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vpregion

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    windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
    « on: October 11, 2009, 05:51:23 PM »
    my sister is using windows 98.  When she logs on to windows she receives the following message: error C:/real mode/OAK CD ROM. sys error in config.sys file on line 4 device c.  windows then opens/start and freezes shortly after. Can anyone tell a rookie how to remedy this situation. Thanks!
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    Re: windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
    « Reply #1 on: October 11, 2009, 06:55:07 PM »
    Disconnect CD-ROM and see what happens.
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    Re: windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
    « Reply #2 on: October 12, 2009, 12:33:18 PM »
    Quote from: vpregion on October 11, 2009, 05:51:23 PM
    thanks for the answer regarding the freezing windows 98. As for disconnecting the CD ROM, how is this done? Said we were rookies.
    Open up computer and unplug it.
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      Re: windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
      « Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 10:37:00 AM »
      Have not been able to resolve. Any further advice?
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      Re: windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
      « Reply #4 on: November 08, 2009, 01:50:02 PM »
      Copy and past both the autoexec.bat and config.sys files...
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        Re: windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
        « Reply #5 on: April 28, 2010, 09:45:38 AM »
        Ah. Look for any DEVICEHIGH=/D:MSCD001 lines in your Config.sys.

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        Re: windows 98 opens shows error message then starts and freezes
        « Reply #6 on: April 28, 2010, 10:45:51 AM »
        Because who knows! they might still be working on the problem 6 months later.
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