I am running windows 98 and have just installed broadband.  I have AVG
protection and no other.  What is the recomended protection that I should
have to protect me whilst on the net.
Thank you for the help.

does anybody know why when i sign in to internet explorer i get  a error that
says To display this page correctly you need to download and install the
following  components then it says installation of the component failed but
if i click ok on it it goes away. Help with what I ...

I just replaced a CD-ROM drive that would not even read any CD I placed in
the drive, with a CD-ROM drive that sounds like it's attempting to read the
CD, but when it finishes, Windows 98 does not register the CD-ROM drive as
"ready" (i.e. when I try to "open" the CD-ROM, Windows ...

How do I get rid of entries in the "open with" list of applications. The the
entries I want to get rid of are all programs that have been uninstalled.

Hi Group,
Ours is a webApplication which uses VC Redistributable
Asssembly's(Dependent on MFC80.dll). For this sake we need to package 2
of the msm files along with our cab file and install them (msm files)

I could not find the prior post on 98SE so I am reposting this.  I have
gotten one computer up and running well and it had only tracking cookies
and Alexa on it that Adaware SE found.  The rest of the program scans
came out clean.  That computer now works well.  The other two ...

Apparently, the principal of the school warned everyone during the
announcements to be wary of opening an email that had a virus embedded
within the html code.  I wrote a small note to the principal since she
was busy about having all the email accounts set to plain text reading

I have lost the "Quick Launch" icons, that should be next to Start on the
application toolbarfor my profile.
I moused over the area, hoping it might pick something up, but no go.
I checked the toolbar for Quick Launch to be selected.  It is.  I toggled it

FYI, just got my 2006 TurboTax info and Win98, ME, SE are no longer
supported!  Not sure what course I'm going to take but not to happy,
although, not surprised!
Don

What is the link for the W98 General archived posts?

My wife is running Win 98 (first edition) on a 17-inch LCD at 1280
resolution.  It seems like the mouse pointer is too small.  When
manually scrolling on a Word document, it's ofen hard to find the
mouse pointer.  Under Start/Setting/Mouse, there is no option to

I just inherited a W98SE machine.  It was working fine.  After downloading
some security programs and utilities, and installing them I suddenly started
encountering problems.
The computer just reboots itself (full reboot).  There does not seem to be

I have a problem with starting Command Prompt on Full Screen mode when
Windows starts.
I've configured that Command Prompt starts at Full Screen mode and put
shortcut in Startup folder. When my Windows starts Comand Prompt starts

Is there a list of newsgroups other than MS public, that are
available to use without paying a fee ?

I just reformatted my hard drive to get rid of a worm - When I reinstalled
windows 98 my monitor will only give me 640 X 480 pixels and I need at least
800 or more
can anyone help me?