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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Rather odd problem with a Win98SE install on a Compaq Prosignia 340.
>
> IE, OE, VET and firefox all crash very quickly after starting them.
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> Everything else works fine.
>
> Those that do crash are all attempting to use the net.
> Firefox was installed after first seeing the problem and
> is the evidence that there is some fundamental problem
> with net access somewhere.
>
> The system file checker did replace a couple of files, made no difference.
>
> It was running IE and OE 6, repairing IE 6 made no
> difference, uninstalling that back to 5 made no difference.
>
> Same result with the internal modem and an external router.
>
> Clean install of 98SE fixes the problem completely so its
> clearly SE thats got screwed up somehow. Reasonably
> clean install of SE, tho its been installed quite a while now.
>
> Main problem is that I cant get the Compaq QuickRestore
> to even start, it just whines 'restoration cannot continue',
>
>     This is caused by one of the following conditions :
>     The QuickRestore disk is not in the drive
>
> cant be that, the CD is in the drive and the floppy makes no difference
>
>     This QuickRestore disk is not designed for this computer
>
> thats a real possibility, as far as I know its never been used
>
>     The system board has been replace
>
> not as far as I am aware
>
>     The Flash BIOS is corrupt or has been rewritten
>
> no evidence of either
>
>     A hardware error has occurred
>
> no evidence of any hardware problem.
>
> It comes with a diskette too which appears to write the serial
> number to the hard drive and diskette. That runs fine with no
> complaints and it makes no difference if thats in the drive when
> the QuickRestore CD is booted.
>
>
> So I'd like some way of actually fixing the problem in the current
> SE install thats causing the crashes in IE, OE, VET and firefox.
> Presumably it must be a problem with one of the dlls or something,
> but the system file checker doesnt see any problem with any of them.
>
> Or some way of getting the QuickRestore to work.
>
> I can obviously do a clean install of SE from a normal OEM CD
> and the product key on the SE manual works fine. But thats quite
> a bit different in detail to the original SE install, no drivers etc and
> it looks like there is a problem with the drivers from
>
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/DesktopProsignia/us/family/134.html?
lang=en&cc=us&prodSeriesId=96448
> no obviously suitable video driver for starters, this one has an intel
> chipset video. The original SE install has got the supplementary
> drivers on the hard drive too, so you dont have to fart around
> with a CD when say adding a NIC etc either.

Windows 98 is no longer supported , update to XP .

Also be wary of the hidden partition used on compaqs , if its been blown
away you wont be able to restore from compaq quick restore .

I would blow away the partitions reinstall XP SP2 and sit back and have a
beer .


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