This is a new thread on an old subject that's
getting rather long to follow.
Newly installed 98 ME ...onboard VGA not enough
for HP printer/scanner. Downloaded upgraded S3

Recently re-installed Win 98 + Me to be able
to run some old application. Tried to install
HP5110 All-In-One Printer etcetera and it
wouldn't install...needs a video driver for

I found that my Registry contains many entries related to various old
programs that are not present anymore in my PC.
So I want to clean this old registry entries a little. However the best
practice is to do this manually.  But important thing is that all this need

According to this article, Microsoft has extended legacy support and
removed the cap under the Custom Support Agreement for how long it will
support legacy software.  This includes XP SP1, NT4 and Exchange 5.5.
Unfortunately 98, 98SE and ME are not covered under this agreement so ...

I receive and error message when starting up the computer . Error message
said gttask -computer will shut down and also the mouse will not work

I hope someone can help me with this problem. I downloaded WMP9, I have
Windows 98se. I downloaded this because some sites are using WMP9. I can get
audio but no video. Why? I can play my own CDs but can't see stuff using
this version. I am using dialup.

I recently inherited a W98 computer and it is inundated with popups, adware,
and a trojan or two that my virus program (eTrust Antivirus) can't get rid
of. There is nothing (programs, files, etc.) of any importance on this
computer and I wouldn't mind doing something to get rid ...

Have an older Dell with small hard drive and plan to install a 2nd,
larger HD for file storage and leave the OS and programs right where they
are in/on the smaller existing HD.
    Haven't done anything yet but look inside.

I currently have 512 mb's of ram and I am considering adding more ram to
my computer.  I think I will go with Crucial memory but I was wondering
if all DDR Ram is compatible with 98SE.  In addition, does all ram
support 98SE?  I have found the information about which Ram will ...

1) on a PI, 200Mhz machine with 64 MB RAM (all of it being used upon bootup,
plus some swap file)
2) on a PII, 350 Mhz machine with 384 MB RAM, (54 MB of that not being used as I
type this)

When i click on contro panel/security folder, I see my firewall, window
updates and my antivirus...those first 2 are on, but not the antivirus.
Its not installed? I thought that windows did that automatically? I got
a message saying its not installed. What happened to it, and how ...

I am trying to find a way to work with text files in dos.  I know how
to use ECHO to put lines of text into a text file, but I would like to
be able to either move certain lines of text from one file to another
or remove lines from a file.  I would like to be able to do this with

I have Win98SE on a Pentium II 233 Mhz 440LX intel motherboard. (40GB
disk, FAT32 partition, 1GB permanent swapfile which is deleted
automatically every boot in autoexec so it refreshes itself).
The PC worked fine until we installed a WIFI on the house. I inserted a

The problem i have completely blocks my computer. when i start up, the
computer says 'non system disk, replace disk and press anykey' thing is,
theres no disk inserted. at all. no cd-rom, no dvd, no disk, nothing. and yet
i cant acces my pc.

I still see a few MVP's around in this newsgroup like Ron Badour, Noel
Paton and Jeff Richards, Tim Slattery, etc. but I wonder where everyone
else went.  I no longer see Gary S. Terhune, Alan Edwards and other
MVP's around.  I was wondering if this because Windows 98, 98SE and ...