after run dcom98.exe still missing dcomcnfg.exe.
trying to fix installshield error "1608: unable to create
installdriver instance. return code: -2147221021."
please advise.

I tried to upgrade windows 98 to windows xp. I now have a
SYSTEM INI file missing and a required DLL file,
WMICORE.DLL was not found. At startup it asks if I want to
install Windows XP. When I say yes, it says that another

Have just done a reformat and reinstalled Win98SE and cannot get graphics
right. Unfortunately the owner of the PC does not have the video driver on
disk. I have looked inside the case and the graphics card says it is an
AT49F010 VANTA SD A4-M64 does anyone know what this means and ...

mourning gentlemen
 shoot, i am back.
 this mourning when i tried to run geodisk, about a
couple seconds after it started (checking running

How can I change the codepage in use by my machine?. I want to use page 850 on a W98SE platform,
Help no help.
With kind regards,
Basil Grose

Just recently I purchased a USB mouse.  We had only just
got a USB port put into the computer and it was asking for
different files.  I did not have the Windows 98 disk here,
we bought our computer second hand.  Even after doing this

I keep getting a message that Explorer has performed and
Illegal operation. The Message box tells me to restart if
the problems persists. I have restarted the computer 100
times and it still tells me the same thing. It won't let

We have a problem with a large exe 20mb that we have
written.  When loading the exe on Win98 we get a message
that says exe file appears corrupt, but when run on Win2000
or XP it works fine.  Does Win98 have a maximum exe size

When I go into dial up networking on my machine with Windows 98 I see an
icon that says Reserved Connectin, Do Not Use.
I have no idea where this came from.  I am on a satellite connection
with my host machine running Windows Me, but I don't see this icon on

I keep getting the critical update message but when I try
to update my windows it just freese in "looking for
critical updates" , it doesn't do any thing else.
How can I get to update my windows?

Would it be in violation of Microsoft's contract to sell
a computer with Windows 98 operating system? I have a new
computer with Windows XP. Can I transfer ownership of the
Windows 98 program?

Am I correct in assuming that if I get another HD of the same size as the one I
have now, I can use BootItNG to "image" my current HD (with 2 partitions) over
to the new drive, and make a perfect (bootable) clone of it - and w/o using any
image compression?    (I would be leaving ...

We have created a login script that adds a .reg file to the registry
when a user logs on. However, it only seems to work for windows 2000
machines. When a user logs onto a windows 98 machine then they get an
error message saying that the .reg file could not be imported, please

Lately I have been receiving spoof emails about "paypal
security" and "ebay security", and when I try to forward
the emails to "spoof@ebay.com" every time I type the
letter "f" in "spoof" a "find files" pop-up blocks me...

Someway I managed to delete the volume control on the
taskbar.  How do I get it back?