total shut down

[john mik]

wtoolsa and wsup have my windows 98 inoperable
in safe mode no icons even show up or the start button
scan reg didn't help
if yo have ideas with the C:/ please explain how to get there in easy terms i'm pullin my hair out

[Xemus]

Sounds like you may need to repair some of the system files, which is quite easy in Win9X.
Boot from the boot floppy. Once you get to the DOS prompt, type
sys c:
this will overwrite the basic system files.
When it's done, reboot into safe mode and run Ad-aware and Spybot.

[debeck512]

Does this work for XP?