re: Multiple illegal operation errors on startup
Sunday, August 21, 2005 at 1:16 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Pascale
(3 messages posted)
Dear Carol,
I was without my computer since June due to illegal operation message and no start
up menu not even in Safe Mode. I tried everything, but was reluctant to use the
restore pack as I did not want to lose all my data as I had no backup. However,
I was absolutely amazed when on following your advice re Command Prompt, my computer
was fully restored to normal again within 2 minutes. You're certainly very knowledgeable
and know what you're talking about regarding computers. Many many thanks. I was
dreading what a repair man was going to charge me but could see no other option until
I read this article of yours. The bonus being I have all my original data intact.
Thank you again. Pascale.
On Friday, May 13, 2005 at 9:51 pm, Carol J wrote:
>
>If you can't do anything, you sure can't run a scan. Initially, Kapersky was the
>only AV that could remove Bube, but that may have changed. Can you boot into safe
>mode? Startup programs don't load in Safe. Those illegal operation messages are
related
>to your startup applications, the way it looks.
>
>I would try restoring a registry backup, first, since that's easiest, quickest thing
>to try. That's assuming this happened in the last few days. Windows only creates
>5 registry backups by default. Reboot and hold the CTRL key down, until you get
the
>boot menu.
>
>Choose Command prompt only. At the C:\> type: scanreg /restore Press enter.
>Choose a date prior to this problem. A good backup will have the word "Started"
before
>it. Then hit Enter. You should get a message that Windows successfully restored
the
>registry. Then CTRL_ALT_DEL and see if you get back into Windows. Let us know how
>things go.
>
>P.S. If that doesn't do it, you should be able to choose 'Safe mode with networking
>support' (or similar) from the boot menu. Then go online to run a virus scan.
>href="http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx">
>CA eTrust 'Scan for Virus'
>
>
>
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