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Device Manager
In an effort to troubleshoot a shut down problem with my
Windows 98 in the Device Manager I checked the "disable in this hardware profile" under "sound, video and game controllers" as instructed at the support site. As that didn't fix my problem, I went back in to re-enable the devices (Crystal WDM Audio Codec, Gameport Joystick, MPU- 401 Compatible, Wave Device for Voice Modem) but after I uncheck the box next to each one and hit the "Enable this device" button I get a perpetual hour glass and it locks up. Help!!! |
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If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after the date of the restored registry will be lost. On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already been replaced. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Ken in Kansas" wrote in message ... In an effort to troubleshoot a shut down problem with my Windows 98 in the Device Manager I checked the "disable in this hardware profile" under "sound, video and game controllers" as instructed at the support site. As that didn't fix my problem, I went back in to re-enable the devices (Crystal WDM Audio Codec, Gameport Joystick, MPU- 401 Compatible, Wave Device for Voice Modem) but after I uncheck the box next to each one and hit the "Enable this device" button I get a perpetual hour glass and it locks up. Help!!! |
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I did like you said, but when I hit enter, I get an error
message that reads "Cannot restore registry from Windows, shutdown to DOS and run scanreg.exe /fix", which I do and I keep getting the same error message. Any ideas? -----Original Message----- If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after the date of the restored registry will be lost. On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already been replaced. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Ken in Kansas" wrote in message ... In an effort to troubleshoot a shut down problem with my Windows 98 in the Device Manager I checked the "disable in this hardware profile" under "sound, video and game controllers" as instructed at the support site. As that didn't fix my problem, I went back in to re-enable the devices (Crystal WDM Audio Codec, Gameport Joystick, MPU- 401 Compatible, Wave Device for Voice Modem) but after I uncheck the box next to each one and hit the "Enable this device" button I get a perpetual hour glass and it locks up. Help!!! |
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Use a floppy start up disk and do a resto
At the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: CD Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Ken in Kansas" wrote in message ... I did like you said, but when I hit enter, I get an error message that reads "Cannot restore registry from Windows, shutdown to DOS and run scanreg.exe /fix", which I do and I keep getting the same error message. Any ideas? -----Original Message----- If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after the date of the restored registry will be lost. On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already been replaced. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Ken in Kansas" wrote in message ... In an effort to troubleshoot a shut down problem with my Windows 98 in the Device Manager I checked the "disable in this hardware profile" under "sound, video and game controllers" as instructed at the support site. As that didn't fix my problem, I went back in to re-enable the devices (Crystal WDM Audio Codec, Gameport Joystick, MPU- 401 Compatible, Wave Device for Voice Modem) but after I uncheck the box next to each one and hit the "Enable this device" button I get a perpetual hour glass and it locks up. Help!!! |
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