Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Good ol' Bob

This post actually comes from one of my A+ assignments

Windows 98 - Part 1


  1. Create a Windows 98 boot disk -- Don
  2. Setting up hard disk -- Done
  3. Format hard disk -- Done
  4. Install Windows 98 -- Done 
  5. Name computer and Organization: Sean and MATC -- Done
  6. Cancel Rescue disk -- Done
  7. Remove floppy disks from drive 'A' -- Done
  8. No network Password -- Done
     9-11.  Generic graphics driver found: Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) found.

               SOLUTION:    • Make sure Windows 98 CD is still in the drive
                                         • Click on the Start menu and select Add/Remove Programs and make sure you also search in the Drivers folder
                                         • Find the Matrox 6200 driver in the list.  click OK


Windows 98 - Part 2

Helping out "Good ol' Bob"

  1. Bob wants his computer networked to MATCs LAN so he can access the internet for a project.
                SOLUTION:    • Make sure Windows 98 CD is still in the drive
                                           • Go to the Start menu then click on Control Panel
                                           • Click on Add or Remove Programs
                                           • Click on Add/Remove Windows Components in the sidebar to the left
                                           • Make sure Networking Services is checked.  Click Next
     2.  Bob wants the Freecell game installed on his machine, but it's not their.
                SOLUTION:    • Click on the Start menu and select Control Panel
                                           • Click on Add or Remove Programs
                                           • Click on Accessories and Utilities  and click the Details... button
                                           • Make sure Games is checked.  This will add all the games to your          computer.  If you only want Freecell, double click on Games and only checkmark Freecell
                                           • Click OK
    3.  Bob wants to increase the resolution of the screen
                SOLUTION:     • Click the Start menu and select Control Panel
                                           • Double-click on Display
                                           • Click on the Settings tab

    4.  Bob wants to be able to save images in the Paint aqpplication to the ".jpg" or ".gif" format.
               SOLUTION:      • First do a search on your computer for 2 files called "jpegim32.flt" and "gifimp32.flt".  If you cannot find these files then you can download the Officce Converter Pack from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212265 (the file is called Oconvpck.exe package)

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