You can try the "Unofficial SP2" edition for Windows 98
Look Here
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Features of 2.0.1:
* 100+ updates and hotfixes (Detailed list will be prepared soon).
* Solves 512 MB of RAM problem.
* 256-color tray icons.
* Better Notepad: MetaPad 3.5 (Optional).
* Optimized swap file usage (Optional).
* Better WDM and USB support.
* Adaptec ASPI 4.60.1021 drivers (Optional).
* Windows Scripting Host 5.6.
* DCOM98 1.3.
* OLE Automation Libraries 2.40.4522.
* Dial-Up Networking 1.4.
* Microsoft Installer 2.0.
* MDGx's HTML Help Update.
* TweakUI (Optional).
* Command Prompt Here (Optional).
* New Animated Boot Logo (Optional).
* Microsoft Layer for Unicode.
* Visual Basic 5.0 SP2 runtime library.
* Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 runtime library.
* Visual C++ 6.0 SP6 runtime libraries.
* Updates JET 3.5 files to JET 3.5 SP3.
* Supports 98lite 4.7.
* Windows 2000/ME desktop icons.
* Windows 2000 color scheme (Optional).
* Supports custom "Program Files" directory.
* Shows attributes column in details view on the Windows Explorer.
* Semi-slipstreaming support.
* Some tweaks (Optional).
On the same page are links for other languages (Like French)
Good luck and I hope this will solve your problem
By the way..
You might want to check the drivers for your
Videocard and... yes and... your Monitor.. If your monitor is set to "Default Monitor" its possible that's the problem
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