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Post #27,458
by folkert
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2/5/02 10:27:14 PM
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New Re: Windows 98 startup problem
Look for a file called:

wininit.ini

Should be in "c:\\windows"

If it is there, rename it.

If that takes care of it, then find out what was in there. IF it appears to be important, keep it handy.

If the machine works as required, then MAYBE it was a "cleanup" effort from a program that never finished installing. As we all know Windows like to not allow you to delete things while loaded into memory.(*NIX doesn't have that issue if you be root...)

Good luck...
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Post #27,505
by admin
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2/6/02 11:17:11 AM
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New Tried that, wasn't it.
I renamed the file that was dying (MOBSYNB.EXE), but that didn't work either, so I told them to take it into a tech.

There's only so much Windows debugging I can do over a phone. :-)
Regards,

-scott anderson

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Post #27,584
by nking
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2/6/02 9:16:44 PM
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New Let someone else deal with it
I did a search on MOBSYNB.EXE and I am not sure what it is? Nobody has ever heard of it before.

I hope it isn't some sort of virus or something? Maybe one that does SYN attacks?

[link|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q188867|Microsoft's KB on Windows 98 not starting] lists that it could be a virus, but I doubt it in this case. Most likely just a bad EXE file?

Only other thing that I can think of is to create a *.REG file that deletes the RUN entries and place it into winstart.bat or whatever gets run before RUN statements. Maybe it will edit the registry and take out the bad entries? Or find a way to rename the RUN as "RUN-" or "RUN--" so it ignores it?
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     Windows 98 startup problem - (admin) - (18) - Feb. 3, 2002, 04:05:58 PM EST
         Re: Windows 98 startup problem - (andread) - Feb. 3, 2002, 04:20:45 PM EST
         Boot into safe mode (hold f8 b4 splash) - (bepatient) - (4) - Feb. 3, 2002, 04:55:30 PM EST
             Safe mode crashes too. - (admin) - (3) - Feb. 3, 2002, 05:23:23 PM EST
                 Ew. Can you temp. replace mobsys.exe with something benign? -NT - (Meerkat) - Feb. 3, 2002, 06:25:08 PM EST
                 Try getting to CL with f8 boot... - (bepatient) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2002, 04:42:38 AM EST
                     That's the plan of attack. - (admin) - Feb. 4, 2002, 09:56:39 AM EST
         Windows 98 Trickery - (nking) - (3) - Feb. 3, 2002, 08:18:42 PM EST
             The Shift Thing - (pwhysall) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2002, 02:35:21 AM EST
                 Confirmed. :-p -NT - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2002, 09:53:50 AM EST
                     MSCONFIG - (nking) - Feb. 4, 2002, 10:30:45 PM EST
         Re: Windows 98 startup problem - (pwhysall) - Feb. 4, 2002, 02:34:45 AM EST
         And Anyway - (pwhysall) - (2) - Feb. 4, 2002, 02:36:28 AM EST
             Needed the USB - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 4, 2002, 09:54:57 AM EST
                 Re: Needed the USB - (andread) - Feb. 4, 2002, 03:16:51 PM EST
         Re: Windows 98 startup problem - (folkert) - (2) - Feb. 5, 2002, 10:27:14 PM EST
             Tried that, wasn't it. - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2002, 11:17:11 AM EST
                 Let someone else deal with it - (nking) - Feb. 6, 2002, 09:16:44 PM EST
         Registry entries - (ChrisR) - Feb. 6, 2002, 12:07:29 PM EST

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