Hi!  I hope you all can help me.  I was given an old computer with
window 98 and when I turn it on it says that there is no mouse detected.
The ps2  mouse is plugged in to an adaptor that plugs into the serial
port.  Could this be the problem?

I am working on a PC that when you start up in Normal or
Safe Mode, the PC reboots when shortly after you hear the
Windows sound.  First the PC did not recognize the
Primary Master.  Now it does and the above started

can anyone help me with re-intalling windows 98se as the
computer keeps going into safe mode and I cannot find the
restore button I do not know if windows 98se has a
restore butong

i am trying to link a laptop(xp) to my desktop pc(win98)
i have run the network setup wizard on the xp machine and
it told me i needed to make a disk for the win98 machine,
but when i try to run the disk on the win98 machine it

i'm installing a usb pci card in my win98 comp. and it's looking for
the win98 cd which i had but there a lot of scratches and can't read,
so i'm begging you if you can give link to download or e-mail me the
base5.cab which is the one needed for the usb interface.

I got a Gateway G6-400 machine off eBay, which worked fine. Then the
motherboard blew; engineer at work kindly replaced it, but after
re-installing Windows98, I can only get VGA on the monitor. The monitor is a
Gateway sourced Crystalscan - with NO indication as to which model, ...

I have read a number of articles advising that we should delete windows .tmp
files (I regularly clear out my temporary internet files.
Checking through explorer, I have two folders in Windows, Temp 1 and Temp 2.
Temp 1 has a considerable number of files that their properties ...

I have an older computer running on windows 98.  my young
son put a password at the initial setup stage and has now
forgotten the password.  the result? we can not even get
windows started because in the bios we cannot cancel or

A few days ago I asked about the low system resources on my
five-year-old Windows 98 Dell desktop.  Some procedures were given for
me to do some diagnostics but they're complicated and I haven't had the
time to do them.  Meanwhile the problem has clarified.  Basically, when

July 12, 2004
Gentlemen:
I never received a Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition CD
for use to Back-up files on my computer when I purchased

   I have Windows 98 on my system. My question is; If I take an Full OEM
Windows 98SE CD and TRY to Upgrade my system to Win 98SE and the Upgrade
does not work, what will happen ?  Will it just inform me that the Upgrade
is now possible and allow me to bow out gracefully, or would ...

I have games and enterments on my desk top that came with
the compute and micro-soft. in the past I have always been
able to play this game. now all I get is a hour glass that
will not let me do this, are there any suggestions. all

Why doesn't my windows login page come on when I turn on
my computer?

I am getting two error messages when I start my computer
with Windows 98 installed. The first is, 'Cannot find the
file cdsetup.exe or one of its components. Make sure the
path and filename are correct and that all libraries are

I have a multitude of older (1995) WAV files which do not play when double clicked. These files are all Microsoft ADPCM,22,050 Hz, 4
Bit, Mono. Oddly, they play fine when 'PREVIEWED' under properties (right click, properties, preview).
Question; why don't they play when loaded in ...