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Legacy OS

This forum is for discussions of older legacy Microsoft operating systems such as DOS, Windows 3x, Windows 9x, and Windows ME

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Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by dhillonfc on 2004-12-18 21:57

Legacy OS 455

Help please my computer restarts every time i have my usb 2 on and using my cd r

blackking88

hello all i am new here and i got a problem with something, i installed a new usb2. 0 card and everything went fine until i noticed a problem. when i have my usb on and when i try to use my cdrom or CD-RW it reboots itself and sometimes i see a blue screen.

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Last reply by blackking88 on 2004-12-13 05:13

Legacy OS 455

END PROGRAM NVIDIA TWIN VIEW WINDOW

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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Last reply by tedent on 2004-12-12 03:09

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by belewfripp on 2004-12-11 20:33

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by norm_au on 2004-12-11 09:27

Legacy OS 455

.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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Last reply by Leinad on 2004-12-08 09:23

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by SuperSwede on 2004-12-06 20:01

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by peterh on 2004-12-06 13:28

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by peterh on 2004-12-06 13:25

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by norm_au on 2004-12-01 15:50

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by TinyHeathen75 on 2004-11-27 08:55

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by Wicked101 on 2004-11-26 20:53

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by Wicked101 on 2004-11-24 17:24

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by wiz on 2004-11-23 11:22

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by wiz on 2004-11-21 19:49

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by AndyFair on 2004-11-17 12:55

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by FuzzyWabbitt on 2004-11-13 15:07

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by ScottG on 2004-11-09 22:08

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by peterh on 2004-11-09 11:56

Legacy OS 455

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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Last reply by peterh on 2004-11-09 11:55