I have Windows 95 original and Windows 98 upgrade CD's.
I want to completely reformat the hard drive and start
all over again. Please help with following question.
Before I reformat, how do I save critical drivers like

I have an older Win98 SE which has suddenly ceased to have
a Shut Down option under the Start Menu and when
ctrl+alt+del is used to call up the task manager, the Shut
Down option is greyed out.  I have performed a remote

Why am I getting the window stating run time error 68 and
I can not get into the program.

I got this when i bought Partition Magic a couple of years back, but never had
reason to use it, until now. Obviously XP didn't exist when it was written.
Does anyone know if it could be used with 2 OS's, win98SE and Home XP? Somehow
I see the menu with the mentioning of Win98,Win95 ...

I have a problem when I try to start a program - it won't
start and the following message is displayed: "Failed to
create empty document." This program has worked for years
and now does not. Anybody know what might be wrong? Any

having problem with boot on sons computer.  error message
says cannot locate file system.ini       this is my sons
computer and he does not have a recovery disk.  any help
or thoughts short of TNT???  please help.  you will make a

  I have been unable to help my friend install 98SE on his computer.  I have
installed many 98SE systems without problems.  The setup begins and goes
through all the steps normally until it needs to reboot.  It reboots but does
not go to the setup page to finish the installation ...

Hi, all..
I was perusing a friend's machine last night, as he was encountering
page faults during Explorer startup. I found a self-perpetuating IE
home page hijack on his box, which I think pushed down (at worst) some

can you delete commands from the autoexec.bat file
without screwing the puter up?

I have been trying to install my new 2004 Norton System
works but keep getting an error.  While troubleshooting I
lost the part when you turn off your computer with the
power button and you receive a screen that say "Scanning

I  have a slight problem. When I click on the start button
then up to programs then to any icon, (within any folder)
i cannot click the icon to start the program, I can move
it with a regular click... yet when I right click and use

When I reinstalled Windows 98 SE recently, several of my
previous Favorite Folders are corrupted.  One, for
instance, is empty.  When you go to C:\Windows\Favorites\
there is a file that appears as:  _|Re#$__.<|0   3.0 GB.  

I can not install any programs on my HP Win 98 computer.
I receive an alert in an "Install Sheild bos that states:
CODE 1608
Unable to create Install Driver instance:

I have bought a no-brand USB 2.0 hub specified to work under win98/win98se.
I have an IBM laptop and a thirdparty (Sitecom) PC-card giving me 2 USB 2.0 ports. These ports work fine and perform vastly faster than the motherboard USB 1.1 port. Therefore I conclude that I have no ...

I need to do an inventory of the companies computers,
most of which are running 98.  Is there an easy way to
check the processor speed?