hi all....
should I go from 512 megs of ram to 1 gig of ram?!
Oh I have one of those "fossils" windows 98se computers, and I do not
want to upgrade to xp on this computer.   The game that my computer is

is there somewhere that I can get a documented list of what each
cab file has within itself?
I am only concerned with 98/98se.
When sfc is used, and pointed to a folder holding cab files, does sfc look

The most recent round of updates from Micro$oft included 3 or 4
critical updates for Win-XP.  One of those was for IE, and it was
similarly available for Win-98 systems via the Windows Update web site
(it was the only update available for win-98 systems).

I'm hoping someone could tell me how to make my computer, which is running
Win98SE, password protected.  I'd like it to work in the same way as XP, so
no one could access the computer without knowing the password.
I set up a Windows Login password on the machine with Win98SE, and it ...

I just updated from Win95 to 98. Now when I try to change the desktop
settings on my monitor I receive the message "An error accurred while Windows
was working with the Control Panel file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DESK.CPL". This
occurs whether I right click Properties on my desktop or I ...

What is the file .\TMP\jar_cache1586.tmp ?
They keep building up in \TMP\ until I delete them. Each one is 2041KB
What program would be doing that?
Stan Hilliard

I have a HP Pavilion 6465 (Circa 1999) desktop PC with two USB 1.1 (12
Mb/sec) ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition.    Will the Belkin
F5U237v1 seven port hub work with this computer at all?  Will the Win 98
First Edition hub driver (USBHUB.SYS) handle a 7 port hub? ...

I've come across a shell problem that I've never seen in any vs. of Windows.
I need some help, a few good lnternet links for Windows Explorer. I have
Googled, but unsuccessful to connect w/any helpful info.
This is what happens... TOTAL lockup of Windows Explorer, UNABLE to Browse, ...

I did find the W-98 Shell group, however it does not appear very active,
however I posted...
the last post was in Jan. 2006!!
I need help, pls.

Hello, I am trying to find the solution to a problem on boot-up on my
wifes win 98 se box. All is normal during boot-up but at the completion
of the windows boot the desktop will display the contents of the "C"
drive in a windows explorer box. I know that there is something that

I lost my emm386 program, but have a copy of it from the Windows98 CD. My
question is how do I put it back in the C drive root directory. I can only
put it in a folder at the moment which makes the path too long. Sound has
returned, but MSDOS fault notification beep and script still ...

I have this latop that was given to me for free.
It is so old, and lacking in memeroy, that the only thing it will run
is windows 98 se.
Unfortunately, this is all I can afford for right now.

I want to donate my old computer that is running W98. I would like to
know how to thoroughly delete any personal files, such as Quicken, that
are on the hard drive before I make the donation. I understand that
putting them into the Recycle Bin is not foolproof. What is easily

I have a friend with a Windows 98 computer here that is getting zeroes
where text should be in many of his applications.
Screenshot at http://mewnlite.com/zeroes.gif
What might be the problem here?

On my win98se desktop icons, all of them have labels (ex My Documents, WinZip
etc) except for My Computer icon, there is no label. When I first notived it,
there below it was a small black box and now even that is not appearing. How
do I get it back, thanks for your help.