Go to the following web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/
In the upper left hand corner there is a search window. Type in the following without quotes "238096" and then click on GO will take you to some articles, the first of which refers to shutdown problem with Window 98 Second Edition. Click on that will give your a very detailed, scary list of causes and their solution to your problem.
The amount of memory that will be *USEFUL* will be determined by
your computer's hardware and your operating system.
Here are some
general guidelines:
1. If you have an original Pentium computer (pre-MMX) don't bother
upgrading above 64 MB.
2. If you have Windows 9x / ME - Upgrading to 128MB is a good
investment. Going to 256MB may yield an improvement for some people,
but not most. Going above 256 will yield an improvement for almost no
one. Windows 9x/ME's memory model is extremely inefficient when you
get to large amounts of memory.
Because you were asked for the Key when you first installed Windows, it's saved in the registry. This means that you can locate it before removing Windows from your system. Even if you are unable to start Windows, as long as you can get to the command line,( a C:\ prompt) you can run this on the System. dat file that's part of the registry. For Windows 98 installations, type:
FIND.EXE/I "ProductKey" %winbootdir%\SYSTEM.DAT
The first line of the values returned should show the product key in a form similar to:
?????-?????-?????-?????-?????.
Although there's no way to duplicate ClearType--the XP technology that dramatically improves readability, especially on LCD panels. You should use the font-smoothing feature available for your version of Windows. Font smoothing is built into Windows 98 and Me, but you may not have it enabled. To check, head to the Display Properties settings, which you can pull up by right-clicking any empty spot on the desktop and choosing Properties from the pop-up menu. Click the Effects tab, and then look to see if the "Smooth edges of screen fonts" box is checked. If it's not, check it and click OK. Your eyes will thank you.
Try: Microsoft Windows 98 Step by Step Tutorials http://microsoft.com/enable/download/training/Windows98.doc
Create a shortcut to this folder on your desktop. Here's how: 1. Navigate to Dial up Networking (DUN) via the Start menu | Programs | Accessories | Communications, right-click, and drag it to the desktop. 2. Select Create Shortcut Here, which will leave a copy of the shortcut in the Start menu in case you accidentally delete the shortcut from the desktop. (This works for Windows 95 also.)
To do this, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Communications | Dial-Up Networking. When the DUN connectoid's window opens, select the connectoid to be altered. From the Connections menu, click on Settings and check the Redial box. Select the number of redial attempts, between two and 100, and OK your changes. Now, if the dial-up fails, Windows should attempt to automatically redial the connection for you.
1. Click on a file of the type you want to change to highlight it.
2. While holding the SHIFT key, right-click the highlighted file.
3. Click on "Open With" in the menu.
4. Select the program that you would like to use from the list.
5. Check the box to tell Windows always to open that type of file
with that program.
6. Click OK. The file will now open.
7. Close the program.
8. Now double-click any file of the same type and it should open in
the program that you selected.
9. Repeat for other file types you would like to re-associate.
There is a vertical bar to the right of any existing icons on left
hand side
of taskbar. To make room for another one you may have to move this bar to
the right. Then drag the icon down to the left side of the taskbar and
let it go. A small icon will appear there.
One of the most common reasons that defrag does not continue is that there is something running in the background. A screen saver is a very common one. Our techies recommend that you restart your computer in "safe mode" and run defrag there. That way, you can be sure all background processes are turned off. You can find out how to get into safe mode from Microsoft at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;186978 for Windows 98.