When booting the computer, I always get a message "Update Complete....continuing to load windows". There has not been any software installed or updated. I ran McAfee virus scan and cleaned the...

"darkrats" <darkrats@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uGqf1icaEHA.1764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Thanks for this documentation -- not found in the TXT emailed from MS (!) I sought advice...

Your new disc is obviously an OEM so not an upgrade. You will have to do a complete fresh installation. The programs you will like to keep: If you have the Office CDs you can back up what is...

"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20F45151-5BF5-4F77-BCC6-80C3E5F3198E@microsoft.com... registry I'd have to restart my computer. But when the system re-started, Windows...

Windows 98 offers no such feature. -- Richard G. Harper rgharper@email.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied...

Whenever computer is booted, a window comes up for Microsoft Interactive CD Sampler ... asks for Win98 CD to be inserted. Options given: OK or CANCEL. I tried inserting my Win98 CD and if memory...

I think you might be guessing that the prior freezes were due to poor maintenance and it could just have well been a hardware problem then. I'd go ahead and check the drive with diagnostic software...

"G" <Wolf_101@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2c50f01c46935$0407a6d0$a401280a@phx.gbl... C:\Windows\Temp seldom gets larger than the Windows swap file (Device Manager / Performance / Virtual...

Hi, I was updating a machine from Windows 95 to Windows 98. I did the simple delete and recreate a FAT32 partition, then install Win98. After it did its first reboot I got an error message stating...

Can anyone help, after having difficulty installing some Norton software, I have been told that I have missing /corrupt Mircosoft Installer files. Can anyone tell me how I access/install these...

From a DOS prompt, rename the config.sys and autoexec.bat files by changing their extension to .old as neither file is required for W98 to run. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: ...

The W98 ProductKey is generally found on the Windows user manual, the certificate of authenticity, a sticker on the PC or a sticker on the sleeve or jewel case the Windows CD came in. The 25-digit...

Please be more specific about what is going on. You cannot boot into Windows with a start up floppy. Have you checked the health of the hard drive yet? If not, suggest you determine the brand of...

i, am having troubles with msn messenger ver 6.2 since i install it i cannot get audio with netmeet or webcam also now i cant shut down my computer as i ticked something i should have ,,,,,,thankyou

"Peter" <tenere_gr@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2ae9101c4680c$c09d7f60$a501280a@phx.gbl... See this MS KB article regarding CPUs faster than 2.2...

I have a computer that's getting fatal exception errors, occasional freezes during boot, an autoreboot on occasion; all after I fdisked and reinstalled 98, with all updates and current McAfee virus...

You can make a floppy boot disk with the Fat32ebd.exe file located on the W98 CD: tools/mtsutil/fat32ebd or you can download one here: http://www.bootdisk.com/ -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for...

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message news:eEdzP$2XEHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... This looks v. helpful and steps 3 and 4 are well worth a try. My task is to move from the old...

Try running setup with the "/c" switch. setup /c If this doesn't help, try removing and reseating the RAM modules. Ben "Jon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message...

Thanks Dave, There's only one hard disk, and the partition is FAT32. NT was wiped out, there's just one partition with 98 on it. The MBR and the FAT become corrupted, but I'm clueless as to why...