I found this error message on the startup of my windows
98 machine. I can't find any reference to this error any
where within the Knowledge Base and there's little help
online. Anyone know how to fix this one. Thanks.

Hi fellow posters,
I have Win 98 SE and all of a sudden every time I start
the file explorer I can see just the hard drive icon but
no file names nor folder names listed. Is this a common

   I have discovered via Step-by-Step booting that VRTWD.386 has been
causing my system to hang at "Starting Windows 98..." I understand it's for
the real time clock. However, things seem fine without it. I did extract a
copy from the CD and it made no difference at all. Do I, or ...

I cannot open Windows Explorer.  I get the following
message, "EXPLORER caused and exception eedfadeH in module
SDHELPER.DLL at 0177:0219f816".
I had just downloaded and ran the Spybot software and I

Output from MSINFO32,Components,Miscellaneous:
~~~~
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
   Unknown

After logging onto AOL for a few minutes I get a message
on the screen that says "A required.DLL file,MSVCIRT.DLL
was not found."  There is no other message of information
available.  I conntacted AOL and they said it was a

I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a
65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows
95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in
Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos

Alissa:
A > >>Ok, I have another computer, that up until now, hasn't
A > >>given me any problems. But, when it was turned on today,
A > >>it's started to restart itself. No one's touched the

I just received a message from microsoft, in a message
window, which stated a cookie was being added to my hard
drive by microsoft.  I clicked the x in the window to
close it and now I noticed that when I go to "tools" in

I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a
65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows
95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in
Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos

When I click on my digital camera the software starts
loading and then an error box says (The user buffer is not
valid for the requested operation)  What should I do?  I
have re-installed the camera software but that did not

I do not know much about computers, but have a problem
I hope you can help me with.  It is:
When I go to my program menu and click on either
one of my documents or on Word the computer does

I've been trying to get rid of spyware, adware, etc on my machine (thanks
for all the info so far!!)
If I look under msinfo32, software environment, running tasks, there is a
program called MSGSRV32.exe, described as Windows 32- bit Vxd Message

I get a failed Win 98 OS load, a  flash of a blue screen
with VXD -- (no detail, )and a contstant reboot then after
this program loads.
I cannot stop it with Safe Mode either , it looks just

Does Windows 98 have the ability to remember passwords used to login at
certain urls?
On my XP system, when I login at certain urls, a windows pops up that asks
me if I wish Windows to remember this login password info for me.  This does