My Windows98 will stop responding before the desktop appear when i boot the machine, it can be "fixed" using scanreg to retore an old registry copy. But once i use IE, even without connecting to the net. the problem will sure to occur next time i start the computer. i can enter the Safemode when the problem occurs, but i don't know how to fix it and the problem presists when booting again in normal mode.In the Step-by-step mode, i can load all the drivers, but it halts at the same place as before(the blank dos screen with nothing but a cursor, waiting for the desktop that should start within a few seconds). So i have to keep running scanreg everytime to use my pc... i have used the system file checker, IE file checker, reinstall some softwares, and i have also try removing the network adapter and the modem. But none of them helps.

Go back to a good copy of the registry . Toggle F8 ( when , verifying DMA pool message comes on ) or Press Ctrl during bootup , depends on your computor . Select , Command prompt only . After the C prompt , type , scanreg /restore Follow the prompts and select a registry dated prior to the problems . 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 Restore Operation Failed (Q220878) The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q220878

thk John for replying, using scanreg/restore only allows me to enter win98 for one time. Next reboot will sure to fail because i have used IE.