I used to be able to click on an icon that was associated with photos to open them.  That is no longer the case.  The exisiting icon now shows a Microsoft flag logo and clicking on the icon opens a dialogue stating to browse for the exe. file.  I do not know what happened or how ...

I need some advice about my system. When I star up the
computer the program 'ctrlpan.dll' cannot load. the window
opens as a message that says, 'cannot open
c:\windows\system\ctrolpan.dll '  I have re-installed

I am getting this error message"Attribute raw read error
rate changes from 195 to 196. I click ok and it goes away.
I know it doesn't hurt anything but it is a nuisance.
 Anybody know why its doing this? I'm running Win98 SE.

You'll have gathered that I have been having a rugged time with my set
up just recently.
One of the oddities which is presumably associated with Windows
Explorer is that if I open said application, my folders are all laid

After closing Internet Explorer (Version 6) I cannot start other programs
and the computer hangs.
The Windows behaves in the same way after closing Outlook Express 6.
Sometimes it 'blink' I lose some of the the status bar icons e.g. my ADSL

i am having alot of trouble upgrading from win 98... i
tried it a few times, the last time was last night.
i got a dialog box that said there was a missing file and
it gave 3 choices, retry...skip... exit, i retried every

If I boot into windows normal mode and run "standard"
scandisk of drive d, no problem is found. But if I boot
into windows safe mode and run "standard" scandisk of
drive d, messages appear on the screen instructing me to

When first booted up, my network logon password is found
to be incorrect and I receive an error message.  If I
reboot at this error message, the same password serves
fine and is accepted second time around.

Currently, I'm using the usenet server that my ISP supplies, but I would
rather use the Microsoft usenet server because there are many more postings.
This is due to the fact that the Microsoft usenet server have much more
retention than my ISP. There is a page somewhere at microsoft ...

I'm getting this message randomly on a pc with Win 98
installed. Any ideas?

I am trying to print to a printer that is hooked up to a
Win 98 computer, and I am using a Win 98 computer.  Print
sharing is enabled on both computers, and the workgroups
are the same on both computers.  However, when i click on

I've lost the use of about an inch at the bottom of my
screen.  This is both on my desktop and all applications.
I would so appreciate some help with this....as I've tried
everything I know....which is not alot.  I've read the

I have read and re-read the instructions for the 98 SE
shutdown problem.  I have installed and re-installed the
patch.  The shutdown only works after the first shutdown.
Why, after four years with this computer, would the system

I need to know what version of Windows 98 I'm running.
I've forgotten how to retrieve this info from the system.
Can anyone refresh my memory?  

OK, I am new, so bear with me. I have spent most of the day, about the last 10 hours, trying to navigate through this and read everything. I have to admit most of it is over my head. Here is my problem. Computer keeps giving error message "Explorer has caused an error in KERNEL32 ...