i have been inundated with virus messages since i loged on
to the news group. some from microsoft, whats going on?

How do I rename my computer from "Old Name" to "Robert
Joseph", step by step...please.
Also, can such a change affect the system in any way?
Thanks much,

when asked for the authenticity code i get Msgsrv32 module
pidgen.dll error. then system crashes.  ?????

I get an error message on restart'
Starting windows 98
"The compression driver can not be set up correctly"
Then a dos prompt.

 Does anyone know how to defrag the C drive without going
into the safe mode defragmenting? It's been like this for
a while now and would appreciate someone indicate how to
defrag the drive beyong the 3%. Usually I will scan

   Does anyone know how to defrag the C drive without
going into sage mode? I have defrag the drive in safe mode
without a hitch. How can I do it using Microsoft normal
defrag program?

My Windows 98 machine is not recognizing my CD ROM or DVD.
(1)I have gone into BIOS and reset it to the default
settings.The ENI are set to Auto.
(2)I opened the box and connections seem intact.

I have formatted my hd and made start up disk. when i stry
to reinstall win98 and type in the set up command i get
bad command or file message. could use some help with this.
this is after following step by step from an article in

Good evening
in my startup always , i have this file ECQQ.EXE ?????
And my computer is very slow !!!
If somebody know that ?

I need to add a drive letter so my jump drive will work.  
I have Windows 98SE. Help appreciated.

I resurected an old IBM Aptiva (13gb hd. & 48000k expanded
m) and am trying to re-load 98. It installed ok then goes
to restart. Upon restart it asks for the name of the
command interpreter and shows "(e.g.,

My windo me hard disk died on me last week. Went to a
computer fixer, and he gave me an hard disk with widow 98,
also gave me a floopy disk, saying I need this to boot.
I have no idea what that means. Any hoo, got it back home,

when I attempt to degragment my pc stalls and will not
follow through witht he complete process

Need to disable DMA in order to update firmware to a dvd
writer.  The expected DMA checkbox is missing.  PC used
for camcorder video & read write speed are better than
20MHz/s which I would expect if hard drives are set for

I have re mastered my PBell computer about 14 times
(using master disks) trying to solve this problem. At any
stage but normally just after my desk top screen appears
the computer crashes and leaves me with this message.