Dr. Mac

Greetings froman Welcome to the forums! First of all, Windows 98se does not handle memory above 256 very well AT ALL. So, MAKE SURE THE MAX. MEMORY USAGE IS SET TO 256. To do this, go to your MS Configuration utility. I'm sure you know how to do that, but just in case you don't : * Click "Start >> Run" * In the run box, type : msconfig * Click on O.K. The Msconfig box will pop up. Click on the "Advanced" button. About half way down you will see "Limit memory to ... " Put a tick in that box and then set the memory to 256. Click O.K. .... then click Apply ... and OK again. Done! -------------------------------------- As far as anti-viral programs go, you can use the free AV scanner called Clam Win. You can read all about it and download it here: http://www.clamwin.com/ Hope this helps. Best wishes, Dr. Mac

Greetings folk. I think this topic is VERY important, so I'm "bumping" it to the top! I am a devoted user of Win98se. I also have MS Office 2000 on my PC. As more and more individuals and businesses start to use Office 2007, there is going to be a real problem for those of us with Win98 (and ME) opening those files. SO .... Please - to those tech-experts out there - PLEASE do experiment until you can give us some solid advice on how to make this work. As an example - For Office 2003 users, Microsoft says that they must FIRST install the Excel, Word and Power Point 2003 readers AND THEN install the Office Compatibility Pack. It would therefore appear that us users of Win98 (and I guess ME) should also be thinking along the lines of installing those three "readers" first. However, as with the full Compatibility Pack, the Microsoft site says that none of them support Win98. So perhaps the .msi files need to be changed on those three readers, get them installed, and then install the full Compatibility pack - again with the .msi file "doctored" I eagerly await all your expert advice. As I said, I really believe this is going to be a very important - in fact critical - thing to get sorted out. Thanks as always and best wishes ... Dr. Mac

Thanks so much guys. You are the BEST - no wonder us newbies enjoy coming here and learning from you! Best wishes, Dr. Mac

Thanks for the replies folks. I will certainly take a look at everything suggested here. Much appreciated. Dr. Mac

Dear Members Hello and greetings. Some time ago - soemwhere on this forum - I saw a post which described the problem below. But I can't for the life of me find it again. The "Problem" NOT anything major, but would like to know what to do. When you start up Win98se, as the desktop appears, an hour-glass appears next to the mouse pointer (to show programs etc are still loading) After a short time, the hour-glass goes away. BUT THEN ... a second or two later it appears again !!! NOW ... the post I once saw here spoke about this and said it was caused by a totally unnecessary program doing it's thing (it might have been some sort of Windows program, or a Windows file, like wmiexe.exe ....) Well, I do remember it was definitely SOMETHING that was causing this - and it often happens when you open Internet Explorer, or Word, or do many other things on the PC. And that "something" is totally unnecessary to be running. Does anybody know what I'm talking about when I speak about that hour-glass popping up so much? And more important, does anyone know WHAT that totally unnecessary program or file is that is causing the hour-glass to appear so often, and how to stop it? Thank folks. Always a good thing to come here and ask you experienced experts. Best wishes, Dr. Mac

Dear Ctrl-X Thanks for the reply. Ah! ha! A Certificate of Authentication! Yup! Knew that all along! Just wanted to see if YOU knew! ... ... Any idea where to find that though? If I did a "Find files and folders ... " what would I ask Bill to look for? ----------------------------------------- Great news about "If it is in Add/Remove, then yes ... " Thank you for that. I haven't had the courage to go visit her for a few days but now, armed with your input, I might go around tomorrow! Thanks guys. You are ALL stars for helping me out like this. Dr. Mac

A .... WHAT ???? Where would I find that ? ----------------------------------------------- Also folks, as per my request above, is it possible to use Add/Remove to uninstall WMP10 when a System Restore point was NOT in operation at the time of the install? Thanks guys. Dr. Mac

You guys are absolutely briliant! Thanks so much for your input. Right now, I'm kinda in the dog-house with my girlfriend for screwing up the type of interface (WMP v. 8) that she knew how to use! I have kinda been "warned" to get it sorted ... or else ... !!! SP2 - no, she doesn't have that. She bought her PC which had WinXP SP1 installed on it from a Internet cafe that went out of business. Unfortunately, our attempts to download updates recently have failed - Microsoft says something about needing a licenece or registration number before we can download updates!!! I cannot see a public Internet cafe using illegal software so I'm sure it must have had a licence. We used to update it it before, but now we cannot. Anyway, point is it is still very well protected using 3rd party software like Zone Alarm, excellent anti-virus and spyware/malware programs etc. BUT ... back to the point at hand. Thank god you told me NOT to go and try to install the version 9 for 88, ME and 2000 ... because then I really WOULD have had a court case and divorse on my hands !!! OR she would have just gone ahead and killed me! So ... THANK YOU for showing me where to get the NT version of WMP 9. Thank you very very much! The only problem I now have would be uninstalling the present version 10. Nope - as I said - System Restore was NOT on. But I knowq that Win98 never had a System Restore, and it is still possible to uninstall programs using the Add/Remove facility, So, hopefully I will be able to do the same on her XP machine, then install the NT version of WMP 9. If there is anything else I should know about uninstalling that version 10 (remember - NO System Restore available to help out) then I sure would appreciate any extra tips. I mean ... you wouldn't want to read in the papers tomorrow, "Bungling boyfriend found in ditch with computer monitor smashed over his head" Thanks folks. Dr. Mac

Greetings folks I would really appreciate some help. My girlfriend has WinXP pro and it was installed with Windows Media Player 8. Now, I have WMP 9 installed. It has the same GUI as version 8, but more features. So, that is what I wanted to install on her machine. Over the week-end I went to the MS site to download an update, and they said that they no longer supplied WMP 9 for XP, so I downloaded version 10 and installed that. My girlfriend does NOT like the "new look" at all and wants to go back to the layout and GUI she knew. O.K. Two problems ... 1) We had just completed a full virus scan so System Restore was TURNED OFF when we installed WMP 10. So ... rolling back is impossible. 2) We do not have the original WMP 8. Now, Microsoft does have version 9 available for download, but says it is for Win 98, ME and 2000. I suspect that once upon a time MS was saying it was fine for XP as well (because both 2000 and XP use the same file system) And so ... * Will this v.9 work on XP? * Can I use Add/Remove to uninstall the WMP 10 on her system, and then install the above version 9? * If this version will NOT work on XP, does anyone know where the version 9 that is suitable for XP can be downloaded from? Thanks folks - I do appreciate your advice and input. Dr. Mac

WinME has its own System Restore built into it, so you don't need to get anything extra. Dr. Mac

Thank you very much guys. Yes ... she IS using AVG (but so am I and I don't get that) But I will still check on the AVG settings ... I know there is a setting to CHECK incoming mail AND also to certify it. Maybe if that is checked, it should be unchecked. Also, I'll go check those security setting as well - thanks for the suggestion. The problem is that although all those papr-clip thingies appear in the top panel of Outlook Express, the mails do NOT have ANY attachemnts attached to them at all. Dr. Mac

Hello folks This is not one of those life and death situations, but it is still extremely frustrating! Can't find any answers on the Microsoft support sites. I have a freind who has never used Outlook Express before on her PC. She has always used Yahoo webmail. Well, thew other day I showed her how to use O.E. I configured her e-mail accout, username, password etc in OE (version 6, from IE 6 SP1) and it wroks a treat. In now time she was composing and sending e-mails and downloading them. BUT ... all the e-mails downloaded show that little paper-clip icon AS IF they ALL had an attachment! Which they do NOT. So, the story is those few e-mails that DO have an attachment show the little papart-clip sign correctly. BUt all the other mails that do NOT arrive with an attachment ALSO dispaly the paper-clip AS IF they has an attachement (which they do NOT) Has anybody every heard of this before? Any suggestions ... PLEASE! Thanks folks. Dr. Mac

So you're perfectly right, 98SE/ME can't last much longer, but that's where we the few [here at MSFN, mostly], come in, to make sure these OSEs will last as long as possible, and to ensure their users will have the best possible experience, as long as they plan on using them. LONG LIVE WIN 98se ... AND MDGx ... and all others with this positive mind-set! Yup! Long live our beloved 98se. Dr. Mac

Good morning Guys 'n gals! Well ... here is some good news ... Thanks to RainyShadow and MDGx .... using a combination of the methods you suggested seems to have worked a treat. There were quite a lot of documents listed on that right-click "New" menu, so using TweakUI I removed all of them. Then I used MDGx's trick of clearning all "Recent". Did a reboot, went back to TweakUI and just added the only two "New" types that I want - New Folder and new Text document. Seems to have worked a treat. No more "bzzz-clugga-clugga-bzzzz" floppy access noises when creating a new one of those! Thanks guys! LLXX - I completely agree with you. The "solution" suggested by kartel is just a bit too over the top and extreme! Best wishes to you all and go well ... Dr. Mac

Intersting thought! But I wonder how in the hell that could have happened? Anyway - very good suggestion. Thank you. I'll go and fire up my TweakUI now and see what happens. Best wishes ... Dr. Mac