Explorer - Illegal Operation

Ok.....I just installed a new hard drive......installed Win98.....had
everything working beautifully !!! Then I decided to download the
software so that I could connect to People PC. I had the initial
downloaded file which I copied for my laptaop. Then I copied it to my
hard drive and clicked on it to begin downloading the software.
Again....everything was going great....it downloaded the initial files
and also ....and then download IE from the web. After that it asked
me to reboot...which I did. When my computer came back up I got a
prompt to enter a password for Microsoft Networking. This prompt
never came up before I downloaded the files for PeoplePC. If I click
on the 'X' in the upper right hand corner the box will go away but
none of the icons will come up on the desktop and northing further
happens....although my wallpaper does appear with no problem. If I
click either 'OK' (without entering a PW) or 'Cancel' a box comes up
to say that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

And before you ask....yes I did try booting in safe mode and although
I don't get the Microsoft Networking PW prompt it will still come up
and said that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

This is acutally the second time that this has happened. After the
first time I re-installed windows. Again....everything was great
until I downloaded the PeoplePC software and was asked to reboot.

After installing Windows your first course of action should have been to go
directly to Windows Update and dl'd/install the critical updates. IE should
have been installed along with Windows, although an earlier version, and
would have been updated by WU.

First the logon issue:
How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at
Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q152104

Now IE:
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install Internet
Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;249191

Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade in Windows 98:
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/~gjjones/admin...nd ows98.html

--

Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gato" wrote in message
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Ok.....I just installed a new hard drive......installed Win98.....had
everything working beautifully !!! Then I decided to download the
software so that I could connect to People PC. I had the initial
downloaded file which I copied for my laptaop. Then I copied it to my
hard drive and clicked on it to begin downloading the software.
Again....everything was going great....it downloaded the initial files
and also ....and then download IE from the web. After that it asked
me to reboot...which I did. When my computer came back up I got a
prompt to enter a password for Microsoft Networking. This prompt
never came up before I downloaded the files for PeoplePC. If I click
on the 'X' in the upper right hand corner the box will go away but
none of the icons will come up on the desktop and northing further
happens....although my wallpaper does appear with no problem. If I
click either 'OK' (without entering a PW) or 'Cancel' a box comes up
to say that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

And before you ask....yes I did try booting in safe mode and although
I don't get the Microsoft Networking PW prompt it will still come up
and said that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

This is acutally the second time that this has happened. After the
first time I re-installed windows. Again....everything was great
until I downloaded the PeoplePC software and was asked to reboot.

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:31:16 GMT, Gato wrote:

Ok.....I just installed a new hard drive......installed Win98.....had
everything working beautifully !!! Then I decided to download the
software so that I could connect to People PC. I had the initial
downloaded file which I copied for my laptaop. Then I copied it to my
hard drive and clicked on it to begin downloading the software.
Again....everything was going great....it downloaded the initial files
and also ....and then download IE from the web. After that it asked
me to reboot...which I did. When my computer came back up I got a
prompt to enter a password for Microsoft Networking. This prompt
never came up before I downloaded the files for PeoplePC. If I click
on the 'X' in the upper right hand corner the box will go away but
none of the icons will come up on the desktop and northing further
happens....although my wallpaper does appear with no problem. If I
click either 'OK' (without entering a PW) or 'Cancel' a box comes up
to say that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

And before you ask....yes I did try booting in safe mode and although
I don't get the Microsoft Networking PW prompt it will still come up
and said that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

This is acutally the second time that this has happened. After the
first time I re-installed windows. Again....everything was great
until I downloaded the PeoplePC software and was asked to reboot.

You can try this:

Go to start - Settings - Control Panel.

Click on the Network Icon in Control Panel. Look at the list in the box,
highlight TCP/IP. Look at the Primary Network Logon. If it says: Client
for Microsoft Networks, change it to Windows Family Logon by clicking the
arrow. Close, reboot. See if that gets rid of the logon when Windows
starts.

Patty

I was able to correct the problem by using my laptop....(thank
goodness I have another way to access the internet)...and used the
solution mention in Microsoft. I had to use the editor and program
manager and install IE. After that I rebooted and was able to get
on-line.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:24:05 -0600, "Brian A."
gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:

After installing Windows your first course of action should have been to go
directly to Windows Update and dl'd/install the critical updates. IE should
have been installed along with Windows, although an earlier version, and
would have been updated by WU.

First the logon issue:
How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at
Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q152104

Now IE:
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install Internet
Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;249191

Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade in Windows 98:
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/~gjjones/admin...nd ows98.html

After I was able to boot up that is exactally what I did. And it
corrected the problem right away.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:48:50 -0500, Patty
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:31:16 GMT, Gato wrote:

Ok.....I just installed a new hard drive......installed Win98.....had
everything working beautifully !!! Then I decided to download the
software so that I could connect to People PC. I had the initial
downloaded file which I copied for my laptaop. Then I copied it to my
hard drive and clicked on it to begin downloading the software.
Again....everything was going great....it downloaded the initial files
and also ....and then download IE from the web. After that it asked
me to reboot...which I did. When my computer came back up I got a
prompt to enter a password for Microsoft Networking. This prompt
never came up before I downloaded the files for PeoplePC. If I click
on the 'X' in the upper right hand corner the box will go away but
none of the icons will come up on the desktop and northing further
happens....although my wallpaper does appear with no problem. If I
click either 'OK' (without entering a PW) or 'Cancel' a box comes up
to say that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

And before you ask....yes I did try booting in safe mode and although
I don't get the Microsoft Networking PW prompt it will still come up
and said that Explorer has performed an illegal operation.

This is acutally the second time that this has happened. After the
first time I re-installed windows. Again....everything was great
until I downloaded the PeoplePC software and was asked to reboot.

You can try this:

Go to start - Settings - Control Panel.

Click on the Network Icon in Control Panel. Look at the list in the box,
highlight TCP/IP. Look at the Primary Network Logon. If it says: Client
for Microsoft Networks, change it to Windows Family Logon by clicking the
arrow. Close, reboot. See if that gets rid of the logon when Windows
starts.

Patty

Glad to hear all is well again.

--

Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gato" wrote in message
...
I was able to correct the problem by using my laptop....(thank
goodness I have another way to access the internet)...and used the
solution mention in Microsoft. I had to use the editor and program
manager and install IE. After that I rebooted and was able to get
on-line.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:24:05 -0600, "Brian A."
gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:

After installing Windows your first course of action should have been to
go
directly to Windows Update and dl'd/install the critical updates. IE
should
have been installed along with Windows, although an earlier version, and
would have been updated by WU.

First the logon issue:
How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at
Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q152104

Now IE:
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install
Internet
Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;249191

Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade in Windows 98:
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/~gjjones/admin...nd ows98.html

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:35:58 GMT, Gato wrote:

After I was able to boot up that is exactally what I did. And it
corrected the problem right away.



Glad to hear it's working ok now.

Patty