re: illegal operation message at start Friday, December 19, 2003 at 3:29 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by curt (4 messages posted) What does the illegal box say? Press the pause key when it appears and check it. Sounds like a driver is walking on something or maybe (god forbid) a virus. Try booting with a norton anti-virus CD and see what it turns up. HTH Curt On Friday, December 19, 2003 at 1:59 pm, Barb wrote: > When I start my computer I get the windows 98 logo and then a illegal operation >message follwed by a blank screen. Does any one know the cause and is there a cure? >There is no desk top, no start menu nothing!!! Written in response to: illegal operation message at start (Barb: Friday, December 19, 2003 at 1:59 pm) Responses to this message: re: illegal operation message at start (mark: Friday, December 19, 2003 at 6:07 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] illegal operation message at start (Barb: Fri, Dec 19, 2003, 1:59 pm) re: illegal operation message at start (curt: Fri, Dec 19, 2003, 3:29 pm) re: illegal operation message at start (mark: Fri, Dec 19, 2003, 6:07 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum