XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc, alt.windows95   
   From: home@away.com   
      
   On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:28:20 GMT, "dcdon"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Hi Jason,   
   >   
   >You can find the version of W95 he is running under System, or right mouse My   
   Computer,   
   >Properties. I suspect it is running a 16 bit OS and you would need to do a   
   pretty good bit   
   >to not have trouble every time you load 32 bit programs. You can find 16 bit   
   freeware and   
   >shareware utilities to help with it, but it is just as easy to Format and get   
   him a clean   
   >install.   
   >   
      
   Win95 runs 32bit software - the DOS version used underneath in Win95   
   v& Win98 is 16bit.  That's the way I understand the distinction of   
   16bit and 32bit.   
      
      
   >You need to write down the hardware running, use another machine and go get   
   the most   
   >up-to-date drivers you can find for it. You also want to go to the HDD   
   manufacturer and see   
   >what upgrade for the MoBo, and look for an up dated BIOS. They all should be   
   no larger than   
   >a floppy. Oh, make sure you have freshly formatted floppies, with NO bad   
   sectors. Just look   
   >at each one when the get through for the report.   
   >   
   >For ease of the entire matter, you can get a W95 boot disk or w98 for that   
   matter and boot   
   >to a WS-DOS prompt and type FDISK to set any partitions or remove any   
   trash   
   >partitions there, although I suspect it may have like a 560 meg HDD. Be good   
   to blow all the   
   >cob webs and ghost tards out of, but be careful with the cables, so one   
   doesn't cause   
   >problems from being loose. It's happened to me before. I also suggest a BASIC   
   partition for   
   >all of it. After you finish, power down. Boot w/boot diskette again and type   
   FORMAT u/c/s/   
   > and that will look for fixing bad sectors, etc. After you get   
   through, put your   
   >Installation CD in the tray, and power down. Boot with the floppy, and at the   
   DOS Prompt   
   >type D:  , SETUP.EXE  and follow the prompts.   
   >   
   >good luck,   
   >don   
   >   
   >   
   >"Witchsmeller Jason"  wrote in message   
   >news:Xns9452DEA49AE0Ajasondsnape@195.92.193.157...   
   >Hi,   
   >   
   >A friend has asked me to look at his flakey Win 95 box, which I strongly   
   >suspect is riddle with spyware & possibly viruses (viri). I installed a   
   >copy of Lavasoft's Ad-aware on his machine but when I ran it Windows   
   >complained about WS2_32.DLL being missing. I downloaded a zipped version of   
   >this from the net but when I extracted it (with winzip) I could only find a   
   >html doc in the chosen directory, no DLL? Frustrated I gave up & downloaded   
   >the file on my XP box, extracted it and eventually copied it to his system   
   >folder. After running Ad-aware again his box then complained about missing   
   >WS2_HELP.DLL (or something very similar, I can't find the piece of paper I   
   >wrote it down on). I think a virus &/or spyware has altered his machine   
   >which is causing many problems.   
   >   
   >Does anyone know a way to fix this PC, as I can't seem to extract zipped   
   >DLLs on his box I can't keep driving to his house to find out which DLL it   
   >needs next only to have to go home, download it on my PC & return - there   
   >could be 20+ files missing!   
   >   
   >I don't mind if someone has come accorss this problem before & supplies a   
   >list of possible DLLs that are missing, I can download them all and take   
   >them round on a disc. Alternatively maybe there is an app that I can   
   >download that can scan which files are missing? He does have the original   
   >Win 95 disc if that helps, any advice greatly appreciated. I've also tried   
   >Spybot & I get the same results.   
   >   
   >Thanks, Jason.   
   >   
      
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