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TT4U - If you decide to do the synch thing, try Ontrack's "Powerdesk Pro". If I only had one utility on my 'puter, this would be it. Along with a really great "synch folders" option, it has darned near anything you need except a defragger. I started using it years ago. I...

TekTippy4U - Well, I cheat. Since I don't like to backup, I always run two Hard drives. Before I do anything like wiping the HD, I copy the entire drive to a folder on drive #2. That way, I always have a copy of any data files that I run on my C drive. I usually run my operating system on one...

You might also want to check your power supply. Cutting off (and sometimes spontaneous restart) is a frequent early symptom of a Power supply going bad. I am an amature, and following my advice is at your own risk. Happy computing. Mke

I don't have any advice in regards to the registry or fixing the Windows problem, but if you have a "good" drive, you could install it as your master and the other as a "slave". You can then transfer any data from the slave to the master. I copy the whole drive into a backup...

I recently purchased a 120 gig 7200 RPM Maxtor drive. It replaces a 30 gig Maxtor that was OEM in my computer. It has an 8 meg cache and the speed difference is definately noticeable. I got the drive at CompUSA for $80 (after rebate) and have seen similar deals at Best Buy and Circuit City. If...

edfair had the right approach. Your problem is caused by a shortage of "environmental memory" - very common in the ancient days of MSDOS. The trick is to put a line in your config.sys file that will allocate more memory for your path statement(s). One of these should work...

Hi Folks - I've been a busy bee and have some information for you. I have confirmed that the problem is NOT hardware in any way shape or form. I went back with a clean hard drive, clean installed Windows 98SE, installed Windows MediaPlayer 7.1, and AOL 8.0. Media player workes fine...

Again, to all of you thanks. I'm still working through your suggestions - had to take a day off to play with grandkids, ya know. Techtippy4u - Rechecking hardware connections is always a good suggestion. Yep it is internal & IDE. I did find an unrelated cable not connected from some time in...

cdogg - You are probably right, but I guess Bill Gates has never heard of Hewlett Packard. I'll have to go and fins more "mainstream" equyipment. Mike

Tek Tippy-4U - Thanks for responding. Native OS means the machine came with WIN 98 SE. I have indeed upgraded RAM and the HD, and my burner. BUT since I am able to do a clean install of WIN 98 then media player 7.2 and have perfect funcionality, I can't see that as the killer factor. The two...

cdogg - Boy did I learn something from you. Unfortunately, it did not resolve the problem. The option to enable digital play was grayed out and I couldn't do anything. Mike

Jim - Thanks again for the response. Yes, my results were the same as yours - grayed out area for digital. And yes, the clean install works with WMP 7.1 & 7.2 if I don't allow any Windows updates. I haven't tried WMP 9.0 on a clean install. BUT Microsoft insists that it is a harware problem. Mike

Jim - I've been moving in that direction, but I have all my original music (some 100+ CDs) organized using WMP. Until this cropped up, I liked WMP better. Now that I'm using a MP3 player when I walk, MM Jukebox is better. BUT I'm still curious as the devil on this. Mike

cdogg - Thanks for the reply. In W 98 there is only an option for turning DMA on and off in properties. I've tried with it on and off. The really queer thing about the whole deal is that media player 7.1 & 7.2 work fine until I let Microsoft updates into my computer. Clean install = works...

This is the 3rd iteration of this problem. Microsoft tech help gave up on me after two hours and refunded my money. Here's your chance to beat Microsoft. The problem: Windows 98 SE is the native OS for my 'puter. A while back, after downloading Windows Media Player 7.1 and using it...