Windows 98 Help Desk

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All you need to know About.......
Dll files	Stack faults	The Recycle bin
System resources	Windows Registry	Fragmented files and folders

Slow Computer?
The leading cause	Startup items	Office Fast Find indexer
Seeking a floppy drive	When you defrag your drives	When opening folders

Specific Windows 98 Problems and Issues
Can't Access Display Properties	Windows Explorer left pane is missing		RPC Stub Errors
Scandisk runs each time that Windows starts		SendToDesktop shortcut is missing
Wrong symbols on the title bar	Icons are missing or incorrect		Windows Update issues
Windows Setup errors	USB Device not recognized after returning from standby
CD and CDRW drives do not appear	Problems with fast processors

Help system issues		Recycle Bin Problems
General Windows Trouble Shooter problems .		Damaged files in the recycle bin Damaged Recycled folder Damaged Info or Info2 file

Windows Crashes (You must be kidding)
About the Blue screen of death (BSOD)	BSOD when opening a folder

How To......
Clean Boot Windows (and why you should)	Prevent the Logon Dialog from appearing
Defragment your hard drives	Create a boot disk from DOS
Restore "My Documents" folder to the desktop	Automatically configure IP addressing
Add the Windows 2000 color scheme to Win 9x	Recover your Windows Product Key
Run Windows components using command line switches	Clean up that start menu mess
Prevent users from bypassing the logon dialog	Change the Name or Organization
*Extract .cab files**
From DOS	From Windows

Invalid Page Faults
In module	Occurs when
SHDOCVW.dll	When you attempt to open My Computer or Control Panel

General Protection Faults

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