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Old 03-21-2007, 05:31 AM   #1
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New reason for Windows Reinstall

I was just booting a Win98 computer yesterday and I got this message:

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Error Loading Explorer.exe
You must reinstall Windows.
<OK button>
I just got a kick out of that....
 
Old 03-21-2007, 07:49 AM   #2
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Cool, if I could, I would write a patch that made that happen every time, maybe then I could install Linux on the last PC in my house.
 
Old 03-21-2007, 08:41 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kalabanta
I was just booting a Win98 computer yesterday and I got this message:



I just got a kick out of that....
If you have not reinstalled by now you can try the following
Press F8 when the computer boots, then from the menu select "safe mode command prompt" or "command prompt" and at the command prompt type

c:\>scanreg /restore

This will give you a screen where you can manually select previously backed up registry, select a date when your Win98 was ok and reboot, hopefully you should get your win98 back
 
Old 03-21-2007, 11:32 AM   #4
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why havent you installed linux on the last PC in your house allreaddy?
 
Old 03-21-2007, 11:37 AM   #5
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why havent you installed linux on the last PC in your house allreaddy?
Because it belongs to my mother, no matter what I try, she just won't let me install Linux on it. I have it installed on the other 5 though. It's really funny when I turn on my brother's PC and find on the desktop an installer for MSN (.exe), I just laugh at him and show him one of the many Linux alternatives.
 
Old 03-21-2007, 12:38 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by johngreenwood
It's really funny when I turn on my brother's PC and find on the desktop an installer for MSN (.exe)
Heh, that is pretty funny. At least you haven't found an installer for IE7 on the desktop yet...

and incidentally, there is a way of making that error happen every time:
DOS prompt
CD c:\Windows\system32
DEL Explorer.exe

I've done it. It has some, shall we say interesting, effects.
Last edited by hacker supreme; 03-21-2007 at 12:41 PM.
 
Old 03-21-2007, 03:04 PM   #7
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Yah, well the problem is not mine to solve, it is a school computer. I wouldn't use Win98 if you payed me...
 
Old 03-21-2007, 03:21 PM   #8
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ahahahaha... dude
 
  


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