My computer turns on and shows the windows 98 startup screen but when it tries to open wins 98 it says there is a problem with explorer file and won't do anything else. I bought this computer used with no backup disk or wins 98 disk, so I'm not sure what I can do. Any suggestions?
2007-03-12 06:15:11 · 7 answers · asked by sasnolia 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Go to or call Best Buy and talk with Someone in the Geek Squad. They will Help.
2007-03-12 06:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by thornrez1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Window 98 has a restore feature which u can do it without going into windows, u can do it from dos. JUst restore it to the date and time when ur computer was working fine. I dont know the exact command , im sure u will get many replies on what the commands are. Im now using windows xp,so i dont remember the dos restore command for win 98. Dont sweat , its an easy fix
2007-03-12 08:43:05 · answer #2 · answered by roopali b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately you need the windows disk to sort this one out explorer.exe is one of windows main files without it windows can't run to check if it is explorer try booting in to safe mode if you can get into it explores ok and the problem is else where probably you sound driver
to get into safe mode with win 98 hold the crtl key down while booting when the menu appears use the cursor keys to choose safe mode then press enter
You could also try this it's a very simple system restore if it isn't to long ago you started having problems start as you would to start safe mode but choose command prompt then type scanreg/restore press enter then choose a date prior to the date you started having problems you can only go back about five restarts of you computer or five days but it's worth a try
2007-03-12 06:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get UBUNTU (or XUBUNTU if your computer has less than 256MB of RAM). It's easy to install and use. You can dual boot it with other operating systems. It's a free, reliable and up to date operating system. Once you have it installed, you gain access to thousands of free programs created by the open source community. There is excellent support see the WIKI starter guide, and the Linux forums.
Always back up your data before making changes to your computer.
2007-03-12 06:51:06 · answer #4 · answered by hitechsleuth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its time to upgrade to a newer OS. Microsoft no longer even provides security updates for Windows 98.
2007-03-12 06:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when windows is starting up press f8 and choose start in ms dos mode
at the command prompt type in scanreg
then choose to restore from an earlier registry back up should work
2007-03-12 08:05:45 · answer #6 · answered by dragon007dragon69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I don't know if this will help but give it a try. http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion/browse_thread/thread/564be43c542db110/12ce6b29943d9e9c?lnk=st&q=windows+98+explorer+problem&rnum=10&hl=en#12ce6b29943d9e9c
2007-03-12 06:25:59 · answer #7 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋