[MatthewDR]

Hello,

Yesterday, I installed a driver for my HP scanner on my Windows 98 machine. After doing so, every time I opened MSIE, Netscape, or AOL, "explorer" "Netscape" or "WAOL" would crash, making internet access impossible. The first thing that I did was uninstall the scanner driver, which didn't work.

The computer is connected to the internet via a cable modem, which I tried installing the drivers for, to no avail.

I greatly appreciate any assistance that can be provided.

 

[merlin]

well, it might not be your scanner...when you say it crashes, does it just close or does it give you any error messages ? You said you have cable modem....and AOL...you got AOL high speed internet ?

 

[MatthewDR]

No, the cable modem is Comcast.

I screwed around in msconfig. I got it working, but now I'm being suddenly inundated with spyware that pops up windows and changes my homepage.

 

[johnwill]

If you're going to use a computer on the Internet, especially with an "always on" connection, proper firewall protection is a must! I guess you've got that figured out now.