It seems that a nasty bug infected my system and changed
the "Opens with" parameter for the "Application", "MS-Dos
Application", and "MS-Dos Batch File" file types
to "SVCHOST".  I removed the virus, however, I am stuck

Is there a download available on the MS website to upgrade
to Second Edition ?

For the past several weeks, Explorer runs on my PC full
time.  This taxes my system and I finally have to just
shut it down and quit working on the Net.  I get these
warnings "resources are dangerously low," and I have no

I believe I deleted some files called Explorer.exe and
MSVCRT.DLL and my computer won't boot up...I get an error
saying these files can't be found.
I was told to extract the files from DOS but am not sure

Someone touched too many keys on my home computer and now
everything is LARGE on the display.  Icons are larger,
background picture, etc.  When opening applications, they
do not fit on the screen.  Tried to reset by changing fonts

Suddenly, I get no sounds out of my computer except for
the keyboard beep on boot-up. No .wav sounds, no music
from my CDs, either, though indications are that the CD is
spinning. Was working fine, and I changed othing I'm aware

does windows 98 have a firewall built in...????if so how
do i no if it is working.

I have ghosted a drive from an older PC and am trying to
install it in a new computer. When booting up I get the
message: While Initializing device NDIS. Windows
protection error. You may need to reboot your computer.

My startup files show a program mscfs32.exe. I can't find
any information about this on the internet. Does anyone
know what it is?

I uninstalled some downloaded sound programs and now I don't have any sound at all. I lost the little speaker icon from the bar at the bottom of my window.
Windows Media Player seems to be playing, but I don't hear anything.
I'm running 98se
Peter

I changed the display on my monitor from 24 bit to 16 bb
bit and now find that I cannot get back to 24 bit or
higher.  I had my PC assembled.  It is a P III 800 Mzh I  
and I think it is a VGA card.  I do not have details, as

I had to reinstall win 98 se the other day and now my
MMorpg doesnt run. I had this problem when i first
installed the game but after a windoes update everything
ran fine.

my friend has aproblem with here compaq it was purchased
new 5 years ago and shes lost here product number shes
been sent 2 flppy discs to solve the registration
problems but they dont work and she cannot enter here

I need to restrict or remove access to the "time" command in Win98.
So far I haven't found anything via the MS KB or Google / Google Groups.
(Also tried the "System Policy Editor").
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions where to look?

Hello everyone, I recently did a virus scan which resulted
in 3 new viruses found.  They have been quarantined (I use
Norton), which gives me an option to repair these infected
files.  I have tried to have them repaired but with no