Can't start windows

Using Windows 98, upgraded from Win95, I installed the game Jeopardy from a CD. Now when I boot up I get as far as the user password screen where I usually hit cancel, and now I get following error message: this program has cause an illegal operation and will be shut down. Explorer caused an invalid page fault #C0000005 in module EXPLORER.EXE at 0177.00401f31
I have recently changed my msconfig settings to manually select programs at startup, which resolved a previous problem of computer not shutting down. Don't know if this could be part of this problem.

 

Most likely the game replaced one of your core Internet Explorer files such as shdocvw.dll or shlwapi.dll with an incorrect version. If you were using the same version of IE that was on your installation CD, you should be able to follow the instructions in this link to restore them:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q296211

See also posts 17 and 18 here....

http://www.google.com/search?q=cach...ws95/wwwboard/forum/6327.html+00401F31+&hl=en