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Could anyone help?
Trying to troubleshoot from windows help option, there is no problem using the "index" and a list of symptoms appear OK on the right hand side, but after marking the appropriate item and clicking on the "next" button, the little window goes blank and no further information is shown. Could whatever is missing or corrupted be retrieved without having to reinstall win98. Thanks, Tom |
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T-Shooters missing: Due to an Update or two that was installed from WU which
patched some security holes, and "broke" the T-shooters. A fix is here which is said to repair the T-shooters and doesn't un-do the security patch. From George Bindar Dundats' Practically Nerded Web Site Fix the broken Win98 Trouble Shooter caused by a bug in the Q824145 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerde...FixesFrame.htm -- LuckyStrike How to make a good newsgroup post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/post.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tom" wrote in message ... Could anyone help? Trying to troubleshoot from windows help option, there is no problem using the "index" and a list of symptoms appear OK on the right hand side, but after marking the appropriate item and clicking on the "next" button, the little window goes blank and no further information is shown. Could whatever is missing or corrupted be retrieved without having to reinstall win98. Thanks, Tom |
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There are two different fixes, depending on the Windows updates you have installed.
The original fix for the older update was this: First, click Start Settings Folder Options View tab, and click to enable "Show All Files" and click OK. Click Start Find File or Folders, and search the C:\ drive for a file named Tshoot.inf...it should be found in the \Windows\Inf folder. Right-click Tshoot.inf and click Install on the menu that appears. If the latest cumulative patch for Internet Explorer (November) is installed, there is only a workaround. See he http://home.comcast.net/~bascon58/98Help.htm and http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/SoftFixes.htm -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Tom" wrote in message ... Could anyone help? Trying to troubleshoot from windows help option, there is no problem using the "index" and a list of symptoms appear OK on the right hand side, but after marking the appropriate item and clicking on the "next" button, the little window goes blank and no further information is shown. Could whatever is missing or corrupted be retrieved without having to reinstall win98. Thanks, Tom |
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Two separate Windows Update criticals took your Troubleshooters away,
for security reasons. http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q188867 Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems. This article contains a link to what it says is the equivalent of the Windows Help Troubleshooters... http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/tshoot That's it. But, here is how to get them back when offline... First, "START, Find, F&F, Tshoot.inf"; R-Clk it & select "Install". If you still don't have the Troubleshooters... (1) "START, Run, RegEdit" (2) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{4B106874-DD36-11D0-8B44-00A024DD9EFF} Compatibility Flags 0x00000400 (1024) Dword value 400 by (a) Clicking plus signs, beginning with "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", (b) & ending with "ActiveX Compatibility". (c) Finally, click "{4B106874-DD36-11D0-8B44-00A024DD9EFF}" itself in the left pane. (d) Now, you see "Compatibility Flags 0x00000400 (1024)" in the right pane. (e) "Registry menu, Export Registry file". This will create a ".reg" file of the entire Key that is open... all the items in the right pane & all sub-keys in the left pane (if there is a plus sign). Give it a name & location of your choosing, even to the Desktop or My Documents. Then, to undo the following, you will be able to simply click that file, to Merge it's contents back into the Registry. Actually-- name that one "NoTrouble.reg". It will look like... ....Start..... REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{4B106874-DD36-11D0-8B44-00A024DD9EFF}] "Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400 ....End....... (f) Close RegEdit. You now have an "undo" .reg, named "NoTrouble.reg". (g) Make a copy of it called "Trouble.reg". (h) Open "Trouble.reg" in Notepad. Change the "dword" to look as follows... all zeros... ....Start..of "Trouble.reg"... REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{4B106874-DD36-11D0-8B44-00A024DD9EFF}] "Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000000 ....End....... CAREFUL: That "HKEY" is one line, with TWO spaces only. One between "Internet Explorer", & the other between "ActiveX Compatibility". Make sure it looks that way in Notepad, before you click to Save. Also, you must have an empty line at bottom. Now, "Trouble.reg" gives you the Troubleshooters. "NoTrouble.reg" will give you security by taking them away. Remember to undo it, after you are done looking at the Troubleshooters. (2) By default, when a ".reg" is clicked, it will Merge into the Registry. To alter the default behavior: "START, Settings, Folder Options, File Types tab". Scroll to & click "Registration Entries", click the "Edit" button, select "edit" in the window & click the "Set Default" button. Now, when you click a ".reg" file, it will open in Notepad for examination. To merge it into the Registry, R-Clk it & select "Merge". -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Tom" wrote in message ... | Could anyone help? | | Trying to troubleshoot from windows help option, there is | no problem using the "index" and a list of symptoms appear | OK on the right hand side, but after marking the | appropriate item and clicking on the "next" button, the | little window goes blank and no further information is | shown. | | Could whatever is missing or corrupted be retrieved | without having to reinstall win98. | | Thanks, | | Tom | | | | |
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Look in the folder Windows/Inf and find the tshoot/inf file. Do a right mouse click on it then choose "install" and click. Reboot. That should do it. |
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