I've recently had one account but deleted it, because I was sick of logging
in for no reason.  I was under the impression that deleting it means that
Windows 98 starts right up without having to sign in... but the logon box
still pops up?

im running win98 and i loaded some backup settings, when windows rebooted
explorer had a page fault and now it happens every time.
i created an undo file before making changes but i can only access my
computer thru dos, i dont know any commands or how to find the file on that

When I boot my machine, it stops with this error.
Conflict I/O : 2F8  CPU Soft Menu
CPU is unworkable or has been changed.
Please recheck.

When I start my 98 machine I hear 4 or five beeps or different length then it
locks up.  The screen is black. Tried starting with trl key down, Ctl Alt
Del, but nothing effected the start-up sounds and lock up. I did delete a
database the other day, but I had shut down normally. ...

I often use win 98 boot diskette. However, I am swithing to a portable
computer which does not have a diskette reader.
How do I create a boot cd?
Will appreciate your suggestions.

I am using a Compaq Presario 1277 laptop with Win98. When booting up, I see
the following error:
Not enough contiguous disk space exists to create the suspend to disk file.
Anyone know how to get rid of this?? (it doesn't seem to affect anything,

Has anybody tried this version of Real Player (version "RealOne, ver 2")?
This version apparently came out before the latest (and more bloated)
current version, Real Player version 10.x.
So I was wondering if anyone had tried it out.   I'm still using the older

My friend's computer keeps turning off after coming up
with various error messages.  Sometimes it stays on for
about ten minutes but usually fails at startup, which is
making it hard to check within the system to see what is

I'm running win98 SE and this file is always present in the cookies folder.
I have deleted it by doing a find file search but it returns. It appears to
be a windows file, so what does irt do?

I've recently acquired a registry monitor and I see that this activity
keeps going on constantly every couple of seconds even when the system is
idle:
3.05943680    MSGSRV32:FFFFAAE1    EnumKey

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
as I do from time to time, it's AWFUL !
Not many of them can speak English very well, and not many of them know what
they're talking about, ...either :-)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/technology/circuits/20game.html?ex=1107184519&
ei=1&en=1e1566f2efc17d08
Note: I was unable to add to the topic below and so I started a new topic.

Occassionaly I need to format the hard disk and re-instal back W98 system due
to virus, software & other problems.
There is one web page link I found very useful to help me re-instal back the
W98 system given by the Microsoft Technical Engineers called "W98 Restore.htm"

My wifes machine runs Windows 98 and started up recently with DISK BOOT
FAILURE - INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.
I tried inserting the system disk in the CD but the system would not read
the CD.  It went straight to the A: drive after not detecting several items

Is there a way to edit the prgrams that startup automatically when windows
first boots. I have tons of crappy programs that startup when WIndows first
boots (aol, kazaa, winamp, mcaffee, and all kinds of junk I dont need). I
know there has to be a file somewhere than can edit ...