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Old October 17th 04, 09:29 PM
bubbaaaa
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Thanks, Ron, for the quick response, but I can't boot my PC in safe mode so I
can't edit the system.ini file as suggested in the Microsoft article link you
provided. None of the methods Microsoft suggests, pressing F8 multiple times
during the boot, holding down the CTRL key, inserting a non-system disk and
then pressing F8 when the invalid disk message appears gets me to safe mode.
Any other ideas?

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Try this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;249191

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"bubbaaaa" wrote in message
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I have a problem with my son's three-year-old Dell PC: Win98 SE, 833, 40g

HD.
It was filled with malware that I removed with Adaware and Spybot.
Microsoft notified me that there were a number of MS upgrades available.

I
applied the upgrades one evening without monitoring the progress. The

next
morning Windows wouldn't run because of several missing DLL files, SHLWAPI
and WININET, specifically. I loaded these to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM but now I

am
unable to get the PC to boot, even in safe mode. Pressing F8 or holding
down the CTRL key has no effect, it tries to start and then gives me the
message "This program has completed an illegal operation and will be shut
down". I've visited several Microsoft KB articles, but none has helped

me.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.