I have three separate systems that use 98SE, two of them also have XP HOME on a separate bootable
hd which do not have the problem.  Intermintily I have noticed a delay when right clicking a file,
folder, or Icon.  The delay may be from a second or two to minutes.  There is nothing ...

Good afternoon all
It's only me with my computer problems - yet again :)
Okay here we go,I was reading the posts in OE6 newsgroups and my comp froze
on me. I did ctrl-alt-del for a restart.

I just wanted to say even though I might rant about MS and their seemingly
non-concern about the Home PC user.
MS did not have to make available the "Windows Update Catalog" at the
update site.

posted this a while ago in XP general, not many answers forthcoming, can
anyone in here help ?
I was having a "tidy up," and in Control Panel Add/Remove programs there was
an entry for

I am installing a US Robotics Modem and using Windows98 SE.
The Modem must be installed on Com Port 5 according to the manufacturer.
Where the Com Port selection would be made, there is only 1 offered (Com 1).
I need to select Com 5, but it is not available.

Hi everyone, can someone please help me rid my pc of this annoying winfixer
popup but recommend freeware  for windows 98 to do it with. Also enlighten me
about it please what is its purpose. Thanks

Is there a folder MSN messenger that keeps "display pictures" or "emotions"
I seem to have lost a few pics from display pictures although I still have
the text. Bob

Customer has GateWay G6-400
Windows 98 (NOT SE), all SP and security updates
256mb ram
USB ports were acting up, starting not responding intimately.  reboot,

i am running win98se on a compaq presario 7471.  since 98 does not support
wmp10, i am forced to use wmp9, which i am not too familiar with, but
familiar enough to see that there is no built-in cd burning software included
with 9 series.

I have a Windows 98 machine that I suspect that the video card is broken.
It is an AGP x 4 ASUS video card.
A friend of mine gets a second hand AGP x 2 video card and I would like to
know whether the slots on my machine can fit the AGP x 2 card or not ?

...it's going to have a Windows platform stuffed into it soon !  i.e. that's
the tenuously flimsy excuse for asking a hardware based question in here :-)
... the reason being that all the best brains are in here, (...here's hoping
that flattery will get me everywhere) ! :-)

i have win 98se and outlook exprees 6. i receive e mail with an images just
fine but when i forward them the recipient only recieves the text  and where
tihe image is only shows a box with an x in it.

I have recently tried to re-format my hard drive, I made a boot disk then
performed the fdisk command and deleted all partitions, i then created a new
primary DOS partition and verified it and set to ACTIVE. I have now alowed my
system to reboot, but it does not allow me to use ...

Hello everyone, i am totally new to all this and am already experiencing a
problem with windows 98. On loading i sometimes get 'error starting    the
IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start' and i don't understand this. Could someone
kindly help me with this matter to correct this error ...

I am writing this under a new subject line.  For more background on
this issue, please look at my original post and subsequent thread (Jan
11/2006) with subject:
Easy CD Creator 5.3 doesn't work any more (E80041916: TrackWriter