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windows is broke, can linux help?
Name: VHaverkort Date: May 13, 2004 at 06:42:03 Pacific OS: win98se / mandrake 9.1 li CPU/Ram: p3 866 / 128
Comment:
I installed a game, Rayman III, together with DirectX 8.1. The next time tried to login into win98, the "startbar" (i'm not sure of the name in English) pops up for a second and then it disappears immediately. Then the loading stops and i can only see the background. Only 3 programs are running when everything stops: RNaapp, Nip and Hidserv. Before that Mmtask, Rundll32, msgsvr32 (doesn't respond), Mprexe (doesn't respond), and some others. (virusscanner and so). The same happens when I try to run windows in safe mode.
But I can come in regedit. I have a dualboot system, I run linux too, but I also need Windows. I use an windows-emulator (wine) to edit the registry.
Can someone who knows a lot about the registry help me fixing windows?
Name: taurus Date: May 13, 2004 at 07:52:39 Pacific
Reply:
Why not ask that question in the Windows 95/98 forum? You would get a better response over there. In here, I would say trash Windows and stay with Linux!!!
taurus
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Response Number 2
Name: VHaverkort Date: May 13, 2004 at 08:11:45 Pacific
Posting the same message in two forums? Not a good choice but I understand your frustration
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Response Number 4
Name: 3Dave Date: May 14, 2004 at 02:50:10 Pacific
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Make a linux boot disk, re-install windoze 98 "over the top" of the existing installation, boot off the linux boot floppy and re-install your boot loader (linux or grub). You'll probably have to re-install directx too.
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Response Number 5
Name: Phil Calvert Date: May 19, 2004 at 09:38:35 Pacific
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Why go to the bother of using Linux to fix Windows when you should be able to do it more easily using DOS? If I was sitting in front of your computer, I probably could've fixed it in less than five minutes by booting into DOS and using scanreg.
Phil
"Beware the barrenness of a busy life." - Socrates
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Response Number 6
Name: GameMystic Date: May 20, 2004 at 06:45:36 Pacific
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