My nieces problem i'm sure is unfixable. We are just going to buy her a new computer anyway so really no need to even try to fix it. I'm sure its just cause her PC is to old. She is only running Win98se on a 500mghrtz PC with 256 RAM. Definately a dinosaur of a PC but a good starter computer. We have found she can't do alot of things online with it over the past few months. Problem will be solved soon.
lmao
try configureing a highspeed LAN on a 286 with 4 megs of ram
my current dinosaur is a P2 running mmx with 128 megs of ram, every ram slot filled... stopped tryin to run quest on it it works but dam its slow... lol. Naw im gonna keep my P4

on that note i think theres a good reason microsuck stopped their support of widoze 9X... its just too old... Eventually ppl need to learn that some stuff isnt going to work with 9X (actually most stuff wont work with it nowadays) and ppl need to move on....
Thats my opinion, and i still love 98, but unless u know how to make it work for yourself (being a geek or somthing) its prolly too outdated for ya and u should go with somthing newer

Sorry guys