RainyShadow

Ahem, about the floppy: Is the floppy controler still disabled? If so, re-enable it.Does the floppy attempt to work when you try to boot from it or open the drive in Explorer/DOS (i.e. floppy light flashing, mechanical noises, spins the diskette) or it remains dead? Could be a cabling problem. Did it ever worked in the past? About the sound, are the ESS-related lines in config.sys and autoexec.bat currently enabled? If not, restore these lines and check the sound in Multimedia control panel applet again. Also, would you start Aida32, open the Information menu > Debug submenu > Devices Dump, copy the contents and post it here. Should help to identify the hardware.

Enlighten me, how to fix the problem - I haven't done it before? But I WILL follow instructions submix has been helping me primarily w/ RainyShadow..I'm reluctant to bring another cook into the kitchen There're a few ways to acomplish this and which of these is available to you depends mainly on the way the card/drivers are designed: 1) Open the properties dialog for the network card in Device manager, go to the Resources page, uncheck the auto-config option, and try to change the settings there. 2) If you have the full driver package for the card, there should be a DOS utility (if you don't have it, get it from this page). Restart in DOS mode, start the utility and see if you can change the IRQ from there. 3a) Get in the BIOS setup, find the IRQ assignments menu (should be within the Advanced menu) and if the network card is listed there, try to change the IRQ. 3b) If there is no a direct setting for the card, try to disable the hardware you don't use (serial ports, paralel ports, etc.). This usually shifts/shuffles IRQs of the remaining hardware. 4) Move the card to another PCI slot. If you've fully backed up your Windows folder, you could try to reinstall all drivers at once as explained here by Tihiy. This probablywould fix all your driver problems, but there is a small possibility something to go wrong. That's why you need the backup, if things become worse than now, just restore your system to the current state. HTH

Wrong. You just point to the folder with these files when windows asks for a driver.

Nice Now you better refresh your backups while it still works

Just remove them both. Don't reboot yet. Well, uhmmm... uncheck it. Now reboot. Then check if 2) still applies.

So, does it work fine now ? Could you check the last page of System properties control panel applet for any error messages ? Is the "Force compatibility mode disk access" option still enabled in the Advanced options of msconfig ?

I was wondering... could you disconnect all cables from your PC leaving only the power, display, keyboard and mouse connected. Check if that makes any difference. A friend recently experienced random lock-ups while using his PC shortly after he subscribed to an ISP. It turned out to be caused by the deffective network adapter he hadn't used untill then. So remove all network, modem, sound, etc. cables and see what happens.

SMART values are not too bad, but it seems to be disabled so these numbers might not be actual. I'd suggest you get a copy of MHDD and use it to further diagnose the drive. When you start the program and select the proper drive, first type "smart on" to enable SMART, then "smart aas" to enable attribute autosave. Then press F4 and perform a full scan with remmaping disabled . After it ends take a note of the bad sectors number (if any). If there are not much of these you could just scan again with remapping enabled, this will replace the bad sectors with spare sectors. If you do this, scan again to make sure that there are no more remaining bad sectors. If there are a lot bad sectors ( more than 30-50) it's better to not remap them because you may run out of spare sectors and need them later. Better check for grouped bad sectors and repartition the drive leaving the bad areas between the partitions. You can later remap only single sectors left within partitions by performing a write operation on them (SMART remaps sectors only during writes). You could also switch the DMA mode to UDMA/33 and see if that helps. Type "config" in MHDD and if there is a setting for the DMA mode change it. You have to power-cycle the drive for this to take effect.

Icons, shells... scratch that. Better focus on the core functionality, not on the appearance.

Huh, I just finished describing how to enter the BIOS and i see that you already learned how to do it. Well, i'll leave it at the end of my post just in case it'd be of some use to others. Before you proceed reinstalling as submix8c said, try this: Start msconfig, press the Advanced button on the first tab, and in the new window put a checkmark on "Force Compatibility mode disk access". Don't touch the other settings yet. Press OK, then OK again to close the program. Reboot. To avoid freezed programs after windows starts, don't do anything until Windows fully loads. Wait until the HDD light stops flashing and stays off, then wait a few more seconds just to be sure. P.S. when you have to post a long list, etc. put it in a code box. This is done by adding [codebox] before it and [/codebox] at the end. Like this: Volume in drive C has no label Volume Serial Number is 390D-9DB3 Directory of C:WINDOWSOPTIONSCABS . <DIR> 07-22-99 12:09a . .. <DIR> 07-22-99 12:09a .. ATTRIB EXE 15,252 04-23-99 10:22p ATTRIB.EXE BASE4 CAB 168,960 04-23-99 10:22p BASE4.CAB BASE5 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p BASE5.CAB BASE6 CAB 191,747 04-23-99 10:22p BASE6.CAB CATALOG3 CAB 274,460 04-23-99 10:22p CATALOG3.CAB CHANNEL CIF 18,621 04-23-99 10:22p CHANNEL.CIF CHANNEL INF 48,112 04-23-99 10:22p CHANNEL.INF CHLINST EXE 16,384 04-23-99 10:22p CHLINST.EXE DEBUG EXE 20,554 04-23-99 10:22p DEBUG.EXE DEFAULT PWL 688 04-23-99 10:22p DEFAULT.PWL DELCABS INF 4,393 04-23-99 10:22p DELCABS.INF DRIVER11 CAB 1,462,272 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER11.CAB DRIVER12 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER12.CAB DRIVER13 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER13.CAB DRIVER14 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER14.CAB DRIVER15 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER15.CAB DRIVER16 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER16.CAB DRIVER17 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER17.CAB DRIVER18 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER18.CAB DRIVER19 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER19.CAB DRIVER20 CAB 1,796,408 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER20.CAB EDIT COM 69,902 04-23-99 10:22p EDIT.COM MSBATCH XPR 5,405 04-23-99 10:22p MSBATCH.XPR MSDISP INF 17,755 04-23-99 10:22p MSDISP.INF NET10 CAB 339,473 04-23-99 10:22p NET10.CAB NET7 CAB 1,610,240 04-23-99 10:22p NET7.CAB NET8 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p NET8.CAB NET9 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p NET9.CAB OEM_SET INF 2,581 04-23-99 10:22p OEM_SET.INF PCMCIA INF 23,745 04-23-99 10:22p PCMCIA.INF PRECOPY1 CAB 1,331,200 04-23-99 10:22p PRECOPY1.CAB PRECOPY2 CAB 1,335,151 04-23-99 10:22p PRECOPY2.CAB REGEDIT EXE 118,784 04-23-99 10:22p REGEDIT.EXE SCANDISK INI 7,329 04-23-99 10:22p SCANDISK.INI SETUPNM BAT 17 04-23-99 10:22p SETUPNM.BAT SUBASE INF 61,683 04-23-99 10:22p SUBASE.INF SYS COM 18,967 04-23-99 10:22p SYS.COM UNINSTAL EXE 78,288 04-23-99 10:22p UNINSTAL.EXE WIN98_21 CAB 5,632 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_21.CAB WIN98_22 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_22.CAB WIN98_23 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_23.CAB WIN98_24 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_24.CAB WIN98_25 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_25.CAB WIN98_26 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_26.CAB WIN98_27 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_27.CAB WIN98_28 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_28.CAB WIN98_29 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_29.CAB WIN98_30 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_30.CAB WIN98_31 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_31.CAB WIN98_32 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_32.CAB WIN98_33 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_33.CAB WIN98_34 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_34.CAB WIN98_35 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_35.CAB WIN98_36 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_36.CAB WIN98_37 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_37.CAB WIN98_38 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_38.CAB WIN98_39 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_39.CAB WIN98_40 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_40.CAB WIN98_41 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_41.CAB WIN98_42 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_42.CAB WIN98_43 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_43.CAB WIN98_44 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_44.CAB WIN98_45 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_45.CAB WIN98_46 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_46.CAB WIN98_47 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_47.CAB WIN98_48 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_48.CAB WIN98_49 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_49.CAB WIN98_50 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_50.CAB WIN98_51 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_51.CAB WIN98_52 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_52.CAB WIN98_53 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_53.CAB WIN98_54 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_54.CAB WIN98_55 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_55.CAB WIN98_56 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_56.CAB WIN98_57 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_57.CAB WIN98_58 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_58.CAB WIN98_59 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_59.CAB WIN98_60 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_60.CAB WIN98_61 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_61.CAB WIN98_62 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_62.CAB WIN98_63 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_63.CAB WIN98_64 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_64.CAB WIN98_65 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_65.CAB WIN98_66 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_66.CAB WIN98_67 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_67.CAB WIN98_68 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_68.CAB WIN98_69 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_69.CAB WIN98_70 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_70.CAB WIN98_71 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_71.CAB WIN98_72 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_72.CAB WIN98_73 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_73.CAB WIN98_74 CAB 1,056,537 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_74.CAB WINTUTOR DAT 49,073 04-23-99 10:22p WINTUTOR.DAT WINTUTOR EXE 103,088 04-23-99 10:22p WINTUTOR.EXE CHL99 CAB 14,451 04-23-99 10:22p CHL99.CAB DELTEMP COM 496 04-23-99 10:22p DELTEMP.COM DOSSETUP BIN 85,050 04-23-99 10:22p DOSSETUP.BIN EXTRACT EXE 93,242 04-23-99 10:22p EXTRACT.EXE LOGO SYS 129,080 04-23-99 10:22p LOGO.SYS MINI CAB 686,042 04-23-99 10:22p MINI.CAB MSBATCH INF 5,389 07-21-99 11:03a MSBATCH.INF MSDISP RTL 17,716 04-23-99 10:22p MSDISP.RTL OEMRNCE EXE 25,600 04-23-99 10:22p OEMRNCE.EXE PCMCIA RTL 23,745 04-23-99 10:22p PCMCIA.RTL SAVE32 COM 920 04-23-99 10:22p SAVE32.COM SCANDISK PIF 995 11-24-07 10:30p SCANDISK.PIF SCANPROG EXE 4,438 04-23-99 10:22p SCANPROG.EXE SCANREG EXE 165,502 04-23-99 10:22p SCANREG.EXE SETUP EXE 5,712 04-23-99 10:22p SETUP.EXE SETUP TXT 52,294 04-23-99 10:22p SETUP.TXT SETUP0 WAV 439,824 04-23-99 10:22p SETUP0.WAV SETUP1 WAV 14,924 04-23-99 10:22p SETUP1.WAV SETUP2 WAV 14,992 04-23-99 10:22p SETUP2.WAV SMARTDRV EXE 45,379 04-23-99 10:22p SMARTDRV.EXE SUBACK BIN 229,680 04-23-99 10:22p SUBACK.BIN SUCATREG EXE 77,824 04-23-99 10:22p SUCATREG.EXE SUHELPER BIN 1,472 04-23-99 10:22p SUHELPER.BIN W98SETUP BIN 168,096 04-23-99 10:22p W98SETUP.BIN WB16OFF EXE 537 04-23-99 10:22p WB16OFF.EXE WIN98_OL CAB 1,708,985 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_OL.CAB XMSMMGR EXE 14,144 04-23-99 10:22p XMSMMGR.EXE MSDET RTL 24,966 04-23-99 10:22p MSDET.RTL OLS <DIR> 07-22-99 12:11a OLS PWS <DIR> 07-22-99 12:11a PWS TOUR <DIR> 07-22-99 12:12a TOUR INSTALL INS 1,353 07-21-99 11:03a INSTALL.INS DRVCOPY INF 3,059 07-22-99 12:12a DRVCOPY.INF OOBEINFO INI 962 04-12-00 1:33p OOBEINFO.INI DX70OPK EXE 6,417,792 09-10-99 12:43p DX70opk.exe 810 CAT 5,250 04-13-00 11:00p 810.CAT KB918547 EXE 8,256 04-24-06 2:24a KB918547.EXE HLINK DLL 68,096 11-16-04 1:32p HLINK.DLL 1394 INF 7,946 10-13-99 10:00a 1394.INF 810 INF 3,871 07-19-99 12:00a 810.INF 810B INF 3,326 07-19-99 12:00a 810B.INF 820 INF 4,236 07-19-99 12:00a 820.INF 820B INF 3,577 07-19-99 12:00a 820B.INF 840 INF 5,191 07-19-99 12:00a 840.INF ICHX INF 44,092 07-19-99 12:00a ICHX.INF ICHXIDE INF 4,699 08-10-99 11:39a ICHXIDE.INF ICHXSMB INF 3,588 07-19-99 12:00a ICHXSMB.INF ICHXUSB INF 5,362 07-19-99 12:00a ICHXUSB.INF IFWH INF 3,148 07-19-99 12:00a IFWH.INF INFPRELO INF 7,905 07-19-99 12:00a INFPRELO.INF OEM INF 49,540 03-23-00 7:20a Oem.inf ESSAUDIO SYS 11,172 11-11-99 12:30p ESSAUDIO.SYS HSPDIAG EX_ 202,454 05-16-00 4:26p HSPDIAG.EX_ MDMCHIPV CAT 14,630 02-07-00 12:03p MDMCHIPV.CAT MDMCHIPV INF 32,956 05-14-00 5:19a MDMCHIPV.INF PCTPTT EX_ 34,130 04-11-00 7:29a PCTPTT.EX_ PCTSCOM DLL 85,389 05-16-00 3:50p PCTSCOM.DLL PTCOUNTY INI 719 05-10-00 3:38p PTCOUNTY.INI PTCTRL CP_ 26,483 04-11-00 7:29a PTCTRL.CP_ PTDLL16 DLL 56,024 05-16-00 4:04p PTDLL16.DLL PTDLL32 DLL 79,872 05-16-00 4:04p PTDLL32.DLL PTHSP DA_ 456 10-25-99 3:34p PTHSP.DA_ PTMODEM DL_ 12,279 04-11-00 7:29a PTMODEM.DL_ PTRTSYC DL_ 8,015 04-11-00 7:35a PTRTSYC.DL_ PTSERIAL VX_ 13,604 04-11-00 7:32a PTSERIAL.VX_ PTSNOOP EX_ 7,580 04-11-00 7:35a PTSNOOP.EX_ PTUNINST EXE 85,028 04-11-00 2:54p PTUNINST.EXE PTVCD VX_ 12,848 04-11-00 7:29a PTVCD.VX_ VMODEM VX_ 298,930 05-11-00 2:20p VMODEM.VX_ VMODEMM VX_ 298,930 05-11-00 2:20p VMODEMM.VX_ VPCTCOM VX_ 189,527 05-11-00 8:34a VPCTCOM.VX_ VVOICE VX_ 39,218 03-09-99 10:55a VVOICE.VX_ TIADSL7 BIN 79,790 03-22-00 2:00p tiadsl7.bin ADV01W9X DLL 24,576 06-27-00 5:40p ADV01W9X.DLL ALLEGRO CAT 0 05-17-00 8:49a allegro.cat TIADSL6 BIN 80,718 03-13-00 9:43p tiadsl6.bin TI1483 SYS 64,434 05-25-00 4:13p ti1483.sys ADV02W9X DLL 24,576 06-27-00 5:40p ADV02W9X.DLL MSJSTICK DRV 2,336 04-23-99 10:22p MSJSTICK.DRV VJOYD VXD 35,872 04-23-99 10:22p VJOYD.VXD MSANALOG VXD 12,101 04-23-99 10:22p MSANALOG.VXD TI3000P CAT 8,785 06-19-00 6:32a ti3000P.cat QFECHECK HLP 8,042 02-09-96 6:28p QFECHECK.HLP 2427UP INF 2,612 08-02-99 11:41a 2427UP.inf 2427UN INF 1,651 07-30-99 12:28p 2427UN.inf QFECHECK EXE 36,864 07-27-98 3:48p qfecheck.exe 2427 CAT 5,666 07-30-99 6:27p 2427.cat CSETUP EXE 16,896 08-12-98 9:32p CSETUP.exe MSDV SYS 54,320 07-14-99 1:14p MSDV.SYS QDV DLL 226,880 07-30-99 5:07p qdv.dll QCAP DLL 187,488 07-14-99 12:54p qcap.dll ADVPACK DLL 74,960 07-15-97 6:53a ADVPACK.DLL W95INF32 DLL 4,608 07-15-97 6:53a W95INF32.DLL W95INF16 DLL 2,272 07-15-97 6:53a W95INF16.DLL ESDI_506 PDR 24,430 02-02-00 4:46p ESDI_506.PDR USER EXE 549,792 04-19-01 8:33a USER.EXE Q918547 DLL 4,288 04-24-06 2:24a Q918547.dll T2EMBED DLL 163,600 11-24-05 4:54p t2embed.dll HH EXE 10,752 04-13-05 5:06p hh.exe HHCTRL OCX 519,168 04-14-05 12:44p hhctrl.ocx HHSETUP DLL 38,912 04-14-05 12:44p hhsetup.dll ITIRCL DLL 143,872 04-14-05 12:44p itircl.dll ITSS DLL 128,000 04-14-05 12:44p itss.dll HTML32 CNV 311,864 06-26-03 10:19p HTML32.CNV MSCONV97 DLL 116,288 06-26-03 10:19p MSCONV97.DLL CRYPT32 DLL 372,496 09-12-02 3:10p CRYPT32.DLL CRYPTDLG DLL 90,384 09-25-02 12:36p CRYPTDLG.DLL SCHANNEL DLL 112,912 09-26-02 12:38p SCHANNEL.DLL SOFTPUB DLL 62,736 06-27-00 3:57p SOFTPUB.DLL VSERVER VXD 112,912 09-15-00 5:18p VSERVER.VXD XENROLL DLL 172,664 07-09-02 8:45a XENROLL.DLL HHCTRLUI DLL 88,064 05-20-02 11:09a HHCTRLUI.DLL VIP 386 80,409 05-10-00 1:20p VIP.386 MSNET32 DLL 61,952 11-11-99 8:15p MSNET32.DLL IFSMGR VXD 186,438 09-19-00 12:57p IFSMGR.VXD 1394BUS SYS 38,016 09-07-00 4:59p 1394BUS.SYS DISKTSD VXD 18,663 10-27-07 12:00a DISKTSD.VXD HARDWARE HLP 10,293 08-02-99 1:16p HARDWARE.HLP HOTPLUG DLL 71,680 10-11-99 4:29p HOTPLUG.DLL IOS VXD 69,594 01-09-01 2:08p IOS.VXD NTMAP INF 1,190 10-28-07 3:41p NTMAP.INF NTMAP SYS 8,816 06-28-00 1:18p NTMAP.SYS NTMAPHLP PDR 9,849 10-12-99 2:56p NTMAPHLP.PDR OHCI1394 SYS 37,040 03-08-01 5:29p OHCI1394.SYS SBP2PORT SYS 36,528 03-11-02 9:38a SBP2PORT.SYS SYSTRAY EXE 31,232 01-07-00 6:02p SYSTRAY.EXE USER32 DLL 55,296 04-19-01 8:36a USER32.DLL CDVSD VXD 41,643 08-09-01 2:08p CDVSD.VXD ADV05W9X DLL 24,576 06-27-00 5:40p ADV05W9X.DLL ALLEM3 CAT 7,271 08-04-00 7:16p ALLEM3.CAT ICHXSMB CAT 5,258 04-13-00 11:00p ICHXSMB.CAT ESSAUDIO COM 48,512 10-04-99 4:30p ESSAUDIO.COM _SYS1 HDR 3,905 06-06-00 11:00a _sys1.hdr _USER1 HDR 4,281 06-06-00 11:00a _user1.hdr DATA TAG 101 06-06-00 11:00a data.tag DATA1 CAB 469 06-06-00 11:00a data1.cab DATA1 HDR 2,595 06-06-00 11:00a data1.hdr LANG DAT 23,541 06-06-00 11:00a lang.dat UNINSTAL ISS 379 06-06-00 11:00a uninstal.iss SETUP ISS 261 07-26-00 7:19a setup.iss ATV01W9X DLL 40,960 06-27-00 5:40p ATV01W9X.DLL ATV02W9X DLL 28,672 06-27-00 5:40p ATV02W9X.DLL ATV03W9X DLL 57,344 06-21-00 11:56a ATV03W9X.DLL ATV04W9X DLL 40,960 06-27-00 5:40p ATV04W9X.DLL CH7XXW9X DLL 32,768 06-27-00 5:40p CH7XXW9X.DLL ENUGFXCG HLP 27,262 06-27-00 5:27p ENUGFXCG.HLP ENUIGFX LRC 86,016 06-27-00 3:53p ENUIGFX.LRC HCCUTILS DLL 112,640 06-27-00 5:16p HCCUTILS.DLL I81X VXD 143,187 06-27-00 5:45p I81X.VXD I81X329X DLL 26,624 06-27-00 5:45p I81X329X.DLL I81XCFG ICO 1,078 06-27-00 5:16p I81XCFG.ICO I81XCG9X DLL 86,016 06-27-00 5:53p I81XCG9X.DLL I81XDD DLL 897,024 06-27-00 5:45p I81XDD.DLL I81XDW9X DRV 53,136 07-17-00 6:27p I81XDW9X.DRV I81XGDEV DLL 372,736 06-27-00 5:53p I81XGDEV.DLL I81XGHLP EXE 36,864 06-27-00 5:53p I81XGHLP.EXE I81XGICD DLL 1,495,040 06-27-00 5:51p I81XGICD.DLL I81XW98 CAT 62,597 07-17-00 1:21p I81XW98.CAT I81XW9X INF 48,087 07-11-00 4:43p I81XW9X.INF IGFXCFG EXE 180,224 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXCFG.EXE IGFXCPL CPL 84,480 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXCPL.CPL IGFXDEV DLL 125,952 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXDEV.DLL IGFXDGPS DLL 7,680 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXDGPS.DLL IGFXDIAG EXE 157,184 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXDIAG.EXE IGFXEUD DLL 142,336 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXEUD.DLL IGFXHCHS LHP 30,720 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHCHS.LHP IGFXHCHT LHP 31,054 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHCHT.LHP IGFXHDAN LHP 31,762 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHDAN.LHP IGFXHDEU LHP 32,757 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHDEU.LHP IGFXHENG LHP 30,873 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHENG.LHP IGFXHENU LHP 30,949 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHENU.LHP IGFXHESP LHP 31,806 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHESP.LHP IGFXHFIN LHP 32,041 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHFIN.LHP IGFXHFRA LHP 32,047 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHFRA.LHP IGFXHFRC LHP 32,047 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHFRC.LHP IGFXHITA LHP 32,088 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHITA.LHP IGFXHJPN LHP 33,330 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHJPN.LHP IGFXHKOR LHP 32,094 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHKOR.LHP IGFXHNLD LHP 32,223 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHNLD.LHP IGFXHNOR LHP 31,925 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHNOR.LHP IGFXHPLK LHP 32,941 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHPLK.LHP IGFXHPTB LHP 31,840 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHPTB.LHP IGFXHPTG LHP 31,748 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHPTG.LHP IGFXHRUS LHP 33,799 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHRUS.LHP IGFXHSVE LHP 31,948 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHSVE.LHP IGFXHTHA LHP 33,229 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXHTHA.LHP IGFXPPH DLL 122,368 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXPPH.DLL IGFXRCHS LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRCHS.LRC IGFXRCHT LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRCHT.LRC IGFXRDAN LRC 449,536 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRDAN.LRC IGFXRDEU LRC 451,584 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRDEU.LRC IGFXRENG LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRENG.LRC IGFXRENU LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRENU.LRC IGFXRESP LRC 452,608 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRESP.LRC IGFXRFIN LRC 449,024 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRFIN.LRC IGFXRFRA LRC 452,096 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRFRA.LRC IGFXRFRC LRC 452,096 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRFRC.LRC IGFXRITA LRC 452,096 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRITA.LRC IGFXRJPN LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRJPN.LRC IGFXRKOR LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRKOR.LRC IGFXRNLD LRC 451,584 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRNLD.LRC IGFXRNOR LRC 449,536 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRNOR.LRC IGFXRPLK LRC 450,560 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRPLK.LRC IGFXRPTB LRC 451,072 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRPTB.LRC IGFXRPTG LRC 452,096 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRPTG.LRC IGFXRRUS LRC 451,072 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRRUS.LRC IGFXRSVE LRC 450,048 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRSVE.LRC IGFXRTHA LRC 448,000 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXRTHA.LRC IGFXSRVC DLL 169,984 06-27-00 5:16p IGFXSRVC.DLL OEM0 PNF 41,720 01-01-00 10:45a OEM0.PNF REFRATE DAT 495 06-27-00 5:16p REFRATE.DAT REFRATE DLL 151,552 06-27-00 5:40p REFRATE.DLL SIIW9X DLL 24,576 06-27-00 5:40p SIIW9X.DLL VGARTD VXD 25,106 06-27-00 5:16p VGARTD.VXD EXPLORER EXE 171,280 01-29-99 7:34p EXPLORER.EXE NODRIVER INF 5,255 04-10-05 3:35p NODRIVER.INF USB2 INF 7,738 05-29-07 8:28a USB2.INF USBAUTH SYS 6,608 02-17-03 6:30a USBAUTH.SYS USBEHCI SYS 19,792 12-12-03 10:37a USBEHCI.SYS USBHUB20 SYS 50,032 01-16-04 7:06p USBHUB20.SYS USBMPHLP PDR 4,861 09-12-03 11:45p USBMPHLP.PDR USBNTMAP INF 1,339 10-28-07 3:46p USBNTMAP.INF USBNTMAP SYS 7,136 02-17-03 6:29a USBNTMAP.SYS USBPORT SYS 135,920 11-07-02 10:42a USBPORT.SYS USBSTOR INF 22,017 11-16-07 12:58p USBSTOR.INF USBSTOR SYS 21,040 02-17-03 6:29a USBSTOR.SYS USBU2A SYS 5,183 02-23-05 8:39p USBU2A.SYS ES198X SYS 165,190 07-25-00 1:43p es198x.sys DIR TXT 0 01-02-08 1:46p dir.txt 320 file(s) 156,495,466 bytes 5 dir(s) 3,681.59 MB free How to enter the BIOS setup: From my experience, often Compaq systems don't let you in BIOS after restart, only after power off/on (might be a common bug on these). Turn off your PC, wait a few seconds, then turn it on. Immediately start pumping on the F10 key. After the Compaq logo you should see either the BIOS screen or the windows logo/startup message. If windows starts booting, press the Pause/Break key, hold the power button until the PC turns off and repeat with each F1, F2, F12, Del, Ctrl+F10 or Control+Alt+Escape keys instead of F10. When you succeed you should see a screen similar to this: (click on image to view in original size) EDIT: If you decide to reinstall, check that you have all needed drivers. The ones listed on this page probably should work on your system if it's still with stock parts. You'll also need the INF Update utility from here

Hmm, this looks like a hardware problem (or a very damaged Windows). Check the voltages in the BIOS setup. Have you maintenanced your system recently, like cleaning the dust inside, etc. ? If not, maybe it's time do do it. A compressor (air pump, not sure about the english name) does pretty goog job at cleaning, just be careful to not blow away any parts. Remove the side cover of the PC case, check for blown capacitors and for excessive amount of dust on the fans and heatsinks. Remove each expansion card inside, clean it with a brush and reinsert it to the same slot (if you switch places Windows will detect it as new hardware). Avoid static electricity (don't wear woolen clothes, etc.). Call an electrician friend if you feel unsure. Make a backup of your system (at least the Windows and Program Files folders and the files in the root folder). When the PC freezes what's the last thing shown on screen? Does it respond to NumLock? Does the HDD light stay lit? Attach a couple bootlogs from unsuccessful boots. P.S. the ""t-shoot" thing is a comment added by msconfig when you disable stuff. If the line starts with REM or ";" (semicolon), it's not executed. Usually you need to press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice when in GUI (graphics) mode.

You just open C:\CONFIG.SYS in Notepad and edit as you like. When you've finished be sure to save it with the same name (Notepad likes to put a .TXT extension on non-text files). If it refuses to overwrite the old file, type C:\windows\command\attrib -R -H -S -A C:\CONFIG.SYS in a DOS window (or in the Start>Run dialog) You could write it in lowercase if you wish, still works the same. There must be a space after REM. Here's an example... Original line: DEVICE=C:\ESSAUDIO.SYS Modified line: rem DEVICE=C:\ESSAUDIO.SYSor REM DEVICE=C:\ESSAUDIO.SYSor rEm DEVICE=C:\ESSAUDIO.SYSor ; DEVICE=C:\ESSAUDIO.SYS whichever you like Also, if you see the boot logo during startup, add a Logo=0 line to the [Options] section of C:\MSDOS.SYS so that you can see if an error message pops. Sometimes you just need to wait a bit. When the bootup freezes next time, press NumLock a few times and if the light on the keyboard turns on-off then the PC isn't fully halted. Wait a min. and observe the HDD light on the PC case. If it flashes then the system is doing something (so you sit and wait). If the HDD light stays lit longer than a minute during the freeze AND the keyboard lights don't turn on/off when you press a Num/Caps/Scroll lock key, then the system probably fully halted (and only Reset works). For managing startup items which load after the GUI is initialised StartupCPL is a pretty handy tool. The Autoruns program from SysInternals (now property of M$) could be used too, but you could screw-up your system if you don't know what you're doing (geeks only app ).

PTSNOOP < If you have a PCTel modem AND you don't use it, you can disable this. If you never installed such a modem, check for spy/add-ware! TWEAKUI RUNDLL32.exe c:\windows\SYSTEM\TWEAKUI.CPL,TWEAKMEUP < You can delete this. TweakUI always recreates it when started (and i always delete it afterwards ) KB891711 c\windows\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE < usually you don't need this (unless you are a virus-paranoic), so disable it. HP Digital Imaging Monitor C:\ PROGRA~1\HP\DIGITA~1\BIN\HPQTRA08.EXE < I'd advice you to create a shortcut to this and run it only when you use your scanner. C:\ESSAUDIO.SYS < If you don't play games in pure DOS (not a DOS window) and if your soundcard works within Windows without this, then you don't need it (add a REM at the line begining) C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS < You could cut some startup time by adding /TESTMEM:OFF at the end of the line. CPQIDECD.SYS < You don't need this unless you spend too much time in real DOS, so REM it. C:\ESSAUDIO.COM -BLASTER < See my comment on ESSAUDIO.SYS above. These two probably work together, so if you disable one you should disable the other too. C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\BOOTUP.EXE < disable this for a few boots, just to be sure. How much RAM do you have? If it's 384MB or less, you better reduce this. Try MaxFileCache=65536 You could also add NoWaitNetIO=On to the [386Enh] section of system.ini , not sure if it'll make any difference though. HTH

If you explain what's that 'pencil' thing would be nice. or better copy/post the actual line from system.ini I'm not experienced with ESS cards/drivers, but you could try commenting the ESSAUDIO.sys line in config sys. If sound works using the windows drivers, you don't need it to be loaded from dos (unless you play games in pure dos, but then a separate configuration would work better) NDIS2SUP is responsible for your network, SDVXD is part of the Smartdrive cache. I've seen comments on the net, that both these errors are normal, but you could at least try a different NIC driver version if you still have problems. So, does your system start fine when boot-logging is enabled?

Why would you need FS security at all ?!

Try Gom Player. Also you could try ffdshow-tryouts as an update to the old ffdshow. The IDE light should flash even when the system reads from the cache integrated in the DVD drive, even if the drive isn't spinning.

One of my systems sometimes hangs on startup and all i need to do is to enable boot logging as Tihiy suggested, then it starts fine. Maybe some weird driver misbehaves when the system starts too fast. Logging slows down the boot process a lot, so drivers have some more time to settle. HTH P.S. You could ignore the "Failure code is 0016" lines, it's normal. Did Windows started on this attempt ?

Could you post the SMARTUDM report for this drive? There is a small possibility that the fault is in the cabling or the controller, not the drive. Already happened to me in the past. Aside from this, try not to use the drive until you are ready to copy all data from it.

Control Panel >> Power settings >> Advanced >> "show icon in taskbar" There it is.

Have you opened it already?

There are two ways to do it: 1. Delete "\Windows" and "\Program Files" from the WinME drive. Edit "\BOOT.INI" and remove the line for WinME. or 2. Set the XP partition as active. Disable the ME drive in BIOS. Boot from your XP install CD and start the Recovery console, then use the FIXMBR, FIXBOOT and BOOTCFG commands to make your drive bootable.

Not exactly a solution, but i use ffdshow and media player classic for flv playback. Works like a charm.

Hmm... bug Intel until they release suitable drivers ?

Is there a serious reason for this "discussion" to continue ?!? For the statistics, part of my work is to assemble PCs and install an OS. Some customers still demand Win98, be it due to some specific needs, be it due to personal prefference. Our inventory ranges from P2 @ ~400MHz to Athlon/P4 @ 2.4GHz, and it's a common thing someone to request a Win98 on one of the faster systems, while someone else requests WinXP on a cheap P2 (and pretty soon comes back for an upgrade:D).

Looks like all you need is Opera. It does all of this and much more. And works perfectly on my Win98 box