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by crazzy458

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I'm running w98 on my computer and everything ran find. I moved into a new home and when I run my computer it now will ownly run in DOS compat. mode no matter what I do or where I plug in at the house. Can someone please help to solve this problem.

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by thechas

I don't think that you have a power problem.

More likely, a plug-in card or cable came loose while the computer was in transit.

Make sure to start by properly grounding yourself with an ESD wrist strap.

Then, open the case and remove and re-seat all circuit cards, memory modules and drive cables.

Since Windows 98 does NOT clear MS-DOS compatibility mode on it's own, you will need to make the changes to clear the compatibility mode flag in the registry.

Here is a link to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article on how to clear MS-DOS Compatibility Node:

http://tinyurl.com/2g83d

Chas

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