I'm using 98 and would like to know if I can delete a certain file.
It resides under " c:\windows\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook " and is called ' outlook.pst '.
I know it is a logging file of sorts (i personally dont subscribe to the

How do I scan my Hard Drive for any error in Windows 98 OS.   I know that
with XP, I go to START - RUN and type     sfc/scannow        Do I do the same
thing for WIN 98?

when i try and open explorer a message says can,t find
c\:iexplore.exe

Will a quick restore disk restore missing files from the
Windows 98 startup menu prompt commands? i cant get to my
icons at all. an explorer error keeps poping up right
before i get to the icons on the desktop. i no longer have

At random times when im playing a Cd-ROM game or im just
surfing the net, the mouse goes all over the place. If i
stop moving my mouse it stops. If i move just a little bit
it bounces everywhere and i need to ctrl-alt-delete just

Can any one help me i have a error message on start up
"invalid setting in the msdos.sys file:orig_dial_bootmenu=
nil.Causes windows to start painfully slow.Any ideas

Last week I re-instal my Window 98 2nd edition and found
that the usual pop up message" It is safe now to shut down
your computer" not showing up.The consequence is when I
open my computer,A scan Disk will pop up to start scanning

I have a printer on a parallel port
that doesn't print as well as it
used to.
I installed a new printer on a USB

When I tried ti instal some programs to my computer from CD
a message came up saying "This program is performing an
illegal operation and has to be sgut down"
Any one can help me to fix it?

This seems like a good freeware program, but I don't understand something
about its use (it's not really explained clearly).
It says you don't need to run it, but every time I click on it, it loads the
database and then says it is protected.

When I use regedit to modify a value, I can't save it. I do not have a save
function. Is it something that I turned off? How do I save changes when I
edit the registry. TIA
Greg

Some how a variety of the Win98 help files (including Troubleshooting
diagnostics) seem to have gone missing! I have tried to re-install Win98,
but with near disasterous results - taken me a week to get my machine back
to "normality" - i.e. where it was before I tried to re-install! ...

I tried to reformat my hard drive, and re-install
windows. When it came to entering the product key, I
realized I screwed up, because in cleaning up, I file all
CD's in envelopes to save space.  I normally save the

WINDOWS 98 SE  128 RAM with appropriate updates.
Earlier today Windows Explorer went ratty causing a lockup. After the
forced cold boot, I've lost the line in the Recycle bin drop-down to clear
the bin.

After I hit the print button a grey box pops up saying "sending pages
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5."
Next I see the printer icon appear down in the system tray. If I click
on this icon it tells me "the printer is printing pages 1of 5, 2 of 5,