I need an opinion from the experts on hard drives. My neighbor has a computer
with a windows 98 upgrade on it. When the machine is first started it will
not go directly into windows. What happens as the computer is trying to start
is this: A warning of "S.M.A.R.T. Capable & ...

every time i restart my pc running win 98 se.  i have to reset the power
saving mode ( ie.. turn off monitor, hard drive after so many mins.) then it
works ok, untill i have to restart the pc then i have reset it all over
again. some times it will hang when in power save mod. and ...

Is there a way to set up a password so people can not get into my computer without
the password? - Windows 98se - cable connection

My windows is displaying a green discoloration even if I open new windows
like in IE it is still greenish in color. I dont know if its my settings or
there is something wrong with my computer. Help, please...thanks.

I should have sought help sooner.I deleted a bunch of old games and when I
restarted my pc everything was messed up.My screen was only partialy there
and nothing worked but I could get into safe mode.I restored from an old
backup in system information (win98)and it looked ok but ...

IBM thinkpad PII  192mb 6gb HD
When I try to upgrade to XP from 98, my machine just hangs after clicking
"install XP". I have even tried upgrading to windows 2000 and when it says
the version you are trying to install is newer.....etc i click yes and

I was wondering if it was a good idea to lock HOST files or does this end up
causing more problems than it is worth.  Thanks for your opinion.  In this
case, it is an not only in option in ZoneAlarm Pro. but also an option in
Spybot Search and Destroy.

I need to if Windows formats hard-drives during installation, because I have
over 4GB of stuff I don't want to lose. If so, should I go ahead and install
a second hard-drive to store my stuff if I ever need to reinstall Windows?

I run w98 with a firewall, virus detector and spyware software, and am
having problems accessing web pages. When I click on desired buttons to
advance, I could literally go out to lunch before there is a response.
Sometimes, there is no response. I tried locating this issue on ...

I wanted to tell everyone that this whole issue forced me to completely
re-examine my system and see why I had one medium risk vulnerability from
the full 35 tests that I went through.  Well, guess what -- my computer was
vulnerable because I found a Trojan Dropper on my machine ...

I've got a wierd problem where my mouse and keyboard stop working,
although Windows continues to operate (as demonstrated by the dial-up
connection lights in the Taskbar, and disconnecting the modem from the
phone line causes the 'lost connection' message to appear).

Thanks, but none of these have worked. Do I have to format?
TJ wrote:

Does Windows 98 have a firewall and how do I disable it?

I booted from my boot disk and I am in the A: prompt. However when I type:
format c:    I get "bad command or file name". Why is that?

I downloaded a new video driver from the Dell site.  I proceeded to install
and was told the previous driver would be removed and installation of the
new would proceed upon restart.  Fine with me.  Then I got a message that
the driver was not "logo" approved or signed or ...