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As Cynthy posted a clean install can make your life MUCH easier....
I use Communicator daily.  I would suggest on change.... You might
make a emergency disk from your current Win98 setup.  The Win98
emergency disk incorporates native CD-ROM support.  After you
have the diskette in hand, place it in the drive and boot with it.  You
will be asked With CD-ROM support.  Choose it and insure your
CD-ROM is supported.
Another caveat, after reinstall you will have to run all setups for the
programs to replace the DLL files and interface with Win98 so insure
you have the original programs and activation keys.
regards
mrdata
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Rowland Croucher wrote:

> Sometimes someone (in this case Bill Gates) is sent into our lives to
> teach us patience...
>
> I upgraded my W95 to W98: AOK (faster shut downs and a few other minor
> advantages) then tried to download the latest Netscape 4.0 whatever...
>
> Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
> computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
> subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
> the middle of it.
>
> Now a whole day and the help of two techos and many dollars later, I'm
> still trying to get back to where I was... Just as well it's holidays.
>
> I now subscribe to the common compliment 'Bill Gates is more committed
> to success than excellence' ... My computer shop-guy told me they'd sold
>
> just 12 Windows 98 upload CDs __and had problems with them all and now
> refuse to sell 'em__...
>
> Aaaargh...
>
> --
>
> Shalom!  Rowland Croucher                     (rowlandc@mira.net)
>
>          John Mark Ministries - resources for pastors/leaders
>       (Bookroom, library, and worldwide F.W.Boreham Trading Post)
>                WEBSITE  (1600+ articles  1000+ links)
>                   http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm

On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 18:12:15 -1000, Rowland Croucher
<rowlandc@mira.net> wrote:

>
>Sometimes someone (in this case Bill Gates) is sent into our lives to
>teach us patience...
>
>I upgraded my W95 to W98: AOK (faster shut downs and a few other minor
>advantages) then tried to download the latest Netscape 4.0 whatever...
>
>Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
>computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
>subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
>the middle of it.

I have since done a format C: and done a clean install, but I did do a
install over Windows 95 without an errors and or trouble spots.  I
think it depends on what crap you have in your registry and hardware
in terms of what kind of problems you will have.

Adam

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Rowland Croucher <rowlandc@mira.net> contributed the following:
>
>Sometimes someone (in this case Bill Gates) is sent into our lives to
>teach us patience...
>
>I upgraded my W95 to W98: AOK (faster shut downs and a few other minor
>advantages) then tried to download the latest Netscape 4.0 whatever...
.....
You may have better luck reformatting your disk and installing W98 from
scratch.

I went down the upgrade path at work and had too many problems before I
wiped it and started again.

Now my system is (relatively) stable.


Regards, David.
---------------
David Clayton, e-mail: dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

"I refuse to short-change the 20th century to only allow it 99 years, the 21st century begins with the year 2001, not 2000.", check this URL for details:
http://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/docs/faq2.html

No no no... The solution to Rowland's problem is simplicity itself...

LINUX !!!

David Clayton <dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au> wrote in message news:3693111b.1432192@news.mel.aone.net.au...
>Rowland Croucher <rowlandc@mira.net> contributed the following:
>>
>>Sometimes someone (in this case Bill Gates) is sent into our lives to
>>teach us patience...
>>
>>I upgraded my W95 to W98: AOK (faster shut downs and a few other minor
>>advantages) then tried to download the latest Netscape 4.0 whatever...
>.....
>You may have better luck reformatting your disk and installing W98 from
>scratch.
>
>I went down the upgrade path at work and had too many problems before I
>wiped it and started again.
>
>Now my system is (relatively) stable.
>
>
>Regards, David.
>---------------
>David Clayton, e-mail: dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au
>Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
>
>"I refuse to short-change the 20th century to only allow it 99 years, the 21st century begins with the year 2001, not 2000.", check this URL for details:
>http://riemann.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/docs/faq2.html

I've sold and or installed several hundred copies of Win98, and have found
that, yes their are problems. The problems are nearly always related to
hardware peripherals. Here's an example... If you have an Asus P5A-B
motherboard, and use a STB Velocity AGP card, you have to update the BIOS to
version 1.004 or later, install an AGP patch, and get an updated driver for
the card. Without those three "fixes", the machine will give you all sorts
of problems, which to a less experienced tech might seem to mean that Win98
is at fault.

The only thing I tell people is to not use the Active Desktop because it
does use a lot of resources, and unless you have a really compelling reason
for using it (I can't think of one), and a really powerful machine, it can
cause problems. Another thing is that it's a good idea to use the latest
versions of whatever software you're using, newer hardware, and the latest
drivers for all your devices.

And once and for all, Netscape and IE4 will live together on the same system
just fine. I have three machines at my disposal that prove it. Not one
problem that can be even remotely blamed on IE4 not liking Netscape.

The fact is, in every case of a Win 98 install having problems, it has been
related to a hardware issue such as bad RAM (Win98 is very picky).

Lee Gregory
A+ Technician

Rowland Croucher wrote in message <3694260E.91F65ECD@mira.net>...
>
>Sometimes someone (in this case Bill Gates) is sent into our lives to
>teach us patience...
>
>I upgraded my W95 to W98: AOK (faster shut downs and a few other minor
>advantages) then tried to download the latest Netscape 4.0 whatever...
>
>Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
>computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
>subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
>the middle of it.
>
>Now a whole day and the help of two techos and many dollars later, I'm
>still trying to get back to where I was... Just as well it's holidays.
>
>I now subscribe to the common compliment 'Bill Gates is more committed
>to success than excellence' ... My computer shop-guy told me they'd sold
>
>just 12 Windows 98 upload CDs __and had problems with them all and now
>refuse to sell 'em__...
>
>Aaaargh...
>
>--
>
>Shalom!  Rowland Croucher                     (rowlandc@mira.net)
>
>         John Mark Ministries - resources for pastors/leaders
>      (Bookroom, library, and worldwide F.W.Boreham Trading Post)
>               WEBSITE  (1600+ articles  1000+ links)
>                  http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm
>
>

> Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
> computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
> subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
> the middle of it.

I'm a day late and a dollar short on this, but here is my $.02 worth ...

A very similar thing happened to me on my kid's computer.  I attempted to
re-install Win95 because I became so frustrated with Win98, but it exhibited
similar problems too.  I finally discovered that I had a heat problem inside
of the case.  Win98 (95 too) makes the cd-rom and hard drive spin alot for a
long time when being installed ... and more heat is generated than normal. 
Once I opened the case and pointed a floor fan inside, then everything went
smooth as silk.

Also, I did what everybody else has already said ... a clean install of Win98.

AngVel

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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:06:30 GMT, angular_velocity@my-dejanews.com
wrote:

>
>
>> Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
>> computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
>> subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
>> the middle of it.
>
>I'm a day late and a dollar short on this, but here is my $.02 worth ...
>
>A very similar thing happened to me on my kid's computer.  I attempted to
>re-install Win95 because I became so frustrated with Win98, but it exhibited
>similar problems too.  I finally discovered that I had a heat problem inside
>of the case.  Win98 (95 too) makes the cd-rom and hard drive spin alot for a
>long time when being installed ... and more heat is generated than normal. 
>Once I opened the case and pointed a floor fan inside, then everything went
>smooth as silk.


hahahahahahaha... Funniest post I've seen in ages...


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Matthew
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