Looks like Microsoft forgot there was a world outside the US

[donutpower]

REDMOND, Washington (AP) -- Microsoft reversed a decision to stop support for some older Windows operating systems, saying Monday some customers in developing countries were not aware of the change.

Support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 S.E. had been scheduled to expire Friday, and for Windows Millennium Edition on December 31. Under Monday's

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[christian03]

Since you're talking about compy's and such I thought I'd ask a question. Everytime I log into my account, the SYSTEM32 folder pops up. Would you happen to know why? :x

[donutpower]

if you have Windows XP or 2000 then go into the registry and look at these entries

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

check that all the values in these keys dont gots any incorrect, incomplete, or null entries like ""

after you do that just exit out of the registry and do a restart to see if it fixes it.

[christian03]

*ahem* Where would this registry be? I'm computer stupid.