Windows 98
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Security Update for Windows 98 (KB891711)
by Guest Gary S. Terhune- 7 replies
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1. Go to Windows Updates and make sure you're totally up to date. 2. Uninstall (from Add/Remove Programs) "Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification" 3. Go here and do *everything*. http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm 4. Wait for others here to suggest further malware detection procedures, discuss security settings, etc. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Dennis" <den942@bright.net> wrote in message news:%231XG6U4gIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I keep getting a pop up that this critical update is available. > When I click on the install button, nothing happens. What is > up with this?
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What is mprojector489120293
by Guest letterman@invalid.com- 1 reply
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I keep finding this mprojector489120293 folder in my Windows/Temp folder. I delete it, and it comes back. It appears to be something for flash movies, but I have flash already installed on the computer so I dont know why this keeps being created in that folder. I'm asking because I wonder if this might be a virus or spyware. None of my AV or spyware software show it to be a problem, but I keep deleting it anyhow. Here are the contents. The Folder name is: mprojector489120293 The Files inside are: Flash6movieV2.3.1.1a.mvx FlashPlayer.3.1.1a.ocx mPlayer.3.1.1a.dll System.3.1.1a.mfx The file path is C:\Windows\Temp\mprojector489120293 I should probab…
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registry help,please! 1 2
by Guest JS- 44 replies
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Greetings, Today, my 98 pc crashed and when I restarted it, it came up in the mode where you get 5 or so choices, normal, safe mode,etc. The #5 "command prompt only" was highlighted and I couldn't choose another, and all I see is the C:\> . What command do I put in to get it started again. I put in the # 5 and "command prompt only" and got "bad command" on both. It also said to run scanreg when it gets started. Is "scanreg" the command I use to start that? Do I need C: only? what are the other two symbols for? Any other suggestions are appreciated. Jim
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How come with a number of windows 98 machines I have no two have the same thing coming up during the startup process? One just starts with a windows cloud picture windows then goes black then returns before finally I see the desktop. Another one has some screens of text on black mixed in sequence with the windows 98 cloud picture screen. And I also noticed that after months of a certain text on the screen one day it had some different information in text coming up for a few days then I guess it went back to the way it had been. All that text flies by so fast is there a way to freeze it and be able to actually read all of it?
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98SE/ME NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Driver
by Guest Bob L.- 0 replies
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I am running a triple boot system, 98SE / ME / XP Pro. I have just upgraded with a new motherboard with an NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset. Does anyone know of a 98SE / ME driver for this chipset or maybe a work around in order to get these two FAT systems up and running? I am not looking to use any of the special features of this chipset like RAID or SATA, I just want these systems to operate the way they were originally designed with the new motherboard? I am able to boot the systems but the Desktop looks like a Safe Mode display and there are no Hard Drives or CD drives listed in Device Manager or My Computer, only a Floppy Drive. I can access the two FAT …
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Trying to get rid of DEFAULT_MONITOR
by Guest Warren- 1 reply
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I have embedded the text files in the E-mail rather than attach for easier access: ********************************************************* *********[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\MONITOR]********* [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\MONITOR] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\MONITOR\VSCE41B] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\MONITOR\VSCE41B\PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_5961&SUBSYS_280117 EE&REV_01_000800] "Capabilities"=hex:14,00,00,00 "InitMonitorPowerState"="0f" "EDID"=hex:00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,5a,63,1b,e4,01,01,01,01,14,10,01,03,0e,26 ,\ 1f,78,2e,11,45,a4,5a,4a,a0,24,14,50,54,bf,ef,80,81,80,81,40,71,4f,01,01,01,\ 01,01,01,01,01,01,01,30,2a,00,98,51,00,2a,40,30,70,13,00,78,36…
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Re: Pay Pal FRUSTRATION
by Guest Brad- 1 reply
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Re: Pay Pal FRUSTRATION Hi, I was using Netscape 7 (over 5 years) with Java disabled. I didn't try enabling Java to find out if that would make a difference. Instead, I downloaded Fire Fox and used that browser. Now I can see my balance, etc. Why I didn't get any kind of warning with Netscape, is a mystery. Brad On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:27:45 GMT, in alt.anger you wrote: >Hi, > > PayPal made changes to their web site back in September. > > This is the first time I used Pay Pal after the changes and I can not see >my balance anymore. I never had this problem before they m…
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Ad-Aware SE Personal
by Guest AAH- 2 replies
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Try to download the defs file from http://download.lavasoft.com/public/defs.zip
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Pay Pal FRUSTRATION
by Guest Brad- 1 reply
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Hi, PayPal made changes to their web site back in September. This is the first time I used Pay Pal after the changes and I can not see my balance anymore. I never had this problem before they made changes. How do you see your balance? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
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Risys running Win31 - 98SE disk recovery
by Guest MEB- 4 replies
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Discussion was originally entitled Computer failure - 02/19/2008, poster BAP, in this discussion forum. The discussion spread to two other computers and issues with those, their operating systems and other. I have split that discussion into new separate discussions with headings for the individual potentials/issues. Please keep these discussions separated. Background, the Microtime computer had been running Windows 98SE until the computer started to fail. Presently diagnostic routines are being run through to attempt a recovery. This discussion concerns data recovery from the Microtime's hard disk and potential issues with an older computer, BIOS, and Windows 3…
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Discussion was originally entitled Computer failure - 02/19/2008, poster BAP, in this discussion forum. The discussion spread to two other computers and issues with those and their systems and other. I have split that discussion into separate discussions with headings for the individual potentials/issues. Please keep these discussions separated. BAP indicated that a discussion would be created for this computer, but I do not find it, so... Background, the Microtime computer had been running Windows 98SE until the computer started to fail. Presently diagnostic routines are being run through to attempt a recovery. This VAIO discussion concerns data recovery from…
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Discussion was originally entitled Computer failure - 02/19/2008, poster BAP, in this discussion forum. The discussion spread to two other computers and issues with those, their systems and other. I have split that discussion into new separate discussions with headings for the individual potentials/issues. Please keep these discussions separated. Background, the Microtime computer had been running Windows 98SE until the computer started to fail. Presently diagnostic routines are being run through to attempt a recovery. The keyboard is erring out and has been tested by using other keyboards which also fail, and the computer apparently never gets to the POST scre…
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PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card
by Guest Old Guy- 6 replies
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I just installed a PCI adapter to use PCMCIA SRAM cards in my win98 desktop computer. Windows recognized both the adapter and the memory card and installed new drivers. I rebooted. Control panel->System reports the devices are there and working properly. The problem is that the drive has not been assigned a drive letter and doesn't show up in My Computer or Windows File Manager so I can't transfer files to or from the card. There is no icon for it that I can see other than one in the Task Bar that allows you to stop the drive for card removal. It works. What am I missing?
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Limited User
by Guest xcal- 1 reply
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Hi group, how do I configure limited users in Win98 SE? Is this possible?. For limited users I mean they cant install programs, nor access system files. thanks very much in advance, Carlos.
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Trying to Get Rid of DEFAULT_MONITOR
by Guest Warren- 0 replies
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As requested by PCR, I have started a new thread. Requested information attached as text files.
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Really Big Start up problem
by Guest SandyMann- 4 replies
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Hello, everyone. Windows 98SE pc will not start up. I get the screen Checking NVRAM (16mb shared memory used) hit del to exit setup. That IS as far as start up goes. .. . .shuts down (electrically). I have noticed the fan inside isn't working. (i've already taken off casing, unplugged cd rom drives (2)). ANY ideas are so welcome and I anticipate your replies. REspectfully, SandyMann
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CERT Alert - SUN JAVA - JRE 5 and 6
by Guest MEB- 1 reply
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-066A Sun Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities in Java Original release date: March 6, 2008 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected Sun Java Runtime Environment versions * JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier * JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 14 and earlier * SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier * SDK and JRE 1.3.1_21 and earlier Overview Sun has released alerts to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the Sun Java Runtime Environment. The most severe of these vu…
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Connecting USB to Ethernet adaptor
by Guest tigertim71- 1 reply
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Hi- I am trying to attach a USB to Ethernet adaptor to get broadband on my W98SE (this works using a normal USB-B to USB-A connection, but I need a 10m cable, hence ethernet...). I load the adaptors driver disk (does not do much, ie. install- but this installed automatically on my XP). The new hardware wizard proceeds; Unknown device-Search for the best driver-after I specify D:\Windows 98 through browse and click next it says windows is unable to locate a driver for this device. I have tried updaing the driver through the Device Manager (Other devices-Unknown Device) and through installing one of the attachments through Windows Explorer (D:\Windows 98).…
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US CERTS Combined
by Guest MEB- 1 reply
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This post concerns issues in Windows [not us/9X] IE, and other,. the second segment concerns exploits in PDF documents. As 9x can not use the newer Reader versions, disable Java, html connections, and other aspects in the 9X reader [see its settings to disable], or use something like Foxit Reader to help avoid potential issues. Your firewall can also be used to block Adobe Reader's access to the outside world. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-043C Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: February 12, 2008 Last revised: February…
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How to get rid of mouse cursor when no mouse installed?
by Guest mike- 5 replies
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I'm writing a demo program for a win98 system. The system has no keyboard or mouse. It boots to the application and just runs. Problem is that if I remove the mouse, I get the dialog box that complains that a mouse was not found. If I click "don't show this again"...some trick with no mouse or keyboard, the message does not appear again, but there's a mouse cursor smack in the middle of the screen. I want to be able to attach a mouse for diagnostic work, but need the mouse cursor GONE when there's no mouse. Hidingit won't work, because there's an on-screen popup keyboard that sees the mouse location on top of it and won't go away. Is there some magic i…
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Interested in testing Microsoft's new non-Windows OS which uses "completely new" {non-legacy} code? RDK 1.1 - version 6709 Singularity http://www.codeplex.com/singularity http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/ -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com _________
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Error Message
by Guest smg- 4 replies
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Operating System: Windows 98 se RAM: 768 Application: Quattro (for DOS) When trying to load the Quattro (for DOS) spreadsheet, I get the following error message "Out of Memory". The program loads but with loss of data. -- smg
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batch commands work in Win XP but not 98
by Guest eganders- 12 replies
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Why do the following commands result in garbage stored in tractest.txt for Windows 98, but puts the date and time headings into the file "tracetest.txt" for Windows XP as I want? Can these statements be changed in some way so that the date and time are stored in the file properly? date >> tracetest.txt < nul time >> tracetest.txt < nul I have a batch file that puts the date and time in the header of a section of a file prior to running a test. I need to identify the date and time that the test is run. Each time the test is run, the date and time are placed in the file and the test and the results are stored in the file appended to the r…
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win98 updates still available???
by Guest mr_unreliable- 15 replies
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hi Group, I am still a win98se fan, but have gone thhrough so many app installations and de-installations that my registry and hard drive have become a mess. In the past, I just re-installed win98. But since support has been dropped, I am curious whether the microsoft updates are still available? I searched through the archives of this ng, and evidently microsoft was still making the win98 updates available -- at least up until the end of 2006. Does anybody know if they are still available??? thanks in advance for any help, jw
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SOUND ICON IN THE STARTUP!
by Guest Brusso- 2 replies
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I took out the sound icon (the one you use to open up and adjust the sound properties and mute things as well) out of startup near the clock and I don't know how to put it back in there near the clock. I've looked all over and can't seem to find it at all. Can you please tell where to look and how to do it and get it back near the clock again. -- Thank you and have a great day!!! BRUSSO!!!