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I need to know the steps on how to install a logitech quickcam chat webcam on windows ME. Is this the webcam you're LOOKING for drivers for?
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SCANNER-Digital-CAMERA-WEBCAM/LOGITECH/Logitech-QuickCam-Chat-848-build-1034A.shtmlThanks. I did recently download that software and other different ONES. I do believe that 8.4.8 is the right one. I was not sure of the driver to use for the camera but I setup the driver CALLED logitech quickcam chat in the control panels "find new hardware". The new problem is that when I tried to use quick capture it had a screen that said something like the camera is being used by another application, but I don't know what to do about that. Can you help me out?do you use any other software besides the logitech software for your cam? And is it USB or Parallel PortI did not use any other software and it is USB.A bit off topic but I'm wondering why your still using ME?
It was supposed the worst Windows OS.It is my girlfriend's COMPUTER which uses Windows Me. So I finally got to upgrade to XP and the webcam works. Thanks to those that helped me.

Quote from: smeezekitty on AUGUST 25, 2009, 03:10:25 PM

oops i didnt know it was from july

"This program cannot run in DOS mode" I get this when I type SETUP to install win98.. Help!!!!!!!! I think maybe the setup.exe you are using is for running from within Windows, which is why you are getting the error message that it can't be run from DOS.

You could try the setup.exe in the \win98\ folder.

I completly formatted my hard drive and ran the BOOT disk and put windows starts here cd in and when I type SETUP at the e: it GIVES me that error.See my above post.
Quote from: TRACE1350 on August 05, 2009, 04:02:14 PM

I completly formatted my hard drive and ran the boot disk and put windows starts here cd in and when I type SETUP at the e: it gives me that error.

Nobody took any notice of my post.

They had re-formatted their drive. There is no C:\WIN98 directory.

try install not setup

he means on the Windows disc

512 MB

I could remove one of the MEMORY sticks...try it, I think the ERROR was around 512MB, it's worth a shot.


ok, hold on


drum roll................................... ....................................... ....I REMOVED a 256 MB STICK but it didn't do the trick..Now that I think about it, I need that AGP card to stay in this computer so I'll have to put it back in, which pretty much tosses 95 out the door..

..but I have another computer that I put together from miscellaneous parts and is fully functional... I'll stick that win 95 on there and see how it goes..
It's not that important ANYWAY, I'm just experimenting..

Quote from: BC_Programmer on AUGUST 16, 2009, 09:51:12 PM

C:\windows\system32

C:\windows\system32

Oh, and with the serial number and volume name, I have my last name in the volume name, and the serial number is a serial number. I don't want people claiming my HDD.

the volume name makes sense, but I think the serial number causes some confusion- it isn't, literally, the serial number of the drive itself- but rather a random number generated when the drive is formatted. Each partition, in fact, gets it's own serial number.

I'm not even sure what it's for... a lot of anti-piracy techniques make use of it, though.

did the mouse cursor flicker in the terriable 640x480 res?

I'm RUNNING a DOS program on Win95. I can save the program and all associated files to the harddrive but I can not RUN it from the HD. I've changed the location of the folder but that doesn't work either. I can run the program from the CD drive but when I try to save data colected by the program I GET the error;

Error # 67 in 41590
File not valid


I've loaded and run the program on my XP machine without any of the above problems so I'm thinking this is a Win95 issue.

Thanks-And what program might this be ? ?Sorry, its a program for positioning a TELESCOPE called Roboscope.

mfg website: http://homepages.accnorwalk.com/tddi/tech2000/

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ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH THESE GO FOR, ANYBODY WANT OR NEED THEM I HAVE ABOUT 1O EACH. THANKSebayYou'll have difficulty selling 95 as it's only of use to people with old systems. (very old). Or they want to play DOS games desperately.The QUESTION you have to ask your self (in business) is "What is going to make my product better than DOWNLOADING the Windows abandonware online?"
Sure, if you are selling it with license, you might make $10 off the CD's, but a user could get the outdated software off the internet. (But there are people who will buy it from you.)

Next TIME you post, please TURN your CAPITAL LOCKS OFF... its kind of like yelling at people (we know that it wasnt meant to be that way)

ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THIS GOES FOR, I HAVE A FEW THAT I FOUND. THANKSTurn off Caps Lock. Exactly what version of Office are you talking about? I still have version 4.3 (Word 6.0, Excel, 5.0, ACCESS 2.0, etc, IIRC). I believe this may be the version which preceded Office 97. It's all on diskettes, 24 altogther. I was not aware that it came on CD, so I'm a little SKEPTICAL of what you SAYING. Anyway, go to ebay and see whether any are being sold there. I'd bet they are worth very little.it says CD-ROM edition? anyone know As I said, go to ebay and see whether any are being sold there. Doesn't that make sense to you?i thought id first check with the computer " guru" first Well, I believe the "guru" would go to ebay. It's the most LOGICAL THING to do. Where else do you have an active market for old computer software and hardare?$2.19, IF you can find a buyer.Quote from: GX1_Man on April 09, 2007, 05:32:03 PM

$2.19, IF you can find a buyer.

I am a newbie to this forum and am hoping someone out there much more knowledgeable out there can help me. I'm am pretty un-informed when it comes to this stuff. My old computer is being pressed into service for the kids, and something went so wrong I decided to re-install windows 95 in an effort to fix it. The other option is to give the computer to the E-cycle station, but I have three kids and could really use another computer. Anyway, here is the thing. I have created a Windows 95 startup disk when I started this, and I have the Windows 95 CD-rom Setup Boot Disk and the Windows 95 CD. I am trying to rebuild the computer, but cannot get it to recognize or use the CD-rom to complete the install. I have copied down some info that I see on the dos screens and hope it will give some clues. I have tried several things that are on the forum but don't seem to be getting further.

Here is some of the screen info:

HDD Primary Master :Maxtor 84000A6
HDD Secondary Slave :Matshita CR-585

Pentium - MMX CPU 166 MHZ
Memory 32768K OK
ATC-5000 BIOS VER: 1.0 002
Award Modular BIOS V 4.51 PG

Secondary Slave Disk : CDRom Mode 3

I get to the point in the install where it gives the A:\ prompt and I am to put in the Windows 95 CD to complete the install, however it doesn't recognize the CDROM drive, so of course this doesn't work.

I have checked and the computer seems to be recognizing the installed CD-rom as it lists it as the Secondary Slave Disk as above. I have also checked the autoexec.bat and config.sys and don't see any rem statements and the device name matches up between the two. The C drive has the following files:

command.com
autoexec.bat
config.sys
\DEV which contains
atapi_cd.sys
mscdex.exe

The autoexec.bat file contains the following line:

C:\dev\mscdex.exe /D:mscd000 /V /M:12

The config.sys file contains the following line:

Device = C:\Dev\Atapi_cd.sys /D:mscd000 /i:0

Don't know if upper/lower case are an issue but I think they are the same even if I didn't type them as such.

I have also got a disk for CD-ROM Device Drivers Version 97.03.17 and Monster 3D Windows 95 Drivers Version 1.00 but don't know if these drivers are for this computer as it seems we get a new computer every couple years and I don't really keep track of what goes with what. Usually we don't need this stuff as everything is already installed and I don't really have the first clue of what to do. Also my DOS commands are pretty much all forgotten and getting this far has been a challenge, so if there is anything I should try in dos, please send the command and how to use it.

I know I'm asking alot, and hopefully there is someone out there who can give me a clue, and perhaps some of this info will be useful.After reading your post, I think the problem you are having is with the locations of the called driver.

If you are looking to reinstall Windows:
go to http://www.bootdisk.com/
Put the created boot disk in the 95' computer
also put the CD in the 95' computer
Restart it

Then once the boot disk loads, type:
R:\setup.exe

This should do it. (CD ROM drive turns into R:\ with a http://www.bootdisk.com/ bootdisk) Or better yet use a Win98SE bootdisk as more CD drives are supported with it. Format c:\u, then use the setup routine as mentioned by Zylstra.

Hey, you guys are great! I downloaded the boot file from the website you mentioned and things went better after that. The install wizard did get a little confused about halfway through as it couldn't find the path using the R drive and so I had it skip some files as I didn't realize it had re-mapped the drive to E somewhere along the process. Makes you wonder why Microsoft's install wizard is capable of correctly finding 95% of the stuff but can't find the rest. I didn't even think of downloading another boot disk because I had the original microsoft stuff, but really i should know better. Anyway, I remember the DIRECTORY it had problems with so I am going to take a look and see if I can manually copy the missing files, otherwise I will re-do the install. At least I have confidence it will work now!

I really appreciate the help. I just couldn't see spending $100 to get someone else to install this stuff when this computer isn't really worth that much. Now I need to figure out my display stuff. I noticed that it installed with 16 bit color and I think changing that was what got me into trouble last time. I don't know if it is the chip that is limiting the color or if the monitor is so old it only allows it. I need to do some looking I guess. I have two older monitors, one older than the other, and frankly alot of the reader rabbit software I want for my 3 and 5 yr olds are from the oldest who is now 12, so perhaps this isn't a problem. Reader Rabbit Learn to Read taught my son to read by himself when he was 5 and he loved it, so I am hoping for the same success with the girls. Unfortunately being home the last 5 years with them has perhaps caused some dry-rot to settle in and the old gears aren't turning as fast as they used to be! (Perhaps I am just looking for an excuse not to get the taxes done!)

Cat In order for the graphics to work properly you need to install the correct drivers....
Did you re-install the MBoard drivers after installing Win98 ? ?
Is it ONBOARD grapiics or a video card ? ? Okay, so I am back to where I start. Here is the deal. I should really just turn off my computers so that I don't break anything else. I got the cd-rom working and all, but I WANTED to make things better. I have two old computers, both pentiums, one our old one and one an old work put together one with an old monitor. Ours is about 8 years old now, but it was decent at the time, and the monitor is an Acer 54E. I got ours working with the ancient monitor and it only had 16 bit color, so I wanted to get it going with our newer monitor. I changed the display to 256 color because I am pretty sure the VGA card allows it, and then it needed to re-boot. When it came back it was just a black screen with green lines. I tried changing to the Acer monitor because I thought it might handle it, but it just gives me the black screen. So now I can't see anything to change back to 16 bit color, so I did a re-install again and customized it to use Acer 55 as the monitor as I couldn't find 54E on the list. I needed to hook up to the old monitor while doing this as I still get a black screen with the occaisional flicker on the Acer. Still nothing when I hook up the Acer, and when it re-boots at the end of the re-install I still get the black screen with green lines on the old monitor as well, presumable because the color display hasn't changed. I don't know how to change the display so it seems I am back to square one and need to re-install after formating the hard-drive again to wipe everything out. I know the Acer monitor works as I have been using it with the older computer just fine, but I don't know if the older computer's VGA card is good enough to handle more than 16 bit display, so I wanted to swap monitors.

Here is the real question! Does anyone know how I can find out what Video cards I am using and what monitors are setup on my computer, preferably in dos? Then perhaps I could change the settings. Also, anyone know how one undoes changes like this to display when you can't see anything because you buggered your display?

I hope I am not too confusing!! My best advice, never have more kids than computers in your house, or you will be spending your Saturdays trying to bring old things back to life!!!

CatPatio:

I know you are trying to ask me something but I have no idea what. I have disks for drivers, but it doesn't tell you in the read-me files what the drivers are for ie. what particular piece of hardware. I have some Monster 3D drivers, plug and play drivers etc, but I don't know what I need. I don't know what Mboard drivers are, and I also don't know if it is onboard graphics or a video card or what the difference is. Sorry to be so clueless.

Here is one hint that may help. On the back of this computer there is a little jumper cord from the monitor plug that goes down to the next slot and plugs in there and you plug the monitor in beside it. We think it means there is a Video card that you take the display through? Does that sound right? As you can see I am way out of my league here.

Cat Try booting to safe mode and change the display back to its original setting. DLoad and install Everest Home and save a log of what it shows for video components....post it here and we can continue...You should obtain Windows 98SE, it's a lot more versatile and reliable than Windows 95. Not to mention its still a wee-bit compatible with nowadays hardware/fads. First question...what is Everest Home?

Anyway, the update. I formated the harddrive and re-installed windows 95 (I have the disks and don't want to buy new). I did some digging and found references to ATI VGA Wonder and ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI (mach 64 Rage/GT) I went to ATI's website and found my hardware too old to download drivers, and that is when I twigged. I remembered seeing an ATI disk for something in the disk bin and pulled it out and installed drivers. I re-booted and now have 256 bit color. yeah.

Anyway, I tried to swap monitors again, still have a blank screen on the Acer, but at this point don't really care as both oldies are now running 256 bit color. I have selected the Acer Monitor in the system, but still nothing so I think I will leave well enough alone.

Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions. I couldn't have done it without you!!! (but none-the-less I am still proud of myself for perservering. ) Would I be dating myself too badly if I admitted that I started my CAREER working on computers that filled rooms bigger than alot of city blocks?

Cat Those were the days when we actually spent in the computer instead of using it. But don't worry, I won't spill the beans. You worked on Univac ? ? ?

Yes, a Vista system will definitely help. even in the short run, considering it is much more.. Kidproof.

Wow, that thing is like... ancient.

Just go EBAY a copy of XP...

Hi everyone:
I am new in IT, so I would LIKE to know how to REBOOT a system using a floppy bootdisk. I am using some equipment with windows 95 and 98 operating system.
I made a bootdisk several times and tried to reboot, but unfortunately I found no result to my procedure. It is very possible that I do not follow the appropiate steps.
Please tell me how?

Thank you all You need to set the FDD as the first boot device in your BIOS. Possibly F2 or Del when you turn on the PC. Navigate with arrow keys.

If you haven't got a clue what I'm on about, it's time to introduce you to the first rule of us IT'ers: Read the (mainboard) manual. And travel to bootdisk.com for all your bootable floppy needs...you can even make CD's.It sounds as if he is trying to run windows from a boot floppy. It won't work. At best he can boot to DOS, with or without CDrom support. If he boots from a floppy, he would have to CHANGE to the C: drive, cd\windows, and start win.com from there.

Hi everyone

I cannot start w95 because an error msg appears:
config.sys line 1, line 2 error.

What do I have to do in order to solve the problem? I downloaded TWO bootdisk versions from bootdisk.com, but now...? What's next?
Thanks for your HELP

What happened prior to this that needed a bootdisk to start the system ? ?
Are you comfortable with enough DOS commands to be able to post more info on what might be askew in the original autoexec and config.sys FILES ? ?We need to see the config.sys file! We are not mind readers and we do not have miraculous X-ray vision that can see across continents and oceans and through the walls of your house, he8men6, and ONTO your boot disk...

Can you have background and foreground text colours in executable programs, compiled with the free FORTRAN compiler g95, to run in Windows XP?

I have old FORTRAN 77 source CODE that when compiled produces a 16 bit executable that can run c/o ntvdm.exe with SIMPLE colours USING ANSI.sys escape sequences with the simple addition of an ansi.sys entry in my \System32\CONFIG.NT file.

I have been given to believe that this technique is not available for the 32 bit executables produced by g95.

This is born out by the fact that screen output from these executables is not in colour.

Is there away to bring colour back to my newly compiled 32 bit executables?In the absence of any expert advice I have tried my approach of try it and see!

So since the 77 code used write(6,'(''escape cope")') to output the ansi escape sequences I tried the following with gfortran but unfortunately with no success.

My FORTRAN program:

program coltest
c Version abc170607
write(6,'(''color 09'')')
write(6,'(''color '',i1,i1)')0,9
10 write(6,*)
write(6,*)
write(6,'('' Some text'')')
write(6,'('' *********'')')
write(6,*)
end

and what you get:

C:\FORTRAN\SourceCode>gfortran -o coltest coltest.for

C:\FORTRAN\SourceCode>coltest
color 09
color 09


Some text
*********

I guess this is no surprise really.

color 09 works at the command prompt but seemingly does not when output with a write statement more's the pity!
As my 90 year old uncle said to me recently, "HOPE springs eternal".
Yes I have had one of those Eureka moments!

So just to complete the picture after some digging and delving I came up with what just may be the obvious and it works!

program coltest
c Version Les200607
character(8 ) command
command(1:8 )='color 08'
CALL SYSTEM(COMMAND)
end program coltest

Compiled with both the g95 and gfortran compilers this LITTLE routine changes the screen background and text colours in accordance with this:

C:\My FORTRAN>color /?
Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COLOR [attr]

attr Specifies color attribute of console output

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first
corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit
can be any of the following values:

0 = Black 8 = Gray
1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
2 = Green A = Light Green
3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua
4 = Red C = Light Red
5 = Purple D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
7 = White F = Bright White

If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was
when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console
window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry
value.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute
the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the
same.

Example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white

C:\My FORTRAN>



Regards,

Les.

I HAVE A TOSHIBA SATELLITE 2545CDS WITH 98SE FULLED UPDATED ALONG WITH BIOS. I would like to use my mini cruizer 1gb usb flash drive with this COMPUTER however it fails to load and this error APPEARS. A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:c1470F57 in VXD APIX (01) 00003227.
The flash drive work fine on my other computers with xp. I have down loaded driver and installed from mfg web site. I can use my 126mb mini's with out any problems on this computer but not the 1gb.
System : 333mhz 4.3gb HD. amd k6-2 processor, 64mb ram any idea how to fix? I have walked thru troubleshooting with cruizer representative and they directed me to contact MICROSOFT however microsoft doesn't support this system any more.

I have an 8 YEAR old Compaq running on WINDOWS 98. I have difficulty logging onto the system and when I do, the text is magnified so large that I cannot perform any functions. Must be a virus? My question is, what functions can I perform while in SAFE Mode? I have no problems with Safe Mode. I have a new state-of-the-art system and ultimately I'd like to be able to retrieve my important documents from the old computer and somehow transfer them to my new system. Any ideas? Thanks for any assistance.It sounds like you are booting with a low resolution. Have you tried changing to higher resolution (in normal mode). Safe mode always uses 640/480 and it can't be changed in safe mode. RIGHT click the desktop, select properties, click the settings TAB, move the slider to the right, click apply. If the current resolution does not allow you to see the apply button, press A on the keyboard.

What's up with the giant tooth?It MYSTERIOUSLY appears when a thread gets to the point of pulling teeth to get the info required to solve an issue..."like pulling teeth" is an idiom: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/like+pulling+teethSorry Soybean, I installed the latest version of DirectX and it didnt HELP, im guessing theres no way to increase my video memory.Have you accessed your BIOS to see whether it will let you allocate more memory to your video/display adapter?

If you have an expansion slot (AGP or PCI) in which you could install an add-on video card, WOULD purchase of a card be an option? What spending LIMIT would you like to put on this? It could less than $50, or more, depending on the specs of the card.

ok im not very informed on specific PART. the IDE ribbon is the flat cord connect to the HD correct? and i follow the intructions. but if there is no current os i STILL need to do the whole bootable floppy ordeal?and it has a password on the setup screen is there anyway to bypass this?come on guys. any help?You need the BOOT floppy to see if you can log the hard drive to see what's on it...
A password in the setup routine was not mentioned earlier...
If this is a laptop Good Luck.
If not remove the CMOS battery about the size of a dime located on the motherboard.
Do this with the power cord unplugged and hit the power switch a few times to DISCHARGE stored energy.
Be careful removing the battery...you don't want to break it's holder.

Post back with your progress...

My older Gateway 2000 runs on Windows 98 and it has a new problem that frustrates the h... out of me. When I turn the computer on, it goes through the initial boot phase then flashes a DOS message "Windows protection error. Your need to restart your computer." When I restart, it wants me to start in safe mode, which I do. It boots up okay, so I do a shut down - restart, which then opens Windows 98 in its regular mode and works fine thereafter.

However, whenever I shut down that computer -- even in standby -- it flashes the protection error message, and I have to go through the whole procedure again. I wouldn't worry about it, except that my elderly HP ScanJet 5100C is hooked up to that computer, and that item isn't supported for Windows XP, which is what I have on my laptop. I know I should be updating some of this old equipment, but it still works fine (except the Gateway, which operates okay once Windows settles in).

I went to Microsoft Support and read a couple of articles about protection errors, but they didn't cover my specific problem. Can somebody out there help me figure out what to do?Are you just getting "Windows protection error" or is it stating any other additional information such as issues initializing vkd.

Have you also tried using a different mouse and keyboard on the computer? Often this issue is caused by a faulty keyboard.Are you just getting "Windows protection error" < NATHAN's first response* this gave me an idea_

With all that older hardware ( mobo ) I am gonna guess you are having this ..............

Windows GENUINE Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system enacted by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several RECENT Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows Update, and downloading from the Microsoft Download Center.

It also advertises Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, which requires manual intervention to disable. Previously voluntary, it became mandatory for use of these services in July 2005..

These automatic Updates / security features can sometimes WREAK havoc on certain ahhh illegal Windows Products] just guessing...............I don't believe WGA applies to Windows 98 machines. Microsoft does not release any updates for this operating system any more unless it's an absolute security to all versions of Windows.for Windows XP, which is what I have on my laptop just guessing here Quote from: keithmacsd on August 29, 2007, 08:34:41 PM

I went to Microsoft Support and read a couple of articles about protection errors, but they didn't cover my specific problem. Can somebody out there help me figure out what to do?

After my original (yes, original) hard drive quit, I used the second drive I had installed and did a quick restore. After the restore, I installed the ethernet drive and it seems to be OK. Now I can't access the internet. One note, the OEM reminder pop-up comes on at every start-up and will not finish the auditing session when the BUTTON is pushed."I installed the ethernet drive and it seems to be OK" Do you mean "ethernet driver"?
Did you check device manager to see if it is REALLY "OK"?

ALAN <><

Hello, I use Solway´s Clean system directory to move unused dlls to a BACKUP folder. http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#clnsys

Now I have the problem that it crashes after a time it starts scanning (it used to work). I get the ERROR I paste below. I searched and it seems could be a problem related to a 16 bit program running in windows 32 bit (I have windows 98 SE). From the program files: For use with Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.

I don´t know how to fix it.

I have in config.sys (I think these lines allow DOS programs to run):
DEVICEHIGH = C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe
DEVICEHIGH = C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS = HIGH,UMB
etc.

error:
CLNSYS caused total protection error in module CLNSYS.EXE of 0005:00000b52.
Registries:
EAX=d1710033 CS=45ff EIP=00000b52 EFLGS=00000206
EBX=0001b88a SS=45ef ESP=0000b88a EBP=0000b89e
ECX=00830003 DS=0000 ESI=000200cc FS=018f
EDX=134445ef ES=45ef EDI=0002b9a6 GS=0000
Bytes in CS:EIP:
,02X ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x
pile:
,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x Does this program have a restore POINT...just in case you did something you weren't SUPPOSED to do?

Why not try using the same program you used to move these unused dll files back to where they were before you moved them.Quote from: The Saviour on September 09, 2007, 07:13:59 AM

Does this program have a restore point...just in case you did something you weren't supposed to do?

Why not try using the same program you used to move these unused dll files back to where they were before you moved them.

And that program also caused the crash...

Hi guys
Hopefully you can help me I’m running WINDOWS 98SE and thinking of upgrading.
The main problem I have is a program called TIMES FAMILY TREE this program was designed for windows 95/98 and IVE tried to install it on my laptop which runs XP but it won’t work.
It’s taken me 10 years to gather all the information and compile it on my desktop pc and ive been told that I would “simple” have to install a newer version and input all 10 years of data again, surely this cant be the case??.
Can you tell me if there is a patch or SOMETHING that I could use so that I could make my 95/98 copy of “times family tree” work with XP.

Regards
Keiron
have you tried running the program with the compatibility options?
Right click on the link and choose properties. Then go to the compatibility tab. From there it should be pretty self explanatory.
Good luck.

my javascript seems to be disabled (ive checked everything and it SAYS its on), smilies dont work exept for manually typing out, certain websites dont work(hotmail.com comes on w/blank screen), when you incorrectly SHUT it down and it automatically runs a self-diagnostic test, it says to run scan disk for windows because of an invalid long filename. I believe the problem is called jre-1_5_0_12-windows-i586-p-s.exewhen i run the scan disk program, it keeps getting interupted by another program editing the computer. I then shut down every system possible(i cant shut down all of them, then my computer will shut down). It sounds like a virus, but i really dont know. Thanks in advance for helping me!Try updating your Java program.

What PROTECTION do you have on your comp?Zone Alarm, Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D v.4, and an out dater Dr. Solomons program that uses javascript to update it. I cant update my java, everywhere i go it uses javaI believe this is an updated version of Java: (click here). Some other good free antivirus programs to try are SUPERAntiSpyware and AVG.I clicked the top right Java install link? is this right? When i click on Windows Platform - Java Application Platform SDK Update 2 No JDK it takes me to the top of the pageJavascript and Java is not the same thing. Your browser handles Javascript, you don't need to have Java installed in order for JavaScript to function.

What browser are you using?
What version of windows is this?
Did you install or remove anything around the time this problem STARTED?

It is although a good idea to keep Java up to date for security reasons. Go here to get the latest version.
http://java.com/en/ Have you checked this?



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are there any command prompt like msconfig but in windows 98?
I WANT to handle my startup,tq Win98 SHIPPED with msconfig as did WIN98SE, ME & XP.
Win95 and W2K did not get msconfig.
Win98 msconfig works in Win95 and XP msconfig works in W2K.
Clear as mud eh?THANKS Fed,you are just like google WITHOUT the annoying ads...and he doesn't save all your search info either...

I got a Dell Latitude C840 laptop with no OS installed.

When I TURNED it on to load win 98 SE

The screen only showed middle part of screen. I turned off laptop restarted it hit F2 to get into bios did not change anything hit exit I got the full screen. So for fun I thought let me turn off laptop and start it again see what happens it went right back to small screen. Why?

Win 98 SE issues

It will not shut down during setup after setup or go to MS Dos prompt cursor just blinks. I have to turn off laptop each time. It will shut down in SAFE mode

During Setup I see Win98 SE logo then I see what LOOKS like a RED Flag logo then it disappears.
I can only get 16 COLORS need 256 at least. Do not have system drivers for this machine.


Thanks

WillyW:

I have TRIED all three; Win98, WinME, and Diskeeper Lite 7.0 (DKLite) defrag; and I am reporting from personal experience. I installed DKLite defrag on my WinME system and used it for many months. In the standard installation it coexists with the standard WinME defrag. If you access the defrag utility from the "tools" tab of the "properties" dialog of a logical disk, it serves up the DKLite utility. If you access the defrag utility from the Windows Start Menu, as in Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter, it serves up the standard WinME defrag.

I use a small 512 MB USB Flash Drive to port files back and forth. I also use floppy disks for diagnostic tools. I like to KEEP them defragged for performance purposes. Since my flash drive is pretty full, I prefer to keep whatever space is available in a contiguous block at the end. DKLite did not do this for me and it does not support floppy drives (at least that's my recollection). Since I could never remember to defrag these from the "System Tools" submenu, I would always end up accessing the defrag utility twice before I got the right one. Because of the inconvenience to me I finally uninstalled DKLite.

That said, DKLite worked fine and is MUCH faster than the standard Win9x/ME defrag utilities. The defrag tools for WinXP (obviously not for Win9x/ME systems) also leave "available" cluster gaps in the file system. They defrag files and do a pretty good job of packing them tight, but they won't sacrifice performance (total defrag time) to do it. Nor should they.

I, like you, wondered whether a first pass by DKLite could quickly defrag files while a second pass by the standard Windows defrag (WinME in my case) would finish the job. The answer is yes, it does. But not that fast. Window defrag spends a lot of time sliding file cluster blocks up to close gaps. I should also add that since I defrag regularly, I didn't have a lot of tiny defragged file pieces to put TOGETHER, so not the best test. But for me it wasn't worth the effort.

Enough already... Try it you'll like it... It works as advertised... dahlarbearThank you for an update DKLite leaves gaps ...i'm not sure what this is supposed to mean...Quote from: dahlarbear on October 21, 2007, 05:41:25 PM

WillyW:

I have tried all three; Win98, WinME, and Diskeeper Lite 7.0 (DKLite) defrag; and I am reporting from personal experience. ...

DKLite leaves gaps ...i'm not sure what this is supposed to mean...

...Since my flash drive is pretty full, I prefer to keep whatever space is available in a contiguous block at the end. DKLite did not do this for me ...

I have not seen DKLite do this that's why i asked.

I have an old win 95 computer and i but a new hard drive on it and i deleated the other one, contain my MS files. Then i re-INSTALLED Win 95 from a Copied Cd-r of Windows 95 and it wouldnt work. i tried verious Boot disks and it still wouldnt go. I finally installed Windows but i then reset it; and it failed. I took out the new hard drive and then i couldnt EVEN install win; the screen wouldnt come up. Just yesterday, i found an old '95 disk and that still wont work!
Can anyone help?
i can post pictures And or video.
Tuna
Quote

Windows 95 OSR2 CD, plus the Certificate of AUTHENTICITY that should come with it. If your CD did not come with a certificate, you should return it immediately as you cannot install Windows without the product code that is on the certificate.

ill need some new flops

I want to recover an OLD computer.
just for fun but still.
it works with a pcmcia card to connect to the Internet.
But at the end it was broken and never fixed.
I was able to restore the Internet connection but somehow that also resetted the keyboard back to QWERTY.
Now when I want to change that back to azerty I need the CD.
That wouldn't be a problem if the cd-ROM would still work.
But it doesn't.
Now here is my question:
Can I change it back to azerty without the cd?

Thanks in advance

Jonas Try this

From Start menu, select Settings then Control Panel.

Start Keyboard and select Input Locales tab sheet.

Click Add... button.

Select desired Input locale, Keyboard layout/IME.

Make sure Enable indicator on TASKBAR is checked and click OK.I only have a tap:
-speed
and laguage.
It is win 98 second edition
When I try to change the laguage EN then click the OK button it promps to put in the CD with label: Win 98 second edition

Jonas Quote from: Jonas Wauters on October 25, 2007, 02:28:14 PM

When I try to change the laguage en then click the OK button it promps to put in the CD with label: Win 98 second edition

Now I know this is an old issue-but mine is a new ONE. I have the patch for the hanging poblem, and up until recently I did not have this problem. Here goes: My ethernet adapter went out and so I purchased a new one (win98 compatible). After I installed the software---that's when I started having this problem again. I contacted the manufacturer and they suggested UPDATING the bios DRIVER, but I could not FIND an update. And the manufacturer of course had no other solution either. Anyone have any ideas what could remedy this problem?

Thanks a bunch...

I see that a few people have read my post but I GUESS noone had any ideas-can anyone help me on this issue please?!

I have an old pentium III which boots up from a win98 floppy only - I need to MAKE a floppy by coppying my 98 CD rom on an xp powered pentium 4.
Sounds easy but I keep getting stuck -can anyone help? This page should have the boot DISKS you require. Take a trip over and you should be able to find the one you need on the site to download.
Cheers! Thankyou very much. The pc I was trying to fix was a Viglen p3 866 Contender which had its OS wiped. My xp had no floppy drive so I was making a cd on this, then copying to floppy on ANOTHER pc, then trying to boot the viglen without much success. I'll try the different versions and let you know what happens. Use the Win98SE with CDRom support for the BEST results...

On start up always get GNU GRUB version 0.95 and no boot DISKS work I have tried looking at the INSTRUCTIONS over the internet on this PROBLEM but non of them seem to work I just can not get a boot disk to REMOVE or install a DIFFERENT OS system. Help please You have the GRUB bootloader on your drive...have you been experimenting with Linux ? ?

i am currently (was lol) running windows xp pro on my computer.....i put an old hard drive in my computer to pull off some files, and when i took it out and tried to reboot my computer all that happens is a black screen comes up with a flashing white line....anyone know of a fix to get back to how it was before? F8 doesnt work.....That black screen with flashing white cursor usually means that no hard drive was found. I think maybe you need to go into the BIOS and get the hard disk recognised - it looks like something got reset when you added or removed the old hard drive. You did turn the power off when you did all the connecting and disconnecting?

So reboot and try to access the BIOS with, DEL or ESC or F2 or F1. At this point you might be able to discern whether the BIOS has lost the hard drive settings and simply can not see the drive or if there is another issue. If there is a "Load Default Settings" item then you COULD try that.


I'd just double check the jumpers on the HDD, and make sure the connection is ok (unplug and re-plug it).

Then if it doesn't boot automatically, have a look in your BIOS (Press __ to enter Setup), and have a look at the boot sequence...or if the Press __ for boot menu, is available, try to find it on the list.

If you're still having problems, come back.the hard drive is showing up in bios and yes i turned it off and unplugged it before i messed around inside.....i did the load default settings and it did nothing.....XP isnot the original os on the computer it originally had Milenium.....so noones got anything? This other hard drive when you put it in did you start an operating system that was on it?? like you left the xp drive plugged in to copy files to it and the ONE you put in, did you start up whatever operating system was on it?? If so that's probably why. I've had that happen to me a few times myself.. XP is RELALY weird like that.. if you have xp and STICK another drive in with say 95, 98, or ME on it and boot it, it does something to your xp drive.. If that's exactly what you did, then you probably need to reinstall xp. You can probably just do a REPAIR. I don't remember the codes to do it but if you feel like doing some googling, look up how to use the recovery console to reinstall all the boot files. I don't remember what they are. :-( sorry but that'll save you from losing anything and anything getting messed up/apps not working, and drivers missing things like that. Give it a shot! it can't hurt since you won't lose anything doing it that way.. IF YOU DO do the repair, it will still do what I said but you'll have to redo your drivers most likely and reinstall some programs like antiviruses becase they wil be corrupt. Good luck. :-)

Jay

Boot to your XP CD and at the first prompt hit R for repair...this will take you to the Recovery Console.
At the command prompt type fixmbr and hit Enter.
Remove the CD and re-boot.
If it does not take you into Windows REPEAT the above procedure and at the command prompt type fixboot and hit Enter and do the same...

Let us know.ummmm.......i kinda sorta lost my xp disk......hahaha....uhhhh.....anyway to work around it?We've actually heard this before...
DLoad the emergency XP boot disks...6 i think from the MS website and create the floppies...boot to them and you can run the Recovery Console from there...

cannot get windows to start...says the VMM32.vxd is missing...windows can't start without it...I can't even get it to start in SAFE mode either...did a scanreg and picked an older registry that WORKED at the time...picked it and it still did not help...does anybody have any clues to this problem...the computer is my older one, an HP Pavilion.
would appreciate any suggestions...I must have screwed it up royally somehow...last time I had it running RIGHT must have been in 2006 or maybe 2005??? Why are you still using Windows 98?http://www.easydesksoftware.com/news/news10.htm

reinstall windows 98 will be the best solution for meYou must have your w98 CD and the product key. If there is no valuable data on it, a format and reinstallation is the best way to go. If there is any data you want to keep, there are other ways. The reason for reinstalling is that VMM32.vxd is a file created by windows during installation. It is a compiled file consisting of many .vxd's.no I NEVER had a windows 98 CD...the only thing that came with it was a system / application recovery CD's...the system does not recognize that I have a cdrom either...so anything that requires the CDrom to install something won't help me...the
best I can do is work in DOS...which is not much. I would start checking with friends/co-workers etc. to see if anyone has a CD you could borrow. The repairs needed will require a CD as 2KD suggested.
There is a non-destructive re-install method for Win98 if yoj have basic DOS skills...
Let us know.even if I could find a 98CD, I could not install it as my system doesn't "see" the cdrom
on my computer...and yes I have basic DOS skills...sure would be great if I could do a fix through DOS...cause thats all I get when I start it up.Quote from: shmokey on November 05, 2007, 08:20:23 PM

even if I could find a 98CD, I could not install it as my system doesn't "see" the cdrom
on my computer...and yes I have basic DOS skills...sure would be great if I could do a fix through DOS...cause thats all I get when I start it up.

I cannot get my screen to do more than 16 colors. Have tried to install a driver from Intel a few times.

When I go to Display/Settings/Advanced, there is no tab for Monitor and when I click on Intel Extreme Graphics in Control Panel, nothing happens.

1.8 Mhz Celeron win98 have you tried contacting their support desk?Go Start&GT;Settings>Control Panel>Control Panel
Double click on "System"
Click on DEVICE Manager tab.
See, if Monitor is listed there.
It'll have a "+" sign next to it.
Click on it, and tell us what it says.
Does Monitor have any exclamation/question mark next to it?Install the driver win9x135.exe from---->HereQuote from: street1 on October 08, 2007, 04:38:22 AM

Install the driver win9x135.exe from---->Here

have you tried contacting their support desk?

Go Start>Settings>Control Panel>Control Panel
Double click on "System"
Click on Device Manager tab.
See, if Monitor is listed there.
It'll have a "+" sign next to it.
Click on it, and tell us what it says.
Does Monitor have any exclamation/question mark next to it?

Quote from: programming_pat on October 07, 2007, 09:02:12 PM

have you tried contacting their support desk?

locally assembled pc. no one like Dell or Gateway to call.

RUNNING WIN98 I TURN ON MY COMPUTER AND WHEN THE DESKTOP COMES ON I CLICK ON A ICON AND IT DOES NOTHING ITS LIKE I'M STUCK ON THE DESKTOP PAGENeed...more...info...gasp

Antivirus & ANTISPYWARE protection / when did it start happening / did it ever work RIGHT / installed any new software?

Alan &LT;>< I'm surprised you wasted the effort of hitting both the "Caps Lock" key and the "space" bar. Wouldn't it have been easier to say:

runningwin98iturnonmycomputerandwhenthe desktopcomesoniclickonaiconanditdoesnot hingitslikei'mstuckonthedesktoppage

You're KILLING me kid...

From a dos prompt type c:\windows\system\sfc. You should be able to recover most, if not all, of the corrupted files. Don't mess with the ones you don't about. There should be 3 copies of command.com. 1. c:\windows 2. c: windows\system\command\ebd and 3. c:\. sys.com should be located in c:\windows\command.. If you have trouble locate\ing any of these or transferring them the proper LOCATIONS, post back.Quote from: 2k_dummy on November 13, 2007, 11:16:29 AM

From a dos prompt type c:\windows\system\sfc. You should be able to recover most, if not all, of the corrupted files. Don't mess with the ones you don't about. There should be 3 copies of command.com. 1. c:\windows 2. c: windows\system\command\ebd and 3. c:\. ----sys.com should be located in c:\windows\command.. If you have trouble locateing any of these or transferring them the proper locations, post back.

... 2. c: windows\system\command\ebd

c:\windows\system\sfc

c:\windows\command\ebd

c:\windows\command

i'm on win 98 and i was having problems getting windows to load. i went into safe mode and was using win help and it told me go to run and TYPE in msconfig then backup my system files and restart my computer.

windows loaded fine but everything now looks LIKE i'm still in safe mode.

anyway to get my regular screen/looks back?

thank you, rickClick Start->Settings->Control Panel->DISPLAY->Settings tab

What does it presently say for Colors and Screen area ?


16 colors

640x480 pixels


i'm on a gateway by the way.

i tried going into dos and scanreg/restore. but all the dates are from years ago. i might have to live with funky colors and fonts.

i'm off to work. thank you.


Quote from: tdreamer56 on November 20, 2007, 09:28:42 AM

16 colors

640x480 pixels

i'm on a gateway by the way.

i tried going into dos and scanreg/restore. but all the dates are from years ago. i might have to live with funky colors and fonts.

i'm off to work. thank you.

P>S> Remember in Win98 you have to reboot each time for the changes to take effect...

"In Win98, there's a "Apply changes without restarting" option."

doesn't seem to work. even after i click that option it wants to restart before applying changes.

I'm sorry I didn't reply back sooner, year end is approaching and I've been working overtime. I TRIED running the scanreg/restore from DOS but that didn't work. It brought me right back to the error message I got when I first crashed. When I tried the chkdks /f and the sfc at the DOS prompt, it said bad command. I am also getting these error messages. Missing files vgartd.vxd and hpsjvxd.vxd as well as error loading Explorer.exe. Two other error messages I get are required file not found msvcp71.dll and C:\windows\system\shlwapi.dll. Can any of you HELP please?Quote

scanreg/restore

chkdks /f

sfc

Run ScanDisk and/or Chkdsk

Do this after using the boot disk.

ScanDisk and Chkdsk (Check Disk) perform more or less the same function. The difference is that Chkdsk is the old, DOS, command line tool, which does not really know about long file names. ScanDisk is the more modern graphical tool that can deal with a few more problems than Chkdsk. There is also command line (non GUI) version of ScanDisk.
Non-GUI

1. Boot to "DOS".
2. Type "scandisk" and let it run.
3. Reboot when finished.

GUI

1. Double-Click on "My Computer".
2. Right-Click on the C: drive.
3. Choose "Properties".
4. Find the "Tools" tab and choose it.
5. Click on the "Check Now" button.

I can only get to the prompt screen. It stops @ A:\ I don`t know where to go from here.
I`ve tried just about everything I know, which isn`t much really. I rebooted pc w/floppy disk for win 98 and thats as far as I can get. I wanted to wipe the pc clean and start over. I don`t need any of the OLD programs I had on it and there were some other things I couldn`t get rid of. I first tried E-Z Recovery and it pretty much messed it up. I was ABLE to get to an illegal thing and couldn`t go anymore so I decided to wipe the pc clean. Now I`m stuck. Any help is greatly appreciated. I want to give my niece the pc since her old one crapped out. It is basically going to be used for school and games and NO INTERNET. Just want to see if I can get the pc back to a regular state with nothing on it. I can add programs later.Welcome to the CH forums.

1. Boot from a Windows 98 boot floppy. If you do not have one, see http://www.bootdisk.com
2. Run fdisk. Using fdisk, remove all partitions from the drive, and create new ones as needed.
3. At the A:\> prompt type Format C: and hit Enter. The hdd will now be formatted.
4. On completion of Step 3. insert the Win 98 cd into the drive and at the A:\> prompt type R:\setup (where R: is the drive letter of your cdrom, you will have to DETERMINE which it is) and hit Enter. FOLLOW the on-screen prompts to install Win 98.

Step 2. can be omitted if you do not want to alter the partitions.

You will need your Win 98 Product Code, drivers as necessary and other software.

Good luck

I installed Windows 95 alongside Vista on my 2 GB RAM laptop, and am having a bit of trouble getting it to start. I'll start with the most basic problems:

1. Right now when I choose Win95 from the Vista bootloader (I've set it up, it works OK with MS-DOS), I get an error "Non-system disk or disk error". Only I don't have a floppy drive, and I don't have anything in the CD drive. I would think it's my mouse or headphones, but DOS 6.22 and MS-WIN 3.11 started fine with them connected, and this still occurs with no peripherals connected.

Probably on a SIMILAR problem, when I tried to install Windows 98, I got to 61% of the second step when it said "Please insert a diskette into drive B:" along the top of the screen and wouldn't let me CONTINUE. Not only do I not have a diskette drive, I don't have a "B:" drive, either.

2. Before the above error, I kept getting "Insufficient memory to initialize Windows" errors. I added

Code: [Select]MinFileCache=32768
MaxFileCache=32768
to SYSTEM.INI, after reading Win95 sometimes has trouble with more than 48 MB of memory, but b/c of problem #1 am not yet sure this has fixed it. I'll need about 384 MB eventually as well, hopefully I'll be able to get that.

3. Windows Protection Errors. But I think I need to solve #2 before this one.

The aforementioned "Please insert a diskette into drive B:" is keeping me from upgrading to Windows 98. I think it wants to make a Win98 boot disk when it says this, but I don't really know.

Windows 3.11 was working fine, except in Standard Mode instead of 386 Enhanced Mode. When I tried to setup the Internet, TRUMPET Windsock said I was using 75-80% of my memory - I definitely think it had memory issues, but perhaps was able to fit in 2 MB or 640KB.

Yeah, lots of problems. Had Win3.11 working, maybe I can get back to there and start from square 3 again.

Here's my Autoexec.bat:

Code: [Select]C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
set mouse=C:\Mouse2
C:\Mouse2\mouse.exe /Q
PATH C:\MOUSE2;C:\DOS;
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
LOADHIGH=C:\DOS\MSCDEX.exe /D:MSCD001

and Config.sys:

Code: [Select]DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\Dos\oakcdrom.sys /D:MSCD001
DOS=HIGH
FILES=30

MS-DOS was working before I tried the Win95/98 upgrade - somehow it now thinks I have a non-system disk in a floppy drive when I TRY to start it up

I found another problem.At "Device MANAGER" under "Display adapters" i see only "Standard PCI Graphics Adapters (VGA).When i click the properties options i see this notice : "This device is not working properly because IRQ Holder for PCI Steering is not working properly (Code 37) "
What does it mean ?Every ISSUE here points to the lack of motherboard drivers...do you have them for that laptop by chance ? ?No, i don't have any drivers. Do you know where i can find drivers for "Standard PCI Graphics Adapters (VGA)" ?You need the whole package of MBoard drivers for that MACHINE...visit the manufacturers site and check the Support section.
Make sure you specify Win98.I THING the problem is this IRQ Holder because i succeed to install some video drivers but always i get this massage in the properties window:"This device is not working properly because IRQ Holder for PCI Steering is not working properly (Code 31)".May be i must change some settings in BIOS but what exactly i don't know. My BIOS type is "Phoenix"You're not listening...
All these symptoms are related to the lack of correct MBoard drivers.Just in case if i'm getting some IRQ conflict what can i do about that ?One more question because i think i made some basic mistake.The name of the laptop motherboard is Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd. CF-27-2 and the mother board chipset is Intel 82440BX/ZX(that is from "everest") .To fix my display problems i must find drivers for this chipset Intel 82440BX/ZX. Am i right or wrong ?Correct.How to install correctly the chipset drivers because the chipset is not listed in Device Manager?
It's a an .exe file.Double clik it...are you confident it's the right one ? ?I tried this drivers http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=129&OSFullName=Windows*+98+SE⟨=eng&strOSs=18&submit=Go%21
(the second end third) but noting changed and i couldn't find any other drivers for 440 chipset family at Intel site. Is that a this drivers what i needed or i must look for some others ?If i loaded the correct chipset drivers what can be the other problems for the display problems.
This is the devices in Device Manager to which i have yellow mark:
Display adapters>NeoMagic Magic Media 256AV
Other devices> PCI Multimadia Audio Device
PCMCIA socket>Ricoh RL/RB5C478 CardBus Controller;Ricoh RL/RB5C478 CardBus Controller
Sound,video and game controllers>Sound Blaster Pro or compatible
Universal Serial Bus Controller>Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host ControllerQuote from: emil9216 on December 10, 2007, 01:32:52 PM

My big problem now is a video drivers.Before installing Windows 98 i had installed Windows XP on my laptop and i have 32 bit colors and higher resolution but now i have 16 bit colors and 640х480 resolution.Everest give me this information about the video:
for Windows video - Standard PCI Graphics Adaptor (VGA) and for PCI/AGP Video - NeoMagic NM2200 Magic Media256. I had downloaded this driver http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/88/88088.htm
It was a an .rar file. I just uncompressed it but there was no .exe or setup file.I just COPY the folder to my hard disk and restart the computer but nothing happened.
How can i fix the problem with the 16 bit colors an this low resolution ?

Hello there,
I'm trying to use VLC with my Win98SE; the result is: VLC has sound but no picture!
Could anybody give me some ideas as to why? Or better still, give me a solution?Try downloading K-Lite Codecs pack:
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm
(The Full version)
and installing it. It should correct this issue, which sounds like its a codecs issue. Hi,
Thanks. Unfortunately, this version is not meant for my system; anyway, I downloaded and installed the older version that still works for Win98. However, it does not help solving my problem at all.Try This

VLC does not support Win98...it says this may work however.Quote from: ASKING on December 27, 2007, 07:03:39 PM

Hi,
Thanks. Unfortunately, this version is not meant for my system; anyway, I downloaded and installed the older version that still works for Win98. However, it does not help solving my problem at all.

Windows 95/98/Me users: Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported. No VideoLAN DEVELOPER uses any of these systems, which makes them hard to support. VLC should mostly work with them, but some incompatibilities might appear. You might need to download The Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems. The two MSLU files need to be put in the C:\Windows\System\ folder.

I tried to do a Win 95 B upgrade to a Win 95 A computer and we had a popwer failure when it stated checking the system, now when I turn the computer on it goes to the 95 splash screen then goes to a C prompt. Then i can type win at the c prompt and it will boot. How do i correct this?Add 'win' to the end of the autoexec.bat

That... or upgrade to something newer Could you explain the how to in adding the WIN a little more. This comp has some programs on it that will only run on 95 and they have been LOST several moves ago.
ThanksIt's been a while, but I believe the Autoexec.bat file was located in C:\ for Windows 95.

Anyway, when you get to the prompt 'C:\>' type:

Code: [Select]edit autoexec.bat
In the file that opens, scroll down to the bottom of it and on a new line type:

Code: [Select]win
Save the file, RESTART your computer. Windows should now start automatically.I do that and I get a blue screen box that SAYS MS DOS PROMPT EDIT at the top,
and file, edit, search, view, options and help BELOW THAT AND A FLASHING CURSER in the blue screen. nothing else in it.95 and 98 didn't always create these files. When you go into Windows 95, search for the file. Chances are it doesn't exist.

If you create a new autoexec.bat in C:\ and just type 'win' in it, that should still fix your problem.a search in windows shows a autoexec.bat, I went back to the dos edit of autoexec.bat and clicked on the file tab and it comes up with the files, but not sure how to add the win to the end of the list, when i type it in it wants to go under the WELCOME.EXE INSTEAD of at the last of the pageWhile in Windows open autoexec.bat with Notepad, and add "win" (no quotes) line. Save, exit. Restart

I'm thinking of purchasing W2000 on Ebay to up-grade from W98SE for a PIII system with a M754LMR all in one MOTHERBOARD, 2 10G HDs and 360Meg of DDR Ram - is this worth doing and if so which of the many versions of W2000 is the best bet - obviously I won't buy a used CD. Windows 2000 Pro is much more stable, then WIN 98. Go for it.Be careful when purchasing anything from eBay that has a key NUMBER SPECIFIC to it (like used versions of Windows and games).

I have an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 running Win 98 and I would like to upgrade to Win 2000. On the laptop is a sticker saying "designed for win 2000 Pro".

I would like to format the hard drive and do a clean install. Is this a good move?

Also, apart from drivers is there any other (toshiba) software required? I know that some laptops come with all kinds of utilities pre-installed.

And any other words of ADVICE...yup, clean install are the best start but i hope you know when you state "FORMAT" you will lost everything so MAKE your backup, if you have any important data such as mp3's or else.

you can download the driver here
http://www.toshiba-europe.com/bv/computers/sns/index.aspOk Thanks.

So just because it is a laptop it doesn't NEED any special treatment?...upgrade PROCESS is the same as for a desktop?

Thanks for the driver siteQuote

upgrade process is the same as for a desktop?

My old windows 98 computer cant run any programs. it says sumting bout it cant find winbg.exe (windows debugger) some one plz help me its anoying I DONT CARE IF I LOSE ALL MY SAVED FILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

note dont have CDWith your computer, a disc should have been included for reinstalling the operating system, insert the disc and restart your computer. Run through the setup. You will loose any saved data on your hard drive. Without a CD this is near impossible to fix.

You could dload a Win98SE BOOTDISK with CDRom support from bootdisk.com and run chkdsk on that drive...
Use the file named above to create a bootable floppy.
Boot up with the floppy in.
At the A: prompt type chkdsk /r and hit Enter.

DO NOT interrupt it.
When it finishes remove the floppy and re-boot...you may get Lucky.From what i read, Windbg.exe is a Windows Debugger file, often downloaded by worms and TROJANS. It should not be needed to load Windows 98.

You might try restoring the registry, by getting to a command prompt. Try holding down the F8 key from the beginning of the boot process and choose command prompt, and then type scanreg /restore (notice the space before /) and then hit enter. Choose a date that preceded your problem. If you need a Windows 98 OS DISK, you could buy one on ebay for about $50.-, but make sure it has not been installed before and is sealed/legal. The Win debugger file is a system file created because there is a hardware/software conflict...

I am running Win 98 SE. I just picked this up yeaterday. It is octagon shaped (stop sign) icon in the system try NEXT to the clock. There is a swoosh-type banner that runs from the 10:00 position to the 4:00 position. It is yellow on the tip at 10:00 and then quickly turns to red. At the top and bottom there are white arrows that revolving/circulating. The top one goes to the left and the bottom to the right.

I have NOT installed or downloaded anything. I have went through the startup program as well as the programs that have icons in the system tray in msconfig. Reg cleaner, spybot nothing helps. When you put the mouse on it nothing happens.

Please help.

ThanksWhat happens if you right click the logo ?

Is this a laptop ?It does sound like malware:

http://www.castlecops.com/p813320-Please_help_bogus_antivirus_spyware.html1. Run free ESET Online Scanner at: http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
Note: This Scanner is for Internet Explorer Only
1. You will NOTICE that the "Start" button is grayed out. Place a check mark at "Yes, I accept the Terms of use". The "Start" button will become visible. Click on it.
2. If it wants to install an ActiveX COMPONENT allow it
3. You will be asked to install an ActiveX, click the "Install" button (Note: If you have a Firewall install you may have to approve the installation)
4. Once ActiveX control is installed click on the "Start" button to initialize the scanner
5. After initialization is complete uncheck\untick "Remove found threats"
6. Check\tick "Scan unwanted applications"
7. Click the "Scan" button
8. Once the scan is done, you will find a log in C:\Program Files\esetonlinescanner\log.txt
Post ESET's log.

2. Download SUPERAntiSpyware Free for Home Users:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Print these instructions out.

* Double-click SUPERAntiSpyware.exe and use the default settings for installation.
* An icon will be created on your desktop. Double-click that icon to launch the program.
* If asked to update the program definitions, click "Yes". If not, update the definitions before scanning by selecting "Check for Updates". (If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download and unzip them from here: http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html.)
* Close SUPERAntiSpyware.

Restart computer in Safe Mode.
To enter Safe Mode, restart computer, and keep tapping F8 key, until menu appears; pick Safe Mode; you'll see "Safe Mode" in all four corners of your screen

* Open SUPERAntiSpyware.
* Under "Configuration and Preferences", click the Preferences button.
* Click the Scanning Control tab.
* Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked (leave all others unchecked):
o Close browsers before scanning.
o Scan for tracking COOKIES.
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining.
* Click the "Close" button to leave the control center screen.
* Back on the main screen, under "Scan for Harmful Software" click Scan your computer.
* On the left, make sure you check C:\Fixed Drive.
* On the right, under "Complete Scan", choose Perform Complete Scan.
* Click "Next" to start the scan. Please be patient while it scans your computer.
* After the scan is complete, a Scan Summary box will appear with potentially harmful items that were detected. Click "OK".
* Make sure everything has a checkmark next to it and click "Next".
* A notification will appear that "Quarantine and Removal is Complete". Click "OK" and then click the "Finish" button to return to the main menu.
* If asked if you want to REBOOT, click "Yes".
* To retrieve the removal information after reboot, launch SUPERAntispyware again.
o Click Preferences, then click the Statistics/Logs tab.
o Under Scanner Logs, double-click SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log.
o If there are several logs, click the current dated log and press View log. A text file will open in your default text editor.
o Please copy and paste the Scan Log results in your next reply with a new HijackThis log.
* Click Close to exit the program.
Post SUPERAntiSpyware log.

3. Download HijackThis:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html
Post HijackThis log.You could also use AutoRuns or Startup inspector http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwstartup.html, and see what i loading with Windows. From the same link i would recommend installing Win Patrol, which alerts you to new start up entires or IE Add ons, etc. You can find them very useful.