Hi there,
I have not used 98 in a long time, but I think that these problems could be due to the fact that Windows 98 is designed for much older hardware.
However, you might want to try running it in a virtual machine - which means running Windows 98 inside XP.
Microsoft's virtual machine software, Virtual PC 2004 has been released free. To get it, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir...loads/sp1.mspx.
Let us know if you can run 98 inside a virtual machine or not.