From: John on 12/14/2001
: When I start or reboot the computer freezes after the Windows 98 screen. Get a black screen with an hourglass. In Safe mode, used msconfig to unload config.sys and autoexec.bat, but same problem. Also when I try to change monitor settings to from 16 to 256 color, freezes after message "restarting Windows"
: Would appreciate any info. Been working on this for a few days and its making me nuts.
: Thanks
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Go back to a good copy of the registry .
Toggle F8 ( when , verifying DMA pool message comes on ) or Press
Ctrl during bootup .
Select , Command prompt only .
After the C prompt , type , scanreg /restore
This article describes how to restore a backup copy of the Windows 98
or Windows Millennium Edition (Me) registry
scanreg /restore
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q221/5/12.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=scanreg/%20restore&rnk=3&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98
Follow the prompts and select a registry dated prior to the problems .
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To improve on the 5 days MS have , Use the Cabrest system below & get 14 days .
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/regback1.html
For those that find the above site confusing , here is what to do .
Alter MaxBackupCopies from 5 to 14 as per instructions at above site .
Download the zipped copy of the Batch file from ,
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/downloads/cabrest.zip
Unzip , copy & paste cabrest onto the top of C in Windows Explorer .
Delete zip file , or save it on floppy , if you want it for others or the
future .
Print the instructions below & stick on your comp in front of you , so
when you have to go back to a good copy of the registry , you don't
need to search for them .
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Toggle F8 ( when , verifying DMA pool message comes on ) or Press Ctrl
during bootup .
Select , Command prompt only .
Type in cabrest & press Enter , keep answering y & you will see a
table , which will allow you to select which CAB file to restore from .
So , for example , to restore from rb009 cab , you look at the table &
see 09 corresponds to the letter j . You type j & Not the number .
Follow instructions .
Type win & press Enter to exit .
If after following the instructions to Restore , things arn't still
working , go to an earlier date & try again .
Type win & press Enter to exit .
