computer starts, I can access the web for about 10 minutes or so, then Internet Explorer looses connection to...

I recently put Windows 98 on an old computer which completely crashed and HAD 95 on it. I used a router and connected (?) the internet to the computer. However, whenever I start IE, the following message comes up: "Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site http://home.microsoft.com/. An...

Hi, There is a text file that reads: --file starts here J is an engineer. K is a doctor. --end of file

I can get a list of programs which start when I boot up the computer and a list of tasks running on the computer. How do I get some information about which of those startup programs and tasks are required? I had a list once, but it was beaucoup pages long and most of them were totally unrelated...

My graphics went haywire sudenly and i have discovered the settings has changed to 16 colour resolution instead of 256. When i change it and restart it allways goes back to 16. I have tried everything, virus scans, pc checkups, which cannot be completed because of this problem. Cannot find...