thanks

Mike

1. The first PGCPC/SPOOLER boot errors started occurring about a year ago. I used PowerQuest "SecondChance" to go back to an earlier version - that fixed it for a few months.

2. When it started occurring again, I installed SusE Linux 8 (in dual-boot mode). My intention was to use Linux as a backup while I salvaged Windows. Imagine my surprise that simply installing Linux actually fixed the problem! For a few months, anyway...

3. Recently, it started happening again. Every boot was a blue screen, with the "PGCPC" or "SPOOLER" error.

From a boot diskette, I used c:\windows\system\msconfig to remove vetsup.vxd - it didn't help.

Then, from "safe mode", I de-installed PowerQuest SecondChance. That did it! Windows ME is booting happily again!

I got a "Windows Protection Error" "System Halted" message normally reporting an error in PGCPC although sometime "spooler" or nor reported.

I've tracked mine down to Powerquest Second Chance and the SC.VxD driver. now why this should start playing up I don't know as has been installed from new. I've uninstalled it and seems to be working OK again. I do intend to try and re-install it and hope it'll be OK but if not well i'll manage without it!

Hope this helps!

I often wonder how a proff.PC whizz susses these out quickly or how someone with little knowledge get them sorted without paying through the nose! Glad I can normally find enough info. onthe web to get me on the right track!

can you post any solutions you have back to this board. I have a friend using win98 on a Tiny PC and he had an kernel error in pgcpc and now the machine boots into the safe mode menu every time!

Thanks,

PGCPC(01)+0000AC55 0E:0028:C0076891

I had this problem a few years back and decided on a win2K upgrade to solve it. But recently when I decided to fall back to ME so my daughter could play more games on the system. Guess what I got my old problem back.

My problems seemed to start when I was configuring network adapters or the networking wizard.

I have eventually traced to the VNETSUP.VXD linked to my NET adapter. To solve the boot problems I would suggest booting up in SAFE mode and running MSCONFIG from the RUN option on START menu. From here do a selective STARTUP and uncheck the box next to VNETSUP.VXD in the VXD section. after deselectiong this and clicking OK you will be prompted for a REBOOT where you should say YES.

Your Tiny system should come OK this time as long as there's no other problems lurking. You can disable the selective restart prompt once you know all is now working fine.

I went one step further and deleted the link to the VNETSUP.VXD file in my registry... but I'm not going to say go ahead and do this as it can be VERY DANGEROUS if you dont have backups and knowledge of how to recover from a registry problem.

Hope this helps and drop me a line if this helps as it P**sed me off for quite some time :-)