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451.	Solve : Windows 98 SE Startup Disk?
Answer» <html><body><p>I am having the toughest time fixing my computer. I turned it on one day, and got this message:<br/><br/>The MSVCRT.dll file is linked to missing export NTDLL.dll: RtlGetNTVersionNumbers.<br/><br/>So, I looked around and found instructions on how to it: <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;330314">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;330314</a><br/><br/>I saw I needed a startup disk, which I don't have. So, I looked around, and found instructions on how to create one (and since I can't get into Windows, it has to be using the command prompt): <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;186300">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;186300</a><br/><br/>I follow the directions. I get to the command prompt, plop i my floppy disk, and begin typing in the commands:<br/><br/><strong>C:\></strong>cd windows\command<br/><strong>C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND></strong>smartdrv.exe<br/><strong>Bad command or file name</strong><br/><strong>C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND></strong>bootdisk a:<br/><strong>The EBD directory does not exist.<br/>Change to the WINDOWS\COMMAND directory and try again.<br/>C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND></strong><br/><br/>(The stuff that comes up after I hit enter is in bold. During this, I have my Windows 98 SE CD in the CD-ROM drive)<br/><br/>I don't know what more I can do. I even tried re-installing Windows, but it wouldn't let me do that either. If it comes down to it, I can run the recovery CD that came with the computer, but that will result in loss of all my files on the computer (which is definately the last resort). Please help me! Thank you!load the boot floppy again a:\> cdwindows enter c:\> scanreg/restoreThe command.com file should be on the bootdisk, so you should not have to swap to the C:\ drive or the Windows directory.<br/><br/>Smartdrive.exe is in the C:\Windows folder.<br/><br/>What you need is the file MSVCRT.DLL from your Windows '98se CD to replace the bad one in the C:\Windows\System folder.<br/><br/>So you'll need to use the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sfc-630509" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SFC">SFC</a> command<br/><br/>Here is an example of what to do.<br/><br/><a href="http://service1.symantec.com/support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001011114021106">http://service1.symantec.com/support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001011114021106</a><br/><br/>Or is it that you cannot get to the desktop?Yes, I can't believe I forgot to mention. After I get the error message, I hit close, and all that's on the screen is the remains of the error message, and a blank desktop image (no access to the icons or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a> menu). change the bios options ...boot from cdrom....load the install disk win will format your hard drive..and re-install win98se?<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/somehow-7378511" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOMEHOW">SOMEHOW</a> your reg is corupt?Well, I can easily format my hard drive and reinstall Windows with the recovery disk that came with my computer. I'm just trying to figure out a way that I can get my computer back to normal without <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/loosing-7695950" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOOSING">LOOSING</a> all the stuff on my hard drive. If you have access to another computer with Windows 98 loaded on it that uses an IDE hard drive, or you've got a friend who'll let you use theirs, you can take out your hard drive and hook it up to the other computer as a slave drive. Then just copy all the files you need over from the old drive. This same thing happened to me a few months ago and that was the only thing I could do.If you can copy the file(s) you need to your hard-drive C: and can get into safe mode by either holding down the Ctrl key, or by repeatedly tapping the F8 key whilst starting, then you can cut & paste them to the correct location.<br/><br/>If you have the space on your Hard-Drive there is a procedure to copy all of the '98 cabinet files to the HDD for easier access.<br/><br/>If you can get into safe mode then you should be able to use SFC (System File Checker)<br/><br/>Just type sfc in the Run window, and click OK. Look for the affected file and make the necessary repair.</p></body></html>

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452.	Solve : Clone WIN 98 hard drive?
Answer» <html><body><p>Complete idiot when it comes to computers. I could use some simple instructions to clone my hard drive or any other suggestions to accomplish what I am trying to do.<br/><br/>I've got a WIN98 PC that is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/running-1192206" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNNING">RUNNING</a> software for our engraving machine that we run every day. The maker of the software stopped supporting this version long ago and is no longer providing support including supplying unlock codes for reinstallation if that becomes necessary. They're happy to sell me a $5000 upgrade so I could run the engraver on a WIN10 machine but that doesn't appeal to me.<br/><br/>I hear that a way around this problem <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> be to clone the hard drive so if I have to reinstall the software, I could switch to the cloned hard drive without needing an unlock code.<br/><br/>I'm not clear if only the software can be cloned or if the whole drive has to be cloned. As far as I can tell from my research so far, cloning a hard drive would wipe out whatever was on the drive previously.<br/><br/>This PC is not connected to the internet and my theory is that this is why it has <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stayed-3075665" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STAYED">STAYED</a> alive for so long. I have a CD/DVD drive but no floppy drive.<br/><br/>I have 2 hard drives in this PC and one is being used for a backup of the current drive. I see that there is an SSD available for WIN98 PCs now (that I assume plugs into the motherboard) so I would like to get to the point where the machine is run from the SSD drive, the backup is done to an SSD drive and the cloned hard drive resides on a 3rd SSD that would be stored out of the PC. This assume that both 2 active SSD's can be installed at the same time. Presumably, doing so would protect us forever from a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/catastrophic-7374704" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CATASTROPHIC">CATASTROPHIC</a> hard drive failure.<br/><br/>Can anyone give me recommendations - including software required - to do this?<br/><br/>I would need instructions that are for the average dum-dum, btw.<br/>First we need to know how large the present hard drive, is to get this information in windows explorer, right mouse click on the c drive and select properties it is likely about 40 MB.<br/><br/>The easiest way would be to get a tech with a computer which supports IDE drives to make some self booting recovery CD's. I use an older version of Paragon disk manger like version 8 to achieve this. <br/><br/>There is the option of using compact flash cards as a replacement for ide drives. Remember to get 2 GB compact cards as larger ones are sometimes problematic with windows 98 . <br/>Here is a utube video of installing one <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1_40O4sKpc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1_40O4sKpc</a><br/><br/>With reliable older computers <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/getting-2670847" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GETTING">GETTING</a> rare now would be a good time to source a spare, get it setup and tested working with the engraver.<br/><br/><br/></p></body></html>

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453.	Solve : Windows 95 hanging at an Error upon clean install?
Answer» <html><body><p>Greetings! <br/><br/>I am struggling to install Windows 95 on an older PC running a 386. I get the following error after getting into setup:<br/><br/>"ERROR SU0410<br/><br/>Cannot open C:\WININST0.400\override.inf. The file may be missing or damaged or there may not be enough memory to continue. Free some memory or increase your swap file size, and then try running Setup again. " <br/><br/>PC had a copy of freedos when i received it and it refused to boot that. i fdisked the drive formatted it, booted from win95 floppy and the CD rom driver booted and went into the setup. TOOK over 30 minutes to select which directory i install windows on and then that error. <br/><br/>I attempted to format the 1200mb Drive but Fdisk in Windows 95 only wants to see it as a 500mb drive and i am unsure why. Bios limitation? <br/><br/>Specs are <br/><br/>386 CPU <br/>ISA-386U3 motherboard<br/>4mb ram<br/>floppy, CD ROM<br/>Trident GPU. <br/><br/>Thank you in advance. If able to locate 8MB RAM for it it will be better. I have run 95 on 4MB RAM but its crippled at 4MB. There was a limit to 512MB HDD but even a 1.2GB drive only with 512MB allocation should be plenty as I had 95 running on a 300MB drive and still had plenty of free space.If you get it to run on 4MB of RAM there will be excessive swapping to compensate for low RAM. Additionally hopefully this 386 is a DX and not a SX as SX's are low end and struggle with 95 while DX processors handle it far better.<br/><br/>Lag in selecting directory to install to could be a HDD health issue or because SX processor and low RAM<br/><br/>Is this a real legal copy of 95 being installed off original CD or large stack of floppies, or an altered image that you installed from off the web?As Dave said it is likely a hard drive issue or the drive is not correctly setup in the Bios. It is likely a type 47 which you will need to get the correct heads, cylinders, sectors to put into the bios. <br/><br/>A <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/program-246414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROGRAM">PROGRAM</a> to help get the parameters is MHDD also to test the drive it is available from here <a href="https://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/">https://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/</a><br/><br/>The parameters should also be on the drive Label or if you google the drive model it will be in the spec sheet.<br/><br/>The bios would not located the drive automatically. I did not selected type 47 but i typed in the heads, cyl, sectors and it figured out the size itself. <br/><br/>I appreciate the link as i have been using a old Core 2 Quad Machine to test the drive and such with it. Quote from: DaveLembke on July 22, 2021, 09:01:48 AM</p><blockquote>If able to locate 8MB RAM for it it will be better. I have run 95 on 4MB RAM but its crippled at 4MB. There was a limit to 512MB HDD but even a 1.2GB drive only with 512MB allocation should be plenty as I had 95 running on a 300MB drive and still had plenty of free space.If you get it to run on 4MB of RAM there will be excessive swapping to compensate for low RAM. Additionally hopefully this 386 is a DX and not a SX as SX's are low end and struggle with 95 while DX processors handle it far better.<br/><br/>Lag in selecting directory to install to could be a HDD health issue or because SX processor and low RAM<br/><br/>Is this a real legal copy of 95 being installed off original CD or large stack of floppies, or an altered image that you installed from off the web?<br/></blockquote><br/>Sadly for 30 pin ram i have nothing else lying around. So 4mb will have to be for now. the CPU appears to be a 386-DX40 so thats at least that. <br/><br/>I will check the HDD using another machine but to my recollection everything was fine. <br/><br/>As for installation media. ALL original. Im using an original microsoft boot floppy and an OEM windows 95 CD with my booklet and serial ready. Strange in that the file has an error at clean install. Is the installation CD free of scratches? Maybe a scratch on the disc in the location that that file resides and so a corrupt version of it is being placed onto the HDD upon install.... Looked at google to see what the override.inf is and no helpful info to suggest its purpose.<br/><br/>Cool that its a DX 40Mhz. One screaming 386 back in the day as most were 16Mhz to 33Mhz and it can get the memory in a single fetch vs 2 fetches that the SX required.DaveLembke, <br/><br/>Yeah i suppose i lucked out it being a better 386 then the others haha. From what i can see the CD is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nice-578299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NICE">NICE</a> and clean. You did give me an idea though and that is to try a different <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disk-244471" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISK">DISK</a> drive, perhaps this ones not the best of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shape-771545" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHAPE">SHAPE</a>. I will try a different disk drive, ensure the CD is clean and give it another go. <br/><br/>I will report back. Thanks for the help. override.inf is in \Win95\precopy2.cab. The contents of the two cabs get copied as part of the setup bootstrap.<br/><br/>You could confirm the contents of the cabinet file itself. It can be opened with a few utilities. Depending on where your "OEM" CD is from it's possible there have been changes to the installation media.<br/>Late reply, but i wanted to give an update. <br/><br/>I ended up upgrading the ram to 8mb and it got <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/past-1148648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PAST">PAST</a> that error. The system took over 5 hours to install win95 only for me to realize after checking CPU-z that the Turbo button was invetered and when off, it was running at 27mhz and when on, it was running at 40mhz. <br/><br/>Problem solved. Thank you everyone for your input. Awesome that you got it all figured out and surprised 5 hours for the install. Wonders if the CD-ROM drive is a single-speed only drive with a slow read rate or borderline to where its seeking over and over to read a section but doesnt get to the fail condition to bail out. Maybe the CD ROM was making a optical lens track adjustment noise over and over again through the install.<br/><br/>Longest install of Windows 95 for me was like 2 hours on a Everex Step 20 Mhz 386. For yours to take 5 hours at a faster clock 386 CPU makes me wonder if the CD ROM might not be the healthiest and so it was slow to get the info built to hard drive.<br/><br/>But anyways you got it onto the C: drive and should run ok at 8MB with some minor lag. Windows 95 really ran better on a 486 DX 33Mhz or faster with 32MB RAM.<br/></body></html>

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454.	Solve : xp crashes when installing drivers?
Answer» <html><body><p>pc-<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dell-12895" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELL">DELL</a> optiplex 270, running 64 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bit-239224" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BIT">BIT</a> xp pro'<br/><br/>when i start up "found new <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hardware-482405" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HARDWARE">HARDWARE</a>- media controller, then found new device- realtek ac97, then install drivers with wizard and crash at the end of installation, then restart......help!!!! Good evening willyobiker and welcome to CH <br/><br/>I do have a couple of questions and I am not trying to be a wise guy <br/><br/>Your GX270 is this the reg size <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tower-771945" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TOWER">TOWER</a> or there small form factor?<br/><br/>Are you sure the copy of XP you have is 64 bit? for those PC's most were 32 bit XP Pro and home. <br/><br/>I checked dell's site and they do have drivers for XP but DO NOT define 32 or 64 bit because for a 64 bit OS (any 64 bit OS) you must use 64 bit drivers and the same holds true for 32 bit. <br/><br/>Is the XP disk you have a "Dell" disk or is it a OEM or "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/retail-345" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RETAIL">RETAIL</a>" etc. <br/><br/>Hope to hear from you soon, sorry on the delay I did not see the post. Mike Is it a newly installed OS? Do you see any flags on device manager? Go to Dell website, download and install the correct realtek driver for your XP system. Right-click My Computer and choose Properties to check on what is your current XP system(32/64).</p></body></html>

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455.	Solve : Communication with different windows versionsssue that I have never been able to?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have an issue that I have never been able to fix.<br/>I have a Drafting program in Windows 98<br/>I have a tool pathing program in Windows XP<br/>I have a design program in Windows Vista.<br/>Right now they are on THREE different computers.<br/>Is there a way to get them all communicating on the same computer ?<br/>My tool pathing program is on Windows XP becase That was my last computer that had a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/parallel-244656" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PARALLEL">PARALLEL</a> port<br/>and the machine works through that <br/><br/>If <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/needed-1112853" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEEDED">NEEDED</a> I will be glad to supply program names and any other info required<br/><br/>Thank You <br/>DanO64 1. I suppose you would like to use the WinVista computer for all 3 programs?<br/><br/>2. Is the Drafting Program compatible (i.e. will it run) with WinXP or WinVista?<br/>3. What is the name of the program?<br/>4. Does it run from Windows or DOS?<br/>You can try Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (it's free) on WinXP and/or WinVista.<br/><br/>5. Is the Tool Pathing Program compatible with WinVista?<br/>You can add a parallel port <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/expansion-246364" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXPANSION">EXPANSION</a> card to most computers.<br/>Or you can use a USB to parallel converter cable.Thank You Computer_Commando I think you might have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/solved-631889" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOLVED">SOLVED</a> my problem. I will look for a adapter from Parallel to USB<br/>I am sure everything would run on Vista, and better yet I like Vista the best of all of them<br/><br/>Thanks Again<br/><br/>DanO</p></body></html>

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456.	Solve : Windows 98 - Files run at Startup?
Answer» <html><body><p>I recently got my old computer back up and running and I removed a number of things I will no longer be needing. I used to get a message at startup that the system was unable to find a particular file (likely to do with some Internet files that I have removed as it will never again be connected), before I got around to fixing this problem the easy way a friend of mine accidentally clicked 'Yes' on the box. This means that now it is running a new file and I do not know it's exact name. This also happens to be an unistall program which luckily I can say 'No' to at startup. What I would need is a walkthrough for Windows 98 (regedit.exe / ms config) to the files that are automatically run when Windows starts up, I am confident I will be able to find and remove this unwanted distraction as long as I see the list of files, however I do not have the skill required to find this list of files on this system.<br/><br/>I am running Windows 98 (not SE) with no internet access. If this problem is for some reason easier to fix in MS-DOS that can be arranged, I can run <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pure-1172806" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PURE">PURE</a> DOS with my system.<br/><br/>Thank you in advance!So far nobody <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wants-1448762" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WANTS">WANTS</a> to give you an answer...<br/>Quote</p><blockquote>am confident I will be able to find and remove this unwanted distraction as long as I see the list of files, however I do not have the skill required to find this list of files on this system.</blockquote>You confidence may be a mistake. As you said, it is a distraction. It is not the kind of thing that breaking into the registry. Unless that is what you enjoy.<br/><br/>Why not use a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/free-240724" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREE">FREE</a> program that has been tested by others?<br/>Here is a program I have used and I believe it is safe. Published 1999.<br/><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2173,00.asp">Startup Cop: Download It Here</a><br/>old versions of autoruns can run on windows 98, too.<br/><br/><br/>Windows 98 has the same information for startup as 95. The relevant keys in the registry are HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run as well as another key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. each item lists the title of the program and the file to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/launch-246614" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LAUNCH">LAUNCH</a>. Each of these is launched when windows 98 is booted. Ok, how do I get into the registry?<br/><br/>I also had some old spyware that I removed. Windows is now trying to run 2 files at startup, it cannot find gator.exe<br/><br/>That one should be simple enough to remove...<br/><br/>Windows 95 and 98 can't be accessed <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> XP/Vista in Windows where you simply see a list of files run at start up?Quote from: Koivu on May 23, 2012, 03:51:40 AM<blockquote>Ok, how do I get into the registry?<br/></blockquote>Using the registry editor. Start->Run, regedit.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Windows 95 and 98 can't be accessed like XP/Vista in Windows where you simply see a list of files run at start up?<br/></blockquote>you can use msconfig. But changing options there puts the system in a "selective startup mode". I'm pretty sure that's only a MSConfig term though.</body></html>

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457.	Solve : convert mp-3 to safari?
Answer» <html><body><p>Is there a way to convert mp-3 audio files to Safari? What have you already tried?<br/>Is Safari a format?<br/><br/>There are a number of programs floating around on the Web that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/enable-970862" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENABLE">ENABLE</a> you to convert audio files from one format to another. However, there are things that you must <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/watch-1449305" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WATCH">WATCH</a>. MP3s are smaller than many other audio files because they're compressed. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mp3-548945" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MP3">MP3</a> uses <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lossy-544759" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOSSY">LOSSY</a> compression, which <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/means-236635" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEANS">MEANS</a> that some information is tossed.<br/><br/>I like Format Factory <a href="http://www.formatoz.com/">http://www.formatoz.com/</a>Quote from: Marjorie on May 16, 2012, 11:57:31 AM</p><blockquote>Is there a way to convert mp-3 audio files to Safari?</blockquote><br/>What exactly are you trying to do?I thought Safari was an operating system...</body></html>

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458.	Solve : Windows explorer question?
Answer» <html><body><p>I seem to have lost the ability to right click on START and view the whole 'tree' of my computer. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/current-240611" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CURRENT">CURRENT</a> when I do this all I get are the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/libraries-11402" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIBRARIES">LIBRARIES</a>. What have I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/done-958312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DONE">DONE</a>?<br/><br/>Art Have you just started using <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a> 7?<br/>No! I've had this laptop about a year now. I've done something but can't think what.<br/><br/>ArtNo idea what you've done, but press Windows Key+E to bring up Explorer.</p></body></html>

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459.	Solve : Switching between open interne sites?
Answer» <html><body><br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hi-479908" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HI">HI</a> Everybody<br/>I was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wondering-7723068" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WONDERING">WONDERING</a> is it possible to have two <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/internet-14325" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INTERNET">INTERNET</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sites-25500" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SITES">SITES</a> opened at the same time and then switch back and forth between them?<br/><br/>Thank you for help<br/><br/>Please explain what you want more fully.<br/>Yes.<br/>How to use multiple tabs<br/><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Tabbed-Browsing">http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Tabbed-Browsing</a></body></html>

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460.	Solve : Loading Windows 98 Upgrade issues.?
Answer» <html><body><p>Is there such a thing as 'Mozilla Firefox for DUMMIES?'Quote from: 69Z28 on May 09, 2012, 12:47:58 PM</p><blockquote>... Model TS30H Inspiron 3000 M266XT Notebook....</blockquote>Mine is the TS30I, Compal Computer Corp. of Taiwan<br/>I put in 2-256MB PC66 RAM modules in the user accessible slots. They were from a Dell Inspiron 8000 & they worked. With the 32MB module buried inside the 1st hidden slot, that's 544MB.<br/><br/>Windows 2000 preceded Windows XP.<br/><br/>Win2k does not support IE7, 8, etc., so you're stuck with IE6 or FF. FF does not replace IE, you can't uninstall IE6. You just have to start using it to get used to it. It's a browser, start surfing.Quote from: Computer_Commando on May 09, 2012, 05:24:46 PM<blockquote>Mine is the TS30I, Compal Computer Corp. of Taiwan<br/>I put in 2-256MB PC66 RAM modules in the user accessible slots. They were from a Dell Inspiron 8000 & they worked. With the 32MB module buried inside the 1st hidden slot, that's 544MB.<br/><br/>Windows 2000 preceded Windows XP.<br/><br/>Win2k does not support IE7, 8, etc., so you're stuck with IE6 or FF. FF does not replace IE, you can't uninstall IE6. You just have to start using it to get used to it. It's a browser, start surfing.<br/></blockquote><br/><br/>In your opinion do you think those modules will work in this Dell 3000 I have? <br/><br/>Thanks.Hi Monte how are you my friend? Do you remeber me? I have that nasty daughter that I spoke to you about that I put a computer together for and I was going to buy the slocket set up from you a while back. I got that computer back anyway, but I bet you don't have the slockets you spoke to me about. <br/><br/>I'm still messing with computers my wife brings home for me. Getting a little better at it.I do have the Slockets around here somewhere. I'm now down to 3 computers, just can't get rid of the TS30I, paid over $2000 for it in 1999. 128MB RAM module was $125. 8GB HD was $100 option. has 1-USB 1.1 port.<br/>What RAM modules are you asking will work?<br/>TS30H & TS30I are almost <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/identical-496701" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IDENTICAL">IDENTICAL</a>. Mine's actually a Quantex, now defunct.The ones you mentioned above for your TS30I...you stated that you put in 2-256MB PC66 RAM modules in the user accessible slots which were from a Dell Inspiron 8000 with the 32MB module buried inside the first hidden slot that's 544MB. If those will work in my TS30H Dell Inspiron 3000 I just may give it a try. <br/><br/>You were asking $25.00 or $35.00 plus shipping for some slockets that you made up, if my memory is correct, that were Pentium III's and said would work with the EPoX ep-61BXA-m motherboard with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/one-241053" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ONE">ONE</a> Pentium II in the computer I had given my daughter, which would enable me to reclock it as well. I have pics you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sent-1692585" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SENT">SENT</a> me of it but I can't remember what I did with them. Or was it 2 slockets that would work with the Tyan S1682 motherboard that has 2 Pentium II's in another computer I have. I'll have to do a search on this forum to re-read what we were actually talking about. Do you remember any of this?I found it. It was $25.00 plus shipping for a SLOCKET/CPU/FAN with only 2 wires which I wanted to put in the EPox ep-61BXA-m motherboard with a Pentium II and re-clock it for more <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/speed-239060" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPEED">SPEED</a>. If you still want to sell I'm willing to give it a try to see what improvement I can make. I never deleted the PM you sent me about it. I even still have your website address as well. Let me know.PM Sent.Will the slocket be hard to install? Also we were talking about re-clocking once installed if I remember. I did finally find the manual and was reading it last night, but I'm not sure about what should be done and if there is anything I may need to change.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotket">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slotket</a><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_1">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_1</a><br/>Pull the old Slot 1 cpu out, insert the Slocket.<br/>There's locking tabs at the top of the cpu which locks it to the vertical arms. Unlock them before attempting to pull the old one out.<br/><br/>Not re-clocking, overclocking, if the motherboard supports it. Review of your motherboard: <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/440bx-motherboard-review,91-8.html">http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/440bx-motherboard-review,91-8.html</a><br/>PM sent.<br/><br/></body></html>

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461.	Solve : PCI Network Controller help (win98)?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have PCI Network Controller listed under "reserved device" in the device manager that is causing a resource conflict (<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/code-25512" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CODE">CODE</a> 15). The system can't find any drivers for it and it just reinstalls if I try to remove it and reboot. Windows troubleshooter suggests it's a plug n play device because it has a "manual configuration" option. <br/><br/>Is plug n play the same as hardware that requires usb access? If so, I only have one usb port being used (a dsl modem) and that says it's working fine. There's nothing showing in the conflicted device list on the resource tab, so I have no idea what the conflict is. The only thing I have to go on is the manufacturer is Intel. I haven't added any new hardware to this machine. Any ideas how this can be fixed? How many ethernet cards does this computer have?<br/>What is make & model of computer?<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/189877">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189877</a>Thanks for the quick reply and the link. The pc was custom built, so I don't know. I have no idea about the ethernet cards either. I'm a novice when it comes to computers, sorry. Having run some software I found out it has a platinix motherboard (I'm not sure if that helps any). It <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> said it has a sound blaster sound card and according to the article in the link you provided, they can cause conflicts. I checked the sound and vid cards in device manager and they seem to be working fine though. I was just trying to install some newer usb drivers and the instructions said I needed to remove any unknown devices before I install them for it to work right.Someone suggested there's a way to locate the "hex string" in the registry, then use the string to ID the PCI adapter on a web site. They didn't say what site provided that service though. Does anyone know of such a site? Also, if that's possible can someone tell me the directory path in the registry for PCI adapters?Why not just pull the PCI card and ID it that way ? ?<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/worst-746430" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORST">WORST</a> case scenario a brand new one will only cost you 10 or 15 Bucks if you can't find drivers...If I knew what it looked like and how to remove it and add a new one (if needed) I'd definitely do that. Unfortunately, I don't know much about computers.<br/><br/>This is what it says in device manager:<br/><br/><strong>PCI Network Controller<br/>Device type: Other devices<br/>Manufacturer: None specified (it said Intel V.001 before I formatted the PC, but still had the same problem).<br/>Hardware version: 001<br/><br/>Device status: Drivers not installed (code 28) (It's also said code 15 in the past)<br/>Driver provider: (blank)<br/>Driver date: (blank)<br/>Resources: 0000 0000 - 000FFFFF<br/><br/>Under resources / manual configuration it says there's a device conflict with the graphics card (although the graphics card says it has no problems / conflicts).</strong><br/><br/>I took the PC to a repair shop and the guy said he couldn't find any network card. So either he doesn't know what he's talking about or the PC still <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thinks-3209439" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THINKS">THINKS</a> it has it installed. It even searched and "found" the hardware after the format, so it must be there. <br/><br/>Thoughts and suggestions <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/welcomed-7723460" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WELCOMED">WELCOMED</a>. Quote from: zanet on May 08, 2012, 10:55:22 PM</p><blockquote>If I knew what it looked like and how to remove it and add a new one (if needed) I'd definitely do that. Unfortunately, I don't know much about computers...</blockquote>You can't check the engine air filter without opening the hood. If you don't know how, take it to a repair shop. The computer is no different.</body></html>

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462.	Solve : Windows C E Lost Logg on Password?
Answer» <html><body><p>You might get somewhere with this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thread-771901" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THREAD">THREAD</a>: <a href="https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=130833463&page=1">http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=130833463&page=1</a> You'd probably have to join that forum just to ask how the reset was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/achieved-847463" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACHIEVED">ACHIEVED</a> in the end.<br/><br/>Apart from quaxo's great suggestions, it might also be worth opening up the case to see if there's a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lithium-543148" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LITHIUM">LITHIUM</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/battery-893842" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BATTERY">BATTERY</a> that can be removed/unsoldered from the motherboard. Potentially that might be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/enough-243504" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENOUGH">ENOUGH</a> to factory reset - it certainly would have worked on many first and second generation PDAs.</p></body></html>

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463.	Solve : Trying to put 95 on ol' system for my kids school...?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have taken my 13g WD harddrive, wiped it clean of all data and files and want to put Win95 as an operating system that I can give to my kids school. I have an old Micron Desk Top / CPU, It was running XP Pro, but way too slow 450Mz w/384 of ram. Now all I get is a blinking curser, when I tried booting with and old <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dos-432778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOS">DOS</a> 3 1/4 disc I could get A:/ prompt but no C:/... What do I need to do to put teh 95 operating system?<a href="http://www.pcguide.com/proc/sw/w95inst-c.html">http://www.pcguide.com/proc/sw/w95inst-c.html</a>Are you sure the boot disk you're using contains everything you need?<br/><br/>Try downloading a Win95 boot disk from here:<br/><a href="http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm">http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm</a><br/><br/>Put a floppy into your drive, then run the EXE you download. This should make everything you need available on the floppy, including CD-Rom drivers.Put a floppy into your drive, then run the EXE you download.Quote from: zhouyizhena789000 on April 11, 2012, 08:50:27 PM</p><blockquote>Put a floppy into your drive, then run the EXE you download.<br/></blockquote><br/>This thread is 8 months old. Surely either they've figured it out or given up by now.Quote from: quaxo on April 11, 2012, 10:07:51 PM<blockquote>This thread is 8 months old. Surely either they've figured it out or given up by now.<br/></blockquote><br/>As with many oddly unhelpful posts that revive an old thread, you'll see the real reason why it is there if you click "quote".<br/>How do they <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/imbed-7376642" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMBED">IMBED</a> the image without it displaying anything?<br/>What is the point of imbedding the image that is not displayed?Nathan had a very good explanation for what it does...but i cannot find his reference Post right now...<br/>In a nutshell from what i remember the embedded images can basically track anyone who cliks the link...not a drastic amount of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/info-1043778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INFO">INFO</a> can be harvested other than basic IP addy's and activity...<br/><br/>Someone else may chime in with a more detailed explanation...but it's why the images don't show...they don't want them to.Quote from: Computer_Commando on April 19, 2012, 05:24:46 PM<blockquote>How do they imbed the image without it displaying anything?<br/>What is the point of imbedding the image that is not displayed?<br/></blockquote><br/>GIFs can be transparent. <br/><br/>You don't have to click any links; if you view the page containng the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/invisible-499587" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INVISIBLE">INVISIBLE</a> GIF, it is served to your IP address which appears on the weblogs of the hosting site. However I suspect that it might be a way of making hidden links for Google's web spider to find, in order to boost a site's Google ranking.<br/>I just thought: it may be a way of inflating the number of "hits" from unique visiting IP addresses recorded by a site, e.g. to defraud existing advertisers or mislead potential new <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ones-244632" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ONES">ONES</a>. Often advertisers pay a rate based on that number. So no tracking, but still dishonest. It might be interesting to alert somebody or try to get the fact of its happening made public.<br/><br/><br/>Then again, it could be just SEO. <br/><br/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.dailyforexrates.info">http://www.dailyforexrates.info</a> redirects to <a href="http://www.cuoda.net">www.cuoda.net</a> which is registered to:<br/><br/>Billing Contact<br/><br/>individual Huddleston Sherry<br/>11591 E Wales Rd<br/>Elkmont, Al 35620-4843<br/>US<br/>Telephone: +1.8389063853<br/>Fax: 2012-03-19<br/>Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection">[emailprotected]</a><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 21, 2012, 03:54:41 AM<blockquote>I just thought: it may be a way of inflating the number of "hits" from unique visiting IP addresses recorded by a site, e.g. to defraud existing advertisers or mislead potential new ones. Often advertisers pay a rate based on that number. So no tracking, but still dishonest. It might be interesting to alert somebody or try to get the fact of its happening made public.</blockquote><br/>Interesting. I was trying to wrap my head around the angle here. More sinister, it could be to gather live IP addresses, with a view to initiating a port scan or other vulnerability assessment...? Whatever, it's sneaky and I don't like it.</body></html>

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464.	Solve : Help: Modem software won't completely uninstall (win98se)?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have an old usb alcatel dsl modem that isn't working. The screen freezes when I try to connect to the internet, so I tried a fresh install but it's still doing the same <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thing-25656" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THING">THING</a>. No error messages, just freezes. The actual hardware seems fine and says it's <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/connected-929389" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONNECTED">CONNECTED</a>. I've uninstalled the software, removed any remaining files and folders and also run a registry cleaner to find and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/remove-1184766" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REMOVE">REMOVE</a> the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reg-1182004" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REG">REG</a> keys but still no joy. Is there anything else I need to do to completely remove the software from the system before I try again? I used <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ccleaner-2503240" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CCLEANER">CCLEANER</a>, free reg cleaner and regclean so far. Is there anything else that would be hidden in the system that I need to remove that's causing a conflict? I've also ran antivirus and antispyware but they didn't pick up anything.This is probably related to your other post about USB not working properly since it is a USB modem.</p></body></html>

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465.	Solve : need to make a bootable floppy to make my restore cd for 3.11 to work?
Answer» <html><body><p>all of my software was lost in Katrina. i would like to reinstall windows 3.11 on a computer to play with my old stuff but need a bootable floppy to make my restore cd work. do i have to write a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/batch-893737" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BATCH">BATCH</a> file to do this? and how would i do this? thanks in advance. you guys are the coolest to donate your personal time to help people and i tell everyone i know about you. Again thanks<br/>Windows 3.11 by itself is not a full operating system. It requires Dos 6.22 or similar DOS as a foundation for the HUI.<br/><br/>There are bookable <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/versions-244825" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VERSIONS">VERSIONS</a> of DOS that can boot from a CD or a USB. Traditionally, DOS is installed from a floppy.<br/><br/>Dos 6.22 is a Microsoft product and is cover by copyright. If you are the legal owner of both DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11, you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/may-557248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAY">MAY</a> use a bookable CD or USB if you can not get a floppy to work.<br/><br/>This link below shows that Windows 3.11 was also sold on a CD.<br/><a href="http://www.oldsoftware.com/dos%206.html">http://www.oldsoftware.com/dos%206.html</a>If all you need is an MS-DOS boot floppy with CD-ROM support, there are many places on the web that have floopy <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/images-238776" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IMAGES">IMAGES</a> for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/download-11414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOWNLOAD">DOWNLOAD</a>, for example:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.putergeek.com/downloads/">http://www.putergeek.com/downloads/</a><br/><br/></p></body></html>

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466.	Solve : Networklist?
Answer» <html><body><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hi-479908" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HI">HI</a> I have a question in the Networklist folder in system <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/32-243836" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 32">32</a> what is supposed to be in that folder because I have a folder in there that says icon then stock icons and under stock icons I see four bin files are they suppose to be there. Because when I get rid of them they reappear. Help computermomFirst of all, why are you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/inside-1045864" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSIDE">INSIDE</a> the system32 folder and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/deleting-436577" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELETING">DELETING</a> files? It contains, well, as its name suggests, some of the core Windows files that are necessary for proper operation...<br/><br/><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2010/09/08/network-location-awareness-nla-and-how-it-relates-to-windows-firewall-profiles.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2010/09/08/network-location-awareness-nla-and-how-it-relates-to-windows-firewall-profiles.aspx</a> <br/>Quote<blockquote>The Registry Details<br/>Most info regarding NLA will be stored under the following three <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/places-21804" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PLACES">PLACES</a>:<br/><br/>HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList<br/>HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\HomeGroup<br/><strong>C:\Windows\System32\NetworkList</strong></blockquote>DO NOT DELETE IT IS A CORE NETWORKING COMPONENTOk I see what you are talking about. Thanks</body></html>

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467.	Solve : windows 98 boot error?
Answer» <html><body><p>if recieving bad or missing file error message on starup why should I verify that the config.sys and autoexec.bat files are present ?They are needed to boot into Windows...<br/>WQhy not copy/paste and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/post-2638" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POST">POST</a> them here and we'll have a looksee.Quote from: patio on January 12, 2012, 10:33:34 AM</p><blockquote>They are needed to boot into Windows...<br/></blockquote><br/>Neither autoexec.bat, nor config.sys are required to boot into Windows 98.<br/><br/>However, the "bad or missing <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/command-11508" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMMAND">COMMAND</a> interpreter" or "error in config.sys Line XXX" errors can indicates <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/problems-13702" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROBLEMS">PROBLEMS</a> in one or both files.<br/><br/></body></html>

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468.	Solve : black screen and keeps rebooting?
Answer» <html><body><p>When I turn on my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> (A Compaq Laptop) all the lights come on and the screen stays black and after a min or so lights go off and back on if you put the computer up to your ear you can hear <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/beeps-7666977" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BEEPS">BEEPS</a>, the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fan-456390" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FAN">FAN</a> does runmore <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/info-1043778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INFO">INFO</a> , model # , any info thats written on it . more than one beep means something is wrong and we just need to learn the language {computers have many different beep codes depending on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/make-249948" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAKE">MAKE</a> and model and most importantly the make of the bios}Quote from: kbit on November 28, 2011, 10:01:44 PM</p><blockquote> more info , model # , any info thats written on it . more than one beep means something is wrong and we just need to learn the language {computers have many different beep codes depending on make and model and most importantly the make of the bios}<br/></blockquote><br/>If he has to hold it up to his ear to hear the "beeps", it's not a beep code.</body></html>

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469.	Solve : 2nd generation i3, i5, i7?
Answer» <html><body><p>Will the newer iprocessors work with Windows 98 SE?<br/>CPU -- yes<br/>RAM -- no, if more than about 1GB.<br/>Better to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/use-241643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USE">USE</a> Microsoft Virtual PC to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/run-1192138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUN">RUN</a> Win98SE.I agree with Computer_Commando as for I have run into issues with multicore & Multiple CPU's and older OS, and in Virtual PC 2007, which is what I use, all older OS run correctly within. ( But games for Win 98SE wont work too well with virtual GPU which is like a low end 2MB videocard simulated. ) <br/><br/>I ran into an issue where Windows 98 although ran on a multi-cpu system, would not address the extra CPU a while back when I acquired a dual-cpu motherboard. I would assume that multi-core CPUs would probably fall into the same category. I ended up having to make the upgrade to XP to get use of the power of both CPU's. I then went with the first version of Virtual PC... might have been 2004 which cost money back then, but has since become free from microsoft in version 2007think of it like asking orville wright to fly a 747 jumbo. first thing he <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/asks-2445387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ASKS">ASKS</a> is "what the h$%% are all these gadgets???" just find an old computer if you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/want-1448756" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WANT">WANT</a> run old oses {<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pentium-598287" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PENTIUM">PENTIUM</a> 3 800mhz >1ghz 1gb>1.5gb ram} for fast win98 > winme</p></body></html>

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470.	Solve : HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS 95,98,2000 AND ME?
Answer» <html><body><p>How do i install windows 95,2000,98 and me with commands without any stress..thats there command during formattin a systemPlease don't use all caps. Unless your terminal is an old Teletype machine, which only has caps.<br/>For Windows, the hard drive must be set as a MSDOS type. In most cases that detail can be ignored.<br/>For the early Windows systems, avoid <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installing-1046059" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLING">INSTALLING</a> in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/raid-16449" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RAID">RAID</a> or on SATA or SCSI.<br/>Windows 95 or Windows 98 can be installed with a floppy disk and the CD.<br/>Windows 2000 is a bookable CD and you have to press a key when the CD starts.<br/><br/>Abbot Windows ME.<br/><br/>- I forgot about Windows ME. So has everybody else. <br/><br/>Quote from: Ademil4vic on August 31, 2011, 05:39:03 AM</p><blockquote>How do i install windows 95,2000,98 and me with commands without any stress..thats there command during formattin a system<br/></blockquote>Windows 95 you will need the correct <a href="http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm">Bootdisk</a>. Now some Win98SE CDs are bootable both of mine are if not get the correct Win98 boot disk of the above site. The Win98 bootdisk will work on Win95.<br/><br/>Win2k CDs are bootable so you need to check the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bios-398764" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BIOS">BIOS</a> that it will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bootup-901097" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOOTUP">BOOTUP</a> from the CD-ROM first, insert the CD and start it up. With Win9x you need to check it boots up from the floppy drive first in the BIOS.<br/><br/>Now I have my own compiled boot disk which I have Format.com on it so when it boots up just type Format C: or what ever the drive letter is, they maybe on the above bootdisks. Then go back to the CD drive and type Setup to install.Quote from: Keithuk on November 14, 2011, 06:24:44 AM<blockquote>Now some Win98SE CDs are bootable<br/></blockquote><br/>All genuine full-version Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/98se" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 98SE">98SE</a> CDs were bootable. Only the original Windows 98 (not SE) CDs were not.sorry i have genuine original win98 cd and it boots fine.</body></html>

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471.	Solve : How to change diskdrive A: to B: in Win 3.11 WFW?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hi!<br/><br/>I added to my Win 3.11 WFW USB floppy which works as A: and after <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/starting-1224778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STARTING">STARTING</a> Windows is original A: <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drive-959713" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVE">DRIVE</a> not accessible.<br/><br/>So, I want to ask:<br/><br/>HOW TO CHANGE ORIGINAL FLOPPY DISK LETTER A: to B: ?<br/><br/>Many thanks for every help.<br/><br/>MiroYou will need to edit the mapping of the USB drive to B: vs A:, but it can be any available drive letter including Z:<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/similar-1207900" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SIMILAR">SIMILAR</a> to mounting of a USB CD ROM with devicehigh=usbcd2.sys /d:USBCD001 where d: is the D: drive, you should be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/able-361137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ABLE">ABLE</a> to find the mounting instruction for this USB floppy and find a reference to it currently mounting to A:, then set this to B: and save the config file, although sometimes A: and B: are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reserved-613903" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RESERVED">RESERVED</a> in which you need to set it to say E: if you have a C: HD and D: CD-ROM.<br/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm">http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm</a><br/><br/>First of I work check the BIOS that both drives are recognised.</p></body></html>

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472.	Solve : mouse cross pointer?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/98-malyana-ka-rinae-samajhata-para-hasatakashhara-236807" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 98">98</a> and Excel 2000 on another PC. On occasions the mouse pointer becomes a cross for a short period and than changes to the normal arrow. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/today-710550" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TODAY">TODAY</a> it is stuck there. Is there <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anything-380254" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYTHING">ANYTHING</a> I can do other than reboot and lose the Excel edit I was doing?I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gather-467834" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GATHER">GATHER</a> the cross appears normally for only a short while and changes to an arrow on clicking the mouse. The failure to change on the occasion I mentioned appears to be a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/freeze-25684" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREEZE">FREEZE</a>. I rebooted and redid the Excel edits. There appears to be no alternative.</p></body></html>

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473.	Solve : Bootable 98 Floppy logging onto server with a batch file?
Answer» <html><body><p>I am currently a student and we are working with automated installations of XP using a bootable 98 Floppy, I have my installation running correctly but I was hoping to polish my batch file jobs a little. One of the only tasks I can't seem to overcome happens to be logging into our server (NetWare, I believe). Once logged in the server launches a splash window congratulating me on logging in asking for any key to be pressed, which in turn kills the remainder of the batch file. I've been trying to download a small NIC driver from the network. My master batch file runs three smaller tasks, NET.BAT (runs all commands to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/initialize-516117" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INITIALIZE">INITIALIZE</a> my NIC card), DRIVER.BAT (navigates the server and copies the driver to my hard drive), and the NETU.BAT (disconnects my system from the network). I'm hoping to find a way to respond to the request to "Press any key to continue" and have my DOWNLOAD.BAT finish it's job...<br/><br/>Thanks in advance for even reading this<br/><br/>DOWNLOAD.BAT<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>@echo off<br/>net.bat<br/>driver.bat<br/>a:<br/>netu.bat<br/><br/>NET.BAT<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>@echo off<br/>lsl<br/>ipxodi<br/>dlk530<br/>vlm<br/>f:<br/>login USER/SERVER<br/>g:<br/>Stops at "login USER/STUDENT The script logs in, the confirmation is where the script loses it.<br/><br/>DRIVER.BAT<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>@echo off<br/>g:<br/>cd drivers\nic\dlink<br/>copy . c:<br/><br/>NETU.BAT<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>@echo off<br/>vlm /u<br/>dlk530 /u<br/>ipxodi /u<br/>lsl /u<br/>Quote</p><blockquote>Once logged in the server launches a splash window congratulating me on logging in asking for any key to be pressed, which in turn kills the remainder of the batch file.</blockquote><br/>The problem is that DOS is normally single threaded, so the splash screen exits you from your batch routine, and exiting it you might just end up at the command prompt without the remainder of the lines to be executed in the batch triggering. Only way to make this work I think is by creating a TSR service that controls what is launched and when. But the TSR wouldnt be in batch, it would be like C or C++ or another DOS friendly language etc. You would have your TSR load into memory and run thru the batched like routine, and then the TSR can end when completed.<br/><br/>It would be neat if you could logon, but kill that splash screen from taking control. I am not familiar with NetWare, but is there a silent mode option to sort of RUNAS without the splash screen. That would be easier than trying to make your own TSR. The advantage of a TSR is that it Terminates and Stays Resident in memory, so when the splash screen is exited, it can pick up where it left off.Quote from: DaveLembke on September 16, 2011, 06:49:39 PM<blockquote>The problem is that DOS is normally single threaded, so the splash screen exits you from your batch routine, and exiting it you might just end up at the command prompt without the remainder of the lines to be executed in the batch triggering.<br/></blockquote><br/>This is not the problem. I of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/course-246352" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COURSE">COURSE</a> mean no offense. I will get to the real problem in a moment. The problem, from where I am standing, has nothing to do with a login splash "eating keystrokes" or an issue with "threading" (I'm not really sure what you mean, tbh, if it was single-threaded one would expect tasks to execute synchronously).<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Only way to make this work I think is by creating a TSR service that controls what is launched and when. But the TSR wouldnt be in batch, it would be like C or C++ or another DOS friendly language etc. You would have your TSR load into memory and run thru the batched like routine, and then the TSR can end when completed.<br/></blockquote><br/>Another solution might be to use CALL to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/invoke-519070" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INVOKE">INVOKE</a> the batch files from DOWNLOAD.BAT, that way DOWNLOAD.BAT doesn't end when NET.BAT does.<br/><br/>Without the CALL keyword, calling a batch file from a running batch file does what is effectively known as "chaining". The first batch file is basically discarded and control is completely given to the new batch file. There is no psuedo stack frame- control does not return to the first batch file.<br/><br/>using "CALL" however <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/means-236635" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEANS">MEANS</a> that the batch file will run, and then control will return to the next command in the batch file that used CALL. The way those batches are written now, executing DOWNLOAD.BAT performs none of the tasks in driver.bat or netu.bat because control is passed over to net.bat. and when that finishes executing it goes <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/back-389278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BACK">BACK</a> to the command prompt.To be honest I had them all in a single batch file to start and then started tinkering once I ran into this issue. I do also need to admit I never even thought about the batch calling a batch, oops! I really appreciate the replies, I will certainly give it a try as soon as I can. Right now, I'm fresh out of work and I'm ready to crash. I'll be back in a couple of days with an update on my progress. Thanks again! Quote<blockquote>This is not the problem. I of course mean no offense.</blockquote>Hey BC no offense taken! If I make mistakes, I'd rather be corrected so that the correct information is conveyed to the member requesting help if I am incorrect, also I learn from my mistakes</body></html>

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474.	Solve : Is it possible to crash system from keyboard onlY??
Answer» <html><body><p>A <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/kid-528051" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KID">KID</a> was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/randomly-1177016" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RANDOMLY">RANDOMLY</a> striking keys on my keyboard pretending he was typing. Everything <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/crashed-2552890" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CRASHED">CRASHED</a>. Any ideas on what to do. Windows XP.<br/>Thanks<br/>DerrickNotice the <strong>Pause/Break</strong> button on the keyboard? That will halt the CPU.<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key</a><br/><br/>Quote from: Computer_Commando on September 04, 2011, 04:32:27 PM</p><blockquote>Notice the <strong>Pause/Break</strong> button on the keyboard? That will halt the CPU.<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key</a><br/></blockquote><br/>Only in Pure DOS.When you say "everything crashed", what did you see?</body></html>

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475.	Solve : Win3.11 3-button serial mouse driver - which/where??
Answer» <html><body><p>Quote from: MIRKOSOFT on August 19, 2011, 03:01:55 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pm-239666" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PM">PM</a></p><blockquote>... I don't know if there was a pack like Office in that years...</blockquote>Yes there was, MS Office 4.3, 24 3.5" floppy disks. Copied them all to a backup drive. Each folder named "Disk1", "Disk2", etc, so it knows the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/volume-238165" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VOLUME">VOLUME</a> label for successive disks. I installed it once to a computer with no <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/optical-583872" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPTICAL">OPTICAL</a> or floppy drive. Most files are dated <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/1994-282354" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 1994">1994</a>. Most of the 24 disks are cabinet files (*.<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cab-343658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CAB">CAB</a>).</body></html>

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476.	Solve : windows 95 floppy disk not included??
Answer» <html><body><p>CRAP!!<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/quote-1175222" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about QUOTE">QUOTE</a> from: <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/patio-597311" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PATIO">PATIO</a> on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/august-385421" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AUGUST">AUGUST</a> 20, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2011-290379" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2011">2011</a>, 12:22:18 PM</p><blockquote>Yes.<br/>It's Bogus...<br/></blockquote></body></html>

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477.	Solve : Windows 98 display mode?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have a problem that my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/monitor-563344" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MONITOR">MONITOR</a> displays nothing except "Out Of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/range-246741" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RANGE">RANGE</a>". Where the problem started is:<br/>I started my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> with Windows 98 and was checking the various display modes of various resolutions. Suddenly when I selected a certain display mode the monitor was not displaying anything except "Out Of Range...". I tried again by <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/changing-246341" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHANGING">CHANGING</a> the monitor but still I was facing the same problem. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a> me to resolve the problem.Out of Range? I think that means you have selected an over large resolution. What resolution did you try to apply and what monitor did you use? <br/><br/><br/>Try booting into safe mode, then applying the lowest display resolution your monitor can support:<br/><br/><br/><a href="http://ask-leo.com/why_does_my_screen_go_black_after_the_windows_screen_when_i_boot.html">http://ask-leo.com/why_does_my_screen_go_black_after_the_windows_screen_when_i_boot.html</a></p></body></html>

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478.	Solve : copy files from old computor with ME program to laptop with XP program?
Answer» <html><body><p>CanI <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/use-241643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USE">USE</a> any type of usb flash drive or is there an easier way to copy the files? <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/welcome-1451477" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WELCOME">WELCOME</a>!<br/>Computer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hope-25911" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HOPE">HOPE</a> is the number one location for free computer help. <br/>The forum will help everyone with all computer questions. <br/><br/>Just to clarify tings. You have:<br/>An older computer with Windows ME.<br/>A newer computer with Windows XP.<br/><br/>There is a wizard to transfer files and settings from one PC to another. But it will not really do what you want.<br/><br/>As for a Flash drive, not many have enough space for everything. So you would have to do it in stages. However, most application programs cannot just be copied from one PC to another. Programs like games, editors, spreadsheet and database all have to be installed all over again.<br/><br/>Of course there is not problem making copies of your photos, documents and video or other things that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bare-393940" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BARE">BARE</a> not programs.<br/>Hi <br/>Windows ME is able to use fat32 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/formatted-7300131" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORMATTED">FORMATTED</a> pendrives under 2 gb in size. Are you trying to detect a larger drive formated NTFS.<br/><br/><br/></p></body></html>

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479.	Solve : 3 button mouse driver needed?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hi!<br/><br/>I have installed Czech version of Winodws 3.11 For Workgroups...<br/><br/>I'm using Genius NetScroll 100 PS/2 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/optical-583872" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPTICAL">OPTICAL</a> mouse with middle-button as wheel.<br/><br/>I have big <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/q-236607" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about Q">Q</a> 'cause I was browsing internet few days for correct <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/driveraeur-442990" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVER">DRIVER</a> and never <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/found-458144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOUND">FOUND</a> any which works...<br/><br/>So, KNOWS ANYBODY WHICH DRIVER TO USE FOR MY MOUSE AND WHERE TO DOWNLOAD?<br/><br/>Many many thanks.<br/><br/>MiroThere are none, Win98SE is the earliest. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wfw-3867569" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WFW">WFW</a> is just too old.<br/><a href="http://www.geniusnet.com/wSite/sp?xdUrl=/wSite/productDownload/download.jsp&ctNode=85&mp=1">http://www.geniusnet.com/wSite/sp?xdUrl=/wSite/productDownload/download.jsp&ctNode=85&mp=1</a></p></body></html>

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480.	Solve : Networking XP and windows 98?
Answer» <html><body><p>Mga boss <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/im-504522" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IM">IM</a> newbie here,, can u tell me how to make a network bet. Xp and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/win-732367" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIN">WIN</a> 98?<br/><br/>any suggestions/Tutorials is appreciated!<br/><br/>Thank you. Sorry I don't remember how it was done. But thee are a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lot-770427" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOT">LOT</a> of places to look for help. Here are a few:<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxpwin9x.html">http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxpwin9x.html</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_home_network.htm">http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_home_network.htm</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.vistax64.com/vista-networking-sharing/6219-workgroup-windows-98-a.html">http://www.vistax64.com/vista-networking-sharing/6219-workgroup-windows-98-a.html</a>Not taking <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/away-386546" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AWAY">AWAY</a> from Geek-9PM's reply...but, you can find all the info you need, right here on this site: Computer networks and network <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/card-769007" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CARD">CARD</a> help</p></body></html>

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481.	Solve : Windows 98 setup hangs during plug and play hardware detection?
Answer» <html><body><p>During install of legit copy of windows 98 on a Dell <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/3000-247722" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 3000">3000</a>, I get as far as "plug and play hardware detection" and the system hangs. Microsoft knowledge base <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tells-2293753" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TELLS">TELLS</a> me to restart while holding down ctrl key and then click on start and go into system tools to perform a procedure. The restart doesn't take me to a screen with "start" - rather it takes me back to the "plug and play hardware detection" screen and then hangs again. I had this problem a long time ago with Win 98 SE and I was able to resolve this by removing all <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/additional-367648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADDITIONAL">ADDITIONAL</a> ISA and PCI cards that were not necessary during build. So I removed my ISA 28.8k modem, soundblaster 16 sound card, and special ISA 8-bit card that was required for the large flatbed scanner leaving just the video card and motherboard as the bare necessities of Plug & Play guts. I was then able to install Win 98 SE and then add the cards 1 at a time with system shut down and fire it up for it to be detected by the system or have to manually configure it, always introducing 1 card at a time per shutdown and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reboot-1179238" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REBOOT">REBOOT</a>, so that there were no <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/conflicts-239251" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONFLICTS">CONFLICTS</a>.</p></body></html>

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482.	Solve : Booting failure?
Answer» <html><body><p>I have an old PC with Windows 98SE. Booting it today led to a screen with details in white on black of what had happened to that stage and then it stopped. Pressing del or alt+f2 did nothing so I shut it down. I tried again with the same result. However, on the third try it booted as normal. Is there anything I should do other than the normal precautionary back up?Probably the CMOS battery is weak, replace it. CR-2032, available everywhere (i.e. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drugstore-960039" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRUGSTORE">DRUGSTORE</a>).<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thank-1731949" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANK">THANK</a> you. I will get a CMOS battery and lift the lid off the PC. I am not familiar with the layout but I presume I will be able to see where the CMOS battery is installed.How to replace the CMOS battery<br/>Most <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sit-631137" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SIT">SIT</a> horizontal, as pictured, but some are vertical (on edge).<br/>No guarantee that's what's wrong, but "old PC with Windows 98SE", probably is original battery.Thanks for that link. I have read the details of replacing the CMOS battery and resetting CMOS. There is quite a bit of uncertainty about which <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/keys-15619" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KEYS">KEYS</a> to press. I will take the lid off tomorrow. I left this computer on for three days so the battery could have been recharged.CMOS batteries are not rechargeable.It has been pointed out to me that if it was a CMOS battery <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/problem-25530" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROBLEM">PROBLEM</a>, the date and time would be out. It has been suggested that the problem could be failure of the hard disk to run up. I do not have a disk diagnostics for this PC so I have to take the top off to read the label. I have not taken the top off this PC before. 4 screws secure the side plates to the back plate. however, these side plates are also held in by the top plate and that is riveted to the back plate. I know I am missing something simple. I would welcome becoming informed!</p></body></html>

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483.	Solve : Anyway to install Windows95 on computer running XP??
Answer» <html><body><p>10 year old IBM ThinkPad runs Windows95 with special Chinese input program. It is acting up. Have 20 or so <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/3-236794" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 3">3</a>.5 inch Win95 disk. Is it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/possible-592355" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POSSIBLE">POSSIBLE</a> to put Win95 on a new partition or a flash drive and dual boot a newer IBM ThinkPad with WinXP so I can continue to use Wind95 without having to learn a new character input program? Any insight/pointer on how to do it and what to look out for? Start with this:<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table</a><br/>Read carefully.<br/>Windrows 95 OS2 has a internal 32 bit <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/file-11330" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FILE">FILE</a> system but reduced to a much lower piratical partition size. Windows 95 must be first physical partition on the disk and conform to a limit of 2 GB. It may not be possible to put Windows XP on the same drive. You will have to research that.<br/>It may be more piratical to locate an old PC with your version of 95 already installed.Computer may not boot Win95 if too much memory is present. Use Windows Virtual PC: <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx</a>Thanks. I have downloaded Virtual PC 2004 SP1 which can set up Windows 95. I created the VM with a formatted virtual <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hd-1016349" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HD">HD</a>. I went on to install the Windows 95 (a total of 20 plus 3.5 inch disks). It went through Disk 1 and showed 2% completed on the installation bar. Then it asked for Disk2 which I put in. I got the following error message: "Could ot find specified script (.CAB) file. Setup cannot continue". Running a directory on Disk2 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/shows-1206590" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SHOWS">SHOWS</a> "Precopy2.CAB" on it. What is happening? Disk1 has "precopy1.CAB" on it.Floppy disks don't last forever, 16 yrs is a long time depending on how they were stored.Try a PC emulator. Bochs or Microsoft Virtual PC are the best options for Windows 95 systems.Quote from: Experimental Technology on March 18, 2011, 09:16:54 AM</p><blockquote>Try a PC emulator. Bochs or Microsoft Virtual PC are the best options for Windows 95 systems.<br/></blockquote>See Reply #3.</body></html>

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484.	Solve : old dell (win98) with baby pics won't boot and i don't have recovery disk...?
Answer» <html><body><p>my apologies in advance if i'm posting in wrong forum, just let me know, and i'll repost/delete (been a year or two since i used this website, and y'all were helpful then, so i'm grateful). also, i'll try to be brief with the background info....<br/><br/>back in the day (oh, maybe a dozen or so years ago), bought the 1st family PC. Dell Dimension 4100 running Windows ME. Took care of it best i could (ad-aware, zonealarm, norton anti-virus, etc). Served the family good for probably 5 or 6 years, before time started taking it's toll, and registry slowly became gummed up w/crap. my preventive maintenance/repair skills were limited to basic, do-it-yourself type <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stuff-25659" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STUFF">STUFF</a>; i was scared of messing w/registry, ini files, or reloading windows, etc., because i didn't want to 'blow it up' so to speak, and cause irreparable damage.<br/><br/>well, eventually got to point where it wouldn't start, and so enter next door neighbor, Eddie....<br/><br/>Eddie was a PC geek (also a meth head i later learned, but i digress...), but was a good soul, and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/offered-7257483" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OFFERED">OFFERED</a> to help. I was grateful. he fixed the startup problems, then i was able to get all important info/pics out of PC and put on disk. At that point, at his suggestion, he wiped entire PC clean, and reloaded Windows. Of course, help from a computer nerd meant that I needed to partition my drive (which it wasn't before), get rid of windows ME for a copy of Windows 98 (on one side of partition if memory serves me correctly), Windows XP Professional, i think (on other side of partition for the wife to logon), Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (because no self proclaimed hacker geek would be caught dead using IE or Outlook, I suppose), and other changes.<br/><br/>I was grateful, because everything worked fine (and faster), and eventually learned to love some of the improvements (the Mozilla stuff fer sure). Family PC worked fine for the next 3 or 4 years. During which time Eddie went to prison for drugs. So no more next door neighbor resource.<br/><br/>Ultimately, at the end of that time (around 2005 or 2006), one side of the partition started running out of space, and PC really started bogging down. Until the one day it wouldn't boot properly at all. Being that it was just getting old, and figuring the money i would spend on fixing it could probably be better used replacing it, i did just that, and put it in a box, knowing that i would ultimately need to fix it, in order to get the baby pics out of it.<br/><br/>Enter the wife....<br/><br/>well, 5 years later, wife is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pissed-7377581" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PISSED">PISSED</a>. she wants the baby and toddler pics NOW. no more waiting. So i fire up this pc that's been in a box for half a dozen years, and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/finally-461212" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FINALLY">FINALLY</a> get it to come to life, and get it to partially boot, but it won't load windows. it says config/sys32/etc. is missing or corrupt. please input setup disk, and hit "r" option. well, here's the punchline:<br/>I DON'T HAVE THE censored STARTUP DISKS, BECAUSE EDDIE NEVER GAVE ME A COPY OF THEM, AND I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK HIM AT THE TIME.<br/>best i can tell, is i have Windows 98. i've tried getting it to go into safe mode, but was only able to get there once. i've tried my original Dell WindowsME disks, but no luck. Obviously, i can't just start over, because i need the info off of the hard drive, and although i can see the directories in DOS, i couldn't tell you for the life of me which pics were in which folders, etc. censored, i'm not even sure which side of the partition they're on, so i don't even think reloading windows on one side of the partition or the other would work for me.<br/><br/>with all of that being said, i don't think the PC is in that bad of shape. i've got a disk that i got from Eddie back in the day called "techie tools", in which I've been able to see some information about my machine, and basically, i think everything is there and functional, apart from windows starting up.<br/><br/>Can somebody offer me some advice?<br/><br/>Thanks for any/all help.<br/><br/>And I promise all future posts won't be nowhere near this long....<br/><a href="http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/04/23/how-to-slave-hard-drive/"><strong>Slave Drive Tutorial</strong></a><br/><br/>For hooking the drive up to a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/working-243555" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORKING">WORKING</a> desktop to retrieve data...<br/><br/>The drive has to be in working condition but doesn't have to be able to load Windows...<br/><br/>Best of Luck.thanks for the info....i'll try this as a last resort (afraid of goobering up my drive permanently) if i can't get my box to fire up and work any other way....<br/><br/>on a sidebar: talk about COMPLETE FREAKS OR MIRACLES.....<br/>earlier today i got my hands on a win98SE disk UNOPENED in pristine condition, for my exact machine (a dell dimension 4100). i was rummaging around desk drawers in an office upstairs near our servers, looking for an old floppy that i could overwrite and use to download & make a boot disk to try later today, when i stumbled upon the disk. i wouldn't believe it if it didn't actually happen. and to put this in context, it's not like we're a big company or corporation - we MAYBE have 10 pc's at work and a server. so it's not like i was rummaging around that warehouse in indiana jones or anything like that. anyways....<br/><br/>so i'm going to give that a try first....<br/><br/>again thanks for the help.....<br/><br/>but i do have another item i could use help on....i'll make a new post.....I grow tired of waiting...anticipation grows thin...did the disk work? Did you recover the baby pics? Did Eddie get parole?.....</p></body></html>

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485.	Solve : win98 v4.10.1998; printing problem Microline / Okidata ML380?
Answer» <html><body><strong>Configuration:</strong><br/>1. Windows 98 (first edition) v.4.10.1998 - 64MB RAM<br/>2. Printer Okidata ML380 connected by centronics cable to PC.<br/>3. Accounting Program - based upon PC/MS-DOS - running in MSDOS box of windows98.<br/><br/><strong>Problem:</strong><br/>When output has to be printed from the Accounting Program, the printer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/starts-1224822" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STARTS">STARTS</a> printing, however non-recognizable characters are printed by the printer. <br/><br/>It is not possible to get readable characters on paper when printing from a win98 application or by the print command from MSDOS box.<br/><br/><strong>What did I do to isolate the problem</strong>:<br/><br/><strong>Printer:</strong><br/>1. Printer selftest: printing of ASCII characters (OK), printing of running ASCII characters (OK). All output of selftest is OK. <br/><br/><strong>Windows98 on PC </strong> (the PC with printing problem)<br/>2. removing the printer driver and installing the OKIDATA ML380 printer driver as well as the Epson LQ-2550 printer driver. The Okidata ML380 emulates the LQ-2550. This did not solve the problem.<br/><br/>3. Printing a Testpage after installation of the printer drivers was selected. The printer starts printing, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/text-11613" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TEXT">TEXT</a> is not recognizable. This indicates a problem.<br/><br/><strong>Windows98SE on Laptop</strong> (laptop no printing problem)<br/>3. a laptop running Windows 98 (SE): installed the Okidata ML380 as well as the LQ-2550 drivers from windows98SE CD-ROM via Configuration / Add Printer procedure. The Okidata ML380 printer was connected to this laptop via the same printer cable. The Printer OKIdata / Microline ML380 prints the output correctly.<br/><br/>4. same as 2. but via the laptop windows 98SE: Testpage windows98 is printed correctly.<br/><br/>5. The printer port assignment is: LPT1<br/><br/><br/><strong>Conclusion:</strong><br/>1. the printer ML380 is OK<br/>2. the printer cable is OK<br/>3. the OKIdata printer driver is OK<br/>4. the Epson LQ-2550 printer driver is OK<br/>5. win98SE (without the accounting program) works OK with printer<br/><br/><strong>the problem is isolated to the PC running win98 v.4.10.1998 </strong> ===========================================<br/>6. win98 on PC with accounting progrma does not work OK with printer<br/>===========================================<br/><br/><em>There is no program documentation of the Accounting Program.</em><br/><br/>The Accounting Program is started from the Desktop of windows 98, refering to<br/>a bath program xyz.bat. This program starts and operates correctly with all data entered. The data is saved in multiple files, which are related to each other via the Accounting Program. Incorperated in the Accounting Program is the Printing Function. Just pressing <p> should provide the output listing of the selected report<br/>on the printer. There are no hidden parms / values to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/influence-1043703" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INFLUENCE">INFLUENCE</a> the printer settings from the program.<br/><br/><strong>What might be the cause of this problem, what could I try to solve the problem ?</strong><br/>Tips/advise welcome.<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Very complete description! I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/suspect-1236075" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUSPECT">SUSPECT</a> Win98SE drivers you are using are not supported by Win98, 1st edition. I have seen this driver issue before. Win98SE is, in many respects, quite a bit different from Win98, 1st edition.Thanks for your response.<br/><br/>On the Windows98 PC: after removal of the printer drivers, the printer drivers are reinstalled. The installation requires the original Win98 CD-ROM to be placed to install the win98 (first edition) drivers.<br/><br/>The printer emulates the Epson LQ-2550. When usining the correct LQ-2550 drivers of win98 (first edition) the problem is the same.<br/><br/>I did not install the printer drivers from win98SE on the windows 98 (first edition) PC because of possible incompatibilities.<br/><br/><br/>--- <br/><br/>I could install an additional printer that writes text (ASCII) to a txt file.<br/>If this file can be read by typing - type "fname.txt" in dosbox it must be simply possible to get the file somewhere of somehow on paper. <br/><br/>Another approach is a win98 (first edition) upgrade to win98SE. In that case the win98 configuration is the same as on the old laptop with win98SE I used to isolate the problem. <br/><br/>The accounting program is not available as backup, the accounting data is OK and can be backed up. The risk is that with an upgrade the accounting program will fail. In that case the accounting program cannot be used anymore.<br/><br/>The simplest solution is using another accounting program, which are even available free of charge. It will take a long learning curve for the person doing the accounting all those years.<br/><br/>For the time being, I will look for a solution and tips / advise / reactions on this problem are appreciated.<br/><br/>W<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Try the Win98SE drivers; can't hurt anything.The Win98SE ML380 driver doesn't work either.<br/><br/>Is it possible that code page defined in windows98 (FE) xxx.ini conflict with code page definition in config.sys (DOS) ?<br/>At the moment I am not on location to check it out.<br/><br/>The files used by the accounting program are all of the type (IDX) and (DAT).<br/>The DAT files are readable with the windows98 editors, the control characters for make-up work just as in standard txt files.<br/>IDX may be the index files related to the DAT file and providing the links to the other files and associated data fields/values.<br/><br/>I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wonder-744599" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WONDER">WONDER</a> what the format of the IDX files is. It may be determined by the programming language used in those PC DOS / MS DOS days.<br/>The program is just an EXECUTABLE file. I was not able to find out the programming language being used.<br/>Printing from MS-DOS programs doesn't go through the windows drivers at all. Each MS-DOS program uses it's own set of drivers. In this case it seems like the accounting program in the FE edition of Windows 98 is not properly setup.<br/><br/>Can you restart in MS-DOS mode and run the accounting program and try to print from there?<br/><br/>Quote from: who44 on February 28, 2011, 02:53:28 PM</p><blockquote>Is it possible that code page defined in windows98 (FE) xxx.ini conflict with code page definition in config.sys (DOS) ?<br/>At the moment I am not on location to check it out.<br/></blockquote>Irrelevant- in fact, Windows Drivers are entirely redundant to the issue, since they are never used by DOS programs.<br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>The DAT files are readable with the windows98 editors, the control characters for make-up work just as in standard txt files.<br/></blockquote>Then you should also be able to print by copying it to the printer: COPY file.dat PRN<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I wonder what the format of the IDX files is. It may be determined by the programming language used in those PC DOS / MS DOS days.<br/>The program is just an EXECUTABLE file. I was not able to find out the programming language being used.<br/></blockquote>Programming language is redundant as well. It was probably C, but it doesn't matter.<br/>[/quote]<p></p></body></html>

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486.	Solve : upgrade win98 to win98SE?
Answer» <html><body><p>PC with win98 (first edition) gives some trouble. Is it possible to upgrade from win98 (1st) to win98SE? <br/><br/>Is this possible with CD win98SE upgrade and/or windows98SE full installation without loosing the programs <br/>and data already installed on PC with win98 (1st).<br/><br/>Migration path is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/traditional-711721" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRADITIONAL">TRADITIONAL</a> win95-->win98;<br/><br/>is upgrade win98 ---> win98SE possible <br/>with <br/>1. upgrade CD win98SE<br/>2. full installation CD win98SE (can this CD be used for the upgrade?)<br/><br/>It is just a check to make no mistakes.<br/><br/><br/>Quote from: who44 on February 25, 2011, 01:04:36 PM</p><blockquote>A. PC with win98 (first edition) gives some trouble. Is it possible to upgrade from win98 (1st) to win98SE? <br/>B. Is this possible with CD win98SE upgrade and/or windows98SE full installation without loosing the programs <br/>and data already installed on PC with win98 (1st).<br/>C. Migration path is traditional win95-->win98; is upgrade win98 ---> win98SE possible with <br/>1. upgrade CD win98SE<br/>2. full installation CD win98SE (can this CD be used for the upgrade?)...</blockquote>A. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/yes-748598" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YES">YES</a>.<br/>B. Yes & yes.<br/>C1. Don't remember.<br/>C2. Yes, but may lose installed programs.Here is the method i used <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/years-239545" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YEARS">YEARS</a> ago...<br/>In Explorer travel to the root directory...<br/>Rename win.com to win.old...after making a copy of it and moving it to another directory...<br/>Boot to the Win98SE CD and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/run-1192138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUN">RUN</a> setup.<br/>Upon completion all your data and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/apps-25617" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPS">APPS</a> should be intact.<br/><br/>As always you should backup all important data 1st...It must be the renaming of win.com to win.xxx to make the installation CD of win98SE work for upgrading.<br/>It is a very long time ago I have done this..... Who's feeding the Parrots again ? ?</body></html>

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487.	Solve : Computure?
Answer» <html><body><p>how to i proceed to take off windows xp in english and to put in millennium<br/>cause the computure is old and with xp it is really slow.<br/>I am french but i talk and understand english with easy word.<br/>Thank you for your censoredBoot to the ME CD...<br/>In the opening setup delete the existing partition...<br/>Then run setup to install ME.<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/note-344986" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTE">NOTE</a> All your previous <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/data-25577" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DATA">DATA</a> will be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gone-474922" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GONE">GONE</a>...<br/><br/>NOTE #2 You will need to go to the manuf. site and DLoad all ME <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drivers-21170" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVERS">DRIVERS</a> for that PC...<br/><br/>Best of Luck and Welcome Aboard !Thank you very <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/much-249971" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUCH">MUCH</a> it work.Excellent...we Love success stories here...</p></body></html>

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488.	Solve : running on top systems??
Answer» <html><body><p>Asking just because I'm curious...I have a top of the line(ish) dell (i7, 8gig ram, etc). Is it possible for 95 to run on that? Or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> it be too <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/powerful-1161984" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POWERFUL">POWERFUL</a> for the OS, etc?<br/><br/>Thanks. Just a fun question.<br/><br/>Too much RAM to run Win95 natively. It will run using <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/microsoft-12847" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MICROSOFT">MICROSOFT</a> Virtual PC: <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/"><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/http-11424" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HTTP">HTTP</a>://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/</a>Thank you. I'll look into it.</p></body></html>

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489.	Solve : computer will no longer read CDs?
Answer» <html><body><p>My <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a> 98 standard edition will no longer read CDs. I was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wondering-7723068" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WONDERING">WONDERING</a> if there's anything that can be done, or if its completely <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dead-ko-kuutt-bhaassaa-men-431383" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEAD">DEAD</a>. Our family has had it for 12 years, and it isn't the end of the world if it won't read CDs anymore, but there are some games on there that my much younger brothers <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> that aren't compatible with any of our other computers. <br/><br/>Also, it isn't hooked up to the internet and won't be any time soon, so any solutions involving that are out of the question.<br/><br/>Any help will be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/greatly-1012621" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GREATLY">GREATLY</a> appreciated.<a href="http://www.fonerbooks.com/r_cd.htm">Installing a DVD or CD Drive</a>Have you tried to clean the lens? If you haven't used it for quite long time it will collect some dust on its pickup lens preventing it to work properly.Some good cleaning tips <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2044857_clean-cdrom-drive.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_2044857_clean-cdrom-drive.html</a> for the drive and lens</p></body></html>

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490.	Solve : revive old laptop TOSHIBA Portege 7010CT and windows 98?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hello,<br/><br/>I recently found an old laptop in my aunt basement, it seems to work technically fine but the software in it does not.<br/><br/>Its an old TOSHIBA Portege 7010CT with Pentium II 300Mhz CPU, 4.1Gb HDD and 32+128ram installed in the upgrade slot.<br/>It has floppy, DVD-rom, USB and lots of other ports.<br/><br/>Thing is i cant access the cd drive. Just after i press the POWER button i get a Toshiba welcome screen then immediately <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/takes-1238575" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TAKES">TAKES</a> me to the screen i uploaded.<br/><br/>I cant do anything there , cant use format c:, cant find the cd drive, cant use fdisk or anything.<br/>All i can do is access floppy disks A and B and look "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dir-431995" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DIR">DIR</a>".<br/><br/>C drive has nothing on it except an 98000kb COM file.<br/><br/>If i could only make the win98 setup start i could handle from there. I`m guessing i have to to install the cd-rom drive?? I found a cd-rom drive on toshiba website for windows 95.<br/><br/>The laptop uses a weird expansion module to have a cd-rom + lots of other ports. I dont have any cd`s or anything else that might have came with the laptop when it was purchased.<br/><br/>I have a floppy drive on an old PC but its in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/another-876628" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANOTHER">ANOTHER</a> place. So if i have to make disketes i have to go there.<br/>If you need other info please let me know.<br/>Anything will help.<br/><br/>[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]by the way, i dont know how to access the BIOS (if it has one :p). CD-rom spins but not accesable in this DOS or wahtever it is.I'd travel to bootdisk.com and DLoad and create a Win98 bootdisk...it will have the neccessary drivers to access the CDROM....<br/>Boot to the floppy....<br/>Insert the Win98 CD...<br/>Type D:\ and hit Enter to log the CD drive...<br/>Then type setup and hit Enter...ok, thanks, hope this works. I`ll go make the disk now and try it later, hope it works. Nice piece of hardware.ok, before going out to make the bootdisks i did a quick search about the cd-rom not being recognized and i found this thread - <a href="http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/3247.shtml">http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/3247.shtml</a> .<br/><br/>Alot of people say to BASH the laptop and the cd-rom drive will work, i said what the censored. I did it and now IT WORKS, i formated C: and now i`m installing windows98 as i type this lol )))<br/><br/>Old technology is so <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/much-249971" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUCH">MUCH</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/understanding-720012" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNDERSTANDING">UNDERSTANDING</a> then new one . Rusian method worked ...*sigh*That is the stupidest thing I've ever read. At least 80% of the people posting there were saying something to that effect.<br/><br/>Hey, if hitting a laptop fixing it, maybe hitting it with a sledgehammer will make it faster?<br/><br/>EDIT: Also, it's interesting how somebody is now able to start windows setup without the CD. Seems hitting computers makes data appear as well.thing is first time i inserted CD, and it booted from hard disk, as if CD drive was not installed. I managed to check bios and it was floppy-cdrom-hdd, so settings were correct all the time. After shuting down PC< slap it 2 times, then turn it ON it booted immediately in Win98. <br/><br/>I cant explain otherwise, and i bet that making a bootdisk would not have helped as the cd drive seems to install on its own even after format.<br/><br/>I think there`s a loose cable somewhere , anyway russian method ftw.</p></body></html>

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491.	Solve : freeze?
Answer» <html><body><p>Windows 98SE, Excel 2000. I was doing an edit on an Excel spreadsheet when the screen froze. The arrow of the mouse <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/moves-239392" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MOVES">MOVES</a> around but clicking on Firefox, Word, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a> does nothing. I have had this problem occasionally in the past. I have then simply re-booted. If I reboot now on that computer, I will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lose-537625" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOSE">LOSE</a> the edit I have done. Is there an alternative?1. Press the alt key then the down arrows should give you access to the pull down menus so you can select save or save as to save the excel document you are working on.<br/><br/>2. Ctrl + S is the key combination to save the document.<br/><br/>Once the document is saved shut down the computer check the mouse connection and use a can of air blow out the buttons of the mouse. If you have a spare one replace sounds as if the mouse is going.<br/>Thank you. I have made a note of these actions. I was not advised of your reply, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hence-484344" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HENCE">HENCE</a> the delay in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/responding-7267174" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RESPONDING">RESPONDING</a></p></body></html>

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492.	Solve : Recover Win98 HDD?
Answer» <html><body><p>If you hook it up as a slave in a working machine and run chkdsk /r on it it may help...<br/><br/>No guarantees...<br/>Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 14, 2011, 07:55:58 AM</p><blockquote>Many USB devices sold are out of specification. The don't work right. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/error-25548" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ERROR">ERROR</a> recovery is very poor.<br/></blockquote>Please stop posting nonsense. Thank you.Quote from: patio on February 14, 2011, 10:01:42 AM<blockquote>If you hook it up as a slave in a working machine and run chkdsk /r on it it may help...<br/><br/>No guarantees...<br/></blockquote><br/>No, it didn't work. I was able to recover lots of files with EASUS partition doctor. The other recovery tools didn't work as good.Doing a Win98 Repair install should have been covered in your studies...Quote from: patio on February 14, 2011, 02:22:58 PM<blockquote>Doing a Win98 Repair install should have been covered in your studies...<br/></blockquote><br/>We studied XP and later. Why would they make us study win98. Maybe instead of posting for nothing, you should tell me how to repair a windows 98 machine. I know XP has a recovery tool. Does windows 98 have one? help me instead of making me run around.Go to the Root directory and rename win.com to win.old...<br/><br/>Boot to the Win98 CD and reinstall Windows...<br/><br/>Providing the HDD is not corrupted all your data and apps will be intact...<br/><br/>PS first time this Month i assisted a snnoot.Quote from: patio on February 14, 2011, 02:39:02 PM<blockquote>a snnoot.</blockquote><br/>Very apt description.<br/>His posting priveledges and the offending Post where he showed a supreme command of the English language have been revoked......and I thought <em>I</em> was an ill-mannered lout!<br/>This <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/type-238192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TYPE">TYPE</a> thread seems to be something of a new norm here. It's one of those "only help me by doing what I say!" questions. I've seen it time and time again, and this forum is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hardly-2105639" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HARDLY">HARDLY</a> the only one; people challenging the help they receive because of some mistaken superiority because they have a certificate or something. It's not like you got a phd in Computer Science, and even if you had- why does it make a difference? Clearly it didn't help you solve the original problem anyway so why does it make you more qualified to assert that provided solutions are wrong?<br/><br/>"I'm a newly graduated IT Tech I know what I'm doing" Clearly, at least in this particular case, you do not, that's why you posted here to begin with. If you knew what you were doing you wouldn't be asking what you should be doing. Same for me. If I post a question, it's because I either don't know what I'm doing or am unsure what I'm doing. I wouldn't be about to think that despite my years of working with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computers-21658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTERS">COMPUTERS</a> not being any help to solve whatever issue I was facing that it is still applicable to tell people that they aren't helping and to try to direct some sort of "correct answer" as if I already knew the answer. Of course I could determine wether somebody is spouting nonsense, but there is none of that here and yet you are calling people out for doing so, it would seem.<br/><br/>In any case, I had a interestingly similar problem some years ago (DOS 6, doubt they cover that in "IT Tech school" either); It was related to a hard drive and trying to get it visible; since there was no fancy schmancy auto-detected back in this days, I had to guess and keep booting to a floppy and trying to view the contents of the drive. At some point I chose a geometry that was Close (but not the same) so everything appeared corrupted; directory and file names with smiley faces and high-ASCII symbols, etc. I ended up reformatting, and then subsequently had to start over by choosing the appropriate HD Type later on.<br/><br/>Not that that really helps. The filesystem is corrupted, that's pretty much all that can be said. Unless you've had to deal with manual selection of drive types it's probably pointing to a failure/impending failure. Wether the data on a drive is important or not doesn't make it's chance of recovery any greater, unfortunately. Before formatting that drive you could try Recuva, but it is probably too late.<br/><br/>P.S I believe Patio suggests slaving the drive because using it in a USB enclosure adds an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/additional-367648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADDITIONAL">ADDITIONAL</a> layer of indirection (the ATA to USB circuitry) usually that circuitry is not very fault-tolerant.<br/>Quote from: Salmon Trout on February 14, 2011, 03:48:25 PM<blockquote>...and I thought <em>I</em> was an ill-mannered lout!<br/><br/></blockquote>I don't think this was an "either / or" situation <br/><br/>Just joshin' ST - actually you've been quite the gentleman lately.Quote from: Allan on February 14, 2011, 10:22:32 AM<blockquote>Please stop posting nonsense. Thank you.<br/></blockquote>Allan:<br/>Pardon my poor grimmer and style. I should have said:<br/><strong>IDE USB data transfer fails</strong><br/>Quote<blockquote><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/forum/237743-44-vista-doesn-recognize-external-drive">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/237743-44-vista-doesn-recognize-external-drive</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252167-32-adapters">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252167-32-adapters</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html">http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html</a><br/>For certain USB mass-storage devices <br/><br/></blockquote>The fault is both hardware ad software. The USB makers ought to make more effort to verify the user OTB experience. Really. Otherwise it is is a huge load on system software people to test every make and model of USB device out there.</body></html>

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493.	Solve : Font problem in help system and other programs?
Answer» <html><body><p>So here's what I got:<br/><br/><br/><br/>I get the same font in Adobe Type Manager:<br/><br/><br/><br/>I can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/make-249948" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAKE">MAKE</a> that font change by deleting the current font it is using. It may then use something better, or it might be worse. Any ideas how I can fix this?I solved the problem!<br/><br/>Using the clever utility, HwndSpy, I was able to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/determine-437910" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DETERMINE">DETERMINE</a> that all of the instances where the font was not corresponding to what was expected (in this case, the default Windows font of MS Sans Serif), the font that was being used by the dialog was listed as "MS Shell <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dlg-432184" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DLG">DLG</a>". I searched the Internet and determined that Windows 98, while it seems to be advertized as using the registry to define MS Shell Dlg (as everything NT and later do) <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/actually-848884" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACTUALLY">ACTUALLY</a> sets the value for this in the win.ini file! In looking at my win.ini, I saw that at some point that specification had been deleted (who knows when - I've had an issue like this for some time). So I added the line<br/><br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a><br/>[FontSubstitutes]<br/>MS Shell Dlg=MS Sans Serif<br/><br/><br/>and everthing is fixed! I hate the registry <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anyway-2436609" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYWAY">ANYWAY</a>, so I was glad to find the solution was with something as simple as win.ini! Hope this helps some other poor 98 fan.Here's a picture of the help system to show the difference:<br/><br/><br/><br/>It had been selecting different fonts for the tabs and menu bar, though they were all specified as MS Shell Dlg. The Adobe Type Manager is behaving itself now, too.</p></body></html>

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494.	Solve : my computer programe?
Answer» <html><body><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hi-479908" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HI">HI</a> there my computer is working really <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/slowaonp-645927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SLOW">SLOW</a> my hard drive is windows.me i need help on how to make it work propley i would take it to the store to upgrade it though i am unwell to travel anywhere how can i upgrade my computer ok <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/look-544452" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOOK">LOOK</a>. Im not trying to be mean or anything but for us to help you with a problem u have to help us by giving the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/correct-409949" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CORRECT">CORRECT</a> information like what kind of system specs your computer has and be more clear about what your problem is. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/please-601513" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PLEASE">PLEASE</a> read the first post at the top of every page for more info.</body></html>

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495.	Solve : c:\set path=c:\qtw?
Answer» <html><body><p>i feel i'm gettin close....(probably a wrong feeling...)<br/><br/>anyways, that's the message i get after startup aborts. i get to see the windows 98 splash screen/logo for about a half a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/second-238031" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SECOND">SECOND</a>, then the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/c-3540" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about C">C</a>:\ prompt appears and i see the above message.<br/><br/>any help or idea? what is qtw?<br/><br/>-thanks in advance...post the contents of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/file-11330" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FILE">FILE</a> c:\autoexec.bat; sounds like (maybe) someobody has been trying to install a certain kind of game (a "Myst" game) and it has screwed up a setting, but I may be wrong.<br/><br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/quicktime-1710314" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about QUICKTIME">QUICKTIME</a> for Windows maybe ? ?<br/><br/>I seem to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/remember-621937" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REMEMBER">REMEMBER</a> that being the install dir. in older Win versions...Quote from: patio on February 03, 2011, 05:45:47 AM</p><blockquote>QuickTime for Windows maybe ? ?<br/><br/>I seem to remember that being the install dir. in older Win versions...<br/></blockquote><br/>Both Myst and Quicktime used c:\qtw as install folder<br/>Gotcha...Thanx.Quote from: patio on February 03, 2011, 10:15:54 AM<blockquote>Gotcha...Thanx.<br/></blockquote><br/>I believe I was mistaken and you were right... Myst games (as well as a lot of other different software apps) used QTW and therefore installed it if it was not already there.<br/></body></html>

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496.	Solve : History recovery?
Answer» <html><body><p>Hello,<br/>I am a small business owner. I have an employee who's job is to be in front of a computer for (I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/think-661001" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THINK">THINK</a>) 3-4 hours a day. However, she spends 8 hours a day in front of her computer. The other employees <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/feel-986087" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FEEL">FEEL</a> that she spends half of her time on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/facebook-11412" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FACEBOOK">FACEBOOK</a> ,Youtube, etc. She is located in an area where it is very hard to catch her on any non business sites, as she (I feel)xes out the page when she hears me coming. I have tried looking at her internet <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/history-873" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HISTORY">HISTORY</a> after work but she seems to delete it EVERY night before leaving. I have even tried using the internet at night, and finding my history deleted the next night.<br/>My question is, how do I find her deleted sites,and how long she was on them? Or how do I hide the history button so she can't delete them?<br/>Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Times are tough and she is starting to haul the whole ship down. I cant <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cut-942198" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CUT">CUT</a> her loose without proof.<br/>ThanksWe're not going to be able to help you - sorry. Give her more work to perform. She obviously doesn't have enough to do. If she can perform her job in half the time of the others, why would you want to let her go?</p></body></html>

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497.	Solve : disk is full - can't load recovery files....?
Answer» <html><body><p>...so i'm in DOS, trying to figure out what i can safely delete. the only ones i'm sure i can safely delete are in the "programs" subdirectory.<br/><br/>here's the problem: in DOS, filename is show as thus....<br/><br/>PROGRA~1 <br/><br/>i'm in C prompt, and can't change to that directory because i don't know what the file name is.<br/>I've tried...<br/>cd PROGRAMS<br/>cd PROGRAM FILES<br/>cd PROGRAM<br/>cd PROGRAM FILES<br/><br/>none of them work. can anybody shed any light on what it might actually be called, or is there a simpleton way for me to see the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/missing-1098377" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MISSING">MISSING</a> characters hidden by the tilde?<br/><br/>thanks for help....<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/figured-7681243" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIGURED">FIGURED</a> it out!<br/><br/>i typed it EXACTLY as it was shown on screen, with the tilde and number 1<br/><br/>go figure!Why <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> you not follow the guide i posted on Slave drive data retrieval before you risk losing everything ? ?Quote from: Chuckster on February 01, 2011, 07:05:51 PM</p><blockquote>go figure!</blockquote><br/>No <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/need-25476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEED">NEED</a> to figure. THis is normal. Each file and folder has a "short name" and a "long name". Sometimes they are identical, sometimes not. If the long name has space or spaces or is more than 8 characters long, a short name is computed and stored by the system. To use a long name with spaces you have to use quote marks. As you have found, you can use cd with the short name <br/><br/>cd PROGRA~1<br/><br/>but you could also use <br/><br/>cd "Program Files"<br/><br/>The above applies only if you are in a DOS box under Windows 95 or 98. Under plain DOS you need to use the short name.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></body></html>

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498.	Solve : windows 98 antivirus?
Answer» <html><body><p>This one works on my Win98SE: <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/"><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/http-11424" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HTTP">HTTP</a>://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/</a><br/>Last time I booted, it auto-updated. Don't know how long that will last.<br/>I did have to register to get a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/free-240724" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREE">FREE</a> license key.Quote from: Computer_Commando on December <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/16-241901" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 16">16</a>, 2010, 11:52:41 AM</p><blockquote>This one works on my Win98SE: <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/</a><br/>Last time I booted, it auto-updated AVAST. Don't know how long that will last.<br/>I did have to register to get a free license key.<br/></blockquote>Well once again C_C I have to thank you, (and I did, ). I followed your lead and it is exactly as you stated. <br/>I downloaded , updated and registered this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/av-241775" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AV">AV</a>.<br/>I'm particularly pleased with the fact that the AV is Avast. I use Avast on my main PC and so far I have found it to be absolutely,if not the best,one of the best free(or otherwise) AV's available. And yes, how long the updates will last (this version),is anyones guess? But to have an AV version for which they are still <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/forwarding-464509" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORWARDING">FORWARDING</a> updates(Win98 in this day and age), is quite amazing to me and very much appreciated. Again, thanks for this. overthehillQuote from: Broni on February 05, 2010, 10:51:15 AM<blockquote>Avast 4.8 should work: <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/tech/6635/">http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/tech/6635/</a><br/></blockquote> Sorry Broni, I just couldn't get it to work . Not that I doubted you for a minute but I just couldn't get it to work. After more info.(than I probably deserved) from C_C , it finally all came together. overthehillAvira is a good antivirus for windows 98. It is a lightweight antivirus that is appropriate to your operating system. You can search in the internet for the download link.<br/><br/></body></html>

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499.	Solve : defragging?
Answer» <html><body><p>I'm using an old pc with windows 98 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/se-757191" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SE">SE</a>. It hasn't been defragged in an age and I think this is causing problems (pc switches itself off, locks up and so on). I've <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tried-7272297" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIED">TRIED</a> defragging but the pc won't stay on long enough for it do do it. Is there a quicker way to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/defrag-2052419" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEFRAG">DEFRAG</a>?Defragmenting the hd (or not doing so) would not cause the problems you've described. Can you boot to safe mode? If so, what happens there.I'll describe the problem a bit better. Sometimes the pc works fine for hours. But other times it will suddenly <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/go-468886" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GO">GO</a> black screen without warning, and not do anything until unplugged then plugged back in. Also sometimes a webpage will freeze/not respond; ctrl/alt/delete brings up the task manager but when I click on End Task it doesn't do it, just <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/leaves-239356" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LEAVES">LEAVES</a> me hanging and won't shut down normally. Any ideas?Quote from: Steve M on January 15, 2011, 01:43:32 PM</p><blockquote>I'll describe the problem a bit better. Sometimes the pc works fine for hours. But other times it will suddenly go black screen without warning, and not do anything until unplugged then plugged back in. Also sometimes a webpage will freeze/not respond; ctrl/alt/delete brings up the task manager but when I click on End Task it doesn't do it, just leaves me hanging and won't shut down normally. Any ideas?<br/></blockquote><br/>Old age. Hard drive or RAM or something is getting old. <br/>What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?</body></html>

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500.	Solve : windows me java problems?
Answer» <html><body><p>i have the newest <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/version-1444891" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VERSION">VERSION</a> of java win me will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/support-771795" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUPPORT">SUPPORT</a>. but it will not work anymore its as if its not there the program is in my control panel but i get an error message when i try to open it "the directory name is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/invalid-2121233" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INVALID">INVALID</a> c:/program files/java/jre1.6.0_01/bin/javacpl.exe". also i have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tried-7272297" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIED">TRIED</a> to reinstall but it tells me that i need to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/delete-karana-436574" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELETE">DELETE</a> the other program but i do not see it in add/remove programs list</p></body></html>

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