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FOREWARD: moderators, please read what i am saying before you yell "piracy is bad" at me......... My windows 98 media was destroyed but i still have all the COA and keys etc..... Would it be legal for me to procure a pirated version of 98 and use my (legally acquired) …

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Can't get into windows after i click close on the error message ,have run ewido and ccleaner and nortons to no avail still get error message .even extracted new dll with SFC . EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at 017f:7fcc2479. Registers: EAX=00439cd1 CS=017f EIP=7fcc2479 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00002025 …

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Hi, I have Windows ME and was wondering if adding more memory would somewhat speed up the system? I am not looking for a DSL or cable type of loading but my system takes forever to open a page. Someone told me that if I add memory it would speed …

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A firend of mine was running Win95 on an old computer, mainly for a old RC Flightsim he liked. Well his former girlfriend deleted his windows directory and the main directory for his RC flightsim. All he has done since then is try to boot up the computer. Is there …

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I've got some kind of virus from Kazaa and I'm wondering if anyone can help. Basically, the screen is squashed horizontally and stretched vertically, i.e. you can't see the top or bottom of the screen and there are big black borders on the sides. I've virus scanned with the latest …

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Hello! It seems that sometimes updates are not really useful:mrgreen: Dr. Watson at least say so, because he says the system has changed, then you delete the update. simple, however, some updates cannot be reversed.. i.e. driver update via microsoft.. resulted in a program error.. blah.. export sisapcom.dll:?getmonitorname@@sistool@@HK@Z. Downloaded reg …

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Hello everybody, a friend of mine has recently acquired a Sony VAIO PCG-C1VE. On it are Win ME and Win XP Pro SP2 installed. The OSes are on two separate partitions. She has neither of the OS CDs and would like to uninstall Win ME. I don't use Windows :rolleyes: …

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ok...so i reformatted my hard drive and am trying to reinstall windows98. sounds simple right? noooo i am afraid not. after inserting my startup disc, i soon get this message: [FONT=Courier New]your computer may have a disc-compression program installed on it. Because this system may contain an existing operating system …

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recently my winxp got corrupted and all my important files are on my main drive. I wanted to reformat my pc so I had to make a bakcup. I went to my old pc and installed my hdd, the problem is my win98SE OS cant detect my drives after boot. …

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ok im a bit of a noob n i kinda follow wots said here but i get a bit lost. i open command prompt and i need 2 go 2 my documents co thats where the bad files r but i keep goin 2 the folder above my documents C:\documents …

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I clean installed 98SE. A lot of the drivers 98 searched for in "running 98 for the first time" were missing. I have since searched and found most of them, and loaded them on a floppy. My question is "can I start in DOS mode, insert the Windows 98SE CD …

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my wifes computer, running win 98 will only give 2 or 16 colours' i have tried reloading win 98 from original disc but with no result. i have tried changing with control panel, display, setting, but can only get 2or 16 colours and cannot change screen resolution. help is needed!

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So I bought World of Warcraft today and I loaded it onto my computer, Once it was done loading I clicked on it to start playing but it said " Windows is unable to start 3D accelaration make sure your video drivers are up to date." How do I know …

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hello Can I run scanreg /restore even I turn the system restore off? Thanks WinME

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whenever i try to run Opera (the browser) it takes about a half an hour to open. i have defragged my hard drive countless times, and it still takes a long time to open. suggestion/solutions?

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:sad: I have windows me. one day I was working online & my computer shut down. When I restarted the computer it had no color [black&white] & no sound also, an error message poped up saying."Rundll 32 has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL Rundll 32 will now close".I downloaded video …

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I've got a laptop with Win 98, and every time I try to open a pdf file it says that Adobe Reader has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. It's driving me crazy. I don't know how to fix this. I've been to Microsoft's website and tried …

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I had an old laptop that crashed and everytime I try to start it up it says Primary drive 0 not found. I have tried to use the windows XP start up disks but after running all six and the the cd I endup at a blue screen. The machine …

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Hello, My sisters computer keeps getting an error when rebooting. Explorer wont load the main page and only the background image shows. I tried rebooting in safe mode and the same problem happens. I even tried rebooting the whole computer using the recovery disc and it will not load the …

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I found a Belkin cable that is an RJ45 ethernet on one end and a parallel [printer-type] adapter on the other. Wanted to know if this could be used to connect to a port on a linksys router to get internet access. If possible, how much configuration would be involved? …

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I am running windows 98 and after the windows 98 screen loads an error comes up. It says: Unable to load dynamic link library: msnp32.dll The system cannot find the file specified Some or all of the following feature is not available: Microsoft Network How can I get this file …

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I was initially setting my master and slave drives but when I rebooted the slave was not being recognized so I checked the IDE cable to see if there was an issue. I did this a couple of times only to find it was not working, I also got no …

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When I try to start my other computer up, it first comes up with message saying "Error loading powerprof.dll (break) One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found." Then, after the computer runs ScanDisk, another message comes up that says "Error loading Explorer.exe. (break) You …

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I have windows ME, everytime i go to install a new program i get the same error message corresponding to the program for example, " AoL Setup has caused an error <unknown> if you continue experiecing problems please restart your computer." I scanned for viruses, i have none, i defraged …

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Sorry. I posted the following message / question in the 'introduce yourself' link. ~~~~~~~ Hello from Texas, I am new to your community but look forward to participating. >>>Question:How do I delete a .dll from c:\ ? I was having error messages with my KERNEL32.DLL (it is not .exe), so …

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I have an old Win 98 SE Dell computer that was my favorite computer for old games. It would play my old DOS favorites, so please please somebody help me get it going again. the problem started about 2 years ago and my daughter picked up a virus somewhere. She …

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Hello, I'm running Windows ME and recently installed an HP deskjet printer. I cannot get the printer to run through the USB port. It will only give me the option of using the LPT1 port, which is used by another device. I've tried everything possible--reinstalled drivers, changed cables, added and …

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I was trying to "clean" up an old emachine. It has Windows ME. I was deleting stuff and obviously went too far. It shut down. When I start up again it gives me the desktop with my regular background and picture, but nothing else. Is there a way to type …

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when installing windows 98 on my newly built pc I get to the searching of plug-ins and it then hangs, this has happened multiple times so please could anyone give me some suggestions:confused: I have a XFX geforce 6600gt and soundcard already plugged in is this likely to be causing …

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