Hi, I selected the wrong adapter on win98 and now when I boot up, I just get a black screen. I went into safe mode and changed the adapter but I get a message saying that any settings made in safe mode will revert back to what they were before. help! any way to reverse it back to the way it was?

HELP. Foolishly, it seems, I tried to re-install Windows 98 (without first uninstalling) as I was having a few problems. Now I've got more! Although the install seemed to go OK, at the very end a message came up saying that the installation had encountered problems and was restoring a...

Help guys, I am a 63yo tyro and my Gateway 2000 has taken to loading Windows 98SE in "Safe" mode. How can I revert to normal. Grateful for any assistance. Tim

Hi, is it possible to do as the topic says, display Chinese/Japanese without getting the Japanese or Chinese version of the OS itself? Because whenever a file name that's in a language that doesn't use english characters, it gives me either questions marks, or boxes and it won't allow me to save...

my computer is having system shutdown problem for no reason when i was surfing the net. someone please help me with this. thanks.

I have been using Windows 98 on an older Pentium 3 using ABIT Siluro T400 Graphics card for the past 4 or more years and my PC has now developed a 'pixel problem'. Images become corrupted - sort of 'pixel leaking', small blotches of colour left on the screen after moving Windows...

Hello!,I reformatted my Pentium3,Win98 computer and the only resolution available on the Display,Settings screen is 2 colors and 16 colors,I updated Win98 and installed from my CD Second Edtion the driver,and can not find any newer drivers to improve the resolution.The Screen area slider will not...

My wife's PC has WIN 98 on it and some how she got the System Tray (The one with START & Clock) to show on the right side vertically. It was on the bottom horizontally. How do I get it back to the bottom? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY

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...

How do I get rid of that error message? It comes up when I turn on the computer and again when I log into my home page..Also how do I delete and outgoing messge that won't delete(Outlook Express)? Thanks so much

I cannot view pictures or photo's the color is distorted, and blurry . I have look at display properties, settings, under color I only have 2 or 16 ??? how do I get more I think I need a higher number

I have installed Windows 98 on a friends PC, the installation went fine, however I can't change the colour settings to include 256 colours. The only settings we have are 2 and 16. The computer is a Gateway, with a Gateway VX700 monitor. Any idea's or suggestions would be gratefully received.

Running 98se on a PC. Some how the taskbar has disappeared. I can run the mouse slowly to the bottom and below, to each side and to the top and it does not change and clicking and holding has no effect. Any idea's?

A while ago i had a problem with my pc. It shut off on me one day without warning and for a while i couldnt get it to start up anymore. I reinstalled windows and wiped everything clean, but my monitor/pc keeps turning itself off on me. I can go online or open windows but it wont stay on very long.I...

For the last couple of weeks the SaveAs box (or Open box etc) has been displaying the list of files in *descending* order. Does anyone know how to correct this, so that they list in normal ascending order? I've never seen or heard of this problem and I've got a sneaky suspicion that this is a...

I was moving some fonts in and out of Windows Font files and all of a sudden all my fonts on my screen went small. When I go into Explorer all the files show small and very faint color. Also when I brought Windows HELP up I get another language other then English. I am running Windows 98 Second...

When I come back from a screensaver it leaves a program bar on the toolbar. I have windows 98 and I do not want to use a workaround. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?

after fixing some problems yesterday, i shut down my pc and today when i booted up, the background pattern was the same but the screen is all these beautiful rainbow colors. first i thought my monitor was going but now, the resolution seems to have gone back to 640x480 by itself, though when i...

how do i get my win 98 machine to load the last known good config? is it a function key that will bring up the option while booting?

ill try and write this so u can understand. at work, an important file was deleted from my computer, i went in2 the recycle bin and restored it. but now, i would like 2 know if theres anyway 2 find out when it was deleted.. thanks in advance...laura