There is a known problem where a corrupt sound file can cause a machine to
hang on startup. You can test this by disabling sounds in Control Panel.
Without knowing what the errors are it's not possible say whether the sound
file could be part of it or not.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Terry" wrote in message
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Win98se
C-Media AC97 sound card
512mb ram
Althlon 2.2 system
AVG antivirus
Ant-Spyware

Unstable PC at present and attemting to troubleshoot.
When I boot up the default windows "start" sound (microsoft sound) kicks
in
OK, but it is a broken tune, and wonder if this may be the cause of
instabillity errors (0E etc.) in some way as I have read in newsgroups.?
When I enable the same sound via control panel\sounds route the sound is
NOT
broken.
I have the latest driver for my sound card, (even deleted\re-installed the
driver).
I may be totally wrong but can someone give any advice please.
TIA