my computer gives me the errror message cannot find
win.com.  I have read about taking win.cnf off windows
cd.  The probelm is that my cd-rom drive is not working.  
problem with c:\oak\cdromdrv.sys.  Is their anyway I can

I'm trying to set up an old computer for a friend. She's reinstalling Windows 95, but it's asking for a "certificate of authenticity" number.  She does not have this certificate (lost).  There's a number to call (1-800-RU-LEGIT) but she can't get through. A post below by pvp on ...

can u help
can connect to internet but when try to acces websites
message comes up
"access forbidden"

wondering if it is an updated windows folder....Thanks!!!

I don't know where to start!!  Scandisk fails, I tried formatting my drive, but it fails and brings me to my A: then when I reboot, it says "missing operating system"  fine, then I go to setup and it says it already has an operating system, so then I click on "replace", then I ...

Can anyone help out with an oddball here...
My trusty old Tosh Libretto sub-notebook runs Win95B (OSR2?) and I have had
years of relatively trouble-free operation. I only run a 2 Gig HDD and
always have at least 1Gig unused - i.e. not crammed with software... however

I am trying to unencrypt a encrypeted file my receptions left on my pc when she left.  The operating system is window's 95.  How can I unencrypt this file and see what it is?

Think these may be netscape navigator files, I dont use
netscape anymore, so can I delete them????  Thanks!!!

Running multiple Win95 machines, when I perform a shutdown
from START>>SHUTDOWN, they lock up before it gets to the
infamous 'It is safe to turn off your computer...'.
When I come back to them, I have to turn off the machine

I am trying to install an ethernet card from Netgear and
the software (cd) will not load. HOw do I load this
manually?

can't dialup on inte5rnet because get error message -
winmm.dlkl may be corrupt.  I used in box repair tool but
says it's ok but winmm.bak has errors but won't repair
because says in use which is unlikely since i can't go

I have formated the hard drive and used a Windows boot disk
for CD Support.  I have a Windows 95 version that I went to
install on the computer that it came with and it asked for
the Certificate of Authenticity number.  I have the

My homepage keeps getting overwritten each time I open
Internet Explorer. I've run Adaware to try and find the
problem. Can you offer any advice on how to find the
culprit? I have also emptied Temporary Internet Files,

i am trying to install windows 95 on a laptop after the
hard drive was formatted.  I set up a primary partition
using fdisk and now when I got to the first disk, it says:
Please wait while Setup initializes

does anybody know where I can get dos 6.22 thanks