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   On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:54:38 GMT, "T-bone"  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   The group exists and is pretty active.  Ask your ISP and/or easynews   
   to add it.   
      
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