Windows 98
Windows 98 help and discussions.
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DKabppls.exe
by Guest Rudy- 13 replies
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This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0). Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help. Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup ? The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer on shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT ? END TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are, where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it done. Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2.. Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing.. I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from CTL/…
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formatting hard drive
by Guest attilathehun1- 0 replies
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I formatted my slave hard drive and did a quick format (erase), instead of a complete format. I wanted to put another operating system on the hard drive and now I'm having problems loading it up. It says: Invalid system disk, replace the disk and press any key. I tried to get into BIOS but this message comes up. When I put Windows ME OS disk into it then it says: Boot from CD-ROM or boot from hard drive. When I chose CD-ROM and ran the operating system it got to the point where it says something to this nature: make sure to remove any floppy diskette and press any key to restart your computer. That's as far as I get. Maybe I should've done a complete format…
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Re-Install Win98SE ?
by Guest Rudy- 6 replies
- 377 views
I was given a Yr 2000 HP desktop PIII 866 w/ 384 Mb ram, running Win98SE. It has more capability than my older 1998 HP. I'm having two problems which I can't resolve. I'm connected to the Internet via ethernet cable> DLink SuperG router>cable modem. The older machine (Celeron500 256Mb) was connected to the net via a USB connection as the installer couldnt get (he tried) a 10/100 hard card to function (Port conflicts he said). Given that, the connection was reasonably fast but the machine did have 'falling offline" problems, especially if left alone/inactive for a while. During D/L though (say 25 parts x 309 Mb .WMV files) it was fast and smooth..1 0f…
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How to change Windows Greeting?
by Guest Robert A. Macy- 9 replies
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How do I change the Windows greeting? Win 98SE I inherited from a fellow employee an IBM ThinkPad [laptop], which he kindly converted for my use. The only residual left was a greeting with his name on it asking for a password that only required I hit CANCEL to boot up Windows and fully use the laptop. He is no longer with the firm, all the licenses for all the software are legitmate. I've used this unit for a while with a lot of my own installations added to the existing structures, and I'm reluctant to reinstall from scratch. So how do I change the greeting to use my name, or bypass the request? Robert
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USB Card Reader causes total Freezeup
by Guest not_you@my.dotcom- 5 replies
- 330 views
I have Win98se. I have a card reader for my SD camera cards. I have used this card for months with no problem. Yesterday I plugged the card into my USB port and the computer froze up. I got a blue screen with a lengthy message with lots of technical jargon that I did not understand. It told me to press Y (yes) to continue running Windows, or N (no) to exit. After several tries, and regardless if I pressed the Y or the N, left the card reader in the computer, or unplugged it, my computer just froze up. Nothing worked, I could not do a CTRL ALT DEL, or anything else, except shut off the power. That error message told me to run SETUP.EXE for windows. I ra…
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Excessive and inappropriate cookies being injected
by Guest Robert A. Macy- 7 replies
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What's happening here? How do I stop this from happening? MS Explorer on Win 98 system collects cookies like crazy even with MV Host file installed.. Ok. As a test I cleared out all temp and cookies, to BLANK. Cleared out Recycle Bin. Rebooted. Went to a SINGLE website to view a a tour for a home. And VOILA! Thousands [well it seemed like thousands] of cookies with inappropriate URL addresses insinuated themselves right back again. These are cookies not even associated with the tour. How is that possible? As part of this experiment, I didn't go to any of the old URL's but somehow their cookies pop right back the minute I got back on line. Is ther…
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How to go in safe mode?
by Guest A Ng- 0 replies
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For Win98, how rto i get to safe mode? i tried F8 (WinXp, Dell), but doesn't work. MY system is packard bell. -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
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Clock off by a half hour.
by Guest Fan924- 2 replies
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Using Win98SE. Every few days I find my clock is a half hour slow. Exactly a half hour. It is not running slow, it is being reset somehow. ???????????
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Upgrading a Slow CPU to a Faster CPU
by Guest Brad- 7 replies
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Hi, I bought an old Packard Bell "Multimedia C115" desktop computer from a friend of mine for $20.00. While he had it, he did a some upgrades (128M ram, USB ports, etc.). It has Windows 98SE. The Pentium processor speed is a 120Mhz. I would like to upgrade that to at least 200Mhz. Besides changing the CPU, what other changes would I have to make? 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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USB Card Reader causes total Freezeup
by Guest not_you@my.dotcom- 0 replies
- 211 views
I have Win98se. I have a card reader for my SD camera cards. I have used this card for months with no problem. Yesterday I plugged the card into my USB port and the computer froze up. I got a blue screen with a lengthy message with lots of technical jargon that I did not understand. It told me to press Y (yes) to continue running Windows, or N (no) to exit. After several tries, and regardless if I pressed the Y or the N, left the card reader in the computer, or unplugged it, my computer just froze up. Nothing worked, I could not do a CTRL ALT DEL, or anything else, except shut off the power. That error message told me to run SETUP.EXE for windows. I ran …
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Clock off by a half hour.
by Guest Fan924- 0 replies
- 229 views
Using Win98SE. Every few days I find my clock is a half hour slow. Exactly a half hour. It is not running slow, it is being reset somehow. ??????????? -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
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Re-Install Win98SE ?
by Guest Rudy- 0 replies
- 219 views
I was given a Yr 2000 HP desktop PIII 866 w/ 384 Mb ram, running Win98SE. It has more capability than my older 1998 HP. I'm having two problems which I can't resolve. I'm connected to the Internet via ethernet cable> DLink SuperG router>cable modem. The older machine (Celeron500 256Mb) was connected to the net via a USB connection as the installer couldnt get (he tried) a 10/100 hard card to function (Port conflicts he said). Given that, the connection was reasonably fast but the machine did have 'falling offline" problems, especially if left alone/inactive for a while. During D/L though (say 25 parts x 309 Mb .WMV files) it was fast and smooth..1…
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DKabppls.exe
by Guest Rudy- 0 replies
- 243 views
This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0). Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help. Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup ? The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer on shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT ? END TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are, where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it done. Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2.. Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing.. I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from …
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Finding out what works, and maybe why.
by Guest legg- 1 reply
- 257 views
Aside from churning out new OS revisions, some profit might be had from looking at current examples of old systems that, in spite of the status quo, have somehow managed to survive, in daily practical use, and without the benefits of a re-install. After all, with penicillin growing on stale bread, who knows what accidental benefits can be created by continually recovering from random errors over a length of time.......... This was always an informative aspect of hardware product development - getting some ancient and field returns that had been ridden hard and put away wet, to pore over (usually in your spare time, though, I'll admit). RL
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Finding out what works, and maybe why.
by Guest legg- 0 replies
- 247 views
Aside from churning out new OS revisions, some profit might be had from looking at current examples of old systems that, in spite of the status quo, have somehow managed to survive, in daily practical use, and without the benefits of a re-install. After all, with penicillin growing on stale bread, who knows what accidental benefits can be created by continually recovering from random errors over a length of time.......... This was always an informative aspect of hardware product development - getting some ancient and field returns that had been ridden hard and put away wet, to pore over (usually in your spare time, though, I'll admit). RL -- Post…