I was downloading The Sims 2 and everything was going smoothly until an error
message popped up saying "Failed to find DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics
adapters in this system!  Please make sure you have a Direct X 9.0c
compatible graphics adapter and the latest drivers provided ...

I was trying to clean up my computer and I think I have inadvertently
uninstalled or killed my sound.?? I did uninstall some programs and I'm
afraid I might have killed the sound to my computer......When I play various
video, I now get video only and no sound....Also, just during ...

A month ago I installed a 250 GB hard drive running it off a controller
card, and divided up all the partitions.  The OS is 98SE on C: which is a 7
GB partition, and a few others, but the Backup partion I have at 135 GB and
I noticed Scandisk won't run on it giving the prompt "your ...

Yesterday, my Win98 machine started to get really, really weird on me.
It's gotten buggy before, given that I'm on a Celeron and have bootleg
drivers for my soundcard, but this time... it's beyond even my problem
solving skills...

When I insert a audio cd into cd player I get a message
Windows cannot find PROGRAM.exe
This program is needed for opening files of type 'AudioCD'
Where can I get a copy of this file and where would I install

I purchase a computer (Compaq) several years ago.  It came with Win98
installed.   My hard drive crashed and I have installed a new one.  When I
try to re-install Win 98 I get the following message, "Operating system not
found on any devices.  Press any key to try again."

hi all
some of my icons have turned black does any one know why????

I was told that even though we delete files, empty the trash bin, the files
we deleted are still on the computer, you just have to know how to get there.
The person that told me this could not tell me how. Was he pulling my leg or
is this possible?

I just ordered a copy of Win98SE for my Packard Bell computer.  The copy is
non Propriatary.  The Packard Bell currently has a Win98 propriatary disk.  
Will Win98SE correctly install on my Packard Bell and, more inportantly, will
it be more receptive to any programs that I design ...

I encountered a problem with my computer system when I put in a c.d. rom into
my tower.  A green light blinks by the trey on my tower, however nothing
appears on the screen.  So I go to my computer and try to open the (D:) icon.
When doing so a box saying that "D:/ is not ...

Since 99' I have been successfully using an IBM computer with AMD-K62 &
Win98.  Problem was 10G HD filled and I installed another 40G in April, which
became the C: bootable HD.  No problems until 4 weeks ago it (40G) crashed.  
Received new one and installed along with orig OEM ...

A 3.5" floppy drive on an old computer that I recently acquired.
The drive worked for 4 days, read a disk OK.
Today, it will not read the same floppy. The floppy reads fine on my other computer.
What is the difference in symptoms in a drive that's got dirty heads, or heads out

Is it possible to view the WHOLE of a large picture in Paint?
By this I mean the equivalent of Photoshop's "Fit on Screen", or the ability
to "Zoom Out" to LESS than 100%.
Paint doesn't do much, but it is very fast to open and to operate and can

i have tested my video card it with dacris benchmarks.
and it seems to indicate 2d is running at 550mb/s or more with just one
monitor, but when i activate and span my desktop over 2 monitors it drops to
aprox 100mb/s

How do I set a password on my computer?