Hi  can someone please help me with this  lately ive been
receiving mail which is supposed to be updated from
microsoft  i dont beleive they  are
today i received  the following email  (this is the source

I've asked this a little while ago, but got no answers.  If this isn't
the place to ask, could someone direct me to the correct newsgroup?
First, I don't read Japanese.  However, to browse web pages in planning
a trip, I downloaded and installed a Japanese font.  It seems to be ...

can you help???

I haven't used a computer for awhile, had it unplugged.  
Went to set it up for son to use for games and it said it
discovered new hardware!  AC 5618 sound modem or
something like that and to reinstall the driver.  I

Because I was having difficulty loading and running Norton
SystemWorks 2004, I manually removed a bunch of files from
just about everywhere.  I had also recently uninstalled my
HP driver files and noticed a bunch of leftover HP files

I just joined over the weekend, used a new Email address to post.   So
far that Email as gotten 4 or 5 spams, including two that LOOK like
they're from Microsoft Corporation telling me to ruin the enclosed
registry patch.  They have copied the exact look of Microsoft's website

Windows 98. When I arrange icons, with or without any
option checked, on boot, the icons are re-arranged, all on
left side of desktop. How can I get icons arranged the way
that I want?

I have a hard drive that I want to get some of the data off from before I do
a recovery.  The power supply went out on the computer that it was in so I
had to set it up as a second hard drive on another computer.  When I set it
up as the slave  hard drive its recognized in the BIOS ...

my daughter played with my win98 computer when i wasn't
looking.  i think she made the colors all the same so
when i try to load something on desk top i just see
pink.  she said she also did something with the size so i

THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH MY COMPUTER.  FIRSTLY WHEN YOU
USUALLY HIGHLIGHT A PICTURE IN A FOLDER A LITTLE THUMBNAIL
OF IT APPEARS ON THE LEFT.  FOR SOME REASON THIS DOESN'T
HAPPEN ANYMORE AND NOW I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH PICTURE IS

First, I am a computer novice, and don't understand much of this, but
I would be incredibly greatful for ANY help, advice, or
reccomendations you could provide!
While surfing the web the other day, my IBM thinkpad, running windows

I'm working on a OC with Win98 which only starts in Safe Mode, and when you restart it, the error message 'An exception OE has ocurred at 0028:00000017 in VxD ---.  This was called from 0028:C151B167 in VxD ---.  And then says to press Ctrl+Alt+Del or any key to continue.  What's ...

I have windows 98 and lately I noticed that my PC plays
sound such as Windows shutdown, new mail notification
etc.. etc.. but the soundstops suddenly i.e it is not the
same as it was before. Can someone suggest a cure?

I was trying to upgrade my windows 98 powered laptop to
windows xp, when halfway of the process my monitor went
blank, what should I do, can I still retrieve the stored
datas in my computer?

i purchased my computer at a hospital auction. i wanted to
delete the icon"nieghborhood network" from my desktop
because i have no use for it, but when i right-click on
it, there is no delete option...there is, however, an