Those of us who presently are clueless appreciate what you guys do to help. Mike -- rebooted system twice, and no BIOS error message appears....
(Laughing)...I don't know how all the experienced people on this site can stand working with us novices. We are so clueless....(laughing harder)...
Mike: This is all that's listed in that part of startup list: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT listing: C:\VIAUDIO\VIAUDIO.COM Then there's a dotted...
Mike: After renaming to Dell.tmp, and starting W98 in Non-safe mode (regular mode), the error message no longer appears. But, I get two error...
In safe mode, the error message doesn't appear, though Windows then gets hung up because it can't find the USB mouse. I'll rename the folder from...
Hi Mike: I noticed today that the error message actually says "This version of the SOFTWARE for use only with Dell BIOS." It doesn't say...
Autorun entries from Registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ScanRegistry = C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray...
Mike: The stability is much better. It hasn't frozen up since I did the overlay. However, I went into the Dell folder and looked at...
Listing of startup folders: Shell folders Startup: [C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp] AdSubtract.lnk = C:\Program...
Hi Mike: Thanks for those program links. Under Startup, the only program listed is Adsubtract, which blocks some cookies and pop ups. If I'm...
It's me again. I checked the partition info and only one partition is listed on the C drive. I don't see a second one for Dell. The error...
I did an overlay installation of w98 as suggested by Mike, but I'm still getting the error message "2000RTC--This version of Windows for use only...
Mike: Thanks again. I followed your instructions and it went fine until I came to the final screen for Windows to reload. There, the mouse icon...
Mike: Thanks for the input. I'm new to some of these issues though -- is an overlay install of Windows just a reinstallation without...
This might be a simple question, but I've not found a way to fix it. I built a computer and moved the hard drive from my old Dell system to it....
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