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Windows locks up at 98 screen

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by williams887 Feb 19, 2003 last reply Feb 19, 2003

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When I try to boot up my PC which runs Windows 98 SE, it locks up at the Windows 98 screen. I can boot into safe mode but cannot find anything wrong. Any help is really appreciated. Thanks.

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by opatzg9 Feb 19, 2003

1) run a good virus scan.
2) Run msconfig and check out the startup programs.
3) hit the escape key to see where the lockup is at.
4) try reseating video card and reloading video drivers in safe mode.

by williams887 Feb 19, 2003

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by dmiles Feb 19, 2003

Listen to the fans to make sure they are operating properly

Check the video card that it is seated properly and have the latest driver update
Check that memory is seated and that you have no bad memory modules

Running msconfig will require that you check each box one at a time to narrow the problem down.

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by ann777 Feb 19, 2003

At the Win98 screen, press the ESC key and then you'll be able to see what the last thing loaded was.

Post a comment with what has loaded and we'll figure out where it's hanging.

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Have you added any hardware recently? You might want to remove any extra pheriphals to see if one of them is causing the problem.

What has changed on this system?

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