Old School District Computer

Sean34993 · 11-18-2005, 11:36 PM

I just bought a computer off ebay that is from a school district. The computer works fine but I am having one major problem. Any changes I make are undone each time I restart the computer. The computer has win 98, PIII 550mhz, 192 ram....

First, I changed the wallpaper, and the way the icons and the start menu is organized. I restarted and everything went back to how it was. After that, I removed some programs, deleted some files, and changed some other things. I restarted and everything went back to how it was.

I'm trying to find out what I can do to fix this. Is there something in windows itself or is there another program installed that is doing it? It's getting a little frustrating trying to figure out how to go around this so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Sean

**oldmn** · 11-19-2005, 12:10 AM

It appears that you do not have admistrator rights.
Later Versions of widows will tell you if have the rights. I do not recall if 98 warnes you.
If this is it and you do not have administrator rights and they did not supply you with a password. Check through the documents you got with it.
It may come down to a clean install of the OS.
But there is probably some one around here that remembers 98 better than I do.

Chevy · 11-19-2005, 09:44 AM

Actually, 98 didn't have any distinction between admins and users (unless a third party app was installed). You may want to wipe and reinstall - this will give you a fresh start, and will remove all the extraneous garbage.

**Terrister** · 11-19-2005, 12:58 PM

I work in a school system and we have differant ways of locking down the 98 machines so the students can not mess up the computers. I agree with Chevy. Completly wipe the machine then reinstall Windows 98. If you do not own a copy, you can buy one cheap on Ebay or other places on the net.

11-18-2005, 11:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sean34993 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 9 OS: ME	Old School District Computer I just bought a computer off ebay that is from a school district. The computer works fine but I am having one major problem. Any changes I make are undone each time I restart the computer. The computer has win 98, PIII 550mhz, 192 ram.... First, I changed the wallpaper, and the way the icons and the start menu is organized. I restarted and everything went back to how it was. After that, I removed some programs, deleted some files, and changed some other things. I restarted and everything went back to how it was. I'm trying to find out what I can do to fix this. Is there something in windows itself or is there another program installed that is doing it? It's getting a little frustrating trying to figure out how to go around this so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sean

11-19-2005, 12:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
oldmn TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,150 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	It appears that you do not have admistrator rights. Later Versions of widows will tell you if have the rights. I do not recall if 98 warnes you. If this is it and you do not have administrator rights and they did not supply you with a password. Check through the documents you got with it. It may come down to a clean install of the OS. But there is probably some one around here that remembers 98 better than I do. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center]

11-19-2005, 12:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	I work in a school system and we have differant ways of locking down the 98 machines so the students can not mess up the computers. I agree with Chevy. Completly wipe the machine then reinstall Windows 98. If you do not own a copy, you can buy one cheap on Ebay or other places on the net. __________________

11-19-2005, 09:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Actually, 98 didn't have any distinction between admins and users (unless a third party app was installed). You may want to wipe and reinstall - this will give you a fresh start, and will remove all the extraneous garbage.