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Hi I'm about to buy a new computer and like to run windows 98 on it, but are there any hardware I should avoid ? (that don't have needed drivers for windows98 etc) Do win98 work with pci-express? I think I would like to build something like this: motherboard: ASUS M2V VIA K8T890 S-AM2 GBLAN ATX graphics card: ASUS EXTREME GEFORCE 7600GS SILENT 256MB PCI-E processor: AMD ATHLON 64 3800+ SOCKET AM2 512KB BOX memory: CORSAIR 2GB DDR2 PC6400 XMS2 XTREME (2X1GB) CAS4 Would there be any problems getting win98 work with this?

I had a computer that was on its last leg. I had another computer to use but instead of reinstalling an OS and all of my applications to start clean, I decided to remove the disk from the bad computer and put it into the new computer. I expected WinXP to not boot since the disk was configured for another machine. I read somewhere that I can do a repair install and then reapply the updates. The repair install worked. The system boots and my applications are still intact. The first update downloaded and installed. It was the WGA thing. I rebooted and the next set up updates downloaded, about 78 of them, and they all failed. I have tried reboot…

The OS offers to send a message to Micro$oft before I can get online. Not having Service Executable working doesn't seem to harm anything. What is it, and why does it fail to start about once every two months. Thanks.

I have windows xp home edition. I am presently using my pc in safe mode. I tried all the troubleshooting methods to no avail. Now i cannot do a system restore because of some of the methods used. The error or log event listed is: MCSCAN32 Engine Initialization failed. Engine returned error: The DAT files failed or are missing. Last message listed: DCOM got error "%1084" attempting to start the eventsystem with arguments in order to run the server: 1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B 726-00C04FB926AF. There are other messages of course but this is the last one listed as i mentioned. I have tried everything in the help and support and i am tired now cause nothing ha…

Re: Win-98 and large hard drives, custom cluster size (new information) > I have just installed win-98se on my Asrock test platform, on a new > 500 gb hard drive. I used the switch that prevents ACPI installation, > and after all is said and done I have no yellow (!) showing up in > device manager. On-board lan and USB are functional. I haven't tried sounds wonderful :-) > the on-board sound device yet, so I don't know if I'll get it to work > (I have it disabled in the bios). Windows hung during the first > startup attempt - bootlog.txt showed the problem was hsfloppy.pdr. I strange that you needed the motherboard drivers to p…

Will windows product activation prevent Windows XP Professional from being moved to a larger drive? I moved from an 80G drive (with one partition) to a 250G drive (with two partitions). On the 250G, partitions were created and formatted with Partition Magic 8, then files cloned over using Norton Ghost 2003. Drive is FAT32, so I can still boot from a floppy. Now, with the new drive, Windows will boot, but it will get to the Windows welcome screen and then stop. Even in Safe Mode, it won't let me finish the boot process, not even to get to the command prompt. A search of the web show that this is a somewhat common problem when moving XP to a significantly la…

The error message is Truevector internet monitor did not respond to the start or control request in a timely manner. This happened after I did a disk clean up etc. Can I do anything to correct?

Good afternoon all, I'd like an answer to what many may consider an easy or trivial kind of question Just *what* does having the Java Runtime Environment **do** for me as a computer user? Will it help me see or hear web content better/differently? I certainly wasn't going to SunMC to check for updates, as they act like JRE is either the second coming of the Almighty, or your computer will hardly turn on without it. What prompts me to ask is yet *more* vulnerabilities have been discovered in the last week or two. Some MVP's are going as far as un-installing it. Pros/Cons All advice welcome, and as always, Many TIA, Curt Windows Support…

I think this might be more appropriate to a different forum, if so a pointer would be appreciated. I have a laptop (ca. 2003, Pentium 4, Win/XP) with a DVD/recordable CD drive combo. The Drive plays DVD movies just fine. Just recently I received a DVD with file content. When I put this DVD into my drive, it is as if there is nothing in the drive. I can place the DVD into the DVD drive of an older computer I have and I can get the DVD to run and display its contents. I can't even begin to figure out how to troubleshoot this problem. Any hints? Thanks

i have a new machine with x2 300 gig sata drives (i don't know what 'sata' means) windows xp failed during setup telling me there was something wrong with the drives and to run FDisk on them which i can't do (no floppy) - i understood the drives would be formatted but i can't partition/format because windows setup doesn't get quite far enough is there something wrong with the machine ( i have a week to return it) or does this sound familiar and is there a cure?

Hello. I am attempting to setup file sharing on the following 4 home computers: 1) Main (computer name)- Windows XP Home Edition. I have run the Network setup Wizard and have enabled file sharing on several drives and folders. Norton 360 is on this one. 2) Kim (computer name)- Windows XP HE. I have also run the wizard and enabled file sharing on several folders. Norton 360 is on this 3) Kids (computer name) - Windows XP HE. Run the wizard and enable sharing on several folders. Norton is not yet set up here. 4) Laptop (computer name) - Windows 2000. I have not yet attempted sharing yet. On the Main computer, I can see the shared folders set up …

After loading this update I can no longer access 2 workgroup printers nor can I PING any computers in the workgroup. I am successfully accessing the internet with no problem and do not appear to be having any other problems. I have seen other problems with this update posted here. Has anyone experienced the problem I am having? Can anyone offer suggestions on how I migth recover from this? Thanks.

NVidia has released drivers for their chipsets v15.01 for Vista x64. For example, for nForce 570 SLI/570/550 AMD this is the download page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf570a550aSLI_winVista64_15.01.html and these are the drivers: Ethernet Driver (v65.74) WHQL SMBus Driver (v4.60) WHQL Installer (v5.52) IDE SataRAID Driver (v9.92) WHQL IDE SataIDE Driver (v9.92) WHQL RAIDTOOL Application (v9.83) SMU (v1.31) WHQL For nForce4/500 Series AMD this is the download page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4a_winVista64_15.01.html Included drivers are same as above. Carlos

I have a problem with a WVista Home Machine, it has no access to TS, i think is about licensing, i have deleted the MS Licencing Carpets in Registry as in WXP, but this WVista do not rebuild those carpets. Can somebody halp me please ? Juan Carlos Flores

How do I keep the icons in the position I choose in the Quick Launch toolbar ? I used to be able to move them by dragging them into a position which would then be kept on restart ; however , I can no longer do this . The position changes . There is no "lock toolbar " in my toolbar menu in quick launch . TIA for your help .