Dial up Problems (missing files)

I bought a used notebook (Dell Latitude) on eBay.
It has windows 98.
When I was going through the IE setup wizard, I kept getting lots of
"Missing file" errors. I looked up the first dozen or so and they are all
related to the dial up and networking functions (naturally). There was an
option button to skip those files, so I clicked it over and over and finally
got to the end of the wizard.

Now if I click the big blue 'e' icon to launch IE, the thing will dial up
and connect, but I always get a "Page not found" error. When I use a
different computer with same settings, all is okay.

I think I need to find and download a package that is complete for internet
dial up for Win 98. Is there such a thing?

Are there any other options?

Steve

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough in the above post.
The computer did not come with the Win 98 program disk(s).
The operating system was already on the drive. It seems to be working just
fine.
I installed the Microsoft Office 2000 suite (which includes Outlook).
When I tried to run Outlook, I got the connection wizard and all my problems
started.

Since I don't have the 98 installation disks, I was thinking that maybe I
could download a package that includes all the necessary files for
connecting to the internet via dial up.


"Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I bought a used notebook (Dell Latitude) on eBay.
> It has windows 98.
> When I was going through the IE setup wizard, I kept getting lots of
> "Missing file" errors. I looked up the first dozen or so and they are all
> related to the dial up and networking functions (naturally). There was an
> option button to skip those files, so I clicked it over and over and
finally
> got to the end of the wizard.
>
> Now if I click the big blue 'e' icon to launch IE, the thing will dial up
> and connect, but I always get a "Page not found" error. When I use a
> different computer with same settings, all is okay.
>
> I think I need to find and download a package that is complete for
internet
> dial up for Win 98. Is there such a thing?
>
> Are there any other options?
>
> Steve
>
>

do a search on your drive for files ending with *.cab...those are your
install files for win98

"Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry, I wasn't clear enough in the above post.
> The computer did not come with the Win 98 program disk(s).
> The operating system was already on the drive. It seems to be working just
> fine.
> I installed the Microsoft Office 2000 suite (which includes Outlook).
> When I tried to run Outlook, I got the connection wizard and all my
problems
> started.
>
> Since I don't have the 98 installation disks, I was thinking that maybe I
> could download a package that includes all the necessary files for
> connecting to the internet via dial up.
>
>
> "Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I bought a used notebook (Dell Latitude) on eBay.
> > It has windows 98.
> > When I was going through the IE setup wizard, I kept getting lots of
> > "Missing file" errors. I looked up the first dozen or so and they are
all
> > related to the dial up and networking functions (naturally). There was
an
> > option button to skip those files, so I clicked it over and over and
> finally
> > got to the end of the wizard.
> >
> > Now if I click the big blue 'e' icon to launch IE, the thing will dial
up
> > and connect, but I always get a "Page not found" error. When I use a
> > different computer with same settings, all is okay.
> >
> > I think I need to find and download a package that is complete for
> internet
> > dial up for Win 98. Is there such a thing?
> >
> > Are there any other options?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>

Okay!
I found 117 folders in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS
Now, is there some way I can initialize all these things so that the
"Connect" Wizard will be able to find them?

I am daunted at the thought of typing in this path every time the wizard
says "File not Found" (which is about 30 or so)



"Haggis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:lkfcc.4198$G3.41885@localhost...
> do a search on your drive for files ending with *.cab...those are your
> install files for win98
>
> "Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sorry, I wasn't clear enough in the above post.
> > The computer did not come with the Win 98 program disk(s).
> > The operating system was already on the drive. It seems to be working
just
> > fine.
> > I installed the Microsoft Office 2000 suite (which includes Outlook).
> > When I tried to run Outlook, I got the connection wizard and all my
> problems
> > started.
> >
> > Since I don't have the 98 installation disks, I was thinking that maybe
I
> > could download a package that includes all the necessary files for
> > connecting to the internet via dial up.
> >
> >
> > "Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I bought a used notebook (Dell Latitude) on eBay.
> > > It has windows 98.
> > > When I was going through the IE setup wizard, I kept getting lots of
> > > "Missing file" errors. I looked up the first dozen or so and they are
> all
> > > related to the dial up and networking functions (naturally). There was
> an
> > > option button to skip those files, so I clicked it over and over and
> > finally
> > > got to the end of the wizard.
> > >
> > > Now if I click the big blue 'e' icon to launch IE, the thing will dial
> up
> > > and connect, but I always get a "Page not found" error. When I use a
> > > different computer with same settings, all is okay.
> > >
> > > I think I need to find and download a package that is complete for
> > internet
> > > dial up for Win 98. Is there such a thing?
> > >
> > > Are there any other options?
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Again, I need to clarify:

I cannot find and run the same wizard that asked me where all the files
were. Apparently it only runs once when you run the thing for the very first
time after install and then goes away somewhere. So, for the time being, all
those files are marked as "Skipped" are still being thought of as skipped.

A search for "Wizard" only brings up the regular connection wizards, not the
first one I was dealing with.


"Haggis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:lkfcc.4198$G3.41885@localhost...
> do a search on your drive for files ending with *.cab...those are your
> install files for win98
>
> "Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sorry, I wasn't clear enough in the above post.
> > The computer did not come with the Win 98 program disk(s).
> > The operating system was already on the drive. It seems to be working
just
> > fine.
> > I installed the Microsoft Office 2000 suite (which includes Outlook).
> > When I tried to run Outlook, I got the connection wizard and all my
> problems
> > started.
> >
> > Since I don't have the 98 installation disks, I was thinking that maybe
I
> > could download a package that includes all the necessary files for
> > connecting to the internet via dial up.
> >
> >
> > "Steve Frye" <nospam@@@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I bought a used notebook (Dell Latitude) on eBay.
> > > It has windows 98.
> > > When I was going through the IE setup wizard, I kept getting lots of
> > > "Missing file" errors. I looked up the first dozen or so and they are
> all
> > > related to the dial up and networking functions (naturally). There was
> an
> > > option button to skip those files, so I clicked it over and over and
> > finally
> > > got to the end of the wizard.
> > >
> > > Now if I click the big blue 'e' icon to launch IE, the thing will dial
> up
> > > and connect, but I always get a "Page not found" error. When I use a
> > > different computer with same settings, all is okay.
> > >
> > > I think I need to find and download a package that is complete for
> > internet
> > > dial up for Win 98. Is there such a thing?
> > >
> > > Are there any other options?
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>