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dear gen_discussion newsgroup readers:
i can read AND POST to this newsgroup via news server ms.microsoft.com.  it
is listed as my default news server.
my question is:  i can read and NOT POST to another newsgroup at a news

I have a W98Se system and the DMA boxes have disappeared from all
relevant devices in Device Mgr. I recently updated the IDE drivers
from the Intel site. Was this a bad thing to have done??
The BIOS setting for the relevant devices all have DMA enabled.

I have a Canon digital camera that connects via the USB
port.  Having installed the software for it I can upload
photos but then the PC hangs on boot up.  I uninstalled
the camera software and it still hangs.  I have found by

After running Windows update from the MS Windows update
website, I can no longer start Windows, not even in safe
mode! Error message: "memory access violation in module
kernel32 at <random address>.

I would appreciate any help
Thanks
Joe
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After installing Windows critical updates, my computer now
says that I need to restart to let the new settings take
effect.  I've restarted, shut down the computer at least
ten times, and the same message pops up.  It also won't

I have Windows 98 intalled on my Pentium II 333MHz 80MB
RAM computer. The OS gives me mprexe errors with
following details:
MPREXE caused an invalid page fault in

MY COMPUTER IS MISSING A FILE THAT IT NEEDS TO RUN MY
PICTURE IT PROGRAM  IT IS THE (DDRAW.DLL) FILE WHERE CAN I
FIND THIS FILE TO DOWNLOAD

i have windows 98 and it seams i've had a file deleted
some how i need to know how to get this file back or where
to get this file  it is a DLL FILE  ( DDRAW.DLL)
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME MY PICTURE IT PROGRAM WILL NOT

after installing a program, rebooted and now get the above
error.  was running windows 98 SE on a compaq 7485.

How do I completely get rid of apps.& progs. in msconfig,
startup? I do selective startup but there must be a way to
just get rid of them. They arent in the add/remove
programs list.

how do i get out of safe mode in windows 98.i have not
added any thing new to the computer it just started up in
safe mode today.i tried to restart several times and no
luck.

I have never used the update feature in W98SE. I manually download
patches in the past.
Now, in IE 5.01, the site does not work for me.
I was told in another thread that the Windows Update site

when i try to install kazaa media desktop to my computer
the computer will not allow it due to restrictions in
effect on this computer, what do i need to disable to
allow the installation