Windows 98
Windows 98 help and discussions.
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Upside-Down Screen Content
by Guest noorjabal- 5 replies
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My cat lay along the lower end of my keyboard while the computer was on - which turned the contents of the screen upside down! Re-booting and shutting down have failed to solve the problem. I also tried systems restore but that didn't work either, although I'm not sure if I was using it correctly. All the start-up data is the right way up, but everything goes upside down from Windows "Welcome" onwards. Can you suggest any key combination that might fix the problem? Or anything else? What combination of keys might the cat have pressed to cause this? Any answers, tips or ideas would be much appreciated.
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All My Photos go into Binder Format....HELP!
by Guest Shary- 5 replies
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Every file or picture I download becomes a Binder Document, then you try to open it and you get an error message saying this is not a Binder File, I cant find out how to change it? Cany anyone tell me please?
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Second hard disk
by Guest Peter Hyssett- 8 replies
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Recently I fitted a second hard disk to my computer. The first hard disk has two partitions, which showed in My Computer as C: and D: before the econd disk was fitted. The second disk came with a 32MB FAT16 DOS primary partition, which I left as it was; I then used the Windows 98 FDISK to create an extended DOS partition on the second disk, with a single logical drive. Now the FAT16 primary partition shows in My Computer as D:, the logical drive in the extended partition of the first drive as E:, and the new logical drive in the extended DOS partition on the second drive does not show at all. Can anyone tell me how to get access to the logical drive in t…
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Dual Boot
by Guest MedRxman- 4 replies
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I currenetly have a PC with 2 hard drives and dual boots with Win98 SE and Win Pro The master drive C: has Windows98 SE Installed The second drive has 3 partitions: D,E and F D drive has windows XP Pro I would like to partition the C drive to 2 partitions, C and D and eirhter clone the current D dirve ( which I know will change drive letter upon partitioning) or restore an image of the current D drive to the new D drive and then reformat the D drive on the second hard drive and use it for storage, thery by syill having 3 partitions on the second hard drive. What changes to the boot.ini do I have to make, or what would be the suggested way to ac…
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PROGRAM HELP FOR WINDOWS 98!
by Guest Brusso- 15 replies
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I was just wondering if you can please tell me if these programs are OK to install and run on Windows 98 and will they work or cause any problems at all? Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool What type of Firewall for Windows 98 (preferably a free one that won't add spyware, adware, or other crap without you knowing it to your system)? Firefox Firefox Extensions Set Your Virtual Memory On A 2nd Hard Drive CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) Power Defragmenter GUI Contig (Works along with the Power Defragmenter GUI) Desktop Cleaner (a zip file that puts a folder on your desktop that calls itself "Tidy" and puts all unnessary icons and files in…
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disappearing Icons!
by Guest Angel- 20 replies
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Hi, I just got done working on line and after I got done playing Solitaire, I just went past the Icons in bottom left side and all my Icons disappeared!! I then went to the start button and all icons are gone! What is causing this? It was a surprise, never expected it. Angel
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Product key
by Guest supermasterpig- 11 replies
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I need help! i lost my product key and it wont let me in any advice or ways around the product key? can I use someone elses? I really need to know! help!
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Att. ...et al.”- RE: Bothersome popup
by Guest BAP- 5 replies
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....et al"., I am not quite sure if this is the best way to update/follow up on the subject or restoring the registry of choice. At any rate, this is the current status. If you recall, I had mentioned that I could not get the system to restore a registry backup that I had saved the day before the pop up problem showed up. Because of the many issues present in my machine and fearful of taking the steps that you well outlined to get the ‘job’ done by a different route, I had more or less decided to let things be and just deal with the pop up nuisance. Later on, the reality that only five of the latest backup files of the Registry would show up on …
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Error on startup
by Guest Graham W.- 7 replies
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Computer starts up OK but now leaves an error message on desktop, (The page cannot be displayed.......Cannot find server or DNS Error Internet Explorer). The message is in minimized view and cannot be maximized but can be scrolled. This has just started happening although the error message can be easily cancelled. Everything operates as normal except system has become extremely sssslllloooowwwww. I've had no reason to alter the settings in internet options but have checked them anyway and can't find anything out of place. I have also reset settings to default, but still the same. I'm running '98 SE. Cheers Graham
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W-98SE Fat32ebd
by Guest SPORTSCOACH- 4 replies
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In one of the old posts Ron Badour wrote "you can make a W98 Restore disk with the Fat32ebd.exe file located on the W-98CD: tools/mtsutil/fat32ebd". I am always a little leery of clicking on EXE files unless I know what to expect. Does clicking on the Fat32ebd.exe file transfer the startup files to the blank floppy in A:/? I'm having a tough time getting my computer to recognize the fact that there is a CD drive installed in the computer. I've formatted the HD, ran Fdisk and transferred the system files. Tried swapping out the CD drive, flat data cables, checked all connections. The boot disk that I have tries to install CD drivers but a message comes up…
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PrintDlg function fails
by Guest guddu- 0 replies
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Hi, I have a print.C which on compilation results in print.exe. This exe invokes the Windows Printer Dialog Box when PrintDlg function is being called. Before calling PrintDlg function, pd.hDevMode and pd.hDevNames are set to NULL. pd.hDevMode = NULL; pd.hDevNames = NULL; Other members of PRINTDLG pd structure variable are set as follows pd.lStructSize = sizeof(PRINTDLG); pd.hwndOwner = hWnd; pd.Flags = PD_RETURNDC | PD_RETURNDEFAULT; I have set the PD_RETURNDEFAULT flag as I dont want to see the Printer Dialog Box Window. After setting these values, PrintDlg function is called as if(!PrintDlg(&pd)) { fprintf(stderr, "><Pr…
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Printer Issue
by Guest guddu- 0 replies
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Hi, I have a print.C which on compilation results in print.exe. This exe invokes the Windows Printer Dialog Box when PrintDlg function is being called. Before calling PrintDlg function, pd.hDevMode and pd.hDevNames are set to NULL. pd.hDevMode = NULL; pd.hDevNames = NULL; Other members of PRINTDLG pd structure variable are set as follows pd.lStructSize = sizeof(PRINTDLG); pd.hwndOwner = hWnd; pd.Flags = PD_RETURNDC | PD_RETURNDEFAULT; I have set the PD_RETURNDEFAULT flag as I dont want to see the Printer Dialog Box Window. After setting these values, PrintDlg function is called as if(!PrintDlg(&pd)) { fprintf(stderr, "><Pr…
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error loading kernel
by Guest Alason- 2 replies
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Error Loading Kernel You Must Reinstall Windows Help! Everytime I turn on the computer, it displays that message, then turns off. I've tried starting it with the restore disk in the CD drive, but still nothing! I've also tried restarting in Safe Mode, no good. There must be a way to install from MS Dos or something...Please help me!
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Re: I cannot create startup disc
by Guest SPORTSCOACH- 1 reply
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Re: I cannot create startup disc Please clarify, I am always leery of clicking on .EXE files unless I know what will happen. When I insert a blank floppy in A: and click on the Fat32ebd.exe file on the CD, does that transfer the startup files to the floppy? "Ron Badour" wrote: > You can make a floppy boot disk with the Fat32ebd.exe file located on the > W98 CD: tools/mtsutil/fat32ebd > > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 > Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour > Knowledge Base Info: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > > "dynamicdueo" <dynamicdueo@discussions.microsoft.com…
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Cannot uninstall program!!
by Guest bill- 4 replies
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This is probably pretty stupid but I have googled and found nothing to help. I have a fairly simple stock control/ database program which crashed on me due to a power failure. To re-install I must first uninstall. Problem is via add/remove programs the process just hangs. I cannot uninstall it. Just removing the folder and deleting as many reg entries as I could find did not help. How can I uninstall this damned thing ?? Using win98se. TIA Bill
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How to open downlaoded files?
by Guest Michael Yardley- 1 reply
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I am operating on Millennium windows. I downloaded bo2k latest version and have got it on the C:/ drive. When I left or right click on the mouse I cannot open the file's.I am opening on Internet Explorer. I just want to launch the bo2k files. Do you have to un Zip them. Thanks. :( :( :( :?:
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On boot up pc starts a disk scan
by Guest MedRxMan- 8 replies
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Have a PC running Windows 98 SE. Never a problem on hang ups on shut down, however on boot up, on many occasions the disk scan operation starts with the usual message that to prevent the scan from happening please shut down properly? any suggestions
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Really Stupid Video Problem
by Guest Franke48@no-mail.com- 7 replies
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Although I love Win98 and would not touch XP or above with someone elses computer on a 10 foot pole, I must say that 98 can get stupid once and awhile. Its doing that right now. I have an older P3 700mhz. It came with a built in video card, which would work some days, and other days the screen was all flakey, like all small colored squares with binary code in it. Rather than scrap the whole motherboard, I plugged in a Virge PCI card that I had in an even older computer. Much to my surprise, the video quality and speed was even better and I no longer have that scrambled screen every few days. However, when I first plugged in that card, I had to go online …
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How do i make sure the jumper switches are set properly?
by Guest Meredith- 10 replies
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Please help me set the jumper switches so we can work between two computers, to test a muddled hard drive and to restore the Hard drive and lost files. Thanks Meredith
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6 Months Later, a Report Card on Vista
by Guest 98 Guy- 0 replies
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I wonder why Vista's aggressive digital rights management wasn't mentioned in this story. I like this point: "Everybody wants there to be a repeat of Windows 98 - the excitement, the sales volume, the rate of growth and everything else" said Michael Cherry, an analyst for the independent research group Directions on Microsoft. " Yea, and I bet they'd like to be able to repeat the relative security that Win-98 gave to users vs that abomination known as XP. As expected, MS will spend very little to advertise or market Vista, since it will come by default on new systems because people will have no choice. It will take 5 years before it reaches …
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Computer Starting to Slowdown!!!?
by Guest The Pete- 3 replies
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My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net and switch inbetween programs. I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. Any thoughts?
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Silverlight
by Guest Jones- 2 replies
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Will Microsoft Silverlight run under Win 98?
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how can I get I.E. update for Win 98?
by Guest Tiki- 3 replies
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I reinstalled Windows 98 OS. Problem is it took the Windows Internet Explorer back to version 4.0. I've looked but don't seem to find an update I can now use . I can't remember what version I had gone "up to" but it "may" have been in the 5 range. Am I not looking in the right place?
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Re: Hard drive larger then 120GB question
by Guest 98 Guy- 0 replies
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Re: Hard drive larger then 120GB question ssome wrote: > File Not Found > > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/fdisk.ex_ > > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/defrag.ex_ > > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/diskmaint.dl_ > > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/scandskw.ex_ They are there. When you copy or click on the above links, note that there is a "_" at the end of each file name. Like this: /files/2007/5/26/1113604/fdisk.ex_ Maybe you're not seeing that or copying it correctly.
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DVD & CD drives
by Guest attilathehun1- 2 replies
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Both my drives aren't recognizing the CDs I put into them. When I go into Device Manager though there are no open devices, all +'s. Do I need to use the drivers that came with the devices to get these drives working properly? I'm using Windows 98 SE. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1