When I boot up, the Add New Hardware Wizard starts and tries to install
a device it just names:
Unknown Device
It asks where to find a driver, but gives no more details than that, so

Situation is this -
Old computer was running Windows 98 (first edition) with no problems.
Recently replaced OS with Windows 98 Second Edition.
Now computer cannot be shutdown. After clicking to shutdown, I get none

Playing DVD's (MPEG2) in Windows Media Player 9.0 for Windows 98SE - what
software(codecs) is required?
What is better to use, third party software DVD Players installed, or a
MPEG2 Codec for WMP?

I recently uninstalled a problematic anti-virus program on a pc, ran
adaware, spybot s&d, ccleaner etc and did a defrag.  Since then I've been
unable to get open a full screen dos prompt, I just get a blank screen.  None
of my dos applications run in full screen either,  It's as ...

Does Win98se have anything like xp's system restore point? I did a    
search and couldn't find anythng like it. I have dual OS's,  on one hd,
different partitions, if Win98 does not have a system restore, would the
one in XP cover both of them?

I have 98SE.  I've tried to download HouseCall from Trend Micro, but it
tells me that
"Java support is disabled on my system or no Java runtime environment is
unstalled"

I have win98se. Microsoft and most software developers are stopping
support for 98. I have purchased win2000 full install. Are there any
problems I need to be aware of during the install? I assume this will
be like my upgrade from win95 to win98, just install it over 98 and

I have an older HP computer that runs Win98 and after having used it all
day, I turned it off overnight and  on again in the morning. Unfortunately
the system would not boot! The power light is on and I can hear the machine
trying to read the hard drive but no boot screen. I have ...

System mechanic 5.5a  full with License keys
The award winning system cleaner full with license keys is available
this package includes ::::
junk file remover

The user32.dll on my computer is from the original installation of 98se
(dated 1999).
It does not contain "SetLayeredWindowAttributes". Is there a later version
of user32.dll ?

Windows 98 Explorer has gotten very unstable after recently installing IE6 and then unsuccessfully trying to install a Netgear NIC card that turned out to need 98SE.   Now, using Explorer often freezes the machine.  Sometimes there is an error message -
*** Explorer caused an ...

How / where do I adjust / increase the font size for like the desktop
icon names and well as the standard operating font size for the
various windows programs.  As I get older the smaller font sizes are
getting harder to see.

Whenever I shut my computer down, it will always boot back up after
about 10 seconds.
So I shut off the power supply switch to stop it.
Then once I want to turn the computer back on, I turn on the switch,

Older Thinkpad with a Sanyo CRD-S372B HDD, running vanilla 98.
Since Sanyo doesn't seem to be in the HDD business any more, I'm
wondering where I would go to find a diagnosic utility to assess the
health of this HDD.

Getting ready to help a friend who recently bought a used computer with
Win98.  Will help him get his Outlook Express configured in it; and once
that is done, would like to get him "signed up" to access the Win98
NewsGroup.  I've been on NewsGroups for so long, I can never seem ...