Here is a little teaser for the "experts" also might be useful in case
anybody else has this problem as I have at last found the solution to
correct this. After a incorrect or bad shutdown Scandisk would normally run
next time the computer is started but if it dosen't. Why? It has ...

It appears that my DVD is not being recognized. When I put it in Safe Mode,
the DVD shows up in My Computer but when I re-boot back to Win98, it is gone.
When I power on the system the DVD lights comes on, so the machine knows it
out there. The DVD is a Toschiba DVDROM SDM1212 ...

After uninstalling Netscape browser, immediately problems with most but not
all programs.
Problems include...
Shortcuts not finding the program, programs losing registration keys,

I have win98SE, I would like to get rid of the contents right-click menu.  
I do not know if that is a powertoy, native to win98, or possibly
a Norton utilities function.  Any help is appreciated.
tx,

In windows 98, is there a way to program custom shortcut keys? Just like
Windows key + E brings up Explorer, I would want to create a shortcut key
combo to fire up IE. Or another to change desktop background or maybe
another turn on or off active desktop.

Hello, i am trying to fix a computer here but now when i try changing the
color settings there it only has 2 color opetions.  one of the option is 2
color and the other is 16 color so there isn't much for color now.  The
computer has been reformatted and this is the first time this ...

People should be aware that Microsoft *never* sends updates or other
code, updates, fixes, etc., via email. If you get an email claiming to
be from Microsoft that has an attachment of any kind (other than the
ATxxxxx.HTM attachment that results from setting your reader to read in

Running WIN9x 4.10.1998, IE6
Norton is picking up this rundlg32.dll file as spyware but can't delete it.
Ran Spybot and AdAware but they didn't recognize it (older (8 mos+-) version
of Spybot - no update was available - is that right?). Can't locate

Jane,
I strongly suggest you run setup from the hard drive after copying the Win98
folder
and sub-folders from the CD to the hard drive, and making the hard drive

Just a question, out of curiosity.   I would assume that if someone
reinstalls the same version of IE, all the security updates that were
previously installed would have to be installed again.    Added to that:
I assume that when IE is reinstalled over itself, it does NOT care if it

It was running really slow, so I downloaded and ran Spybot S&D on it.  I
have run this on other computers with no problems many times.  Anyway, it
detected 111 problems, and I told it to fix them all.  It fixed some, then
said the rest were in use, it needed to reboot.  It asked ...

 When I try to find help in Troubleshooting, I click on the topic>then the
problem encountered> then I get a blank screen !
 Anyone have any ideas on how to correct this ?

I went into safemode I think everything is OK. I have a startup
disk, it works.  I cannot get startup back to windows Internet
Explo.
I can't get it to start up out of safemode or dos or the startup disk.

When I use My Computer I can find the file I need to extract.  When I type
the path in to SFC it cannot find the file.  When I use SFC Browse I discover
that the structure of files and subfiles is not the same as my actual system.
there is no Win98_51.cab file.  There are only ...

is there a way to get older DOS applications to print to USB printers ?  tia
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