All of a sudden, all of my temp files have been placed in the root
windows directory. I never had a variable setting in autoexec to begin
with and before a couple days ago, all print spools, installs etc that
used the temp directory got deposited in windows\temp. Now they are

I have a thompson speedtouch modem that is ok...everything
works fine except i cannot boot past the dos screen with
the thing plugged in...if i unplug it and let it boot and
then plug it back at the splash screen..all is well...its

I am currently running windows98. My son wants an IPOD,
but I am told 98 can not support this. Any ideas?

Help, I cannot figure out what I did. I cannot open My
Pictures under My Documents. Mssg. says cannot find path
or library.

In Windows Explorer, I have two file folders on my C
drive, one of which is within the Windows folder. Each is
titled 'Windows Update Setup Files' and each contains a
large number of zipped files, presumably from my updating

Every time I boot up my display is at 640x480, my colors
are set to 16 and my mouse is not visible.  Tried changing
the settings but they are lost when I boot up again.  My
mouse is visible in Safe Mode.  Everything seemed ok in

   I think I recall reading someone posting that the /MBR switch on FDISK
not only rewrites the master boot record, but also wipes out partition table
data, so that if you use /MBR on a disk with multiple partitions on it, you
lose the partition data.  Is this true?

Seems I remember there was a URL to go to to find out if your hardware
and software was XP compatible.  Anyone remember the URL please?  I
tried Google and couldn't find it.
Thanks

In MS config there is the selectable option "System Tray" (SysTray.Exe).
Whether it's selected or not seems to make no difference in the operation or
performance of my computer (that I could discern, at least). Should this
feature be enabled, or does it matter?

I ran an old StartMan program and found some problems.  One
is beyond me...
Windows\start menu\Programs\startup\Power Reg Scheduler.exe
I got a message "this should be moved to a new location,

Help, I keep getting this error message no mater what
version of
windows I try to install I know I have suffient memory
anyone have any

All the icons:  Network, Printer, Display, etc. will
launch on a double click.   Shutdown has the same thing.  
Cntl Alt Del -> shutdown does shut it down.
HELP

please tell me how to get rid of error report it keeps
comming on and i lose everything and sends me back to my
home page if you could tell me it would be apprieated  
thanks

I am an user of Windows 98 SE, but not computer literate.
I have small children who use the net and would like them
to avoid viewing theses sites.  I have blocked some of
these sites to no avail.  Kindly let me know how this can

Is 4.10.2222A  the last build of Win98SE?  
If not what is the latest?
Thanks in advance...Lee