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Most Popular Windows 98 Articles !

 

Removing Unchecked MSCONFIG Startup Entries - Added 11/18/04
Assigning WAV Files When You Open a Folder - Added 7/9/00
Helping to Reduce Modem Timeouts - Added 2/21/00
Hardware Information Utility - Added 2/12/00
Changing the Version Displayed on the Desktop - Added 2/4/00
Enabling Fast Shutdown - Added 1/30/00
Showing the Windows Version on the Desktop - Added 1/20/00
Restoring the Column Display to the Start Menu - Added 11/9/99
Restoring the Explorer's Attrib Column in Win98 SE - 10/2/99
Adding the URL History to the Start Menu - Added 4/20/99
Removing or Changing the Windows Update Feature - Added 4/20/99
Putting the Desktop Back on the Quick Launch Bar - Added 4/11/99
Backing Up and Restoring the Registry - Added 4/11/99
ScanReg.INI settings - Added 4/11/99
Disabling Web View in the Win98 File Explorer - Submitted 4/11/99
Link Wizard - Added 1/16/99
Removing Log Off Username from the Start Menu - Added 1/16/99
Restoring Your Registry - Submitted 12/31/98
Power Management Troubleshooter - Added 11/15/98
Bypassing the Need to Register Win98 to get the Automatic Upgrades - Submitted 10/25/98
Using Windows98's Disk Cleanup - Added 10/25/98
Hiding the Windows98 Version on the Desktop - Added 10/17/98
Disabling the Active Desktop - Added 10/16/98
Running the Windows Update Manager - Added 9/26/98
Disabling the Windows Update Manager - Added 9/26/98
Disabling Automatic IP Addressing - Added 9/20/98
Adding Shortcuts to the Desktop - Added 9/20/98
Adding Shortcuts to Menus - Added 9/20/98
Gradient Fill Title Bars - Added 9/20/98
Installing the OEM Version Over Win95 - Submitted 9/5/98
Adding Microsoft Fax and Windows Messaging - Added 8/28/98
Right Mouse Click and the Start Menu Programs - Added 8/14/98
Changing the Names of the Programs on the Quck Lauch Toolbar - Submitted 8/11/98
ScanReg - Added 8/1/98
Installing the Resource Kit - Added 8/1/98
Increasing Drive Performance - Added 8/1/98
Configuring for Single Click - Added 8/1/98
Running the System File Checker - Added 8/1/98
System Information Utility with Win98 - Added 8/1/98
System Configuration Utility with Win98 - Added 8/1/98
Putting the Desktop Back on the Quick Launch Bar - Added 8/1/98
Adding Programs to Windows98 Quick Launch Bar - Added 7/24/98
Installing Pinball with Win98 - Added 7/24/98

 

Most Popular Windows ME Articles !

 

Increasing File Handles for DOS Programs - Added 9/23/01
Cascading My Computer Folder - Added 1/21/01
Detailed Error Message Log - Added 12/24/00
Installing MS Backup - Added 12/24/00
Enabling System File Protection PopUp Windows - Added 12/24/00
Bypass Installation Processor Check - Submitted 12/24/00
Disabling PC Health - Submitted 12/20/00
Running ScanReg - Submitted 12/20/00
Deleting Unnecessary Files - Added 12/20/00
Automated WindowsME Installation - Added 11/25/00
Turning Off System Restore - Added 11/15/00
Locking the Taskbar in Place - Added 10/28/00
Installing WindowsME Without a Previous OS - Added 10/18/00
Removing Personalized Menus - Added 10/18/00
Creating a Quick Boot Disk - Added 10/8/00
Displaying More File Information in Explorer - Added 10/8/00
Monitoring the Dial-Up Adapter Performance - Added 10/8/00

Windows me Batch Install – Automate the entire process

Blue Screen of Death when ejecting DVD movies

Command.com missing after upgrading to Windows ME

 Error message after running defrag

 Format -s does not work

 How to Extract Files for Windows ME in MSDOS

How to find Product ID in Registry (Windows 98 and Windows ME)

How to Compress or Encrypt Folders

How to Encrypt Folders

How to Extract Files From Desktop in Windows ME

What is Msconfig For Windows ME

What is Msinfo32 in Windows ME

How to Install Compressed - Encrypted Folders

Sharing Compressed - Encrypted Folders

Installing a Windows ME Upgrade CD without a Previous OS installed

Windows ME - Scandisk-Defrag Looping, will not finish

Cannot Complete Setup After Receiving Scanreg Error Message

What's on the Start Menu in windows me

How to run System Restore in Windows ME

WINDOWS ME - System Hangs During Plug and Play on first Boot

Windows ME - System Restore Disabled

Windows ME - USB Power Exceeded Error Message

 

Fine Tune Windows 98 Remove the Speaker Icon from the Tray Change the size of Icons on your Desktop Change Icon spacing on your Desktop Change the color of your Title Bar Select your Monitor Change the Refresh rate of your Graphical Adapter Adding Notepad to Send To Multiple File Registrations Prevent a CD-ROM from automatically launching Turn off the Recycle Bin's delete confirmation prompt Prevent programs from changing your File Associations Adding a File Type to the NEW Menu Quickly clear the (Recent) Documents Menu Turning off Password at startup Adding cascading menus to the Start Menu Restore Windows 95 like cascading menus to the Start Menu Turn off Window Animation Turn off Menu Animation Display start up Menu without pressing F8 on start up Change the name of your Recycle Bin Get rid of Shortcut Arrow Log on automatically at System Startup One Click Shut Down or Restart Saving Memory by adjusting your CD-ROM Cache Cool Hardware Diagnostic Tool! Clear the Run Menu Deleting Files without moving them to the Recycle Bin Removing Programs listed in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs Section Change the Start-up and Log off screens Play a Midi File on Startup Windows 98 Easter Egg; the easy way Remove Run-command from Start Menu Remove Documents Folder from Start Menu Remove Favorites Folder from Start menu Remove the "Log Off user" from the Start menu Remove Find components from the Start menu Remove Find Folder from Start Menu Remove the Recycle Bin from the Desktop Remove All Icons from your Desktop Getting rid of those annoying Tool Tips Change Color Depth wihout restarting Preview Media Files (in Windows Explorer) Display Attributes Column in Windows Explorer - Details View Preview your Image files Compressing the Windows 98 Registry Customizing ScanReg System Configuration Utility Improving Performance Using DMA (Bus Mastering) Optimizing Removable Disk Drive Performance How to Enable ACPI Support in Windows 98

 

Getting Started With Windows 98

Upgrading to Windows 98 - a Guide

Upgrading to Windows 98 Second Edition

Running 100MHz FSB with VIA or MVP3 Chip

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

Setup Command-Line Switches

Dual-Boot Windows 98 & Windows 95

FAT32?

Create a Startup Disk with FAT32 Support

Starting in "DOS" mode

Set the System Time, Date and Time Zone

See the current Date

Using the SHIFT Key

Microsoft "Enhanced" Keyboard and Windows 98

Right-Click with the Keyboard

Explorer Shortcut Keys

Move or Copy files with ease

Setting Default Explorer View

Customize Integration Mode

View Folders as Web Page

Make Toolbars from your Folders

Make a Cascading My Computer Toolbar

Show Small Icons on Toolbar

Change the Default Folder Background

Changing the Sort order in Explorer

Disk Tools

Disk Cleanup

Using System File Checker

Maintenance Wizard

Dr. Watson

Using Automatic Skip Driver

Version Conflict Manager

Using ScanReg

Restore Full System Backup with the System Recovery Wizard

Windows 98 Resource Kit Sampler

Quick Restart of Windows 98

Contents of the Msdos.sys file

Show all files

Print Screen with Windows 98

Viewing IRQ's, I/O, DMA and Memory usage

Quickly Open Device Manager

Print Configuration Summary

Log File Viewer

Moving and Re-sizing the Taskbar

Line up your Icons

Go to a Folder Quickly

Changing the Location of Win98 Installation Files

Troubleshooting

Remove Version number from the Desktop

Remove My Documents folder from the Desktop

Troubleshooting Power Management problems

Windows 98 Second Edition Hangs During Suspend

LoadPowerProfile is Listed Twice in System Configuration > Startup

Windows does not Automatically Power Down my Computer

Restore Suspend option

Open and Explore options on Start Menu are disabled

Office 97 SR-1 / SR-2 Info

How to Check for a Faulty Math Coprocessor

SU00xx Error messages

CAB File Errors During Windows 98 Setup

Install Plus! for Windows 95 Pinball

Uninstalling updated Device drivers, system patches, or hot fixes

Troubleshooting Video problems

My Desktop Icons are Constantly Refreshing

PC Card Power Management: Modem not found ready

Internet Explorer 4 error: "An internal error occurred in the Windows Internet extensions"

Unable to Connect to Secure Web Page Using Internet Explorer

Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems and Error Messages

Where is MS Fax?

Problems with Hard Disk Controller After Upgrading to Windows 98

Unable to Access CD-ROM Drive After Installing Windows 98

Bad Cluster(s) prevent converting to FAT32

"Not enough memory" message when converting to FAT32

Winmodem Problems

Internet Explorer keeps telling me "New version of IE available"

Lost preview of *.JPG in Windows Explorer

Thumbnail Views Not Displayed for Some File Types

Windows Update - Save to Disk

Disable warning when viewing as Web Page

Kill (Netscape's) AOL Instant Messenger

How to remove the Shop button from Netscape Communicator 4.7

Msgsrv32 Errors

Suspend or Stand by option missing from Shutdown menu

New Power Management Troubleshooter Tool

DUN does not start Automatically

Problems running ScanDisk and Defrag

Netscape Communicator 4.5 changes search engine in Internet Explorer

Problems Accessing Windows Update

How do I know which Windows 98 Updates are Installed?

How do Change the Interval of the Windows Critical Update Notification

Dial-Up Networking won't remember your Password

Dial-Up Networking Errors

Troubleshooting Windows 98 Networking

Internet Explorer Proxy Settings Change After Computer Restart

No Windows or Network logon dialog box

Internet Explorer 4 Error Message: Overlapped I/O Operation Is in Progress

Kernel32.dll errors caused by IEXPLORE

Invalid Page Fault in Kernel32.dll Errors

Kernel32.dll Errors

General Protection Fault in Module Dibeng.dll

Fatal Exception 0E Errors

Runtime 216 Errors

Seagate Medalist Pro 7200 RPM fails to work in UDMA mode

Modem Attempts to Dial when Windows Starts

SCSI Setup & Basic SCSI Troubleshooting in Windows

Unable to Install Y2K Update

Euro Support Issues

How to Disable Microsoft's Registration Wizard

Windows Update Not Working after Internet Explorer 5 Upgrade

Internet Explorer 5.01 won't update to use 128-bit encryption

"Hard Disk Is Low on Disk Space" Message

Start- and Favorites Menu Not Listed in Alphabetical Order

Cannot Use CabView to View Contents of Cabinet Files

No information displayed in MSINFO

Device Manager Error Codes

"There Are No Spare Stack Pages" Error

Warning: Your License for This Pre-Release Software Has Expired

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

Windows 98 Second Edition Update doesn't update Internet Explorer 5

Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Problems

Windows 98 Second Edition Hangs During Suspend

USB Devices May Not Work in Windows 98 Second Edition

"Drive W" icons appear in Windows Explorer