I tried replying to your post and saying that I appreciated the
information that you had previously given me on this but I received an
error.  It only happens when replying to certain people and only in this
98 general newsgroup for some reason.  I have told Microsoft about the

can any one tell me how to change the display setting itis  in safe
mode and i try to change it to 256 and restart and it wont

I am getting an error message at start-up "ventcfg" . does
anyone know what this is and how to fix. Thanks in advance

Trying to help a friend with Win 98.  He says the monitor is receding from
all sides, and when asked if he can adjust the monitor controls, he says it
does the same thing with a different monitor, so it sounds like it might be
something in the computer itself.  Is that the sort ...

Suppose you booted partition D instead of C, then decided to install an
application on D, would the apps registry settings install to partition D or
C?

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

With reference to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171002/en-us, there is a 28
window limit. How can one increase the 28 window limit stored in the registry?

I finally am getting rid of my '99 Compaq 2286 Presario which runs
Windows 98. (Not the SE Second Edition.) I want to move files to the
new computer (a mac G4) so I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB flash
drive to transfer files, but discovered that my Win 98 doesn't have a

How do I underline a letter in a Start menu item which I have created?
I want to be able to press ALT+<underlined letter> to execute the item.
Thank you.
PS: I created the item by placing a shortcut into C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu.

I have an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 440 laptop that I keep as an emergency
backup for internet access in case the main machine falls over. I power it
up on a regular basis to ensure all is OK. However, I have noticed that the
battery indicator icon that used to reside in the lower ...

After just spending 6 hours on and off the phone with Microsoft with another
problem, am turning to you with these since they won't help me with windows
98. A document I copied from the internet, that I've used with no problem
before, all of a sudden had paragraph, enter and ...

I went to display properties, settings, advanced, I changed the DPI setting
way to high.. Now i can only see half of my page on everything.. I cant even
go back to the bottom to change anything, its way to big to go down to
advanced to try to fix.. What can i do to resolve this.. ...

I see all these what look to be programs in my "C/Windows" folder.
I did a google search for most of them, but did not come up with much of
anything.
I'm thinking of just deleting them.