I am trying to install a Netgear pc card in my Latitude with a Win 98 SE op
sys.  It is not assigning an ip address.  Also, under TCP/IP it does not show
the adapter.  How do I fix this?  The pc card is supposed to work with this
system and the system does recognize it to an ...

I have and old computer that my grandson wants to use that
is windows 98.  When we boot up it tells me that I have to
have the original serial numbers.  Have no clue as to
where that documentation is.  Is there a way that I can

Recently, QuickTime has been appearing in the tool bar
when I boot up - it never used to. How do I prevent this
so I don't have to exit the program each time I boot up?
Thanks in advance - John.

Whenever I start up Windows 98 at present, I see the
message "Please wait while setup updates your
configuration files", yet nothing has changed.
I believe a virus may have slipped through my anti-virus

When I startup I am always in safe mode.  I have tried
restarting and shut down and nothing works.  I would
appreciate any help - thanks.   Dixie

I left the room when computer booted up so I don't know
how far computer loaded before blue screen appeared and
this error occurred :
A fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:C174E41B in VXD

I am getting a message when 98 boots up,about a missing
system.ini file associated w/mrtrate.vxd. Went to the MS
website and they said I had to reinstall Quicken/2000.I do
not have have that app on my drive.

Can "clean-up" utilities such as Ad-Aware, Spybot, and Reg Supreme be run in
Safe mode effectively ?
TIA
drew

My W98 desktop icons and Start button disappears suddenly when I power up my
computer few days ago. I tried to restart few times and even start in safe
mode but still fail to get it back.
Please advise me what needed to do to get back them.

Recently my Win98 system just won't power off my thinkpad after the shut
down command. It seems that it is just sitting there, no disk activity but
will only power off if I hit the power button. Anyway I can check to see if
it is waiting for some response or something? Running ...

I am running WIN98SE, lately my PC is running slowly and
freezing up occasionally. I've done a spyware check, and
run a thorough virus scan. When I cntrl/alt/del, it shows
lots of programs running. Some I know what they are, the

August 10, 2004
I tried to upload a Windows 98 SE to my computer, but the
system refused it because it is using Windows XP.  The
system told me to use MS-dos to upload Windows 98 SE, but

Can anyone help me? Freccell has stopped responding on my
Windows 98. I can open it but the top toolbar where the
word freecell should be is scrambled. Then if I click on
new game the cards apear but the hour glass just sits

I have a verified OEM win98 (the computer store where I
bought my computer brand new in 1998 had installed OEM
win98), which I want to upgrade to win98SE.  Do I need to
buy a retail or OEM version?  Do I need an update, upgrade

Everything was working fine until...
I tried to upgrade my aol, which was working just fine,
and after the attempt to upgrade, when it would load up
and I would try to go to an address, it would give me the