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multiple installations

dhillonfc
Hello there!!!! Initially I had only windows 98 on my system. One day I tried to install windows ME while 98 still existed, i. e. two seperate OS. But to my disappointment I could'nt succeed. I ended up with only ME on my system.
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Brian Libow
Wondering if anyone can help me get rid of this message whenever I try to turn off our computer, running on Windows XP. It seems to take years to power down with this error running. Anyone know what it is and how to get rid of it? Thanks so much.
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Final Fantasy 7 In Win98SE w/Geforce MX 4000

belewfripp
I've been spending the last hour or so trying to get FF7 to run properly on my system (Win98SE, DirectX 9. 0c, Geforce MX 4000 video card, Soundblaster PCI 128D sound card, 192 MB RAM). I'm at a point now where the game runs properly, with the videos and everything ok, except for one thing - when I enable anti-alia ...
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machine wants to scandisk on start up all the time

norm_au
hi all,i just put a new opperating system (win 98 SE) onto a 20 gig HDD,all was fine untill McAfee did an automatic update,now when the computer boots up it sais, one or more drives may have bad sectors press any key to run scandisk,and away it goes,i have ran Adaware that found a load of trash in there got rid of ...
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.dll errors

Leinad
some programs i use wont load and when i try they say they have encoountered a. dll error and cant continue, this is getting to be a real pain and has been happening ever since windows got re-installed please help.
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Installed 2003 and lost admin rights on my Win Me

SuperSwede
I installed 2003 Server on my computer tha talready had Win Me on it. Everything is working fine with the dual boot but when I boot to Me I don't have any rights to se control panel, change backgrounds etc.
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Please help I have no clue!!

Vicky10
Hi all. Hope someone can help me!! Is there any way that I can download a graphics adapter from the net?? I need one desperately and I'd rather not spend £40 if it can be helped. Vicky.
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NOTEBOOK UPGRADE HELP!!!!!!!

UGHELP
I HAVE A NEC 6200 SERIES LAPTOP. IT CURRENTLY HAS WINDOWS 95 INSTALLED. IM TRYING TO FIND ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME UPGRADE THIS DEVICE,TO EITHER WIN98 OR WIN200O. I CONTACTED MANUFACTURER,THEIR REPLY WAS TO GO FIND HELP,NO INFO AVAILABLE BUT THERE ARE SOME.
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scandisk and defrag no go . . .

norm_au
hi all,i have recently formated my computer,yesty i tried to scandisk my puter,i left it going all night it didnt even get a third of the way through,and early hours of this morning it rebooted its self,i tried a defrag also,it dances between 1 and 3 percent and goes no further,any help on this matter would be grea ...
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missing RAM's; Please help !

wiz
I have been using WINdows 98 since a year. I dunno when, but i have recently realised that 2 Mb RAM has vanished from my total memory which was 256MB RAM. i am sad that my system is not able to satisfy the min.
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CRAZY CD-ROM Drive!please help!!

wiz
help!MY CD-ROM DRIVE HAS GONE 'MAD'!!I have a 52x one. each time i switch on the system and the OS loads it just opens up!!actually it will open up suddenly anytime! another prob. is that it wont auto-run any cd and yes, i 've ensured that the auto-run feature is activated in the settings.
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sims expansion pack problem

wiz
hello! i brought this new expansion pack- makin magic. i don't have other expansion packs. but i have the original game 'the sims', which i bought a couple of years back. my problem is i have installed 'the sims' on my system,but the expansion pack does not recognise it and yes i have the original version.
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generals : command and conquer

wiz
i have double the system requirements for running this game yet the game runs a bit slow. eg: the soldiers run in some kind of a slow motion ,but yes the cursor moves around quickly. what may be the problem?? any help??.
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missing RAM's

wiz
I have been using WINdows 98 since a year. I dunno when, but i have recently realised that 2 Mb RAM has vanished from my total memory which was 256MB RAM. i am sad that my system is not able to satisfy the min.
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How do I find and remove a hidden partition?

kolby33
I am trying to install Go-Back (Now from Symantec) on a recently reformated hard drive. I get an error message and install exits. The Symantec data base address this error exactly and states the install will not complete due to a hidden partition at the start of the hard drive.
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Nvidia driver problems

Matthew is my name
I am running win98se with an Nvidia Geforce2 mx 200 video card. Earlier tonight, I downloaded the trial version of HALO (yea, I know I'm a bit behind the times). I had to upgrade to directx9 and then was told that my video driver was not compatible with HALO.
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Networking ME to XP and problems...

ScottG
Hey all here's my problem. I'm able to set up the network succesfully and through the host computer i can see the workgroup(mshome) but not access it. On the client machine I cannot see the workgroup at all.
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PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

hendsbee
I JUST POSTED A AD BUT I FIGURED I SHOULD INCLUDE ALITTLE MORE INFORMATION. . . I NEED HELP! I CANT PLAY ANY SOUND. . . HENCE APPARTLY NO SOUND CARD BUT WHEN I GO TO ADD NEW HARDWARE IT SAYS THERES ONE INSTALLED BUT HAS A PROBLEM.
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PCI multimedia audio device???

hendsbee
My media player doesnt have any sound and i was told it could be a this PCI multimedia audio device. . . . . . . i tried to instal but it wouldnt where can i get one of these???.
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