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!!!

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.



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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!!!

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!!!

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!!!