Can you start in safe mode?

How to Start a Windows 98-Based Computer in Safe Mode
To start a Windows 98-based computer in Safe mode, use any of the 3 methods.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=180902

Quoted from the article.
To start a Windows 98-based computer in Safe mode, use any of the following
methods.
Method 1
Restart your computer.
While your computer restarts, press and hold the CTRL key until the Windows
98 Startup menu is displayed.

NOTE: If you are using the EZDrive tool, press F8 instead of CTRL.
Select the Safe Mode menu option from the Startup menu, and then press
ENTER.

Method 2
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools,
and then click System Information.
On the Tools menu, click System Configuration Utility.
Click Advanced, and then click to select the Enable Startup Menu check box.
Click OK, click OK, and then restart your computer when you are prompted to
do so.
Select the Safe Mode menu option from the Startup menu, and then press
ENTER.

Method 3
Insert a non-bootable floppy disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart
your computer.
When you receive the "Non-system disk or disk error. Replace and strike any
key when ready" error message, remove the floppy disk from the floppy disk
drive.
Press F8, and then press F8. When you do this, the Windows 98 Startup menu
is displayed.
Select the Safe Mode menu option from the Startup menu, and then press
ENTER.

Method 4
Restart your computer in MS-DOS Mode.
From a command prompt type "win /d:m" without the quotation marks.
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If you do, then from the Start/Run applet execute MSCONFIG look under
StartUp list.
Disable all except explorer and systray.

Reboot normally, if all is well then one of the programs that is started is
the culprit.
By trial and error you may be able to find out which one.

If you can get to the web, then lookup the processes here and find out which
one may be bad. If you cannot connect, post the list of processes and will
check it out.
START-UP APPLICATIONS
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
The complete list
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup...tartup_all.php


Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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"Bev mulcahy" wrote in message
...
Everytime I turn my computer on it loads everything as
normal and I have all the icons on my desktop and then it
just hangs there trying to load some programs. The only
way I can seem to fix it is by doing Ctrl-Alt-Del and
ending the programme that is not responding. A lot of the
time (but not all of the time) it says it is Explorer that
is not responding. I'm sick of it - any ideas would be
appreciated
Thanks
Bev