In a lengthy struggle to clear some unusually persistent trashware off my computer, I may have deleted a key Windows 98 file for Media Player 7.1 by accident. Now, .mpeg's play OK, but .avi's are badly corrupted. I redownloaded Media Player and all of the codecs needed for the  ...

I've had a problem with a computer for a while now. it is running Windows 98 (& not the second edition at that) and Windows update will not work. I have tried the other varous sources of help, but have got nowhere. Can anybodt tell me if I am logged on as the Administrator (there ...

when I run msconfig, under autoexe.bat, there is checked
this string: DEL c:\windows\Win386.swp, I noticed that it
is there when my computer is starting up too. Is this
something that should or should not be there? by the way,

from games through accessories solitaire window
opens,scrambles,and,locks up computer

Here's the problem, recently every time I open up the
start menu and highlight 'Find' long enough for its menu
to open up I get this error message;
EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module

Is there a folder someplace on Windows 98 Second Edition
called EBD or Emergency Boot Disk that can be copied to a
floppy and used like a regular boot disk? I searched for
it and it didn't come up but I've been told that it is

BlankHave 2 USB ports, but can't use them, checked the
Device Manager, and found the ports are not listed.  How do I
get Windows98 to recognize them?
Any help appreciated!

I'm looking into upgrading my win95 machines (2 of them)to
win98se. I'd appreciate any info as to what to watch out
for when shopping on ebay, etc. Any direction to post that
discuss this on these boards would be a help. Also, should

fresh install 'bout 1 week old
and i can no longer create a folder in windows?
98SE
why and how can i fix this?

Ran Scanreg.exe and it says no problems. But when I go
Start-Run-regedit I get an alert message: this is not a
windows 32 application. and the registry doesn't open. If
I double click on regedit.exe, I get the same response. If

I'm having trouble with Icons. I've tried all the steps
found on the Microsoft Knowledge Base, but they didn't
help. I'm hoping some knowledgable induvidual here has a
solution. The problem is this, All the icons on the

There is a Web Site that I use that will no longer load on my Deaktop
machine but still comes up readily on my laptop.  I have Netscape and
IE on the desktop and it won't load on either browser.
I have cleaned out the cache and  it made no difference.  What else

my auto scan on windows shut down problem will not work __I have put
scandisk into my startup folder as a stop gap__this has been an ongoing
problem for me __there is a registry item which can be altered {or maybe
some other method} can anyone please help with this item__Thanking ...

When start up,message : dll file iphlpapi.dll missing

I am implementing a shell extension using COM/ATL/MFC that will allow
the user to copy or move files similarly to how Explorer does it, but
that will not cancel the entire operation when a single file copy fails
(plus a few other options).