help!!
I visited a friend last week, and discovered he hadn't any
anti-virus S/W. Gave him a copy of said S/W and told him to
run it.

I was trying to download my Norton Security/Anti-Virus
2004, but during it this is what came up
"Error 1335 the cabinet file CAB 'M18' is corrupt"
How do I fix this so I can finish installing my anti-virus.

I am running Windows 98 and every time I receive an email
with a picture attached and I try to open it, it defaults
to Quick View for Apple. If I try to forward this email
with the attachment, some people have trouble opening the

my friends mouse has stopped working. she has windows 98.
when we tried a new mouse it told us there was a windows
problem. we have been told we need to download a patch?
as a complete computer novice I dont know where to start

How  do I upgrade my W98 to SE,  and where do I get a W98SE CD?
Is there a 'how to',  help anywhere?
Thank you

I was experiencing the classic "hang upon shutdown"
problem with Windows 98SE, so I applied the MS patch #
239887. That fixed the hang problem, but now every time I
start up, I get the following message:  "Cannot import

Have a .doc that I transferred to system #2.
Layout was all messed up and only reason I could tell was system #2 didn't
have fonts used in .doc created on system #1.
Have 337 fonts on system(#1) and 274 on(#2).

Before I use this PC as a boat anchor ... help.
When I start Windows 98 and the desktop appears, I receive
multiple popups (one after another) with the message:
"Windows can find Start. This program is needed for files

I have installed some components on my computer but I
don't want the icons loading up in the tray by the clock
when I turn my computer on....  
Anyone have an answer how I can get them out of my tray

I know that Win98SE has USB support, but what about Win98?  Do I have to
upgrade to Win98SE, or can I just apply a patch to my current Win98
therefore giving it support for USB?
Thanks to all that reply,

In the process of trying to scrub my system.
After running Ad-aware and quarantining a few (supposedly) low risk registry
entries, I installed the HOSTS file from
   www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm.

When buying a secondhand computor {sometimes quite
pricey}  Why is it that you don't own the programs that
may need updating every so often. The  previous owner may
have upgraded and has paid for another computor plus

I tried to load MS activesync 3.1 on my HP8496 to sync my
ipaq poctet pc and got the message"no TCP/IP protocol
found". I am not on the Inet with this computer and tried
to make a new TCI/IP Protocol but it still does not

When I start my computer I get a message that indicates my
computer is missing a file.  
C:\windows\system\vtpciirq.pci
is the response I get when Norton's Doctor attempts to fix

My win98 SE, has been throwing up Explorer (not INet explorer) fatal error
and invalid program function alarms which effectively stop me doing
anything, even closing down.
The 'details' button revealed the fault was occuring in a .dll module. If I