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850 MHz or Faster Windows ME Computer May Hang During Boot {Q278844}
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Computer May Stop Responding (Hang) When Installing Updates or Adding New Hardware {Q281967}
Win ME (with Norton System Works 2001)
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Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music {Q261186}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, NT 4, Win 2000
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Computer Shuts Down or Stops Responding Due to Noise Produced in the Intel MTH Chip {Q262757}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, NT 4, Win 2000
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How to Install New Hardware in Windows {Q142984}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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IEEE 802.11b “High Rate” Wireless Local Area Networks
(Not a KB or other Microsoft resource, but a valuable (and fairly technical) discussion of WiFi.)
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PnP Serial Device May Not Enumerate on a Windows ME Computer {Q297125}
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“Verifying DMI Pool Data” Error Message Occurs & the Computer Is Unavailable {Q287553}
Win95, Win98, Win ME (Contact hardware vendor. See also
this.)
BIOS
CD & DVD Drives
Device Drivers
Device Manager
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Device Manager Error Codes (Not a KB article, but great information.)
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Device Manager only contains a computer entry {Q244166}
Win95, Win98, Win ME
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Device Problems in Device Manager Due to ACPI Global Lock Problem {Q217392}
Win98
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Explanation of Error Codes Generated by Device Manager
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME, Win 2000
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How to Use Registry Editor to Identify an Unknown PCI Device {Q298837}
Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME (Identifying an “Unknown Device” in Device Manager)
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Troubleshoot Device Conflicts with Device Manager {Q133240}
Win95, Win98, Win ME
Floppy Drives
Hard Drives
General
Drive Letters
File Systems & Architecture
Other Hard Drive Articles
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Disk Drive or CD-ROM Access Light Blinks Every Few Seconds {Q138598}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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Hard Disk Errors Caused by Damaged Data or Physical Damage {Q150532}
Win 95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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How to Tell If Drive Overlay Program is Installed in Windows {Q186057}
Win 95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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How to Use FDISK & FORMAT to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk {Q255867}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME, Win 2000 (A lengthy FAQ on hard drive preparation)
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Missing Drives in My Computer & Windows Explorer {Q191579}
Win 95, Win98, Win ME, Win 2000
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Partitioning Summary {Q69912}
MS-DOS, Win95
- Removing Non-DOS Partitions with Debug {KB 106419}
MS-DOS 6.x (Also works on Win9x with DOS Debug utility.)
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Windows 95 Does Not Support Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB {Q246818}
Keyboards
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Bad RAM Causes Fatal Exception Errors {Q138788}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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Cannot Configure Expanded Memory Support for an MS-DOS-Based Program {Q275423}
Win ME
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Computer May Not Hibernate with More Than 192 MB of Memory {Q296773}
Win ME
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Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM {Q304943}
Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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Definition of the “Typical Roll of This Machine” setting {Q140679}
Win95, Win98, Win ME
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Defragmenting Swap File: MS Says You Can't Do It Safely! {Q240755}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
(NB: I take serious issue with this article, but provide it for information purposes.)
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EMM386 Troubleshooting & Technical Information {Q78557}
Win95, Win98
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Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows {Q184447}
Win95, Win98
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How to Increase Conventional Memory for MS-DOS-Based Programs {Q134399}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE
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How to Increase the Memory Capability of Your Computer {Q259184}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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How to use a RAM drive to troubleshoot memory {Q142546}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE
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“Insufficient Memory” {Q218617}
Win95, Win98, Win ME (while using CD or DVD)
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Negative Hard Disk Free Size Reported on Virtual Memory Tab in System Properties {Q272620}
Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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“Not Enough Extended Memory Available to Run Windows” {Q311367}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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“Not Enough Memory to Convert to FAT32. To Free Up...” {Q188561}
Win98
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“Not enough memory to run this application” {Q218617}
Win95, Win98, Win ME (while using CD or DVD)
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“Out of Memory” Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed {Q253912}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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RAM reported by Windows does not match amount of installed RAM {Q146912}
Win95, Win98
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Specifying Amount of RAM Available to Windows Using MaxPhysPage {Q181862}
Win95, Win98, Win ME
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While Initializing Device NTKERN: Windows Protection... {Q192397}
Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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Windows 95 can access up to 2 GB of RAM {Q181594}
MS-DOS Compatibility Mode Errors
Modems
Mouse
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Mouse Issues ― KB Articles
Win98, Win98 SE
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Mouse Issues ― KB Articles
Win ME
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Computer Hangs If USB Mouse Is Moved While Suspending {Q240021}
Win98, Win98 SE
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Error Code 24 in Device Manager After Plugging in USB Mouse {Q257514}
Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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Microsoft Plug-and-Play Pointing Device Not Detected {Q142405}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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PS/2 Mouse Does Not Work After Upgrading to Windows 98 {Q206034}
Win98
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PS/2 Mouse May Not Work After You Upgrade to Windows ME {Q290342}
Win ME
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Unable to Change Settings for IntelliPoint Mouse Devices (Explorer, Optical, & Web) {Q257770}
Win ME, IntelliMouse Explorer 1.0
Power Management
Printers
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Cannot Print to Printer on LPT1 When Mapped or Captured to a Network Shared Printer {Q246971}
Win95, Win98, WIn98 SE, Win ME
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Cannot Print to USB Printer {Q268656}
Win98
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Extended or Unintelligible Characters Printed When You Start Windows {Q157145}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE
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How to Add the Print Directory Feature to Windows Explorer {Q272623}
Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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How to Troubleshoot Network Printing Problems {Q243075}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE, Win ME
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Unreliable Printing When Shared Printer Name Contains Spaces {Q130650}
Win95, Win98, Win98 SE
Sound
USB Devices
Video (including Monitors)
ATI video adapters – Monitor needs reconfig after reinstalling Windows 98
Missing Display Options in Display Property Sheet
Win95, Win98, Win ME
VMM Issues