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re: Illegal operation
Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 11:37 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ladygnome
(3 messages posted)
I'm thinking you may have a virus and it would be great if you can reobtain access
to the internet.
I would start by deleting all the .tmp files in c:\windows\temp directory and all
files in c:\windows\temporary internet files (tempor~1) directory. This may remove
some harmful things.
Generally, if you are not able to run scandisk, then some things are loading in the
background and they must be halted before you can proceed. Simulataneously using
ALT CTL and DEL keys, press them together once. This brings up Task Manager. If
using Windows 98, here you would end all tasks EXCEPT explorer and systray - these
are very important to keep running or you will crash. Alternately, you could go
into SAFE MODE (F8) and run scandisk through there as Safe Mode doesn't load all
the TSR's. If you indeed have a virus, then don't reboot if you can help it. Stop
the tasks as noted above as your next step. Then try to reinstall Internet Explorer.
Do this by going to the control panel and selecting Add/Remove programs, then MS
Internet Explorer. When you select removing the program, it offers you a repair
option. Try repairing the program. Sometimes this will allow you to get on the
internet and get yourself to a virus scan site. I recommend heading to one of these
places and selecting online scan. www.bitdefender.com or www.pandasoftware.com or
www.ravantivirus.com. Run a full scan of your drive and don't do anything else on
your computer until it is complete. If it won't run, head to another one and try
it. Once you figure out which virus, if the online scan doesn't delete, search the
internet for a fix related to that specific virus identified and download it and
run it.
Hope you get to this stage, of course, the alternative is reformatting and reinstalling
windows. Good luck!
On Friday, December 26, 2003 at 11:59 am, Cristina wrote:
>Ok, I've read all your responses and I have tried most of the above suggestions
with
>no luck. I deleted all temp files and attempted to run scan disk, but the scan
kept
>getting intterupted. I also attempted to update Windows by using my Windows 98
2nd
>Edition CD, with no success as well. I can not access the Internet as all of my
>browser give me this message then close out. Please help, I am running out of
options.
> Should I try a different W98 CD? I don't have access to any other OS cds. Thank
>you and please write back asap as I use my pc for work and my work is backing up.
>Thanks again!
>
>
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