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Windows 98 is split screening
Does your sister have an older monitor? If so, it might not be able to support higher resolutions, thus causing the "split screen" thingie. Might also be caused by too many colors. Set the screen parameters to their lowest setting (16 colors at 640x400) then start working up from there...- Vault
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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I have an old DOS BASED program whi
I know this sounds silly but do you have a line in your config.sys file that sets the files to a particular limit? (ie. Files=XXX) If not, try adding a Files=200 to the Config.sys file and see if your error goes away. Ah, good old DOS. Let us know how it goes.- Vault
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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W98 Printer
Gee this one is really easy. Here's how to tell where your problem lies. First, since you're using Win98SE, boot to a DOS prompt or if you're already in Win98SE, Shutdown and Restart in MS-DOS mode. Once there, at the DOS prompt, type in dir > LPT1: and press Enter. At this point, one of two...- Vault
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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OE:0028-BFF7850 problems
You might try d/l'ing the new SP2 for IE5.5 from Microsoft. IE5.5 has some bugs that just plain need some help. SP2 was just released but IE6.0 is just a few weeks away now. Many of the tech newsletters I read have repeated that IE5.0 with SP2 was the least error prone. Hope this gets ya going...- Vault
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