XPost: alt.windows95, alt.windows98   
   From: hifiguy@sonic.net   
      
   "Mark Huffman"  wrote in message   
   news:reFwb.7879$Wy2.145254@typhoon.sonic.net...   
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   > "DaveC"  wrote in message   
   > news:0001HW.BBE78ACE00BEF4E3F0080600@news.individual.net...   
   > > Replaced the clock battery after date and time kept resetting at every   
   > > turn-on.   
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   > > Now when we boot the system, W95 just restarts before it gets completely   
   > up   
   > > and running. Over and over and over...   
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   > > I see that one can put the system into "Safe Mode", but what then?   
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   > > Any ideas what causes this symptom? Remedies?   
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   > > No new software or hardware added prior to these symptoms.   
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   > > HP Vectra; Windows 95   
   > >   
   > > Thanks,   
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   > > DaveC   
   > > me@privacy.net   
   > > This is an invalid return address   
   > > Please reply in the news group   
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   > Dave:  If I read you correctly (assuming 95 is like 98,it often is) you   
   > might want to find the "startup menu" and set it to defaults.   
   >   
   > Sounds like somehow an analytical selection has been turned on in the   
   > startup sequence.   
   >   
   > I don't know much about this stuff, but I have had these problems before,   
   > similar that is.   
   >   
   > I checked and there is a startup tab in system configuration in system   
   info.   
   > That is NOT the one.  There is another one somewhere that is the boot   
   > sequence or something like that.  It has a default setting tab.   
   >   
   > I have seen my old 95 and this 98 set itself to weird settings all of a   
   > sudden.  No telling why.  This sort of thing stopped when I downloaded   
   > Spybot.   
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   > HaveFun, Mark   
      
   Dave:  The startup info IS in system conguration, under the general tab.   
      
   Ah ha, I found it.  It is under the "advanced" tab of the system config.box.   
   Click "advanced" and make sure that"disable fast shutdown" is checked.   
      
   In 98SE the path is.   
      
   Accessories   
   System tools   
   system info   
   tools   
   system configuration   
   generaltab,advanced   
   check the "disable fast shutdown" box   MH   
      
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