I have an old (in computer years) Compaq Presario that we'd like to give
a friend who just wants something she can get online with, surf and get
her email.
Since it's been so long since I've worked on PC's (I'm now a MAC head)

I am trying to sign on to e-bay, and it tells me that it
is not reconnizing cookies? Do I need to re down load?

I finally got my four computer network up and running. I
have two running WinXP and two running Win95. The two
running Win95 have a Network sign on screen on boot up. Is
there a way to make that sign on screen disappear?

Is there a way to download Win98 or some sort of program
to upgrade my 95 to 98.  I have no CD's whatsoever.  Can I
download from microsoft.com or some other link?
Thanks

hi. i have an old computer. it had windows 3.1 installed.
i fdisk and formatted the hard drive. i have windows 95
on floppies. at the A prompt i type "setup" without
quotes. i get an error "this program cannot be run in dos

I also get the insert system disk on 95. I downloaded the
bootdisk from bootdisk.com. So i stick it in, it says
starting windows 95 then it goes into dos. Somewhere in
all this it put my cd rom to drive letter r.

Cab files are corrupt too. How can I do a Win95 reinstall
on an older PC? Or is it ready for the junk yard? Did a
total system restore to no avail. It's an IBM Aptiva E26.
Of course, IBM can't help.

When I run the Norton System works (OBC) One Button
Checkup, it tells me that there are two program files
missing. I would like to know whether or not I need these
files or can I live without them? If I need them, where

When I run the Norton System works (OBC) One Button
checkup, it tells me that there are missing program files.
What I need to know is whether or not I can live without
these files, or do I need to get them reloaded into my

what is the easiest way to erase Windows95 so that I can
do an install of 98 full version. I don't want to do a
total clean install. Do I format?

When I turn on my Windows 95 computer it fails to boot
into 85 and gives me an error message instead.
"Boot Failure - Insert system disk and click enter"
The machine is old and was given to me by a friend.  I do

steve here can anyone post some advice?
ive just installed a cd writer on my pc,and have set up a
limewire service but when downloading a message appeared,i
needed to run winsock 2 only on my pc a message saying not

The computer that was given to me has windows95 but when
I booted it, it does not recognize the Mouse2.0A.  I am
not able to use the mouse.  How can I get to download the
drive.  Thank you

A friend of mine is running windows 95 on a computer he
bourghjt second hand,  He has been unable to use recently
because his computer just displays the message "Replace
boot disc".

Whenever I boot up win95 machine a spool32 error message pops up
saying this program has performed illegal operation and will shut
down, etc etc..  I have renamed the config.sys and autoexe files as
mentioned in the microsoft website, any other tips I can try to get