Recent content by sirbrian

i don't know your computer but try shutting down windows. after the windows is shutting down screen press and hold the shift key until you see that funny hour glass that goes with safe mode. brian

i don't believe you can get to safe mode thru the run command. safe mode is different than the setup program. brian

here is a link to disable the run command http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/876/

i have tried many of the mentioned fixes to no available so i, restart in safe mode. and shutdown from there in a second, brian i am new to windows 98

i am not a computer guru. i don't know Lisa, you could try that. i hope everything works out. i don't use system restore. I only wanted to fix my system restore so the updates would install properly. i cloned my hard disk using norton ghost (i also have used XXCOPY to copy my hard drive), so if...

i have internet explorer q824145 listed in my add/remove program properties. you could try having system restore running when trying the update. you could also try checking the date down in your system tray to see it shows the correct date and time. brian

hi there, besides stopping everything except scanregistry and system tray i also delete the contents of the applog folder. In Windows 98 and Windows Me, the Task Monitor tracks which programs are launched and how they load from disk, and it records the info in the Applog folder. The Defrag...

hi, i have windows me, to start with; perhaps you have Disable System Restore checked in system properties> performance>file system>file system properties> troubleshooting. If Disable System Restore is checked you must uncheck it press apply then ok (you will be asked to reboot) reboot. then...

to all concerned. i had followed these directions to rid my win me of system restore. i booted my computer to a dos prompt (ok maybe it is not real dos) with a boot disk. typed smartdrv 8192 to install an 8 megabyte disk cache to speed up the file delection. went to C: by typing C:. Typed...