Solution 2: I just realized the AskWindows web page had your answer...http://www.activewin.com/tips/startshut_3.shtml

Creating Custom Logos

Submitted By: Patricia Ann

Question: HI, I am a basic user who just purchased a new system that came with Win 98 second edition.  Since I have gotten it on many sites on the internet (including yours) I am continually harassed by a runtime error which asks me if I want to debug.  I went to Microsoft web site and they said I needed to remove an apostrophe from the web page causing the problem.  I have no idea what they are talking about.  Is there any way I can get rid of this message? Thanks for any help.

Solution 1: In IE, Go to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced tab and in the browsing category, check the box for Disable script debugging. -Mean

Submitted By: Richard Spitz

Question: Hello, Perhaps you can help me. The Windows 98 OPEN and EXPLORE options are grayed out on a right click to the start button in Windows 98. It was working but suddenly about a month ago this option became unavailable. How do I fix this problem?

Solution 1: I'm completely stumped, but are you logged into Windows as a method of preserving your user preferences, or are you the default user.  For instance, when Windows loads, are you prompted for a password?  If not, maybe you should try enabling Dial-up networking, typing a password at login (creating an account for yourself) and seeing if that helps.  If you are prompted, but hit cancel, try typing a password and seeing if that helps.  If you are typing a password, try hitting cancel or creating a new account and see if the problem still persists. I'm not guaranteeing a solution, but the only thought that popped into my mind is that the user profiling system got messed up and this is a way to fix an issue with an existing account. -Adam Sowalsky

Solution 2: Hi Greg, If you have tweakui installed, check all drives in the "My Computer" Tab in tweakui, the greyed items should be enabled then. -Bill

Submitted By: Greg Bohemier

Question: Hi! I wonder why (after selecting Windows 2000 from the dual boot menu) Win 2000 hangs in the middle of the boot process, actually when the background appears (still with no icons), nothing further happens until I reset the machine. When machine is reset only, not started with the button (electricity), it boots normally. Also, Windows 98 boot normally if I select Win 98 from the boot menu. Selecting first Win 98 and then restarting machine into Win 2000 works fine. Could this be a hardware problem ? I have PIII 450 MHz, 256 RAM, QDI BrillanX-1S BX chipset motherboard;

Solution 1: Dusan, You didn't mention what soundcard you have installed. I had the same trouble with my Daulboot setup, but found that only after updating my drivers from the "default" to the "latest (at the time) Creative Labs SBlive Liveware that my system would hand on the startup .wav prior to playing it!. Might be worth checking into. After going back to the default "reference" drivers from the cd, this problem magically vanished! good luck -Craig

Submitted By: Dusan, Slovenia

Question: I have previously imported into Windows 2000 (from my old Win 98 installation) my address book (*.wab file). Afterwards I have lost my original one and the only one I have is the one in Windows 2000 Address Book folder. I have afterwards re-installed Windows 98 so now I can selectively dual boot, but my address book (now the one in Win2000) cannot be imported into Windows 98. Is there a way to get the data from my Windows 2000 Address Book back into Windows 98 Address Book ?  Thank you.

Solution 1: In Windows 2000, the default .wab file location is C:\Document and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\***.Wab and in win98 it is C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\AddrBook.wab....since you have current access to both do the following. Open the address book in win2000, under File on the Toolbar, Click export, the address book. From there, Name is "current.wab" or whatever and save it in My documents etc. Then back in Win98 address book its is the reverse... File/Import/Address book..look in C:/My documents and click on "current.wab" and it will "import" the data from it. Easy enough? Same process in Internet Explorer for Favorites(saved as Bookmark.html) and cookies(saved as cookies.txt) too! Good Luck -Craig

Submitted By: Dusan, Slovenia

Question: The Hardware Compatibility List on Microsoft's Web Site States that the HP Pavilion PC Model 6634 is compatible with Win2000. When I run the Hardware Test Program that Microsoft provides for download from their website, it says some programs aren't compatible. Does this mean there will be errors in Windows or just those programs when I upgrade to Windows 2000? My computer has Windows 98 SE, 15 GB Hard Drive, 4x4x32 CD-RW Drive, HP DeskJet 612C, 64 MB RAM. Thanks

Solution 1: Dear Robert, I had installed Win2000 on my system back in March. By running the Upgrade Readiness Analyzer prior to upgrading, you will generate in your root directory (c:/) a text file called upgrade.txt. In this file you will get a readout of the possible hardware incompatibilities and software that won't run under win2000. There will also be a list of programs that May run poorly as well. I found some that were said to not run properly did in fact run just fine. First, prior to upgrading, I would download all the latest drivers of your soundcard,Videocard,modem etc..save them in a default folder you create for future convenience. I store all mine in C:/Drivers. then Video,Sound,Netcard..etc Then as new drivers are released you can always go back to a prior version driver If need be. For example on my system, I found the "default" win2000 drivers for the Creative Labs Sblive Value card to be more stable then the "latest" Liveware offered by their website. Since then they have updated them so maybe they are "fixed".
Anyway, back to your software, since Win2000 has no real mode DOS as does Millennium at this point, many programs that use Dos emulation or need to add configs to config.sys and Autoexec.bat files won't run. These 2 files in Win2000 are BLANK and not used. However any program that ran under NT4 usually runs fine under 2000. Check your program cd's, many will say that they run under 98 AND NT4...In the Upgrade.txt file you will get a fairly reliable list of which programs need to be updated or replaced. To make things more confusing, some programs on install will give you a error message on setup that it won't run properly under this "enhanced" version of windows when in fact it will. I know many system utilities like Mcaffee Office won't run (Nuts and Bolts, Virus Checker etc) However, after all said and done...I would highly recommend the leap because provided your not an avid gamer the additional stability, security and ease of customization make it truly the best windows yet. let me know your own personal findings. -Craig

Solution 2: HCL is updated all the time, if the HCL has your peripherals on list, means that the driver is available. Download all related drivers for your system (Make sure everything is ready) and clean install windows2000 if you are sure what you are doing, even if your system is win2k ready, doesn't mean that the program does, check whether your programs has the update/patch for win2k, and if everything is ready, you have the green light to install win2k.
PS:The windows 2000 cd has some great resources on tools for upgrading, explore it. -Bill

Submitted By: Robert

Question: Hello Activewin, I love your website. Here is my problem... I recently found out that I haven't had DMA turned on for my hard drive for the past two years (I'm new to computers). I checked my motherboard specs, and my hard drive specs, and I read that DMA is supported. I have a 433 celeron, 128 megs ram, AL440LX Intel board, and Quantum Bigfoot CY 6.4 gig hd. I turn on DMA, reboot, and everything seems good. I benchmarked my hd before and after turning on DMA, using HD Tach, and my performance was improved using DMA (6000kps read speed with DMA, 3900kps without, 6.0mbs hd bandwith with DMA, 4.7mbs without. But, to my dismay, I noticed that my computer keeps stalling with DMA on. Frequently, if I am using multiple programs, it will freeze up for like 5 seconds or more, and I cant do any actions, my cursor wont move. Another example is when I install a game, it'll pause like that every 15 seconds or so, and wont accept any input, cant even move my cursor. When I turn off DMA, my computer functions fine. At this point I am keep DMA off, because the pauses are way too frequent. Perhaps there is some setting that I am missing? Id love to get the most out of my hard drive, any advice that could help me remedy my situation would be greatly appreciated.

Solution 1: Make sure that all drives attached on the primary IDE slot of the motherboard supports the DMA mode: indeed if one doesn't support it may causes the problem you encounter. If your CD-Rom is attached to the primary IDE connector then unplug it and connect it to the secondary IDE connector. Also make sure your CD drive is UDMA compliant and check the appropriate checkbox if so in the device manager of Windows. -Julien

Solution 2: Try downloading the latest ATA Driver from Intel.com, or your hard drive vendor, and explore your motherboard/hard drive resource CD ROM. If you are sure that your HD support UDMA66, make sure that your Motherboard (Bios) Supports it. Early Inter 440BX has some known problems with UDMA for HD, go to your motherboard website or intel.com for more infos. -Bill

Submitted By: Jesse

Question: How can I turn off that annoying menu delay (right mouse click on document) in IE 5.5 installed on Win2k. Changing HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MenyShowDelay in regedit doesn't effect IE.
Pozdrav / Regards

Solution 1: I'd suggest you to download System Mechanic 3.5c from Iolo technologies (www.iolo.com) and try the Customize Windows settings applet. It works with Windows 2000. -Julien JAY

Solution 2: IE5 context menu is based on VBScript, to make it faster, you should remove some unnecessary items. If you don’t have any additional addon installed the delay should caused by your system settings, try removing any unused application from the startup group or services, leaving more memory to run your browser without swapping. -Bill

Submitted By: Marko Rosic

Question: Hello. I do not have the checkboxes for DMA for either my hard drive or my DVD. I could have sworn that they were there at one time. Plus, my DVD drive is the exact same model as the one shown in the example: There is just no DMA checkbox as the one above. My computer is fairly new so I'm pretty sure that my hard drive also supports DMA. Thank you.

Solution 1: Hello, Your issue seems to be a known behaviour. I haven't got enough details to be sure that it's true in your case but the unavailability of the DMA checkboxes in the device manager of Windows 9x is often due to the fact you (or your manufacturer) have installed the Intel DMA drivers set. Regards, -Julien JAY

Solution 2: You didn't mention if you had a SCSI device installed like a Promise 66 card etc, but assuming* that you do not... there is a great article here explaining the tweak to Mshdc.inf  at.. http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/tune-35.shtml If you Do have a SCSI device, the DMA box will be shaded out.. - Craig Catapano

Solution 3: What OS are you running? Make sure you enable the DMA channel from the CMOS settings, read your DVD and motherboard manual for more info on this. In windows 2000 the check boxes in replaced with a drop down menu options, choose "DMA if available' to activate the DMA feature. If you cant see the check box under windows98's device manager, remove your existing device, and reinstall it again after restarting, if your dvd provides it's own driver, install it to replace the one that comes with windows, then, try to check the dma settings after everything is done, if there's still no checkbox yet, your dvd simply doesn't support DMA. -Bill

Submitted By: Allen Sy

Question: Dear Activewin experts: I have a problem downloading multi-files with my browser. The site where I want to download from does not support Getright or other resuming programs, so I have to open Internet Explore and download directly; unfortunately, IE only allows to download max. 2 files at a time. Can you tell me how can I crack the registry and download more files at a time?
Thanks for the helping.

Solution 1: Lawrence, The IE download limitations is due to the bandwidth of your current dialup connection. There's no way to crack the registry, etc. If IE doesn't want to download more than two files at the same time it else comes from the web server that doesn't support massive download or from your internet connection bandwidth. Regards, -Julien JAY

Solution 2: Dear Lawrence, Yes there is a "tweak" that breaks the HTTP specification but if you like try this..

In Windows 2000:

Solution 3: Hi, Lawrence,Try opening a new window to download from the links, if the limits applies only to an active/opened windows, it should be no problem to download from a new window. If there is a 2 file download limit, it should be the website that is limiting not the browser.
PS: Online disk space provider does have limits on downloading its files. -Bill

Submitted By: Lawrence. L

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