re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 8:00 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mac (2831 messages posted) Start in safe mode. Disable system restore as follows DisableSystemRestore Go to start run type: msconfig and press enter. In the start-up guide disable PCHealth, SSDPSRV, and all references to system restore, press Clean and apply and re-start. Open msconfig again to see if they have all been cleared. Start-Up on bootdisk, get to the DOS prompt and type: A:\>DEL C:\_RESTORE and re-boot. Make sure that the hideen files are un-hidden (Explorer, tools, folder options, files, etc.) find the _RESTORE file and change the attributes to hidden, read-only and archive so it remains at zereo bytes. The ****** will probably re-appear at some stage as this is in the nature of BG at MS , (stubborn!) Un-Install PCHealth, delete the PCHealth sceduled task and run this line in the run window to also remove Windows Help, msinfo32.exe and other useless junk: rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Uninstall 132 C:\WINDOWS\INF\PCHealth.inf (Bonus! No more Help window in ... Safe Mode!) (Got to be a winner!) Disable fast-find and delete, from DOS prompt type: A:\>format C: and install '98se. (You lose everything and gain at the same time!) (Just KIDDING!) (Not really!) Otherwise: RE-INSTALLING WINDOWS ME PerformanceImprovement AlwaysUnloadDll 9x/ME NTFS/FAT Iain Written in response to: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 7:03 am) Responses to this message: re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 8:34 am) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 2:18 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 7:03 am) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Mac: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 8:00 am) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 8:34 am) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Mac: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 8:49 am) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 9:07 am) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Mac: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 2:35 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 2:40 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Mac: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 2:47 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 3:00 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Mac: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 3:40 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Ms. Eagle: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 4:04 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 4:45 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Ms. Eagle: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 6:38 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 6:56 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (Ms. Eagle: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 7:42 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Thu, Jan 30, 2003, 4:19 pm) re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode (marc: Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 2:18 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 Me Discussion Forum