can The DVD Burner work well in the old pc?
The specs of the hardware:
OS: Windows-98 1st
cpu: celeron 366

Anyone have ideas how to solve a "bad checksum"
attempt at download for updates?
http://cjoint.com/data/csbycdfgcl.htm
Thanks

When I click on system tools, the system information tab and a few other
links are no longer able to be run. When I click on the tab it says the
shortcut does not link to any program. I can run command sfc and it works
fine. I tried replacing the missing files using SFC and ...

i was reading a reply by Richard to someone whereby Richard also had the
link of, 'making a good post' in order to allow mvp's the ability to assist.
as such, I am going to repost a question i asked 3-4 days ago of which
got no response at all.......     i'll put it down to my lack ...

Last night when I started my computer it froze up when it got to my screen
saver, when I tried to reboot it would freeze up when the scan disk got to
19%. If I try to "X" out of the scan disk it freezed up when it gets to my
screen saver. How can I get it to scan and start-up?

Hopefully some one can give me a few suggestions on a computer I am working
on. When plugging in the computer (without pushing the power switch) both
fans, cpu fan and the power supply fans will come on as well as the front led
light but the computer will not power up. Can some ...

win 98 screen comes up but doesn't load. it ask me to enter the command
interpeter eg: c:\windows\command.com.
I enter that and nothing happens. i've attempted to start in safe mode, no
go,same with all other options.

Hi!;
As what we know Win98 can not direct support plug and play USB drive. So any
one have the idea can enable Win98 to support universal USB drive. Therefore
we no need to install USB drive driver before we can use it?

Several people have asked recently about various Windows Updates. Like how
many have been issued since the Windows Updates Security CD was released,
how many of Win98 Gold's patches were subsumed into Win98SE, etc.
There are two major difficulties in this experiment. First, you ...

Hello again Mr. Badour:
I called HP support--they said my system would not run XP--not enough power.
I then went to HP's site obtained a chat session with a technician that said
it will.  Had to download 'advisor'.  I did, but the file(upgAdv.exe) has a

For some time now now the Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool (see below)
appears on the Windows Update site as a critical update and I'm not
sure whether I need it or not.
When I click on the "Read more..." link and click on the "Check for

I would just like to take the opportunity to thank all monitors/helpers/mvps
in this forum. You have halped me countless times! I am a relatively new
computer lab teacher in a PK-6 elementary school in an inner-city
neighborhood in Houston, TX. We have outdated computers (Windows ...

Can anyone please help?
I recently had to back-up my hard-disk, re-format and re-install Windows 98
SE due to a registry problem caused by a glitch during a download.
I backed up lots of my family's work to Iomega Zip disks after compressing

When I plug in a USB 2.0 pen drive to my computer, it cannot a driver to
setup the device.
Would appreciate advice on how to fix the problem

When I boot W98 I get two pop-up windows.....with missing file messages.
1. A required .dll  Y1IMAGE.dll not found
2. netdc file not found
I do not have W98 backup/startup disks....