hi, computer keeps freezing. ctrl+alt+del tells me on a regular basis that
Msqsrv32 is not responding.mainly happens when online using my adsl
modem,newly aquired.this thing lets both lights go out and stops
communicating at all and when you click status the clock showing the

I have an older work PC that has 2000 NT and it is just way to slow. I
want to upgrade to XP (either home or pro) and want to know if it is
easy to do for someone like me who is tech-challenged?

I've just upgraded to XP.  As I'm finding it impossible to get drivers for
my scanner I wonder if I can go back to 98SE.
If I install it from the original disk will I be able to get the MS Updates
up to the point where MS stopped supporting this OS?

Many & varied apologies for asking this in such b-a-s-i-c terms (am a bit of
a techno-retard, a fact of which I am not very proud...)
...but I've just been given a hand-me-down lap top which is running on
Windows 98 - entriely in German. Tragically, I have about a 10-word German

I wish to extract MS DOS from the Windows 98SE install cd and install
just MS DOS on a pc. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks very much...
Tom

I have a Sony laptop with Windoz Me on it.  I downloaded explorer 6 so
I could see a video and when I restarted the computer as directed, it
continually gives a message that it cannot update 1% to 2% or somthing
like that.  Now I can't get it to do anything but try to update.  Any

I am turning downa PC running Windows 98.  I have removed a number of old
software programs through the add/remove option in control panel and also
deleted a number of files.
In doing so, I must have inadvertantly removed some files the operating

Although my system (Intel Pentium II and W98SE) appears to work normally,
recently, during the booting stage I keep hearing a somewhat prolonged sound
while errors show up on the Monitor along with some weird characters.  I
checked the Autoxec.bat and, sure enough, there was a ...

If I look at my sounds fldr within the control panel,
I have un-checked all the listed functions to have a silent
running PC...One with NO sounds!!
However, when I want to use the "search" function

I seem to have forgotten how to use my make-shift microphone, or
perhaps have some settings wrong.
The 'microphone' that I wish to use is actually one of those devices a
telephonist would use when answering a phone, ie, it is something that

My employer gave me my computer 9 years ago, it's running windows 98.  It
came preloaded with a 2 gig hardrive.  When I go to defrag, the page stays
white and defragging restarts 10x.  When I check the hard drive space, it
shows that 100%  is available.  What is the problem?  ...

Why does a WORD file use up much more disk space then a PDF file?
Sol

I just added 256MB of memory to my computer and now it seems to be running
slower!  The computer seems to "seize up" for a matter of a few seconds up
to ten seconds.  This occurs at five to fifteen second intervals. However,
the keyboard buffer seems to be unaffected-whatever I type ...

What is the fastest video card that is supported automatically
on the Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition OEM cd?
What is the fastest video card that one can still get drivers
for that will install and work under W98SE?

I think my other half inadvertently removed a floppy from the 'A' drive
before the light went out and now we cannot access it. Is there any software
or means out there whereby we can recover the data on it.
Thanks