Question: Where can I download a Winzip file? —Elen Answer: If you’re talking about a ZIP format file, they’re all over the place. I suspect though that you’re looking for a utility called PKZIP or Winzip, to either create or uncompress a ZIP file. More on those utilities below, but first a little background on […]
Question: When I turn on the computer, a message pops up before the icons show, that says: “Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows or a Window application. The Windows registry or system.ini file refers to this device file, but the device file no longer exists. If you deleted this […]
Question: At home I have an old computer — a 486 with 4 megs of RAM — with Microsoft Word 2.0 on it. I’m in the process of sending out my resume and had created it on my home system. I updated it on a friend’s Word 97 program and printed it out. When I […]
In Windows 95 or Windows 98, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the program you want to delete by clicking on it. Then click the Add/Remove button. An uninstall wizard will start. Follow the uninstall wizard’s instructions to uninstall the program.
Question: Once I heard you quote an expert as saying that it was possible to have two CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files in multi-boot configurations in DOS 6. I’ve tried it but haven’t been able to make it work. What am I doing wrong? –Buddy Answer: The expert was Mathew Fiszer, a support tech with CompuSmart. […]