how do I unlock a dvd drive?

My grandma's emachine won't power off.  The shutdown
command starts like it is going to turn off, but then at
the last minute the computer reboots.  Any suggestons?

The clock in the taskbar loses time. It automatically
corrects when I reboot.Any ideas how to correct or which
programs may be interfering.
Thanks,

i get a message telling me that windows cannot find
mpldfg.exe this program is needed for opening files of
type 'Application' i cannot locate this any where in my
pc  can any one give me a sugestion what i need to to i am

My OS is Win 98.  My SONY CD-RW CRX120E
gives me a "Not Ready" error when I try to record or read.
This happened last year but corrected itself.  I have
reinstalled the SONY setup disk.But no use.

I'm trying to reinstall win98 but am getting a fault
message.....bad fault in ms-dos extender. ????can anyone
help me with this?

I can't see all the info on my screen. I tried to change
the resolution but it is stuck on 640 x 480.
How do I fix it?
Gary

How do I stop popups from constantly interrupting my work
on the internet? I am using Windows 98 and was told by the
tech support at AOL that I needed to go to START, RUN, and
type in "services.msc". This will not come up stating it

On my main machine (running WindowsXP), the text beneath
the desktop icons "floats" above the desktop with a slight
shadow underneath it (i.e. there is no colored box
surrounding the text). I'm wondering if I can achieve the

Until recently when I adjusted the sound level with the
slider I could here a "bing" which indicated the sound
level. It has stopped "bingging". What happened?

This error keeps popping up and I can almost neveruse the computer! :
                                _________
                                |Windows|
                                ---------

As a still a near novice myself, I've lost audio several
times and until being helped by using forum's, I had no
idea how to replace a sound card especially since my OS
doesn't seem to specifically list any such item.

Can anyone tell me if these are windows required files or ?
They are in my Win98SE system folder and automatically load every time I
boot up.
Thanks In Advance...

I just installed a new hard drive, and nowit is being
displayed with the icon that originally set for my cd
burner.  I have try to look for a way to access/change the
icon but no avail.  Is there a way to do so?  I know it is

I run Windows 98SE and IE5.5SP2
I posted this question on an IE newsgroup but I didn't get
any replies. I hope somebody here can answer my question.
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