I think that each OS has its value and place. At work I use SUSE Linux because we're a Novell shop and Novell owns SUSE Linux and it's great. At...
BDE and its ilk are bad karma to say the least. You should probably remove the program BDE, often installed in either the C:\windows\temp or the...
If the IDE cables aren't the problem (and I would assume that you will also check the power cable to the CD ROM drive at the same time) you may...
Hi Jeff, One question... do you get this error message after installing the game or when trying to run the game after an *apparently*...
Just a thought... is the BIOS set to boot from any drive other than the A:\? If I remember correctly, if the C:\ were defective or corrupted,...
Hi All, Thanks for the very prompt replies. PLansdowne: I updated my virus definition files as soon as I found the problem. They were...
Hi 2Fonda, Vmm32.exe is a virtual device driver database that Windows builds on your computer. If it becomes corrupted or deleted, your...
Hi All, At work I use a Win98 machine (among others) and can generally pound my way through problems, but have recently come up against one I...
I created a batch file I call regscrub.bat which is pretty effective in cleaning up Win98 registries. If you want to look at it, I have it posted...
Hi Pamm, They're probably in your start menu. The directory is: c:\windows\alluse~1\startm~1\programs\startup If you move into that...
I'm not positive that this will help, but I will sometimes run "walign" when a Win98 box I'm working on seems to be running slowly due to RAM...
Hi All, I just bought my daughter a new XP machine. Athlon XP 1.7 processor and 256 MB of RAM. It was a real pig! Just really sluggish is...
Thanks very much, both of you. I'll check it out tonight. Newt, the doskey executable (doskey.com)is is my windows\system32 directory, and if...
Hi All, I have a rather minor problem with Win2k and next to no knowledge of Win2k. One of my computers, it's a work computer, has just...
Hi, I didn't know that ANY current software still required dongles. They are/were little plugs that you would put onto a com or parallel port...
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