Creating the "startup" disk is easy. Double-click My Computer
and then open Control Panel. Now double-click Add/Remove Programs
and select the Startup Disk tab. Click Create Disk. You will be
prompted to place a blank floppy disk in Drive A: and then click
OK.
Double-click on My Computer and then on Control Panel. Open Add/Remove Programs and open the Windows Setup tab. Scroll down to and then highlight System Tools. Click on the Details button to open a list of installed components. If the backup program is installed, you'll see a checkmark in the box to the left of that line. If that box is blank, click on it to create the checkmark. Now click on OK. You'll need your Windows 98 CD-ROM disk to install the backup program. If you don't have the CD-ROM disk point your computer to C:\WIN98. You'll need to restart your computer to finish installing the backup program. To use the backup program click on Start, Programs, Accessories and then on System Tools. Double-click on Backup. You can now select "Create a new backup job", "Open an existing backup job" or "Restore backed up files." The default selection is "Create a new backup job." The first time you use the backup program you'll have to choose "Backup my computer", which backs up your entire hard drive, or "Backup Selected Files" which lets you select the files you want to back up. After making this selection you'll be prompted to select a destination for the backup. Click on the folder icon to open the "Where to back up" window. Here you can navigate through and select from available backup devices like a floppy disk, Zip disk, etc. Now you'll enter a name for the backup files and select a regular backup, a backup optimized to save time, or one that will save disk space by compressing the backup file to make it smaller. Remember that if you use floppy disks for your backup, Windows will prompt you to add a new disk whenever the current disk is full. You can also elect to back up your files to a Zip drive, Jaz drive, a second hard drive, a tape drive, or a RW CD-ROM drive.
You need to remove your existing mouse driver and install your new mouse driver. Go to your control panel and double click on your system icon. Click the device manager tab and choose mouse from the list. Click the plus (+) to the left of mouse and remove the existing mouse driver. Note: You may lose your mouse functions, but don't panic that is normal. If you have a windows key on your keyboard press it to bring your start menu up. Arrow to shutdown turn off the pc. If you don't have a windows key hold down the Ctrl-key and press the Esc-key. And shutdown the pc. Connect your new mouse and start the pc, windows will detect new hardware and either install a new driver for the mouse or ask you to insert the disk into drive A: or the Cdrom. And follow the onscreen instructions.
Always uninstall programs, do not delete them. Click on start then settings, click control panel. Locate add/remove programs and double click it. Find the program in the list and highlight it, then click the add/remove button. And follow the uninstall instructions. Remember if asked to remove a shared file answer no. The file may be needed by other programs on your pc.
Click on start then run. Type msconfig in the run window and click ok. Click on the startup tab and uncheck any programs you don't want to start when you start your computer. Note: Do not uncheck any programs you are not sure of, because windows have startup files needed to start windows.
Click on start then settings and click control panel. Double click on the display icon, then click the background tab. Choose the background you want for you desktop, or you can click on browse to choose a background (bmp) file from another directory. Click apply then ok.