Try this 1/ Start your computer, press and hold CTRL, and then choose 'Safe Mode Command Prompt Only' from the Windows 98 Startup menu. If you are running Windows Me, start your computer with the startup disk.
2/ At the MS-DOS prompt, type 'cd\windows\command' (without quote's), and then press ENTER. Where "windows" is the name of the folder in which Windows is installed. 3/ At the C: prompt, type 'scanreg /restore' , and then press ENTER. 4/ Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER. NOTE : A properly working registry has the word "Started" next to the date. 5/ When you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press ENTER to restart your computer. "The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few...Or the One." Spock Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn Tasana Computer Repair 931-498-4341/931-260-0414 Certified Computer Technician http://www.geocities.com/gregorywatts1967/poneyboy.html Beginner in the world of Linux On 9/30/05, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Win98se > Froze up. Did a cold restart (as usual in these cases, when cntrl-alt- > del ineffective). Computer now locked up on the very start of roxio > GoBack3. What should I do? Safe mode start? > Background: Puter been on running for about 24 hrs with a couple apps > up I believe. Thought about a restart, Norton Util launch as I had a > feeling.... Anywho, had a couple web pages, a doc, a folder, Outlook > and an Outlook message running (about 300? ram installed). Wireless > mouse cursor went awol. Tried cntrl-alt-del and escape. No luck. So > I punched out. Usually works. Don't know what to do. Never ran into > this. > > TIA, Jim > _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
