Windows 98
Windows 98 help and discussions.
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Open Office update
by Guest MEB- 0 replies
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Just a FYI. OpenOffice.org has issued a new version to address vulnerabilities. If using the program check the update on the site. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org a Peoples' counsel _ _ ~~
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Program path
by Guest Santander- 1 reply
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Some programs by default installed to C:\Program Files\Common Files\ProgramFolder\program.exe\..., not into standard path C:\Program Files\ProgramFolder\program.exe. This path used intentionally. Why?
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98 bootable diskette with usb drivers to access cdrom driver
by Guest Biggseye- 4 replies
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I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98 on it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive. anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.
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Windows 98 Product Key
by Guest LJDixon- 2 replies
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I was on computer today and went to shutdown computer when I was done. The computer shutdown then restart requesting information as if I had reformatted the computer. It asked for name and company then product key code which is back of CD package. I bought this computer used and didn't receive any of the software discs for it. How do I go about getting a new product code or retreiving my old one? Any help that anyone could give would be greatly appreciated. Have a great day!
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How do I correct spelling in Company Name?
by Guest Robert A. Macy- 13 replies
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Dyslexia strikes again! Soemwhere during installation of MS Office 2000 on my Win98SE, I misspelled my company name by inverting two letters. Went unoticed for eons. Now, after noticing this error and upon creating a file, I have to manually go to the new .xls, .doc, and ?? file, click on 'Properties' and correct the spelling. Sometimes forget. I don't want to reinstall anything, because everything is set up just the way I want it [except for spelling]. Is there some simple way to change the spelling that appears under 'company name'? Robert
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FLV Player
by Guest SANTANDER- 6 replies
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what is the most handy desktop FLV Player for win98?
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Cannot sign in to messenger or load hotmail sign-in webpage login.live.com Getting Network timeout for hotmail and Msn instant messenger will not work. Tried trillian. It kind of worked, but kept knocking me off every few seconds. What is odd, it works for people that have direct connection but not dial-up. My mothers work can access hotmail. They have wireless access. The two dial up ISP, I tried timed out. I checked my host file, there is nothing that would block it. I tried different browsers and neither worked. Greg
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Accessibility Wizard
by Guest AnneLee- 2 replies
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I wanted to make the text on my Inspiron 1520 Windows XP (I running Windows 6.0) just a little bit larger, so I used the Accessibility Wizard. Instead of increase my font size a bit much, it is 10 times larger. I tried a number of times to re-do the Wizard but it would go back to my original settings. I cannot even see 1/3 of an article on my screen. It deleted my background (which I can reload) but I don't know why it disappeared. When I turn my computer on, click on IE, everything looks normal until instead of the page with my background and the icons I use, I have a complete white page with the icons I use. The icons are of normal size but when I cl…
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Is there a fundamental reason why a dos progam that switches the display to 640 x 480 x 16 color VGA mode can't run in a resizable (or even fixed size) window on either win-98 or XP? But instead it must run in full-screen mode?
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Does the RPC Attack affect Win 98?
by Guest smith- 4 replies
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Does the RPC attack affect Win 98? M$ Security Bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx The Bulletin states: Customers who require custom support for older releases must contact their Microsoft account team representative, their Technical Account Manager, or the appropriate Microsoft partner representative for custom support options Does this mean M$ is still supporting 98 for people with custom contracts? The bulletin also states in the FAQs" What systems are primarily at risk from the vulnerability? While all workstations and servers are at risk regarding this issue, systems running Microsoft Windows…
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Is there a hard drive file organizer that will ... 1 2
by Guest 98 Guy- 37 replies
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Is there a hard drive file organizer, optimizer, "cleaner", that will a) identify multiple copies of the same file based on - same file name (but perhaps binary identical, perhaps not) - different name, but binary identical and either follow your rules (eg smart rename) or allow you to easily move them around or delete the duplicates b) identify, catalog or list the version numbers of multiple copies of the same system files (.exe, dll, etc) The goal is to use such software (instead of manual exploration and file cutting and pasting) to organize and aggregate the contents of possibly up to a few dozen hard drives. Most hard drive file o…
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email retreival comcast/smartzone
by Guest mmason- 5 replies
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Comcast is our internet provider and recently changed its email server to smartzone.We cannot retreive email as the folloeing message occurs " serv 32 casued an invalid page fault in modulemsncrt.dill at 017f:7800c9d3. We did not have this problem until the server downladed the email program. Solutions? is this incompatability with windows 98?
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Can't Get 98 to Boot With New Motherboard
by Guest jim evans- 14 replies
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I have a multi-boot system and use Win98 for software testing. I installed a new motherboard and now 98 won't boot. I get this error message: http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3423/win98p1040147mu2.jpg I have 4gig of memory so it can't be insufficient memory. There is no Autoexe.bat file, and the Config.sys file is blank/empty. I did an install over but nothing changed. Anybody know what's wrong and how I get it to boot? jim
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WMF patch - gdihook.dll infected by trojan?
by Guest Franc Zabkar- 21 replies
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I've been using Paolo Monti's "GDI32 / WMF Patch" for nearly a year now but it was only recently that AVG told me that the gdihook.dll component file was infected with the BackDoor.Hupigon4.ADUA trojan. A scan at Virustotal resulted in 18 out 36 antivirus software detecting the same malware. Symantec and TrendMicro were two that didn't detect it. I'm wondering whether this is a false positive. Here are the results: http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/gdihook_dll_scan.htm The package is delivered as a single install.exe file. When this file is scanned by Virustotal, Sophos identifies "Sus/Madcode-A" malware. All other antivirus products detect nothing. I…
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Driver for Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick
by Guest Dan- 10 replies
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I have misplaced my cd for this joystick and cannot find Microsoft drivers for it anywhere. Can someone please direct me where to go on the Internet to get full drivers for this joystick.
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How come IPConfig /flushdns doesn't work??....
by Guest Penang- 7 replies
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Hi, all ! I've tested IPConfig /flushdns command and found out that it doesn't work. But before I go on, here are some background details... My connection to the net is via ADSL, dynamic link. In theory, the use of the following 3 commands:- ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew supposed to flush out the "old" dns, and obtain a "new" one. So I made a batch file (ip.bat) with the following command:- ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew ipconfig /all and run 2 tests, about 20 minutes apart. The result is, the dns and the IPs staye…
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Threats to your Internet usage - what, why, and how
by Guest MEB- 4 replies
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Many users of the Internet believe that because of the billions of users, they are protected from malicious attacks. These people apparently fail to understand the WHAT, HOW, WHY some of these attack activities occur. Others believe that the protections offered by the OSs somehow keeps these malicious activities from occurring. Hackers LOVE these people, they are the "meat and potatoes" of the hacker world. I've posted things like "clickjacking", linked sites, SSI {server-side includes}, embedded code, and other methods in this group, however, there still seems to be a lack of comprehension of certain points. Here's a link to one site which deals with so…
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Software Compatibility (kids games) with Win 98SE 1 2
by Guest skibuz- 37 replies
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I have brought my old Win 98 SE back to life for my grandsons (ages 5 & 6) to play their internet games (specifically http://www.totaldramaisland.com). I worked with MEB on the Win 98 Networking forum and he was very helpful. I have now performed my Windows Updates, installed IE6, Avast Antivirus, Kerio Personal Firewall. Installed Flash 9 (which shows up in Add/Remove programs as Adobe Flash Player ActiveX). Additionally, he suggested I install SUN JAVA. At the http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp I found Jave SE Downloads-Previous Release_J2SE 5.0 I can find J2SE API V 1.5.0 Beta1, J2SE API V 1.5.0 Beta 2, and J2SE API V 1.5.0RC, but …
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I use windows 98 and linux
by Guest Shadow- 9 replies
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And my > 5 year old 120 Gb HD is failing, so I bought one of those nice fast Seagate sata2 320Gb barracuda. Should I re-frase the subject line to: "I use linux" ? Or is there some hope ? I remember when I used windows 95 2Gb was a big problem, but I solved that with a bios and fdisk update. TIA
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Lost mouse
by Guest Reggie D.- 14 replies
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I have lost my mouse. It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via 'install new hardware.' It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse types' & move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the keyboard down ket will noy move down!! Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse using the keyboard only? HELP..... Reggie D.
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memory parity
by Guest DiDi- 8 replies
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Memory parity system halted on startup. What is failing in this old (9 year old) Dell XPST 450. I would like to backup all data. Then start Win 98se all over clean and go on from there. But ....over the past year, before I got my new machine. Every once in a while I get Memory Parity detected, system halted. Then I reboot and everything is ok. Any ideas for next steps?
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What MS jpeg viewers are there for win-98?
by Guest 98 Guy- 17 replies
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Outlook 2000 (running on Win-98) opens jpegs attached to e-mails with MS Paint (at least it does for me). This is also the default viewer when jpegs are opened from explorer. MS Paint does not have the capability to reduce the view to less than 100% or otherwise to "fit to window". What other bitmap viewing programs came with Win-9x or Office 2K Premium that I can easily set as the default viewer that allows more flexible scaling? Bonus question: Can Outlook be configured to display bitmaps (like jpeg's) in-line? I think Outlook Express does this - can Outlook do it too?
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Start menu
by Guest Emrys Davies- 15 replies
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I have Win98 SE, OE6 and IE6. I am curious to know of which system the 'Start' menu is a part. I have read lots about it on Google and although there are lots of good articles about it and its components no one says whether it is part of Windows, Windows Explorer or Outlook Express. I suspect that it is the former but would someone put me out of my misery? Thanks, Emrys Davies.
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Looking to upgrade... XP or Vista??? 1 2
by Guest nj_annie@golfilla.info- 31 replies
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Hi.. I've had Windows 98se for many years and I'm looking to get a newer PC. I see that MOST of the systems today come with Windows Vista. I do see an occasional PC with XP but it is usually one that is on "clearance". If I do get a newer PC, which operating system would you reccomend? I have heard quite a few people say that they didn't care much for Vista and I was wondering why that is the case? Thank You Annie
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adobe shockwave
by Guest boone- 1 reply
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I have tried installing this to play simple games. At one time I played a few of the older games and they added to these games Now my 98 windows says it won,t surport it. I have tried everything. Because you need shockwave 11. to play these games now. Any one can help Please tell me>>>>