I resolved most of my problem following the steps in the
troubleshooting article # 188867 I'm able to start up with
my normal programs except that my video display
(resolution) is still in safe mode. I found the problem in

Hello... I am trying to fix a problem with my win98
system. When I boot the machine a blank windows dialog
box opens up on the screen. I then need to close the
window. My cpu works fine but it is an annoying error

I KEEP GETTING THE ERROR MESSAGE:  EXPLORER CAUSED AN
INVALID PAGE FAULT IN MODULE KERNEL32.DLL AT
0177:bff9db61, i have avg, macafee for virus protection,
and use spyware blaster, adaware, cw shredder & spybot

how can i do that. many thanks in advance.

I have noticed that my PC is blocked when trying to access a certain
website.....in particular my credit card company site.  When I try to
go to their web site I get a message "We're Sorry Online Access is
temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

when i switch the pc on, i would normally click on my user
name and put my password in.if i do that the screen goes
off and nothing appears.i cannot do anything after that as
the screen is as if i switched it off.if i do not click on

Re loaded windowsto discover i havnt sound except when
playing cds.
There are no internet sounds etc
Ha sanyone any ideas

I downloaded a recommended update for Windows 98. Since
then my computer has been sluggish and Word 2000 won't
work unless I'm connected to the Net. When I checked
currently operating programs, it indicates that something

When I select online games, such as Pyramid Solitaire on
IWON Games, all I get is a blank screen with a smaller box
in the upper left corner with a colored triangle, square
and circle.  Can someone please tell me what is going on?

This message appears on the Desktop when I start my
computer:"EXPLORER has performed an illegal operation." If
I hit the CLOSE button for this message, all the Desktop
icons disappear, ALT/CONTROL/DELETE does not work, and

I deleted a setting in my Registry that I thought was
Virus related, and now all of my icons and Start Menu
icons launch the Virus program when I double click on them.
The entry I deleted looked something like this:  "%/%"*

After installing Norton virus program I found that I could
not open regedit and msconfig.  Also disc cleanup and
several other utilities will not run.  Is there a solution
other than uninstalling windows and reinstalling to get

I advanced the date on my system clock, but now when I try
to run a shareware program (a trial of 30 days) it says
the system clock has been tampered and wont run the
program.

I have lost a 70 page important document.  I saved the
document on to a floppy disk and deleted the document from
documents.  Now the floppy disk has become damaged and I
am unable to retrieve document and as I deleted same from

For some reason my computer has reverted to using on 16
colors and has the smallest resolution available. When I
attempt to change this, I restart the computer as
instructed and the computer restarts but without the