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    - win98 se startup issues Every time I try to boot my computer, I get the message that it's "preparing to run windows for the first time". I go through that process and let it detect devices and install drivers, but when I restart I get the same message again and must repeat the detection process. I remember from a while back that setup makes some changes to some boot files to reflect that it is first boot, but I can't recall which files. Can anyone help with this issue? It's Windows 98 SE, and the computer was given to me by a previous owner; he used it for business and removed all his files then gave me the box. Thanks in advance. Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881330
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    - recycle bin: delete confirmation dialog hi, i want to set up my recycle bin to just delete a file, without storing it. i just want to select any file, choose delete from the context menu and the file just disappear for good. i know that selecting properties and checking the box for 'remove files immediately', removes the files permanently, but i do not want the system to ask me if i am sure or not, with the confirmation dialog. on this properties applet, the checkbox for "display delete confirmation dialog box" is already unchecked and greyed out, after ive also checked the remove files immediately box. how do i make it so the system doesnt ask me if i am sure? ive already told it here, on this options applet, to not ask me, so why is it still asking me anyway? on this properties page, i have the radio bullet selecting to use one setting for all drives. below that, the box for 'display delete confirmation box' is unchecked, then, i have the checkbox ticked for 'do not move files to recycle bin. remove files immediately when deleted.' once that box is checked, the area below for displaying the confirmation, greys out, and the box for that remains unchecked. so, all that i have selected here, should really not be displaying any confirmation. but it still does. why?? Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881315
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    - OT: Hypothetical I have to get a large file to Thailand asap, 1.8Gb Is there a program that can zip and break apart the file to make the parts easier to email? say 50Mb or 100 Mb each? Thanks Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881313
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    - Reformatting Hard Drive Win98SE I recently acquired a Compaq presario 1255 laptop that is nine years old with Windows 98SE OS. I was told that the hard drive was cleaned. However, I find leftovers of old un-installed programs such as McAfee from 2003. The problem is that about every third boot up, I get an error message that a McAffee file no longer exists. I found a file labeled exactly as the error message in configsys/startup. I obviously unchecked it in confifsys/startup, but still get the same error message on startup. I have all the original RESTORE disks that accompanied the purchase of the laptop. Would I be better to reformat the hard drive with the FULL FACTORY RESTORE FROM CD or the try and work around these leftovers. I only intend on using this computer for printing database invoices that I will create in the Works program that came on it--that is it. It will never be used for internet, etc. Will I need updates for Win98 (knowing they are now unavailable) if I do a full restore, even though I am only using minimal applications? Have I totally confused the situation? I am leaning towards REFORMAT and take it from there. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks, Paula H Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881271
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    - Movado Botelo Steel Automatic Mens Watch 0605700 Movado Botelo Steel Automatic Mens Watch 0605700 Movado Botelo Steel Automatic Mens Watch 0605700 Link : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-0605700.html Movado Botelo Steel Automatic Mens Watch 0605700 Information : Brand : Movado Watches ( http://movado.hotwatch.org/ ) Gender : Unisex Code : Movado-0605700 Item Variations : Movement : Automatic Bezel : Fixed Case Material : stainless steel Case Diameter : Dial Color : Black Crystal : Scratch Resistant Sapphire Clasp : Stainless Steel Water Resistant : 30m/100ft Stainless steel case and bracelet. Black dial. Silver-tone hands and hour markers. Date displays at 4 o'clock position. Sapphire crystal. Automatic self-winding movement. Push-button clasp. Water resistant at 30 meters (100 feet). Movado Botelo Steel Automatic Mens Watch 0605700 The Same Movado Watches Series : Movado Modo Steel Mens Watch 0605742 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-0605742.html Movado Capelo Steel Black Mens Watch 0605012 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-0605012.html Movado Capelo Diamond Steel Black Ladies Watch 0605158 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-Capelo-Ladies-Watch-0605158.html Movado Estimo Gold-Tone Steel Ladies Watch 0604887 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-Estimo-Gold-Tone-0604887.html Movado Safiro Diamond Steel Black Ladies Watch 0605807 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/movado-safiro-ladies-watch-0605807.html Movado Gold-Tone Steel Ladies Watch 0691037 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-Gold-Tone-Steel-Ladies-0691037.html Movado Estimo Steel Black Ladies Watch 0604885 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-0604885.html Movado SI Stainless Steel Mens Watch 0605643 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-0605643.html Movado Trevi Ladies Watch 0603967 : http://movado.hotwatch.org/Movado-0603967.html Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881254
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    - Duplicated Posts Showing in OE Why am I seeing over 300 duplicated posts in this NG!? It seems the first post in many threads are showing the initial post TWICE. In some case, entire thread segments are duplicated. My inclination is to reset the NG. But I must go now-- no time to even investigate! The posts are identical, but their Properties are different. Here is an example. Can the posts be coming into this NG (I am connected directly to the MS Server) from two different sources? Why do the dates seem to indicate different time zones? From: afz <Guest.399hn6@nntp.nospam.local> Subject: wise install new product version on an old version Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:49:51 -0500 Message-ID: <Guest.399hn6@nntp.nospam.local> Organization: Computer Help Forums Gateway User-Agent: vBulletin USENET gateway X-Newsreader: vBulletin USENET gateway X-Originating-IP: amit.azizi@gmai Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion NNTP-Posting-Host: 58.151.36.72.static.reverse.ltdomains.com 72.36.151.58 Path: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl Lines: 1 Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion:840140 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080510-0, 05/10/2008), Inbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean From: afz <amit.azizi@gmail.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion Subject: wise install new product version on an old version Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3da8a85e-c8f3-46c5-93ae-34aad6591d90@a23g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.179.33.130 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1209458991 14365 127.0.0.1 (29 Apr 2008 08:49:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:49:51 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: a23g2000hsc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=212.179.33.130; posting-account=qCGXIQoAAACiU37JXfSn1JsDwTuJ43t1 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.2),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 1606 Path: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTFEEDS02.phx.gbl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t -online.de!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.goog le.com!a23g2000hsc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion:839549 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080428-0, 04/28/2008), Inbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881248
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    - WINDOWS\RECENT Where do I find the following folder: WINDOWS\RECENT Sol Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881231
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    - PC not firing up I'm thinking now, to buy a new mobo/CPU combo from newegg.com. I think I can get one for under 60 bucks. It looks like I might have messed up this old mobo with ESD. I do have the wrist strap to prevent ESD, but usually I just touch the power supply every so often when I'm working on a PC. This time I didn't though. Why not get a new mobo/CPU combo. The old mobo and CPU are a Pentium III and mobo is -- an Intel, because I can see Intel written all over the little RAM sticks on the board. There is one RAM patch that says SMSC American Megatrends. Like I said all the other RAM patches say Intel. Under the SMSC are numbers and letters. In this order: 1st SMSC, then under that is LPC47M102, then under that is A0008-B7462, then under that is 8H18957-7. The part number on the the board is E139761. Maybe someone can identify the mobo by those numbers and letters I just typed in. Thanks, attilathehun1 attilathehun1 Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881228
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    - Starting your PC without the front panel power button I'd like to know how to start up my PC without the front panel power button assembly because my PC won't start or fire up. Nothing happens when I hit the power button. The power supply works, so I figure it might be the power button assembly that's the problem. I'm using a process of elimination to do this and the power button assembly is next on the process of elimination. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881204
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    - Login issues Live.com Anyone else having difficulties logging into Live.com via the web interface? -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com -- _________ -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881203
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    - Missing prgs- files -updates Pentium 3. win98se. Prgs, data files, Win 98 & 98se updates, just dissappeared from my hard drive. Ran scandisk, all ok, no bad sectors, nothing. Any ideas how this could happen? Other prgs wont load, get message "error '429' activeX compone cant create object ". Any help appreciated. -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881202
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    - Free Registry Cleaner Download Review The registry is a very sensitive component of the windows operating system which can most often be the core of any problems you may experience. The reason why is because it contains very important information about your computers hardware and software configurations which are stored in the form of registry keys. So basically every time you decide to add or remove software or upgrade hardware, those relevant entries in the registry will change.This causes it to become "clogged up" and will eventually lead to problems with functionality of programs and general performances. It would be great if computers would constantly function as if they were new, but unfortunately as time passes the average pc user will install and remove various software from their pc causing problems. We all know what a pain it can be when a computer starts acting sluggish and won't respond to certain actions we give and this can be sorted out by using registry cleaners. There are quite a few of these software programs available for download on the internet of which some will perform better than others. I would like to briefly review one of them which has been voted as the top registry cleaner available on the net. It's called Reg Cure.... Registry Repair: http://groups.google.com/group/regrepairsbv -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881201
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    - Starting up your PC I'm having problems starting up my PC at all. I think a wire is loose on the power button assembly. The power supply works, because I tried on another PC and it booted up. Isn't there a way to start your PC by touching 2 points on the motherboard? I took a PC class a while back and my teacher often started his PC by touching 2 points on his motherboard with a screwdriver? If there is a way to do that please tell me. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881200
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    - undeletable desktop icon? Just installed IBM's bluetooth stack on a laptop. Was sooo glad! Started to do the traditional 'cleanup' of an install and found the 'My Bluetooth Places' icon on the desktop will not allow me to delete it. Tweakui does not show it on the 'desktop' tab for icons. I figure it must be a registry entry that needs removing but not sure. Can anyone help with some info. on how to delete this thing? Thanks Happy Bluetooth User (except for desktop icon) -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881199
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    - Folder double-click or Open doesn't do anything Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others are working normally. If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or double click, nothing happens. However, if I right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore window opens displaying the contents. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Dave -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881198
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    - Dual Boot worry Hello,,, I am pasting a post here that I made in xp general..... (I have never cross posted in my life, and dont wish to start now, so will copy/paste as the problem I have relates to both win98 and xp.) "I have developed a problem with my dual boot system. I have win98 and xp,, win98 being on the c: drive, and xp on the d drive. I switched to xp today after a reboot, all seemed okay as it went through the normal motions, then it produced a screen as if xp had been installed for the first time;; then just ceased up. I havent used xp a great deal, and it doesnt have access to the internet. When I open win' explorer, (via booting back to win98) it shows my D: drive with all of the things that are loaded into xp, including all new folders and stuff that I created last time I was there. (oh, xp was loaded on using fat32, and has been that way for over a year without a problem.) So, one of my main concerns right now is the fact that xp is the boot manager for the dual-boot, and I sure as heck dont want to lose the ability to boot into win98. I have heard that there is a repair tool on my xp disc, and was wondering whether I should try to use that? I also dont have my product key anymore. I downloaded 'magicjellybean' product key finder, and saved it to a file in win98, then from there created a folder on xp (d: drive) and copied it into there,, but realised that I was still in a 98 environment and hence couldnt fire it up to find xp's product number..... still, I dont even know if I need that at this stage because I have the original disc anyway. Can anyone advise on what I should do, or better still, what any of you here would do in the same situation? Basically, I havent really tried anything yet, thought I would come here first. Have run all the obvious antivirus and malaware programs, comes up clean for win98. Thank you for input. " ------------------------------- And again,,, thank you for input toward a solution,, also, anyone know of why I am having this sort of problem? is it a known thing? -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881197
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    - Does MS Cofee Backdoor Work with 98? "Microsoft slowly seals its lips about its police toolkit" http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_slowly_seals_its_lips_a bout_its_police_toolkit/1210007124 Does Microsoft include win 98 support with this tool? -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881196
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    - I bet you can't fix my DVD drive problem I recently got a DVD/CD drive that worked perfectly fine... for a while. I used it for some time and then one night we rented a movie (Finding Neverland) and watched it on our TV's DVD player. After watching it my sister came home and wanted to see it so my mom stuck it in again, but this time it didn't work. The player said that there was not even a DVD in the player. I decided then to take the DVD and let her see it on my computer (trying to be nice) and when I stuck the DVD in my drive, it too said no disk was in it. From that night on both the player and my drive didn't work. I could and can play CD's in it just fine, but no DVD works. The strangest and most anoying part of it all is that the other day the TV's DVD player just started working again out of the blue. Anyway, I don't expect anyone to be able to solve this problem, but if you have any ideas you should write me! -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881195
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    - Did I have a virus? Windows 98SE PC was working fine. I had been downloading some files, e.g. RealPlayer. No apparent problems. Powered down. Later on, started it up again. There was some kind of error message at the DOS level where it said Abort, Retry, Fail. I said Abort. Then: Invalid System Disk etc etc. Drive C buggered. However, I booted up to DOS from a floppy and most (95%) of the folders and files on C appeared intact. But here's the important thing, certain key parts of the OS were gone! The VMM32 folder in Windows\System no longer existed, neither IOSUBSYS. Also, no MSDOS.SYS in drive C. But I had a very recent TrueImage image, so I just restored it. Since then I have been running virus checkers like there's no tomorrow on both PCs, but all come up clean. What could totally trash those folders, yet leave most of the hard drive files intact? My suspicion is a virus. MM -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881194
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    - desktop with windows 98 cant connect to cable internet I got a compaq presario computer for my daughter that has win 98 on it. I'm not able to get the cable internet working on it I have a usb cord running from the cable modem to the tower of pc but can't open any IE pages. Any help??? Angie -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881193
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    - Blocked CD ROM "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A8CE90B1-C244-42A4-85D6-3B40680C29AA@microsoft.com... >I have an old Compaq computer wit windows 98 SE installed on it. I have a >CD > ROM and a DVD ROM installed on it. The original hard drive was 4 > Gigabytes. > I have installed a 40 Gig on it. I want to put a controller on it to plug > the 40 Gig in to. > The hard drive is plugged in to the motherboard at this time. The computer > is not seeing either ROM, and that is the problem. I can't install the > software for the con- > troller because of that. the computer is just seeing a little over 2 Gig > of > the hard drive. Help! > > Ugly Trick -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881192
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    - WAV files needed I'm looking for a complete set of the system sound files that came with Windows 98 (startup, shutdown, etc.) I know this a tall order, but would anyone mind emailing these WAV files to me? It's easy enough to do. The files can be found in the control panel >sounds. Just copy and paste them to a new folder, then zip....and send! If I can return the favor, let me know. I'm running Windows XP. Bryan Totalrod2 @ aol.com (remove space) -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881191
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    - Jeff Richards >>> Yep you were right!!! I posted my reply on win98.disks.general it's dead over there and I just wanted to make sure you didn't miss the results of my last (and final) test. Excellent insight on your part!!! There will be a bonus in your paycheck this week. <G> -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881190
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    - too much memory? To improve the sluggishness of WinXP I bought an AMD Athlon dual core machine with 2 Gb RAM and 512 Mb video and wanted to install a 98SE/XP dual boot system. 1th disappointment: swapping drives C and D isn't offered by the Award BIOS anymore, so I'll need a boot manager (I thought). But soon a new obstacle appeared: with 2048 Mb of RAM, the 98SE installer pertains there isn't enough memory to properly setup the O/S and suggests that I first remove the resident software to free some space! Is there a workaround for this? Cornelis Koger Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881162
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    - Printing from messages received here I was having problems printing because the print was too small. Well, I just figured out how to get big prints from these messages that we are receiving here. Use selection , then right click on the selected area, choose print preview, then choose, as selected on screen. Then on page fit choose whatever you think is right, in my case I the biggest I could fit was 125% on one page. So, now I figured out how to get prints that are big enough that you don't have to use a magnify glass on it to read it. See, I find out something that will help out someone and I print it out for them. No probs. Maybe I'll get good luck on Monday playing the stock market. I'm a day trader so that's why I can be upset easier than most. Most day traders on the stock exchange need a vacation or to stop trading for a few days. Thank god for week-ends. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881147
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    - Login issues Live.com Anyone else having difficulties logging into Live.com via the web interface? -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com -- _________ Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881113
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    - undeletable desktop icon? Just installed IBM's bluetooth stack on a laptop. Was sooo glad! Started to do the traditional 'cleanup' of an install and found the 'My Bluetooth Places' icon on the desktop will not allow me to delete it. Tweakui does not show it on the 'desktop' tab for icons. I figure it must be a registry entry that needs removing but not sure. Can anyone help with some info. on how to delete this thing? Thanks Happy Bluetooth User (except for desktop icon) Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881103
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    - Starting your PC without the front panel power button I'd like to know how to start up my PC without the front panel power button assembly because my PC won't start or fire up. Nothing happens when I hit the power button. The power supply works, so I figure it might be the power button assembly that's the problem. I'm using a process of elimination to do this and the power button assembly is next on the process of elimination. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881097
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    - I bet you can't fix my DVD drive problem I recently got a DVD/CD drive that worked perfectly fine... for a while. I used it for some time and then one night we rented a movie (Finding Neverland) and watched it on our TV's DVD player. After watching it my sister came home and wanted to see it so my mom stuck it in again, but this time it didn't work. The player said that there was not even a DVD in the player. I decided then to take the DVD and let her see it on my computer (trying to be nice) and when I stuck the DVD in my drive, it too said no disk was in it. From that night on both the player and my drive didn't work. I could and can play CD's in it just fine, but no DVD works. The strangest and most anoying part of it all is that the other day the TV's DVD player just started working again out of the blue. Anyway, I don't expect anyone to be able to solve this problem, but if you have any ideas you should write me! Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881094
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    - Does MS Cofee Backdoor Work with 98? "Microsoft slowly seals its lips about its police toolkit" http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_slowly_seals_its_lips_a bout_its_police_toolkit/1210007124 Does Microsoft include win 98 support with this tool? Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881072
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    - Starting up your PC I'm having problems starting up my PC at all. I think a wire is loose on the power button assembly. The power supply works, because I tried on another PC and it booted up. Isn't there a way to start your PC by touching 2 points on the motherboard? I took a PC class a while back and my teacher often started his PC by touching 2 points on his motherboard with a screwdriver? If there is a way to do that please tell me. Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1 Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881071
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    - Dual Boot worry Hello,,, I am pasting a post here that I made in xp general..... (I have never cross posted in my life, and dont wish to start now, so will copy/paste as the problem I have relates to both win98 and xp.) "I have developed a problem with my dual boot system. I have win98 and xp,, win98 being on the c: drive, and xp on the d drive. I switched to xp today after a reboot, all seemed okay as it went through the normal motions, then it produced a screen as if xp had been installed for the first time;; then just ceased up. I havent used xp a great deal, and it doesnt have access to the internet. When I open win' explorer, (via booting back to win98) it shows my D: drive with all of the things that are loaded into xp, including all new folders and stuff that I created last time I was there. (oh, xp was loaded on using fat32, and has been that way for over a year without a problem.) So, one of my main concerns right now is the fact that xp is the boot manager for the dual-boot, and I sure as heck dont want to lose the ability to boot into win98. I have heard that there is a repair tool on my xp disc, and was wondering whether I should try to use that? I also dont have my product key anymore. I downloaded 'magicjellybean' product key finder, and saved it to a file in win98, then from there created a folder on xp (d: drive) and copied it into there,, but realised that I was still in a 98 environment and hence couldnt fire it up to find xp's product number..... still, I dont even know if I need that at this stage because I have the original disc anyway. Can anyone advise on what I should do, or better still, what any of you here would do in the same situation? Basically, I havent really tried anything yet, thought I would come here first. Have run all the obvious antivirus and malaware programs, comes up clean for win98. Thank you for input. " ------------------------------- And again,,, thank you for input toward a solution,, also, anyone know of why I am having this sort of problem? is it a known thing? Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881066
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    - Missing prgs- files -updates Pentium 3. win98se. Prgs, data files, Win 98 & 98se updates, just dissappeared from my hard drive. Ran scandisk, all ok, no bad sectors, nothing. Any ideas how this could happen? Other prgs wont load, get message "error '429' activeX compone cant create object ". Any help appreciated. Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881049
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    - desktop with windows 98 cant connect to cable internet I got a compaq presario computer for my daughter that has win 98 on it. I'm not able to get the cable internet working on it I have a usb cord running from the cable modem to the tower of pc but can't open any IE pages. Any help??? Angie Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881041
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    - Folder double-click or Open doesn't do anything Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others are working normally. If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or double click, nothing happens. However, if I right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore window opens displaying the contents. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Dave Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881032
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    - Jeff Richards >>> Yep you were right!!! I posted my reply on win98.disks.general it's dead over there and I just wanted to make sure you didn't miss the results of my last (and final) test. Excellent insight on your part!!! There will be a bonus in your paycheck this week. <G> Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881031
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    - WAV files needed I'm looking for a complete set of the system sound files that came with Windows 98 (startup, shutdown, etc.) I know this a tall order, but would anyone mind emailing these WAV files to me? It's easy enough to do. The files can be found in the control panel >sounds. Just copy and paste them to a new folder, then zip....and send! If I can return the favor, let me know. I'm running Windows XP. Bryan Totalrod2 @ aol.com (remove space) Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881022
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    - Did I have a virus? Windows 98SE PC was working fine. I had been downloading some files, e.g. RealPlayer. No apparent problems. Powered down. Later on, started it up again. There was some kind of error message at the DOS level where it said Abort, Retry, Fail. I said Abort. Then: Invalid System Disk etc etc. Drive C buggered. However, I booted up to DOS from a floppy and most (95%) of the folders and files on C appeared intact. But here's the important thing, certain key parts of the OS were gone! The VMM32 folder in Windows\System no longer existed, neither IOSUBSYS. Also, no MSDOS.SYS in drive C. But I had a very recent TrueImage image, so I just restored it. Since then I have been running virus checkers like there's no tomorrow on both PCs, but all come up clean. What could totally trash those folders, yet leave most of the hard drive files intact? My suspicion is a virus. MM Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 881010
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    - Free Registry Cleaner Download Review The registry is a very sensitive component of the windows operating system which can most often be the core of any problems you may experience. The reason why is because it contains very important information about your computers hardware and software configurations which are stored in the form of registry keys. So basically every time you decide to add or remove software or upgrade hardware, those relevant entries in the registry will change.This causes it to become "clogged up" and will eventually lead to problems with functionality of programs and general performances. It would be great if computers would constantly function as if they were new, but unfortunately as time passes the average pc user will install and remove various software from their pc causing problems. We all know what a pain it can be when a computer starts acting sluggish and won't respond to certain actions we give and this can be sorted out by using registry cleaners. There are quite a few of these software programs available for download on the internet of which some will perform better than others. I would like to briefly review one of them which has been voted as the top registry cleaner available on the net. It's called Reg Cure.... Registry Repair: http://groups.google.com/group/regrepairsbv Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880969
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    - Blocked CD ROM "Ugly Trick" <UglyTrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A8CE90B1-C244-42A4-85D6-3B40680C29AA@microsoft.com... >I have an old Compaq computer wit windows 98 SE installed on it. I have a >CD > ROM and a DVD ROM installed on it. The original hard drive was 4 > Gigabytes. > I have installed a 40 Gig on it. I want to put a controller on it to plug > the 40 Gig in to. > The hard drive is plugged in to the motherboard at this time. The computer > is not seeing either ROM, and that is the problem. I can't install the > software for the con- > troller because of that. the computer is just seeing a little over 2 Gig > of > the hard drive. Help! > > Ugly Trick Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880943
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    - formatting hard drive I formatted my slave hard drive and did a quick format (erase), instead of a complete format. I wanted to put another operating system on the hard drive and now I'm having problems loading it up. It says: Invalid system disk, replace the disk and press any key. I tried to get into BIOS but this message comes up. When I put Windows ME OS disk into it then it says: Boot from CD-ROM or boot from hard drive. When I chose CD-ROM and ran the operating system it got to the point where it says something to this nature: make sure to remove any floppy diskette and press any key to restart your computer. That's as far as I get. Maybe I should've done a complete format? Does a quick format leave the operating system on the disk? I want to erase the whole disk and have it completely clean. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, attilathehun1 Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880918
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    - How to go in safe mode? For Win98, how rto i get to safe mode? i tried F8 (WinXp, Dell), but doesn't work. MY system is packard bell. Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880858
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    - Ping: thanatoid <portions snipped for brevity> I had run on too long and my message had appeared, then dropped off the server. Since it was over 12k... I thought maybe there was a 10 k limit. I broke it down into parts...but only the second portion posted... so I had to re-post the first part second. Of course...the original post which had dropped off the server came back. Then happened one more time...so I started a new thread to observe the behavior of my news server I like to do nice things for people, BION, but generally speaking I am totally useless. It's a long sad story. I /can/ fix a lamp :-) I assure you that if you can fix a lamp... you can fix a computer. Though I go way back and took my first course in FORTRAN IV at Milwaukee School of Engineering back in 1968. I was *shocked* that punch cards were being used. I still used them in the late 70's when I worked (summer job, I never went ANYWHERE) in the registrar's office of my college. The closest we got to computers at the time, until 1980 IIRC, was an IBM Selectric with a tiny memory for mass "customized" mailings etc.. That was pretty damn snazzy I thought! But you still had to type in every address manually! Though I prefer my old manual typewriter I have at least one Selectric up in my attic. I also have one of IBM's original electric typewriters. The museum in my city has one on display. My favorite thing is the dial where you can set the keyboard pressure for the number of carbon copies you are making. The dial goes up to 10 ! If I set the dial to "ten copies" but just put a single sheet of paper in the machine...if you hit the "0" it will punch a hole in the paper!!!! It seemed absurd! Eleven years later when I went back to school to get additional education for my job, I was mortified that we were still using punch cards! It seemed insane. After constructing a 68000 based machine for one of my advanced courses...in May 1982 or so...I eventually grew to HATE computers so much that I swore I would never touch one again. Was it such an awful experience? I don't know if there are any folks who hang out here who are my age or older...but I can assure you that it you had to write programs, then submit them on punch cards... it was a good reason to hate computers. If you made as much as one typo even the omission of a non-ambiguous parenthese... the program would be "spit out" and you'd not only have to wait in line to get at a punch card machine, you'd need to wait in line to re-submit you program...then wait for others to submit...as they were run in batches. I am not kidding you...it took an entire week to get one program up and running. Today, you could do that work in a few minutes if you are smart...but even a programming dummy like I am could still get something running within a few hours. Yes. I hated computers !!!! <snip> Wow. I was pretty clueless at the time and my college was an art school... The closest I got to a computer was a basic video editying system and a video synthesizer - but that was analog to begin with, and really not much of a computer. I remember watching short analog computer graphics films (conisdered valuable works of art) which the Whitney brothers (and others) made at /great/ pains and then seeing almost EXACTLY the same things in screen savers... Great that you went to an art school. Though I do mostly photography now...I've done quite a bit of art in the past. The GF is a full time artist and is the executive director of the gallery she runs within the auspices of the NPO where I do my volunteer work. It was her volunteerism there, that has also gotten me involved. More reading here: http://www.iccd.org/default.aspx <snip snap> absolutely nothing tougher! I ROAR with laughter if someone on Usenet tries to insult me. There is nothing like a live Chicago crowd out to kill you! I totally understand. I've performed in Manhattan too...and finally pretty much retired from poetry when I finally won a poetry slam in Milwaukee! Congratulations :-) I got a tee shirt when I won. It took me six years to finally win a slam. Some folks could win a slam on a monthly basis... but it toughened me up. Even the Kadaitcha man..who is the biggest insulter on all of Usenet is a rank amateur with his insults <G> The highlight of my poetic career was in 1995... when I was invited to the Peace Museum in Chicago to read two of my poems at the commemoration of the ending of WW-II with the bombing of Nagasaki. The poem was deeply inspired by stories my father told me...as he was among the first US troops to go into the city after the bombing. Wow. That must have been quite an experience for him. I am haunted by the stories to this day. My father was such an excellent story teller that I feel like I have walked the streets of Nagasaki and have personally seen the destruction. He brought home a jack knife he found on the streets and I often thought about the person who owned it. I later realized that the person who owned the knife had been instantly vaporized...and the knife was all that was left. One day my father discarded all his WW-II mementos... stating : "Bad memories." But I have the entire jack knife memorized and still see the broken blade, reground...and the cork screw used to open bottles of Saki. I feel that I am forever linked to the departed soul. Anyway...Colleen was the one who got me interested in computers when she gave me her old Packard Bell back in 1999. I was with her when she bought it new in 1995 for $1600. I thought she was nuts! The price was , if anything on the low side... even for the time...I doubt it was top of the line. It only had an 850 meg drive and 8 megs of RAM In 1995 better machines were available. Though Packard Bell was often maligned... I am partial to them even to this day. I had completely upgraded that machine as far as it could go... and only retired it a few years ago. I restored it back to how it was originally, and put it back into the original cardboard carton That does sound a little expensive, even for those days. I guesss it must have been that top-of-the line brand name!!! Since the machine was a freebie...I took it home and figured..might as well see what all this computer stuff is about. Then I go hooked. When she owned the machine I would never go near it, and if she ever wanted to show me something... I literally ran out of the room screaming. I would have liked to see that /laughs/. I *really* was afraid of it! <snipo> It's horrible how these things have invisible yet SO powerful tentacles, huh? Yep! <snap> I had never even /heard/ of Linux then. The day MAY be approaching though... I started out with Red Hat 5.2 Sheesh, I did not even know what a partition was when I started... from the time I got the CD...until the time I actually had Linux installed and configured...was six months. The X-server...which runs the GUI had to be manually configured. It was a lot of work! Today, with Linux...you just boot off the cd and away you go... many distros are even easier to install than Windows. <more trimming> I will NEVER get that far. My father used to write computer programs for the huge boxes at universities they used in the 60's and 70's (does the word mainframe apply to those?) to do his psychological statistics calculations, but the closest I ever came to programming was making an IBM PC (the one with 2 5¼ flopppies) draw a circle on the screen. It /was/ very satisfying. Yep back in those days...they would have been main frames all right. At the original company I worked for, our programmer was a guy who had started out back in 1952. They transferred data (on punch cards) between cities, using a pickup truck! Every time I repair a machine...I look at it as a new opportunity to learn something. To me, it's a cheap education...way better than any college course I had ever taken. I went to school for more years than I'd care to admit...but learned much more on my own. Same here. <snp> You are much more inquisitive than I am... I tend to get really nervous and sweaty when things get really hairy and prefer to just start clean. And I have never "worked" with computers - except when I did DTP and general office boy crap at my last job, I /somehow/ quickly turned into the person who had to show everyone how to use their computers. Yet I remained the lowest paid person in the company. Even then I never built one, I was just fairly good at software - I actually READ entire manuals just on principle! The only actual "fixing" experience I've had is with my 3 machines (the 3rd is an HP Vectra 486/66 which I can't even remember last firing up - but it is built like a tank!) and a few friends' machines - but that just leads to very unpleasant "misunderstandings". I have sworn to myself to NEVER help any friend again. If you work on old junk,there is nothing to get nervous about... but if it's for a friend...that's a whole different story. I have one friend who is a professional photographer and I build and maintain all his machines. His work is so amazing that he keeps me on a retainer. Though I deeply respect the guy, I have to treat him like a kid when it comes to telling him to *always* back up the data. One afternoon, he lost a 200 gig HD (This was back when a 200 gig drive was the largest one could get.) It was not detected in the bios... so he brought the entire machine over to my shop. He was worried sick. The drive contained thousands of images. Though they were all scanned from 35mm film and he had the film stored properly...He had about a years worth of Photoshop work on that drive... cleaning up the images etc...and only a partial backup. I sent the guy home and tried everything I could possible think of...and still, though the drive would spin up... it was not detected in the bios, no matter what I did and I tried it in other machines. By two in the morning...I went over the electronics with a bright light and magnifying lens...and *thought* I found the problem. One of those tiny surface mount capacitors had a seemingly bad solder joint...and one end seemed to have bee lifted slightly. I grabbed the smallest soldering iron I had... but the tip look enormous. I was fatigued...so in a flash of good judgment ( something I rarely have) I decided NOT to work on it that night...but instead tried to go to sleep. But had horrible nightmares and woke up every hour in a cold sweat. The next day I got the drive up and running. then tackled a second drive that *merely* had a read/write error... and the data recovery for that drive only took me about two more days of continuous work <G> !!! Sheesh, did my friend ever get a nice lecture...and today I think he owns more HD's than Maxtor! <more snip> I simply load a light Linux distro onto those. Generally, Damn Small Linux (heck I can put that on a 100 meg drive and have plenty of room to spare)... then offer the machines on Craig's list. I never heard of that distro. Perhaps it is not as beginning- user friendly as it is small? Damn Small Linux is great. It's just a 50 meg download so even folks with a dial up connection can get it, no hassle. You just boot from the cd and it's a live distribution. You can run it right from the CD..and the machine does not even need a HD. There is a hard drive install option and it's quite quick and easy to to. For older machines that can't boot from a cd they also have a floppy available...which will access the cd and start the installation. <snip> Good for you. I am guessing me you are a conscientious and hard worker, but that a lot of your time is spent in just sitting and watching things and making sure nothing screws up - /then/ you spring into action like WonderWoman! (I hope you don't mind the comparison.) So you spend a fair amt. of time on the Usenet so you won't go crazy from boredom. Or am I totally off? When my mind is set to it...I am the hardest worker on the planet. (or so it seems) Once I start a job, even if it takes all day... i just go, go , go. Don't talk or eat until it's done. The biggest job I was on was in a nuclear power plant. I did need to take a few breaks there. Not only did we have all the engineers and technicians from my office in there...we had to hired a bunch of temps too. We worked 16 or 17 hours a day, six days a week for six weeks continuously! That was one hell of a big job. The project was way behind schedule...but the fault was not on our end... We were paid a premium I assure you...but If I had to do it all over again...they could keep the money. The best part of the entire job was the fact that I had a higher security clearance than the owner of the company I worked for. (I was cleared to work unsupervised...as I was in fact one of the supervisors. )When the owner of my company came in to see the job progress, I was required to keep him in my sight at ALL times... even when he had to go to the bathroom! That was quite humiliating for him I assure you!!! However. In addition the being such a hard worker... I am also the laziest bum on the planet... I went for something like 15 years on my job working 20 to 30 hour weeks...until one day...someone mentioned to me kindly: aaah, we do pay you you for 40 hours you know. Of course, how could I tell them that I do about two hours worth of work for every hour I am on the job? Basically, I just worked slower and longer for a few months until that blew over <G> I have saved their butt so many times, they don't dare say too much. <snip snap snout, this tale's told out> Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880851
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    - Clock off by a half hour. Using Win98SE. Every few days I find my clock is a half hour slow. Exactly a half hour. It is not running slow, it is being reset somehow. ??????????? Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880836
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    - Re-Install Win98SE ? I was given a Yr 2000 HP desktop PIII 866 w/ 384 Mb ram, running Win98SE. It has more capability than my older 1998 HP. I'm having two problems which I can't resolve. I'm connected to the Internet via ethernet cable> DLink SuperG router>cable modem. The older machine (Celeron500 256Mb) was connected to the net via a USB connection as the installer couldnt get (he tried) a 10/100 hard card to function (Port conflicts he said). Given that, the connection was reasonably fast but the machine did have 'falling offline" problems, especially if left alone/inactive for a while. During D/L though (say 25 parts x 309 Mb .WMV files) it was fast and smooth..1 0f 25, 2 of 25, 3 of 25 etc right up to 25, On the PIII, I installed a new (er) PCI 10/100 card [pitched the original ISA one]and got it running pretty well but it does "hang" from time to time during downloads. Where this is most evident is trying to Update my NEWSGROUP list of some 60,000 groups..it will usually hang at 140 groups..if I keep hitting reset, on occasion it will grab up to 6500 groups but then hangs again. Trying to D/L the same 25 part (309Mb X 25 .WMV files) may get one or two parts then it just hangs..I have to hit STOP and start again. It is nearly impossible to D/L even one part intact w/o it hanging. It also shows up when my AVG is updating..it hangs for probably 25 seconds or more during the D/L, then finishes uinlike my other P4Laptop D/L of larger files such as JPGs stalls & stutters as well...about 1/10th the D/L spd of my P4 laptop on the same network So, what I'm wondering is, can I reinstall Win98SE off the disk I have without LOSING the drivers etc for other hardware (such as the PCI 10/100card- I left the disks for that in Az and I'm 1600 miles away now) and other software/drivers 'onboard' which I can't replace ? Are there "sections" of the Win98 I should leave alone and others I should replace ? The other problem, I ve posted here [DKabppls.exe] deals with FREEZING on shutdown and 2 UNTITLED windows appearing "..stopped responding" WAIT/END TASK ? both resulting on an extended freeze and finally a POWER DOWN shut down. Any ideas appreciated. R Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880819
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    - DKabppls.exe This file in Windows/system (312KB) opens on startup (Win98 6.0). Strangely, I can't find any mention of it on GOOGLE or Microsoft Help. Is it a 'legit' program ? Do I need it ? Do I need it to run on startup ? The reason I'm asking is there are 2 'windows' that hang up this computer on shutdown and I get the warning window: "..stopped responding...WAIT ? END TASK?" but both have NO NAME at the top so I don't know what they are, where, or why they're running and often WAIT or END TASK won't get it done. Neither will CTL ALT DEL X2.. Then I have to power down to shut down which is not a good thing.. I ve pulled the list of Running Programs from CTL/ALT/DEL and this one is the 'most suspect" ? Any ideas ? R Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880816
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    - Finding out what works, and maybe why. Aside from churning out new OS revisions, some profit might be had from looking at current examples of old systems that, in spite of the status quo, have somehow managed to survive, in daily practical use, and without the benefits of a re-install. After all, with penicillin growing on stale bread, who knows what accidental benefits can be created by continually recovering from random errors over a length of time.......... This was always an informative aspect of hardware product development - getting some ancient and field returns that had been ridden hard and put away wet, to pore over (usually in your spare time, though, I'll admit). RL Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880790
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    - Upgrading a Slow CPU to a Faster CPU Hi, I bought an old Packard Bell "Multimedia C115" desktop computer from a friend of mine for $20.00. While he had it, he did a some upgrades (128M ram, USB ports, etc.). It has Windows 98SE. The Pentium processor speed is a 120Mhz. I would like to upgrade that to at least 200Mhz. Besides changing the CPU, what other changes would I have to make? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880788
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    - OT (don't waste words) OT excuse me... may i ask a question? "Yes you may, but only one...and you've just asked it!" Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880760
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    - Help Re-Activating Windows XP Media Center I recently had my HP computer restored and my hard-drive replaced. Some software was just added to the PC and now I get a pop up message that I need to activate Windows to log into my pc. There is no way around this so I am unable to use it. When I try to input the activation numbers and hit ok, it will not accept it and says i have entered an incorrect activation number. Can someone assist me here or explain what happened to cause this? I called Best Buy and they informed me they would need to reinstall Windows XP for $129. Thanks in advance. Tag: New Antivirus Program Tag: 880752

I currently dual-boot with 98 Second Edition and Windows XP Professional. I
use AVG and I have discovered that AVG 8 will not support Windows 98 SE and
support for AVG 7.5 is currently slated to end at the end of May. Can
someone suggest a good antivirus program that works with Windows 98 SE that I
can switch to next month. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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Re: New Antivirus Program by Gary

Gary
Tue May 13 23:10:19 PDT 2008

http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB682541-0406-4019-91F5-461B0B33C499@microsoft.com...
>I currently dual-boot with 98 Second Edition and Windows XP Professional.
>I
> use AVG and I have discovered that AVG 8 will not support Windows 98 SE
> and
> support for AVG 7.5 is currently slated to end at the end of May. Can
> someone suggest a good antivirus program that works with Windows 98 SE
> that I
> can switch to next month. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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Re: New Antivirus Program by Dan

Dan
Tue May 13 23:35:00 PDT 2008

Thanks Gary. I hope you are doing well and everything is going well for you
in California.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB682541-0406-4019-91F5-461B0B33C499@microsoft.com...
> >I currently dual-boot with 98 Second Edition and Windows XP Professional.
> >I
> > use AVG and I have discovered that AVG 8 will not support Windows 98 SE
> > and
> > support for AVG 7.5 is currently slated to end at the end of May. Can
> > someone suggest a good antivirus program that works with Windows 98 SE
> > that I
> > can switch to next month. Thanks in advance for any responses.
>
>

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