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my uncle runs a compaq desktop with windows me.(i know sounds disasterous already) well....well he was given the computer second hand and the previous owner did a wipe before giving it away. after the wipe the windows have about an inch border around them. ive messed with the displays and …

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Hello,everybody: I used PQmagic to create partitions. My hard disk is divided into four parts-two primary partitions and two logical partitions with the drive letters D: and E:. I have installed two Operation Systems on my hard disk(Both are XP). When one XP OS is in use and C: can …

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I am SO needing help here.. this is what has occurred so far.. we fdisk.. due to the error about the himem sys file.. now can't format the drive.. still getting error.. then get this.. There is an error in your config.sys file on line 1 i have downloaded the …

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Hello, I'm new here. After days of searching the web, I have found nothing that specifically tells me how to completely wipe the memory of my laptop. I have a Toshiba Satellite 2805-s202 with windows ME. I do not have any recovery CDs nor do I have the oem disk, …

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Hello, My mother's laptop recently began acting up a few months after I set her laptop up for DSL. When she tried to shut the computer down, it would freeze. Later on, when she tried to get on to the internet, Internet Explorer wouldn't open at all. In addition, she …

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I've been attempting to run an ancient plotter using Autocad drivers on a HP winXP laptop (sp2). It seems, though, that the precise driver for my plotter (generic HP-GL/2 drivers do not work with it as it is using HPGL) is not functioning in my version of Autodesk. I've been …

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I have an old dell 133 my wife uses to play games on, yesterday it quit working and in my ignorance, I deleted the partition. I put in the Win 98 start up disk, but won't recognize it. I put in the Win 95 start up disk and I can …

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I am posting log file of Hijack this.Please help Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:46:49 AM, on 7/12/08 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE …

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Are you sitting comfortably? then I'll begin.................. When God was in short trousers I was playing around with z80 microprofessors and programming simple hex programs I am now looking at using an old and spare win98 computer to turn on and off simple electronic circuits via an I/O port, either …

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My power supply blew, which has also ruined the motherboard. I need to keep the hard drive, which has win98SE, due to some s/ware I use which I can't re- register. I need to get a new M/board, and would like a more powerful cpu such as Intel Q 6600. …

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Hello all I am trying to dual boot a Dell Latitude D600 with windows 98se and windows xp pro. I have partitioned and formated the hard drive and windows 98 loads ok until it gets to the following screen, Windfows 98 setup Windows is now setting up the following items: …

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Hi guys, I recently created another partition and am planning install windows 98 so I can play some older games. But before I install the OS, I was wondering how I will be able to access and alternate between the OS that first partition has (XP) and the second one …

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I'm trying to install Ubuntu to a PC. It's an HP pavilion xt919. an old one given to me by my aunt after i helped her move. it has windows ME installed on it. at startup, i can tell that something has (i'm not sure what, whether it be malware, …

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I have a clien't computer that is running Win98. Someone wrote her a database program to keep track of customers, receipts, etc for her business. She is wanting to transfer this program (which she says is not very good) to a jump drive to be able to transfer the data …

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I have not been able to get shortcuts or lnk files to work on the PC. I noticed a post here by c0801 that had the same problem after d/l'ing the lastest patch from Zone Alarm - which now automatically includes spyware. I have sent ZA a tech customer support …

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Hi All, I am running Windows XP at present with FAT32 file system. I plan to convert my file system to NTFS. If I were to later run Windows 98 within VMWare in Windows XP, would the Windows 98 still work with NTFS? Thanks. acywong

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I am having problems with this computer. It showed a rundll problem and the mouse would not work and the sound either..I fixed those but am stuck with big letters etc

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Hello can anyone help me with this problem? I installed a Xerox M15i printer on Win 98 using USB port. When I send a print job, whether a Test Page or another job it returns the error message: Data error (Cyclic Redundancy Check). I do not get the error if …

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In Win98 SE, I have done fdisk and format, then tried installing windows again. After I have typed in setup, and after it says copying files, it goes back to the drive prompt. I am assuming I have done fdisk wrong. Do you create a primary partition AND an ext …

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I have a 40 GB hard drive loaded with windows xp home that has been converted to an external hard drive and an old emachines 333i loaded with windows 98 that crashed. I'm wondering if I bring the 32 bit DDRam up to minimum system requirements for xp if I …

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I have windows 98. A friend put 620MB of pdf files on a memorex cd R. Its opens on OTHER computers but MY cd rom acts like theres nothing in it. I click to open....it says 'E not accessable...device not ready' (I cant even hear the disc spinning) however other …

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Hi all I have an aging Vaio laptop running Windows ME which has a Wifi card. This links to the ADSL modem OK and I can access the internet fine. I also have a dual boot XP/Ubuntu tower which the printer is connected to. This also has a wifi link. …

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One of our vendors upgraded their EPC program to a new, completely different format from the original. Once installed, our Windows 9x machines won't load the application without displaying, first, a "Program Error Intercepted" box that gives the option of typing in what you were doing when you got this …

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It won't go away please someone help me. I'm a desperate 14 yr old kid that tried to download a game online and then IT showed up. I've run multiple scans with Spysweeper and Quarintined it and deleted it several times but it keeps coming back. I've done already what …

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Win98 I am wanting to use a PIC Programmer (IC-Prog) and it needs to plug into a serial port. I have 2 ports on the pc. How do I find which one it is plugged into?so I can set up the program to use that port. Will it need a …

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Hello: I am new to this Forum. I have a problem that I hope someone can help me with. My printer software have been downloaded into my computer, but I cannot print anything. I get the message that the drivers or plug in (something like that) is not functioning. I …

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Hi Guys (and Gals), I'm in the middle of a Windows98 reinstall on an E Tower e333i. After install I had dblbuff.sys, ifshlp.sys, himem.sys and REM[Header] error in EXE file error in EXE file errors. Was able to fix the first three by downloading files from internet and installing via …

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Please help. Every time I try to load Conquer Online [URL=http://conqueronline.com/](the game)[/URL] I get this error. The D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:DLLLockCB Please help me. I tried reinstalling Direct X. And I still got the same problem. :confused: Thanx :o OS: Win98SE

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Hi My computer has had a freezing problem for ages - no blue screen, it just hangs. Sometimes it occurs as soon as windows loads and other times after a few hours. I have concluded it is not the RAM (despite memtest freezing), by taking RAM out of another computer …

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