Mart
Mon Jun 14 16:26:31 CDT 2004
Todd, you say that: > I had already done the scanreg /restore
Do you mean booting from, and trying it with, the Startup Disk?
and then you said: > and nothing happened at all.
Did it attempt to restore the registry before 'it re-booted' or did it not
even give you the restoration options?
Then you said: > ...It rebooted and just hung on the boot page again.
Do you mean a black DOS screen, or the WinMe splash screen or the Desktop
screen?
Have you tried running the F-protect virus checker in Real Mode DOS?
Mart
"Todd" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1c06e01c45244$d9651270$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Matt-
>
> I had already done the scanreg /restore and nothing
> happened at all. It rebooted and just hung on the boot
> page again.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >> Do you think that if I disconnect all my USB
> connections
> >> and try it that it may work?
> >
> >Well it certainly will not do any harm to try <g> but
> the USB issues you
> >describe usually lock-up before the opening screen
> anyway.
> >
> >However, did you try my suggestion?
> >
> >Mart
> >
> >
> >
> >"Todd" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:1c62e01c45235$4d3611f0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Matt-
> >>
> >> Thanks for the reply. I have tried a system restore
> >> through command prompt, but it still hangs on that
> open.
> >> Do you think that if I disconnect all my USB
> connections
> >> and try it that it may work? I read somewhere that it
> >> may be a conflict in hardware (even though I don't know
> >> how that would all of a sudden happen.)
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Asked on the News Group - Replied to the News Group!!
> >> >
> >> >This assumes that you hadn't picked up a virus - you
> may
> >> need to check using
> >> >a DOS virus checker from www.f-prot.com
> >> >
> >> >As you can't get it to work in Safe Mode either,
> >> (presumably it 'hangs' as
> >> >in Normal Mode?) then you are running out of options
> and
> >> are only left with
> >> >trying to boot using the WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk
> >> into Real Mode DOS and
> >> >see if you can recover from there.
> >> >
> >> >Boot using the Windows Startup (floppy) Disk and
> choose
> >> 4) Minimal Boot.
> >> >At the A:\> prompt, type "scanreg /restore" (no quotes
> >> and note the space
> >> >between the g and /) then press Enter.
> >> >Follow the screen prompts and when asked, select the
> >> last 'good' date before
> >> >you D/L'd DX9 and the PC ran OK, continuing with the
> >> instructions.
> >> >
> >> >Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell
> >> the machine to
> >> >reboot.
> >> >
> >> >Hopefully, this method may get your pc running again.
> >> >
> >> >Mart
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"todd" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> >news:1c28301c45225$37545dc0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> Help! I tried to start up Age of Empires and it
> said I
> >> >> needed Direct X 9. I went to Microsoft and
> downloaded
> >> >> it, at the end I got an error message on the blue
> >> screen
> >> >> of death. I re-boot the computer and it gets hung
> up
> >> on
> >> >> the "Microsoft ME" opening page. I tried to start
> in
> >> >> safe mode, but that doesn't work either. I don't
> know
> >> >> what to do because I even did a scanreg /restore on
> >> >> command prompt and that didn't work. ANY HELP YOU
> CAN
> >> >> PROVIDE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. PLEASE EMAIL
> ME
> >> AT
> >> >> TODDCEE@AOL.COM with Subject line DIRECT X.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >