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Startup and Screen Area probs (Win98)

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by thestalos

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I sort of recovered from a Windows-won't-boot problem a few days ago, but have a couple of lingering problems. First, I can only boot by not processing the system.ini file (turning it off in MSCONFIG). When it boots, I wind up with everything apparently normal, except I can't get my screen settings above 640x480. The slider moves, but as soon as I close the Display Properties window it sets itself back. When I start up including system.ini, I get what appears to be the same thing (i.e., 16 colors), but the startup is interrupted, and something called Msgsrv32 is hung up. When I kill it, (CTL-ALT-DEL) startup continues to its normal conclusion, but there's no mouse. I can do nothing but restart in safe mode (that works fine). Msgsrv32 starts and runs fine when I don't include the system.ini file. I've replaced the video driver, the mouse software, and a couple of other things (grasping at straws). I tried using TweakUI's "Repair System Files" function. It had no visible effect. Device Manager, Norton System Check, and Sandra all report nothing wrong. Relevant info:

OS: Windows 98 v 10.4.2222 A
Video driver: SiS530V
Monitor: Compaq MV520
Mouse: Logitech MouseWare 9.24

There's one other anomaly. When I do a semi-successfulstart up, the boot log contains: INITCOMPLETEFAILED = SIS530V. MS says that some of these are normal (Q127970), but says nothing specifically about that one, which refers to my video driver.

Anything suggestions will, needless to say, be very welcome.

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by chris.venter

One possibility is that your display driver is faulty. Start PC in Safe Mode and change the display driver to Standard VGA. Reboot and the re-install the correct display driver.

by rev. ned

Go to system information, tools, config utility, setup, and uncheck alot of stuff you don't need to startup, reboot, and go to cont. panel, display, advanced, and see that your adapter is set to default, and as always, click "apply". Then up-date drivers, then set pixels and color [high color 16 bit]. If that doesn't work, take 2 asprine and call me in the morning.

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