To reduce the loading time, I want to remove registry items that are totally
unneccesary, like numerous file extensions in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT that are
used by software packages I haven't and will never install. There are also
several keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software that I can do ...

It's a known fact that over 93.7% of computers that are over 30 days
old are infected with spyware and adware. Such software is rarely
accompanied by an uninstall utility and even when it is it almost
always leaves broken Windows Registry errors behind it.

I have Win98 SE installed as the primary master on the C drive.  I have a
new second drive which is the primary slave on the D drive. If I install
Win98 SE onto the D drive, and then jumper both drives so that their
positions are reversed (the new disk becomes the new C drive while ...

Hi thread followers,
Got rid of the u-beaut microsoft keyboard mouse combo 6000, as didn't suit win98SE  (thank you gurus)  Swappped for an el-cheapo combo - 'Cobalt multimedia keyboard and wireless optical mouse' (couldn't find any info on this chinese model ANYWHERE) with enough ...

I have Win98SE on a small partition which I use only occasionally for games and other software that
I can`t/don`t want to run on XP.  Whenever I start Win98SE, it finds hardware for which I only have
XP drivers and which I will never use in that partition, anyway.  Is is possible ...

I have a HP pavillion 8676C computer with win 98se.  For quite a while
now, during boot up, the cursor locks up in the center of the screen.
The cursor will not move with the mouse or the arrows.  The only remedy
so far is to press and hold the start button untill the computer shuts

A friend of mine loaded a game on floppy into his computer, and when
asked if he wanted to run it in DOS mode, clicked "Yes".  When he next
booted up the computer, he had forgotten to remove the floppy from A
drive and now it keeps booting to the game.  He has tried quitting the

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I have a question: There used to be a link from the Windows Home Page for
newsgroups. I told someone that is having problems with their computer about
it because I thought it was still there. I tried to access it from there
today but I could not find a link. How do they find the ...

Windows 98SE - my copmuter is freezing after start up.  I got into safe
mode and am running virus.
I can't remember how to get to that screen where you can pick the last
time it started up correctly.  Does anyone know where that is?  I

Does anybody on this NG have a setup using Win98SE and the Yahoo/AT&T DSL
service? I ask because I use 98SE on this PC and am considering signing up,
but their FAQ states that it only works with Win2K or XP. Is there any way
around that besides upgrading my OS? I also have an XP Pro ...

While attempting to install Microsoft TCP/IP Printing, I get the error msg
Unable to open the files via the cd-rom drive, the files are;
lpdsvc.dll, lpq.exe, lpr.exe, lprhelp.dll and lprmon.dll. How would I
reinstall the missings files? I have also tried browsing the windows nt ...

Can anyone tell me what program I need to view and/or install a downloaded  
.RAR file type from the Desktop?  I can see the file with wordpad or in DOS
but can only see just binary jiberish.   The dialog box comes up and says I
have no program that will view an .RAR file.  Thanks ...

Thank you Gary for help. I've managed to fix that problem. Kind regards

I've just found some floppy disks with compressed volumes, dated Jan
1996 and Dec 1997.
I cannot access these and cannot remember how I compressed them.  I
could do with a utility to access the files within.