I have a problem that just appeared out of the blue and has me totally confused. For some reason, the last few days my desktop background has been stretching every image I have used previously - even those that are less than the regular 800x600 resolution. Note that they appear in the...

My friend has an older Dell Dimension v433c with 64MB and an ATI Rage Pro AGP2X video card. The computer was working perfectly, until my friend decided to upgrade her AOL 4.0a to AOL 9.0 and add some antivirus protection. So I installed AOL 9.0 and AVG antivirus and ever since then the...

I recently purchased a new computer. When I reconnected my old computer to my monitor to transfer files I got the following error message "If you can read this message Windows has successfully initialized this adapter. I researched the problem in the help section and it defined the problem as...

I have a windows 98SE and i can not get the driver for the Graphics card. I have a Standard something. I would like tio know how to get the driver for it. i would like to get it for free. i do not know what kind of Graphics card it is, but i do know that it does not have 256 color like I would like...

Is there a way to have the date appear, along with the time, in the bottom right of my desktop? -- Using Windows 98SE, IE6 and Avant 10 Browsers and PC-cillin Internet Security

In the Windows 98, Control Panel, Display, Background, Wallpaper (None) I found that the Pattern for the (None) selection had been set to create Swastikas when I selected the (None) selection for Wallpaper and (None) selection for Patterns. The pattern for that selection is not editable, while all...

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While watching a movie or surfing the net, my monitor screen changes from color to all green by it self. How can I fix this? Please help.

Hi all, What is the fastest video card that is supported automatically on the Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition OEM cd? What is the fastest video card that one can still get drivers for that will install and work under W98SE? thanks, charles....

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I turned on my computer today and found an icon on the bottom and it's called instant access. I pulled it up and it's a little box to pick cash, checks or "babes". I don't know how it got there. I went into my control panel and tried to delete it and it won't let me. It just keeps trying to let...

Hi there, hope someone can help me with this matter. I bought a flash drive usb 2.0 at the university yesterday. Used it at their computer centre and everything was ok (they have WinXp). Then I go home, plug the pen drive in my prehistorical pc, and it tells me he needs a driver. Good God, I dunno...

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My computer's display properties, task bar and system tray all show in a very light yellow color. This happened all of a sudden after my computer froze and I had to reboot. Ever since when I go into the display properties to try and change to anything (Windows standard) that might be better...

Can someone please help with an instruction or 2,I have restored the registry(no help),I think it has to be something simple that I just can't see-Thanks

I'm installing a PC for my mother, she's got bad eyes and therefore likes to have the mousetrail. But I can't get it to work. Off course I tried all the settings in windows configuration/mouse. After that I installed logitech mouseware, and tried other mouses. Nothing seems to work. Anyone knows a...

Whenever I try to save a picture Aol or IE6 it gives me untitled.bmp instead of the named jpeg file it is supposed to be. Worked fine about a week ago, is there a setting I might have changed by accident ?

im trying to revive a dell optiplex gs+ running win 98 and after laborious booting it finally comes up with the black/white msg "windows has succesfully initialized this display adapter - go into control panel select settings and finish configuring or some other verbage to that effect" then it just...

Some how the Task Bar/Sys Tray at the bottom of Desktop has started acting weird. I've got 98SE. The 3 Startup Icons that were to the left of the clock are now under the clock. The one other Task Icon that was to the right of the Quick Launches is now under them, so to use any of those Apps, I...

For some reason Win 98 won't accept 16 bit high setting and a 800x600 screen. It will do 256 colors though.Was working fine two days ago. I did a reboot several times and no go. Anyone know how to fix this and what may have happened. Any info appreciated.