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re: missing file Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 11:49 pm Posted by Jerry (875 messages posted) "Download Windows 98" ??? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 2:59 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1084 messages posted) Hi Diane. You need to format the Win85 computer and install Win98. Do you have a Win98 CD? You can't download Win98. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Friday, March 23, 2007 at 9:22 am Posted by Diane Roberts (2 messages posted) Hi Keith and Jerry. We do have a windows 98 cd and have tried downloading it on the other computer. It tells us there is an existing program and cannot download unless we delete that program and like I said before, it won't even let us into win95, because it says there is a file missing. Is there a way to completely delete win95 so we can download win98, we would really like to have 95 on that computer, but right now we are willing to try anything just to get it up and running again. Thanks for your help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Friday, March 23, 2007 at 12:48 pm Posted by Jerry (875 messages posted) Hi Diane: As Keith said, you need to FORMAT the old Win95 computer and start over fresh. I think you confused us all when you used the term "download." Windows must be "installed" from "media" (floppies, CDs). "Downloading" usually implies getting files from the Internet. Windows has never been distributed (legally) over the Internet, although I'm sure some unscrupulous people have illegally distributed it this way. We're always cautious about providing information on how to "download Windows" (illegally) from the Internet. Since you already have your own installation media, I can recommend some good sites describing the reformatting process, and tips on how to install a new Operating System. Your installation media will need to be a "full install", and not an "upgrade". An "upgrade" version will want to see the older Win95 system in place before it lets you upgrade. Five of my favorite sites are listed here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/1081485181 Jerry [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:48 am Posted by Charles Davis (1 messages posted) my computer advises file ADVAP132.dll is missing and suggests 'Get current HwProfile W.' Being unaware of either of the above would appreciate your advice on action to be taken. Thankyou Charles On Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 10:49 pm, Jerry wrote: >"Download Windows 98" ??? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 10:56 am Posted by Jerry (875 messages posted) Hi Charles: The original copy of the ADVAPI32.DLL (and note correct file name) lives in the WIN95_11.CAB file in the WIN95 folder on your Windows 95 installation CD. When it's installed properly, ADVAPI32.DLL lives in your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder. I see the file also listed as available for download from: http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?advapi32 but I don't know if all versions of the required file with this name were exactly the same in all version of Windows. Does your computer boot to the desktop after you see the error message? Jerry [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 10:15 am Posted by dhm (966 messages posted) " An "upgrade" version will want to see the older Win95 system in place before it lets you upgrade." And vice versa. That is, it sounds to me like she has an OEM disc and the Setup.exe won't run if it detects a WIN.COM on the drive that is not the same version as on the CD. I've found that the minimum that is needed is to rename WIN.COM to WIN.CO and then an OEM version of Win98 will install. I didn't reformat my hard drive. I just installed Win98 over Win95 and saved myself the hassle of backing up and reinstalling my files. I never had a problem because of it. But anyone who runs Windows should look out for MSVCRT.DLL. This iis the Visual C run time file. It was notorious for memory leaks and Microsoft kept upgrading it till they solved the problem. Since it was not supplied with Windows, each publisher of a program that used it, installed a new version somewhere. If you run Find you will probably find a half dozen copies in 4 different versions on your drive. A program can allocate memory with one version, then move to another folder and try to deallocate from another. The notorious instability of Win95, Win98 and Win2K comes from that. You can download the final version from Microsoft by searching their site for SPEU.EXE (SPEcial Update) which includes the 285kb version of MSVCRT.DLL. That's the only one you should have on your computer. Put one copy in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and erase the others. You may have to boot to DOS to do that. On Friday, March 23, 2007 at 11:48 am, Jerry wrote: >Hi Diane: > >As Keith said, you need to FORMAT the old Win95 >computer and start over fresh. > >I think you confused us all when you used the term >"download." Windows must be "installed" from >"media" (floppies, CDs). "Downloading" usually >implies getting files from the Internet. Windows >has never been distributed (legally) over the >Internet, although I'm sure some unscrupulous >people have illegally distributed it this way. > >We're always cautious about providing information >on how to "download Windows" (illegally) from the >Internet. > >Since you already have your own installation >media, I can recommend some good sites describing >the reformatting process, and tips on how to >install a new Operating System. Your installation >media will need to be a "full install", and not an >"upgrade". > >Five of my favorite sites are listed here: >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/1081485181 > >Jerry [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 11:31 am Posted by Jerry (875 messages posted) Maybe 295KB -- dated 10-19-03 ?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing file Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 12:21 pm Posted by dhm (966 messages posted) Thank you. I'll look into that. My experience was that Firefox crashed every day until I searched M$ft and that led me to what MSVCRT.DLL was and that the new version was in SPEU.EXE and I downloaded from them. Then Fx didn't crash anymore. BTW, I have a 2003 copy of Win2K. But it installs 4 copies of MSVCRT.DLL in 2 obsolete versions. Someone who had the job of setting up the Win2K discs did not get a memo. And in other news, this site has stuff for Win95: www.MDGx.com On Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 11:31 am, Jerry wrote: >Maybe 295KB -- dated 10-19-03 ?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 95 Discussion Forum