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by vollie6

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I have just updating my OS to Win98 (upgraded version) and now my icons are HUGE. The system doesn't allow me to choose another setting in the Control Panel. It gives me 2 options, black and white and another one (I can't remember).

I shut downthe PC and now none of my devices are recognized???????? Device Manager shows my sound card but that's all.

Any ideas?

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by thechas

Windows 98 needs new drivers installed for your hardware.

Start with the chipset driver for the motherboard.
For help identifying the motherboard, check out www.motherboards.org
or www.wimsbios.com

Next, Install DirectX (from Microsoft)
Many video cards require that you have DirectX installed before the driver.

Then, install the driver for your video card.

If needed, install the mfg driver for the monitor.

You should now have your display option back.

Chas

by vollie6

Chas,

I tried all of these and they didn't work. Now the CD Rom isn't being recognized. I was going to format the harddrive and reinstall the OS. Can't do that now.

What happened is the user bought this PC (Ultra) from a lady who deleted files off of it before selling it. Well she deleted alot of the important ones. Once bought, user had problems, so installed Win98 and 98 SE. Hence, now it's my problem to attempt to fix it.

The PC shows all devices and that they are working correctly, however, sound card doesn't work, CD Rom doesn't work, modem doesn't work????

Thanks for all of your assistance on this. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.

Vollie

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