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by siliconwombat

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I recently removed Novell netware from one of my computers. Since then whenever the computer boots up it goes all the way into windows but i have no GUI only the wallpaper. If however i go in to safe mode i do. Ive tried restoring the registry and all the solutions offered by microsoft Q & A but nothing has helped. Any ideas?

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by bobho

You don't say what operating system you are using but if you can boot to safe mode try this:

Click Start->Run
Type "SysEdit" (no quotes)
Go to the System.ini file and look for a line that says "Shell=". If after the "=" it says anything but "Explorer.Exe" (no quotes) then change it to "Explorer.Exe" (no quotes).

Reboot and see what happens. Otherwise post back with more information regarding what operating system you are using.

Enjoy,

DrBob:>)

by siliconwombat

Im using windows 98 second edition (sorry!) and ive checked and shell= explorer.exe. but thanks for trying!

by pierrejamme

If this is Windows 98, the only correct way to remove NetWare is to use the UNC32.exe located in the Admin directory. If you didn't do that, you can try going into the registry in safe mode and deleting all reference to novell, netware. Or download the Novell Registry Editor 1.2 from Novell. It is used to remove GroupWise completely, but I believe you can also use it to completely remove Client 32. Go to the Tools menu after installing and select: "Delete 32 bit client files and remove 32 bit client registry keys." Sounds severe, but it may avoid a clean install of Windows (Whatever version you are talking about).

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