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Power off at shutdown
Posted on October 16th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I have 2 hard drives either of which I can boot from. Both have win98. One of them powers down with the prompt, the other does not. This seems to preclude the mother board and power supply idea.

Hardware Wizard Keeps Searching for Device Driver already there.
Posted on October 16th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Must confess I have an odd problem with an HP printer that I cannot fix either. Have a SCSI drive the computer sometimes has problems locating. While its doing this, sometimes the printer will make...

system.ini and win.ini file
Posted on October 16th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm a novice so pls bear with me if u find my questions stupid. Anyway, I hope I'm posting this on the right newsgroup. I had problems inserting movie file into powerpoint presentations (Error...

XMS in a DOS box
Posted on October 16th, 2003 | 2 Comments

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:30:38 GMT, "Captain Nemo" <Captain@NoSpam.com> Laptops often have more or larger ROMs in the UMB that hog space, so ....this doesn't surprise me at all. Paste your...

No Network Neighborhood
Posted on October 16th, 2003 | 2 Comments

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:45:02 -0500, "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAdddress.com> wrote: Or TweakUI, if that was used just to hide the icon in a Win9x... may have less impact than changing Network...

upgrading windows 98 to 98 2nd edition
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 3 Comments

No, it will not if you upgrade. However, it is always a good idea to have backups of information you do not want to loose. -- Jon Hildrum DTS MVP Jon_Hildrum@msn.com www.hildrum.com

Reinstall win 98
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

You may try editing the msdos.sys file in the root folder as follows: WinDir=C:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=C Note: Save a copy of the existing file so you can go back if there...

Hardware Profiles
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Start button, help: hardware, profiles -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP W98 System Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

Windows install Hang
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

There is no real need to install W95 first. Install W98 and if during installation it asks about a qualifying system, show it the W95 CD. Maybe this will get you around the problem. For information...

Screen images rotated 90 degrees
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I downloaded several new updates for Windows 98 including the Explorer 6. Now, my explorer won't work and the icons on my screen is rotated 90 to the left or counter clockwise. The top of my screen...

no certificate of authenticity with used computer software
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Scroll back up the Community Newsgroups list to Office and click on Word--there is a setup newsgroup. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP W98 System Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base...

Getting rid of automatic logon to "default" user
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Rea l Mode Net . Delete the "autologon" entry in the right pane,...

first time installation of os on a new machine
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 2 Comments

For information on installing W98, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP W98 System Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info:

Global Input Method Editors (IMEs)
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I hate to be off-group, but I would love to know how to use IME; I downloaded some for Chinese, but recently, trying to save from Word to HTML, it said, oh, no, you can't do that . . . any advice or...

Upgrade problems
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 1 Comments

The CD Key should be five groups of five letters/numbers, like this: BR549 OU812 BELRT FTYBR T2000 -- Richard G. Harper (rgharper@email.com) MVP Win9x * Please post all messages and replies in the...

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Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 0 Comments

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prueba news
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 0 Comments

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Microsoft Works Calender Reminders
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 0 Comments

The program is listed.When I check properties I get a general screen and short cut screen. The general screen is filled in but short cut is not. I can't get the program to open or run. It should run...

Anand clique tributes Legendary Chicago r43U
Posted on October 15th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Anand clique. - Live at the Thirsty Whale - IN STORES THIS HALLOWEEN The Award winning Tribal Rock group Anand clique releases Live recordings from the Legendary Thirsty Whale in Chicago - a "put to...

Reducing Spam Associated with Posting to Newsgroups
Posted on October 14th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Due to a recent increase in spam sent to posters in newsgroups, Microsoft advises that newsgroup participants should consider avoiding posting to newsgroups using their real email address. Microsoft...