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Problems with windows 98

Discussion in 'Earlier Versions of Windows' started by alvester50, Apr 10, 2004.

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  1. alvester50

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    I had to reinstall windows 98. After doing this I was unable to install any programs, or connect to the internet. Can anyone help?
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    alvester50, Apr 10, 2004
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    Can you please provide a bit more information such as what happens when you try to install program or connect to the internet? Any message, any errors?
     
    angel, Apr 10, 2004
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    All it says is that they can not install the program to this computer. The reason I had to reinstall windows 98 was because I had missing DLL files.
     
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    I think we may still need some additional information.

    First, can I assume that you can boot into Windows 98 with no probs?
    Can I also assume you are having a problem installing ALL programs?
    Can you please provide us with an example of a program you are trying to install and include the "exact" error message you receive?
     
    angel, Apr 10, 2004
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    When you reinstalled Windows, did you reinstall it in the C:\WINDOWS folder? If during the reinstall process, it selected C:\WINDOWS.000(or some other location) to install Windows in, you now have 2 Windows folders. I've seen this happen during a reinstall process, so I'm just checking to see if it might have happened to you.

    As far as reinstalling Windows because certain DLL files were missing, there may have been a simpler solution than reinstalling Windows. DLL files normally go in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder. It's just a matter of obtaining them and placing them there, then rebooting.
     
    flavallee, Apr 11, 2004
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    everything seems to be working ok now.
    Thanks,
     
    alvester50, Apr 12, 2004
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