re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at 8:36 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) This first link covers a couple of possibilities. Also try pressing the ESC key when the logo screen appears during boot. Computer Hangs After Windows Logo Is Displayed at Startup Then the next thing I would do is, change the shell to either Winfile or Progman as directed in these links. If this allows the desktop to load, then continue with the Internet Explorer setup instructions. Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade Written in response to: re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at 5:54 pm) Responses to this message: re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 6:32 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Jeno: Sunday, January 1, 2006 at 6:38 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 12:03 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 3:57 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 7:01 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 7:12 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 7:14 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 7:30 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 7:41 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 7:51 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 5:47 am) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 3:16 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 5:54 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 8:36 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Cheryl: Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 6:32 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 7:14 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (Jeno: Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 6:38 pm) re: Windows 98 will only boot up as far as the blue screen (JmC: Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 8:58 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