Comments on: How to Respond to "Illegal Operation" Errors in Windows

on 10/9/2008 I can' see even charging money for windows 98 anymore all that OS ever did for me was do illeagel Oprerations on all my programs on different drives and with all types of software, they should pay you to install that crap on a computer you own. I have MAC OS now and i don't know what errors mean anymore. " I AM NOT A ERROR PC "

on 11/22/2005 When you're using your computer and you get an error message at either a DLL or EXE, you can go into the Start menu and click "Run." Type in MSCONFIG and go to the start-up window. There you can find the DLL or EXE that is giving you the problem and uncheck it from the start-up menu. That should solve your problem.

on 11/22/2005 Note what file name is missing and try to use the "Find" function to locate it. Then drag it to the application you were using. It sometimes works!

on 11/22/2005 Windows 98 comes with System File Checker. Run this program before and after you install any software. Click on "Start" then "Run..." and type "sfc" (without ""). Now compare the version numbers and other info about changed system files. Reinstall previou

on 11/22/2005 If the error message allows you to save "details", do so. The details will mean more to your support techie than they will to you. But that shouldn't stop you from going to Microsoft's web & searching the Knowledge Base for a fix.

on 11/22/2005 My computer gives me this message after a long day with Outlook, the Web, Excel, and Word open for long periods of time. As soon as the message comes up, I start closing up programs and try to save as much as I can before it shuts down everything.