My computer has started locking up after sitting idle for
a period of time (sometimes as short as 30 min.)  I have
to turn the power off.  While it is booting up after I
turn the power back on it goes to a surface scan for Drive

When I click on the control panel in windows 98 and then
try to click ANY of the icons present here, I get the
following error,"Access to the specified device, path, or
file is denied".  I cannot change my monitor resolution or

I was troubleshooting a computer today that had a message
appear when trying to install anti-virus software.  This
is a home computer (windows 98 SE) and is not on a
network.  I didn't have time to fully troubleshoot the

How do I password protect a folder?
Thanks,
Doug

this message keeps coming up as i am browsing the
internet. Can anyone help? I have read that Anitvirus
software can cause this. I also deleted the pwl files
already.

I changed the generic windows structure file to Wordpad by mistake. How can I get it back to that generic icon?
Sasha

I'm trying to find out where to purchase the Windows Update CD (for older
versions of Windows such as 98SE), if it's still available.  I'm still
using a 98SE box since most of the hardware in it is not XP compatible.  I
heard about the update CD and like to get it in case I need to ...

I've been told Windows 98SE doesn't support USB2. Is this right?

Is there a license issue when upgrading from win 98 to
win 98 SE? I have win 98 license for all my pc's and need
to upgrade to win 98 SE.

I have an HP Pavilion6830 pc that I had to reformat the
drive.  Because of that I could not install the original
Windows ME on it so I put Win98se.  Now my video options
are 2 or 16 color with a 640x480 resolution.  The video

I have downloaded the chikka sms freeware before and I
have been using it for quite some time. I hasn't had any
problems when I run it, but suddenly when I opened the
program again, this error message appears:

Hello, I was browsing around Hotmail.com when the
computer suddenly froze when I was clicking 'Inbox.' Then
on all subsequent restarts, a blue screen will appear
telling me about some application that wasn't responding

can anyone help me?  i installed norton anti-virus then
rebooted and now all my menus and popup windows are
displaying text as vertical lines so i can't read it.  is
it a virus or a display problem?  how can i fix it.  can't

Dear MVP's;
   I was taking  a  closer look at just what Spybot
actually does this a.m. and noticed the following 4  
entries identified in Spybot's "System Internals"

HI THERE, I AM HAVING A PROBLEM GETTING MY COMPUTER TO
AUTOMATICALLY PLAY A CD/DVD WHEN I PUT THE DISK IN. HOW DO
I GET MY COMPUTER TO DO THIS? IT WILL PLAY BUT I HAVE TO
OPEN IT UP INDIVIDUALLY. THIS IS A REAL HASSLE WHEN I HAVE