Help: Changing Windows 98 Administrator

On Nov 12, 12:08 am, "Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:
"Searcher7" wrote in message

...



Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
correct me if I'm wrong).

The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

If as I suspect, you mean the User Login prompt during boot,see:

*Note: If you have user profiles this will not work as stated in the article and
you will have to perform the steps in the link provided in the article for user
profiles.

How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at Startuphttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q152104

It has also been advised that you do not use the article Q135586, which has a
link included in the article. Its purpose is "to clear the User Name logon box
so it is blank each time you start Windows", it is not meant to prevent the
logon box from prompting you for a name/password.
Instead if you have TweakUI installed, check to make sure the "Clear Last User
At Logon" check box is not checked. Go to Start Settings Control Panel,
double click Tweak UI, click the Paranoia tab, if the box is checked, uncheck
it.

How to Change Passwords in Windows Me/98/95http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257485
--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

The problem with all that is that once it says to insert the Windows
98 disk, it's game over since I don't have my brother's disk. I have
one someplace, but I won't find it anytime soon. :-(

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

"Searcher7" wrote in message
...
On Nov 12, 12:08 am, "Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:
"Searcher7" wrote in message

...



Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
correct me if I'm wrong).

The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

If as I suspect, you mean the User Login prompt during boot,see:

*Note: If you have user profiles this will not work as stated in the article
and
you will have to perform the steps in the link provided in the article for
user
profiles.

How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at
Startuphttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q152104

It has also been advised that you do not use the article Q135586, which has
a
link included in the article. Its purpose is "to clear the User Name logon
box
so it is blank each time you start Windows", it is not meant to prevent the
logon box from prompting you for a name/password.
Instead if you have TweakUI installed, check to make sure the "Clear Last
User
At Logon" check box is not checked. Go to Start Settings Control Panel,
double click Tweak UI, click the Paranoia tab, if the box is checked, uncheck
it.

How to Change Passwords in Windows
Me/98/95http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257485
--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

The problem with all that is that once it says to insert the Windows
98 disk, it's game over since I don't have my brother's disk. I have
one someplace, but I won't find it anytime soon. :-(

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Have you tried searching the drive to check if the Win98 installation/.CAB
files are present on it? One place they are normally placed is
c:\windows\options\cabs.
Click Start Find Folders/files.
In the Named box type: *.cab

If you find that they are present and you have the option to browse for the
file/s when prompted, browse to and select the directory/folder where they are
contained.


--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

The monitor is not relevant. The drivers you need are for the video adapter
card.

HWInfo32 is a program that you need to locate on the www and download.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Searcher7" wrote in message
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Not that simple. :-(

The monitor is a Hewlett Packard "D6433A" "M90".

After putting numbers on the card in Google search I spent a 1/2 hour
searching to no avail. I did find this site:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph02073

And I downloaded "HP Monitorh.exe download". It installs when I click,
but I don't know where and what to do afterwards.

"Searcher7" wrote in message
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| On Nov 10, 5:19 pm, "MEB" meb@not wrote:
| "Searcher7" wrote in message
|
| ...
| | Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?
|
| As indicated elsewhere, there is no default administrator UNLESS
*policies*
| were applied OR PWS or IIS {or another such program} had been used.
|
| Perhaps you mean the sign-on box which asks indicates a user and asks
for a
| password. If so that can be remedied by changing the logon from
Microsoft
| Networking to Windows Logon in Control Panel Network.
|
| It's already on "Windows Logon"...

I note you stated elsewhere that you could not remove the name at logon.
IF SO: That likely indicates policies or other limitations were applied
[such as direct manual registry modifications].

CHECK THIS: try setting the logon to Microsoft Networking instead of
Windows Logon.... IF the system asks for files. direct the search the the
system folder.... if it doesn't ask for location to find files, then you MAY
have an installation folder/partition somewhere...
This MIGHT remove the hardset name at logon

|
| | My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
| | order to get back on the internet.
| |
| | The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
| | needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
| | field.

Do you actually mean the OWNER field....

| |
| | I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
| | click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
| | monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
| | perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
| | correct me if I'm wrong).
| |
| | The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
| | messages.
|
| As otherwise indicated, you need to uninstall the old video driver and
| install the correct version for the present video card/adapter.
| You will also need to run Control Panel Find New Hardware to correct
the
| incorrect chipset/PCI/CPU/devices installed.
|
| Everything in the "Add New Hardware Wizard" is not working and
| thereofre I guess not a part of my system. (See below)...

The Control Panel [or parts of it] might have been limited and/or disabled.
UNLESS, its because there are so many conflicts it is balking at even
attemptiing to run.

WAIT a Minute,,, your not stuck in Safe Mode are you?

|
| !Gameport Joystick
| !MPU-401 Compatible
| !PCI Ethernet Controller
| !PCI Firewire (IEEE 1394)
| !PCI ISA Bridge
| !PCI Multimedia Audio Device
| !PCI Universal Serial Bus
| !PCI Universal Serial Bus

*ALL of the above* would need removed.. but only if you have found out what
you DO have installed in the system, AND downloaded the proper drivers for
the devices. Without an installation CD AND proper downloaded drivers you
are going to have difficulties getting this to work properly.

Do you have a 98 Installation CD Disk anywhere? OR can you borrow one from
someone?

CHECK in c:\windows\Options\CABS or see if that folder is available and
what is in it. Files like DRIVER13.cab and Win98_21.cab indicate you likely
have the files needed. IF NOT:

What was the make and model of computer the hard drive came out of?
REASON: there may be a hidden folder or partition in which the installation
files can be found.

|
| Uninstall any old drivers for sound, scanners, and other that might be
| found in Installed Programs and/or Device Manager. Use the uninstaller
if
| possible.
|
| Make sure you have downloaded any needed drivers and manufacturer
clean-up
| tools before doing the uninstalls.
|
| Is it possible to uninstall the wrong thing? I'm worried about the
| display driver.
|
| In Add/Remove Programs Properties there is an entry that says "ATI
| Display Driver".
|
| In "System Properties" "Device Manager", under "Display Adapters it
| says Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA).
|
| Thanks.
|
| Darren Harris
| Staten Island, New York.

The reason you have low resolution [and no ability to change resolution,
color depth, etc.] is because you do not have the proper display adapter
driver installed. SO uninstall the ATI Display Driver.
The Standard VGA is the *default/fallback driver* installed in every
Windows system to provide basic GUI interfacing ability and SAFE MODE
functionality.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel
_ _
~~

In message
,
Searcher7 writes
[]
... also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480,

Probably need to re-install the correct driver for your video card (display
adapter) as the one on the disk would be for "your brother's" computer and
not the one installed on your pc.

Easier said than done. :-(
[]
Yes, you're stuck with the basic VGA driver.

You need to know what video card (not monitor) you have in the PC. This
information will usually be included in the text that appears on screen
in the first few seconds after you turn the PC on from cold (turn on
your monitor first, as the information will have disappeared by the time
it has warmed up - and/or use the Pause key: this is one of the few
times it is actually of any use! [Enter allows the PC to carry on.]).

Once you have this information, you need the drivers for it: go to the
manufacturer's website and look for the Windows 98 driver. (You may also
find it at one of the sites like driverguide, but [a] those are full of
ad.s you have to work through, [b] the manufacturer's one is more
reliable.) Ideally, you want a .exe file, as that will do it all for
you; if all there is is a .zip (and it doesn't contain a .exe), you'll
have to do the following:

Only for when you _can't_ find a .exe:

Unzip the .zip to a temporary folder. Then right-click on an empty part
of the desktop, and select Properties, then the Settings tab in the
window that appears, then the Advanced button, then the Adapter tab,
then the Change button, Next, select specific location* (then Next),
then (after a brief pause)* Have Disk, and point it to where you
unzipped the files.

Or, at various points (shown as *) during the above process, you may
choose to let it do its own thing, since it may already know/have the
drivers without you having to fetch them: it is likely that you will be
prompted for the Windows 98 disc at some point, though. (If as described
elsewhere you've found you have the .cab files somewhere - such as
\Winfows\options\cabs - you can point it there when it asks for the CD.)

You could also try telling it (at the appropriate point in the above
sequence) to use generic drivers (rather than a particular manufacturer)
but choose one of the more advanced than the basic VGA card - I forget
the words exactly, but something like "advanced VGA card" is there. You
usually get warnings saying something like "this driver wasn't written
for your hardware", but I've known several systems on which (by ignoring
that warning) you get more than 640x480 at 16 colours.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Vini, Vidi, Velcro (I came, I saw, I stuck around).

"Searcher7" wrote in message
...
On Nov 12, 12:08 am, "Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:
"Searcher7" wrote in message

...



Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
correct me if I'm wrong).

The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

If as I suspect, you mean the User Login prompt during boot,see:

*Note: If you have user profiles this will not work as stated in the article
and
you will have to perform the steps in the link provided in the article for
user
profiles.

How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at
Startuphttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q152104

It has also been advised that you do not use the article Q135586, which has
a
link included in the article. Its purpose is "to clear the User Name logon
box
so it is blank each time you start Windows", it is not meant to prevent the
logon box from prompting you for a name/password.
Instead if you have TweakUI installed, check to make sure the "Clear Last
User
At Logon" check box is not checked. Go to Start Settings Control Panel,
double click Tweak UI, click the Paranoia tab, if the box is checked, uncheck
it.

How to Change Passwords in Windows
Me/98/95http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257485
--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

The problem with all that is that once it says to insert the Windows
98 disk, it's game over since I don't have my brother's disk. I have
one someplace, but I won't find it anytime soon. :-(

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Darren, see if this helps resolve the issue.

In Control Panel double click the Passwords applet.
Click the Users Profiles tab.
If not already selected, select "All users of this computer use the same
preferences and desktop settings".
Click Ok and Reboot.
When the username/password textbox comes up:
Enter a name only, Do Not enter a password.
Click on OK, NOT cancel.
If a pw confirmation box comes up do the same as above.
You should not get the un/pw box again during future startups.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

On Nov 13, 9:24 pm, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
In message
,Searche writes
[] ... also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480,

Probably need to re-install the correct driver for your video card (display
adapter) as the one on the disk would be for "your brother's" computer and
not the one installed on your pc.

Easier said than done. :-(

[]
Yes, you're stuck with the basic VGA driver.

You need to know what video card (not monitor) you have in the PC. This
information will usually be included in the text that appears on screen
in the first few seconds after you turn the PC on from cold (turn on
your monitor first, as the information will have disappeared by the time
it has warmed up - and/or use the Pause key: this is one of the few
times it is actually of any use! [Enter allows the PC to carry on.]).

Once you have this information, you need the drivers for it: go to the
manufacturer's website and look for the Windows 98 driver. (You may also
find it at one of the sites like driverguide, but [a] those are full of
ad.s you have to work through, [b] the manufacturer's one is more
reliable.) Ideally, you want a .exe file, as that will do it all for
you; if all there is is a .zip (and it doesn't contain a .exe), you'll
have to do the following:

Only for when you _can't_ find a .exe:

Unzip the .zip to a temporary folder. Then right-click on an empty part
of the desktop, and select Properties, then the Settings tab in the
window that appears, then the Advanced button, then the Adapter tab,
then the Change button, Next, select specific location* (then Next),
then (after a brief pause)* Have Disk, and point it to where you
unzipped the files.

Or, at various points (shown as *) during the above process, you may
choose to let it do its own thing, since it may already know/have the
drivers without you having to fetch them: it is likely that you will be
prompted for the Windows 98 disc at some point, though. (If as described
elsewhere you've found you have the .cab files somewhere - such as
\Winfows\options\cabs - you can point it there when it asks for the CD.)

You could also try telling it (at the appropriate point in the above
sequence) to use generic drivers (rather than a particular manufacturer)
but choose one of the more advanced than the basic VGA card - I forget
the words exactly, but something like "advanced VGA card" is there. You
usually get warnings saying something like "this driver wasn't written
for your hardware", but I've known several systems on which (by ignoring
that warning) you get more than 640x480 at 16 colours.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
**http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htmfor ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Vini, Vidi, Velcro (I came, I saw, I stuck around).

@#$%!

Can some tell me how to get around the industry's capitalistic
roadblocks? All I need is to find and download the latest drivers
without having to first download and install some "Driver Finder" app
that I'd have to pay for to use.

The computer is an HP Pavilion 7955, and the video card an NVIDIA TNT2
GRAPHICS CARD (Part #5185-5340).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Searcher7 wrote:
On Nov 13, 9:24 pm, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
In message

,Searche r

writes [] ... also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480,

Probably need to re-install the correct driver for your video card
(display adapter) as the one on the disk would be for "your
brother's" computer and not the one installed on your pc.

Easier said than done. :-(

[]
Yes, you're stuck with the basic VGA driver.

You need to know what video card (not monitor) you have in the PC.
This
information will usually be included in the text that appears on
screen
in the first few seconds after you turn the PC on from cold (turn on
your monitor first, as the information will have disappeared by the
time
it has warmed up - and/or use the Pause key: this is one of the few
times it is actually of any use! [Enter allows the PC to carry on.]).

Once you have this information, you need the drivers for it: go to
the
manufacturer's website and look for the Windows 98 driver. (You may
also
find it at one of the sites like driverguide, but [a] those are full
of
ad.s you have to work through, [b] the manufacturer's one is more
reliable.) Ideally, you want a .exe file, as that will do it all for
you; if all there is is a .zip (and it doesn't contain a .exe),
you'll
have to do the following:

Only for when you _can't_ find a .exe:

Unzip the .zip to a temporary folder. Then right-click on an empty
part
of the desktop, and select Properties, then the Settings tab in the
window that appears, then the Advanced button, then the Adapter tab,
then the Change button, Next, select specific location* (then Next),
then (after a brief pause)* Have Disk, and point it to where you
unzipped the files.

Or, at various points (shown as *) during the above process, you may
choose to let it do its own thing, since it may already know/have the
drivers without you having to fetch them: it is likely that you will
be
prompted for the Windows 98 disc at some point, though. (If as
described
elsewhere you've found you have the .cab files somewhere - such as
\Winfows\options\cabs - you can point it there when it asks for the
CD.)

You could also try telling it (at the appropriate point in the above
sequence) to use generic drivers (rather than a particular
manufacturer)
but choose one of the more advanced than the basic VGA card - I
forget
the words exactly, but something like "advanced VGA card" is there.
You
usually get warnings saying something like "this driver wasn't
written
for your hardware", but I've known several systems on which (by
ignoring
that warning) you get more than 640x480 at 16 colours.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
**http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htmfor
ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Vini, Vidi, Velcro (I came, I saw, I stuck around).

@#$%!

Can some tell me how to get around the industry's capitalistic
roadblocks? All I need is to find and download the latest drivers
without having to first download and install some "Driver Finder" app
that I'd have to pay for to use.

The computer is an HP Pavilion 7955, and the video card an NVIDIA TNT2
GRAPHICS CARD (Part #5185-5340).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

I believe you can use the generic Nvidia TNT drivers.
Just put TNT2 video drivers in Google and you will find many places.
Or, just go to Nvidia.com and dl.

On Nov 25, 11:41 pm, "Buffalo" wrote:
Searcher7 wrote:
On Nov 13, 9:24 pm, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
In message

,Searche r




writes [] ... also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480,

Probably need to re-install the correct driver for your video card
(display adapter) as the one on the disk would be for "your
brother's" computer and not the one installed on your pc.

Easier said than done. :-(

[]
Yes, you're stuck with the basic VGA driver.

You need to know what video card (not monitor) you have in the PC.
This
information will usually be included in the text that appears on
screen
in the first few seconds after you turn the PC on from cold (turn on
your monitor first, as the information will have disappeared by the
time
it has warmed up - and/or use the Pause key: this is one of the few
times it is actually of any use! [Enter allows the PC to carry on.]).

Once you have this information, you need the drivers for it: go to
the
manufacturer's website and look for the Windows 98 driver. (You may
also
find it at one of the sites like driverguide, but [a] those are full
of
ad.s you have to work through, [b] the manufacturer's one is more
reliable.) Ideally, you want a .exe file, as that will do it all for
you; if all there is is a .zip (and it doesn't contain a .exe),
you'll
have to do the following:

Only for when you _can't_ find a .exe:

Unzip the .zip to a temporary folder. Then right-click on an empty
part
of the desktop, and select Properties, then the Settings tab in the
window that appears, then the Advanced button, then the Adapter tab,
then the Change button, Next, select specific location* (then Next),
then (after a brief pause)* Have Disk, and point it to where you
unzipped the files.

Or, at various points (shown as *) during the above process, you may
choose to let it do its own thing, since it may already know/have the
drivers without you having to fetch them: it is likely that you will
be
prompted for the Windows 98 disc at some point, though. (If as
described
elsewhere you've found you have the .cab files somewhere - such as
\Winfows\options\cabs - you can point it there when it asks for the
CD.)

You could also try telling it (at the appropriate point in the above
sequence) to use generic drivers (rather than a particular
manufacturer)
but choose one of the more advanced than the basic VGA card - I
forget
the words exactly, but something like "advanced VGA card" is there.
You
usually get warnings saying something like "this driver wasn't
written
for your hardware", but I've known several systems on which (by
ignoring
that warning) you get more than 640x480 at 16 colours.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
**http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htmfor
ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Vini, Vidi, Velcro (I came, I saw, I stuck around).

@#$%!

Can some tell me how to get around the industry's capitalistic
roadblocks? All I need is to find and download the latest drivers
without having to first download and install some "Driver Finder" app
that I'd have to pay for to use.

The computer is an HP Pavilion 7955, and the video card an NVIDIA TNT2
GRAPHICS CARD (Part #5185-5340).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

I believe you can use the generic Nvidia TNT drivers.
Just put TNT2 video drivers in Google and you will find many places.
Or, just go to Nvidia.com and dl.

None of this has helped.

Beside being forced to download and install some JAVA app, all I get
is this page: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

There is nothing in "Beta and Archived Drivers", And when I click the
"Graphics Drivers" button for "Automatically find drivers for my
NVIDIA products." I also get nothing.

If the card wasn't jammed into the motherboard, I'd try another card
from a different system.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

"Searcher7" wrote in message ...
Can some tell me how to get around the industry's capitalistic
roadblocks? All I need is to find and download the latest drivers
without having to first download and install some "Driver Finder" app
that I'd have to pay for to use.
The computer is an HP Pavilion 7955, and the video card an NVIDIA TNT2
GRAPHICS CARD (Part #5185-5340).

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_71.84.html

Ben