I got my computer 2nd-hand from a friend. The Windows
password window comes up every time, & I cancel or close
it.  I would like to change the password & settings so that
it can't be bypassed w/cancel or close. If that's not

my last post explains that my registry is severely
corrupted( Iam running Win95 on a toshiba techra 8100,
pent II 300MHz, 128 MB ram.) I figured if I installed
Win98 it would alleve my registry problems, but while

Please help me with the following problem.
After scanning Memory, Master Boot Records and Boot Record
during startup, these messages are displayed;
Unable to create a temporary file to permit scanning

I am trying to reformat my computer which runs on Windows
95.  In the help instructions, it says to double click 'My
Computer', then it says to single click the C: disk (which
is the hard drive on my computer), however, when I go

While upgrading W95 to W98SE, my computer locked up.  Now
I cannot run either of them.  When computer boots, it
shows W95 and then gives message, "Invalid VxD Dynamic
link to device number 1, service 19E.  Run setup program

can i upgrade to win98 online??

IS THERE A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY IN WINDOWS 95,
SIMILAR TO WINDOWS 98? IN WINDOWS 98 YOU CLICK START, RUN,
TYPE MSCONFIG, CLICK OK. THIS GETS YOU A WINDOW
LABELED "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY". SELECTING THE

About a week ago, in the middle of connecting to my ISP, up
pops this Windows window that looks like an empty-screened
(black) monitor. It's labelled "Pre Dial-up Terminal" and I
have to press/click key F7 to continue, or F3 to cancel. I

Sorry these newsgroups were the closes thing to what I was looking for.
But, I am curious if there is somewhere on the net an archive of OLD
Microsoft press releases for certain products.
AS an example I'd love to read the Microsoft press release ( or something

I purchased a PCMCIA CD rom, and Windows 95 installed it.  
It shows in with the proper drivers, etc (no disabled
items) but it does NOT show up in My computer.  When I
boot, I get a message that it cannot find the MDCS001

At a technology meeting today, one of the speakers
asserted that Microsoft will discontinue support for
Windows 95 and 98 effective this January 2004. That will
mean - according to him - no more security updates,

I have severely screwed up my registry, on my laptop
(toshiba techra 8100, and I don't have the original
win95cd) My laptop is a Toshiba Techra 8100 Pentium II
300MHz 128mb ram. Where and how do I find a resource to

I keep getting the above message atop the toolbar of my
browser(s), along with "This page can't be displayed"
onscreen whenever I try to use the "Search the Web" box in
either of my browsers (IE 5.5 & Opera 7.3) or from any

I have a Windows 95 version that does not support USB and
it cannot be downloaded.  MS suggestion is to upgrade to
Win 98 2nd Edition.
Any suggestions on getting my hands on a Win 98 2nd

message reads
while initializing device IOS:
Error: An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a
file in the .\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt, or the