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reinstalling win98se
The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with
Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? |
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"Eroica" wrote in message ... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again |
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reinstalling win98se
"Eroica" wrote in message ... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again |
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reinstalling win98se
On Oct 8, 3:52*pm, "philo" wrote:
"Eroica" wrote in message ... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. *I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. *The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. *I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. *I can't boot from the resulting disk. *I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter * *scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I appreciate the suggestion. However, upon rebooting, the system still reports the same missing/corrupted file, and I cannot get a full boot. I tried several times to download software to create a bootable disk, and I also downloaded a program to write out iso files. The resulting boot disks left me with either just a blinking cursor or took me to an A: prompt. I thought a bootable Win 98 SE disk would take me into Win 98 SE. Silly me. I don't mind rebuilding Windows on this computer, but I haven't found a way to access my Win 98 SE upgrade disks to do it (I have two disks). |
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On Oct 8, 3:52*pm, "philo" wrote:
"Eroica" wrote in message ... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. *I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. *The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. *I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. *I can't boot from the resulting disk. *I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter * *scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I appreciate the suggestion. However, upon rebooting, the system still reports the same missing/corrupted file, and I cannot get a full boot. I tried several times to download software to create a bootable disk, and I also downloaded a program to write out iso files. The resulting boot disks left me with either just a blinking cursor or took me to an A: prompt. I thought a bootable Win 98 SE disk would take me into Win 98 SE. Silly me. I don't mind rebuilding Windows on this computer, but I haven't found a way to access my Win 98 SE upgrade disks to do it (I have two disks). |
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"Eroica" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 3:52 pm, "philo" wrote: "Eroica" wrote in message ... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I appreciate the suggestion. However, upon rebooting, the system still reports the same missing/corrupted file, and I cannot get a full boot. I tried several times to download software to create a bootable disk, and I also downloaded a program to write out iso files. The resulting boot disks left me with either just a blinking cursor or took me to an A: prompt. I thought a bootable Win 98 SE disk would take me into Win 98 SE. Silly me. I don't mind rebuilding Windows on this computer, but I haven't found a way to access my Win 98 SE upgrade disks to do it (I have two disks). If you have a cd support boot floppy, it will boot you to the A: prompt but them you need to log on to your C: drive by typing and entering C: Ok, if the registry repair did not work, I'd see if you can boot to safe mode. Again hit F8, but this time...instead of selecting command prompt, select safe mode, If you can get to safe mode, you may be able to uninstall the program that destroyed your system. If you have an unrepeatable Windows installation, you will need to come up with a scheme to backup your data... if you have no way to backup your data, you'd have to use Dos to at least copy your data to a folder, then delete the rest of your Windows install and perform a fresh install WITHOUT formatting your drive. OTOH: If there is nothing on the drive you need to keep, then you need to get a cd support boot disk such as from www.driverguide.com |
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"Eroica" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 3:52 pm, "philo" wrote: "Eroica" wrote in message ... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I appreciate the suggestion. However, upon rebooting, the system still reports the same missing/corrupted file, and I cannot get a full boot. I tried several times to download software to create a bootable disk, and I also downloaded a program to write out iso files. The resulting boot disks left me with either just a blinking cursor or took me to an A: prompt. I thought a bootable Win 98 SE disk would take me into Win 98 SE. Silly me. I don't mind rebuilding Windows on this computer, but I haven't found a way to access my Win 98 SE upgrade disks to do it (I have two disks). If you have a cd support boot floppy, it will boot you to the A: prompt but them you need to log on to your C: drive by typing and entering C: Ok, if the registry repair did not work, I'd see if you can boot to safe mode. Again hit F8, but this time...instead of selecting command prompt, select safe mode, If you can get to safe mode, you may be able to uninstall the program that destroyed your system. If you have an unrepeatable Windows installation, you will need to come up with a scheme to backup your data... if you have no way to backup your data, you'd have to use Dos to at least copy your data to a folder, then delete the rest of your Windows install and perform a fresh install WITHOUT formatting your drive. OTOH: If there is nothing on the drive you need to keep, then you need to get a cd support boot disk such as from www.driverguide.com |
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On Oct 8, 11:24*pm, "philo" wrote:
"Eroica" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 3:52 pm, "philo" wrote: "Eroica" wrote in message .... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I appreciate the suggestion. *However, upon rebooting, the system still reports the same missing/corrupted file, and I cannot get a full boot. *I tried several times to download software to create a bootable disk, and I also downloaded a program to write out iso files. *The resulting boot disks left me with either just a blinking cursor or took me to an A: prompt. *I thought a bootable Win 98 SE disk would take me into Win 98 SE. *Silly me. *I don't mind rebuilding Windows on this computer, but I haven't found a way to access my Win 98 SE upgrade disks to do it (I have two disks). If you have a cd support boot floppy, it will boot you to the A: prompt but them you need to log on to your C: drive *by typing and entering * *C: Ok, if the registry repair did not work, I'd see if you can boot to safe mode. Again hit F8, but this time...instead of selecting command prompt, select safe mode, If you can get to safe mode, you may be able to uninstall the program that destroyed your system. If you have an unrepeatable Windows installation, you will need to come up with a scheme to backup your data... if you have no way to backup your data, you'd have to use Dos to at least copy your data to a folder, then delete the rest of your Windows install and perform a fresh install WITHOUT formatting your drive. OTOH: If there is nothing on the drive you need to keep, then you need to get a cd support boot disk such as fromwww.driverguide.com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I can't boot into safe mode. I get the same error as with regular Win 98 SE bootup. The laptop is an HP with swappable floppy & CD ROM drives, which means I can boot into DOS from a floppy, but then the machine can't find the CD ROM drive, so it doesn't install the CD ROM driver. There are no important files on this computer. I use it to control a CCD camera (mounted on a telescope) in the field, and then I copy the image files to a memory stick and transfer them to a more powerful machine for image processing. Virtually all of the files I've found online for creating Win 98 boot disks want to write a floppy. The one that I found that could write a bootable CD ROM merely wrote a couple of things like fdisk and one or two other utilities, but nothing bootable. It leaves me with a blinking cursor. At the moment, I'm dead in the water on this one. I can't boot it into Win 98 from the hard disk, and I can't get to Win 98 install files from external sources. |
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On Oct 8, 11:24*pm, "philo" wrote:
"Eroica" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 3:52 pm, "philo" wrote: "Eroica" wrote in message .... The relevant computer (not this one!) is an older HP laptop with Win98SE, 650 MHz PIII and (I think) 256MB of RAM. I bought the system several years ago as a used item (not a good investment -- I wouldn't do it again). I installed a program that has unfortunately corrupted the operating system. The message I get is: The OLE32.DLL file is linked to missing export ADVAP132.DLL: DuplicateEncryptionInfoFile The system then says it can't use Windows Explore. The problem is, I can't get into the system to fix it. I don't have a boot CD ROM, and I tried creating one from an .iso file I downloaded from the web, but it created nothing I can use. I can't boot from the resulting disk. I'd be happy to just reinstall Win98SE on the computer, but I can't get anywhere without booting from the CD ROM. Suggestions? Before you even attempt to reinstall, your system may very well be repairable...especially if the problem just happened. Turn your machine back on... but just after the bios messages, slowly tap F8 a few times and you should get a boot menu.. then select: command prompt now type and enter scanreg /restore next choose to restore a registry from a date prior to the problem then reboot and hopefully your system will work again- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I appreciate the suggestion. *However, upon rebooting, the system still reports the same missing/corrupted file, and I cannot get a full boot. *I tried several times to download software to create a bootable disk, and I also downloaded a program to write out iso files. *The resulting boot disks left me with either just a blinking cursor or took me to an A: prompt. *I thought a bootable Win 98 SE disk would take me into Win 98 SE. *Silly me. *I don't mind rebuilding Windows on this computer, but I haven't found a way to access my Win 98 SE upgrade disks to do it (I have two disks). If you have a cd support boot floppy, it will boot you to the A: prompt but them you need to log on to your C: drive *by typing and entering * *C: Ok, if the registry repair did not work, I'd see if you can boot to safe mode. Again hit F8, but this time...instead of selecting command prompt, select safe mode, If you can get to safe mode, you may be able to uninstall the program that destroyed your system. If you have an unrepeatable Windows installation, you will need to come up with a scheme to backup your data... if you have no way to backup your data, you'd have to use Dos to at least copy your data to a folder, then delete the rest of your Windows install and perform a fresh install WITHOUT formatting your drive. OTOH: If there is nothing on the drive you need to keep, then you need to get a cd support boot disk such as fromwww.driverguide.com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I can't boot into safe mode. I get the same error as with regular Win 98 SE bootup. The laptop is an HP with swappable floppy & CD ROM drives, which means I can boot into DOS from a floppy, but then the machine can't find the CD ROM drive, so it doesn't install the CD ROM driver. There are no important files on this computer. I use it to control a CCD camera (mounted on a telescope) in the field, and then I copy the image files to a memory stick and transfer them to a more powerful machine for image processing. Virtually all of the files I've found online for creating Win 98 boot disks want to write a floppy. The one that I found that could write a bootable CD ROM merely wrote a couple of things like fdisk and one or two other utilities, but nothing bootable. It leaves me with a blinking cursor. At the moment, I'm dead in the water on this one. I can't boot it into Win 98 from the hard disk, and I can't get to Win 98 install files from external sources. |
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Progress. I was able to create a bootable CD on my desktop. I'm
reinstalling Win 98 SE on the problem laptop now. I'll let you know how it goes. (1 AM here in CA). |
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