Windows 98
Windows 98 help and discussions.
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exit from MSDos
by Guest brucegooglegroups- 15 replies
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After rebooting into MSDOS mode, I find that I can't restart the computer into Windows. Exit( which may work only internally) doesn't work. What is the command to exit from MSDOS in order to restart the computer in Windows 98? Thanks. Bruce
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Tri-Boot Computer
by Guest Dan- 4 replies
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Since I am thinking of having a tri-boot computer when I receive my new ASUS motherboard and my faster Intel CPU chip with fan and heat sink and want to do a clean install. What is the suggested procedure for this. I would like to use BING and I do have 2 hard drives that are both really messed up because of VPN (Virtual Private Networking) access and the computers talking to each other. I just want to have 98 Second Edition hidden all by its lonseome self on one hard drive. I want XP Professinoal on the 2nd hard drive and I will not use Cisco Virtual Private Networking because Chris Quirke, MVP told me it makes my computer as weak as the weakest one o…
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BIO cache memory
by Guest ms- 8 replies
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This desktop is unknown, had not been used for awhile. Typically on turn on, get the bios error I will describe. But on another turn on, it may boot into W98, displays normal desktop. Not enough time to get into DM, etc., as had to reboot to enable mouse, then got bios screen. At the next boot up, it will again stop at the initial Award bios screen, cursor blinking at Cache Memory, blank entry. On one boot, I went into bios, the only item seemed abnormal was the 1998 date as if the battery may be bad. Otherwise, RAM memory was detected, drives were detected. When it stops at the initial screen, if I shut down with the front button, it flashes of…
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~4.6 GB data folder on DVD is fully readable from the DVD player?
by Guest Cymbal Man Freq.- 2 replies
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I put 1500 .flv files into one major folder, and burnt them onto a 4.7GB DVD on a Win XP machine. I brought the DVD over to my Win 98SE machine, and I don't intend to copy the DVD to the hard drive, just play the files from the DVD. In My Computer, it says the DVD is using 1.99 GB. I'm wondering if Win 98SE will be able to read all of the files in this one folder (~4.6 GB folder)? I suspect every file WILL be available for reading.
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Networking W98 & XP - Help
by Guest Jim B.- 4 replies
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I am trying to network an XP Dell laptop to a W98 (first edition) Gateway desktop and I'm having some problems. I've read and tried to use most of the tips I've seem in earlier posting, all without success. Both computers are Ethernet wired to a US Robotics router and both computers can access the internet thru the router. However, neither computer shows up in the other's MY NETWORK, nor can they access each other via Find/Search or the RUN \\ methods mentioned in previous postings. Also, the W98 desktop cannot access the printer via the router, though it can access the printer when connected directly to the printer (bypassing the router). The XP can …
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Fatal exceptions
by Guest vandenplas- 16 replies
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Hello. I'm running Windows 98SE on a 433mhz Gateway with 256mb. For the last month or two I've only been able to read/write 3 or 4 emails before I have to restart the computer. Same thing holds true for surfing the web. I've actually been putting up with this but now I can connect to Aol but it freezes shortly after the welcome screen loads. In the last three days I've had 9 different fatal exceptions. I have tried searching each on on the internet from my other computer but don't find them mentioned anywhere. I ran memtest from microsoft but it said my memory was fine. Any suggestions? Cheers, John
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<PING> Bill in Colo. 1 2 3
by Guest Curt Christianson- 69 replies
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Oh well couple of days late responding. Just curious Bill,I was about to undertake a EE, and got married instead. Obviously long-range plans aren't my forte. Just kidding, I have the utmost respect and admiration for women. What was your main area of discipline? I used to be quite a ham operator, and RF still fascinates the heck out of me You can read *all* the books you want, author them even, but antenna theory has far too many variables to ever relegate it to a science, it will always be any art, unless you start talking Very High Powered Microwaves, and even then you better not has the slightest burr on the inside of the waveguide<OMIGOSH&…
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HP Desktop for sale!
by Guest pbdude- 0 replies
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Hi, I have an unused HP Pavilion with the fallowing specs: # Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz, 2000MT/s System Bus) # Memory: 2048MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1GB) (expandable to 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) (64-bit OS)/ 4 GB (4 x 1 GB) (32-bit OS)) # Hard Drive:320GB 7200RPM SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) hard drive # Optical Drive: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA drive # Expandable Drive Bay: HP Pocket Media Drive bay # Video Graphics: Integrated graphics # Network Interface: Integrated 10/100BaseT network interface # Sound: High Definition 8-channel audio # Fax/Modem: 56K bps data/fax modem # Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium …
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Watch NFL Games Online
by Guest Dexter H.- 0 replies
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Watch NFL Games Online! For every one who wants to watch the games online because they dont live in the teams town or are at work i found a site that has basically every game covered. Its perfect if you have afford a monthly $70 direct tv nfl access subscription. they got a bunch of channels The sites http://nflonline.wizhoo.com
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AVI and WMV
by Guest c_bennett__@nospamwebtv.net- 1 reply
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I've been ordering DVDs lately and have no trouble playing mpg and mpeg short preview clips. Nothing over 1 or 2 mb. However avi and wmv won't open. An error message will pop-up asking if I want to search for correct codex online. I click yes but it only takes to mostly pay sites with LARGE downloads. I have wmp9, wmp_classic 6.4 and the Not MS mpc. Planning on d/l VLC later as it was suggested as a replacement. Anyone have a MS link I could try. Since I'm running Win, I'd like to stay within them if I can. Win 98 SE, P166 mmx, on dial-up. -- -------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ -------------------- Usenet Newsgroup Service …
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Removing Task Scheduler
by Guest mm- 12 replies
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:35:51 -0600, "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote: > >"ms" <ms@invalid.com> wrote in message >news:5n573rFg92dlU1@mid.individual.net... >> In other machines, IIRC, there was a Scheduled Tasks icon in Control >Panel, >> where I could disable Task Scheduler. >> >> In this machine, no icon. Task Scheduler keeps appearing in the System >> Tray. I tried removing all keys for TS, it is still in the System Tray on >> each reboot. >> >> How to disable Task Scheduler, or better, remove it from my windows >folder. >> >> ms >Double click on the icon…
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PDF reader
by Guest bobster- 13 replies
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I have used Adobe Reader to read PDF files for many years through it's many different versions. It has always irritated me that it took so long to load it, and open a file in it, that I have sometimes avoided reading things because they were in PDF format and I didn't want the hassle of using Adobe Reader. It took forever to down load a multi-page file, and scrolling through the pages was laggy and jerky. I always attributed this to the fact that I was using Windows 98se and an old PII 300MHz processor. But today, on this forum, someone (sorry, can't remember who) mentioned that they used a free FoxIt PDF reader and that it was smaller and much faster than Ado…
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What is this folder?
by Guest Sudy Nim- 9 replies
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I'm using w98se and I opened this folder. Could someone tell me what it is and can it be deleted? C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information 126 Files, 34 Folders (some Read-only, some Hidden) 16.1MB
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Moving an icon on Desktop
by Guest ms- 2 replies
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IIRC, in other W98SE machines, didn't have this issue. In Desktop, I want to relocate an icon. I tried dragging with left key and right key/move, in both cases the icon will not move. The icon is one of my utilities, not a windows default icon. How to move desktop icons? ms
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Versions of Visual Basic 6?
by Guest ms- 2 replies
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Years ago, I downloaded VB6 from the Karen Kenworthy site, which I feel is trustworthy. I have a number of utilities that need VB6, no issues. Recently, I tried a game, it said "your version of VB6 is old, it needs a newer version." Same thing with another program a few days ago. Is there versions of VB6, if so, a URL for the "current version"?. ms
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Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!
by Guest mm- 10 replies
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Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows! I increaded my ram from 512K to 1.5 gig, and I got this message at the end of autoexect.bat, but I wasn't concerned because on this group or some other I had seen it discused already: When initializing device V86MNGR?: Insufficient memory to initialize windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary utilites from your config.sys or autoexec.bat and restart your computer. I found the message on the web and the fix it said was to Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288 KB) or less. So I di…
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Generic Windows 98 Product Key
by Guest mm- 2 replies
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:47:56 -0700, billpfeifer@hotmail.com wrote: >I decided to re-post this so that if someone googles for this subject, >they will find it. >I got this key from Microsoft. They said it would work with *all* >CDs, and said, "feel free to pass this on". >I guess since they don't support it anymore, there's no reason to >keep it a secret anymore. Anyway, the generic key is: >VP9VV-VJW7Q-MHY6W-JK47R-M2KGJ >Be sure you look closely at the letters. On my LCD monitor, it is >difficult to see the difference between the single letter W and VV, >which is two letters "V". >In the first block, VP9 is followed by two …
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wincnu32.dll missing - solution found
by Guest Larry- 7 replies
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Solution found for the error message on start-up "wincnu32.dll is missing" This file is part of the Spyware package VirtuMonde. On this machine, Spybot had deleted all the files but left the references in the registry. Editing the registry and deleting all references to VirtuMonde and wincnu32.dll got rid of the message. Larry
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Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!
by Guest mm- 3 replies
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Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows! I increaded my ram from 512K to 1.5 gig, and I got this message at the end of autoexect.bat, but I wasn't concerned because on this group or some other I had seen it discused already: When initializing device V86MNGR?: Insufficient memory to initialize windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary utilites from your config.sys or autoexec.bat and restart your computer. I found the message on the web and the fix it said was to Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288 KB) or less. So I di…
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I know different newsgroups have different posting styles. What is the preffered posting sytle here and why?
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Update to iTunes installation in Win9X/ME
by Guest MEB- 7 replies
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Angel, I am truly sorry, I must to apologize to you. I completely missed the link to the iTunes 7.3.2 version that was suggested to you, on the Apple site. I just happened to need to go back for the new version for a VISTA box I am working on [itself a wasted effort as the new iTunes would not download to this 9X box] and noticed the Windows 2000 link at the bottom of the download windows. {okay, don't hit me} About iTunes 7.3.2 for Windows 2000 iTunes is the best way to enjoy your digital music and video with your PC, iPod and Apple TV. iTunes 7.3.2 for Windows 2000 is designed to work with Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later. iTunes 7.3.2 for Windows 20…
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How to keep desktop icon for McAfee
by Guest alpati123@gmail.com- 3 replies
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My Desktop(Quick launch) for McAfee is disabled,I am not able to get from where i need to keep
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File Extension Changer
by Guest SANTANDER- 5 replies
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Could anyone recommend handy File Extension Changer utility, to change files extension? Renaming manually via enable 'Hide file extensions for known file types' option in 'Folder Options' menu is not very convenient since if then whenever we want to rename a certain file, we will always have to include the extension for it, or else we will get a warning prompt. Thanks
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antivirus
by Guest callipso-ship- 2 replies
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whats up!! 4 days ago i`ve noticed that my computer began working wery bad! i decided to search some antivirus program in internet. i found realy good virus remover! here is it: ' adware spyware' (http://delete-spyware.spyslay.com/) 'best spyware remover' (http://free-spyware-remover.spyslay.com/) hasta la vista -- callipso-ship
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File extension changer 1 2
by Guest SANTANDER- 29 replies
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Could anyone recommend handy File Extension Changer utility, to change files extension? Renaming manually via enable 'Hide file extensions for known file types' option in 'Folder Options' menu is not very convenient since if then whenever we want to rename a certain file, we will always have to include the extension for it, or else we will get a warning prompt. Thanks