Laptop rebooted itself this morning for no reason and
came back on Safe Mode. Tried all the measures to get
out. Any new tricks out there?

When I turned on my computer on Saturday (4/11) it went
into safe mode.  I ran a defragmentation and on Sunday it
came back in regular mode but my display had changed from
256 colors to 16 and not start up opens every time I start

I installed Norton System Works 2003 on a W98SE PC and now the subject line
occurs every time that the PC attempts to reboot.  Fails in Safe Mode also.
Is there a way to find and fix the problem?
Thanks...

I have been using Norton Systems Works for over a year and
every week it scans my computer and reports problems. the
problems have always been with shortcuts and NSW fixes
them.  However, this week I got a message that there is a

Using the recovery disk that came with my computer, I
successfully installed w98se to my new primary hard drive
according to the message that appeared on the screen.
After shutting-down then booting the computer, the message

Win98se Canon i950 inkjet
Anybody have ANY idea how to change the default spooler from C: to x:
where x: = any OTHER drive. Have searched the registry and the .ini
files to no avail so far. No reply from Canon in over a week, typical.

I'm thinking of doing a clean reinstall of Windows 98SE but wonder if I can
somehow save my IE6 and Outlook Express to avoid hours downloading updates?
( I have 2 other partitions.)
I have searched the newsgroups and the MS Technical Site and can't see

Hi guys...does anybody knows how to pull out a hidden
application on the very bottom of the screen. I tried
several times using mouse to pull the tap of the
application, but it didn't work. I closed the application

Sorry for the delay.  Reference 31 Mar 04 thread.
 I think I've addressed all the points in the last thread
since last time.  Most I had checked before but wanted to
be certain before I spouted my mouth off again.

I've looked everywhere and can't find my Windows 98 CD. I
found everything else, though.
Can I still sell this? Maybe as a license sell?
I removed win98 long time ago from my computer.

I have been struggling with my Windows 98 computer for
several days.  I hope someone can help.  Here are the
symptoms:  
Sometimes it hangs up when booting on the MSDOS screen.

Instructions on how to remove the network password window from win 98se
startup were on my computer when the HD died so I don't have them
anymore.  Anybody got the reference or know how to get rid of it?  Thanks

I have a gateway 350mhz with 320M ram with win98.  Got a
virus, eliminated that with Norton.  Now when I boot the
machine it acts like windows is starting, but then goes
back to the dos prompt.  I cannot get windows to boot in

  Am trying to get the patch mentioned in KB290831, which
has to do with shutting down .mpd SCSI-type drivers, and
for which there is apparently no available selection at
the download page, etc.  Having noticed that someone said,

Does anyone have a copy of this update?  The KB refers me
to MS support, but the page mechanism drops out when I
give it my Win98SE OEM number, presumeably because they
don't support OEM versions.