[pchelpers] Re: win98 problems

Pc:

Thanks for the tip!!

Roger Miller

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----- Original Message -----
From: "PcCowboy" <saddle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "pchelper" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:14 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: win98 problems


> See if you can start it in safemode. If you can, take a look at your
bootlog.prv.
>  The prv file is your bootlog for your last boot-up and the txt is the
bootlog for
> the boot that you are now in. You can find them on your root drive (c:\)
Open the
> prv file with notepad. Scroll to the last line and this is the last
file/driver that it tried to load
> that caused the lock-down. Sometimes this gives you a clue as to where to
start in
> fixing the problem. When I had lock down problems at the splash screen it
was
> the drivers that loaded the IDE ports. I removed them in safemode and
restarted
> and when 98 reinstalled them it fixed the problem.
>
> Pc
>
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