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Grogan

If it's not from exactly the same version, just don't use the /s switch when you format. You do not need to make the drive bootable, Windows setup will take care of that for you. After partitioning,...

Well you can extract a copy from your windows 95 CD using the DOS command line utility extract.exe. I just looked on an original OEM windows 95 CD and I found it in Win95_08.cab in the \win95...

Be very careful deleting files unless you are sure of what they are. Any file that doesn't have a program associated to open it will show that icon you described...it could be a very important file...

I don't play with task scheduler much, (I hate the thing and disable it) but if you can create a shortcut or task with the command:

C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 1

That...

Hi Guys and Gals

Check out this tip that I saw in a recent Lockergnome newsletter:

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In the address line of your browser, type: "javascript:resizeTo(800,600);" (without...

First of all, the Windows 98 Defragmenter is very slow. The reason for this is, it is not only defragmenting but also rearranging your programs to strategic locations on your hard drive, based on...

Look in your root directory, there might be a few backups of config.sys (look for config.bak, config.000, anything that starts with config.) Open them with notepad, one of them may contain the lines...

Actually, there is a file that caches icons. It's hidden, so you'll have to be showing all files in windows explorer to delete it.

The file is called Shelliconcache (all one word, no file...

It will always say that in safe mode, does it also say that in "normal" mode when you go to system properties/performance?

Grogan

Uninstalling it could have taken a dll along with it, or removed something important from the registry. Try running system file checker first. Go to start/run and type sfc and hit enter. Click the...

You're not just looking at free physical memory are you? Win98 uses quite an aggressive disk cache when you have had alot of files open. I'd suggest using System Monitor and adding the following...

This EXACT symptom can occur if your path statement in autoexec.bat is too long or has %systemroot% in there and it's partially cut off. If this is a fresh install of SE you might not even have an...

I've heard of this problem before. The answers I saw that worked involved removing the video drivers and reinstalling them. Try doing that (get the latest video drivers from the web if you can). It...

Debbie, here is what you should check. Fast Shutdown is supposed to be disabled in win98 SE as it no longer works properly. If it is enabled, the computer will restart instead of shutting down.

Go...

This usually fixes the jpg preview when it's been broken as a result of file associations. Go to start/run and type the following command and hit enter:

regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll

This has worked...

If you did anything with fdisk (you said you "set up a DOS partition") you will have to format the drive. Probably now what you should do (if indeed you did anything with fdisk) is remove all...

Hi Larry

First of all, the last few releases of Windows have the startup logo coded within io.sys (it was to stop people from bastardizing the logo itself). It can, however be overridden by...

I respect someone who just says "they don't know" rather than being an *** and trying to evade your questions, or worse, providing misleading information. There is nobody on this earth that could...

You can also run defragmenter in safe mode, if it keeps starting over due to disk writes.

Grogan

Format c, you can't make broad statements like that "don't use system file checker, avoid it like the plague" It's a very useful tool for restoring corrupted files or files that have been changed to...

I don't suppose you have or have ever had a UMAX scanner do you? There is an issue that causes similar symptoms to what you describe.

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It sounds like maybe the exe files are getting corrupted during download. Try downloading them again. Run a virus scan, just in case also (doesn't hurt).

If they are getting corrupted, (he's tried...

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If you need the info on how to install MSFAX in windows98 again, I'll retype it.

First of all, you can install it from the windows 98 CD by browsing to the following directory on the...