I use some utility, it came without readme and support(even dont know does
it support win98 or for 2K/XP only). It work, but periodically  I get
"illegal operation" errors/ alerts, and  program need be closed. (it seems
errors was due overflow, but I'm not sure). I still use this ...

When I run msconfig and choose the "start-up" tab I see 30 items listed. I
Googled all of them and two have me concerned / confused. Can someone please
tell me if they are good things to keep or something to get rid of.
They are:

When you have two dial-up modems installed on a computer, say one internal
and one external, you can switch between them by going into Modems in the
Control Panel and selecting the modem. Apart from physically manipulating
the connection path, how do you do this when two modems are ...

The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.
When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Hey i checked in The Hardware list and it showed 2 unknown devices
1 Mouse PS/2 -USB
and 1 i forgot something for USB <shame>
I deleted both of them and rebooted the system.

where can i get a usbaudio.sys file?  my friend is using windows 98, he
bought a webcam with a mic in it, and it tells him he need the subaudio.sys
file.

I had emailed the entire folder to myself when i opened it on my new xp
system the pictures were not there. What was in the folder was my pictures
from my xp system. Why did that happen? The worse part is i deleted my pics
off the old system and emptied my recycle bin. Is there ...

I previously posted the problem that developed after I ran Norton Speed Disk
(post at  
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.
public.win98.gen_discussion&mid=205c0c29-85d6-4734-85a6-02d71d16f532&sloc=en-us
Thanks for the replies and ...

This is the extension of my post "Program without a name".
Besides staring at what happens with File monitor, Process Explorer and
Registry monitor until my eyes watered, I tried the following to resolve the
problem:

I was helping a friend with his Win98SE computer. He was having trouble
getting online using DSL.
I was on the phone with tech support and the tech told me to remove and
reinstall all of the USB devices in Device Manager. There were three things

I was researching the Sept. 19, 2006 security vulnerability and my
computer restarted.  It had no warning and no blue screen and just
rebooted.  I did indeed hit two keys on my keyboard and perhaps that
triggered the restart.  I hit one key and that I do not remember and

I recently had BroadBand connected to my E-Machine with Win98.  They had to
install some sort of card (NIC maybe).  Told me to re-load my Win98 CD but I
can't find it.  UGH!  I found a resolution in the MS Knowledge Base but no
instructions on how to perform the resolution.. ...

Help please!
   When I go on line, Virus Scan updates automatically. The message after
updating is to Restart to successfully install the update. I click on
Restart. Then when the computer restarts I got the following screen:

I have a little problem with windows 98...
When I try to burn a cd faster than 16X, then the burner don't get
data in time. So the buffert in Nero empties and refills all
the time if the buffer underrun handling is on (default).

My question is really quite simple...please excuse me if the question has
been asked many times before.  I am a dork when it comes to computers and
message boards.
My question is this, I need to keep a windows 98 operating system up and