Hello all. I am having a problem installing an operating system back on to a
Dell 4600i. It had win xp and locked up as soon as it got to adminstrative
login. i fdisked and formatted the hard drive through dos. I am trying to get
win 98  to run on it, however, it installs win 98 ...

I was navigating (IE 6.0) to a news web site when the BLUE SCREEN appeared
with the message:
An exception has occurred at 0028:D09DC867 in VxD AFVXD(01) + 00001987. This
was called from 0028:C001C3D4 in VxD NDIS(01) + 00004860. It may be possible

I believe I have a condition that has been introduced by loading the latest
critical update for Windows 98. I downloaded the update before christmas when
my dell laptop was fully functional, I did not restart the laptop immediately
after the down load . After coming back from the ...

HELLO ALL. I AM HAVING A PROBELM INSTALLING AN OPERATING SYSTEM BACK ON TO A
DELL 4600I. IT HAD WIN XP AND LOCKED UP AS SOON AS IT GOT TO ADMINISTRATIVE
LOGIN. I FDISKED AND FORMATTED THE HARD DRIVE THROUGH DOS. I AM TRYING TO GET
WIN 98 TO RUN ON IT, HOWEVER, IT INSTALLS WIN 98 ...

New symptom after years of working ok.
Screen Save settings set to turn of monitor
after 20 mins, turn odd hard disks NEVER.
After several hours alone pc is locked tight

Just installed Win98SE on a new harddrive in an old machine.
FIC MoBo, K6 processor, 196MB ram, Voodoo3 PCI graphics, Creative CD and
BENQ DVD.
Windows98 opening screen appears and program starts to load (the pointer and

Can I have your thinking on "PnP OS Yes/No" option setting in bios please.
I got to recently thinking about this because this evening I prodded the
power up button on my machine and got "thrown" into my bios settings because
they'd got lost, ( I will replace my button battery .. ...

My monitor is not displaying anything and the light on it keeps on flashing
instead of stable. Desktop(CPU) itself seems to be working fine. thanks for
any help.

When I turn my computer on, I get the following error messages:
The following file is missing or corrupted C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE
"error in config.sys on line 2"
"VMM32.VXD is required to run Windows If this file is not in your PATH you

After downloading and applying the latest update to Windows 98 SE and
Internet Explorer 6 SP1 last night, computer will not boot up.  I receive the
following:
Error starting program

Since I've my Hard Drive reformatted the Buttons on the keyboard do not
respond.
I'm using Windows 98SE. I tried down loading the file version 2.1,  but this
failed.

I am trying to write an Auto-It script that opens and manipulates the
"Keyboard" function in Control Panel. Is there a "RUN" function for the
items in Control Panel .When I right-click them and select properties, I
don't see a target or name.exe or anything. I bet I'm missing ...

I'm trying to install a pci usb card in an HP vectra PI 133. when i boot
windows 98se up with the card installed it detects it and prompts for the
drivers. i choose the defaults for the locations of the drivers and it uses
the generic usb.inf file from windows. then i get a blue ...

when i installed win98se it worked fine until when i looked at my computer
and it had crappy graphics and i was missing some adaptor. when it tryed
intalling a drive it said insert win98se CD-ROM but it was already inserted.
and it said it need some framebuf.drv so it could work, ...

Folks, I've finally gotten around to putting my two longest and most frequently posted "blurbs" on my own site. This after Google's Groups beta mangled it's archive. Here they are:
"Clean Boot--What it is and why you need it."
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
Security!