When Windows Explorerer comes up on my Win98SE box, I always use it in two-pane mode, folders on the left, content on the right. One day last week, it suddenly began showing only grey on the left panel. I could do a View|ExplorerBar|History or View|ExplorerBar|Media or the like, but when I...

Cannot get rid of a Illegal Operation window. I've ran Norton, Spyware, etc. - restarted - but it keep appearing. I've listed below the message in the window. Thanks in advance for any help. Musictec EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at 0187:7fcb3d96.

hello, I have a friend that messed up his machine. it has registry registered software that cannot be re-registered. (company went out of business) I don't know exactly what he did but here is what I need to fix. after boot up there is nothing on the screen except for the background. no taskbar,...

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are you sure its shell.32.dll and not shell32.dll? shell32.dll is in C:\windows\system32. -----Original Message----- I have run a search on the internet, the Google archives and the MS Knowledge Base and there is no report of an error message reading: "please check file SHELL.32.DLL" --

Hi, my brother's computer is having a little problem when is shuttingdown he gets the following message in a blue screen: A fatal Exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C02A27A8 in VxD VWIN32(05) + 000012D0 after that the computer does not shutdown but freeze. His computer is a HP Pavilion 8660C with...

We are currently having the error on MANY machines at work, and are unable to fix the problem. We also have to schedule a task to run every hour to fix time issues. The time is constantly getting way behind, several hours. So we are having to constantly reboot out machines, which causes delays...

I think i did a *booboo* posting this under "browser", so i am reposting it here. I had this once before and whoever helped me did the right thing, only problem is, I can't find the answer anymore.. I looked, and wished i had kept a copy.. I know i will from now on have it handy. Everytime i go to...

Don't know if this is the proper NG for this question; if not please advise which NG would be correct for such a query. :-) W98se/IE6-SP-1 fully patched. Is it possible to add a R-Click context menu item such as the *Security Tab* from IE Options? I am surfing with Active Scripting disabled 99%...

Multiple dat files (ie:system.dat & user.dat)change during the operation of any application. It has been my experience that these dat files will change date and time when the computer is booted, but not during use. Could someone tell me if this is normal, or is something else going on here? No...

hi, can u help me please... ill like to know if i can erase freely the contents inside the "c:\windows\applog" folder can i? also what other information inside the windows directory could be wipe in a safe way? i know that *.gid, *.tmp, *.bak can be deleted... what others can go out?

When I open an email on Incredimail in Windows 98 and want to go to a web site sent to mee through Incrediamail the link will not longer open. For instance: When I open belief net it will not take me to Aquarius so I can read my horrorscope. (using this as an example) this is a new thing. How do...

When configuring folders (specifically, changing from the default "Large Icons" to anything else) and then clicking "Like Current Folder" on the "View" tab of "Folder Options", some folders will display accordingly -- but most in deeper layers do not. I still have to manually configure the options...

Is there a way to increase the size of the icons in the Quick Launch toolbar? I just want them a little larger, but not the "Large Icons" size. I also would like to increase the size of the buttons in the Task Bar about the same amount. Thanks

My Win98 reports that my tachoma font is missing. How can I reinstall the font without reinstalling the whole Windows 98. KW

I have a batch file that pops up a message when a user logs into the computer. The message is colored yellow on Red. It works fine under windows 2000 and XP but it is still white on black on the windows 98 machines. How can I fix this?

My system has been halting alot as of late. About six monthes ago I noticed I had two TELEPHONY icons in my control panel. Both are active ( I can use either one and they mirror each other in content) since i hadn't noticed any performance issues i just let it be. In January a second SYSTEM icon...

Explorer This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor. Explorer caused a stack fault in module SHELL32.DLL at 0167:66805446. I can not open My computer, nor open settings for the control panel. This error message opens...

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Any idea of how to fix this. I reloaded win98 and norton and things ran fine for about a wk.