Is there ONE place to go to download all the updates, security fixes etc. before it's too late? When
I try to google them I get so confused about what's needed and in what order that my little button
head just sits there and spins.

hello, i am getting the error, "10038:socket operation on non socket". it
appears on bootup. windows kb only states  "An operation was attempted on
something that is not a socket. Either the socket handle parameter did not
reference a valid socket, or for select, a member of an ...

This is really a shot in the dark...
I have a need to load Win 98 onto this newer Intel mobo. 98 just doesn't
like it at all.
Do you guys have any secrets ot tips on how I might get it loaded?

I have a mystery....
I have a win 98 SE machine which seems to have no problems except one.
It will not retain the "Arrange Icons by" setting.
I've tried opening "C" Drive window, arranging by name, closing the window

Hi Group, Can anyone tell me if there is a common driver software
available for 128 MB Pen Drive to run on Win 98.??
I bought a pen drive but win 98 is not detecting it, i did not get any
driver CD/floppy with that.

I have one machine here running win 98 but the language is not in English
how can I change it to English? any idea? I tried the regional setting but no
success. thanks a lot.

I was just browsing through the general XP newsgroup and noticed a
recent thread on someone wanting DOS in XP.  The person did not explain
why but in makes me wonder if dual-boot computers with operating systems
with Windows 98SE and XP will become more common since there seems ...

A friend's Win2K computer is constantly rebooting on its own.... I
know I've seen the answer to that question here, but what ng can he
post in to for an answer geared to Win2K?
TIA

When I go to ControlPanel> Add\Remove Programs, I see the name of some
programs there that I have removed their folders before, but now I want
their names to be removed from the programs' list, but I can't. When I click
on "Add\Remove" button, it gives me an error message.

Does anyone know how to set Disk Clean up automatically at startup?
I have tried to paste a shortcut for Disk Clean up at Start up, but it
always request to select a drive before performing any task. Does anyone know
how to set the drive and let the Disk Clean up run automatically ...

can anyone tell me why is it that windows stops me at 99% of a download
- only to tell me I havent got enough disk space - when theres about
1gig of space left on my computer!
i use explorer to download.

Everytime  I'm   get online  the  mouse is  running  fine, then  after  a  
while, the  browser  may freeze up, and  mouse  pointer   is  gone, screen  
is  froze.All  I can  do is  hit    center ,alt  delete, to  shut  down PC,
When it  comes  back  up, the  mouse is  normal again ...

When I try to open Internet Explorer from the Internet Explorer desktop icon
I get an Iexplore error with a "Close" and "Ignore" button.  When I select
Close I get a window that tells me that "This program has performed an
illegal operation.....".  In the details it says ...

I've asked on the WinXP newbies group about problems
I'm having establishing networking between my older
Win98SE machine and my new WinXP (Media edition)
machine.  I thought I'd cover an extra base by asking

An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road)
has a working version of Windows 98 on it.  From a command prompt, VER
results in 4.10.2222.
How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE?