I have 98se. When windows boots it calls for creative\SBlive|DosDrv etc.to
run, which needs the emm386 driver to be loaded. However I have a program
that runs in Dos which will not run if the emm386 is loaded.
As of now I can get the emm386 to load in windows boot but unable to ...

Hi   I need help
I have Win98SE  Just install a new DVD driver to watch movie I am trying to
install the program to whatch the movies.  I install PowerDVD with it work
and uninstall it.

While cleaning up my computer and getting rid of unnecessary files, I
accidentally deleted generic SoftK56 Data Fax Voice on COM2 and of course now
I’m unable to connect to the internet.  Is there any way I can re-install
this item without having to re-install Windows 98?  Thanks in ...

I have given my old computer to my mother and cleaned off a load of
programmes she would never use as the hard drive was full.
Now, trying to set up Broadband has caused a load of problems.
Windows 98se will not boot up now but says the file "symtdi.vxd" is missing.

Can anyone help? When on my laptop everytime i right click on the
desktop my computer reboots. I get a Blue screen with some writing on
it before it shut off, but it flashes way to fast to read. It looks
like a error report.

I've been getting the error message "A fatal  exception OE has occurred
at 0028:5226 3030 and the program will be terminated." when booting
windows 98. If I press a key to continue, it freezes. This doesn't
always occur and sometimes it boots ok, but other times, if I reboot, it

The following is part of the online help for the ping.exe command.
Does anyone know how to specify the "destination-list"?
==================================================================
ping /?

i read the post re checksum error for spybots detection download,
now mine is doing it too, is there something more to this debacle?
how many others are having the same thing happen now?
i know that spybot is on a volunteer basis and done out of the

I have lost use of my CD rom and my 100mb zip disc. My BIOS sees them and
identifies them correctly and when I boot in safe mode, there is no error
marking them
Any suggestions?

Running Win98se, IE v. 6.0 sp1 w/128 bit cipher strength, and 184 MB RAM.
When I shut down my computer earlier today, it froze momentarily, then went
into safe mode.  From there, I clicked Start, then shut down, and let my pc
rest for a few minutes.  When I turned it back on, it ...

A few months ago, I had a problem on startup of my Win 98 SE machine.
Windows told me it had found a problem in the registry, and that it
would use an earlier registry backup. Well, that backup turned out to
be several years old!

I have a SCSI computer running W98. It was working fine, but know it keeps
rebooting. I could not get into Safe Mode before, but I replaced the CMOS
Battery and now I cna get into Safe Mode.
When I boot up, it goes through the POST, then the blue "Windows 98" screen

What does devcon32.dll do?
I'm building a new W98 partition, and the SoundBlaster 1024 install CD
burped at not finding devcon. Funny that Soundblaster wouldn't install
it if it is indispensable, or that Windows did not install it if

If I have my ADSL modem switched off while Win98se is booting, Windows
takes about 3 minutes before it gives up looking for a DHCP server and
then assigns an IP address such as 169-254-xxx-xxx. Is there some way
to specify a shorter timeout period?

using win 98se, dell xpst-450 desktop, 6 yrs old. pentIII, 450mhz, 384 ram,
13 gig drive, I.E. 6.0. norton av 2002.
have video display: 16mb 3dfx voodoo 3000D-AGP
i'm trying to update the display driver. i did it once before, but don't