From: mis@take.net   
      
   here_and_there  wrote in   
   news:s3d9g1lem7b87lq7d0na3q8jrrg3pmhn31@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:18:49 GMT, "T-bone"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>After only 1 week with no problems, I am not getting apparent   
   >>unrecoverable explorer crashes [windows 98 se].   
   >>Just did a fresh install on a brand new hard drive and got my daughters   
   >>computer up and running, on a network with internet connection, ready   
   >>for school.   
   >>Last night I transferred a bunch of guns n roses video clips from my   
   >>computer to hers.   
   >>The player installed on her machine, bs player, played sound but no   
   >>video. So I installed Divx 5, which played them fine.   
   >>So I tried to associate the files with divx, in the 'opens with' dialod   
   >>checking the 'always use the progam' box.   
   >>No dice, and bs player kept opening them.   
   >>So I uninstalled bs player, then icons stopped functioning.   
   >>Click on a folder or program, nothing.   
   >>So I restart, and it booted normally, signed into the network, then   
   >>explorer crashes before anything loads.   
   >>Says 'Explorer cause an invalid page fault in module explorer.exe. at   
   >>olaf:00yo1f31'.   
   >>I've been down this road before [but sure didn't expect it so soon after   
   >>a fresh install].   
   >>Tried letting scandisc run, same crash.   
   >>So I booted into safe mode, and much to my shock, explorer crashes there   
   >>too. After the crash, the wallpaper comes up, mouse pointer functions   
   >>but nothing will load.   
   >>The only keys that have an effect, predictably, is ctrl/alt/del.   
   >>So here I am, 1 week after a fresh install, being beset by the friggin   
   >>windows gremlin.   
   >>Anything to be done besides yet another fresh install ?   
   >>I've never had a situation where windows wouldn't boot in safe mode.   
   >>Seems the registry is corrupt, and I do have a backup on the HD, but   
   >>windows won't start to let me correct it.   
   >>Is there anything on a startup disc that could help ?   
   >>I'm at a loss, and feel like throwing this machine off a viaduct.   
   >>I would install XP on it, but its a P2 333 and doubt if it could handle   
   >>it.   
   > Boot to DOS (command line) mode and try to restore the registry from   
   > there.  Enter   
   > scanreg /restore   
   > at the prompt.  Then choose last registry saved before the troubles.   
      
   Thanks for the suggestion.   
      
   >   
   > PS Suggest you post in alt.windows98 rather than this group   
   >   
      
   If such a group exists, easynews doesn't carry it.   
      
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