thank you for you reply.

after doing this I still can not start up the laptop pc, I have now done a
step by step start up and all ok up to the vredir.vxd file and nothing after
this, just hangs.

any ideas why

thanks

J


"Steven Burn" wrote in message
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Start Shutdown Re-start in MS-DOS Mode

At the prompt, type:

deltree c:\windows\history

When prompted, press Y to delete the folder (windows will re-create a new
one for you)

Re-start your computer or type WIN to return to Windows without a re-start
(not reccomended)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


"jc calling" thank you for you valued help wrote in message
...
I have windows 98 in my laptop and it is not starting up it seems that
the
files in the history folder are of the incorrect file name length.

how can I remove these files as just deleting them has not worked, it
still
shows up that the files are there after deleting them.
also I have done a delete temp files in the properties of internet
explorer.

I can get into safe mode, but it will not start-up normally.

done a disk defrag and a scan disk and surface scan, still not starting
up,
what else can I do to get it to work,

thanks in advance for any help given.


J