Dino:  let's start with three possible fixes...

without the mouse you will have to rely on the keyboard, so we will use the DOS prompt 
for the following procedures.

fix #1. based on "Computer Hangs After Windows Logo Is Displayed at Startup" and 
the data in the link below after your text;

determine if an antivirus program is running by pressing the ESC key during startup 
to close the Windows logo screen.

disable the Windows logo screen;
boot using Ctrl or F8 key to Command Prompt Only
and the type at the prompt: edit msdos.sys
and press the Enter key

add the following line to the [Options] section of the Msdos.sys file:
 
Logo=0 

and while you are there, add these:

BootSafe=0
BootGUI=1
BootWin=1

each on its own line.
then save (/fs), reboot (ctrl+alt+del) and try a normal boot.

fix #2. (if needed);
try a System Restore;
boot to the Startup menu,
select "Command Prompt Only",
type: scanreg /restore
and press the Enter key,
select a date before the "troubles".
exit and reboot.

fix #3 (if needed) (courtesy of JmC);
boot with a Win98 boot disk and at the A:\> prompt type: SYSTEM C: 
and press Enter. 
wait for the files to copy, then remove the floppy 
and reboot.
 
let us know if more is needed,
and let us know what worked for you...





On Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 1:55 pm, Dino LaMana wrote:
>
>My comp is doing almost the same thing.  After I rebooted one night, after the Win98 
>logo was displayed and it would normally show the desktop, and start loading anything 
>under the STARTUP section.  It flashed an all blue screen with a little grey/white 
>box.  There was no writing or anything at all.  Then it reboots into safe mode and 
>cannot detect my mouse, modem or cd-rom.
>
>I cannot figure out why this is happening.  These are the system specs:
>
>Dell Dimension 500 (P3 500MHz)
>26GB HD
>128MB SDRAM (single DIMM)
>Win98 SE
>Direct X 8.1
>MS Office XP
>IE 5
>Mozilla 1.4b
>nVidia TNT2 32MB AGP
>Yamaha DX Sound
>Altec Lansing Speakers/Subwoofer
>US Robotics 56KB Modem
>MS Intellipoint mouse
>Dell MS Natural Keyboard
>
>I hope this helps, please let me know if you need more info.  I also tryed booting 
>from the startup disk, but it didn't work - especially now that it thinks there 
is 
>no CD-ROM!
>
>Sincerely;
>D. LaMana
>zenbaby@dmv.com
>
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