Eddie,
I took your suggestion and tried to install Norton Antivirus 2001 on top of whatever was there. A message came up: "Warning - Error reading file: navstart.dat", then, "Rescue Disk Setup - waiting for..... (disappeared too fast for getting the rest)", then, "Setup Complete - you needd to restart", then, Error message that didn't stay long enough to pick up my pen!
Then it started rebooting, then, "NAV Auto Protect - Unable to read the configuraton files" Screen freezes. ctr,alt,del brings it into safe mode, then, "Desk Top - Windows isrunning in safe mode. This enables you to fix problem that is keeping you from starting Windows normally. The problem could be caused by your network or hardware settings. Make sure these settings are correct in Control Panel and try starting Windows again. For more information, see the Troubleshooting in Help. While in Safe Mode, some of your devices may not be available. OK"
It went into Desk Top in Safe Mode. I went into Troubleshooting in Help, clicked on "If you have trouble starting Windows". It then asked "What do you want to do?" I clicked on "Confirm startup files line by line" It suggested I print out display. I went to Options>Print topic. Windows appears: Print Topic - Printing Troubleshooting Windows startup problems". I cancelled and it went back to Safe Mode desk top. I shut down. "Please wait" appeared for a 2 seconds, then screen went blank and computer shut off.
I turned computer back on, computer logo appears and seems like it is booting up okay, then, "NAV Auto Protect" appears with "Unable to read configuration files. OK" No curser is there to "ok" it. I opened in w/ ctr,alt, del into the options, selecting "Safe Mode" again.
Opened up Norton Antivius by desk top icon, selected "Norton Antivirus 2001. Message appeared: "Norton Integrator - Norton Integrator could not initialize the current frame class. Please make sure that you do not directly run the integrator. OK" I gave up. Have you any ideas where to go from here. Thanks --lilart