Win 98 Trouble

[ryanjoachim]

When the "Logging into Windows" screen first comes up on the monitor, it takes almost 5 minutes to load up to the login in screen. I have a 700 mhz processor, with 191 mb of ram, and Win ME runs perfectly with it, so I know it's not the computer.

When I press escape during the beginning screen, I see the dos prompt and I see this:

"C:/
File not found
File not found
File not found
File not found
File not found
"
I have tried msconfig to only start certain programs, and I have also tried reinstalling windows, Nothing helped....any suggestions?

 

[WhitPhil]

The "not found" messages are coming from commands in the file c:\Autoexec.bat.
If you wish, copy/paste it back here for review.

Questions:
1. Are there other people who log on to your PC with other USERids?

2. At the point that you see "logging into Windows", is the BackGround/Wallpaper there?

3. Has the Startup sound, sounded yet?

 

[ryanjoachim]

No one else used my computer, and everything runs fine after the login screen comes up. The background/wallpaper is there.


C:\>SET windir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM

C:\>SET PROMPT=$p$g

C:\>SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

C:\>SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

C:\>SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1

C:\>SET CLASSPATH="C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTJava.zip"

C:\>SET QTJAVA="C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTJava.zip"

C:\>

Here is what comes up when I double-click on autoexec.bat.

 

[WhitPhil]

Hi,
Don't double click on the file.
Select it, right mouse, edit
Then copy/paste the contents.

Did this slowness just start?
Do you have a network card installed? Or, a high speed DSL connection?

Download and run HiJackThis, and copy/paste the log it creates back here.

 

[ryanjoachim]

This has been going on for some time. I haven't installed anything new recently, hardware or otherwise. I will post the hijackthis and autoexec.bat log as soon as I can.

 

[Dingenium]

Why don't you try just not loading the config.sys and autoexec.bat files during startup:

MSCONFIG, Selective Startup, Uncheck Config.sys & Autoexec.bat

WinME doesn't really need them in order to load...that is, WinME should run alright without them. So, try that out...if it boots faster, then problem solved.

 

[flavallee]

Type in a semi-colon in front of each command so it looks like this:

----------------------------------------------------------------
;C:\>SET windir=C:\WINDOWS

;C:\>SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS

;C:\>SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM

;C:\>SET PROMPT=$p$g

;C:\>SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

;C:\>SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

;C:\>SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1

;C:\>SET CLASSPATH="C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTJava.zip"

;C:\>SET QTJAVA="C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTJava.zip"

;C:\>
----------------------------------------------------------------

Once you finish, click File - Save - File - Exit, then reboot.

The semi-colon prevents Windows from reading those commands during startup.

Windows 98SE normally doesn't need anything listed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.

 

[ryanjoachim]

Here is what I found when I went to the edit option from autoexec.bat



@ECHO OFF
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1


\CPQS\TOOLS\DNY E:
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO SKIPE
IF EXIST E:\MFG00.BAT CALL E:\MFG00.BAT
IF EXIST E:\MFG00.BAT DEL E:\MFG00.BAT
IF EXIST E:\CONFIG.BAT E:\CONFIG.BAT

:SKIPE
\CPQS\TOOLS\DNY D:
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO SKIPED
IF EXIST D:\MFG00.BAT CALL D:\MFG00.BAT
IF EXIST D:\MFG00.BAT DEL D:\MFG00.BAT
IF EXIST D:\CONFIG.BAT D:\CONFIG.BAT

:SKIPED
\CPQS\TOOLS\CPQSLOG D:>>\CPQS\BACKWEB\USERPROF.DAT

:XIT

@REM Next 3 Lines are Only Required for 1 Boot but are OK to leave permanently
@REM Next Line added by Compaq Service Connection Install - Please do not Remove
@REM Next 3 Lines are Only Required for 1 Boot but are OK to leave permanently

ECHO bw_workgroup=,"Service Connection">>%DSHD%\CPQS\BACKWEB\USERPROF.DAT

IF EXIST \PIPOST.BAT CALL \PIPOST.BAT
IF EXIST \PIPOST.BAT DEL \PIPOST.BAT

\CPQS\TOOLS\MINIFER2.EXE CREV=,200 LANG=,"EN"

IF EXIST D:\PATCHES\PATCHES.BAT CALL D:\PATCHES\PATCHES.BAT
IF EXIST D:\SEHCTAP\NUL REN D:\SEHCTAP PATCHES

 

[ryanjoachim]

This autoexec.bat is on the slave drive right now, and that is why the "C:" that is normally there has been replaced with a "D:"