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Old July 30th 04, 11:36 PM
Dennis
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Default re-installing windows 98SE

Ron,

Thanks for the response. I tried your suggestion of
restoring the windows registry prior to the problem. I
have done so and I am still having the same problem.

I get a message when I boot up that says windows can't
find a dynamic link library named MSNP32.dll

After answering okay, I get my login prompt. After
logging in, I get the fatal explorer error and I am left
with a blank screen and no processes running.

Last week, I downloaded a Windows 98SE copy of the missing
dll and placed it in C:\windows\system directory (it was
missing from this location). But I still get the same
message about it not being found when I boot up.

I have not tried yet your other suggestion referenced in
the url you listed.

I am now reluctant after your comment about trying to
restore Windows 98SE. I thought about upgrading to
Windows XP, but decided that I should try to get 98
running first. I called Fugifilm regarding their software
that I had installed, but they were no help.

Appreciate any further advice that you can give me.



-----Original Message-----
I would try restoring a copy of the registry and see if

that will get you in
so you can uninstall the software. You also might try

the technique in this
article to get in:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;249191

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.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS

Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit

enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or

F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command

Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support

doesn't matter. 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.

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.
***********

If you install W98 over the top of the existing system,

you should not lose
any settings or programs. The down side is that this

installation method
rarely fixes problems and can cause others.

--
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

"Dennis" wrote in

message
...
I have skillfully managed to install some camera

software
that has clobbered my Windows 98SE OS. I cannot even
successfully operate in Safe Mode. My machine gets a
fatal Explorer error and exits with no OS processes
running. If I re-install Windows 98SE, do I need to

worry
about losing any user files? Or let me put it another
way, When the OS is re-installed, will it automatically
find my GBs of existing user files?

Thanks for your reply.



.


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Old July 31st 04, 03:16 AM
ppoatt
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Default re-installing windows 98SE

I think this was part of another thread.
Reading through it. I see you are at a point of impasse.
If you have a 98 boot disk you may want to boot to that.
Read the help files carefully. I am not great with Dos.
But there are Dos commands listed in the help files of the
boot disk that may help. It will explain how to load the
windows execute or registry files and such.
Installing XP would only work as a full install looking
at the condition of your system right now. You would lose
you wanted data. You could only do an 98SE to XP upgrade
only if your 98 OS is in good condition. An upgrade like
that would save your *user files*.
-----Original Message-----
Ron,

Thanks for the response. I tried your suggestion of
restoring the windows registry prior to the problem. I
have done so and I am still having the same problem.

I get a message when I boot up that says windows can't
find a dynamic link library named MSNP32.dll

After answering okay, I get my login prompt. After
logging in, I get the fatal explorer error and I am left
with a blank screen and no processes running.

Last week, I downloaded a Windows 98SE copy of the

missing
dll and placed it in C:\windows\system directory (it was
missing from this location). But I still get the same
message about it not being found when I boot up.

I have not tried yet your other suggestion referenced in
the url you listed.

I am now reluctant after your comment about trying to
restore Windows 98SE. I thought about upgrading to
Windows XP, but decided that I should try to get 98
running first. I called Fugifilm regarding their

software
that I had installed, but they were no help.

Appreciate any further advice that you can give me.



-----Original Message-----
I would try restoring a copy of the registry and see if

that will get you in
so you can uninstall the software. You also might try

the technique in this
article to get in:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;249191

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.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS

Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit

enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or

F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command

Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support

doesn't matter. 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.

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.
***********

If you install W98 over the top of the existing system,

you should not lose
any settings or programs. The down side is that this

installation method
rarely fixes problems and can cause others.

--
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

"Dennis" wrote in

message
...
I have skillfully managed to install some camera

software
that has clobbered my Windows 98SE OS. I cannot even
successfully operate in Safe Mode. My machine gets a
fatal Explorer error and exits with no OS processes
running. If I re-install Windows 98SE, do I need to

worry
about losing any user files? Or let me put it another
way, When the OS is re-installed, will it automatically
find my GBs of existing user files?

Thanks for your reply.



.


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