The Display settings wont hold the 256 colour setting. It automatically flips back to 16 on restart.This follows some corruption from having to turn off by power switch in frozen safe mode. Any comments are welcome.

I am having problems with my resloution. I am running WIN 98 and my can't change my resolution. It is stuck on 640 X 480. I recently did the following things to increase speed on my PC: 1) Went to Start, Run, msconfig, and disabled all of my start-up programs; 2) Deleted my cookies and files...

Hello, i am trying to fix a computer here but now when i try changing the color settings there it only has 2 color opetions. one of the option is 2 color and the other is 16 color so there isn't much for color now. The computer has been reformatted and this is the first time this has...

I recently reformated my computer, but when I installed the video drivers, and restarted my computer, the computer hangs after the "Starting Windows 98" message. I just get stuck at a black screen with a flashing '_'. When I hit the reset switch, the computer boots to Windows, but says "There is a...

How to change the contents on the Start Menu e.g Delete the item Favorites, Documents....? TIA

Hi, The "Details" displays blank in my Windows Explorer. I have a Windows 98 operating system and my IE version is 5.5. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jayashree

A friend of mine had her resolution set at 800x600. She installed a new tax program and was having trouble so she uninstalled the tax program. Now she can't get her display back to 800x600. When she tries she clicks apply then ok. Then she is told to restart her computer. She does this and the...

When booting up, the Win 98 splash screen and the MS-DOS to that the graphics stretch across the screen and are squeezed and narrow at both ends. This also the case in safe mode. But there are times when during boot up, the graphics are in the right proportions, but this is hit and miss. I've...

My display is so LARGE that even removing the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop does not allow me to find the 'OK' button to, for instance, accept changes to the resolution. How else can I say 'OK' besides clicking...is there an F key or something. My boss has very poor vision & he went in...

images opening with Win 98 on daughters machine.When clk to open it does nothing and Task Manager shows Explorer not responding.please help.

Can't get screen saver password protection to work. Check is applied to "password protected" and a MS windows screen saver is selected...however when the screen saver starts and the mouse is moved there is no protection. The screen saver closes and full access to the desktop is available. There...

i purchased my computer at a hospital auction. i wanted to delete the icon"nieghborhood network" from my desktop because i have no use for it, but when i right-click on it, there is no delete option...there is, however, an option to "disconnect neighborhood network"...will this delete the icon and...

Does anyone have experience with the SiS 741 Graphics Adapter ? This chip is integrated into the AS Rock KS741 motherboard in my p.c. (AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM). The p.c. is working fine with the exception of the display. My monitor is a Iiyama TFT LCD Monitor (ProLite E430T). I have loaded...

my monitar looks like its in safe mode all the time ive tried changing coulor from 16 bit to the higher one but every time i apply it it tells me to restart the computer which i do but it dosent wok

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer" version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two versions of 98, but I might not. What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install...

Some web pages such as 'BankWests online banking' are bigger than my screen (15 inch) and have no scroll bars. Is there a way to shrink them ? Also pages such as yours have scroll bars but the viewing panel is so small it's hard to read due to having to scroll them from side to side. Is there a...

Is there a solution to open "all next opened" folders in detailed view? Sometimes it opens as "details" and next ones as "large icons". It goes for My Computer as well. thanks in advance milo

Tonight I am operating my Windows 98 se in the SAFE mode because both 800 X 600 settings and 1024 X 768 Pixles display setting now cause the computer to shut off. I am in the 640 X 480 setting now and in 16 color mode. My computer is one of the last last Quantex sold I think, I don't believe...

My son, who is new to computers, called me and said that nothing happens when he double click icons on his desktop. I then told him to go to start, programs and click on any icons there. Again nothing happens. I plan to visit him soon (he lives 100 miles away), but right now, I don't know where to...

Hi I had to reinstall Win98 on this second-hand Gateway machine. I tried to download and install the drivers for the monitor, but the Setup defaults all the time to the generic VGA settings - 16 colours and 640x480. How can I get to use the full potential of this monitor? Thanks