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theoilman · Feb 13, 2005

hi, i recently got a compaq presario with windows 98, it starts up fine but when i double click on a program nothing happens, the person who had it before me also said they put more RAM into it and it worked fine until a few months ago when nothing would load, can anybody help me with this?

Know Nuttin · Feb 13, 2005

scan for viruses/spyware
do any programs work?

theoilman · Feb 13, 2005

no programs at all work

cw823 · Feb 13, 2005

If it were me? I'd do a dirty install of win98 and see if that fixes it.

theoilman · Feb 14, 2005

sorry for the noob question but what is a dirty install and how does it differ from a quick restore? (which i have already tried with no luck)

cw823 · Feb 14, 2005

sorry. "dirty install" of windows 98 is reinstalling win98 directly over the installation that is already on the hard drive. When you run the install it tries to install to another directory.....you'll have to force it to install to C:\Windows. Normally that repairs problems, without losing information or any installed programs

theoilman · Feb 16, 2005

is there anyway to do this without the windows 98 cd? I was told it was already installed on the comp wen it was bought new

Gnufsh · Feb 16, 2005

Even if it ewas already installed, it should have come with a windows 98 cd. There's not really a way to install without the cd.

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